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* [[spoiler:BrainUploading: One of the two operators of the Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2. The entire time, yes. And in Crysis 3, he's essentially performed a {{Gundamjack}} in a benevolent sense to keep fighting in Alcatraz's corpse.]]

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* [[spoiler:BrainUploading: One of the two operators of the Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2. The entire time, yes. And in Crysis 3, he's essentially performed a {{Gundamjack}} Gundamjack in a benevolent sense to keep fighting in Alcatraz's corpse.]]
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!Karl Ernest Rasch

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!Karl Ernest Ernst Rasch
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* [[spoiler:{{Transhuman}}: Becomes this over the course of the main games and the process is completed by the end, when the unlocked Nanosuit 2.0 assumes the form of Barnes' human body.]]

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* [[spoiler:{{Transhuman}}: Becomes this over the course of the main games and the process is completed by the end, when the unlocked Nanosuit 2.0 assumes the form of Barnes' human body.body and demonstrates its cloaking ability in that form.]]
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* [[spoiler:{{Transhuman}}: Becomes this over the course of the main games and the process is completed by the end, when the unlocked Nanosuit 2.0 assumes the form of Barnes' human body.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted hard. Its own creators are dumbfounded by the sheer extent to which it will work to keep its user alive.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted hard.Averted. Its own creators are dumbfounded by the sheer extent to which it will work to keep its user alive.

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ok, let me fix some of the damage i made... yes, it\'s a retcon, because \'\'Legion\'\' and even parts of \'\'2\'\' clearly stated that Alcatraz and Prophet were being merged, rather than just Prophet taking over


* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation: To an extent in ''Crysis: Legion'', due to a bit of retroactive continuity drift. See Alcatraz's DyingMomentOfAwesome below.]]

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* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation: To an extent The retcons in ''Crysis 3'' turn the entirety of ''Crysis: Legion'', due Legion'' into this; turns out Prophet was using what small fragments were left of Alcatraz to a bit impersonate Alcatraz in front of retroactive continuity drift. See Alcatraz's DyingMomentOfAwesome below.Marine command.]]



* [[spoiler:FusionDance[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Of a sort with Alcatraz and SECOND over the course of Crysis 2, with Alcatraz dying at the end and Prophet's mind taking over his body, as revealed in 3.]]

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* [[spoiler:FusionDance[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Of a sort with Alcatraz and SECOND over the course of Crysis 2, ''Crysis 2''.]]
** [[spoiler:''Crysis 3'' mostly retcons this away,
with Alcatraz Alcatraz's mind dying at the end of ''2'' and Prophet's mind taking over his body, as revealed in 3.the body.]]



** [[spoiler:Although the retcons in ''Crysis 3'' make it hard to tell if it's actually [[DeadPersonImpersonation Prophet]] being snarky, or some fragment of snarkiness that survived Alcatraz's DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]



* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening of ''3'' reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. While it's entirely possible some of his mind might be left in the nebulous post-human entity[[hottip:*:it would certainly make it easier for Prophet to pull off his DeadPersonImpersonation in ''Legion'']] the third game makes it very clear that there's a ''lot'' more Prophet than Alcatraz.]]

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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening retcons in ''Crysis 3'' turn the finale of ''3'' reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed ''Crysis 2'' into this. During the destruction of the Central Park tower. While it's entirely possible some of his lithostructure, Alcatraz's mind might be left in the nebulous post-human entity[[hottip:*:it would certainly make it easier for was "lost", allowing Prophet to pull off his DeadPersonImpersonation in ''Legion'']] the third game makes it very clear that there's a ''lot'' more Prophet than Alcatraz.take over.]]

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* DecoyProtagonist

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* DecoyProtagonistDecoyProtagonist: In ''1'', as revealed in later games.



* DecoyProtagonist: Nomad? Alcatraz? Nope. Prophet's the real focus of the whole story.




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* TheProtagonist: Of the whole plot.
** SupportingProtagonist: In every game but ''3'', where he's more up front.



* DecoyProtagonist

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* DecoyProtagonistDecoyProtagonist: In ''2''.



* HeroicMime: Justified heavily. For the beginning, he's hungover, and then [[spoiler:his lungs are injured beyond repair]].
** In ''Legion'', however, he talkative. ''Very'' talkative, and the 2.0 suit is actively making him more eloquent and verbose.

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* HeroicMime: Justified heavily. For the beginning, he's hungover, and then [[spoiler:his lungs are injured beyond repair]].
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repair]]. In ''Legion'', however, he talkative. ''Very'' talkative, and the 2.0 suit is actively making him more eloquent and verbose.


