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* AntiHero: He's technically a good guy, but he can be downright ruthless.



* PlayingAgainstType: While technically one of the "good guys", he is far more ruthless than most of the nice guys Bamber has usually played.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Being played by Jamie Bamber guarantees him at least one ShirtlessScene, making it quite clear that Bamber is a very handsome man, and still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Being played by Jamie Bamber guarantees him at least one ShirtlessScene, making it quite clear that Bamber is a very handsome man, and still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days. Zarkova lampshades this by deliberately gushing about him:


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* TheAlcoholic: As revealed by [=McAllister=].

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* TheAlcoholic: As revealed DarkAndTroubledPast: He misjudged a situation, resulting in the deaths of the men in his command. He responded by [=McAllister=].developing a drinking problem and getting out of the field.



* InformedFlaw: [=McAllister=] reveals to the team that he's an [[TheAlcoholic an alcoholic]] and a ShellShockedVeteran (after he misjudged a situation and got his team killed), but neither of those tropes is very evident. He's even seen ordering whiskey in a bar at one point, even though most alcoholics shun any kind of liquor upon recovery.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Also revealed by [=McAllister=], though it's not really evident.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Being played by Jamie Bamber guarantees him at least one ShirtlessScene, making it quite that Bamber is a very handsome man, and still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Being played by Jamie Bamber guarantees him at least one ShirtlessScene, making it quite clear that Bamber is a very handsome man, and still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.days.
--> '''Zarkova''': ''(to Novin)'' "You've seen his cheekbones, his tight little butt, his strong arms, really strong arms. . ."
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* {{Fanservice}}: He hasn't had a shirtless scene, but there's no denying that Bamber is a very handsome man. And one T-shirt scene makes it clear that he's still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.

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* {{Fanservice}}: He hasn't had a shirtless scene, but there's no denying Being played by Jamie Bamber guarantees him at least one ShirtlessScene, making it quite that Bamber is a very handsome man. And one T-shirt scene makes it clear that he's man, and still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.

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* TheAlcoholic
* {{Expy}}: He's described as "What if Franchise/JamesBond became "M"?"

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* TheAlcoholic
TheAlcoholic: As revealed by [=McAllister=].
* {{Expy}}: He's described as "What if Franchise/JamesBond became "M"?""M"?", though he's seen out in the field along with his team more often than not.


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* ShellShockedVeteran: Also revealed by [=McAllister=], though it's not really evident.
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* TheAlcoholic
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* {{Fanservice}}: He hasn't had a shirtless scene, but there's no denying that Bamber is a very handsome man. And one T-shirt scene makes it clear that he's still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.

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* {{Fanservice}}: He hasn't had a shirtless scene, but there's no denying that Bamber is a very handsome man. And one T-shirt scene makes it clear that he's still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.days.
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!!Colonel Alexander Coltrane
Played by: Creator/JamieBamber
* {{Expy}}: He's described as "What if Franchise/JamesBond became "M"?"
* {{Fanservice}}: He hasn't had a shirtless scene, but there's no denying that Bamber is a very handsome man. And one T-shirt scene makes it clear that he's still sporting the "Bamberceps", as his arms were dubbed during his ''BSG'' days.
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* MsFanservice: Usually downplayed (though she certainly makes British Army camo fatigues look good), but missions in Somalia and Colombia feature her in a bikini and short skirt, respectively.

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* MsFanservice: Usually downplayed (though she certainly makes British Army camo fatigues look good), but missions in Somalia and Colombia feature her in a bikini and short skirt, respectively. She also ends up having a very explicit sex scene.
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!!Ulyanov
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Gives zero fucks about his associate's ideology and motivations, he initially cooperated to make a ton of money. This led to his son's death, which made it [[ItsPersonal personal]].
* TheMafiya: Russian Mob boss who’s working with Al Zuhari/[[spoiler: Kamali]].
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Son]]: His [[HookersAndBlow coke-snorting prick]] of a son Viktor was killed in Colombia by Scott and Stonebridge, who took him for just another cartel mook. Ulyanov wants payback.
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!!Ambassador Robin Foster

!!Mei Foster

!!Chloe Foster
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* TwoFirstNames: "Damien" and "Scott".






!!Major Hugh Collinson
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* GreenEyedMonster: He thinks his boyfriend ''might'' have cheated on him. How does he react? He [[{{Fingore}} stabs his boyfriend through the hand]], then shoots the guy who Leatherby thinks he might have cheated with.

