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[[caption-width-right:177:"Look around, Logan. This mosaic contains the entire history of your country's wars of aggression. We will make an addition to it."]]

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Had he never helped Logan rescue Lian, he never would have found out about the Agency's true agenda.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Had he never helped Logan rescue Lian, he Logan never would have found out about the Agency's true agenda.
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* SayMyName: He screams Gabe's name as he lays dying after Gabe thwarted his plan in Kazakhstan and killed him in his own missile silo.
--> Rhoemer: "LOGAN! *cough* LOGAN! *cough* *drop dead*
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* MauveShirt: John Ramirez is the most developed of all the GI's but he dies too in the end.

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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Mara suddenly turns against Rhoemer in part 1 and aids Gabe in getting to the missile silo. She is revealed to be working for Vince Hadden and treats the Agency as brainless boobs.

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* ArtEvolution: Mara was a redhead in the first game. The artist who designed her in the sequel never played the game so she got redesigned as a blonde.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Mara suddenly turns against Rhoemer in part 1 and aids Gabe in getting to the missile silo.1. She is revealed to be working for Vince Hadden and treats the Agency as brainless boobs.



* ItsPersonal: Mara earns Gabe's hate by killing his friend Ellis at the start.



* ItsPersonal: Rhoemer earns Gabe's hate by killing his friend Ellis at the start.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
** Played straight in ''1''. Mara is supposed to be one of the more dangerous villains, but as she is the first official boss character (not counting Kravitch), her accuracy is only slightly better than average mooks and Gabe can easily outgun her 9mm by equipping either Shotgun or M-16.
** Averted in ''Dark Mirror'' if Stoneman fails to kill Mara in one shot, she will immediately spot him and Stoneman will be forced into a gunfight. Mara poves to be a challenge with her constantly strafing while equipping semi-automatic gun, although Stoneman still has an advantage due to the high ground.


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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: She is eventually dead at the hands of Gary Stoneman, under Gabe's order. Bonus point that it happens during her leisure time, when she thinks Gabe is no longer targetting her.
* MasterOfAll: Downplayed, Mara is capable of handling different kinds of one-handed weapons in the orginal trilogy. She equips 9mm in "Main Subway Line" and some cutscenes of ''2'', HK-5 in "Expo Center Dinorama", .45 in "Costa Rican Plantation", and G-18 in " DC Subway".
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* BigBadWannabe: Just like Benton.

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* BigBadWannabe: Just After all his big talks, he gets killed by Gabe, just like Benton.Benton. Archer is worse than Benton in a sense, Benton had a semi-automatic G-18 equipped and was ready to face Gabe one on one, while Archer can only issue orders to his underlings from his helicopter, and he tries to flee by hanging onto his helicopter instead of facing Gabe after Gabe mows down all his underlings.

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An infamous Russian assassin. She is initially one of Rhoemer's underlings but she is revealed to be taking orders from someone much higher.


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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Mara suddenly turns against Rhoemer in part 1 and aids Gabe in getting to the missile silo. She is revealed to be working for Vince Hadden and treats the Agency as brainless boobs.
* KarmaHoudini: She keeps escaping certain death in the original trilogy.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chance at first is the friendliest and is the closest to Gabe. He later reveals that he does not care about getting his own men killed.

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[[folder:Jason Chance]]
The head of the CBDC agent squad but in truth, he is an undercover Agency operative.

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[[folder:Jason Chance]]
Chance/Unit One]]
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[[caption-width-right:173:"How many men did you kill to get here? All of them, they were just doing their job! Did they deserve to die? I'm just doing what I was trained to do."]]
The head of the CBDC agent squad but in truth, he squad. He is also an undercover Agency operative.operative, codenamed Unit One.


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The head of the CBDC agent squad but in truth, he is an undercover Agency operative and the final boss.

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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Logan assumed that Chance was killed in the Bio Lab along with Ramirez. He instead emerges as the final boss.
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** Dobson was taken captive during the ambush in Kazakhstan but he dies later.
** Eschelman is killed when a spook attack causes a cave-in. Ramirez tries to call to him but it is too late.
** Davies is killed when a spook throws a grenade at him.
** Kowalski broke his leg while parachuting out of the plane. He is killed later by spooks.
** Ferguson was killed by the avalanche caused by Archer.
** Thompson was killed when Archer blasted the bridge.
** Ramirez was held captive in the Agency Bio-Lab. He is briefly reunited with Logan but Chance kills him later. Chance taunts Logan that Ramirez thought that he had betrayed him.
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* TemptingFate: Ferguson always says that he is fine, that he'll live through the Agency assault. Ramirez later says that he got KilledOffscreen.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Phagan always believes that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money can solve everything]]. He also manages to seal deals with various important figures across the world, using his accumulated wealth with his pharmaceutical company Pharcom as a front. Too bad for him, Mara Aramov is too unhinged to be bribed into letting him live.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Phagan always believes that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money can solve everything]].everything. He also manages to seal deals with various important figures across the world, using his accumulated wealth with his pharmaceutical company Pharcom as a front. Too bad for him, Mara Aramov is too unhinged to be bribed into letting him live.live.
* RichBitch: He often resorts to bribery to save his own life.



