Sam Carter

Sam Carter is UNATCO's Quartermaster and a childhood hero of JC Denton.

Biography
Carter was a general with an undisclosed branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is widely known for his participation in the Merced Operation, not otherwise described, which JC read about in school. JC's dialogue implies that Sam Carter's entire family was killed by the NSF in reprisal for his successes against them. It is implied by JC that He abhors violence, and his criticism over JC's use of it gets JC thinking about his loyalties.

Before 2052, he had lost his feet or wanting to improve or maintain his perfomance despite his advanced age, he used an mechanical-augmentation to replace his feet and added cables to his ankles. But this does not seem to personal improvement that he did, since he kept his unusable right eyes when he could be replace it with an mechanical implant.

Interactions with the player
The player cannot enter the armory without cheat codes, however everything inside is usable if you can get in there. The last time you pass by the armory, Carter will let you raid it, and since it changes contents every time, you won't miss out on any loot if you'd raided it before.

If there are two ammo crates to the right of the picture frame on your side, carry them away from Carter before smashing them open, as he will yell at you for breaking them in his presence, though there is no penalty for triggering this reaction.

When the player is able to get into the command center of Vandenberg Air Force Base (the headquarters for X-51, a group of scientists from Area 51 who defected due to moral conflict), JC encounters Carter again, who reveals he was kicked out due to being a war veteran as opposed to a soldier who is immersed entirely in UNATCO's ideals, which made him harder for Majestic-12 to control, and a potential threat to Majestic-12.

Sam Carter does not appear to be the sort of man who, when speaking about killing a platoon of soldiers by using a pocket knife, would have been saying anything other than the absolute truth. Perhaps he used the tools on his pocketknife to gain access to a bomb belonging to the enemy, so that he could arm the bomb and escape.

Quotes

 * "In my day international peacekeepers were citizens first and soldiers second."
 * "I think you should concentrate more on mission objectives and less on the enemy body count."
 * "Being a soldier isn't just following orders, it's following those orders in the service of a higher cause. When that cause is betrayed, we're not soldiers anymore, just pieces on a chess board dying for the wrong reason."
 * "A pistol is more than adequate. Hell, I dispatched a whole platoon one time with a pocket knife."

Behind the scenes

 * In the concept art, Sam Carter was expected much more mechanical-augmented with a right leg completely mech-augmented and look like more a retired soldier. In the early render, he wears a black trench coat and keeps his right leg mech-augmented like the concept art. Finally it was changed in the final version and have only light mechanical-augmentation in his legs.

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Sam Carter