Benjamin Cassidy

Benjamin Cassidy is a former Private Detective who is currently a member of the Gage Resistance. He was in the initial cell where the main members met, and assisted in the breakout. He is usually a calm man, although his demeanor has been shaken by some of the things he has seen, mainly during Gagefall.

History
Cassidy was born in Australia six years before the country joined the Atlas Coalition. His early childhood was filled with Atlasian Propaganda, and in 2024 at 18 years old he made the choice to ship out to the main Coalition landmass. He settled in Texas, moving from city to city taking odd jobs before he took up a desk job working for a detective named Saul Jennings. Saul was a good man, and taught Cassidy the tools of the trade in hopes of moving him up to become his apprentice. This hope was cut short when Saul vanished in 2029. While Cassidy had no idea at the time, his later experience led to his conclusion that Atlas had most likely taken Saul and made him disappear, probably due to him seeing something he should not have.

Cassidy then took on Saul's job, becoming a Private Detective. He became quite successful, and had been in the job for nearly ten years before he stuck his nose into a missing person case, one that would lead to his own disappearance. After getting close to cracking the case, Cassidy simply received a knock at the door one night and vanished. He was taken covertly to an Atlas prison in Mexico, far from where anyone would recognize him. By all regards, that should have been the end of him.

But Cassidy was locked up with the group that would later become the Gage Resistance.

Resistance Member
Cassidy journeyed with the group, up along the coast of North America until they finally reached the headquarters of the Adamantine Guard. The group spent the week there training, preparing for a mission they had been assigned to. The brief was short and cut to the chase- they were to drop onto a moving train, rescue prisoners without causing major collateral damage and get out. All in under 3 minutes with the threat of certain doom if they failed.

Cassidy saw things no person should have to see on that train. He bore witness to the bloodbath caused by his team and the Atlasian Guards, the senseless violence and death. He saw Jack Gage's fall from the train, the blood trailing through the air as he fell. Cassidy had seen enough.

He chose to join the Gage Resistance after their return to the Guard's base, and left with his friends the next day.