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+ | |image=[[Image:ThomasMarkinson.png]] |
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+ | |nickname=Markinson |
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− | |organizations = The Agency |
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+ | |gender=Male |
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+ | |age=52 |
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+ | |birthplace=Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1947 |
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+ | |height=6'0" |
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+ | |weight=210 lbs |
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+ | |eye=Green |
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+ | |hair=Gray |
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+ | |status=Deceased |
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+ | |deathdate=September 8th, 1999 |
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+ | |deathlocation=Almaty, Kazakhstan: Missile Silo |
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+ | |killedby=[[Erich Rhoemer]] |
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+ | |death=Shot in the head |
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+ | |affiliation=*[[The Agency]] 1997-1999 |
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+ | *U.S. Government 1976-1996] |
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+ | *U.S. Army Special Forces 1968-1975 |
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+ | |career=*Agency Director 1997-1999 |
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+ | *Defense Intelligence Staff, Washington D.C.' 1986-1996 |
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+ | *Army Intelligence, Washington D.C. 1976-1986 |
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+ | *U.S. Army Special Forces 1968-1975 |
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+ | |commendation=*Agency Director 1997 |
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+ | *Purple Heart - Awarded in Vietnam |
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+ | *Medal of Honour - Awarded in Vietnam |
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+ | *Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (mentioned) |
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+ | *Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (mentioned) |
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+ | |weapon= |
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+ | |voice=Eric R. Hilding |
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+ | }}''Not to be confused with [[Thomas Holman]].'' |
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+ | <blockquote>''"Markinson..."''<br />''"Of course! I knew you'd solve the puzzle eventually. I expect only the best from my men. Where is Rhoemer?"''<br />''"You're asking ME? How long has Rhoemer been working for you, Markinson?"''</blockquote> |
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+ | - Markinson and Gabe in Missile Silo. |
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'''Thomas Markinson''' was the original director of The Agency in [[ Syphon Filter ]] and distributes orders to [[Gabriel Logan]] & [[Lian Xing]] on every mission of Syphon Filter. |
'''Thomas Markinson''' was the original director of The Agency in [[ Syphon Filter ]] and distributes orders to [[Gabriel Logan]] & [[Lian Xing]] on every mission of Syphon Filter. |
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+ | He was a hidden minor antagonist in the game. |
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− | Markinson sends them on a mission to find the viral bomb in Washington, D.C, where [[ Erich Rhoemer ]] & the [[ Black Baton ]] lead a assault on the city. Logan finds a fake main bomb at a subway, leading to a explosion, he find & wounds [[ Mara Aramov ]] and Markinson orders him to find the bombs in the Washington Park. the CBDC disarms them everywhere. |
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+ | =='''Plot'''== |
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− | Logan heard that Edward Benton was working for [[ Black Baton ]] in a exhibition center, he heads there to find Benton, and kills him. And interrogates Markinson on the way out. He takes Logan to Rhoemer's base in Kazakstan and while planting the bombs on every gasoline tank, he kills Gabrek. And the base is destroyed while him & Markinson make a getaway. While Logan picks up communication from Lian, she is now taken hostage by Rhoemer. And sent his attack chopper to kill him. he escapes again. |
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− | Markinson sends Logan to infiltrate the stronghold to inject some patients with a antidote. Deeper in the stronghold, he found Lian alive and she's infected with the Syphon Filter Virus. Markinson is negotiating secretly with Rhoemer for the Syphon Filter virus to the Agency. while Logan makes his way to Rhoemer, he meets with Markinson on a walkway near the missile and both begin to talk about the virus. |
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+ | Markinson's first involvement with the Syphon Filter virus was during the botched operation in Guacimo, Costa Rica when Markinson found a way to contact Erich Rhoemer for the purposes of the Agency. |
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⚫ | While monologuing about the missile and how Logan has no idea what things are going on, Markinson is violently shot in the back of the head by Rhoemer and falls |
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+ | After [[Erich Rhoemer]] used his terrorist organization [[Black Baton ]] to lead a assault on Washington, D.C, Markinson sends Logan and Lian on a mission to find the viral's bombs planted in the city. Logan finds a fake main bomb at a subway, leading to a explosion. He survives and wounds [[Mara Aramov]] before finding out the bombs are in the Washington Park. With the help of CBDC, the bombs are disarmed and Logan takes out Jorge Marcos and Anton Girdeux. |
