In an attempt to cure the infection, Nicole studied the Necromorphs after recovering a limb from one of the creatures on the Medical Deck. After escaping the creatures, the four survivors departed to find a way off the Ishimura while Nicole remained on the Medical Deck with a few security officers, knowing that other survivors would come to Medical looking for help.Ī holographic recording of Nicole performing an autopsy on a Slasher during the Necromorph outbreak. After a sudden quarantine lockdown was successfully lifted, Nicole accompanied the survivors to the morgue where she discovered that Captain Mathius had been killed. Nicole and the colonists then met with her coworker, Perry, who had been looking after several other patients, before they were attacked by Slashers, resulting in Perry's death. As she checked the four survivors for potential infection, Nicole was quick to spot unusual brain activity and blood pressure in Lexine. Nicole was later responsible for inspecting four survivors from the Aegis VII colony who had snuck on board the Ishimura: Lexine Murdoch, Nathan McNeill, Gabe Weller and Warren Eckhardt. She recorded a message request hailing for more help and detailing the staff's inability to handle the injuries that were beginning to overwhelm them, stating that the Ishimura command crew was leaving the medical officers in the dark about what was truly happening. On the onset of the Necromorph outbreak, Nicole's workload was doubled as the Medical Deck began receiving numerous trauma victims, either as a result of dementia-driven violence or Necromorph attacks. After Mercer's experiments caused Harris to kill a miner on the ship, Nicole confronted Captain Benjamin Mathius about Mercer's immoral and dangerous treatments of Harris, a concern that was quickly brushed off by the Unitologist captain as Mathius instead accused her of having bigoted views towards members of the Church.

While Nicole's treatments were seeming to improve his condition, the Unitologist doctor Challus Mercer insisted that Harris' delusions were 'religiously significant' and was able to get Harris transferred to his care for his own experiments. I can't believe what's happening.' -Nicole records a message to Isaac.Ī holographic recording of Nicole confronting Captain Mathius about Mercer's treatment of Brant Harris.Īboard the Ishimura in 2508, after the ship arrived at Aegis VII, Nicole was responsible for examining Brant Harris, a patient from the Aegis VII Colony suffering from Marker-induced dementia. Isaac called Nicole and blamed her for their deaths, causing Nicole to angrily hang-up on Isaac.Ġ5 February 2013 Second Aegis VII Incident ' I'm sorry. Sometime later, Octavia's mental health declined again, resulting in her murdering her husband before committing suicide. Isaac was happy for her despite her being gone for six months. Upon departing on the Ishimura, Nicole called Isaac and thanked him for helping her get the position. Believing his return would be therapeutic for his wife, Nicole had Octavia released from the psychiatric facility to go back home with her husband. With Isaac's help, Nicole was convinced to apply and accepted her offer.Ī recording of Nicole and Isaac's argument following the death of his parents.īefore departing, Poul Clarke returned from his tour. Nicole was content with her life, but Isaac insisted that she would regret it if she didn't work aboard the Ishimura before her decommission. In 2507, a position for Senior Medical Officer opened on the USG Ishimura for its last extraction of Aegis VII before decommission, and Isaac encouraged Nicole to take the position. During her therapy sessions, Nicole met Octavia's son, Isaac Clarke, an engineer employed by the Concordance Extraction Corporation, and the two began a romantic relationship. In 2505, Nicole was assigned to Unitologist Octavia Clarke, whose mental health deteriorated due to the absence of her husband, Poul Clarke, during his extended tours with the Galactic Union Merchant Marine Corp.

Nicole Brennan established a career in neuropsychiatry and became a medical officer in a psychiatric facility on Earth where she specialized in helping patients leave the Church of Unitology.

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