Syphon Filter series
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Syphon Filter is a video game series published
by Sony
and developed
by Sony Bend (formerly Eidetic), that has appeared on the PlayStation
, PlayStation 2
, and PlayStation Portable
game systems
. In the series, Syphon Filter is the name given to the mysterious biological weapon.
, Syphon Filter 2
, Syphon Filter 3
, Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
and Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
.
Born in Camden, New Jersey
, Gabe served in the 75th Ranger Regiment
and fought in Grenada
. He met Lian Xing in 1987, during a mission in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan
. He served in the Persian Gulf War
. In 1993 he joined the Agency.
In The Omega Strain, Gabe is appointed Commander-In-Chief, and reforms the Agency, naming it the International Presidential Consulting Agency.
In Logan's Shadow
, Gabe is shot four times in the chest by Trinidad at the end of the game. It is unknown whether he survived.
Voiced by: John Chacon (Syphon Filter 1-3), James Arnold Taylor
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror, Logan's Shadow)
Born in Kashi, China, she first met Logan in Afghanistan
in 1987, both working on assignments against the Soviets. During the 1990s, Lian was then working for the IPCA as Logan's partner. In the second game, it is revealed that before she joined the Agency, she was an agent of the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China.
Originally, her biography in Syphon Filter stated she was a Chinese-American, born in San Francisco, California
whose credentials for being The Agency's leading communications intelligence expert included a Ph.D in Computer Science from Stanford University
. These facts were retconned by Syphon Filter 2 under the pretenses that The Agency falsified her records in order to grant Xing U.S. citizenship, and so she would be able to work for them.
In Logan's Shadow, it is revealed she has a husband, Shen Rei. It is also revealed that she is in love with Gabe. Lian may be the last surviving character of the original series after the events at the end of "Logan's Shadow".
Voiced by: Ava Fang (Syphon Filter), Zoe Galvez (Syphon Filter 2, 3), Kim Mai Guest
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror, Logan's Shadow)
agent, voiced by Shannon Tilton
in all appearances. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona
, she implied that her family is of Native American
descent during her testimony in the third game. She graduated college and started working for the ATF in 1992. In her first mission for the ATF, Lipan was caught in the middle of a conspiracy with National Security Agency
agents. With the help of an undercover Gabe Logan, Teresa saves her fellow ATF agents and as many militia men as she can. She also saves Dusty and Debbie Oakton, family relatives of Earl Oakton, a mountain survivalist who was executed by NSA agents.
In the series, Teresa Lipan started working for the Agency in 1994, but prior to the events of the first game she leaves the Agency, upon discovering what the Agency really was.
In Syphon Filter 3, Teresa decided to fake her death after getting shot and seriously injured by turncoat CBDC agent Jason Chance in the second game. She tracked down Russian spy Mara Aramov and managed to expose her and Secretary of State Vince Hadden about the agency's activities while testifying about her involvement with the conspiracy.
Although initially reluctant, Teresa joined the IPCA to provide backup reconnaissance in Omega Strain.
In Logan's Shadow, Teresa is shot by Trinidad at the end of the game. Whether Teresa survives is unknown.
Voiced by: Shannon Tilton
in the Umkhonto we Sizwe
during the time of apartheid. It is also known, for example according to his Senate testimony given during Syphon Filter 3, that he had been a member employed by the African National Council. Mujari testified it was in this role that he first encountered the Syphon Filter virus, during his 1984 investigation of a new disease outbreak at a gold mine located in Mpumalanga
. Mujari has a flashback
during this testimony; during this flashback, the player controls him while he carries out that investigation.
After seeing the effects of viral infection
s firsthand, Mujari left his previous work and joined the Agency, in which he trained as a biochemist
. He was a strong believer in non-lethal force (although he killed numerous people during his 1984 mission) and refused to take a life if it could be avoided. Mujari is killed by Chinese agent Trinidad at the end of Logan's Shadow.
