Everett Saunders is the leader of a private military company, Saunders Global Security, in Modern Combat 4, and the CEO of Gilman Security in MC5. He is first seen as a supporting antagonist in Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, only to reveal himself as the true mastermind behind Page's Insurrection. He becomes the main antagonist in Modern Combat 5: Blackout.

History

Background

Not much is known about Saunders's past. In Unified Terror, Page mentions that "I saw you kill people. But your family has castrated you," indicating that his family deprived his power. He also has a daughter named Amy.

Saunders used to be in the Special Forces, serving in the same unit as Edward Page, and afterwards established his own private military company, Saunders Global Security (SGS), and built a reputation for selling security services and protection details for multiple clients.

At some point, possibly between 2033 and 2035, Saunders is approached by Page and his newly formed terrorist group, the Unified Citizens, and Saunders agrees to allow them to use the SGS as a cover and provided weapons, mercenaries and equipment for them to use in their terrorist plots. He was possibly a client and member of the Orion Foundation and used their base in Antarctica to further coverup his crimes or for research and development of weapons.

Saunders has decent combat skills. He successfully decks both Joel Blake and James Walker in Terminus.

Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour

Saunders runs SGS and helped Edward Page to abduct the President of the United States of America, Burke. He supported, disguised, and possibly supplied the Unified Citizens with SGS troops and equipment.

Saunders appears in several missions, such as Unified Terror, Critical Path and Terminus.

Unified Terror

Saunders makes his first appearance in Unified Terror, and along with Edward Page and members of the S.G.S, infiltrates the WCIB (War Crimes Investigation Bureau) building in Seattle. Saunders questions Page as to why he is assisting them as he states he is just a "legitimate business man", but Page ignores him and addresses the group to their plan. Dispute Saunders pleading multiple times with Page to abort the mission, Page counties ranting. In the elevator, while enroute to the 32nd and tallest floor of building, Saunders questions Page again, using the Drone attack on Russia as collateral, but Page, continuing to ignore Saunders pleads, shoves him into the elevator wall, and after declaring Saunders a terrorist and an enemy of the state, threatens his daughter Amy, stating he would show up to her 11th birthday party with a blowtorch.

After they get to the top floor, Page ordered Saunders to provide cover for him while he acquired the encrypted US hover drone codes, but Saunders still questioned Pages thinking, as he thought they were just their to blow up the building. After getting the codes, a guard attempts to get the upper and on Saunders, but he takes him down with ease. Once in the buildings server room, Saunders went to the server mainframe and planted the bomb, while Page activating the server itself. Saunders plugged in a wireless signal detector to the mainframe to prevent any remote units from disarming the bomb, as doing so would destroy the whole building. After Page covered Saunders from a few more guards, Saunders eventually got the bomb activated and raced back to the extraction point where Pages pilot, Bellpoint, was waiting. After getting to the elevator, they are both extracted via transport helicopter just as the bombs detonate.

Manhunt

After the President was abducted in the previous mission, Knight assumes Saunders to be Page's partner, and that he was located in Barcelona. Phantom Unit gets into Barcelona, and after run-ins with SGS soldiers, Blake reaches Saunders's position in the city hall building. After Blake reaches him,Saunders attempts to reason with Blake, stating, Page would do anything to bring America down, and that he was after every powerful nation to submit them for his "utopia". When Blake attempts to engage Saunders, he punches him and Saunders knocks Blake unconscious, but a persistent Blake chases Saunders through the streets of Barcelona. After attempting to slow Blake down a a nearby construction site and stating he didn't know where Page was, Saunders was grabbed by Blake and ordered by Knight to get any information out of Saunders. Saunders revealed the the capture of President Burke wasn't the important mission to Page, and that he was in the process of putting together a bigger plan of attack. When Blake grabbed Saunders tighter, believing he wasn't cooperating, Saunders pulled out an encrypted hard drive from his vest pocket, and told Blake the contents: access codes for the entire American drone network. Saunders then warned that Page would've be able to use the drones against American troops, civilians and even nuclear facilities. He demanded Blake to take the drive, stating "I'm on your side". However once the hard drive was in Blake's hands, Saunders decked him before attempting to flee, before being tripped by Blake. Saunders kicked him in the face and continued running with Blake still in pursuit.

