| “ | You saw that? Think of TRUCKS powered by these beads. Think of TANKS! Think of AIRPLANES! | „ |
| ~ Klaus Kerner to Hans Ubermann about what they can do with the "orichalcum". |
Klaus Kerner is the secondary antagonist of the 1992 point-and-click adventure video game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, the first original Indiana Jones video game.
He is a Schutzstaffel (SS) colonel who, in 1939, aspires to find the Lost City of Atlantis to use all of its orichalcum beads to power up Germany's military in the lead-up to World War II. Teaming up with Dr. Hans Ubermann, Kerner tries to find Atlantis before Indiana Jones and Sophia Hapgood can.
History[]
Klaus Kerner is a Nazi spy who wants to find Atlantis in order to use its ancient and powerful technology to conquer the world. In the lead-up to World War II, Kerner teams up wit fellow Nazi doctor Hans Ubermann, who wishes to use "orichalcum", a magical metal Plato described in his writings, to create weapons of mass destruction for Germany, in place of uranium, due to the country's unavailability to gather enough.
In 1939, Kerner is first seen with Indiana Jones and the National Museum curator Marcus Brody at Barnett College, under the alias of "Mr. Smith". After unlocking the tiny Horned Statue that Indy found in Barnett's museum and discovering a metal bead inside, Kerner revels his true colors by pointing his gun at Jones and Marcus, stealing the bead and statue at gunpoint, with Jones failing to stop Kerner from escaping but getting his coat in the process, in which he found information about Kerner's interest on him and Sophia Hapgood, a former associate of Indy's from when he worked at the Jastro Expedition.
Shortly afterwards, Kerner breaks into Hapgood's apartment to steal all the Atlantean artifacts she stole from Jastro, but doesn't find her necklace, which secretly allows the wearer to speak with Nur-Ab-Sal, the Atlantean god of deceit. He also beats out Jones and Hapgood in going to Tikal, Mexico, forcing Charles Stenhart into giving him his copy of the Last Dialogue of Plato at gunpoint. Returning to Germany, Kerner gives Ubermann, his superior, the bead he stole from Jones, which turns out to be made of "orichalcum". Amazed by the mineral's capabilities, Kerner proposes going to Atlantis and extract its "orichalcum" so they can power up Germany's military to be invensible.
Kerner comes across Indy again in a cave while he and Sophia explore the Labyrinth of the Greek island of Crete, taking Sophia hostage and demanding Jones to hand over the Atlantean stone disks the two American archaeologists have retrieved. Jones accepts under the condition that Kerner doesn't hurt Sophia, which Kerner fulfills --- by not letting anyone hurt Sophia under his custody and proceeds to seal the cave's door, trapping Jones inside to die. Kerner takes Sophia to his U-boat, informing her about Nazi Germany's plans to make use of an underwater entrance to enter Atlantis before offering her at gunpoint to either join his side to fulfill her life ambitions to see Atlantis or join Jones in death, unaware that Jones has found his way out of the cave.
During the U-boat's journey to Atlantis, as Hapgood is guarded by a soldier at gunpoint in one cabin, Kerner spends the trip discussing ideas for what to do with the orichalcum with Ubermann, all for the Nazi cause's benefit. Finally, they reach Atlantis, so Kerner and Ubermann go to explore the Lost City's sewers and canals to stockpile all the orichalcum they can while leaving Sophia guarded in one of the city's cells before she gets rescued by Indiana Jones, who had infiltrated the U-boat unknown to the Nazis. Accompanied by two of their guards, Kerner and Ubermann eventually come across the two American archaeologists once all six find the Colossus. Kerner holds Jones and Hapgood at gunpoint as he walks through the Colossus, tauntingly remarking that he can smell Indy's fear. Kerner and Ubermann then reveal that they no longer plan to create orichalcum bombs to conquer the world: instead, they are gonna use the Colossus to achieve godhood.
Knowing how horribly mutated the Colossus had left any Atlanteans who used it in their desire to become gods, Jones warns Kerner and Ubermann about the fate that awaits them if they proceed with their plan, but Ubermann dismisses his concerns, wishing to use the machine to rule without Kerner, despite Kerner reminding him that he is in charge of the oepration. Once Ubermann orders Jones to test the machine himself to make sure it's safe for them, Kerner rebels and holds Ubermann at gunpoint to test while insisting that if anyone is to become a god, it will be him. Jones still insists that Plato's calculations might be wrong, so Kerner asks Ubermann to not use the ten orichalcum beads and just use one. Thus, Ubermann only uses one orichalcum bead to power the machine, which seemingly works well before turning Kerner into a mutant. Horrified at his new form, Kerner desperately jumps off to his death in a lava pit below him.
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External Links[]
- Klaus Kerner on the Indiana Jones Wiki
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