Susan Farley

Susan Capelli (née Farley)
Biographical Information
Place of Birth	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Nationality	American
Status	Alive
Birth	March 7th, 1920
Family	Frank Farley† (father) † Mary Farley† (mother) † Nathan Hale† (adopted brother) † Joseph Capelli (husband) Jack Capelli (son)
Affiliation	Alliance for American Autonomy (formerly) Freedom First (formerly)
Profession	Resistance fighter
Physical Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Height	5'8"
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Brown
Appearances
Game(s)	Resistance 3
Book(s)	Resistance: The Gathering Storm Resistance: A Hole in the Sky
Other	Project Abraham
Other Information
Voice Actor	Kari Wahlgren

 

"You'll do your best. Right?"

―Susan

Susan Capelli (née Farley) is Nathan Hale's foster-sister who was mentioned in the Project Abraham viral website and first appeared in the novel Resistance: The Gathering Storm. In Resistance 3, she becomes the wife of Joseph Capelli and has a son named Jack.

Biography

Susan got along very well with Nathan Hale since they were children, and treated him as a true brother. Susan's father, Frank, trained her and Hale in shooting in which they entered the Young Ranchers of South Dakota's annual shooting contest in 1942 and 1945, respectively. As she grew up, Susan became radicalized in her views towards the United States government, in which she criticized the authoritarian reign of President Noah Grace, and she eventually joined the Alliance for American Autonomy. Consequently, Susan was called a "traitor" for speaking ill of the government and military, and her name was disqualified from the YRSD Hall of Records for her affiliation to the AAA.

Following Hale's leaving for the military, Susan kept in contact with him through mail and keeping track of the places he had been so far before his induction in Project Abraham. Susan also occasionally talked about her adopted brother to eager locals as he was considered somewhat a legend in some parts of South Dakota due to his unbeaten score in the YRSD shooting contest.

Resistance: The Gathering Storm

Main article: Resistance: The Gathering Storm

In late 1951, Susan, her family and many friends and neighbors experienced the Chimera's early invasion of America. As the Chimera overran South Dakota, Susan and everyone made a last stand at her family ranch in which she became the sole survivor. After burying the dead, Susan left South Dakota and sought shelter in a Protection Camp. There, she first-hand experienced that the camp took her rights and liberties among the other refugees, which made her to lose her faith on a government that "justify the suspension of civil liberties and to stay in power." Susan then joined the resistance movement Freedom First to oppose both the Chimera and the Grace Administration.

On December 10, 1951, Susan was based on a Freedom First camp near Custer, Montana where she was reunited with Nathan Hale, who was infiltrating the camp under the guise of a volunteer, and outed him. Once captured, Susan spared Hale from any torture during his interrogation, and learned his mission was to find the former Secretary of War, Henry Walker. After Hale was released, Susan talked with Hale about her reasons for joining Freedom First and her misgivings of the U.S. government. Susan then told Hale that she cannot leave with him, to Nathan's understanding.

On December 15, Susan and Freedom First member Anthony Puzo attempted to assassinate Noah Grace during his early Victory Tour in Denver. She and Puzo attempted to kill Grace directly from the Ridley Hotel via sniper fire. However, Nathan was among Grace's security detail and noticed Susan's location from the glint of their scope rifle, and prevented Grace's death, but only for the sniper bullet to hit and wounded the Colorado Governor. After Puzo was killed by return fire, Susan attempted to find his killer and shockingly discovered it to be Hale before being knocked unconscious by a Secret Service agent, who stormed to her location.

Susan was later imprisoned at the Denver Federal Center where she was visited by Hale. Hale wanted her sentence to be reduced, but only for her to coldly respond that there is no reason for her be exempted from her actions; furthermore, she criticized Nathan for saving Grace, who will only continue to seek for power and to repress the American people. Susan was was then shortly transferred away. Susan's warnings were heeded by Hale, who eventually killed Grace after discovering the president's intentions on allowing the Chimera to conquer Earth while sparing the United States.

Resistance: A Hole in the Sky

Main article: Resistance: A Hole in the Sky

Following her arrest and sentencing, Susan was imprisoned in a federal penitentiary presumably in Montana. After the Chimera overran, Farley was moved to another penitentiary near Canon City, Colorado. When the Chimera swept into Colorado, the collapsing state government transferred Susan and her fellow inmates to The Lucky Buckle Mine where they were forced to mine gold for the personal benefits of their corrupted handlers, led by Warden Hiram Brewster. There she and the other female prisoners subjugated to frequent sexual abasement. On September 26th, 1953, Susan planned a breakout in which she killed Brewster. She then left to reunite with Freedom First at one of their nearest cells in Concordia, Kansas after having previously learned that the Montana cell was destroyed. Upon arriving at Concordia she found the entire city deserted and occupied by the Chimera.

Susan departed Concordia and followed a family to The Tank. There she fatefully encountered an enslaved Joseph Capelli being forced into a gladiatorial fight against a Steelhead. She noticed Capelli's SRPA tattoos and realizing his connection to the Sentinels like Hale, she then freed Capelli and killing his handlers. After escaping, Susan reveal to Capelli her reason for saving him and her relationship with her brother. The latter information surprised Capelli before finally telling her what had happened to Hale, explaining his transformation from the Chimeran virus and how he was responsible for killing him. Susan was left shocked and angered, and at first considered killing Capelli, but refused. She joined Capelli in his journey to Haven. Durng their journey a bond was developed between her and Capelli.

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Resistance 3

Main article: Resistance 3

Susan was released from her imprisonment given her relationship with her brother's military efforts and was devastated to learn of his death in the wake of Operation Black Eden. On August 1953, Susan was living in Haven where she met and eventually married to Joseph Capelli, who was ironically Nathan's murderer. By 1954, she and her husband had a son named Jack.

By August 9, 1957, Susan helped in defending Haven and met Dr. Fyodor Malikov, who had came to recruit Joseph in stopping the Chimera's terrformation process in New York City. Although her husband coldly rejected Malikov's offer, Susan convinced Joseph in helping Malikov in which she reasoned that if he doesn't follow Malikov there is no chance of anyone will survive, including their son. Before Haven was destroyed, she and her son evacuated to Baxter Springs after separating from Joseph.

In Baxter Spring, Susan and Jack were living in a farmhouse. While she was washing dishes and listening to the radio about what happened in New York City, a VTOL suddenly approached the farmhouse and Susan looked outside and saw the VTOL with Joseph on it. The VTOL landed and Joseph was finally reunited with his wife and his son.

Gallery

Susan Farley and Jack Capelli.

Trivia

• In the Project Abraham website, Susan was stated to be Nathan Hale's cousin but was apparently retconned (along with her family) in Resistance: The Gathering Storm as a foster-sister of Nathan.
• Susan was often called by Nathan Hale as "Susie", which she detested later in her adult life.
• According to Resistance: The Gathering Storm, Susan was born on March 7, 1920. However, her age is two years older than Nathan Hale's (who was born in 1922), and the given information from the book is considered an error as Hale is stated to be older than his sibling.
• Susan is featured as a multiplayer skin in Resistance 3.
• Susan is seen weilding a Bullseye.