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Eric Cooper is a member of the Assassin Order, as well as the navigator and supervisor aboard the Altair II.

Biography

Early life

Hailing from Scotland, Cooper was in a relationship with someone who was murdered during a discriminatory attack. After systematically and vengefully hunting down and killing the hate group responsible in Edinburgh, Cooper considered ending his life, but he was recruited to the Assassins by Gavin Banks, who gave him a new purpose.

Welcomed wholly aboard the Altair II, Cooper became close friends with Stephanie Chiu, due to his regular hormone check-ups, and Emmett Leary, whom he closely supervised because of his laidback nature; it was to the latter and William Miles that Eric expressed his intention to some day resume a normal life in Scotland, for which Emmett often kept track of the ongoing events back home for him.

Mission to Japan

On 11 September 2013, during an onboard meeting with the Assassin leader Gavin Banks and ship captain Susan Drayton – while the Altair II made its way to Japan – Gavin declared that his contact in Osaka was not responding. Eric reminded Gavin that their communications had been disrupted since the solar flares in December, but Gavin informed him that he and his contact had their own way to communicate. He then directed Eric to sail to the Philippines, where they bought several weapons for Philippine gun makers in preparation for a possible fight with Abstergo agents.

In December, the Altair II arrived in Osaka and the crew discovered the Assassin safehouse had been attacked by the yakuza. After determining the Onmoraki-Gumi were likely responsible, Eric and the other Assassins began investigating the identity of the group's leader. Eric heard that the leader was a 64-year old woman who had killed her own family, and entered into a bet with the other Assassins in that whomever guessed the closest to the leader's identity would win the right to shower first in the morning for a month.

The leader of the Onmoraki-Gumi turned out to be Saeko Mochizuki, the local Mentor of the Osaka Brotherhood who had taken over the organization after it attacked the Assassins, through killing its previous leaders; after discovering this, Eric declared himself the winner of the team's bet and began using up all the hot water in the morning. On 31 December, Eric invited Saeko aboard the Altair II for a tour while the team stopped in Tokyo to gather supplies, and assisted her, Susan, and the Initiate spy in cleaning up the messy ship before having homemade toshikoshi soba prepared by Saeko.

Spy hunt

Shortly after a mission to Moscow resulted in Russian Assassin Galina Voronina joining the ship as Gavin's enforcer, Eric and the rest of the Altair II crew were directed by Gavin to find out where William Miles was hiding from a clue in the latter's journal. They deciphered the riddles within to a hidden cove in Norway, and on 1 May 2014 the Altair II arrived at William's whereabouts.

When Rebecca Crane began upgrading the systems on the Altair II, she discovered that a spy on the ship was uploading reports to a database run by a group called the Initiates. Eric and the rest of the crew, except for Gavin and Galina, were confined to their quarters on the ship until they could be interrogated and cleared of suspicion by William; Eric was especially surprised that one of the crew could be working against them.

On 10 May, Eric was the fourth crew member to be interviewed by William, answering questions regarding his life in Edinburgh, his incorporation into the Altair II and his duties on board the ship.

Trivia

Through the mention of discrimination greatly affecting his life, as well as the inclusion of "surgeries" and "hormones", it can be presumed that Eric is transgendered.