A CBDC agent but in truth, he is an undercover Agency operative and the final boss.

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A The head of the CBDC agent squad but in truth, he is an undercover Agency operative and the final boss.


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!!Davies, Dobson, Eschelman, Ferguson, Kowalski, Ramirez, Thompson
The CBDC agents who arrive to clean up the Kazakhstan missile launch situation. They accompany Logan during the Colorado missions.
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* BadassInDistress: Though they are military, they are outgunned and outmanned by the Agency so they have to be saved constantly by Logan.
* DwindlingParty: There's lots of them at the start but they are killed by the Agency.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: Kowalski is carrying some C-4. He is dead by the time Logan has to take it from him.
* KilledMidSentence: Kowalski is killed while saying "We're under fire!" over the comms.
* PosthumousCharacter: Dobson is never seen alive. His body is found by Lian at the airbase and she's all broken up about him.
* RedshirtArmy: They are Logan's only allies at the start but they are no match against the Agency.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: CBDC are constantly protected in the previous game. Here, they drop like flies.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Her death at the hand of Gary Stoneman in ''Dark Mirror'' is well-deserved.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Her death at the hand of Gary Stoneman in ''Dark Mirror'' is well-deserved.well-deserved, especially after betraying Gabe--the one who gave her a chance of redemption.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Her death at the hand of Gary Stoneman in ''Dark Mirror'' is well-deserved.

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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Gabe does not think Weissinger is evil by definition. '''Worse''', Gabe thinks she is disturbed in a way he can never understand. While Gabe wants to think that Weissinger is a victim of circumstances due to her getting corrupted by the Agency conspiracies, Gabe can still remember, and obviously has not forgive yet, about how Weissinger drugged him in the Agency Bio-Lab in ''2'', and could possibly killed him if she wanted.



* RedemptionFailure: In ''Omega Strain'', Gabe recruits her to join IPCA as a scientist despite others warning him against it. As IPCA scientist Weissinger helps Mujari creating cure for Syphon Filter Omega, the new strain of the virus Gabe had been fighting against for years. However, when Gabe assigns her to attend an important event hosted by WHO, Weissinger does not return to IPCA headquarters after the event ends. Her deposition notes reveals that Weissinger has a dark side that wants to change the world, and obviously has no intention to return, which drives Gabe bitter about the possibility of getting betrayed again. The sequel ''Dark Mirror'' shows that Weissinger returns to Mara Aramov's side, proving Gabe's suspicion.

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* RedemptionFailure: In ''Omega Strain'', Gabe recruits her to join IPCA as a scientist despite others warning him against it. As IPCA scientist Weissinger helps Mujari creating cure for Syphon Filter Omega, the new strain of the virus Gabe had been fighting against for years. However, when Gabe assigns her to attend an important event hosted by WHO, Weissinger does not return to IPCA headquarters after the event ends. Her deposition notes reveals that Weissinger does not find any satisfaction in saving people from the strain with her knowledge; she only thinks of it as a beginning for something new. She also has a dark side that wants to change ambition of changing the world, and obviously has no intention to return, which drives Gabe bitter about the possibility of getting betrayed again. The sequel ''Dark Mirror'' shows that Weissinger returns to Mara Aramov's side, proving Gabe's suspicion.
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* RedemptionFailure: Gabe recruits her to join IPCA as a scientist despite others warning him against it. As IPCA scientist Weissinger helps Mujari creating cure for Syphon Filter Omega, the new strain of the virus Gabe had been fighting against fornyears. However, when Gabe assigns her to attend an important event hosted by WHO, Weissinger does not return to IPCA headquarters after the event ends. Her deposition notes reveals that Weissinger has a dark side that wants to change the world, and obviously has no intention to return, which drives Gabe bitter about the possibility of getting betrayed again. The sequel ''Dark Mirror'' shows that Weissinger returns to Mara Aramov's side, proving Gabe's suspicion.