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+ | Markinson sends Logan to the Pharcom exhibition center to investigate Jonathan Phagan's involvement with Erich Rhoemer but Logan discover that Edward Benton was working for[[ Black Baton ]]and kills him. Logan tells Benton's betrayal to Markinson only to be surprised when Markinson says he knew it all the time. Markinson takes Logan to Rhoemer's base in Kazakstan and while planting the bombs on every gasoline tank, Logan kills Vladislav Gabrek. After Lian's supposed death Markinson takes Logan out of the base before it explodes. |
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+ | Markinson sends Logan to infiltrate Rhoemer's stronghold to inject some test subjects with a virus antigen. Deeper in the stronghold, Logan finds Jonathan Phagan who reveals that Lian is alive and she's infected with the Syphon Filter virus. When Logan talks to Lian she reveals there is no universal serum for the virus. With the help of Mara Aramov, Logan and Lian go to PharCom's warehouses in Kazakstan to prevent Rhomer's ambitions to launch a missile to cause a third world war. There they lose all contact with Markinson and anyone from the Agency. Lian analyzes the serum Markinson gave to Logan and discovers that the content was lethal and Markinson was having the test subjects killed. In the depths of the silo Logan encounters Markinson on a walkway near the missile and both begin to talk about the Markinson involvement, when he reveals that his goal was to get the virus to the Agency. |
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⚫ | While monologuing about the missile and how Logan has no idea what things are going on, Markinson is violently shot in the back of the head by Rhoemer and falls off the edge of the walkway to the bottom of the missile launch site where he lands dead in the bottom of the missile, his corpse incinerated when the missile launched. At the end of Syphon Filter Lian asks Logan what were they working for and what were Markinson's ambitions, all Logan knows is with him gone they may never know. |
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Although not making any appearances, Logan mentions him at certain points in the game, especially when he is communicating with The Agency or talking about it. |
Although not making any appearances, Logan mentions him at certain points in the game, especially when he is communicating with The Agency or talking about it. |
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+ | He is however mentioned in conversation between '''[[Vince Hadden]]''', '''[[Lyle Stevens]]''', '''[[Mara Aramov]]''' and '''[[Mr. Cochran]]'''. Mara tries to use Markinson against Stevens in their argument, saying a lot of their current problems was due to his actions. Stevens remarks that first he's not responsible for the actions of his predecessor and that Markinson was "not in control" (of the Agency). Hadden then begins to proceed to question Cochran, staying that "unlike Markinson and Rhoemer, you have failed"...before Mara snaps Cochran's neck. |
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+ | === '''[[Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain]]''' === |
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+ | Markinson is mentioned several times in Zeus Files by Logan, [[Elsa Weissinger]] and [[Teresa Lipan]]. |
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+ | |||
+ | === '''[[Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror]]''' === |
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+ | Markinson is briefly mentioned by Singularity, when he was talking about Gabriel Logan's past. |
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+ | == '''Description''' == |
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+ | For most of the 1970s, Thomas Markinson was a soldier in the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam, where he received the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor awards. Following the end of the Vietnam War he worked with several intelligence fields in Washington, D.C. and joined the Agency as its new Director in 1997. |
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+ | Markinson spent the last years of the decade running counter-terrorism operations against forces such as Erich Rhoemer's Black Baton organization. The Agency was under the influences of Vincent Hadden's international arms consortium, which used the intelligence group to aid in its activites. Markinson served Hadden and developed the notion to acquire the Syphon Filter virus for the Agency's uses. Together with Deputy Director Edward Benton, Markinson ended up employing Rhoemer after recruiting him in Costa Rica. |
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+ | The Agency continued to assign Agent Gabriel Logan to the task of finding Rhoemer under Markinson's command, and Markinson manipulated Logan into destroying evidence of the operation. While in Ukraine, Markinson supplied Logan with a serum of concentrated potassium chloride used in lethal injections to eradicate Rhoemer's test subjects, but lied to Gabe that he had vaccinated them. |
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+ | Director Markinson was unable to control Rhoemer, who planned a terrorist strike with a Russian missile. He rendered himself incommunicado with Logan and Lian Xing as the situation deteriorated and personally traveled to the PharCom warehouses in Kazakhstan to find Rhoemer. He confessed to his involvement in the Syphon Filter operation and his motivation for obtaining it to benefit the Agency when Gabe was deep within the silo. Rhoemer then shot him in the back of his head and caused Markinson to fall into the missile pit. |
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+ | == '''Personality and characteristics''' == |
