Abraham Neumann
P-Sec operative on Aegis VII
Abraham Howard Neumann was a security operative in the Aegis VII colony who suspected the Red Marker was behind the madness spreading among the colonists. He survived the early outbreak but vanished after fleeing the infested communications needle.
Abraham Howard Neumann was a devoted Planetside Security operative in the colony on Aegis VII, one of the first to suspect that the Red Marker recovered from the planet was the cause of the violence and madness consuming the settlement. He lived through the early days of the Necromorph outbreak there but disappeared from the record after fleeing the colony's infested communications needle. (Dead Space (comic))
Aegis VII#
Neumann served as a security operative in the colony established on Aegis VII to support the planet-cracking work of the Concordance Extraction Corporation. As the troubles in the colony worsened, he grew suspicious of the Red Marker, coming to believe that the artifact was behind the incidents of violence and insanity afflicting the colonists. He urged the colony's manager, Hanford Carthusia, several times to abandon the mining operation, but his appeals fell on deaf ears. (Dead Space (comic); Dead Space)
The outbreak#
When the Necromorphs began appearing and attacking the colonists, Neumann and Marla Janssen tried to evacuate the planet. They found themselves stranded when the shuttles were destroyed in an accident, and the two resolved to reach the colony's communications needle in order to contact the USG Ishimura in orbit. (Dead Space (comic))
After entering the needle, the pair discovered that the Necromorph Corruption had spread through it. Neumann asked Marla whether she could repair the structure, but she showed distress, noting that the Corruption might have damaged it beyond repair. The two then entered a room and found a mass of Corruption with human corpses being absorbed into it. Neumann recognized one of the deformed faces as that of his partner, Vera Cortez, and was overcome with disbelief. (Dead Space (comic))
Disappearance#
A group of Slashers appeared and chased the pair through the needle. Marla snapped Neumann out of his shock and they ran for a doorway, but before she could reach it she was impaled through the back by one of the creatures. In an act of selflessness she pushed Neumann through the door and locked it, sealing herself in with the Necromorphs as he was forced to watch. Neumann survived the moment, but he soon lost contact with everyone else. In his last video log he walked away from the recorder, telling whoever found it not to come looking for him, and his fate was never confirmed. (Dead Space (comic))
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Abraham Neumann?
- Abraham Howard Neumann was a devoted Planetside Security operative in the Aegis VII colony. He grew suspicious of the Red Marker early in the colony's troubles, believing it was the source of the violence and insanity afflicting the colonists, and repeatedly urged colony manager Hanford Carthusia to abandon the mining operation.
- What happened to Marla Janssen?
- Marla Janssen fled the colony alongside Neumann. Inside the communications needle she was impaled through the back by a Slasher, and in a final act she pushed Neumann through a doorway and locked it, sealing herself in with the Necromorphs to let him escape.
- Did Abraham Neumann survive the outbreak?
- Neumann survived the loss of Marla and the attack in the communications needle, but his fate after that point was never confirmed. His last video log ended with him walking away, and an audio log he recorded earlier, after the shuttle crash, can be found in the 2008 game.
Sources
- ComicDead Space (comic), Antony Johnston and Ben Templesmith, Image Comics, 2008
- GameDead Space, EA Redwood Shores, 2008
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