
Deemed suitable for immediate cybernetic augmentation, Kane is taken to a Strogg Medical Facility and shackled to a metal slab mounted on an assembly line. While attempting to destroy a Strogg facility, Kane is defeated and captured by the Makron. His left eye was a cybernetic implant, as the original was lost in the events on Space Station Armstrong, after which he looked like he had been "mauled by a dozen pitbulls". He is reassigned to Rhino Squad, where he serves in the second retaliatory attack on Stroggos. It is revealed during the game that Kane is the only known survivor of the attack on Space Station ''Armstrong'', which may have taken place at the start of the Strogg invasion of Earth. But this isn't just a nightmare, it's who I've become. Created for war, and fueled by the blood of their enemy. Flesh and bone fused with wires and steel. A metallic spine, jutting awkwardly through muscle. But I can't escape the images of the Strogg. Kane never speaks during the game, but he most likely narrated the Quake 4 trailer with these words about the Strogg: Given their upcoming mission on Stroggos as part of the huge second invasion force, they will quickly find out just what Matthew Kane is capable of. Still, with their fates now so intertwined, it's time to adapt or die once again.

They've never worked with him, don't trust him, and question if he might be a loose cannon who will put them all in excess danger. However, the squad only knows a sparse handful rumors about how he survived the attack on Space Station Armstrong. This was thanks to Lieutenant Voss, who saw Kane's potential to be a truly valuable asset to the team. He is the only one who knows exactly what took place there, and he is under the strictest orders to remain silent on the matter.Īfter several months of recuperation, Kane was assigned to the world-renowned Rhino Squad.
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He was aboard Space Station Armstrong when the Strogg launched an overwhelming attack on it, and he was the only person to emerge from it alive. At some point around or following the outbreak of war, Kane enlisted in the forces of the Global Defense Force, subsequently transferring into the Terran Coalition of Man's Space Marine Corps around the time of its formation, wherein he would attain the rank of Corporal.Ībove all else, Cpl. Nothing is known about Matthew Kane's early life before the events of Quake 4, but it seems likely that he received a typical Lunar upbringing in the years before the Strogg invaded.