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+ | Markinson was more of an anti-hero than a villain; despite his involvement in the SF conspiracy, he wanted it for Agency use. His affiliation was one of the purest in the game, he wanted a weapon that would increase the efficiency of an Agency that protects American national security. Later, he ends up trying to take down the conspiracy from within when he sees just how bad it really is, only to be too late when Rhoemer kills him. |
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+ | =='''Appearances'''== |
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+ | '''Syphon Filter''' |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Georgia_Street Georgia Street] (Intro and cutscene) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Expo_Center_Reception Expo Center Reception] (cutscene) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Rhoemer%27s_Base Rhoemer's Base] (cutscene) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Base_Tower Base Tower] (voice) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Rhoemer%27s_Stronghold Rhoemer's Stronghold] (cutscene) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Stronghold_Lower_Level Stronghold Lower Level] (voice) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Stronghold_Catacombs Stronghold Catacombs] (voice) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/PHARCOM_Warehouses PHARCOM Warehouses] (mentioned) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Pharcom_Elite_Guards Pharcom Elite Guards] (mentioned) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Warehouse_76 Warehouse 76] (mentioned) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Missile_Silo Missile Silo] (cutscene) |
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+ | '''Syphon Filter 2''' |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/McKenzie_Airbase_Interior McKenzie Airbase Interior] (mentioned) |
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+ | *[http://syphonfilter.wikia.com/wiki/Aljir_Prison_Break-In Aljir Prison Break-In] (mentioned) |
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+ | '''Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror''' |
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+ | * Matter's End (mentioned) |
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+ | =='''Trivia'''== |
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+ | *Despite being the secret antagonist of the game, he is never actually faced in combat and Gabe does not kill him. It's uncertain if Gabe would have killed him anyways. |
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+ | **The same trait is shared by '''[[Vince Hadden]]''', who was the "Mystery Man" in this game as well as it sequel before it's finally shown in Syphon Filter 3 that he was the man in shadow. He isn't killed by Logan, in fact he was to be arrested but '''[[Mara Aramov]]''' ended up killing him. |
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+ | **Thomas Markinson is the only character in the whole game who never appears during the gameplay but only the full motion video cutscenes. |
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+ | =='''Gallery'''== |
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+ | <gallery spacing="small"> |
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+ | Logan_and_Markison.png|Markinson tells Logan about the Syphon Filter virus. |
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+ | Markison-in-silo.png|thumb|Logan meets Markinson on the silo.]] |
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+ | Thomas_Markinson.gif|Markinson on Syphon Filter manual. |
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Revision as of 02:03, 4 May 2020
Not to be confused with Thomas Holman.
"Markinson..."
"Of course! I knew you'd solve the puzzle eventually. I expect only the best from my men. Where is Rhoemer?"
"You're asking ME? How long has Rhoemer been working for you, Markinson?"
- Markinson and Gabe in Missile Silo.
Thomas Markinson was the original director of The Agency in Syphon Filter and distributes orders to Gabriel Logan & Lian Xing on every mission of Syphon Filter.
He was a hidden minor antagonist in the game.
Plot
Syphon Filter
Markinson's first involvement with the Syphon Filter virus was during the botched operation in Guacimo, Costa Rica when Markinson found a way to contact Erich Rhoemer for the purposes of the Agency.
After Erich Rhoemer used his terrorist organization Black Baton to lead a assault on Washington, D.C, Markinson sends Logan and Lian on a mission to find the viral's bombs planted in the city. Logan finds a fake main bomb at a subway, leading to a explosion. He survives and wounds Mara Aramov before finding out the bombs are in the Washington Park. With the help of CBDC, the bombs are disarmed and Logan takes out Jorge Marcos and Anton Girdeux.
Markinson sends Logan to the Pharcom exhibition center to investigate Jonathan Phagan's involvement with Erich Rhoemer but Logan discover that Edward Benton was working forBlack Baton and kills him. Logan tells Benton's betrayal to Markinson only to be surprised when Markinson says he knew it all the time. Markinson takes Logan to Rhoemer's base in Kazakstan and while planting the bombs on every gasoline tank, Logan kills Vladislav Gabrek. After Lian's supposed death Markinson takes Logan out of the base before it explodes.
Markinson sends Logan to infiltrate Rhoemer's stronghold to inject some test subjects with a virus antigen. Deeper in the stronghold, Logan finds Jonathan Phagan who reveals that Lian is alive and she's infected with the Syphon Filter virus. When Logan talks to Lian she reveals there is no universal serum for the virus. With the help of Mara Aramov, Logan and Lian go to PharCom's warehouses in Kazakstan to prevent Rhomer's ambitions to launch a missile to cause a third world war. There they lose all contact with Markinson and anyone from the Agency. Lian analyzes the serum Markinson gave to Logan and discovers that the content was lethal and Markinson was having the test subjects killed. In the depths of the silo Logan encounters Markinson on a walkway near the missile and both begin to talk about the Markinson involvement, when he reveals that his goal was to get the virus to the Agency.
