(pre-1960) 1960-1 1962-3 1963-4 1965-6 1967-8 1968 1969 (1970-5) 1976 1977 (post-1978)
| file photo | Operative name (or cover) | When active | Status | Disposition |
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John Steed | 1961-9, 1974-7, 2001 (pseudonym: Invisible Jones) | Active | Field Agent |
| Lead field agent for the Ministry, records for the period 1962-77 are complete, 1960-1 are partially recorded; other dates are no longer held in the central archive - please refer to the controlling bodies for these periods. | ||||
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Tara King | 1967-9 (except Killer) | Active | Field agent |
| Field agent assigned to assist lead agent Steed, John in the fields of counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, espionage and home office duties. Recruited and trained by the Ministry in 1967, she is adept at safe-breaking, hand to hand and armed combat and high speed pursuit. | ||||
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Webster | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Signals |
| Chief of operations of the MOTC cypher.department at Cypher HQ. | ||||
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Ferret | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Killed | Field agent |
| Operative who assisted agents Steed, John and King, Tara in investigating the security leak at Cypher HQ, killed by Classy Glass Cleaning personnel. | ||||
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Myra | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Clerical |
| Cypher clerk. | ||||
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Mother | Super Secret Cypher Snatch, You'll Catch Your Death, False Witness, All Done with Mirrors, Noon Doomsday, They Keep Killing Steed, The Interrogators, The Rotters, Killer, Wish You Were Here, Stay Tuned, Take Me to Your Leader, Fog, Homicide and Old Lace, Love All, Pandora, Requiem, Who was that Man I saw You With?, Bizarre | Retired | HQ Staff |
| Head of Ministry (intelligence), from late 1967 until the early 1970s, recruited from the diplomatic corps; real name: Sir George Webster. Chief overseer of lead agents Steed, John and King, Tara during his tenure; being wheelchair-bound he was always accompanied by his assistant and bodyguard, Rhonda after she joined the Ministry in 1968. | ||||
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Peters | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Killed | Foresnics |
| Photographic expert from the forensics department who was killed by Classy Glass Cleaning personnel. | ||||
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1st Guard | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Security |
| Security guard assigned to Cypher HQ. | ||||
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2nd Guard | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Security |
| Security guard assigned to Cypher HQ. | ||||
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Betty | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Clerical |
| Cypher clerk. | ||||
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Jarret | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent investigating Cypher HQ whose death raised suspicions about a security leak at the establishment. | ||||
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Rhonda | Super Secret Cypher Snatch, You'll Catch Your Death, False Witness, All Done with Mirrors, Noon Doomsday, They Keep Killing Steed, The Interrogators, The Rotters, Killer, Wish You Were Here, Stay Tuned, Take Me to Your Leader, Fog, Homicide and Old Lace, Love All, Pandora, Requiem, Who was that Man I saw You With?, Bizarre | Active | HQ staff |
| Hired in 1968 as a bodyguard and factotum for Ministry chief, Mother, she soon became indispensible to him and accompanied him on every mission. | ||||
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Guard | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Security |
| Security guard assigned to Cypher HQ. | ||||
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Guard | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Security |
| Security guard assigned to Cypher HQ. | ||||
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Guard | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Security |
| Security guard assigned to Cypher HQ. | ||||
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Guard | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Security |
| Security guard assigned to Cypher HQ. | ||||
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Clerk | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Retired | Clerical |
| Cypher clerk. | ||||
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Clerk | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Clerical |
| Cypher clerk. | ||||
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Clerk | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Clerical |
| Cypher clerk. | ||||
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Clerk | Super Secret Cypher Snatch | Active | Clerical |
| Cypher clerk. | ||||
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Dr. Fawcett | You'll Catch Your Death | Active | Scientist |
| Airborne diseases expert called in by agent Steed, John to assist in this mission. | ||||
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Lord Barnes | Split! | Active | Controller |
| Director of the departmental agents' retreat, he was affected by the brain-conditioning scheme of enemy agent Boris Kartovski and killed agent Mercer, Harry when he too exhibited signs of the conditioning. | ||||
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Peter Rooke | Split! | Active | Controller |
| Head of agents under Lord Barnes who was affected by the brain-conditioning scheme of enemy agent Boris Kartovski. | ||||
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Harry Mercer | Split! | Killed | Field Agent |
| Field agent conditioned by the enemy to be receptive to Boris Kartovski's brain-waves, he killed agent Compton, Frank while thus influenced. Killed by Lord Barnes during a later attack. | ||||
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Frank Compton | Split! | Killed | Field Agent |
| Field agent killed by agent Mercer, Harry while Mercer was being controlled by enemy agent Boris Kartovski. | ||||
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Swindin | Split! | Active | Scientist |
| Government hand-writing expert (graphologist) who confirms that Harry Mercer's note was 'written by' supposedly slain enemy agent Boris Kartovski. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Guard | Split! | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Department's agents retreat. | ||||