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* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption: With his final words, he calls for CELL's remaining forces to stop fighting against Alcatraz, ultimately saving New York.]]


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!Karl Ernest Rasch
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: By the Alpha Ceph.]]
* [[spoiler:DyingAsYourself: Prophet lets him do this, breaking the link to the HiveMind before a Ceph kills him.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: He's a lot nicer than Hargreave. [[spoiler:Or at least the Alpha Ceph is.]]
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: See Hargreave.]]
* ShadowArchetype: Like Prophet, he accesses Ceph technology. [[spoiler:Unlike him, he lost his identity to the HiveMind.]]
* [[spoiler:ShockAndAwe: Kills Claire with this when controlled.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:His being alive is spoiled at the end of 2, meaning everything in 3 counts as this for him.]]
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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening of ''3'' reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. While it's entirely possible some of his mind might be left in the nebulous post-human entity, the third game makes it very clear that there's a ''lot'' more Prophet than Alcatraz.]]

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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening of ''3'' reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. While it's entirely possible some of his mind might be left in the nebulous post-human entity, entity[[hottip:*:it would certainly make it easier for Prophet to pull off his DeadPersonImpersonation in ''Legion'']] the third game makes it very clear that there's a ''lot'' more Prophet than Alcatraz.]]

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@Previous editor: Well of course Alcatraz is dead. So is Laurence. The humans are dead, and they\'re now a merged post-human entity. You can\'t just say \"Alcatraz is dead\". Hargreave makes it clear post-humans can\'t be defined in human terms


* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation: In ''Crysis: Legion'', due to changes in the story, this is the only way for the book to be canon, if he was pretending to be "Alky" the entire interview.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: Nomad? Alcatraz? Nope. He's the real focus of the whole story.

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* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation: In To an extent in ''Crysis: Legion'', due to changes in the story, this is the only way for the book to be canon, if he was pretending to be "Alky" the entire interview.a bit of retroactive continuity drift. See Alcatraz's DyingMomentOfAwesome below.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: Nomad? Alcatraz? Nope. He's Prophet's the real focus of the whole story.



* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted according to 3. If that is accurate, Prophet is the snarky one using his body.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted according bastard.
** [[spoiler:Although the retcons in ''Crysis 3'' make it hard
to 3. If tell if it's actually [[DeadPersonImpersonation Prophet]] being snarky, or some fragment of snarkiness that is accurate, Prophet is the snarky one using his body.survived Alcatraz's DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]



* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening of 3 reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. Prophet's in his body in 3 instead.]]

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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening of 3 ''3'' reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. Prophet's in While it's entirely possible some of his body mind might be left in 3 instead.the nebulous post-human entity, the third game makes it very clear that there's a ''lot'' more Prophet than Alcatraz.]]



* [[spoiler:FusionDance[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Of a sort with SECOND and Prophet over the course of Crysis 2. See Prophet's example.]]

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* [[spoiler:FusionDance[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Of a sort with SECOND and Prophet over the course of Crysis 2.''Crysis 2''. See Prophet's example.]]

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This from Prophet\'s character information from 3\'s beginning. \"Barnes was no more than a ghost haunting the machine...A deadly weapon system made from alien upgrades and knotted nano-musclepacks wrapped around a stolen corpse, dreaming it was once a man named Laurance Barnes.\" Alcatraz is dead.


** [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Since SECOND is running copies of both Prophet's and Alcatraz's brains, it's possible that they can switch who's dominant depending on who they need to talk to. They are post-human after all.]]



* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: 3 reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. Prophet's in his body in 3 instead.]]
** [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Since SECOND is running copies of both Prophet's and Alcatraz's brains, it's possible that they can switch who's dominant depending on who they need to talk to. They are post-human, after all.]]

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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: The opening of 3 reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. Prophet's in his body in 3 instead.]]
** [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Since SECOND is running copies of both Prophet's and Alcatraz's brains, it's possible that they can switch who's dominant depending on who they need to talk to. They are post-human, after all.
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** [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Since SECOND is running copies of both Prophet's and Alcatraz's brains, it's possible that they can switch who's dominant depending on who they need to talk to. They are post-human after all.]]



* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard. [[spoiler:Subverted according to 3. If that is accurate, Prophet is the snarky one using his body.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard. [[spoiler:Subverted [[spoiler:Possibly subverted according to 3. If that is accurate, Prophet is the snarky one using his body.]]


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** [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Since SECOND is running copies of both Prophet's and Alcatraz's brains, it's possible that they can switch who's dominant depending on who they need to talk to. They are post-human, after all.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist
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* DecoyProtagonist: Nomad? Alcatraz? Nope. He's the real focus of the whole story.
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** BaldBlackLeaderGuy
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* DeadpanSnarker: In 3[[spoiler:and ''Legion'']].