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* GreenEyedMonster: He thinks his boyfriend ''might'' have cheated on him. How does he react? He [[{{Fingore}} stabs shoots his boyfriend through the hand]], then shoots the guy who Leatherby thinks he might have cheated with.
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* BadassBaritone: And how.
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* BaldOfEvil



* EvilSoundsRaspy: Sometimes.

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!!Leo Kemali

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!!Leo Kemali
Kamali
Played by: Zubin Varla
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent
* FamilyMan: He may be the world's top terrorist, but he loves his daughter. Mess with Ester and you're dead-- or worse.
* FamilyValuesVillain
* BeardOfEvil: He shaves it off after he [[spoiler: fakes his own death.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Sometimes.
* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: The entirety of Shadow Warfare sets him up as the potentially back-stabbing crony of terrorist mastermind Al-Zuhari, only to reveal that Al-Zuhari has been [[spoiler: dead for years, with Kamali carrying out all of his work alongside maintaining an image of Al-Zuhari's still being alive.]]
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!!Captain Kate Marshall
* ActionGirl: Her primary role is trigger-puller and assault team leader.
* FightingIrish: From Ulster. Connelly has some things to say about that. Kate’s not terribly concerned with the opinion of a terrorist-for-hire whose body count consists mostly of his fellow Irishmen.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: By Connelly, [[ILied despite his promising otherwise.]]]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Having an affair with Stonebridge. Not only is he married, they’re in the same unit, she’s an officer and he’s enlisted, and she’s his team leader.



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* BraveScot: Not so much brave as psychotic, but he’s immensely proud of his Scottish Heritage. Stonebridge quickly starts calling him “Braveheart” [[{{Troll}} just to piss him off]].
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* CompleteMonster: His business model consists of murder, kidnapping, ransom (and murdering the hostages anyway), forced prostitution, drugs, murder, human trafficking, arms smuggling, forced prostitution, murder, rape, torture, terrorism, bribery, and murder.

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* SirSwearsALot

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* SirSwearsALotSirSwearsALot: "Fuck me!" is practically his CatchPhrase.



* MsFanService: Usually downplayed (though she certainly makes British Army camo fatigues look good), but missions in Somalia and Colombia feature her in a bikini and short skirt, respectively.

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* MsFanService: MsFanservice: Usually downplayed (though she certainly makes British Army camo fatigues look good), but missions in Somalia and Colombia feature her in a bikini and short skirt, respectively.



* Determinator: The woman ''does not'' give up.

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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: The woman ''does not'' give up.



* MeatGrinderSurgery: Patches her own obviously-painful wounds in a filthy hideout in Beirut.




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* WorstAid: Patches her own obviously-painful wounds in a filthy hideout in Beirut.



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!!Connelly!!Daniel Connelly



!!Craig Hansen

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!!Craig HansenHanson



* ItsPersonal:
* NeverMyFault: Pulled a YouOweMe on Stonebridge to convince him to push his little brother through SAS Selection against Michael's better judgement. When his brother, a ShellShockedVeteran with a drug addiction suffers a psychotic break during a live-fire exercise and starts shooting his teammates, Michael has to kill him to protect the others. Hansen blames Stonebridge and [[spoiler: murders his wife as revenge]].
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* ItsPersonal:
ItsPersonal: Due to the incident with his little brother.
* NeverMyFault: Pulled a YouOweMe on Stonebridge to convince him to push his little brother through SAS Selection against Michael's better judgement. When his brother, a ShellShockedVeteran with a drug addiction addiction, suffers a psychotic break during a live-fire exercise and starts shooting his teammates, Michael has to kill him to protect the others. Hansen Hanson blames Stonebridge and [[spoiler: murders his wife as revenge]].
* PsychoForHire
PsychoForHire: Offers his services to Conrad Knox, quickly proving that no job is too dirty.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Served with Stonebridge in Iraq, and saved his life at one point.



* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the much-younger Jessica Kohl. Exactly how close they are is unclear, but he trusts her with his life and she's comfortable being topless around him.



* NotWhatISignedOnFor: [[spoiler: Refuses to go along with it when post-VillainousBreakdown Knox decides to just start nuking cities. Unfortunately, Hansen enforces the ResignationsNotAccepted policy.]]

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* NotWhatISignedOnFor: [[spoiler: Refuses to go along with it when post-VillainousBreakdown Knox decides to just start nuking cities. Unfortunately, Hansen Hanson enforces the ResignationsNotAccepted policy.]]



