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"The city is completely cut off. Isolated. We need help. My men cannot do this alone." — Mikhail explains the situation of Raccoon City to Jill and asks her to help. |
Captain Mikhail Viktor (ミハイル・ヴィクトール Mihairu Vikutōru, Russian: Михаил Виктор) was a member of the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (U.B.C.S.), who accompanied Carlos Oliveira and Nikolai Zinoviev to Raccoon City in 1998 to deal with the t-virus outbreak.
Biography
Early life
Originally from Leningrad, in the Russian SFSR, Mikhail became a soldier in the Soviet Army, where he reached the rank of Captain. He was forced to resign after the Soviet Union's collapse and the army split among regional borders.
In the aftermath of the breakup, Mikhail joined a guerrilla organisation aimed at achieving independence for an ethnic minority who was facing persecution from the new Russian Federation, his wife being of this community. As the guerrilla organisation transformed into a mere terrorist group, Mikhail was found and arrested by Russian government forces. The Umbrella Corporation learned of his fine leadership qualities and military background, and offered his men amnesty if he joined the company's paramilitary force.[1][3][excerpt 1][4][excerpt 2] Like former Soviet Army Colonel Sergei Vladimir, Mikhail was allowed to keep his military rank within the U.B.C.S..
Raccoon City
During the 1998 biohazardous outbreak in Raccoon City, Captain Mikhail was sent into the city on 26 September along with the rest of Delta Platoon. Unlike Nikolai, Mikhail was not aware of the U.B.C.S.' true objective and assumed it to be the same as Carlos' opinion - the evacuation of civilians.
Over the next few days, the U.B.C.S. would suffer heavy losses due to the unexpected superiority of the zombies of unmanageable numbers. Capt. Mikhail, Sgt. Zinoviev, and Cpl. Oliveira managed to escape the zombie horde and garrison themselves in an abandoned tram car. Mikhail, wounded, would be left in the tram to recover while the other two began searching for a means of escape with the use of the tram.
His injuries did not leave him a burden, however, as at one point he got out to fend off an approaching horde of zombies despite his aforementioned injuries. After being scolded at by Jill Valentine for taking unnecessary risks, he retorted that none of the events in Raccoon City were caused by the U.B.C.S., and expressed survivor's guilt. As platoon leader, he felt remorse for not being able to save his men, and for not being able to fight alongside the others due to his injuries.
Death
"Get off my train, shitbird!" — Mikhail's final words. |
After Jill and Carlos eventually recovered the right components necessary to get the trolley car moving again, the three of them (alongside Nikolai if he's in the cable car) rode to the St. Michael Clock Tower. Accounts differ as to how Mikhail died:
In one telling, before the tram can reach its destination the group are attacked by Nemesis. Mikhail, seriously wounded demands that Jill leave the cable car as he attempts to fend off the Tyrant. Mikhail makes a brief last stand using the last of the ammunition in his assault rifle. Mikhail, after running out of ammo is brutally beaten by Nemesis and thrown to the other side of the cable car, as the Tyrant approaches Mikhail to finish him off he pulls out a grenade and pulls the pin as he mutters "You lose." to the creature in a sacrificial attempt to kill it.[5]
In another telling, Nemesis attacks the train car, having already killed the survivors on board barring Mikhail, Nikolai and Jill. Nikolai makes his way to another cart of the train and locks the two outside, with the Russian explaining "It's not after me." to Jill. Jill turned around to see Mikhail desperately attacking the Tyrant with a pistol with it impaling him with one of its tentacles and pulling him towards it. Mikhail then detonates a C4 charge, derailing the train but temporarily incapacitating Nemesis.
Whatever the account, Nemesis survived the explosion and continued hunting Jill. However, his sacrifice was not entirely in vain, as the explosion jettisoned Nemesis from the car, leaving Jill safe for the moment.
Further notes
Mikhail makes one last appearance in the extra Mercenaries mini-game after beating the game as a playable character.
Gallery
Bibliography
- BIOHAZARD 3 LAST ESCAPE OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK. Famitsu. 1999.
- Sumner, Christian; Shotten, Brian; Owen, Michael, eds (9 November 2005). Resident Evil Archives: Umbrella's Virus Uncovered. Translated by Zpang America, Inc.. BradyGames. ISBN 0744006554.
- Ōno, Tetsuya; Masui, Kō, eds (31 March 2005). biohazard archives. Famitsu. ISBN 4-906-582-31-1.
Sources
- excerpts
- references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Resident Evil Archives. BradyGames. pp. 139–140.
- ↑ Resident Evil 3 Remake - Face Models and Voice Actors - YouTube
- ↑ バイオハザード3～Last Escape～／CHARACTERS (Japanese). Capcom. Retrieved on 2012-12-01.
- ↑ GUIDEBOOK, p.342.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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