Professor Francois Candide is one of the main characters of Vanquish. He is voiced by Benito Martinez.[2]
As chief researcher of DARPA, Candide originally proposed the idea of the space colony, as well as the design for the new energy system, later weaponized by the Russian Star[2].Feeling responsible for the annihilation of San Francisco, Candide takes it upon himself to shut down the energy system personally. Before leaving, he left Sam Gideon a message, warning him about a mole working from the inside of the government.[2]
Candide collects data on the Augmented Reaction Suit, while Sam's testing it out. He was killed by Burns under the order of Elizabeth Winters so Burns can target the Microwave Energy Array to Moscow.
Quotes[]
- Stay sharp, Sam.
- Sam! Where are the Marines?!
- Thank god! I stopped it in time!
Trivia[]
- Candide was featured in the demo of Vanquish.
- It is quite possible that Francois Candide is from France in nationality, as it is the french equivalent to the english name Francis, and a meaning of the name Candide in french is "innocent" or "naive".
- It is also likely to be a reference to french 18th century author François-Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire, specifically to his book "Candide". Several achievements in the game refer to that book :
- the Pangloss statues to shoot, Pangloss being a character in that book, a (fictional) philosopher
- "Leibnitz Defense Agency", Leibniz being a (real life) philosopher whose philosophy is stongly opposed by Pangloss. His name is spelled "Leibnitz" by Voltaire
- "The best of all possible worlds" for the aforementionned achievement about shooting the Pangloss statues, which is a reference to Pangloss' philosophy in the book.
Gallery[]
Candide's demise after being shot multiple times by Burns with his chain gun