Voiced by: Bryan Session (Syphon Filter 2, 3), Khary Payton
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror)
In Syphon Filter 3, Logan tells a story about when he was an army ranger. He first tells about his first assignment in Afghanistan, which involved delivering supplies to the rebels in the area. Logan, his commanding officer Ellis, and Benton, who claimed to be a CIA operative, were the only survivors after the ambush. They later successfully made it to the camp. After Logan finished testifying, he admitted that he had no idea Benton was actually an Agency operative.
Benton later recruited Logan and Ellis into the Agency.
Voiced by: Frederick L. Gillette
and a member of The Consortium. He first appeared in the first game as the shadowy figure who tells Markinson that they will "wait and see what he [Gabe Logan] can discover". He is later seen talking to Aramov. He is also featured at the beginning of the second game and later during the game with his face shadowed again, and finally seen talking to Aramov at the end of the game. He appears more often in the third installment. In the beginning of the second game, he explains the nuclear launch that was caused at the end of the first game to the public. In the end, he appeared spying on Logan, Xing and Mujari, beside Teresa Lipan's grave.
In the third game, he calls for Logan, Xing and Mujari to testify. He questions each person, while being intrigued by their stories. It is revealed that Hadden was involved with The Agency and The Consortium. Aramov kills Hadden. Mujari notes that leadership in The Consortium is rapidly shifting after Hadden's death.
In the second game, Weissenger works for the Agency. She attempts to study the effects of the Syphon Filter virus. She fails, after Xing, infected, escaped the group's custody. Near the end of the game, Logan forces Weissenger to finish a vaccine while inside the Agency's lab.
In the third game, Weissenger is remembered in a flashback mission, told by Xing. Weissenger was in Costa Rica
, getting plant samples. Her involvement with the Agency started here. In a current mission later in the game, Weissenger crosses paths with Xing in Australia
. She was at a refugee camp in which villagers were being tested with the Syphon Filter virus. Lian forces Weissenger to create a cure. She gives Xing a data disk that involves Aramov and leaves.
During the events of The Omega Strain, Weissenger was recruited into the IPCA, doing medical research on the Omega Strain virus. She eventually manages to create a vaccine, but she requests a recruit kill one of her mentors, Jandran. Weissenger leaves a note confessing her mental instability, about wanting to create and break things for the world with her medical knowledge.
In Dark Mirror, Weissenger is seen at Aramov's apartment. Gary Stoneman, a member of the IPCA, kills both Weissenger and Aramov. Upon the players choice she may die from a bullet or from being run over by a car.
Voiced by: Andrea Satin (Syphon Filter 2, 3), B.J. Ward (Omega Strain, Dark Mirror)
She plays a role in The Omega Strain. While in Belarus
, her chopper is shot down. She gets separated from Stone and other agents. She is assumed dead, but is later found during a mission in Ukraine
at a holding cell. As the game finishes, she is seen in a wheelchair. For rescuing her and taking other various actions throughout the game, the agent is awarded with Karkadann, Alima's Unicorn Charm.
In Dark Mirror, she is seen piloting an aircraft which carried Logan and Xing.
In Logan's Shadow, she is piloting the aircraft which carries Logan in the first episode of the game. She also assists him throughout the mission from her aircraft. She is shot down by enemy fire and killed. Gabe can recover her unicorn charm from the chopper's wreckage at the end of the level, which counts as hidden evidence.
Voiced by: Bettina Spier
. Gregorov is introduced in Syphon Filter 2 when he led a convoy to Kazakhstan
attempting to provide back-up for Logan and CBDC forces in the area, but arrived too late. He had claimed that he was good friends with Logan's partner, Xing. The main reason for Logan and the CBDC to be in Kazakhstan were to retrieve data disks, but it was later revealed that Gregorov had the second half of the data disks recovered in Kazakhstan. Gregorov was captured by Aramov and sent to the Aljir Prison, with an impostor being put in his place. Xing eventually finds out about Gregorov's fate and goes to rescue him. After being extracted, Gregorov gives the data disks to Logan while trying to prevent a war with People's Republic of China
personnel, headed by General Shi-Hao.