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* MsFanservice

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* DarkActionGirl
DarkActionGirl: Beautiful and deadly.
* MsFanservice
IntergenerationalFriendship: Although it's unclear if they are a couple or JustFriends, she's very close to Matlock, who is significantly older.
* MsFanservice: Is perfectly comfortable letting Matlock (and the audience) see her topless.


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Played by: Creator/DougrayScott
* AxeCrazy: "Violent and unstable" would be an understatement.
* DepravedHomosexual: His monologue during his sex scene makes it clear just how sadistic and racist he is. Each successive scene sees him more violent and unhinged.
* FallenHero: Former SAS, now a terrorist for hire.
* GreenEyedMonster: He thinks his boyfriend ''might'' have cheated on him. How does he react? He [[{{Fingore}} stabs his boyfriend through the hand]], then shoots the guy who Leatherby thinks he might have cheated with.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Blatantly hits on Stonebridge, then tortures his own boyfriend on the mere suspicion of infidelity.

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* NeverMyFault: Pulled a YouOweMe on Stonebridge to convince him to push his little brother through SAS Selection against Michael's better judgement. When his brother, a ShellShockedVeteran with a drug addiction suffers a psychotic break during a live-fire exercise and starts shooting his teammates, Michael has to kill him to protect the others. Hansen blames Stonebridge and [[spoiler: murders his wife as revenge]].



* TheAtoner
* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Refuses to go along with it when post-VillainousBreakdown Knox decides to just start nuking cities. Unfortunately, Hansen enforces the ResignationsNotAccepted policy.
* OldSoldier: An American veteran of the French Foreign Legion
* TokenGoodTeamMate

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* TheAtoner
TheAtoner: He regrets having taken part in UN peacekeeping missions during his time as a Legionnaire, since they didn't actually help anyone and at best only delayed the violence they were ostensibly there to stop. As disillusioned as he is, he believes in Knox's vision of a United Africa.
* NobleDemon: He's a mercenary willing to kill if he must, but he's working for Knox out of idealism, doesn't care for vendettas, tries to avoid any unnecessary violence, and when taking a young child and his mother hostage, tries to shield them from violence and treats them as well as he can, even going out of his way to let the kid play soccer on a World Cup field.
* NotWhatISignedOnFor: [[spoiler: Refuses to go along with it when post-VillainousBreakdown Knox decides to just start nuking cities. Unfortunately, Hansen enforces the ResignationsNotAccepted policy.]]
* OldSoldier: An American veteran of the French Foreign Legion, highly-decorated at that.

* OldSoldier: An American veteran of TokenGoodTeamMate: Follows Knox because he believes in his vision and wants to apply his skills to do some good in the French Foreign Legion
* TokenGoodTeamMate
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!!Rebekah Levy
* BadassIsraeli: Mossad assassin
* DarkActionGirl: Utterly loyal to her country, to the point of murdering innocent people if [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she thinks it's necessary to get to her target]]. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is when she kills a poor airport security monitor to gain access to his system.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Shadow Warfare''
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: In ''Shadow Warfare'']]

!!Christy Bryant
* FemmeFatale
* TheManBehindTheMan: She "suggests" several of Knox's moves, most notably [[spoiler: the assassination of Walter Lutulu.]]
* RogueAgent: [[spoiler: A CIA field officer in Africa who assisting Knox. It turns out the CIA was not supporting Knox and was only interested in recovering the stolen nuclear warheads. Langley disavows her once they realize what she's been up to.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Was Scott's handler when he did wetwork for the CIA, while also having an affair with him. She claims the affair was genuine, while Scott bitterly describes it as "A couple of killers fucking between marks." Nevertheless, [[DatingCatwoman she's still able to manipulate Scott through his attraction to her.]]

!!Walter Lutulu
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* TheAtoner: Knox is actually English, but [[SinsOfOurFathers his father was a banker for the South African Apartheid regime]]. His deepest motivation is to do right by ''all'' of the people in Africa to make up for it.
* AxeCrazy: The end result of his SanitySlippage. Knox [[spoiler: decides to give his nuclear warheads to a Congolese terrorist group, then tries to nuke Johannesburg when that fails.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction after he has his men assassinate his Walter Lutulu. This leads to his SanitySlippage and eventual VillainousBreakdown.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His ultimate goal is to unite most, if not all, of Africa under one flag. This unified African nation would be (in his hopes, at least) a world superpower whose people enjoy safety, prosperity, and a high standard of living.




