Cate Archer

General CVG character
name=Cate Archer


caption=Cate Archer as seen in
series=No One Lives Forever
voiceactor=Kit Harris (2000, )

Jen Taylor (2002, )
motionactor=Mitzi Martin (2000, )

Catherine Ann Archer, better known as Cate Archer, is a video game character in the "No One Lives Forever" game series. She is the main character in ' and '. She is also featured in "Contract J.A.C.K.", an official prequel to the second game.

In the "No One Lives Forever" universe, she is a covert operative for British-based anti-terror organization, UNITY.

Background

Prior to joining UNITY, Cate used to follow a career in thievery due to troublesome childhood and early death of her parents.

Although she made a point never to steal from people of modest means, she did not pretend that her activities were without consequence. She was discovered by agent Bruno Lawrie, when Cate escaped with his watch. The watch was a tracking device, and by the time she arrived at her flat, Bruno was waiting there. Admiring her talent and fearlessness, he decided to give her a future as an operative for UNITY - an international agency charged with combating terrorism around the globe.

Before the First H.A.R.M Incident (""), Cate mainly dealt with minor unnoted assignments. She wasn't completely satisfied with her сareer at UNITY, since she thought that there was no real value in her daily work.

First H.A.R.M Incident

Somewhere between September 11 and September 21, 1967 around seven active UNITY field operatives were killed by a mysterious assassin, who always left a red Lily upon his victim. This situation has forced the organization to call Cate in for her first major assignment due to lack of competent workforce. She and Bruno Lawrie were the only available well-trained agents at the time.

By the time the incident was resolved, she gained respect as an operative, and became one of the top field agents.

Appearances

Cate is the only playable character in the series main games: ' and ' during the story-line. She also makes a short appearance (as non-playable character) and is a playable multiplayer character in the official interquel game "Contract J.A.C.K.".

In the 2002 sequel "", there is a cooperative multiplayer level in which one needs to rescue Cate while she's unconscious.

Trivia

* Although Cate is presented as a powerful super-spy character, she constantly gets into trouble, and subsequently survives due to some unforeseen circumstances.

* In the original game, Cate Archer was modeled after real life actress Mitzi Martin. However, it is unknown who portrayed her in the sequel.

* Though she speaks with an English accent, the villain Magnus Armstrong spares her life in the first game because of her Scottish heritage. Also, in "" a dossier confirms that Cate was born in Scotland.

* Based on a dossier obtained in "", Cate's height is 5'8", has brown hair and green eyes.

External links

* [http://noonelivesforever.com/operative Cate Archer - The Operative]