In Syphon Filter 3, Gregorov was leading the Soviet
troops in the occupation of Afghanistan
.
In The Omega Strain, Gregorov had a very small role, though Russia and Chechnya
were at the brink of war. Russian military forces were forced to bombard Mikhas Ivankov's (a Russian leader) hometown in Chechnya, inflicting civilian casualties. The aftermath was photographed by Mujari, with Logan confronting Gregorov about the incident. From that point on, Gregorov was never heard from again.
Voiced by: J.S. Gilbert
, a counter-terrorist group based in the UK. She helps Logan in Ireland
by destroying shipments of the Syphon Filter virus. She later appeared in Australia
, where she helps Xing by piloting a helicopter and providing radio backup.
She reappears in The Omega Strain, providing an IPCA agent backup while in Belarus
.
In Logan's Shadow, she assists Logan after he frees her from captivity. She provided covering fire for Gabe as they went through a prison, where she was captured and saved again by Logan. She is later taken into custody after it is revealed that MI-6 wanted Shen's device as well as Shen himself.
Voiced by: Shannon Ward (Syphon Filter 3), Jennifer Hale
(Omega Strain, Logan's Shadow)
agent and one of the major antagonist
s in the series.
She originally worked as an assassin
for Black Baton hired by Victor Yavlinski but later defected to the Consortium. She executed Logan's colleague Ellis. She killed Hadden in Syphon Filter 3. At the end of The Omega Strain, Stoneman can be seen aiming through his rifle's telescopic sight
about to assassinate
her. In a bonus mission in Dark Mirror, it is revealed that she and Weissenger were involved in a secret love affair. It is also revealed that Stoneman had orders to eliminate them. Stoneman set up in an apartment, down the street from Aramov's residence. After eliminating Aramov's bodyguards, Stone kills Aramov and Weissinger.
Voiced by: Anna Murivitskaya (Syphon Filter), Elina Fillipova (Syphon Filter 2), Corina Harmon (Syphon Filter 3), Jennifer Hale
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror)
Gary Stoneman
Gary Stoneman is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and current member of the IPCA. He served in every war from Vietnam to the Gulf War. He serves as an expert sharpshooter and commanding officer.
In Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain Game, he joined the IPCA. His first mission was in Pescara, Italy, where he eliminated Dmitri Alexopoulos after discovering he planned to use the Syphon Filter virus in mob wars. He also commanded IPCA recruits in Mazyr, Belarus, and appears in Ivankov's fortress at the end of the game to help rescue Alima. After the credits roll, a hidden cutscene featuring Mara Aramov shows that Stone was hired to kill her. Stone awards the player with "Stone's Medal of Courage," which is actually a Purple Heart, suggesting that Stone was injured in the line of duty.
In Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, Stone is controlled by the player on one of the secret missions, unlockable after finishing Training Mode. In this mission, Stone carries out his hit on Aramov, who is revealed to be having an affair with Elsa Weissinger. Both are killed; the player may decide how Elsa dies depending on their actions.
Video game publisher
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by Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...
and developed
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
by Sony Bend (formerly Eidetic), that has appeared on the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, and PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
game systems
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
. In the series, Syphon Filter is the name given to the mysterious biological weapon.
Series
- Syphon FilterSyphon FilterSyphon Filter is a stealth-based third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation released in 1999. It is the first game in the Syphon Filter series. It was re-released on December 4, 2006, on the PlayStation Network for use on the PSP...