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* DeadpanSnarker: In 3[[spoiler:and 3 [[spoiler:and ''Legion'']].

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* [[spoiler:BrainUploading: One of the two operators of the Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2. The entire time, yes. And in Crysis 3.]]
* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit.]]

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* [[spoiler:BrainUploading: One of the two operators of the Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2. The entire time, yes. And in Crysis 3.3, he's essentially performed a {{Gundamjack}} in a benevolent sense to keep fighting in Alcatraz's corpse.]]
* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit. Also becomes quite literal in 3, where he is literally walking around in Alcatraz's corpse. This is lampshaded multiple times.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: In 3[[spoiler:and ''Legion'']].
* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation: In ''Crysis: Legion'', due to changes in the story, this is the only way for the book to be canon, if he was pretending to be "Alky" the entire interview.
]]



* IJustWantToBeNormal: His opinion in 2 and 3 is that while he's willing to use his abilities to help, he'd happily remove his suit and move on. [[spoiler:Pity [[ClingyCostume he]] [[BlessedWithSuck can't]] [[DeadManWalking do that]].]]
* LastOfHisKind: Subverted in 3. While he's the last anti-CELL Nanosuit wearer to not end up "skinned", [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary information in intel items]] reveals that [[EvilCounterpart they have their own operator]], [[TheGhost Silverback]].



* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Moreso than any other Nanosuit wearer. The injuries he sustained in the movement tutorial would have and will kill him if he takes the suit off, and the suit itself is harvesting his failing organs as fuel to keep him alive.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard.

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* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Moreso than any other Nanosuit wearer. The injuries he sustained in the movement tutorial would have and will kill him if he takes the suit off, and the suit itself is harvesting his failing organs as fuel to keep him alive. This becomes ''literal'' in 3, where his mind "was lost" in 2's DyingMomentOfAwesome, and Prophet is walking around in his corpse.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard. [[spoiler:Subverted according to 3. If that is accurate, Prophet is the snarky one using his body.]]


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* [[spoiler:OurZombiesAreDifferent: Sort of. In 3, Prophet commandeers his corpse to keep going for over another 20 years.]]

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* TokenBlack: The only known African American wearer of a Nanosuit.
** Jester, a Delta Force Raptor Team member from the first game, was also black. He gets killed by a Ceph Scout near the beginning of the game.

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* TokenBlack: The only known African American wearer of a Nanosuit.
** Jester, a Delta Force Raptor Team member from the first game, was also black. He gets killed by a Ceph Scout near the beginning of the game.



* HeroicBSOD

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* HeroicBSOD
IJustWantToBeSpecial: In 3, he has a lot of angst over being a normal human. [[IJustWantToBeNormal Prophet]] [[WhatTheHellHero takes issue with this]].
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** Jester, a Delta Force Raptor Team member from the first game, was also black. He gets killed by a Ceph Scout near the beginning of the game.

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* [[spoiler:FusionDance: Of a sort with Alcatraz and SECOND over the course of Crysis 2.]]

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* [[spoiler:FusionDance: [[spoiler:FusionDance[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Of a sort with Alcatraz and SECOND over the course of Crysis 2.2, with Alcatraz dying at the end and Prophet's mind taking over his body, as revealed in 3.]]



* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: 3 reveals that his mind "was lost" when he destroyed the Central Park tower. Prophet's in his body in 3 instead.]]



* [[spoiler:FusionDance: Of a sort with SECOND and Prophet over the course of Crysis 2.]]

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* [[spoiler:FusionDance: [[spoiler:FusionDance[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Of a sort with SECOND and Prophet over the course of Crysis 2.2. See Prophet's example.]]
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** BroughtDownToBadass: Even after CELL skins off his Nanosuit, he's still a very competent BadassNormal.

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** BroughtDownToBadass: Even after CELL skins off his Nanosuit, he's still a very competent BadassNormal.BadassNormal, showing off exactly why he was in both Delta Force and the British SAS.

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** BroughtDownToBadass: Even after CELL skins off his Nanosuit, he's still a very competent BadassNormal.



* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit.]]

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* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit. Subverted when CELL ends up "skinning" off the suit before 3.]]
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** [[spoiler: IGotBetter: he's out of the suit by the time of ''Crysis 3''.]]
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** [[spoiler: IGotBetter: he's out of the suit by the time of ''Crysis 3''.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: His narration in ''Legion'' makes it clear he is a very snarky bastard.



