Ryan Hanover
| Ryan Hanover | |
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| Portrayed by | Cole Williams |
| First appearance | Our Father |
| In-story stats | |
| Known ability | None |
| Gender | |
| Home | West Memphis, AR |
| Occupation | US Marine Soldier |
Ryan Hanover is a soldier in the United States Marine Corps recruited by Pinehearst as part of their super soldier program.
Character History
Our Father
With a team of fifty recruits, Ryan trains at Primatech Research in Fort Lee.
Webisode:The Recruit, Part 1
Twelve hours before Angela Petrelli's interrogation of Private Mills, Ryan gathers up three samples of the formula and argues with Rachel Mills and David Sullivan about girls being in the military. Ryan then tells Rachel she should be the first one to be injected when, suddenly, an unknown explosion goes off. In the aftermath, Rachel asks David where Ryan went, and David says he doesn't know.
Graphic Novel:Stuck in the Middle
While writing a letter for his mother in a storage closet in Pinehearst Headquarters, Ryan recalls his service in Iraq, and notes that he was one of those made it back alive and is going to save the world. He also writes that he does not intend to come home, but to stay on at Pinehearst. Ryan next spots Rachel Mills taking a shower through a crack in the wall and overhears Tracy Strauss and Senator Petrelli talking about the formula through a vent. To hear better, Ryan gets closer to the vent by standing on three boxes of Johnny Luck cleaning supplies. However, he loses his balance, collapses on the floor and runs out of the closet, leaving his signed letter behind. Ryan walks past the showers and denies hearing anything when Rachel asks him about the noise.
Heroes Evolutions
According to his character reference at NBC.com, Ryan Hanover grew up in an impoverished neighborhood of West Memphis, Arkansas. Ryan's dad was an alcoholic and his mom worked as a waitress for much of his childhood. On becoming a teenager, Ryan began getting in and out of trouble with the law. However, Ryan decided to straighten up after his brother died; so he enlisted in the military to escape the influences in his world. Unlike the rest of the soldiers in Pinehearst's program, Ryan volunteered to be a part of it and was not simply recruited.
Operation Bad Blood
In chapter 5 of Operation Bad Blood in the iStory, the Pinehearst contracted player sees a technician watching a video feed of the recruits talking. The technician explains that he is screening outgoing mail from their new recruits for security breaches. Ryan's message back home is viewable by clicking the "video feeds" link on the page:
You never thought I'd finish anything, but I was the best in my unit. Now I'm part of a program that's going to save the world. They're turning me into a super soldier.
See Also
- For other uses of Ryan, see Ryan (disambig).