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* FallenHero: Former SAS operator turned murderer, terrorist, and PsychoForHire.
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* TheAtoner
* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Refuses to go along with it when post-VillainousBreakdown Knox decides to just start nuking cities. Unfortunately, Hansen enforces the ResignationsNotAccepted policy.
* OldSoldier: An American veteran of the French Foreign Legion
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Which results in Section 20 recruiting Damien Scott.



* DentedIron: Sometimes has to fight through debilitating injuries.



* ChivalrousPervert: Scott is surprisingly sensitive to women for a guy who [[TheCasanova screws his way around the world.]]



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* Determinator: The woman ''does not'' give up.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: It looks like she's going to end up the same as Colonel Grant when Knox shoots her, but she survives. [[spoiler: Then she gets KilledOffForReal halfway through the next season.]]
* MeatGrinderSurgery: Patches her own obviously-painful wounds in a filthy hideout in Beirut.
* SanitySlippage: Becomes increasingly obsessive after the death of [[spoiler: Sergeant Baxter.]]



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* NumberTwo: To Grant and later Dalton.

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!!Latif
Played by: Creator/JimiMistry
* BadBoss: He'll keep you alive as long as you're useful. After that...
* BigBad
* TheChessmaster: Repeatedly orchestrates decoy terrorist attacks in such a way that the response works in his favor. His plans also have multiple redundancies and backups in the event of a SpannerInTheWorks like Stonebridge and Scott.
* MagnificentBastard
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Impersonates an ISI officer sent to assist Section 20 in order to infiltrate the Crib.]] It helps that he's former ISI himself.

!!Mahmoud/[[spoiler: Dr. Iman Zuhari, [=PhD=]]]
A British national who formerly fed WMD secrets to the Pakistani ISI. [[spoiler: ''She'' claims to be the wife of the spy to try to stay under the radar, but Latif knows who she really is. She wants to surrender to MI-6 in exchange for protection from Latif.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The attractive English/Middle Eastern woman who brushes off Scott at the hotel bar turns out to be the spy he and Stonebridge are there to extract. And the one the terrorists in the hotel are after.]]
* [[spoiler: DamselInDistress:]] [[spoiler: She's a spy in the "left state secrets in a trash can for someone to find" sense, as opposed to the James Bond variety. She [[TheLoad panics]] when things get violent and is generally no help at all to the men trying to keep her alive.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Latif wants Mahmoud's information about Trojan Horse, and intends to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ensure nobody else can find that information afterwards.]] [[spoiler: He succeeds on both counts.]]
* HotScientist: [[spoiler: A very attractive woman who used to do high-level work in the WMD field.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Section 20 inadvertently hands her over to Latif, who interrogated her and leaves her dead on the side of the road.]]

!!Crawford
Played by: Creator/IainGlen
* [[spoiler: DeathEqualsRedemption]]: In his daughter's eyes apparently. [[spoiler: He and Stonebridge are able to rescue her, but he dies in her arms.]]
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: He sells arms to African warlords. His daughter is a doctor who cares for the victims of those warlords. He's pretty much [[IHaveNoSon dead to her]] as far as she's concerned, but Crawford loves his daughter nonetheless and is genuinely proud of her.
* FallenHero: Formerly an officer in the Royal Marines, now an unscrupulous international arms dealer.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Daughter]]: Agrees to give Section 20 all the information he has on Latif in exchange for their help rescuing his daughter from a Sudanese warlord.
* PapaWolf: His daughter may despise him, but he'll still go to war to keep her safe.

!!Connelly
Played by: Creator:LiamCunningham
* HeroKiller: Responsible for the death of [[spoiler: Captain Kate Marshall]].
* ILied: Has a history of pulling this.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Section 20 hunts him down, and Grant herself [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the face]].
* WesternTerrorists: Former [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles IRA]], now freelancing for the highest bidder.

