J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Biographical Information
Nationality	American
Status	Deceased
Birth	April 22, 1904
Affiliation	SRPA
Physical Information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Black

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons. In the alternate timeline of Resistance, Oppenheimer worked for the SRPA.

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Oppenheimer led the nuclear research team at SRPA NT to redevelop the fission bomb. On June 15, 1953, his research team succeeded in creating and detonating a four-kiloton fission bomb.

Resistance (comic)

Dr. Oppenheimer in Resistance.

In the comics, Oppenheimer was present at Fort Anchorage, Alaska in January 1951 when the Chimera invaded and overran Anchorage. The attack left Oppenheimer as the only sole survivor after staying hidden inside the base's bunker where his colleagues had developed the "atomics". After four days of hiding, Oppenheimer learned of the base's situation and hadn't mustered the courage of leaving the building. During those days, Oppenheimer learned that the Chimera's sudden presence in Alaska was due to the recreated Bering-bridge caused by the invaders' weather-changing technology and allowing them to easily march from Russia into North America by land.

While synthesizing an aerosol into acid that would eradicate the cocoons harboring the Hybrids inside the base's hangar, he was inadvertently discovered by Sentinel Team Alpha. While explaining the situation and his information of the Bering-bridge to Alpha Team, he was suddenly attacked by a Chimera before being saved by one of the Sentinels, Waldron. Realizing that the nest had hatched, Oppenheimer and Alpha attempted to escape the mess hall; however, Oppenheimer was wounded by one of the Hybrids during the escape. He was made, however, comfortable by the Sentinels to recover from his wounds.

He and Alpha made an attempt to escape Anchorage along with an active nuclear bomb by tank, but only to be unexpectedly abducted by a Chimeran airship. Oppenheimer was revived via blood transfusion by Alpha's Lt. Murphy and was told by him that he (Murphy) intended on saving his men by having Oppenheimer bailing themselves out of the ship on the tank while Murphy stayed behind and sacrificed himself to activate the bomb. Oppenheimer did what he was told and ultimately died from the impact.

Consequently, Oppenheimer's death created a massive setback to the American nuclear weapons program, in which SRPA placed the blame on Alpha. However, Oppenheimer's warning about the bridge was heeded by Alpha in which Joseph Capelli defended Murphy's actions in which the bomb's detonation had destroyed the ice-bridge and irradiated the entire area, making impossible for the Chimera to invade America by land.

External Links

• J. Robert Oppenheimer on Wikipedia.