** In ''Legion'', however, he talkative. ''Very'' talkative, and the 2.0 suit is actively making him more eloquent and verbose.



* PopCulturedBadass: His narration in ''Legion'' is riddled with pop culture references, some of them quite subtle.




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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: According to his narration in ''Legion'', he is actually afraid of water due to a bad incident in his childhood. he got over it for the most part during training, but the sinking of his submarine brought it all the way back to the forefront.
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* [[spoiler:ImAHumanitarian: what it does to Alcatraz internal organs]]



* MachineMonotone

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* MachineMonotoneMachineMonotone
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* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit.]]



* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit.]]



* [[spoiler:FusionDance: Of a sort with Alcatraz and SECOND over the course of Crysis 2.]]



* BadassAbnormal: Due to the Nanosuit.



* [[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Due to the Nanosuit.]]



* [[spoiler:FusionDance: Of a sort with SECOND and Prophet over the course of Crysis 2.]]



* HeroicMime: Justified heavily. For the beginning, he's hungover, and then [[spoiler:his lungs are injured beyond repair.]]

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* HeroicMime: Justified heavily. For the beginning, he's hungover, and then [[spoiler:his lungs are injured beyond repair.]]repair]].



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike the other Nanosuit wearers, his name isn't even mentioned at all.
* SemperFi

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By His]] CodeName: Unlike the other Nanosuit wearers, his name isn't even mentioned at all.
all, nor his rank.
* SemperFiSemperFi

!Jacob Hargreave
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In a sense. However, he is genuinely trying to help, in his own way.
* [[spoiler:ItsAllAboutMe: Thinks that only he is worthy of using the Nanosuit to combat the Ceph.]]
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld[=/=]TimeAbyss: See FridgeLogic on the main page.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: The creation of the Nanosuit itself can be considered extremist, but his methods overall can be considered this.]]

!Semiautonomous Enhanced Combat Ops: Neuro-integration Delivery AI (SECOND)
* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted hard. Its own creators are dumbfounded by the sheer extent to which it will work to keep its user alive.
* ArtificialIntelligence
* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes: Rejects the suit rip Hargreave orders, allowing Tara Strickland to save Alcatraz's life.]]
* CaptainObvious: At times, its advice and notifications of threat levels come at points where it's rather obvious to the player.
* [[spoiler:FusionDance: With Prophet and Alcatraz over the course of Crysis 2.]]
* [[spoiler:ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The only reason that SECOND is able to integrate with the Ceph Nano material and sabotage their technology is because the Nanosuit itself is stolen Ceph technology applied to a human form.]]
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!Nomad
!Psycho

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!Nomad
!Psycho
!1st Lieutenant Jake "Nomad" Dunn
* BadassAbnormal: Due to the Nanosuit.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Died in torture between Lingshan and New York City's Ceph issues, games 1 and 2.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: A member of the Delta Force Raptor Team.

!Major Laurence "Prophet" Barnes
* AngryBlackMan: In the flashbacks of Crysis 2. [[spoiler:His discussion with Hargreave leaves it completely justified.]]
* BackForTheDead: In Crysis 2. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end.]]
* BadassAbnormal: Due to the Nanosuit.
* BadassInCharge: Of Raptor Team.
* BaldOfAwesome
* [[spoiler:BlessedWithSuck: How he views the Nanosuits after learning they are symbiotic.]]
* [[spoiler:BrainUploading: One of the two operators of the Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2. The entire time, yes. And in Crysis 3.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: "Had to break the link" to the Nanosuit 2, so he shot himself in the head after giving it to Alcatraz in Crysis 2.]]
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: A member of the Delta Force Raptor Team.
* MajorlyAwesome
* TokenBlack: The only known African American wearer of a Nanosuit.

!Sergeant Michael "Psycho" Sykes
* AscendedExtra: From team member in the original Crysis to PlayerCharacter in Crysis: Warhead.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Crysis 3 after an absence in Crysis 2.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: A member of the Delta Force Raptor Team.
* HeroicBSOD



* ManInTHeMachine

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* ManInTHeMachine[[spoiler:DeadManWalking: Moreso than any other Nanosuit wearer. The injuries he sustained in the movement tutorial would have and will kill him if he takes the suit off, and the suit itself is harvesting his failing organs as fuel to keep him alive.]]
* FeaturelessProtagonist
* GreenEyes: Not that you can tell in the suit.
* HeroicMime: Justified heavily. For the beginning, he's hungover, and then [[spoiler:his lungs are injured beyond repair.]]
* ManInTheMachine
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike the other Nanosuit wearers, his name isn't even mentioned at all.
* SemperFi
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