Gunther Hermann



Gunther Hermann is UNATCO's male mech, Anna Navarre's partner, and later hired muscle for MJ-12. He speaks with slurred speech, and it is never revealed in the game if this is due to a speech impediment or to him not completely learning English (though we never hear him speak his native German, although if you attack him after on the roof of the compound housing the destroyed power generator in the 3rd mission, he will say "mein gott!").

The player's first encounter with Gunther is optionally rescuing him from the NSF terrorists at the base of the Statue of Liberty in the first mission. Whether the player does this (and whether the player arms Gunther, or makes him run back to base unarmed) sets the stage for how Gunther feels about the player throughout the game. Gunther is next met in the break room, where he is complaining to Navarre that the staff have a plot against him. They know he likes orange soda, but when he presses the orange button, the machine dispenses lemon-lime. Anna suggests that his hand might have slipped, but he rejects this theory. The player next meets Gunther at the end of the NSF generator mission, where Gunther takes over for JC. Gunther is next seen in Battery Park, if JC gets that far after UNATCO raids the 'Ton. From there, Gunther pursues the player, always being one step behind, until confronting the player at the Paris cathedral. Gunther is supposed to be killed here, and, like Anna, while it's hypothetically possible to go around him, the game treats him as dead after Paris.

Gunther's killphrase is Laputan machine and this is acquired from Jaime Reyes in Paris, provided when Jaime asked, JC told him to stay in UNATCO as a spy. However unlike with Anna, the killphrase is not automatically given by JC if he knows it. The player is given the choice between calling out Gunther's killphrase or attempting to reason with him. Under no circumstances will reasoning with Gunther work - Walton Simons has promised Gunther his coveted Skull-Gun and he will not change sides. (Simons reveals immediately after the fight or kill that Gunther was indeed a pawn, as JC suggests, and the last of the mechs.)

Quotes

 * "Now everyone will see why I need a skull-gun."
 * "No. I wanted orange. It gave me lemon-lime."
 * "I want to be the one to execute Lebedev."
 * "Again they ignore me. Again they think they have a better punishment for a traitor than a shotgun to the head."
 * "No, I cannot forgive. No... not the killing of Agent Navarre. I will follow you.Denton, I will get you!"
 * "I see you, a thief on the roof. My new satellite link has both infrared and the x-ray spectrum. I see your heart beating. I see you are afraid."

Gunther Hermann