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** His character is an inversion in this instance as Archer was never depicted as a former soldier of the Rhodesian state. He pretty much went straight into mercenary work (albeit under the wing of Colonel Coetzee) after the Rhodesia fell.

** Colonel Coetzee is a straight example, as he became a mercenary when Apartheid ended in South Africa.

* ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]''

* ''The Pigs'' (a Polish film about ex-secret policemen).

* A plot point in [[Star Trek Online]] - After the militaristic Cardassian government fell, a huge number of the former spies were now unemployed and out of power, which they weren't too happy with. Gul Madred, a recurring character from the TV series, hires many of them into the mining league, which helps to restart the planet's economy. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, the mining league is a cover for the "True Way" terrorist group, which wants to re-institute the fascist, authoritarian powers of the past. A number of missions deal with fighting back this group, and eventually capturing Gul Madred.}}

* In the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series, a ''lot'' of Belkan officers and military personnel emigrated to other countries after their defeat in the Belkan War and an aggressive demilitarization of Belka by the Allies. Notable examples: Ashley Bernitz ([[Bonus Boss]] in ''Zero'' mission 10) leads the Osean Grabacr Squadron in ''AC5''; ditto Michael Heimeroth for Yuktobanian Ofnir Squadron; Peter N. "Huckebein" Beagle {{spoiler|a.k.a. Wolfgang "Pops" Buchner}} became mechanic in Osea (though he defected before the war ended); it has been speculated that [http://acecombat.wikia.com/wiki/Erich_Klinsmann Erich Klinsmann] (from the same mission) is actually Yellow 13 from ''AC04'' and Axel Reichert (mission 5) is Scarface One from ''AC2''; Lorenz Riedel (mission boss in mission 17, Soldier path) designed the Estovakian [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]s in ''AC6''; also, it's safe to assume that Belkan emigrants developed the Osean ''Arkbird'' laser, based on Excalibur, and the Yuktobanian ''Scinfaxi''-class submarines in ''AC5''. The Belkan War is one of the two seminal events of ''AC'' world history, along with the [[Death From Above|Ulysses meteorite]].

* [[Colonel Badass]] Sergei Vladimir is a former Red Army colonel who serves as [[Dragon-in-Chief]] to Ozwell E. Spencer, and as the ''de facto'' [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles]]''. He is distinguished by his [[Undying Loyalty]] to Spencer, who gave him a place after the fall of the U.S.S.R.

** The U.B.C.S. and U.S.S. seem to attract these sorts of people, with former East Bloc soldiers making up a sizeable portion of both. [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] Mikhail Victor, [[Sociopathic Soldier]] and [[Sergeant Rock]] Nicholai Ginovaef, and possibly Brazillian mercenary Carlos Oliviera are examples of this.

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