- released in 1999 and is the first game in the Syphon Filter series. It deals with the chase of Erich Rhoemer and uncovering his bioterrorismBioterrorismBioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, or toxins, and may be in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form. For the use of this method in warfare, see biological warfare.-Definition:According to the...
plans behind the Syphon Filter virus, with Gabe Logan experiencing subsequent betrayals and conspiracies. - Syphon Filter 2Syphon Filter 2Syphon Filter 2 is a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation. Released in 2000, its plot picks up immediately after where the previous Syphon Filter ended. It is the second title in the Syphon Filter series...
- released in 2000 and is the first sequel to Syphon Filter. It picks up where the first game ended, with Gabe leaving Kazakhstan with his CBDC partners on his way to the U.S. The game is about getting the encryption codes and discs containing the virus data and finding a vaccine to cure Gabe's partner, Lian Xing, who was infected with the virus. - Syphon Filter 3Syphon Filter 3Syphon Filter 3 is a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation. It was released in 2001, and is a sequel to Syphon Filter 2.-Plot:...
- the third of the series and is a sequel to Syphon Filter 2. It was released in 2001, and it was one of the last big games released on the PS1, instead of PS2, which became more common that year. This game is told mostly in flashback during a congressional hearing for the main operatives about their history, the origins of the Syphon Filter virus, and ultimately; stopping Syphon Filter. - Syphon Filter: The Omega StrainSyphon Filter: The Omega StrainSyphon Filter: The Omega Strain is the fourth installment of the Syphon Filter series. As a sequel to Syphon Filter 3, it is the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2.-Gameplay:...
was the first installment of the Syphon Filter series to be released on the PS2. Instead of playing as Gabe Logan, the exiled agent from the top secret Agency, players will create their own character, which is a new recruit for the Agency. - Syphon Filter: Dark MirrorSyphon Filter: Dark MirrorSyphon Filter: Dark Mirror is a third-person shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in North America for the PSP on March 14, 2006 and Europe on October 6, 2006. It is the sequel to Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain. In Dark Mirror, a...
- released on March 14, 2006 (United States) and October 6, 2006 (Europe) for the PlayStation PortablePlayStation PortableThe is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
, Syphon Filter: Dark MirrorSyphon Filter: Dark MirrorSyphon Filter: Dark Mirror is a third-person shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in North America for the PSP on March 14, 2006 and Europe on October 6, 2006. It is the sequel to Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain. In Dark Mirror, a...
takes advantage of a number of the system's capabilities, including game sharing and online multiplayer. The game is considered by GameSpyGameSpyGameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
to be, "possibly the best game on the PSP yet." A PS2 port was released on September 18, 2007 in North America, with European and Australian versions released on November 2 and 8, respectively. - Syphon Filter: Logan's ShadowSyphon Filter: Logan's ShadowSyphon Filter: Logan's Shadow is a third-person shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. Logan's Shadow was released on the PSP in North America on October 2, 2007 and in Europe on November 30, 2007. It was ported to the...
- released on October 2, 2007 in North America, this game finds Gabe Logan searching for Lian Xing, who may be in danger, or a double agentDouble agentA double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...
. Now Gabe must search the globe for her, but with a government official, Robert Cordell, shutting down the IPCA under presidential powers, and Logan in the eyes of an assassin, this may be his biggest mission yet. - Syphon Filter: Combat Ops - released in November 20, 2007, right after Logan's Shadow (in which a demo of Combat Ops was included), it was released as an online-only game, featuring an innovative map editor where you are able to create the layouts, weapons, crates, barrels and objects of your map, name it and then upload it so that others can play it. The game was released as a $10 PC PlayStation StorePlayStation StoreThe PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...
download and became available to download from the PS3 Store a few weeks later. It was then released on the PlayStation Network Power Play UMD.
Gabriel Logan
Gabriel "Gabe" Logan is the series' main protagonist. Logan is an agent for the International Presidential Consulting Agency in Syphon FilterSyphon Filter
Syphon Filter is a stealth-based third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation released in 1999. It is the first game in the Syphon Filter series. It was re-released on December 4, 2006, on the PlayStation Network for use on the PSP...