Reference

Assassin's Creed: Initiates

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 [[File:ACi-FirstMate.jpg|thumb|250px|Eric Cooper]]
-'''Eric Cooper''' is a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] and navigator aboard the ''[[Altair II]]''.
+'''Eric Cooper''' is a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], as well as the navigator and supervisor aboard the ''[[Altair II]]''.
 ==Biography==
 ===Early life===
-Hailing from Scotland, Cooper was in a relationship with a woman who was murdered during a racist attack. After systematically hunting down the hate group responsible in {{Wiki|Edinburgh}}, Cooper considered ending his life, but he was recruited by the Assassins, who gave him a new purpose.
+Hailing from Scotland, Cooper was in a relationship with someone who was murdered during a discriminatory attack. After systematically and vengefully hunting down and killing the hate group responsible in {{Wiki|Edinburgh}}, Cooper considered ending his life, but he was recruited to the Assassins by [[Gavin Banks]], who gave him a new purpose.
-While serving aboard the ''Altair II'', Cooper became close friends with [[Stephanie Chiu]], due to several health issues, and [[Emmett Leary]], whom he closely supervised because of his laidback nature. Cooper was hoping to one day resume a normal life in Scotland, and Leary often kept track of events back home for him.
+Welcomed wholly aboard the ''Altair II'', Cooper became close friends with [[Stephanie Chiu]], due to his regular hormone check-ups, and [[Emmett Leary]], whom he closely supervised because of his laidback nature; it was to the latter and [[William Miles]] that Eric expressed his intention to some day resume a normal life in Scotland, for which Emmett often kept track of the ongoing events back home for him.
-===With the Assassins===
+===Mission to Japan===
 [[File:ACi-Trap.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cooper with Gavin and Susan]]
-On 11 September 2013, during a meeting with the [[Assassin leader]] [[Gavin Banks]] and captain [[Susan Drayton]], while sailing to [[Japan]], Gavin declared that his [[Kenichi Mochizuki|contact]] in [[Osaka]] was not responding. Eric reminded Gavin that their communications had been disrupted since the [[2012 coronal mass ejection|solar flares]] in December, but Gavin informed him that he and his contact had their own way to communicate. He then directed Eric to sail to the [[Philippines]], where they bought several weapons for Philippine gun makers in preparation for a possible fight with [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]] agents.
+On 11 September 2013, during an onboard meeting with the [[Assassin leader]] Gavin Banks and ship captain [[Susan Drayton]] – while the ''Altair II'' made its way to [[Japan]] – Gavin declared that his [[Kenichi Mochizuki|contact]] in [[Osaka]] was not responding. Eric reminded Gavin that their communications had been disrupted since the [[2012 coronal mass ejection|solar flares]] in December, but Gavin informed him that he and his contact had their own way to communicate. He then directed Eric to sail to the [[Philippines]], where they bought several weapons for Philippine gun makers in preparation for a possible fight with [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]] agents.
-In December, the ''Altair II'' arrived in [[Osaka]] and discovered the Assassin safehouse had been attacked by the yakuza. After determining the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]] were likely responsible, Eric and the other Assassins began investigating the identity of the group's leader. Eric heard that the leader was a 64-year old woman who had killed her own family, and entered into a bet with the other Assassins in which the one who guessed closest to the leaders identity would win the right to shower first in the morning for a month.
+In December, the ''Altair II'' arrived in Osaka and the crew discovered the Assassin safehouse had been attacked by the yakuza. After determining the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]] were likely responsible, Eric and the other Assassins began investigating the identity of the group's leader. Eric heard that the leader was a 64-year old woman who had killed her own family, and entered into a bet with the other Assassins in that whomever guessed the closest to the leader's identity would win the right to shower first in the morning for a month.
-The leader of the Onmoraki-Gumi turned out to be [[Saeko Mochizuki]], the local [[Mentor]] of the Osaka Brotherhood who had taken over the organization after it attacked the Assassins. Eric declared himself the winner of the team's bet, and began using up all the hot water in the morning. Eric invited Saeko aboard the ''Altair II'' for a tour while the team stopped in Tokyo to gather supplies on 31 December, and assisted her, Susan, and the [[Initiate spy]] in cleaning up the ship before having homemade toshikoshi soba prepared by Saeko.
+The leader of the Onmoraki-Gumi turned out to be [[Saeko Mochizuki]], the local [[Mentor]] of the Osaka Brotherhood who had taken over the organization after it attacked the Assassins, through killing its previous leaders; after discovering this, Eric declared himself the winner of the team's bet and began using up all the hot water in the morning. On 31 December, Eric invited Saeko aboard the ''Altair II'' for a tour while the team stopped in Tokyo to gather supplies, and assisted her, Susan, and the [[Initiate spy]] in cleaning up the messy ship before having homemade {{Wiki|toshikoshi soba}} prepared by Saeko.
+==Spy hunt==
-In 2014, when [[William Miles]]' team came aboard the ship, they discovered a [[Initiate spy|spy]] among the crew transmitting reports to a group called the [[Initiates]]. William personally interrogated each of Gavin's crew; during his interrogation, Cooper was stunned by the possibility that one of his crewmates could be a spy.
+Shortly after a mission to [[Moscow]] resulted in [[Russian Assassins|Russian Assassin]] [[Galina Voronina]] joining the ship as Gavin's enforcer, Eric and the rest of the ''Altair II'' crew were directed by Gavin to find out where William Miles was hiding from a clue in the latter's journal. They deciphered the riddles within to a hidden cove in Norway, and on 1 May 2014 the ''Altair II'' arrived at William's whereabouts.
+When [[Rebecca Crane]] began upgrading the systems on the ''Altair II'', she discovered that [[Initiate spy|a spy]] on the ship was uploading reports to a database run by a group called the [[Initiates]]. Eric and the rest of the crew, except for Gavin and Galina, were confined to their quarters on the ship until they could be interrogated and cleared of suspicion by William; Eric was especially surprised that one of the crew could be working against them.
+On 10 May, Eric was the fourth crew member to be interviewed by William, answering questions regarding his life in Edinburgh, his incorporation into the ''Altair II'' and his duties on board the ship.
+==Trivia==
+*Through the mention of discrimination greatly affecting his life, as well as the inclusion of "surgeries" and "hormones", it can be presumed that Eric is {{Wiki|transgender}}ed.
 ==Reference==
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