Yi Suchong

Lore & Background

Suchong operated in a city driven by Andrew Ryan's Objectivist ideals, where science flourished without oversight. He and Tenenbaum discovered that Sea Slugs could produce ADAM when placed inside young girls, a process that multiplied output by thirty times. The source details a specific interaction during BioShock where Jack witnesses a Big Daddy being killed while protecting a Little Sister; just as a Splicer is about to strike the child, Tenenbaum emerges to save her. In this moment, Atlas (Frank Fontaine) accuses Tenenbaum of hypocrisy for creating the Little Sisters, highlighting Suchong's role in the scientific creation of these child harvesters. The source confirms that Suchong is also a key figure in the *Burial at Sea* DLC. In this prequel to BioShock, Elizabeth is forced by Atlas to locate Suchong, who serves as Ryan's chief physician. She finds him and retrieves a canister of "Quantum Particles" which allows Fontaine Department Stores to rise from its 2000-fathoms depth, igniting the civil war. The source explicitly states that after Elizabeth retrieved his "Ace in the Hole" (the phrase "Would you kindly..."), Atlas ordered his men to send Jack home and then fatally struck Elizabeth on the head with a wrench.

In Their Own Story

In the timeline of *Burial at Sea*, Suchong's office becomes a critical location where the fate of Rapture is sealed. Elizabeth, working as a nightclub performer in this reality, navigates the city under Atlas's coercion to find the doctor. Upon locating him, she secures the "Quantum Particles" that would later facilitate Fontaine's rise from the depths. The tension culminates when Suchong reveals his final contingency: the phrase "Would you kindly..." which he had prepared as a failsafe. Once Elizabeth delivers this phrase to Atlas, the villain no longer needs her assistance regarding Jack. The source describes a brutal conclusion for Elizabeth in this specific sequence: after she retrieves the phrase and gives it to Atlas, he orders his men to send the young girl Jack "home." Immediately following this command, Atlas fatally strikes Elizabeth on the head with a wrench, leaving her for dead. This event cements Suchong's legacy not just as a scientist, but as the architect of the mind-control mechanism that defined the entire BioShock narrative.

Reader's Guide

To understand Yi Suchong, players must look to two distinct locations: the Medical Pavilion in the original *BioShock* and the Burial at Sea DLC. In the main game, his presence is felt through audio diaries and the context of Plasmid creation. He represents the scientific breakthrough that allowed Rapture's citizens to alter their genetics, specifically credited as the creator of Plasmids while Tenenbaum discovered the source ADAM. In *Burial at Sea - Episode Two*, suchong's role is active rather than posthumous. Players must guide Elizabeth through his office to retrieve the "Quantum Particles" and the phrase "Would you kindly...". These items are crucial plot points; the particles trigger the civil war by lifting Fontaine Department Stores, and the phrase establishes the control mechanism used on Jack. The source confirms that Atlas kills Elizabeth with a wrench after she delivers this specific phrase, marking the end of Suchong's involvement in the narrative timeline.

Did You Know?

• Dr. Yi Suchong is explicitly credited in the source as the creator of the Plasmids, while Brigid Tenenbaum discovered the Sea Slugs that produced ADAM.
• In *Burial at Sea*, Elizabeth must retrieve a canister of "Quantum Particles" from Suchong's office to allow Fontaine Department Stores to rise from 2000 fathoms beneath Rapture, igniting the civil war.
• The phrase "Would you kindly...", which serves as the mind-control trigger for Jack throughout *BioShock*, was found by Elizabeth in Suchong's possession and described as his "Ace in the Hole."
• Suchong served as Andrew Ryan's chief physician in the *Burial at Sea* timeline before being coerced by Atlas (Frank Fontaine) to assist in unethical experiments.
• The source notes that while Tenenbaum eventually rescued Little Sisters, Suchong remained part of the system that exploited them until his death or disappearance.