Hans Ubermann
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| CHARACTER | |
| Hans Ubermann | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Death | 1939 Ruins of Atlantis |
| Nationality |  German
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Profession(s) |
Nazi scientist |
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Allegiance(s) |
Nazi Germany |
Hans Ubermann was an SS Doctor and Professor who managed to split the atom. Because of the uranium limitations however, he sought for alternative means of energy for the powers of Third Reich. Klaus Kerner brought him an artifact from Atlantis with a sample of Orichalcum. This was the start of an expedition to find the Lost City and infinite amounts of the precious metal.
Along with Colonel Klaus Kerner, Ubermann led a team of Nazi troopers to the ruins of Atlantis but he then started to be interested not only in the metal but in the God machine, which powered by Orichalcum, was believed to make men living deities. He was almost thwarted by Indiana Jones and Sophia Hapgood, who knew the real secret of orichalcum: rather than making men into gods, it turned them into monsters.
Not knowing this, Ubermann tested an elaborate orichalcum-powered device, the so-called God Machine, and briefly achieved his dream of Godhood, becoming a radiant being of pure energy. However, the lifeform that he became quickly lost cohesion and exploded, with the force of the explosion enough to trigger the final destruction of Atlantis.
[edit] Behind the scenes
Ubermann's appearance differs significantly between the comic and the game which is obvious in the pictures above: In the comic he is a monocle-wearing fat man (called 'pork flesh' in Kerner's mumbles) with a 'toothbrush' mustache; in the game he is a thin hunchbacked white-haired bald old man with glasses.
Also in the comic, he ends up as a mutilated horned subhuman not unlike Kerner, while in the game he becomes a spirit-like entity before vanishing.
