Gary Savage

Gary Savage is a scientist and head of X-51.

Background
He participated in early research on nanoaugmentation, with Morgan Everett and Bob Page. After Page's upheaval he was forced to work at Area 51 where he escaped in 2051, destroying the Universal Constructor in the process. With his fellow scientists he created X-51 and settled in former Vandenberg Air Force Base.

He has a daughter, Tiffany Savage. His wife was murdered by Majestic-12 soon after the move to Vandenberg. Savage is the only person, besides Page, who has the capability to produce a cure for the Gray Death virus, because he stole the reaction modules for the Universal Constructor when he left Area 51. It is for this reason why Everett refers JC Denton to Savage when Everett figures out how to formulate a cure, but cannot mass-produce it himself. Unfortunately, MJ12 controls Vandenberg at the time of JC's arrival.

Interactions with the player character
After JC lifts MJ12 control of the base, he makes contact with Savage. Savage instructs JC to fix the X-51 computer, without which their UC would be useless. When JC does, Page contacts the two, blackmailing Savage into handing over the stolen reaction modules in return for Tiffany, who was captured by MJ12 on a mission in their Ocean lab. As JC moves to rescue Tiffany, Tong arrives at Vandenberg to obtain a cure for the Gray Death, which he contracted himself.

If the player successfully rescues Tiffany, Savage gives JC an augmentation upgrade canister; if not, the two will still work together, but JC doesn't get a reward. He then directs JC to MJ12's Pasadena Ocean Lab, where JC retrieves the schematics Savage needs to complete X-51's UC.

Savage then directs JC to a MJ12-controlled missile silo, with a missile programmed to hit Vandenberg. He instructs JC to alter the missile's programming to hit Area 51. Like Paul, Alex, Everett and Tong, Savage guides JC while the latter moves through Area 51 to confront Page. If Paul dies in the game, Savage contacts JC at Area 51's holocomm.

Gary Savage