Sam Fisher

I am a veteran of the CIA Directorate of Operations and of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 3. I am an operative of Third Echelon, a clandestine division of the National Security Agency. I am extremely agile and an expert in the art of stealth. I was the first person to be recruited as a field operative, of the "Splinter Cell" program for Third Echelon. I work alone in the field -- in espionage parlance. I reside in a townhouse in Towson, Maryland when not on the job. I'm a gruff and no-nonsense individual, I have little patience for government bureaucracy or political maneuvering. A political realist, I maintain a cynical, jaded and sarcastic sense of humor about the covert, illegal, and often morally ambiguous nature of my work. At the same time, I am highly loyal and a staunch believer in the American ideals my work ultimately protects; I will follow orders even if I find them disagreeable or inconvenient to my mission, and I am quickly angered by the casual slaughter of Americans or U.S. military personnel by my enemies.