Jacob Temple
Biographical information
Date of death:	2508
Physical information
Gender:	Male
Equipment(s):	USG Civilian RIG
Hair:	Brown
Eyes:	Brown
Chronological and political information
Affiliation:	Concordance Extraction Corporation
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Jacob Temple was an engineer who worked aboard the USG Ishimura. He is mentioned as Acting Chief Engineer Temple in various logs.

BiographyEdit

The Second Aegis VII IncidentEdit

During the early stages of the Necromorph outbreak, Jacob and his engineering crew were trying to maintain the Ishimura's engine room.^[1] However, as time passed by and the infection spread, members of his crew started showing signs of dementia.^[2] After realizing the danger, Jacob abandoned his position on the Engineering Deck and searched for his girlfriend, Elizabeth Cross.^[3][4] Jacob frequently left audio logs of his journey that Isaac Clarke finds throughout the ship. He eventually reunites with Elizabeth and the two attempt to escape the vessel together.^[5]

FateEdit

Their reunion was cut short when they were intercepted by Challus Mercer.^[6] The two were gagged and Elizabeth was killed after Mercer rammed a metal spike into her head, a process used by Unitologists in preparation of the Necromorph transformation. Temple was killed shortly afterwards by the same method in front of Isaac Clarke, who could only standby and watch.

TriviaEdit

• Jacob Temple's journey, as experienced through his audio logs, resembles Isaac Clarke's in a number of ways. He seems to travel roughly the same path as Isaac, often attempting to fix the very problems Isaac eventually fixes. He is also seeking his girlfriend, Elizabeth Cross, and according to audio logs - has reunited with her on the Mining Deck, the same deck on which Isaac sees Nicole again. In fact, it could be that Isaac is only about a chapter or two behind Jacob Temple's journey after the Necromorph infestation.
• It should be taken into account how resilient Temple is. Not only was he able to find Elizabeth without getting killed by the hundreds of Necromorphs aboard the Ishimura, but he was able to do it while retaining his sanity and not succumbing to the spreading dementia. This puts him not only on par with Isaac, but possibly above him considering that Isaac technically did succumb to several forms of dementia. (It should be noted that Isaac came into direct contact with the Red Marker during the final chapters on the Ishimura, and on Aegis VII. This is what lead to his dementia. There is no evidence showing that Jacob ever came into contact with the Red Marker). Also considering the fact that Temple was the first to actually tread this path that Isaac took during the game (read above point) it is actually possible that he actually cleared out the path full of Necromorphs to allow Isaac to eventually reach him and Mercer. This is, though, only implied.
• Following the fact above, it seems Temple is never really recognized by the gaming community of his extremely likeness to all the main characters in the storyline, despite him being portrayed as one of the most "trivial" characters in the game/series.
• It's unclear if Temple had a weapon through his adventure. Given his survival (until, obviously, he met Challus Mercer), this would seem fairly obvious, but as there are not any discarded weapons around, it is unknown where his weapon is, or if he even ever had one. However, it is logical to assume that Mercer took his weapon upon Temple's capture.

GalleryEdit

Isaac, Mercer and Temple

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