Character Relationship Map: Scanners

Characters

• Cameron Vale (played by Stephen Lack) — protagonist

  Untrained scanner with telepathic and telekinetic powers, recruited to stop a rogue scanner.

• Kim Obrist (played by Jennifer O'Neill) — protagonist

  Journalist who investigates scanner activities and allies with Cameron Vale.

• Darryl Revok (played by Michael Ironside) — supporting

  Insane scanner seeking domination over non-scanners, primary antagonist of first film.

• Dr. Paul Ruth (played by Patrick McGoohan) — supporting

  Psychologist for ConSec who recruits and trains Cameron Vale.

• Braedon Keller (played by Lawrence Dane) — supporting

  ConSec head of security, oversees scanner program and operations.

• Benjamin Pierce (played by Robert A. Silverman) — supporting

  Scanner aligned with Revok, participates in violent operations.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Cameron Vale → Darryl Revok (Family Brother)

  Revok reveals during the final confrontation that he and Vale are brothers and both sons of Dr. Ruth.

• Darryl Revok → Dr. Paul Ruth (Family Son)

  Revok reveals that he and Vale are sons of Dr. Ruth, who administered the prototype drug before abandoning them.

• Cameron Vale → Dr. Paul Ruth (Professional Recruiter)

  Dr. Paul Ruth explains Cameron Vale's scanning abilities and recruits him to infiltrate Darryl Revok's group.

• Dr. Paul Ruth → Braedon Keller (Professional Colleague)

  Keller is ConSec's head of security and tells Ruth that the scanner program should be shut down.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Cameron Vale → Benjamin Pierce (Narrative Dying Informant)

  After Pierce is murdered, Vale survives and reads Pierce's dying thoughts to learn about scanners opposing Revok.

• Darryl Revok → Benjamin Pierce (Conflict Target)

  Revok's assassins murder Benjamin Pierce while Vale visits him as an unaffiliated scanner.

• Cameron Vale → Braedon Keller (Conflict Adversary)

  On Revok's orders, Keller attempts to have ConSec guards murder Vale and Obrist.

• Kim Obrist → Braedon Keller (Conflict Captive And Escaper)

  Keller holds Obrist captive, but she uses her powers to escape him.

• Kim Obrist → Darryl Revok (Conflict Opponent)

  Revok's assassins attack Obrist's scanner meeting, and Revok's group later captures her with Vale.

• Cameron Vale → Kim Obrist (Alliance Teammate)

  Vale finds Kim Obrist after the attack on her scanner group, and they investigate Biocarbon Amalgamate together.

• Braedon Keller → Darryl Revok (Alliance Secret Ally)

  Keller, a non-scanner, secretly works for Revok and informs him about Ruth's infiltration plan.

Story Analysis

An untrained scanner confronts his powerful brother and the conspiracy to create a dominant new generation of scanners.

Plot Progression

1. Voices Beneath The Surface
2. The Demonstration Of Power
3. Scanners Under Siege
4. The Corporate Conspiracy
5. The Brothers' Reckoning