, Syphon Filter 2
Syphon Filter 2
Syphon Filter 2 is a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation. Released in 2000, its plot picks up immediately after where the previous Syphon Filter ended. It is the second title in the Syphon Filter series...
, Syphon Filter 3
Syphon Filter 3
Syphon Filter 3 is a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation. It was released in 2001, and is a sequel to Syphon Filter 2.-Plot:...
, Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain is the fourth installment of the Syphon Filter series. As a sequel to Syphon Filter 3, it is the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2.-Gameplay:...
, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror is a third-person shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in North America for the PSP on March 14, 2006 and Europe on October 6, 2006. It is the sequel to Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain. In Dark Mirror, a...
and Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow is a third-person shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. Logan's Shadow was released on the PSP in North America on October 2, 2007 and in Europe on November 30, 2007. It was ported to the...
.
Born in Camden, New Jersey
Camden, New Jersey
The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...
, Gabe served in the 75th Ranger Regiment
United States Army Rangers
United States Army Rangers are elite members of the United States Army. Rangers have served in recognized U.S. Army Ranger units or have graduated from the U.S. Army's Ranger School...
and fought in Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
. He met Lian Xing in 1987, during a mission in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. He served in the Persian Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
. In 1993 he joined the Agency.
In The Omega Strain, Gabe is appointed Commander-In-Chief, and reforms the Agency, naming it the International Presidential Consulting Agency.
In Logan's Shadow
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow is a third-person shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. Logan's Shadow was released on the PSP in North America on October 2, 2007 and in Europe on November 30, 2007. It was ported to the...
, Gabe is shot four times in the chest by Trinidad at the end of the game. It is unknown whether he survived.
Voiced by: John Chacon (Syphon Filter 1-3), James Arnold Taylor
James Arnold Taylor
James Arnold Taylor is an American voice actor, Impressionist, and Announcer. He is the current voice provider for Fred Flintstone as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and also the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Johnny Test in Johnny Test...
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror, Logan's Shadow)
Lian Xing
Lian Xing is Gabe Logan's partner in the Agency and later the IPCA.Born in Kashi, China, she first met Logan in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
in 1987, both working on assignments against the Soviets. During the 1990s, Lian was then working for the IPCA as Logan's partner. In the second game, it is revealed that before she joined the Agency, she was an agent of the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China.
Originally, her biography in Syphon Filter stated she was a Chinese-American, born in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
whose credentials for being The Agency's leading communications intelligence expert included a Ph.D in Computer Science from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. These facts were retconned by Syphon Filter 2 under the pretenses that The Agency falsified her records in order to grant Xing U.S. citizenship, and so she would be able to work for them.
In Logan's Shadow, it is revealed she has a husband, Shen Rei. It is also revealed that she is in love with Gabe. Lian may be the last surviving character of the original series after the events at the end of "Logan's Shadow".
Voiced by: Ava Fang (Syphon Filter), Zoe Galvez (Syphon Filter 2, 3), Kim Mai Guest
Kim Mai Guest
Kim Mai Angela Guest is a voice actress of European and Vietnamese descent. She is known to speak fluent French and Italian.- Anime/Animation roles :* .hack//Liminality - Narumi* .hack//SIGN - Subaru...
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror, Logan's Shadow)
Teresa Lipan
Teresa Lipan is a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice...
agent, voiced by Shannon Tilton
Shannon Tilton
Shannon Tilton is an American voice actress who is best known as the voice of Teresa Lipan in the Syphon Filter video game series.Tilton is the only cast member to voice the same character despite the voice actors changing in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain.-External links:...
in all appearances. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, she implied that her family is of Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
descent during her testimony in the third game. She graduated college and started working for the ATF in 1992. In her first mission for the ATF, Lipan was caught in the middle of a conspiracy with National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
agents. With the help of an undercover Gabe Logan, Teresa saves her fellow ATF agents and as many militia men as she can. She also saves Dusty and Debbie Oakton, family relatives of Earl Oakton, a mountain survivalist who was executed by NSA agents.
