| “ | I am one of the supervisors, that's all you need to know! | ” |
Nicholai Ginovaef (based on Russian Николай Зиновьев and also known by the codename "Silver Fox") was a ruthless UBCS operative and Monitor agent (taking part in Operation Watchdog) in the Umbrella Corporation.
History
Raccoon City
| “ | You can either accept it with dignity or die with regret! It's entirely up to you! | ” |
Nicholai served as a squad leader, with the rank of Sergeant, when the UBCS was sent into Raccoon City by Umbrella in an effort to contain the t-virus outbreak. The company, save for a few monitors planted within, was given false orders intentionally by Umbrella in the guise of protecting the city's population.[2] Really, Nicholai was a member of "Operation Watchdog"; a covert mission to gather combat data on Zombies and escaped B.O.W.s, along with any other dangers in the infested city. With each collection of information, the agent in question would receive a large monetary reward.[3]
Platoon Delta - which he was assigned to - suffered heavy casualties, with only he, corporal Carlos Oliveira and Lieutenant Mikhail Victor surviving.[4] Upon the inclusion of former S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine into the group, they prepared for evacuation to the Saint Michael Clock Tower. Before the tram could be started however, Nicholai was either attacked by zombies or get trapped inside the Gas Station (his fate may change depending on where the player finds Carlos).
Two days later, in the early hours of October 1, he was in the Raccoon General Hospital where he was seen by Carlos, either attacking a fellow UBCS member named Tyrell Patrick, or with Tyrell telling him that Nicholai shot him. Carlos later has to run away from C4 charges planted by Nicholai which later blew up the building.
Nicholai used his position to assume command of a UBCS team tasked with "Operation: Emperor's Mushroom"; to retrieve a sample of blood from a Tyrant named Thanatos. Thanatos proved to be too much for the team to handle, so Nicholai was forced to enact the contingency plan; he killed Greg Mueller with a silenced pistol and then destroyed Raccoon University. This failed, resulting in Thanatos mutating into its super Tyrant form. However, he had escaped long before the buildings, and thus the Tyrant's destruction.
He went to the Raccoon Park where he met Jill again, revealing his real plans, before escaping to the "Dead Factory" upon the arrival of a giant worm.
Jill met him for a final time within the factory grounds, where he commandeered a Helicopter - the same helicopter Carlos told Jill about.
Post-Raccoon
Having escaped in the helicopter, Nicholai sold the combat data he had gathered to Umbrella. A copy of a report written by him was available to personnel on Sheena Island the following month, though the final entry dated after the city's destruction was signed by a member of Umbrella B.O.W. Development Staff, rather than Nicholai.[5][notes 1]
In a report written by Nicholai to Umbrella, dated October 13, 1998, he detailed some of the data he gathered there during his mission, which included information regarding the Arklay Mountains outbreak; the Special Tactics And Rescue Service's investigation of the Arklay Research Facility, and the subsequent destruction of the mansion facade. He correctly speculated on Albert Wesker faking his death to betray Umbrella. He informed Umbrella of the surviving S.T.A.R.S. members and his encounter with Jill, warning them that they were a grave threat to the corporation and should be eliminated.[2]
Appearance in film
Nicholai as he appears in the film.
Nicholai appeared in the second film. While Nicholai was also a member of the UBCS, his character in the film is radically different than that in the game. This character has a deep sense of goodness and upon introducing himself says he's an ex U.B.C.S member. He's also second in command to Carlos who is his best friend. This is very different from his game counterpart, where he is an evil supervisor who only looks out for himself. The character Timothy Cain took over Nicholai's role as the antagonist and Nicholai is more similar to Mikhail.
During the outbreak, which led to the deaths of the entire team save Carlos, Nicholai is killed saving the lives of Jill and Angela Ashford, when he is overrun and mauled to death by Cerberi in Raccoon City Junior High School.
Trivia
- In the novelization of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, author Keith R.A. DeCandido changes Nicholai's surname to "Sokolov."
- Although "Ginovaef" is not actually a Slavic name, its pronunciation in Russian is the same as the real name "Zinoviev", leading one to believe that this was a translation error on the part of Capcom or the game's translator in an attempt to romanize the name.
- Nicholai is the only major character of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis to not appear in any FMVs.
- In Outbreak his accent is much lighter than how it was in Resident Evil 3.
- In Russian translation of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Nicholai's name was changed to "Nicholai Zhukov/ Николай Жуков".
- Nicholai and Mikhail were originally intended to be brothers with Nicholai as the younger and darker of the two.[6]
- The player's choice affects Nicholai's fate. If Jill jumped off the bridge, Nicholai has two other fates;
- If Jill jumps, Nicholai takes the last helicopter, and Jill has the choice to either blow up his helicopter and kill him, or try reason with him, which allows him to escape.
- If Jill didn't jump off the bridge, then Nicholai is killed by Nemesis-T02.
- After stealing the chopper, he claims that he's the last monitor alive and the only one that knows what truly happened.
- He also states that Umbrella has a price for Jill's head or the announcement of her death.
Gallery
Sources
- notes
- ↑ In the original Japanese version, the final report is signed by the development staff with earlier entries being attributed to Nicholai. In the English-language edition however, all entries are attributed to him.
- sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Resident Evil Archives, Page 138
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Resident Evil Code: Veronica official strategy guide
- ↑ Nicholai tells Jill this in the Park cabin
- ↑ Carlos tells Jill that it is just the three of them left when they meet in the tram
- ↑ Project Umbrella - translation of Japanese file
- ↑ Resident Evil Archives, page 222
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