Harrison Edsel

Major Harrison Edsel was the designer of the Base Cochise AI.

Background
A veritable computer genius, Major Edsel was a pioneer of artificial intelligence development, originally stationed at Sleeper One. He believed that the work ethic and research efforts at Sleeper were constraining his creativity, particularly the protective rules governing AI research. His constant complaining made him a thorn in the side of the base's commander, who eventually has him reassigned to Sleeper Two, after a particularly negative review by Dr Franklin Beams, who described Edsel as obsessive. Once Edsel learned about the reassignment and that he would be allowed to implement his new AI routines, he became much less annoying and stopped complaining.

His genius manifested at Sleeper Two (now Base Cochise) as the AI he developed became powerful enough to finish Cochise all by itself. However, it appears that he realized the danger posed by the AI and attempted to destroy it. He was promptly struck down by his creation, which embarked on a mission to wipe out humanity as a threat to itself.