In the series, Teresa Lipan started working for the Agency in 1994, but prior to the events of the first game she leaves the Agency, upon discovering what the Agency really was.
In Syphon Filter 3, Teresa decided to fake her death after getting shot and seriously injured by turncoat CBDC agent Jason Chance in the second game. She tracked down Russian spy Mara Aramov and managed to expose her and Secretary of State Vince Hadden about the agency's activities while testifying about her involvement with the conspiracy.
Although initially reluctant, Teresa joined the IPCA to provide backup reconnaissance in Omega Strain.
In Logan's Shadow, Teresa is shot by Trinidad at the end of the game. Whether Teresa survives is unknown.
Voiced by: Shannon Tilton
Shannon Tilton
Shannon Tilton is an American voice actress who is best known as the voice of Teresa Lipan in the Syphon Filter video game series.Tilton is the only cast member to voice the same character despite the voice actors changing in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain.-External links:...
Lawrence Mujari
Lawrence Mujari is a friend of Teresa Lipan's, introduced in the second game. He was a former soldierSoldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
in the Umkhonto we Sizwe
Umkhonto we Sizwe
Umkhonto we Sizwe , translated "Spear of the Nation," was the armed wing of the African National Congress which fought against the South African apartheid government. MK launched its first guerrilla attacks against government installations on 16 December 1961...
during the time of apartheid. It is also known, for example according to his Senate testimony given during Syphon Filter 3, that he had been a member employed by the African National Council. Mujari testified it was in this role that he first encountered the Syphon Filter virus, during his 1984 investigation of a new disease outbreak at a gold mine located in Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
. Mujari has a flashback
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
during this testimony; during this flashback, the player controls him while he carries out that investigation.
After seeing the effects of viral infection
Infection
An infection is the colonization of a host organism by parasite species. Infecting parasites seek to use the host's resources to reproduce, often resulting in disease...
s firsthand, Mujari left his previous work and joined the Agency, in which he trained as a biochemist
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
. He was a strong believer in non-lethal force (although he killed numerous people during his 1984 mission) and refused to take a life if it could be avoided. Mujari is killed by Chinese agent Trinidad at the end of Logan's Shadow.
Voiced by: Bryan Session (Syphon Filter 2, 3), Khary Payton
Khary Payton
Khary Payton is an American actor and voice actor known for his voice characterizations in animated cartoons, having portrayed Cyborg in the Teen Titans animated series and Aqualad in Young Justice. In the cartoon series Justice League, Payton provided the voice of the villain Ten...
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror)
Edward Benton
Edward Benton was the deputy director of the Agency introduced in Syphon Filter, and later appearing in Syphon Filter 3. He filed all the reports for field agents Logan and Xing. He also filed reports for other field agents such as another operative known as Jenkins. An example of his true meanings was in the Syphon Filter. Jenkins and his team was told to enter Washington Park, where a viral bomb was being held. What Jenkins and his team did not realize was that Black Baton was prepared. Jenkins and his team were ambushed and eliminated. Benton was later spotted by Logan at an exhibition center party for Pharcom. He was revealed that he was working for Aramov and Phagan. Logan kills Benton in the process.In Syphon Filter 3, Logan tells a story about when he was an army ranger. He first tells about his first assignment in Afghanistan, which involved delivering supplies to the rebels in the area. Logan, his commanding officer Ellis, and Benton, who claimed to be a CIA operative, were the only survivors after the ambush. They later successfully made it to the camp. After Logan finished testifying, he admitted that he had no idea Benton was actually an Agency operative.
Benton later recruited Logan and Ellis into the Agency.
