Cooper

All that glisters is not gold, often have you heard that told...

This article is about The Dark Pictures Anthology's first installment, Man of Medan .

“	I die.	”
– Cooper's last words

Private Cooper, also known as the Radio Operator, is a minor character and subsequently a hallucinogenic appearance in The Dark Pictures Anthology's first installment, Man of Medan. He is the radio operator of the SS Ourang Medan who died aboard the ship along with the rest of the crew. He was modelled on Leonardo Patane.

Appearance[]

As a living human being, he had smooth white skin. His face was defined by a formed jawline. His hair was short and dark brown, as the color of his eyes were.

His clothes consisted of a sailor uniform, a button-down shirt and long navy blue pants, accompanied by a white sailor cap and a handkerchief with white lines and stars. His plastic shoes are black and shiny.

As a corpse, he's exactly the same, but due to the passing of the years (72 in particular) his flesh disappears completely leaving only his diverse bone cavities in sight. His clothes are more neglected and dirty and completely broken, with several torn parts. His head still contains a few hairs.

Biography[]

Cooper was the radio operator of the SS Ourang Medan. On the night of June 22, 1947, Cooper repeatedly sent distress signals to help outside, but succumbed to a horrible death as he experienced intense hallucination.

Man of Medan[]

Chapter Appearances
Chinese Market		Debut (Death)
The Duke	Absent	Finding Friends	Absent
Wreck	Absent	Ritual	Absent
Dive	Absent	Pressure	Absent
Uninvited Guests	Absent	Plunged	Absent
Ghost Story	Absent	Glamor Girl	Absent
Intrusion	Absent	Revenge	Absent
Storm	Absent	Open Deck	Absent
Abandoned Ship	Absent	Distress Signal	Appears (Dead)
Trapped	Absent	Depths	Absent
An Escape	Absent	Junior	Absent
Danny	Absent	Olson	Cameo
Caskets	Absent	Flooded	Absent
Echo	Absent	Matters of the Heart	Absent
The End		Absent

Prologue[]

During the night of the electrical storm, Cooper tried several times to send distress calls until he died to the Manchurian Gold chemical leak when confronted by a hallucinogenic monster.

Main Story[]

When the protagonists arrive at the bridge deck of the ship, they stumble upon the Cooper's corpse sitting on a chair and may find his final message. The protagonist who is swimming underwater near Cargo Hold 2 will be frightened by Cooper's corpse floating into view before disappearing.

Trivia[]

Secrets[]

Cooper is associated with some secrets:
- He wrote Radio Operator's Memo and Radio Operator's Final Message.

Other[]

Cooper shares the same face model as:
- Simon Hillary/Adam Jones from Hidden Agenda.
- Abe White from The Inpatient.
- Devin McCrea from Shattered State.
- Simon Carver and Leonard Carson from Little Hope.
- Jeff Whitman from The Devil in Me.