Emmett Leary
- "Emmett's many computers are arranged just so among his pipes and ashtrays. They hum as he plays the keyboard like a ghastly instrument, and the world's secrets dance to his tune."
- ―the Initiate spy, 2013.[src]
Emmett Leary is a member of the Assassin Order stationed on the Altair II. He serves as the cell's hacker and enjoys smoking recreational marijuana.
Biography
Mission to Japan
On 6 December 2013, Emmett and his team were in Osaka, Japan searching for a yakuza group responsible for killing a cell of Assassins in the city. Emmett used his computers to search through recent criminal activity in Osaka, discovering that there had recently been a violent gang war which had resulted in a branch of the yakuza, the Onmoraki-Gumi, being wiped out. Despite the city having been relatively quiet since then, Emmett decided to remain on board the Altair II with his computers.
On 13 December, Emmett and the other Assassins were debating the identity of the leader of the Onmoraki-Gumi, who they had discovered were still active. Emmett claimed that if he was not able to find out their identity they did not exist, although he made this claim while under the influence of drugs, and talking to a lamp.
On 31 December, the crew of the Altair II travelled to Tokyo to purchase supplies for the next leg of their journey, with Emmett buying various Japanese snackfoods while exploring the city.
The Altair II left Japan on 15 January 2014 while Emmett was recovering a two-day bender of Japanese corn syrup and his hybrid sativa. When Gavin Banks decided to consult William Miles' Codex to determine their next destination, Emmett questioned why they did not just contact William to decipher the Codex's codes. Gavin informed Emmett that he was not aware of William's location at the moment, and that it was more fun to figure out the mysteries for themselves.
Mission to Russia
By 7 March, the crew of the Altair II had decoded another clue from the Codex, which pointed towards Moscow as their next destination. Emmett joined Gavin and Emmanuel Barraza in travelling across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Emmett sent progress reports, as well as pictures of the food he was eating, to the rest of the crew, who were sailing around Russia to the city of Saint Petersburg.
By 16 March, they had arrived in Moscow and made contact with Galina Voronina, the last remaining sane Russian Assassin. She asked for their help in killing her insane mother, who had forced the rest of the Russian Brotherhood into a Animus until they lost their minds to the Bleeding Effect. Galina also informed them that her mother had claimed she was talking to Eve through the Animus. Gavin agreed to assist her, although he wished to try to solve the problem without violence.
On March 18, while out eating with Galina, Emmett explained to her that it is impossible to talk with someone through the Animus, and that it is a one way experience, although he became scared when she simply shot him a disapproving look in response. Despite being frightened of Galina, Emmett was excited about going to the Assassin lab at Protvino, which was the site of a Soviet-era science city.
They arrived at Protvino on 20 March, and Emmett was disappointed with the state the facility was in, and that it was full of deadly insane Assassins who were trying to kill them. Emmett had a gun to defend himself, but lamented that he was a terrible shot and watched in fascination and horror as Galina cut through her former comrades with ease, including her twin sister. When they reached the laboratory, they found Galina's mother in the Animus, talking about find her lost husband and the color gray. Emmett noticed the static on the monitors appeared to have a face in it, and that it seemed to be screaming when Galina ended her mother's life. Emmett felt that the face looked familiar, but could not place it, and wondered if it had even been real.
On 26 March, Emmett, Gavin, and Emmanuel reunited with the rest of the crew in Saint Petersburg, bringing Galina along with them after Gavin convinced her to join the crew as their enforcer.
Mole hunt
On 24 April, Emmett and the rest of the Altair II crew were directed by Gavin to find out where William Miles was hiding. They determined he had a hidden base in Norway, and arrived there on 1 May. Emmett greeted fellow Assassin technician Rebecca Crane, and pulled her aside so they could work on their Hephaestus phones and smoke marijuana.
On 5 May, Emmett and the rest of the crew were gathered together by Rebecca, who announced that while working on their computer systems, she had discovered a spy was sending out reports from the ship to a group known as the Initiates. The next day, Emmett and the rest of the crew, with the exception of Gavin and Galina, were confined to their quarters on the Altair II while William interrogated them one-by-one to expose the spy.
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