Voiced by: Frederick L. Gillette
Vincent Hadden
Vincent Hadden was the United States Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
and a member of The Consortium. He first appeared in the first game as the shadowy figure who tells Markinson that they will "wait and see what he [Gabe Logan] can discover". He is later seen talking to Aramov. He is also featured at the beginning of the second game and later during the game with his face shadowed again, and finally seen talking to Aramov at the end of the game. He appears more often in the third installment. In the beginning of the second game, he explains the nuclear launch that was caused at the end of the first game to the public. In the end, he appeared spying on Logan, Xing and Mujari, beside Teresa Lipan's grave.
In the third game, he calls for Logan, Xing and Mujari to testify. He questions each person, while being intrigued by their stories. It is revealed that Hadden was involved with The Agency and The Consortium. Aramov kills Hadden. Mujari notes that leadership in The Consortium is rapidly shifting after Hadden's death.
Elsa Weissenger
Dr. Elsa Weissenger was a doctor for PHARCOM, the Agency, and the IPCA.In the second game, Weissenger works for the Agency. She attempts to study the effects of the Syphon Filter virus. She fails, after Xing, infected, escaped the group's custody. Near the end of the game, Logan forces Weissenger to finish a vaccine while inside the Agency's lab.
In the third game, Weissenger is remembered in a flashback mission, told by Xing. Weissenger was in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, getting plant samples. Her involvement with the Agency started here. In a current mission later in the game, Weissenger crosses paths with Xing in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. She was at a refugee camp in which villagers were being tested with the Syphon Filter virus. Lian forces Weissenger to create a cure. She gives Xing a data disk that involves Aramov and leaves.
During the events of The Omega Strain, Weissenger was recruited into the IPCA, doing medical research on the Omega Strain virus. She eventually manages to create a vaccine, but she requests a recruit kill one of her mentors, Jandran. Weissenger leaves a note confessing her mental instability, about wanting to create and break things for the world with her medical knowledge.
In Dark Mirror, Weissenger is seen at Aramov's apartment. Gary Stoneman, a member of the IPCA, kills both Weissenger and Aramov. Upon the players choice she may die from a bullet or from being run over by a car.
Voiced by: Andrea Satin (Syphon Filter 2, 3), B.J. Ward (Omega Strain, Dark Mirror)
Alima Haddad
Alima Haddad was a chopper pilot for the IPCA.She plays a role in The Omega Strain. While in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, her chopper is shot down. She gets separated from Stone and other agents. She is assumed dead, but is later found during a mission in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
at a holding cell. As the game finishes, she is seen in a wheelchair. For rescuing her and taking other various actions throughout the game, the agent is awarded with Karkadann, Alima's Unicorn Charm.
In Dark Mirror, she is seen piloting an aircraft which carried Logan and Xing.
In Logan's Shadow, she is piloting the aircraft which carries Logan in the first episode of the game. She also assists him throughout the mission from her aircraft. She is shot down by enemy fire and killed. Gabe can recover her unicorn charm from the chopper's wreckage at the end of the level, which counts as hidden evidence.
Voiced by: Bettina Spier
Uri Gregorov
Uri Gregorov was a fictional head of the SVRForeign Intelligence Service (Russia)
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is Russia's primary external intelligence agency. The SVR is the successor of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB since December 1991...
. Gregorov is introduced in Syphon Filter 2 when he led a convoy to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
attempting to provide back-up for Logan and CBDC forces in the area, but arrived too late. He had claimed that he was good friends with Logan's partner, Xing. The main reason for Logan and the CBDC to be in Kazakhstan were to retrieve data disks, but it was later revealed that Gregorov had the second half of the data disks recovered in Kazakhstan. Gregorov was captured by Aramov and sent to the Aljir Prison, with an impostor being put in his place. Xing eventually finds out about Gregorov's fate and goes to rescue him. After being extracted, Gregorov gives the data disks to Logan while trying to prevent a war with People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
personnel, headed by General Shi-Hao.