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* RedemptionFailure: In ''Omega Strain'', Gabe recruits her to join IPCA as a scientist despite others warning him against it. As IPCA scientist Weissinger helps Mujari creating cure for Syphon Filter Omega, the new strain of the virus Gabe had been fighting against fornyears.for years. However, when Gabe assigns her to attend an important event hosted by WHO, Weissinger does not return to IPCA headquarters after the event ends. Her deposition notes reveals that Weissinger has a dark side that wants to change the world, and obviously has no intention to return, which drives Gabe bitter about the possibility of getting betrayed again. The sequel ''Dark Mirror'' shows that Weissinger returns to Mara Aramov's side, proving Gabe's suspicion.

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A PHARCOM doctor who took part in Syphon Filter production in the past and is the primary scientist tasked with observing the virus' effects and developing it into the next level. Later hired by the IPCA.


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* HerrDoktor: An unhinged doctor fascinated by the effect of a deadly virus on a living ill person, who happens to be a German.
* RedemptionFailure: Gabe recruits her to join IPCA as a scientist despite others warning him against it. As IPCA scientist Weissinger helps Mujari creating cure for Syphon Filter Omega, the new strain of the virus Gabe had been fighting against fornyears. However, when Gabe assigns her to attend an important event hosted by WHO, Weissinger does not return to IPCA headquarters after the event ends. Her deposition notes reveals that Weissinger has a dark side that wants to change the world, and obviously has no intention to return, which drives Gabe bitter about the possibility of getting betrayed again. The sequel ''Dark Mirror'' shows that Weissinger returns to Mara Aramov's side, proving Gabe's suspicion.
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* BlatantLies: When Lian confronts him, Holman tries to reason with her by saying that he is only stalling Falkan and is waiting for an opportunity to help Lian escape. This is obviously a lie, as Holman is not even walking toward the airbase health facility, the place where Lian was held before an airman help her exit.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* SpannerInTheWorks: Had he never helped Logan rescue Lian he never would have found out about the Agency's true agenda.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive
CorruptCorporateExecutive: Phagan always believes that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money can solve everything]]. He also manages to seal deals with various important figures across the world, using his accumulated wealth with his pharmaceutical company Pharcom as a front. Too bad for him, Mara Aramov is too unhinged to be bribed into letting him live.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Had he never helped Logan rescue Lian Lian, he never would have found out about the Agency's true agenda.


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* NoodleIncident: Lian mentions in ''2'' how she and Gregorov are not close enough to be considered friends, but they respect each other. [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Lian's Kabul mission]] in ''3'' shows Lian, still an agent of MSS, taking a photo of a map which indicating Gregorov's troops movement during Uni Soviet's occupation of Afghanistan. Lian also mentions how she used to be held captive in Aljir prison. There is no clear information of how Lian and Gregorov meeting each other before ''2'', though.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Gabe made a radio call with him about Lian's potential demise at the hand of Rhoemer, he speaks so nonchalantly that he had already prepared a pick up for Gabe at the entrance gate of Rhoemer's military base. It is one of the early signs about how [[WeHaveReserves the Agency views their operative agents]]. And when Phagan later tells Gabe that Lian is still alive, there is no sign of surprise from Markinson at all despite him hearing everything through Gabe's radio call, as if he already knew what is happening.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Gabe made makes a radio call with him about Lian's potential demise at the hand of Rhoemer, Rhoemer in Kazakhstan, he speaks so nonchalantly that he had already prepared a pick up for Gabe at the entrance gate of Rhoemer's military base. It is one of the early signs about how [[WeHaveReserves the Agency views their operative agents]]. And when Phagan later tells Gabe that Lian is still alive, there is no sign of surprise from Markinson at all despite him hearing everything through Gabe's radio call, as if he already knew what is happening.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Gabe made a radio call with him about Lian's potential demise at the hand of Rhoemer, he speaks so nonchalantly that he had already prepared a pick up for Gabe at the entrance gate of Rhoemer's military base. It is one of the early signs about how [[WeHaveReserves the Agency views their operative agents]]. And when Phagan later tells Gabe that Lian is still alive, there is no sign of surprise from Markinson at all, as if he already knew what is happening.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Gabe made a radio call with him about Lian's potential demise at the hand of Rhoemer, he speaks so nonchalantly that he had already prepared a pick up for Gabe at the entrance gate of Rhoemer's military base. It is one of the early signs about how [[WeHaveReserves the Agency views their operative agents]]. And when Phagan later tells Gabe that Lian is still alive, there is no sign of surprise from Markinson at all, all despite him hearing everything through Gabe's radio call, as if he already knew what is happening.

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