Susan Drayton

Susan Drayton

Susan Drayton is a member of the Assassin Order and the captain of the Altair II.

Biography

Recruitment and early missions

Sometime in 2012, Susan broke into the water supply of her hometown, Prince George, and took a sample of New Fluoride, intending to leak the chemical's composition to the press. As she made her way out of the building, she was arrested, only to be saved by Janice and recruited into the Brotherhood.

Later, Susan attempted to steal a ship, the Altair II, in order to chase Japanese whalers, but was stopped by Assassin leader Gavin Banks, who intended to make the ship a mobile HQ for the Assassins. Susan and Gavin came to an agreement to work together, with Susan as the navigator of the ship.

Susan and Gavin later rescued Dr.Stephanie Chiu from Abstergo agents in Hong Kong. They recruited Chiu into the Assassins, and she subsequently joined the Altair II as the crew's doctor.

Mission to Japan

On 11 September 2013, while docked at the Honolulu Harbor, Susan asked Gavin why they were waiting to sail to Osaka, Japan. He reiterated that his contact there was not responding to his communication attempts. After Susan expressed that she did not want to take her ship into an Abstergo trap, Gavin directed Eric Cooper to take the Altair II to the Philippines to buy weapons from Philippine gun makers.

Susan (right) with Gavin and Cooper

The Altair II arrived in Osaka in December, where they discovered that the Assassin safehouse there had been attacked by the yakuza. After determining that the Onmoraki-Gumi were likely responsible, the Assassins began investigating the organization. Susan investigated the local gambling dens on 12 December, but gave up and returned to the ship after being unable to figure out Pachinko. The Assassins eventually discovered the Onmoraki-Gumi had been taken over by Assassin Mentor Saeko Mochizuki after she and her fellow Assassins wiped out their leadership in retaliation for the attack on the Assassin safehouse.

On 31 December, the Altair II sailed to Tokyo to buy supplies for the next part of their journey. Susan was embarrassed when Eric invited Saeko aboard the ship and she began to express dismay at the state of the ship. Under the direction of Saeko, Susan, Eric, and the Initiate spy cleaned up the ship, after which they were treated to homemade toshikoshi soba.

Spy hunt

Shortly after a mission to Moscow resulted in Russian Assassin Galina Voronina joining the crew, Susan and the rest of the Altair II crew were directed by Gavin to find out where William Miles was hiding from a clue in his journal. They deciphered the clues to William's whereabouts, and on 1 May 2014 the Altair II arrived at his hidden base in Norway.

When Rebecca Crane began upgrading the systems on the Altair II, she discovered that a spy on the ship was uploading reports to website run by a group called the Initiates. Susan and the rest of the crew, except for Gavin and Galina, were confined to their quarters on the ship until they could be interrogated and cleared by William.

On 7 May, Susan was the first crew member interviewed, and she told William about her recruitment into the Brotherhood and how she met Gavin. He questioned if she thought the Initiates had a cause worth fighting for, and Susan told him that, while they seemed smart, she did not think that they had a cause, passion, or reason to exist as far as she could tell.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Initiates