Rebecca Crane

Rebecca Crane is one of the supporting characters in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. She is voiced by actress and singer-songwriter, Eliza Jane Schneider. She is the creator of the Animus 2.0 - which she affectionately refers to as "Baby". She also provides technical support for the other Assassins alongside her partner, Shaun Hastings. She also appears to be an old friend of Lucy Stillman, although, prior to Desmond Miles and Lucy's escape from Abstergo, the two purportedly did not see one another for seven years, because of Lucy's internment at Abstergo.

Early Life
Little information is known about Rebecca's past, though it appears that she was not born into the Brotherhood, as she comments that the Assassins contacted her when she was older. Prior to being an Assassin, Rebecca was into sports, including extreme snowboarding. However, one day she broke her leg, and began pursuing an interest in computers and coding, finding them more interesting than her previous hobbies. Before being contacted by the Assassins, Rebecca was dating an electronics expert. When Desmond questioned her further about the outcome of the relationship, she replied by saying that she had a boyfriend, and then didn't, implying that he may have been killed. Shocked by this, Desmond asked her if she was kidding, which she was. She continued to say that death is only funny when it's not happening in front of you, and that "(she) should know", and then refused to say any more about the topic. Later on, Desmond asked her if she had ever used the Animus to learn about her ancestors, she commented that it was pretty boring compared to his ancestors, and that she spent the whole day firing guns as a Prussian mercenary.

Assassin's Creed II
In the hideout, Rebecca serves as technical support for the Animus 2.0, ensuring that nothing goes wrong, with the machine or Desmond. She often leaves notes within the database entries that Shaun creates for Desmond while he is in the Animus, especially if the entries indicate the presence of a Glyph or Assassin's Tomb therein. As well as this, the memory core that Rebecca received from Lucy with the records of the Animus Desmond used at Abstergo, allows Desmond to interact with the encrypted files Subject 16 left behind in Ezio Auditore da Firenze's memories.

While Desmond is outside of the Animus, he, Rebecca, and Shaun, discuss the Assassin Order. According to Shaun, he began spreading the word about Abstergo and the Templars, provoking unwanted attention by the latter. Rebecca however, "saved" Shaun, and recruited him into the Order. When Shaun commented that the Assassins were killers, and not exactly the "good guys", Rebecca rebutted this statement, and assured Desmond that taking a life, though never easy, is sometimes needed for things to change. After Desmond receives the message from Minerva, Abstergo finds and breaks into the hideout. Rebecca helps Shaun pack up the Animus gear, while Desmond and Lucy defend themselves from the Abstergo guards. As they escape in the truck, Rebecca is able to get the Animus activated inside it, which allows Desmond to reenter the Renaissance, and finish any remaining memories while on the way to their second base up north.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Once again, Rebecca takes the role of monitoring the Animus while in the Sanctuary. After the modern day Assassins are forced to leave their hideout, due to being discovered by Abstergo, they flee to Monteriggioni, where Rebecca sets up the Animus 2.0 under the Villa Auditore inside it's secret vault.

During Desmond's breaks from the Animus, he talks to Rebecca about the Animus' performance, as well as her past, and a few other topics. Whilst reading her e-mails, it is implied that Shaun and Rebecca have a budding relationship. After Desmond finds out the location of the Apple, and they arrive at the Colosseum, Lucy takes Rebecca and Shaun on an alternative route through Capitoline Hill at Shaun's suggestion, as himself and Rebecca do not possess the necessary free-running abilities to reach the Apple's location. When Juno speaks to Desmond, she, as well as the others cannot hear or see her. As Desmond retrieves the Apple, everything around them freezes. He is then taken over by the goddess, and forced to stab Lucy, but once Juno relinquishes her control over Desmond, Rebecca and Shaun appear physically unharmed.

Characteristics and personality
Rebecca is an energetic, and somewhat immature young woman, and despite the fact that she saved his life, Shaun is quick to belittle and gibe at her. She is rather tolerant and optimistic, representing Shaun's foil – being the polar opposite of her colleague, friendly and talkative. She shows great pride in her work, praising her redesign of the Animus as having a far more enlightened and creative construct; a "competitive edge" as she calls it. She also remains convinced, that despite Shaun's dubiousness of their means, the Assassins are, as Desmond puts it, "the good guys."

Trivia

 * When in the Animus 2.0, Rebecca adds information to the database using the name REBECCAC84. This username holds her first name, the initial of her last name, and implies her birth year. This may mean that she is 28 as of 2012.
 * When Lucy Stillman and Desmond Miles first enter the hideout, Rebecca greets Lucy happily and exclaims: "It's been so long... seven years!" This means that the last time the two friends saw each other was in 2005.
 * In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, she appears to have put on make-up, unlike in Assassin's Creed II.
 * Her e-mail password is Snowmass84, likely to reflect her previous hobby, as well as implying her birth year.
 * After losing her MP3 player, Rebecca sends an e-mail to her teammates about it, claiming that she "can't sleep without it."
 * Shaun later replies to her, saying that he found it on his bedside table. Though uncertain, this could be a hint to a romance between the two. Other e-mails between Shaun and Rebecca suggest similar, in one instance Shaun invites Rebecca to listen to some "beats" (music), to which she replies with just a smiley emoticon. Another time that this romance is hinted at is when Shaun e-mails his colleagues, asking them if they would like to go out for drinks, when Lucy says she must stay with Desmond (who can't go outside), Rebecca and Shaun are forced to go alone. Rebecca replies to this situation with "A date with Shaun! WOOT!" though this is perhaps more sarcastic than serious. Some conversations between Rebecca and Shaun continue to provide evidence of a romance, one conversation ends with Shaun saying "There are some things even a computer can't do... like love, Rebecca, like love...". He then looks away, while Rebecca leans back with her hands behind her head. Also, when Desmond, Lucy, Rebecca and Shaun arrive to Monteriggioni, Shaun is obviously starring at Rebecca's breasts --->


 * Rebecca never removes her headphones, also suggesting that she is obsessed with her MP3 player.
 * She is shown to be a vegetarian in the Sanctuary, as she shows disgust when Desmond takes a bite of a hamburger, calling him a "carnivore". She then goes on to defend herself from Shaun, who attempts to explain how eating vegetables is not much different from eating animals.
 * In one of her e-mails, Rebecca talks about sometimes missing her family, and her dog.
 * Rebecca was originally going to have shorter hair in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, but was scrapped and replaced with her usual clothing with a jumpsuit.
 * In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, it is suggested she is a reckless driver, as evidenced at the Colosseum, when she wants to drive.

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