!!Hasani
* BalkanizeMe: An Islamic Kosovar Albanian mob boss and drug dealer who runs a criminal empire in Albania [[spoiler: and has some corrupt KFOR peacekeepers in his pocket]].
* CompleteMonster: His business model consists of murder, kidnapping, ransom (and murdering the hostages anyway), forced prostitution, drugs, murder, human trafficking, arms smuggling, forced prostitution, murder, rape, torture, terrorism, bribery, and murder.
* ILied: Intends to kill his hostages after their ransom money comes in. Except for the young Dutch woman, who will be forced into sex slavery.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Latif is not happy with the attention Hasani's actions have attracted, though [[EvenEvilHasStandards he doesn't seem to like him much anyway.]]
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!!Conrad Knox

!!Craig Hansen

!!Karl Matlock

!!Jessica Kohl
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Stonebridge recruits him in Jakarta, [[FallenOnHardTimesJob where Scott is the loser in rigged prize fights for a local gang lord]]. He used to be a member of Delta Force, but was framed for drug possession and dishonorably discharged from the US Army after he started asking too many questions about a joint US/British/Pakistani operation in Iraq.

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* HiddenDepths: Amongst other things, he has a nearly eidetic memory, enough that (with some difficulty) he's able to repeat a very long hacking code sequence that he was only able to briefly glance at. Even more impressive considering that he "doesn't speak Geek."




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* BlackAndNerdy: Possesses a surprising level of hacking skill.
* [[spoiler: DeathIsDramatic: His execution by ex-Apartheid mercenaries working for Knox is truly heartbreaking. Richmond empties a whole extra magazine into the guy who did it.]]
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Craig Hansen
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!!Sergeant John Porter
Played by: Creator/RichardArmitage
* DefiantToTheEnd: His last words aren't just a profanity-laced tirade against his captors, but also a code that Scott is able to interpret warning about Project Dawn.
* KilledOffForReal: Very early on by Latif's followers.

!!Sergeant Michael Stonebridge
Played by: Creator/PhilipWinchester
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Michael seems pretty even-keeled, but ''don't'' give him a reason to kill you.
* BrokenAce: A level-headed, consummately-professional SAS soldier who [[spoiler: cheats on his wife with Kate]] and lets things get way too personal.
* {{Determinator}}: Lots of things get in his way over the course of the series. Few of them stay in his way for long.
* MrFanservice: Often seen with his shirt off.
* ItsPersonal: He lets things get to him. Of course, [[spoiler: the murder of his wife]] would get to anyone, but the list doesn't end there.
* StuffyBrit: Comes off this way sometimes, especially in comparison to Scott, but has a pretty sharp sense of humor underneath. His patience also has its limits.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Scott
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: With Kate Marshall.]]

!!Sergeant Damien Scott
Played by: CreatorSullivanStapleton
* BadassAndChildDuo: Spends a significant portion of the hotel siege protecting a little girl, including making sure she doesn't [[HarmfulToMinors see her father's bullet-riddled body]].
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Scott is an irreverent smartass who also happens to by extremely competent and lethal in the field.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Stonebridge recruits him in Jakarta, [[FallenOnHardTimesJob where Scott is the loser in rigged prize fights for a local gang lord]]. He used to be a member of Delta Force, but was framed for drug possession and dishonorably discharged from the US Army after he started asking too many questions about a joint US/British/Pakistani operation in Iraq.
-->'''Scott:''' When I got back, they found ten keys of coke in my locker.
-->'''Stonebridge:''' So you got what you deserved.
-->'''Scott:''' [[CaptainObvious The dope wasn't mine, dickhead!]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Will happily bang just about anyone with a two X-chromosomes, but gives Stonebridge a solid WhatTheHellHero about his extramarital affair.
* ReallyGetsAround: To the point that [[CreatorBacklash Sullivan Stapleton was getting tired of it]].
* SirSwearsALot
* TokenMinority: An American ex-Delta shooter on a British black ops team.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Stonebridge

!!Sergeant Julia Richmond
* MissionControl: Her usual role in the Crib. She can put rounds on target when the need arises, too.

!!Colonel Eleanor Grant
* TheAtoner: She planned and led the joint operation that ruined Damien Scott's career and much of his life. When circumstances lead her to recruit him into Section 20, it eventually becomes clear that she wants to make it right.
* BigDamnHeroes: Rescuing Scott from a Nigerian hospital, despite being the only white woman in the building and multiple armed guards in the way.
* ColonelBadass: Though she usually [[MissionControl runs things from the Crib]], when she feels the need to handle something herself, she proves quite adept at sneaking in, blending in, killing somebody who needs to die, and disappearing again.
* [[spoiler: DeathEqualsRedemption: Though Scott tries hard to save her, she kills herself [[TakingYouWithMe and Latif]] by detonating an explosive in her pocket.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Trojan Horse, and Scott's career being destroyed.

!!Major Rachel Dalton

!!Major Oliver Sinclair
* NumberTwo: To Grant and later Dalton.

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