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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Several of XCOM's soldiers hail from their respective nation's armed forces or intelligence divisions. Luke's pre-XCOM experience? Olympian sprinter. That being said, it's an advantageous background to have if you're a Scout.
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** Come ''Advent Directive'', he has another moment when [[spoiler:he sees the full extent of the ADVENT military's actions during Scipio, Deus Vult, and other operations; actions which the ADVENT Directive (which he himself had a large hand in devising) implicitly allowed. He immediately makes efforts to help steer ADVENT towards a better path as a result]].
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* CombatMedic: As is customary for XCOM's Medics, she fills this role as a soldier.
* CombatMedic: As is customary for XCOM's Medics, she fills this role as a soldier.
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A French woman abducted by EXALT for the purposes of psionic experimentation, Annette is the latest of four test subjects to have their psionic powers awakened. She finds a way out shortly afterwards, fleeing across half the world while catching up to the reality of EXALT, XCOM and the alien war that sprung up while she was held captive.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Her psionics are more offensively oriented, translating into manifestations of highly caustic energy. This unfortunately means that every time she uses her powers, she inflicts severe burns on her own hands.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:Her fate at the hands of the Ravaged One during the Base Assault.]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: Her psionics are more offensively oriented, translating into manifestations of highly caustic energy. This unfortunately means that every time she uses her powers, she inflicts severe burns on her own hands.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:Her fate at the hands of the Ravaged One during the Base Assault.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: During his conversation with Nero, he learns that [[spoiler:his wife was pregnant when he executed her for treason, and refrained from telling him]]. This single piece of information leaves him on the verge of a HeroicBSOD, compounded by the fact that [[spoiler:he would have likely gone forward with executing her even if she did tell him]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: During his conversation with Nero, he learns that [[spoiler:his wife was pregnant when he executed her for treason, and refrained from telling him]]. This single piece of information leaves him on the verge of a HeroicBSOD, compounded by but what makes it worse is the fact realization that [[spoiler:he would have likely gone forward with executing executed her even if she did tell him]].him]]. On a (somewhat) more hopeful note, however, that same thought is what ultimately pushes him to try and lead XCOM down a better path.
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* BerserkButton: The Collective's treatment of their Mutons on Desolan is a '''major''' one for him.
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One of the first soldiers seen under XCOM, Liam was a Russian counter-terrorist operative prior to joining the paramilitary project, where he becomes one of its most reliable mobile infantrymen.
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One of the first soldiers seen under XCOM, Liam was a Russian counter-terrorist operative prior to joining the paramilitary project, where he becomes one of its most reliable mobile infantrymen.
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An Assault trooper hailing from the French Army, and one of the more laid-back soldiers under XCOM.
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An Assault assault trooper hailing from the French Army, and one of the more laid-back soldiers under XCOM.
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* TalkingWithSigns: He knows ASL, which he learned to talk with his sister and later adapted to use while working with the Commander.
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* TalkingWithSigns: He knows ASL, which he learned in order to talk with his deaf sister and later adapted to use while working with the Commander.
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An elite black ops operative from South Korea.
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* BloodKnight: Gradually develops a taste for killing aliens as the war progresses, stemming from [[spoiler:Shawn's death in Hamburg.]]
* CloseRangeCombatant: As befitting an assault trooper.
* OfficialCouple: Briefly forms one with Shawn [[spoiler:before his untimely death.]]
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* BloodKnight: Gradually develops a taste for killing aliens as the war progresses, stemming from [[spoiler:Shawn's death in Hamburg.]]
* CloseRangeCombatant: As befitting an assault trooper.
* OfficialCouple: Briefly forms one with Shawn [[spoiler:before his untimely death.]]
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The youngest soldier to join XCOM in its early days, Marten served within Iran's Imperial Guard prior to his recruitment. Despite his enthusiasm and initial nosiness, he soon proves to be a legitimately skilled and reliable soldier on the field.
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!!Herman Diederick
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!!Herman DiederickDiederick, Strategic Commander of XCOM
!!Introduced in ''Hades Contingency''
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate at the hands of the aliens in Hamburg.]]
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate at the hands of the aliens in Hamburg.Hamburg, shortly before birthing a shiny new Chryssalid.]]
* OfficialCouple: With Luke Warner near the end of ''Hades Contingency''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In his first mission and its aftermath, it's hinted that he has some form of psionic potential, with the implication that he will be humanity's first psion. The assault on the Dreadnought reinforces this further. [[spoiler:He dies partway through said mission, and Patricia ends up becoming the first to unlock her psionic talents.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: In his first mission and its aftermath, it's hinted that he has some form of psionic potential, with the implication that he will be humanity's first psion. The assault on the Dreadnought reinforces this further. [[spoiler:He dies partway through said mission, and Patricia ends up becoming the XCOM's first soldier to unlock her psionic talents.]]
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* OfficialCouple: With Mira Vauner towards the end of ''Hades Contingency''.
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An old NATO veteran, brought into XCOM's service at the beginning of ''Advent Directive''. Though willing to defend Earth from an invading Collective, Oliver is among XCOM's more skeptical soldiers, not entirely on board with the global changes to the status quo brought forth by ADVENT's official establishment.
