Dead Cell
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Dead Cell was a former special U.S. Navy SEALs counter-terrorist training unit founded by President George Sears. It was first formed as a small government organisation who would trigger seemingly random terrorist attacks against embassies, consuls and military installations in order to give Navy SEALs and Marine Corps trainees a taste of real anti-terrorism missions.
But when their original leader, Colonel Jackson, died in prision the group became more and more extreme. Dead Cell eventually became a terrorist group. They began organizing terrorist attacks, targeting diplomats and civilians alike. Their campaign of terror caused the deaths of thousands of people (though Vamp implies in his conversation towards Raiden that it was the Patriots who were responsible, and that Dead Cell had nothing to do with it).
Six months before the Manhattan Incident, the Patriots led an extermination campaign to eliminate the members of Dead Cell until only three of them were left. This was a part of the S3 Plan. The Patriots planned that the remaining Dead Cell members would join Solidus Snake and avenge their Dead Cell comrades' deaths. Dead Cell and Solidus Snake then took over Big Shell (along with Olga Gurlukovich's renegade army), and stole Arsenal Gear in order to seek revenge on The Patriots.
Dead Cell, as part of the S3 Plan to recreate the events of the Shadow Moses incident, was carefully chosen to carry out "roles" to maintain the recreation; Dead Cell stood in for FOXHOUND. Fatman, an explosive specialist, appeared to go renegade and attempt to destroy the Big Shell, ruining the Sons of Liberty's plans. In reality, he was a Patriot agent assigned to test Raiden's progress: if the Big Shell was destroyed, the simulation was over. The Patriots dragged Peter Stillman into the situation in order to coax the man. Fortune had a device planted on her to convince her that she was immortal as it deflected bullets away from her.
The entire team was wiped out during the incident, except for Vamp, who survived the ordeal and later took part in Liquid Ocelot's insurrection.
The known members of Dead Cell were:
- Colonel Jackson
- Vamp
- Fortune
- Fatman
- Chinaman (Cut)
- Old Boy (Cut)
- Solidus Snake (a.k.a. George Sears)
[edit] Trivia
- Dead Cell is based on the real life U.S. Navy counter-terrorist units called Red Cells. The backstory of the unit also somewhat resembles its real life counterpart, in that both Colonel Jackson and Red Cell founder Richard Marcinko were both tried and convicted of misappropriation of government funds and sent to prison, differing in that Colonel Jackson died in prison, while Marcinko did not.