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Pelley | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Scientist |
| Inventor of departmental computers Fred and George (/XR40). | ||||
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Dr Ardmore | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Medical/technical |
| Silicon surgeon who perfomed operations to save the 'life' of George/XR40. | ||||
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Tobin | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Arrested | Scientist |
| Computer technician who tried to sabotage George/XR40 on several occasions, he also tried to sabotage Dr Ardmore's surgery on the computer. | ||||
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Baines | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Killed | Scientist |
| Junior computer technician who found George/XR40 had been shot, he was killed by enemy agent Jacobs when he came across evidence of who was behind the plot. | ||||
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Anaesthetist | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Medical/technical |
| Silicon anaesthetist who assisted Dr Ardmore. | ||||
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Jill | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Medical/technical |
| Silicon nurse who assisted Dr Ardmore. | ||||
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Betty | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Medical/technical |
| Silicon nurse who assisted Dr Ardmore. | ||||
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Guard | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Security |
| Security guard for the departmental computer facility. | ||||
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Doctor | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Scientist |
| Silicon doctor who assisted Dr Ardmore. | ||||
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Doctor | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Medical/technical |
| Silicon doctor who assisted Dr Ardmore. | ||||
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Receptionist | Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | Active | Clerical |
| Receptionisat at the departmental computer facility. | ||||
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Melville | False Witness | Active | Field agent |
| Suspected of being a double agent for betraying his colleagues and falsely answering questions from senior personnel, he was exhonorated when it was discovered a lying drug had been put into London's milk supply. | ||||
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Sir Joseph Tarlton | False Witness | Active | Judiciary |
| Magistrate trying to assemble a case agains Lord Edgefield. | ||||
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Dr Grant | False Witness | Active | Medical |
| Departmental doctor who discovered that Melville was incapaable of telling the truth due to his being drugged. | ||||
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Penman | False Witness | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent betrayed by the drugged agent Melville, he was killed by enemy agent Brayshaw. | ||||
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Gould | False Witness | Active | Security |
| Security officer assigned to Mother's mobile HQ - he posed as the conductor of the London bus OLD 666 and prevented everyone except cleared personnel from boarding. | ||||
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Amanda | False Witness | Active | Clerical |
| Secretary to Sir Joseph. | ||||
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Watney | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Security |
| Security officer who assisted agent King, Tara in the field while agent Steed, John was being held under house arrest. | ||||
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Sparshott | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Security |
| Military officer in charge of security for the Carmadoc research facility. | ||||
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Carswell | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Scientist |
| Carmadoc scientist. | ||||
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Miss Tiddiman | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Scientist |
| Carmadoc scientist. | ||||
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Seligman | All Done with Mirrors | Killed | Scientist |
| Carmadoc scientist who may have been selling secret to the enemy, killed by enemy agent Markin. | ||||
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Arkin | All Done with Mirrors | Killed | Scientist |
| Carmadoc scientist who may have been selling secret to the enemy, killed by enemy agent Markin. | ||||
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Blonde Fluff | All Done with Mirrors | Very Active | ... morale |
| I'll leave it to you to gues what she did. | ||||
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Brunette Fluff | All Done with Mirrors | Very Active | ... morale |
| I'll leave it to you to gues what she did. | ||||
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Guard | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Carmadoc research facility. | ||||
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Guard | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Carmadoc research facility. | ||||
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Guard | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Carmadoc research facility. | ||||
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Guard | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the Carmadoc research facility. | ||||
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Scientist | All Done with Mirrors | Active | Scientist |
| Carmadoc scientist. | ||||
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Sir Rodney Woodham-Baines | Noon Doomsday | Active | Politician |
| MP recupperating at Department S. | ||||
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Roger Lyall | Noon Doomsday | Retired | Field agent |
| Operative recupperating at Department S, he was subsequently retired from service as his combat shock proved too great. | ||||
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Jules Perrier | Noon Doomsday | Active | Field agent (French) |
| French intelligence services field agent recupperating at Department S. | ||||
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Edward Sunley | Noon Doomsday | Active | Field agent |
| Badly injured agent recupperating at Department S who assited agents King, Tara and Steed, John. | ||||
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Dr. Hyde | Noon Doomsday | Killed | Medical |