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Once a regular ADVENT soldier like any other, Kunio unwittingly tapped into his psionic power for the first time during the Collective's invasions of Japan. Said power turned out to be that of teleportation, an exceedingly rare talent by human standards. As the first human psion capable of teleportation, he was soon brought into XCOM, as one of the reinforcements following the attack of the Imperator's Harbinger on the Praesidium.
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Much like Kunio, Dawn was the first noted psion capable of employing a psionic discipline - in her case, biopathy - rare enough to warrant bringing her into XCOM, in spite of her age; at eighteen, she's by far the youngest soldier ever conscripted by the program.
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* FriendlySniper: Downplayed, but he is always nothing less than fair to the people under him, and sniper rifles are a noted favorite of his. This applies even after becoming a psion, since he takes to launching bullet-sized alloy balls with his telekinesis.
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* SniperRifle: Sniper rifles are a noted favorite of his. After becoming a psion, he also starts using smaller steel balls as telekinetic projectiles.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Torn apart by The Ravaged One while defending the Citadel's command center, alongside Bradford.]]
* NumberTwo: Becomes this to the Commander upon joining the Internal Council.
* NumberTwo: Becomes this to the Commander upon joining the Internal Council.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Torn apart by The [[spoiler:The Ravaged One while defending kills him during the Citadel's command center, alongside Bradford.attack on the Citadel.]]
* NumberTwo:Becomes Quickly becomes this to the Commander upon joining the Internal Council.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: He has his disagreements with the Commander, especially on how to handle spies within XCOM; in his view, spies from other nations or the Council should be simply sent back, at worst. [[spoiler:When said spies come from EXALT, however, he is in clear agreement with the Commander: they die.]]
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* GoodIsNotSoft: He has his disagreements with the Commander, especially on how and is an advocate for a more conciliatory and idealistic approach compared to handle spies within XCOM; in his view, spies from other nations or the Council should be simply sent back, at worst. [[spoiler:When said spies come from EXALT, former in things like handling spies. When it comes to dealing with ''EXALT'', however, he is in clear agreement with reveals himself to be just as ruthless as the Commander: they die.]]Commander, if not moreso.
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* MeltingPotNomenclature: A Russian with the very anglophone name of ''Liam'' kind of stands out. ''Promethean Memories'' justifies this by revealing his family to be American immigrants.
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* BerserkButton: Willfully killing civilians is as close to one as he has. [[spoiler:This comes to a head in Hamburg, as the sight of the wanton mass murder of people by Thin Men and Chryssalids drives him to anger.]]
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* BerserkButton: Willfully killing innocent civilians in battle is as close to one as he has. [[spoiler:This comes to a head in Hamburg, as the sight of the wanton mass murder of people by Thin Men and Chryssalids drives him to anger.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: In his first mission and its aftermath, it's hinted that he has some form of psionic potential, with the implication that he will be humanity's first psion. [[spoiler:He dies at the end of ''Hades Contingency'', and Patricia ends up becoming the first to unlock her psionic talents.]]
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Several of XCOM's soldiers hail from their respective nation's armed forces or intelligence divisions. Luke's pre-XCOM experience? Olympian sprinter. That being said, it's an advantageous background for an XCOM scout.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Several of XCOM's soldiers hail from their respective nation's armed forces or intelligence divisions. Luke's pre-XCOM experience? Olympian sprinter. That being said, it's an advantageous background for an XCOM scout.to have if you're a Scout.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He has Mira detonate the explosive on his neck to take out the squad of Thin Men that shoots him down during Operation Gangplank.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He has Mira detonate the explosive on his neck to take out the squad of Thin Men that shoots him down during Operation Gangplank.in the alien Dreadnought.]]
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One of the world's foremost scientific minds thought to have been a victim of the War on Terror, Dr. Moira Vahlen had merely gone underground to work directly for the Council of Nations. Though initially accustomed to working within the usual ethical restrictions of research, the Commander's irreverent attitude towards limitation in war soon awakens in Vahlen a cold and obsessive passion towards radical projects.
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One of the world's foremost scientific minds minds, Dr. Moira Vahlen was thought to have been a victim of the War on Terror, Dr. Moira Vahlen Terror. In truth, she had merely gone underground to work directly for the Council of Nations.Nations, which led her to XCOM. Though initially accustomed to working within the usual ethical restrictions of research, the Commander's irreverent attitude towards limitation in war soon awakens in Vahlen a cold and obsessive passion towards radical projects.
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Chief Engineer of XCOM, Dr. Raymond Shen often comes into conflict with the Commander's vision of how the war should be conducted due to his moral principles, which are challenged as the war intensifies.
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The Chief Engineer of XCOM, Dr. Raymond Shen often comes worked at DARPA before being called to join the secretive organization. He is one of the more morally principled elements of the Internal Council, even as his role as a member of the Internal Council earns him a look into conflict with the Commander's vision of how the war should be conducted due to his moral principles, which are challenged as ambiguity of the war intensifies.
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* MoralityChain: Tries to serve as one to the Commander and Vahlen on the Internal Council, but is rarely successful due to both rejecting moral arguments.
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