Ben Saxon

Ben Saxon is one of the two protagonists of the book Deus Ex: Icarus Effect.

History
Former member of the United Kingdom's Special Air Service, retired from the military and working for Belltower Associates Incorporated, a private military contractor corporation. In 2027 Saxon is team leader for Strike Team Six, an elite commando force within Belltower. Strike Six is taking part in "Operation Rainbird", supposedly a quick strike against rival forces in Austrailia's civil war. Even though Belltower has assured them that the mission will be entirely safe, the transport plane is suddenly attacked by a drone aircraft. Saxon's team is wiped out in the crash, save for Duarte, whom is killed by the drone as it doubles back over the site. Saxon manages to down the craft with a G-87 shortly before stumbling off a cliff into a shallow river. With massive burns and limb damage Ben is recovered by Jaron Namir and taken to an SAF hospital.

While Ben Saxon is recovering from his injuries he is approached by Namir to join the Tyrants, an independent special operations team that supplies its members with the best weapons and augmentations, and gives its members much more freedom than more official groups like the military. After Namir promises to help find the people responsible for Team Six's deaths, Saxon agrees to join.

Throughout the book Ben Saxon uncovers a spiral of lies and desception laid upon him by The Tyrants and their enigmatic superiors. After discovering that the fate of Strike Six was actually a cover-up by his own superiors, Ben abandons the Tyrants in a fight aboard their private plane, and eventually joins Anna Kelso, the book's other protagonist, in the Juggernaut Collective. Determined to find revenge, he travels to Geneva, Switzerland, where the Tyrants plan to assassinate Bill Taggart and make him a martyr for the Humanity Front. Ben manages to stop the assassination, though he and Kelso are severely injured by the Tyrants and neither manages to kill the Tyrant that has caused them grief. They retire to Duarte's parent's house, but Ben chooses to leave for an unknown location.

Trivia

 * According to the author, James Swallow, Ben was based on actor Gerald Butler.


 * He probably had a sentimental affair with teammate Yelena Fedorova.