Raymond Vester

"I can't reach my Partner, Rachael. Damn it..."

Raymond Vester was one of the top agents working of the FBC (Federal Bioterrorism Commission). He had infiltrated the organization as a spy from the pharmaceutical division of TRICELL.

Terragrigia
"No, I can still fight."

At the time of the 2004 Terragrigia Panic, Raymond was an inexperienced cadet in the FBC. Injured by Veltro's Farfarello, he was rescued by the more experienced agents Parker Luciani and Jessica Sherawat.

Retreating back to the conference room where FBC Commissioner Morgan Lansdale was residing, Raymond stumbled upon a telephone conversation Lansdale was having with the Veltro leader, Jack Norman. Raymond became increasingly suspicious of his commanding officer, and knew that he was somehow involved with the bio-terrorist attack. However, he was unable to act on these suspicions, as the city was evacuated and destroyed soon after.

Conspiracy
"They seek the truth about Terragrigia... and vengeance."

At some point after this attack, Raymond became an informant for B.S.A.A. leader Clive R. O'Brian, operating as his mole within the FBC. O'Brian and Vester worked closely to devise a plan to oust Lansdale as the architect of the Terragrigia attack. The basis of the plan involved engineering the "return" of Veltro. Vester would play the role of Jack Norman, and O'Brian used a mountain airbase and several of his own troops to create the illusion that the terrorist group had resurfaced. In doing so, the two hoped to collect enough evidence to expose Lansdale.

During the Queen Zenobia incident, O'Brian let slip that agents Jessica Sherawat and Chris Redfield were captured by Veltro aboard the Zenobia. Presumably intercepting this information via his mole, Morgan Lansdale sent Vester and his partner Rachael to the ship.

On paper, this was to assess a possible bioterrorist threat on board, but in reality Lansdale was using the agents to determine if the B.S.A.A. agents supposedly on-board the vessel would pose any threat to him. With this unexpected change in schedule, Vester contacted O'Brian and the two agreed to push forward the schedule of their plan.

After boarding the ship with Rachael, the two split up. Vester adopted his Veltro disguise in the presence of agents Valentine and Luciani, attempting to guide them through the ship to expose Lansdale's secrets. Vester, without the disguise, encountered Luciani and Valentine on the ship's bridge, making his mysterious presence in the situation known.

Vester and the two agents met again in the ship's hall, where he sent the two to find his missing partner Rachael. When the two returned with the news that Rachael had been killed and infected, Vester was nowhere to be found, presumably collecting evidence elsewhere on the ship.

Soon after, Agents Sherawat and Redfield boarded the vessel, and all four agents encountered Raymond, now in Veltro disguise, in the ship's Casino. Just as Raymond was about to reveal Lansdale's secrets to the group, Lansdale's mole, Jessica Sherawat, shot Raymond in the chest, causing him to fall from the balcony.

Though Raymond was wearing a bulletproof vest and was unharmed by Jessica's shot, he faked his death while in her presence, but managed to whisper critical information about the conspiracy and Jessica's true identity to Agent Luciani.

After the two groups of agents split up, Raymond caught up with Luciani on the bridge, where he was holding Jessica at gunpoint as she attempted to activate the self destruct system. Raymond attempted to convince Parker to subdue Jessica, but Parker still did not trust Raymond, and attempted to get Raymond to lower his weapon.

Taking advantage of Luciani's hesitation, Jessica fired, and Parker took the bullet instead of Raymond. Leaving to inform Lansdale of Vester's double agent status, Parker urged Vester to chase her down. Vester failed to catch her, and later encountered a gravely injured Luciani in the bowels of the sinking ship. Finally putting their gruff past behind them, the two helped each other to escape the ship.

Post-Conspiracy
"Indeed. The fun is just getting started."

Unknown to Parker, Raymond had actually let Jessica escape. The two were both working as agents for the pharmaceutical division of TRICELL, which had promoted the development of t-Abyss. The two met in a cafe in an unnamed European country, where Vester provided Sherawat with a sample of the t-Abyss. When Jessica asked why he rescued Parker, Raymond merely replied that he "had his reasons."

Gameplay
Raymond is a playable character in Raid Mode but he is not unlocked by default. In order to unlock him on the 3DS, the player must complete every stage in Raid Mode in Chasm difficulty. On the port version, he is unlocked upon reaching level 10. His Melee Attack is a high kick.

ResidentEvil.net
Raymond is an obtainable diorama figure on ResidentEvil.net awarded as a random prize through using a Genesis Scratchcard. "Although Raymond rapidly rose to prominence as an elite-ranking agent of the FBC, he faced strong criticism at each step of the way due to his forceful interrogation techniques and tendency to use any means to raise his profile, fair or foul. His methods have lead to clashes with the BSAA on numerous occasions, and his flagrant sabotage has led to the BSAA being unable to intervene multiple times over the years. He was under the direct supervision of Parker one year earlier, although he seems to have been involved in something after Parker's transfer, something yet unknown to all."

Further Notes

 * In the official Rachael Prologue Trailer, Raymond is seen dressed in his Veltro agent outfit injecting several ship crew members with what is presumably the t-Abyss virus. He is also seen talking to the dummy of Chris Redfield at the end as well.