James Brenner

James Brenner is the current CEO of NextLife™ and the protagonist in AfterMars.

Summary
James was born in the Mars Capital 2135. There weren't more than 10,000 people in the capital back then.

Not much is known about James' childhood except that he was always planning for the future and he stayed unmarried until the outbreak.

When John Brenner, James' father, passed down the company to James some drastic changes were made. A new lab was built in 2153 called the NextLife Mars Labs and a new type of organism was developed, this time in the form of a virus that they called ReHeal.

James has some traces of psychopathy in him as he only does what is best for him and won't let anyone stop him. It is possible to kill everyone but it results in not being able to complete the game.

After the outbreak, James chose to become the leader of "The Tubers" and turned his failed business idea into a small settlement. At first, The Tube, as they called it held James, his father, his mother, and five friends but towards the end of the game, 28 residents live in The Tube.

Many of the people he meets blame him for the outbreak but he is quick to explain that he had no knowledge of how dangerous the virus was.

There are no conflicts between the Nomads and James unless the player chooses to attack them. The same goes with Hilltop and all the other neutral settlements. The Rangers, however, attack James on sight and sometimes try to raid The Tube.