Francis Pritchard

Francis 'Frank' Wendell Pritchard, also known by his handle Nucl3arsnake, is the head of the cyber-security division at Sarif Industries in Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Human Revolution comics. By the time of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, he is working as a freelance hacker.

In his thirties, Pritchard has a sharp mind and the ability to quickly perceive complex models (for example, datasets), but he is practically unable to think creatively outside of his field of activity. He is not a man of action like some of his colleagues. At first glance, he even seems lazy, although in fact his behavior stems from physical weakness. He compensates for this weakness with fierce arrogance and intellectual skills. Having lived for many years among people who are physically superior to him, but not intellectually superior, Pritchard has developed the habit of speaking caustically and arrogantly to everyone he meets. His smug demeanor prevents any emotional contact with the other person.

Personal information Nationality: American Born: 1991 (Concord, New Hampshire)[1] Height: 6' 0'' Occupation: Sarif Industries Chief of Cyber-Security (formerly) Freelance hacker

Work for Sarif Industries As the head of the cyber-security division at Sarif Industries, Pritchard is responsible for the overall digital well-being and security for the company. His performance evaluations have noted him to be remarkable at "thinking outside the box" when it comes to his work ethic, but his ineffectual behavior towards co-workers has been under evaluation.At one point, Pritchard was arrested for "fraud and related activity in connection with access devices and computers" charges, along with four other additional unknown accomplices.In 2027, Pritchard works with Adam Jensen and gives him advice through Jensen's Infolink on security conditions on the field. He is highly knowledgeable about security layouts, and various points of entry, tending to side with indirect, covert routes. He was the one who told David Sarif the company needed to have a physical security team for protection, but wanted Dynacore, Sharp Edge or Belltower, all top private security contractors, and not Adam.Pritchard strongly disapproves of Jensen as a choice for security chief. This is evidenced by his many snide comments and an e-mail trail through Sarif Headquarters, searching for an employee who has been stealing Neuropozyne from the company; Pritchard enlists the help of some co-workers with the specific statement of "WE MUST FIND THE EVIDENCE AND PRESENT IT TO DAVID BEFORE JENSEN EVEN KNOWS ABOUT IT", indicating Pritchard was trying to solve a workplace crime in order to "outwit" Jensen, or portray him as incompetent. Despite his determination, none of the many people suspected of being the thief by Pritchard are the actual culprit, even though he was made aware of the real thief by another source.However, as the story progresses, Jensen and Pritchard eventually move from their distaste for each other, to a point where Jensen entrusts Pritchard with sending a security team to Michelle Walthers' apartment without informing Sarif. During the same quest, Pritchard sincerely..

..asked Jensen to be careful.Pritchard is first seen in Human Revolution during the prologue, heading up to Athene Margoulis' desk to explain the methods that will be used in tracking SI scientists during the augmentation hearing in Washington. Later, after Adam returns from his post-augmentation sick leave, Pritchard quickly fixes his retinal display, saying that right and left image processors were not completely in sync, goading Jensen in the process. During the Milwaukee factory mission, he provides logistical support for Jensen, and serves as a way of communicating with David Sarif. Jensen recovers the Neural Hub from a dead augmented Purity First member and Pritchard examines it, revealing that it has been modified with a wetdrive that allows someone - the real hacker - to turn the hub's owner into a human proxy. Pritchard sends Jensen to disable a transmission in Derelict Row, and subsequently traces the origin of the hacker to an abandoned factory in Highland Park.

After Sarif Industries Following Sarif Industries' bankruptcy after the Aug Incident, Pritchard found new employment as a freelance hacker under the alias of "Nucl3arSnake", while still basing himself in Detroit. Despite not believing Jensen's claims about the Illuminati, he nonetheless supplied him with news extracts that he believed could potentially link certain powerful individuals to them. After taking up residence in Detroit's Rialto movie theatre, Francis is contacted by Jensen and helps Jensen and Stacks escape from Alaska. After making it to Detroit, Pritchard then aids Jensen in stopping the illegal theft of former Sarif Industries augmentations, with some help from members of the Juggernaut Collective. Several months later, Pritchard contacts Jensen, now in Prague, and reminded Jensen that he owed him for aiding in his escape from Alaska. Pritchard asks Jensen to return the favor by helping him vet the Santeau Group for a client of his. Ultimately, Jensen aids Pritchard by infiltrating the Palisade Blade and accessing its mainframe to extract the information Pritchard needed from it, inadvertently causing the largest Breach in Palisade's cyber-security in history.

Augmentations While he shows no physical signs of mechanical augmentation, it is suggested that Pritchard is augmented; after he contacts Jensen during the second visit to Hengsha, and the augmentation glitches are mentioned, Pritchard replies with "We've all had them," suggesting that he was experiencing the glitches as well. He also states that he will look into the new biochip more before getting it himself. Evidently he did not decide to upgrade before Hugh Darrow's signal is broadcast, since he communicates normally with Jensen over the comms at the beginning of the final mission. It can be assumed that he has cerebral hacking augmentations. This is also evident as there is a Cyberboost Energy Bar on his desk in Sarif Industries. In System Rift, when Adam tells him the Human Restoration Act would force a lot of Augmented people to move to Rabi'ah, Pritchard responds "I hope it doesn't come to that, Jensen. For any of us."