Susan Abernathy

Susan Abernathy was the Director of Special Operations for the Arasaka American HQ division.

Biography
Some time in 2076, Abernathy was promoted to director of the Arasaka Special Operations division, a position coveted by her rival, Arthur Jenkins and V's employer. To gain it, she had smeared Arthur and the entire counterintelligence  division in front of the the Arasaka Japanese executives, something her rival never forgave.

Abernathy had tried for a time to headhunt from rival companies, being one of the latest to acquire the chief of Kang Tao's North American Division (pendent reply), or the chief of the Zetatech SpecOps (declined).

Nearing the end of 2076, Arthur Jenkins made the rash decision to eliminate most of the ESC leadership before they could vote Arasaka out of Luna's Sea of Clouds. This was due to a recent discovery of Arasaka agents in Frankfurt, Germany. Jenkins proceeded without her knowledge and gave the go-ahead. Abernathy was watching the vote online, and immediately called Jenkins for an explanation regarding his actions. Jenkins explained that was a temporary fix to the problem. another week to not lose their lunar bases. Susan answered that she only wae problem resolved, not the ESC killed. Because of that they had to now spend a large amount of resources to cover it up. As for Jenkins, Susan told him the discussion was not over yet, and would be finalized it later.

When Abernathy got told by Carter Smith - an employee of Jenkins - about her rival's plans to get rid of her with the help of one of his most trusted agents (V if chosen the Corpo lifepath), she proceeded to send several Arasaka agents to intercept Arthur's agent and the rest of his people; promptly by firing or executing them.

Susan remained the director of the operatives team all the way to 2077 and made changes by firing multiple employees. Despite her success, she committed suicide some time prior to the assault of Arasaka Tower.

Associated Quests

 * The Corpo-Rat