| Doctor in charge of Department S, killed by the traitor Carson. | ||||
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Carson | Noon Doomsday | Killed | Medical |
| Medical officer at Department S, he was on Gerard Kafka's payroll and killed Dr Hyde and agent Cornwall before being killed by agent King, Tara. | ||||
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Cornwall | Noon Doomsday | Active | Field Aent |
| Agent superintending the security at Department S, he was killed by the traitor Carson, effectively trapping everyone inside the facility. | ||||
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Spencer | Have Guns - Will Haggle | Active | Ballistics |
| Ballistics expert who determined that a gun stolen from a military depot had been used to kill a mercenary called Smith, enabling deprtmental operative to track down the thieves. | ||||
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Crayford | Have Guns - Will Haggle | Killed | Storeman |
| Corrupt storeman of a military depot who sold guns to black marketeers, only to be paid in death. | ||||
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Guard | Have Guns - Will Haggle | Active | Security |
| Military depot guard. | ||||
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Guard | Have Guns - Will Haggle | Active | Security |
| Military depot guard. | ||||
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Guard | Have Guns - Will Haggle | Active | Security |
| Military depot guard. | ||||
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Baron Von Curt | They Keep Killing Steed | Active | Civilian |
| Civilian deputised by agent King, Tara when agent Steed, John was abducted prior to a major peace conference. | ||||
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Captain Smythe | They Keep Killing Steed | Active | Security |
| Military officer in charge of security for the 1968 'Hopeful Dove' peace conference. | ||||
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Chief Guard | They Keep Killing Steed | Active | Security |
| Security guard at the 1968 'Hopeful Dove' peace conference. | ||||
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Colonel Mannering | The Interrogators | Arrested | Military Intelligence |
| Double agent who used his position as head of interrogations to extract information from friendly security personnel, which was -passed to the other side. | ||||
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Minnow | The Interrogators | Active | Field agent |
| Agent who unwittingly divulge information to the double agent Colonel Mannering. | ||||
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Caspar | The Interrogators | Active | Field agent |
| Agent who unwittingly divulge information to the double agent Colonel Mannering. | ||||
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Blackie | The Interrogators | Active | Military Intelligence |
| Double agent corrupted by Colonel Mannering into assiting him in trading information to the other side.. | ||||
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Rasker | The Interrogators | Active | Military Intelligence |
| Double agent corrupted by Colonel Mannering into assiting him in trading information to the other side.. | ||||
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Mullard | The Interrogators | Active | Field agent |
| Agent who unwittingly divulged information to the double agent Colonel Mannering. | ||||
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Mr. Puffin | The Interrogators | Active | Informer |
| Informer who managed to kill the double agent Blackie before he could be assassinated. | ||||
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Naval Officer | The Interrogators | Active | Intelligence |
| Agent who unwittingly divulge information to the double agent Colonel Mannering. | ||||
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R.A.F. Officer | The Interrogators | Active | Intelligence |
| Agent who unwittingly divulge information to the double agent Colonel Mannering. | ||||
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Wilson | The Interrogators | Active | Informer |
| Informer killed by the double agent Blackie. | ||||
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Izzy Pound | The Interrogators | Active | Informer |
| Informer killed by the double agent Blackie. | ||||
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Fillington | The Interrogators | Active | Informer |
| Informer killed by the double agent Blackie. | ||||
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Grant | Invasion of the Earthmen | Killed | Field Agent |
| Agent who stumbled across the neo-Nazi Alpha Academy and it's principal's plans to create a cryogenically frozen army of teenagers with which to conquer space. | ||||
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Lady Diana Forbes-Blakeney | Killer | Active | Field agent/Intelligence |
| Intelligence operative assigned to assist agent Steed, John while agewnt King, Tara was unavailable. | ||||
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Clarke | Killer | Active | Forensics |
| Forensic investigator who determined that agent Wilkington had been clubbed, poisoned, crushed, stabbed, shot, spiked, stabbed, suffocated, and drowned - although he missed thahis neck was broken, as noticed by agent Steed, John. | ||||
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Ralph Bleech | Killer | Killed | Engineer |
| Partner of Wilkington, he was also killed by the automated assassin REMAK. | ||||
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Freddie | Killer | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent killed after discovering the activation of the automated assassin REMAK. | ||||
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Wilkington | Killer | Killed | Architect |
| Architect who built and was subsequently killed by the automated assassin REMAK after being lured into its hallways. | ||||
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Trancer | Killer | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent killed after discovering the activation of the automated assassin REMAK. | ||||
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Calvin | Killer | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent killed by the automated assassin REMAK after being lured into its hallways. | ||||
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Gillars | Killer | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent killed by the automated assassin REMAK after being lured into its hallways. | ||||
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Lawson | Killer | Killed | Field agent |
| Agent killed by the automated assassin REMAK after being lured into its hallways. | ||||