What is Third Echelon?
Third Echelon is a subagency of the NSA, an elite team of strategists,
hackers, and field operatives who collect intelligence to anticipate
and respond to crises of information warfare.
What is a Splinter Cell?
When intelligence deemed critical to national security cannot be
obtained by traditional means, Third Echelon is granted clearance to
conduct physical operations. Its existence denied by the U.S.
government, Third Echelon deploys units known as Splinter Cells: elite
intelligence-gathering forces consisting of a lone field operative
supported by a remote team. Like a sliver of glass, a Splinter Cell is
small, sharp, and nearly invisible.
What is Third Echelon’s mission?
For the past five decades, the NSA has engaged in the passive
collection of moving data, intercepting communications en route. But as
communications become digital and sophisticated encryption becomes
ubiquitous, passive collection is no longer sufficient. The NSA
launches a top-secret initiative, Third Echelon, a return to classical
methods of espionage powered by the latest technology for the
aggressive collection of stored data. No longer filtering the world
through satellites and antennas, Third Echelon agents physically
infiltrate dangerous and sensitive enemy locations to collect the
required intelligence by whatever means necessary.
Third Echelon agents’ prime directives are as follows:
- To aggressively collect intelligence vital to U.S. security.
- To protect critical U.S. information systems.
- To keep all operations invisible to the public eye.
- To work outside the boundaries of international treaties, but know
that the U.S. will neither acknowledge nor support their operations.
Who is Sam Fisher?
Sam Fisher is Third Echelon’s primary Splinter Cell operative.
Fisher has been on the front lines of espionage through several key
decades of world history. He has not only survived but excelled in the
field of espionage through hard work, insatiable curiosity, and brutal
honesty. He has little time for polite niceties and even less for lies.
Though fully aware of and confident in his abilities, Fisher
understands that his survival has often been a gift of chance. He knows
he is human and fallible and does not want to die. He has a strange and
slightly dark sense of humor.
He is quiet, instinctive, and observant, somebody who watches from the
outside. Fighting, espionage, and constant training have defined his
adult life; his tactical experience has become part of his instinct.
Now, even outside of work he is most comfortable on the fringes of
society, keenly observant but still removed.
Fisher has acquired an admirable collection of scars and has little
left to prove to the world. Now older and wiser, he has no interest in
glory. If he fights, it is because he believes the cause is necessary
and he is capable.
What is cyberterrorism/information warfare?
Information warfare is an attack against computers, networks, or
information systems to coerce or intimidate a government and its
people. These attacks result in violence against people or property and
generate fear. Attacks that disrupt nonessential services or create a
costly nuisance are not considered information warfare. Cyberterrorism
results in severe effects such as death, bodily injury, explosions,
plane crashes, water contamination, severe economic loss, and so on.
Information warfare is easily and most effectively waged against
civilians. Because of its size and reliance on technology, no nation is
as vulnerable to information warfare as the United States. Information
warfare can be waged anonymously, or with all the publicity in the
world.
Who supports Sam in the field?
IRVING LAMBERT
 Operations Coordinator
Born: 1961 in Batcave, SC
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 270 lbs.
Rank: Colonel
Description: Irving Lambert is the link between the field agent (or
agents) and Third Echelon’s team of researches, hackers, strategists,
and commanders. He is Fisher’s main source of information via
communicator. He debriefs Fisher on the objectives that must be
completed in each mission. When an additional character must debrief
Fisher on a specific topic, Lambert will introduce them.
ANNA GRÍMSDÓTTIR
 Communications Lead
Born: 1974, Boston, MA
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Rank: Non-military
Description: Via communicator, Grímsdóttir will address high-technology
issues that Fisher encounters through the course of the game.
WILLIAM REDDING
 Field Runner
Born: July 4th, 1969, San Diego, CA
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180 lbs
Description: Fisher’s new field runner is a calm, bookwormy type. He is
fanatical about his planning, preparation, and data, and is
meticulously accurate in every facet of his job. He is a bit of a
fetishist when it comes to weapons and vehicle specifications and could
list from memory every item aboard an Osprey at any time, including the
object’s weight and location.
Veteran agent Sam Fisher is back. But he's never faced an enemy like
this before. To stop a devastating attack, he must infiltrate a vicious
terrorist group and destroy it from within. For the first time ever,
experience the relentless tension and gut-wrenching dilemmas of life as
a double agent. As you infiltrate a terrorist organization in its
American headquarters, you must carefully weigh the consequences of
your actions. Kill too many criminals and you'll blow your cover.
Hesitate too long and millions will die. Do whatever it takes to
complete your mission, but get out alive.
- Dual objectives to fulfill: NSA government agents and terrorists will each want you to accomplish opposing tasks at the same time.
- Discover the tension of being a double agent: Use actual tactics employed by today's real-life double agents to sabotage the terrorists' plans.
- Explore a branching storyline with multiple endings: Your choices have an impact on how the story and gameplay unfold.
- A world of international espionage: Missions from all over the world, from Asia to Africa to the heart of the U.S.
- Experience extreme situations: underwater or in a sandstorm, hiding behind the dust or smoke - and even skydiving.
- New authentic gadgets: Master the latest weapons and gadgets used by NSA government agents in addition to black-market terrorist weapons.
- Xbox 360 extras: Two additional alternate single-player
missions, nine all-new merged versus and co-op maps, and new underwater
and sandstorm combat.
Developer: UbiSoft
Official Website: Splinter Cell Double Agent
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