Rachel Foley

Why is this happening, why me?

Rachel was an agent working for the United States Federal Government's anti-bioterrorism taskforce F.B.C. (Federal Bioterrorist Commission); she and her partner Raymond Vester were sent into the Queen Zenobia to investigate.

Queen Zenobia
... Hold on, I have to check something. I'll radio call you back..

In 2005, Rachel and her partner Raymond Vester were sent to the Queen Zenobia and got Seperated due to their Missions. While Rachel headed at the back of the ship, Raymond headed in the Front, though along the way she acquired the key to the freight lift. Whilst looking around Rachel discovered slime before being ambushed by an Ooze and shot the creature several times and when Jill entered the room, She already escaped. The creature followed her through air vents and Rachel ran into a hallway with more Ooze. She shot again, only to run out of ammo and throw her gun on the ground. Rachel managed to get away and reach the elevator where she was ambushed by another Ooze which cut her leg. She avoided death one final time as the elevator doors opened, allowing her to escape and lock herself in the research room. It was in the research room where she met her end. Surrounded, Rachel was choked as an Ooze fed on her bodily fluids and infected her with the T-Abyss, finally throwing her at a window. During this time Jill was looking for the Crew Quarters key and arrived just in time to witness her death.

Rachel's intentions onboard the Queen Zenobia were seemingly to assess and clean up any evidence onboard that might incriminate Morgan. Later on, when the player gains her journal, it becomes known that Rachel actually did not want this mission and had a very grim and pessimistic view on her survival chances, a prospect that grimmly became very real.

Ooze Rachel
Found you... Shortly after her death, the T-Abyss virus kicked in and transformed Rachel into a seemingly unique Ooze. As Jill returned to Rachel's corpse to find the freight lift key she noticed that her body is gone. Jill left the room and was attacked by Rachel, now transformed. She confronted Jill several times, always fleeing after taking heavy damage, but Jill continued to encounter her until she met up with Parker and the pair seemingly killed her.

However, Rachel survived the encounter and frequently attacked the duo as they explored the ship (which greatly annoyed Parker). She was incredibly resilient to gunfire, being downed several times after Jill and Parker initially "killed" her.

Rachel was presumably destroyed permanently when the Queen Zenobia exploded.

When fighting Rachel, it is a good idea to bring along a Magnum or Rifle (with charging capabilities if the player has one.) as they do the most damage to her. However, a shotgun is also recommended. When "killed" on subsequent encounters, she drops Illegal Custom Parts for weapons that can be retrieved by the player by walking over her body and pressing Y or ZR. Rachel attacks similarly to the Ooze, and has a similar grab attack. However, she is much faster and also has a unique grab where she can grab the player's foot and prevent them from moving. As Rachel can clear the distance between herself and the player quickly, constant movement is necessary to avoid her attacks.

Trivia

 * An interesting addition to Rachel is her long blonde hair being constantly over her eyes.
 * Her mutation is unique as when she fully transforms, her right arm appears to be severely deformed and a huge hole opens up on the top of her head. A long, thick tongue-like protrusion comes out of her head where her hair cover most of her body and face. With time, it is possible she may have become a highly deformed Sea Creeper. However, she cannot go through doors and when fighting her, she blurts out phrases like "It hurts" and "killed". However, like any other ooze, she can go and will go through air vents. Her speech is also very remineacent of the Comms Officer, who turns into a Scagdead
 * It is unknown how long Rachel survived her 'last moments' as when Jill found her, she was speculated as dead. However, as you progress through the game, you find out Rachel wrote down her final moments, thus surviving after Jill left. However, it is not known wheather this "Final Moment" is written before or after her "Coup de Grace" in the Crew Quarter Key room, where she met her doom since she was attacked before going there:I was forced on this mission. I had no desire to come here for a job that could get me killed. At any rate, stage one is complete. I got the key for the freight lift. Now I can access the bilge. This ship was used as the base of operations for the terrorist attack on Terragrigia one year ago. I found the UAV in the ship's foredeck that was used to disperse the virus. Finding the UAV was good; getting attacked out of nowhere by an ugly monster was bad. I knew this mission would suck from the moment I took it. My head feels like it's going to split open. I lost an eye already. It's hard to see. I feel like crap. Arms are starting to feel weird too. My right arm split into two. Blood all over my body, can see my bones. need doctor bad.
 * Rachel is the only unique character to be unplayable in Raid Mode.
 * While the official Japanese website spells her name as "Rachel", other publications use "Rachel".
 * Rachel does not appear in the Mercenaries 3D demo version, she is instead replaced by a generic male named Richard, probably not to spoil any plot stories.
 * She is slighty similar to both Nemesis and Mr. X due to the fact she appeared a numerous amount of times after Jill seemingly kills her; upon defeat, she'll drop items. Usually, it's some form of Illegal Custom Parts of some kind.
 * Encounters with her increase depending upon difficulty with her appearing the most on Hell Mode.
 * In the first encounter, it is possible to "kill" Rachel before meeting back up with Parker in the Cafeteria where she attacks the player for the last time on that part of the ship (the place with the Trish Soda machine that still has power).
 * Rachel seems to have been playable in earlier versions of the game. In "Jessica's Report" Rachel can be seen swimming and being attacked by a Sea Creeper as well as being cut in half by the Scagdead.
 * When transformed, the fashion in which the "tongue" like protrusion covers her face and especially the body, makes her look a lot like a highly deformed and transformed Twi'lek from Star Wars, i.e. like Bib Fortuna.