Attempted Apprehension of Mara Aramov

Second Apprehension of Mara Aramov
Preceding conflict	Paradise Ridge Incident
Concurrent conflict(s)	Nil
Forthcoming conflict	ALA Assault on Carthage
Location	Washington DC: Senate Hearing Buildings
Consequences and ramifications	Temporary Agency success to capture Aramov: Permanent Agency success to clear Gabe Logan and his team of pending charges: Mara Aramov escapes from custody a second time and uses a mini-submarine to recover Syphon Filter samples from the Lorelei IPCA established Aramov establishes first contact with Mihai Niculescu Gabe Logan, Lian Xing and Lawrence Mujari cleared of Vince Hadden's accusations
Factions and belligerents
Remainders of the Consortium (i.e. Aramov's mercenaries)
proto-IPCA DC Bomb Squad
Commanders and leaders
Mihai Niculescu
Gabe Logan Bomb squad leader
Combatants and participants
Aramov's and Niculescu's associates Aramov's lieutenant Mara Aramov
Gabe Logan Teresa Lipan Senate security personnel
Casualties and losses
All personnel hired by Aramov and Niculescu Aramov's lieutenant Vincent Hadden Mara Aramov temporarily captured
Nil
Unrelated casualties and losses

The Second Apprehension of Mara Aramov was a major conflict of Syphon Filter 3 in which Gabe Logan was forced to confront the terrorist a second time when she took hostages and rigged bombs in the Washington Senate.

Logan was largely successful in his endeavours, allowing his team to be cleared of any so-called 'wrongdoings' which were in fact perpertrated by Black Baton and the Agency on Washington, D.C. and New York City respectively. Vince Hadden was killed before he could be taken into custody, and Logan established the International Presidential Consulting Agency, personally selecting specific personnel to be part of the team. As for Mara Aramov, she somehow fled from a maximum security prison and contacted Mihai Niculescu, the Syphon Filter fiasco's true commander, for the first time.

Events

Prelude

With Teresa Lipan's testimony told, Vince Hadden questions her about the activities she was carrying out since faking her death. Lipan admits she was following Mara Aramov, a Soviet agent. Aramov was somehow involved with the Agency but her connection was never really understood. She worked for the antagonistic organisation, yet also rendered assistance to Gabe and his team. Mara seemed to be toying with the protagonists, and covered her tracks well. However, since she believed Teresa to be dead, she failed to watch for Lipan, who tells Hadden that Mara was found in his office, talking to him. As federal agents close in, Hadden argues that they "can't come in here like this". Suddenly, Mara Aramov opens up with an MP5 submachine gun, killing Hadden instantly and wounding the prosecutors. She exits the room and Gabe sets off to pursue her.

Aftermath

Taken into custody a second time, Aramov would eventually escape despite Gabe Logan's best efforts thanks to Alex Birchim, who had been bribed by Mihai Niculescu to secure her release from prison. She then acquired a submarine and attempted to salvage the remnants of Syphon Filter from the Lorelei. As for Gabe Logan and his team, they were cleared of all pending charges and started the IPCA.