In Syphon Filter 3, Gregorov was leading the Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
troops in the occupation of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
.
In The Omega Strain, Gregorov had a very small role, though Russia and Chechnya
Chechnya
The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...
were at the brink of war. Russian military forces were forced to bombard Mikhas Ivankov's (a Russian leader) hometown in Chechnya, inflicting civilian casualties. The aftermath was photographed by Mujari, with Logan confronting Gregorov about the incident. From that point on, Gregorov was never heard from again.
Voiced by: J.S. Gilbert
Maggie Powers
Maggie Powers is a member of MI-6Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service is responsible for supplying the British Government with foreign intelligence. Alongside the internal Security Service , the Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence , it operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence...
, a counter-terrorist group based in the UK. She helps Logan in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
by destroying shipments of the Syphon Filter virus. She later appeared in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where she helps Xing by piloting a helicopter and providing radio backup.
She reappears in The Omega Strain, providing an IPCA agent backup while in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
.
In Logan's Shadow, she assists Logan after he frees her from captivity. She provided covering fire for Gabe as they went through a prison, where she was captured and saved again by Logan. She is later taken into custody after it is revealed that MI-6 wanted Shen's device as well as Shen himself.
Voiced by: Shannon Ward (Syphon Filter 3), Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-born American actress and singer best known for her voice over work in video games like Grandia II, the Mass Effect trilogy, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Tales of Symphonia, the Metroid Prime trilogy, the Metal Gear Solid games, Brütal Legend, and Disney's...
(Omega Strain, Logan's Shadow)
Mara Aramov
Mara Aramov was an ex-KGBKGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
agent and one of the major antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
s in the series.
She originally worked as an assassin
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
for Black Baton hired by Victor Yavlinski but later defected to the Consortium. She executed Logan's colleague Ellis. She killed Hadden in Syphon Filter 3. At the end of The Omega Strain, Stoneman can be seen aiming through his rifle's telescopic sight
Telescopic sight
A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope, is a sighting device that is based on an optical refracting telescope. They are equipped with some form of graphic image pattern mounted in an optically appropriate position in their optical system to give an accurate aiming point...
about to assassinate
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
her. In a bonus mission in Dark Mirror, it is revealed that she and Weissenger were involved in a secret love affair. It is also revealed that Stoneman had orders to eliminate them. Stoneman set up in an apartment, down the street from Aramov's residence. After eliminating Aramov's bodyguards, Stone kills Aramov and Weissinger.
Voiced by: Anna Murivitskaya (Syphon Filter), Elina Fillipova (Syphon Filter 2), Corina Harmon (Syphon Filter 3), Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-born American actress and singer best known for her voice over work in video games like Grandia II, the Mass Effect trilogy, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Tales of Symphonia, the Metroid Prime trilogy, the Metal Gear Solid games, Brütal Legend, and Disney's...
(Omega Strain, Dark Mirror)
Gary Stoneman
Gary Stoneman is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and current member of the IPCA. He served in every war from Vietnam to the Gulf War. He serves as an expert sharpshooter and commanding officer.
In Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain Game, he joined the IPCA. His first mission was in Pescara, Italy, where he eliminated Dmitri Alexopoulos after discovering he planned to use the Syphon Filter virus in mob wars. He also commanded IPCA recruits in Mazyr, Belarus, and appears in Ivankov's fortress at the end of the game to help rescue Alima. After the credits roll, a hidden cutscene featuring Mara Aramov shows that Stone was hired to kill her. Stone awards the player with "Stone's Medal of Courage," which is actually a Purple Heart, suggesting that Stone was injured in the line of duty.
In Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, Stone is controlled by the player on one of the secret missions, unlockable after finishing Training Mode. In this mission, Stone carries out his hit on Aramov, who is revealed to be having an affair with Elsa Weissinger. Both are killed; the player may decide how Elsa dies depending on their actions.