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"Name's Mike, if you're looking for firepower you've come to the right place." |
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Mike was a U.S. Armed Forces Helicopter pilot who assisted Leon late into the Los Illuminados incident. He was called out to retrieve Leon and Ashley Graham after the first Helicopter was shot down.
History
Leon initiated radio communication with Mike, who was flying a modified Bell UH-1 Gunship armed with Chain Guns and Hellfire missiles, which he used to destroy large towers, themselves armed with Gatling guns. Shortly after destroying a heavily guarded base with the chopper's Chain Gun, he saved Leon again; this time from a weapon and numerically superior group of Militia Ganados.
Mikes helicopter after being blown up.
Leon tells Mike he owes him a drink; Mike comically responds that he "know[s] a good bar". However, Osmund Saddler appears at a higher cliff edge, accompanied by a heat-seeking Rocket Launcher-armed Ganado. Mike does not see the Ganado, and it fires a rocket at Mike's helicopter, which sends it crashing to the bottom of a gorge. It is unknown if Mike is killed instantly or in the explosion caused by the crash. Mike's face is never seen in the game.
Ada Wong later encounters the Ganado who killed Mike and guns him down.
Trivia
Despite not knowing Mike prior to him showing up as backup, Leon appears deeply saddened by Mike's death.