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Note that this is not the same as kidnapping someone for information, using them as a [[MacGuffin]], or having someone [[Made a Slave]] for menial (or sexual) tasks—but having a professional work intimately with the most delicate aspects of a plan, requiring highly specialized skills.
 
Subtrope of [[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]. Compare [[ReluctantEngineer MadExploited ScientistFor Evil]].
 
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* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' forcing a certain doctor into someone's service is one possible solution to a quest, useful if the player doesn't have a high medical skill.
* Happens all the time in ''[[Metal Gear]]'', including (but not limited to):
** Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar in ''[[Metal Gear 1987(video game)||Metal Gear]]'', original inventor of the eponymous battletank.
** Dr. Pettrovich again in ''[[Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]]''. {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn|He's faking it this time.]]}}
** Otacon in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', whose plans for a defensive missile system were used to build a nuclear-equipped walking battletank.
** Emma Emmerich, the former's sister in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', who engineered one of the Patriots' AIs.
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