Treachery Cover-Up: Difference between revisions

* Happens in ''[[Suikoden I]]''; {{spoiler|[[The Mole|Sanchez]]}} is exposed at a vital point for the rebellion, and the game's strategist orders that {{spoiler|his}} treachery be concealed (with the rest of the cast forcing {{spoiler|him}} to play {{spoiler|his role}}) because the knowledge of a high-ranking traitor would undermine confidence. Even after the game's end, {{spoiler|he}} is eventually secretly 'pardoned' (but exiled to a single city and never genuinely forgiven) because the revelation that one of the heroes of the revolution was a traitor would be dangerous for the stability of the new republic. {{spoiler|However, the fact that he's a high ranking character with no Star of Destiny who constantly offers the main character alcohol should have been a give away if you were paying attention from the beginning.}}

* Happens at one part during ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', and staying true to the series premise, is much more twisted than usual: ('''extra big spoiler''') {{spoiler|to get a spy close to [[Big Bad]] Volgin, the Boss is given the mission to pose as a defector and gaining Volgins trust by bringing him two "stolen" nuclear bombs as a gift. But apparently nobody had thought that Volgin would use them against a KGB facility. To cover up that the US government practically gave the nukes to Volgin, Naked Snake is given the mission to kill her, so that nobody will ever suspect that her defection was fake. Being loyal to her country to the end, she accepts death by the hands of her former pupil and best friend. Snake learns about it only after he had killed her.}}

** In the original game, Lloyd and the party remain quiet about {{spoiler|Governor General Dorr}} collaborating with the Desians by {{spoiler|enabling the people of Palmacosta to be taken to the ranch so that he can get his wife turned back to normal}}, so that the city can get through the crisis while trusting its leadership. Lloyd gets [[What the Hell, Hero?|a significant across-the-board drop]] in the party's [[Relationship Values]] if you decide to say that you're not OK with this. {{spoiler|Palmacosta ultimately gets destroyed at the end of Disc One}}.

* In ''[[Sacrifice]]'', if you side with James, the hero covers up the fact that the prophet Mithras {{spoiler|was the omnicidical demon Marduk in another form.}}.