Dr. Phillip McCoy

Life
Phillip Barbon McCoy was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1900. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Citadel City, Ventia in search of a better life. He attended school there and quickly showed himself to be of intellectual genius, and in 1918 he was enrolled in Humboldt University and gained his doctorate in theoretical physics, and minored in Environmental Studies. In 1925 he moved to Ashbourne and began working for the government researching experimental weapons technology. While there he met Dr. Adam Maes and they quickly became friends, and in the summer of that year the government assigned him to a research group along with him, as well as Dr. Julius Wolffe, and Dr. Evan MacDonald.

Scientific Career
When this research group was formed they were stationed in Victoria in Northern Ontario to be more isolated from the cities, and also because of a concern of American spies trying to steal Ventian research. They were given funds to buy a house suitable to both live and operate in, and he suggsted that they bought the one on the corner of Main Street, which they quickly did. They made a large and vast basement that contained the laboratory and research equipment, and kept their living quarters in the main building. At the request of Dr. MacDonald the way to access the lab was by pulling on a book in a hidden bookshelf, itself hidden behind a turning wall that was accessed when you pull on a wrench on a garage tool rack. During this time they developed the LR-50, the GW-09, and the reinforcement measures for Bunker 135, with McCoy acting primarily as an assistant to Dr. Maes.

The Disappearance of Maes & McCoy
He was given the chance to oversee the research in Victoria when Dr. Maes was transferred to Wallowa by the government. This wouldn't be for long, however, as the government immediately transferred McCoy to Wallowa in 1941. They were stationed there to see if the town could make for a good forward operating base for another science group, but they got distracted by the rumors and conspiracies about the Wallowa Lake Monster which supposedly dwelled within the depths of Wallowa Lake. Dr. McCoy took an interest in these conspiracies, and urged Dr. Maes to research the lake further. They set up a small research station on the shoreline of Wallowa lake, and on July 16th of 1942 they set off in a wooden rowboat to get a closer look, but left their sonar equipment on the shore. Neither Dr. Maes nor Dr. McCoy were ever heard from again, and no scrap from the boat was ever recovered. To this day it is disputed as to what really happened to the scientists.

Burial
In October of 1942, after a sustained investigation, both Maes & McCoy were declared legally dead and buried in Wallowa Cemetery