Rachel Foley

"Why is this happening, why me?"

Rachael 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, Rachael and her partner Raymond Vester were sent to the Queen Zenobia and got Separated due to their Missions. While Rachael 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 Rachael discovered slime before being ambushed by an Ooze and shot the creature several times and when Jill entered the room, she had already escaped. The creature followed her through air vents and Rachael ran into a hallway with more Ooze. She shot again, only to run out of ammo and throw her gun on the ground. Rachael 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, Rachael 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.

Rachael'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 Rachael actually did not want this mission and had a very grim and pessimistic view on her survival chances, a prospect that grimly became very real.

Ooze Rachael
"Found you..." Shortly after her death, the T-Abyss virus kicked in and transformed Rachael into a seemingly unique Ooze. As Jill returned to Rachael's corpse to find the freight lift key she noticed that her body is gone. Jill left the room and was attacked by Rachael, 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, Rachael 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.

Rachael was presumably destroyed permanently when the Queen Zenobia exploded.

When fighting Rachael, 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. Rachael 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 Rachael can clear the distance between herself and the player quickly, constant movement is necessary to avoid her attacks.

Further Notes

 * It is unknown how long Rachael survived her 'last moments' as when Jill found her, she was speculated as dead. However, as you progress through the game, you find out Rachael wrote down her final moments, thus surviving after Jill left. She alludes to her transformation into an ooze as she mentions her arm becoming deformed and complains about her head hurting; no doubt from hitting the glass:"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."


 * While the official Japanese website spells her name as "Rachel", other publications use "Rachael".
 * Rachael 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.
 * Rachael seems to have been playable in earlier versions of the game. In "Jessica's Report" Rachael can be seen swimming and being attacked by a Sea Creeper as well as being cut in half by the Scagdead.