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Kronos is the mastermind behind the invasion of the Mars Outpost and the second-to-last boss in Doom RPG.
Background
Kronos was a UAC scientist working on teleportation research. He supposedly travelled to a dimension of pure evil where he combined human technology with demon flesh to create the Cyberdemon. In Reactor, the last level of Doom RPG, Kronos is changed into a demon to attack the player.
Rumors said that he had the ability to control the minds of UAC administrators (perhaps thanks to Mr. Nadira's research on mind control).
After the UAC discovered Kronos' research, he was fired and his research buried, but he returned in the guise of Dr. Guerard. Indeed, when Karina Simons researched Guerard's employment history, he found no record in the UACHQ on him.
Gameplay
Dr. Guerard is encountered early in the game in Sector 1, where he helps the player. However, he sometimes behaves in a suspicious manner, opening doors in apparently impossible ways, for example. Some of the scientists express their suspicions about Guerard, some believing that he is "working for Kronos".
As B.J. Blazkowicz travels through the different sectors of the UAC base, they can find terminals containing emails between Kronos and other scientists/UAC personnel. These include Kronos demanding from Colonel Graff (who owes some debt to him) that the teleporter be moved to the reactor room, and demanding that Dr. Jensen be detained and stripped of all his equipment. planning to use the massive of the reactor core to move something huge
Guerard's true intentions are finally made clear in Sector 6, when he leads the player and Dr. Jensen into a trap.
When Guerard opens the portal again and the is invaded again, he sends e-mails to Blazkowicz in Junction terminals, inviting him to the Reactor to kill him painfully.
Guerard is encountered again in the Reactor, where he transforms into Kronos. The player must defeat him to reach the portal and shut it down.
Behind the Scenes
- His role is somewhat analagous to Dr. Betruger in Doom 3.
- Kronos bears some physical similarties to the Mother Demon from Doom 64, but in a more skeletal form. Also the appearance shares some similarities to some of the forms of the Goblin/Abaddon pilot concept that appears in DOOM, or the Wraiths from Doom 2016/The Dark Ages.
- The name "Kronos" is possibly derived from a titan of the same name and father of Zeus from Greek mythology. Given the number of geek culture references contained in Doom RPG, it's also possible that the name is a reference to the Klingon homeworld in Star Trek.
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