While monologuing about the missile and how Logan has no idea what things are going on, Markinson is violently shot in the back of the head by Rhoemer and falls off the edge of the walkway to the bottom of the missile launch site where he lands dead in the bottom of the missile, his corpse incinerated when the missile launched. At the end of Syphon Filter Lian asks Logan what were they working for and what were Markinson's ambitions, all Logan knows is with him gone they may never know.
Syphon Filter 2
Although not making any appearances, Logan mentions him at certain points in the game, especially when he is communicating with The Agency or talking about it.
He is however mentioned in conversation between Vince Hadden, Lyle Stevens, Mara Aramov and Mr. Cochran. Mara tries to use Markinson against Stevens in their argument, saying a lot of their current problems was due to his actions. Stevens remarks that first he's not responsible for the actions of his predecessor and that Markinson was "not in control" (of the Agency). Hadden then begins to proceed to question Cochran, staying that "unlike Markinson and Rhoemer, you have failed"...before Mara snaps Cochran's neck.
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
Markinson is mentioned several times in Zeus Files by Logan, Elsa Weissinger and Teresa Lipan.
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Markinson is briefly mentioned by Singularity, when he was talking about Gabriel Logan's past.
Description
For most of the 1970s, Thomas Markinson was a soldier in the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam, where he received the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor awards. Following the end of the Vietnam War he worked with several intelligence fields in Washington, D.C. and joined the Agency as its new Director in 1997.
Markinson spent the last years of the decade running counter-terrorism operations against forces such as Erich Rhoemer's Black Baton organization. The Agency was under the influences of Vincent Hadden's international arms consortium, which used the intelligence group to aid in its activites. Markinson served Hadden and developed the notion to acquire the Syphon Filter virus for the Agency's uses. Together with Deputy Director Edward Benton, Markinson ended up employing Rhoemer after recruiting him in Costa Rica.
The Agency continued to assign Agent Gabriel Logan to the task of finding Rhoemer under Markinson's command, and Markinson manipulated Logan into destroying evidence of the operation. While in Ukraine, Markinson supplied Logan with a serum of concentrated potassium chloride used in lethal injections to eradicate Rhoemer's test subjects, but lied to Gabe that he had vaccinated them.
Director Markinson was unable to control Rhoemer, who planned a terrorist strike with a Russian missile. He rendered himself incommunicado with Logan and Lian Xing as the situation deteriorated and personally traveled to the PharCom warehouses in Kazakhstan to find Rhoemer. He confessed to his involvement in the Syphon Filter operation and his motivation for obtaining it to benefit the Agency when Gabe was deep within the silo. Rhoemer then shot him in the back of his head and caused Markinson to fall into the missile pit.
Personality and characteristics
Markinson was more of an anti-hero than a villain; despite his involvement in the SF conspiracy, he wanted it for Agency use. His affiliation was one of the purest in the game, he wanted a weapon that would increase the efficiency of an Agency that protects American national security. Later, he ends up trying to take down the conspiracy from within when he sees just how bad it really is, only to be too late when Rhoemer kills him.
Appearances
Syphon Filter
- Georgia Street (Intro and cutscene)
- Expo Center Reception (cutscene)
- Rhoemer's Base (cutscene)
- Base Tower (voice)
- Rhoemer's Stronghold (cutscene)
- Stronghold Lower Level (voice)
- Stronghold Catacombs (voice)
- PHARCOM Warehouses (mentioned)
- Pharcom Elite Guards (mentioned)
- Warehouse 76 (mentioned)
- Missile Silo (cutscene)
Syphon Filter 2
- McKenzie Airbase Interior (mentioned)
- Aljir Prison Break-In (mentioned)
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Matter's End (mentioned)
Trivia
- Despite being the secret antagonist of the game, he is never actually faced in combat and Gabe does not kill him. It's uncertain if Gabe would have killed him anyways.
- The same trait is shared by Vince Hadden, who was the "Mystery Man" in this game as well as it sequel before it's finally shown in Syphon Filter 3 that he was the man in shadow. He isn't killed by Logan, in fact he was to be arrested but Mara Aramov ended up killing him.
- Thomas Markinson is the only character in the whole game who never appears during the gameplay but only the full motion video cutscenes.
Gallery
<gallery spacing="small"> Logan_and_Markison.png|Markinson tells Logan about the Syphon Filter virus. Markison-in-silo.png|thumb|Logan meets Markinson on the silo.]] Thomas_Markinson.gif|Markinson on Syphon Filter manual.