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** Also Mike and Heck. |
** Also Mike and Heck. |
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** There's also Mike and Marburg, if Mike goes out of his way to impress Marburg by acting as a [[Consummate Professional]]. It's helped that Marburg's background is [[Not So Different]] from Mike's, and the fact Marburg is implied to be [[Ambiguously Gay]] by Mike and Madison (since Mike questions the statues of naked men in Marburg's mansion, and Madison affirms that she never saw Marburg "entertaining" any female guests). |
** There's also Mike and Marburg, if Mike goes out of his way to impress Marburg by acting as a [[Consummate Professional]]. It's helped that Marburg's background is [[Not So Different]] from Mike's, and the fact Marburg is implied to be [[Ambiguously Gay]] by Mike and Madison (since Mike questions the statues of naked men in Marburg's mansion, and Madison affirms that she never saw Marburg "entertaining" any female guests). |
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* [[Made of Iron]]: Thorton in cutscenes may as well be invulnerable regardless of what's thrown at him. Most (if not all) of the bosses fall into this category too, able to survive close to a good half dozen headshots. In a row. |
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** {{spoiler|And the cutscene in which Mike spares Leland, only to get interrupted by someone. And by "interrupted" I mean "shot through the upper chest with a sniper rifle from about twenty feet away - which results in a column of [[Pink Mist]] erupting from his chest. After a couple of minutes of looking about you're about to get a [[Nonstandard Game Over]], Mike's back on his feet and good as new.}} |
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Thorton}}, arguably. In one ending he {{spoiler|sticks Westridge and Leland with the blame for the stolen missiles, which it was. By threatening Parker with the fact that once what Halbech and Alpha Protocol becomes public Parker will be stuck holding the bag he convinces Parker to help him preserve the evidence of Alpha Protocol's involvement. Naturally, Leland protests that he has powerful friends who will protect him, to which Thorton replies that they '''can't''' ''since it would require admitting that not only does Alpha Protocol exist but that it is sanctioned by the US government''.}} |
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Thorton}}, arguably. In one ending he {{spoiler|sticks Westridge and Leland with the blame for the stolen missiles, which it was. By threatening Parker with the fact that once what Halbech and Alpha Protocol becomes public Parker will be stuck holding the bag he convinces Parker to help him preserve the evidence of Alpha Protocol's involvement. Naturally, Leland protests that he has powerful friends who will protect him, to which Thorton replies that they '''can't''' ''since it would require admitting that not only does Alpha Protocol exist but that it is sanctioned by the US government''.}} |
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** Combine with [[Manipulative Bastard]] when you consider that Mike ''allowed'' Madison to die because he'd just ''found out'' that she is Alan Parker's ''daughter'' - note in the dossier that it specifically tells the player just how Parker would react if something bad happened to her. It's specifically ''urging'' the player to make sure Madison dies ''just'' so Mike has ammunition against Parker. |
** Combine with [[Manipulative Bastard]] when you consider that Mike ''allowed'' Madison to die because he'd just ''found out'' that she is Alan Parker's ''daughter'' - note in the dossier that it specifically tells the player just how Parker would react if something bad happened to her. It's specifically ''urging'' the player to make sure Madison dies ''just'' so Mike has ammunition against Parker. |
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