Critical Path

As Blake chases Saunders, the Wyvern Drone team is deployed by Knight to assist him. Saunders calls in multiple soldiers, A.P.C's Helicopters and tanks, but they are quickly dispatched by Carter and the drone pilot.

Terminus

Once in the train station, Saunders sends in more of his men to engage Phantom Unit attempting to slow them down. Once they reach his position and finally catch up to him, Saunders ambushes Blake using a KR-200 rifle and managed to throw Blake over the railing of a balcony with Blake holding the railing. Walker then attempt to engage Saunders in hand to hand combat but saunders headbutting and kicking him in the head, while trying to explain that it was Page's game, he was holding all the cards, and that Page didn't just kill to wage a war, but rather waged war so he could kill. Walker then attempted to negotiate Saunders surrender, offering to protect him from Page, but he knew both Page and the Unified Citizens would've captured and turtured him to keep their secrets safe. Before, he could reveal anymore information, Saunders was grabbed by Blake and thrown off of the balcony and was assumed to be dead.

Ending

In the epilogue of the Final mission of the campaign, Saunders is revealed to have faked his death and used Page all along as a scapegoat. It is also revealed that he provided false flag intelligence to Phantom Unit, set them up and forced them to kill Page. He reveals that Pages attention on his men kept them from Saunders threat and that he has already put in motion the first part of a terrorist attack of his own, claiming that "soon they will know the true meaning of terror".

Gallery

Saunders's face

Saunders in the mail order van in Unified Terror

Saunders holding a KR-200 in Unified Terror

Saunders marching with an SGS terrorist

Saunders in the lift in Unified Terror

Saunders being held by Edward Page

Saunders in Manhunt

Saunders surrendering to Blake in Manhunt

Saunders fighting Blake in Manhunt

Saunders kicking Blake's SOCAR-S A1

Saunders decking Blake in Terminus

Walker combating Saunders

Saunders beating up Walker at the end of Terminus

Saunders just before his demise being pulled by Blake

Saunders being shoved over the railing

Saunders falling off the platform.

Concept art of Saunders

Trivia

It is Unknown if Sanders used the Alias of Kirk Bancroft when giving the orders for Phantom Unit to go after Page.

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Everett Saunders, under the alias of Kirk Bancroft, is now the CEO of Gilman Security. Known for his reclusive nature, he has a permanent team of advisers and confidants around him -- referred to throughout the company as the Gilman Circle.

The Storm

Saunders is first mentioned by Roux. She states that she has a strong relationship with someone called Kirk Bancroft.

Defense

Later, Roux plays a record of a call between Saunders and Jonathan Taylor (Bull) in which it is revealed that Saunders and Gilman Security masterminded the WLA attacks in Venice and Tokyo, and that Taylor was on Saunder's payroll. Taylor asks for his money and arranges a meeting with Saunders on a construction site in Tokyo. Roux sends Phoenix to spy on the meeting, where Saunders directs Taylor to orchestrate another terrorist attack in Tokyo and link it to the WLA; after Saunders leaves, Roux orders Phoenix to assassinate Taylor.

Death

In the final mission of the campaign, Phoenix and Tukura are sent by Roux to infiltrate Gilman HQ in Tokyo and steal data proving Saunders' involvement in the WLA attacks. After acquiring the data, Saunders intercepts Roux's radio and taunts them. Phoenix and Tukura head to the roof for chopper extraction - where Saunders contacts Phoenix by radio and threatens' Phoenix's daughter Lily, and attacks the duo in his attack helicopter.

After Phoenix and Tukura clear the roof, Golden Sky arrives and fires air-to-air missiles at Saunders' chopper, temporarily chasing it away, and prepares to extract Phoenix and Tukura at a helipad. However Saunders' chopper returns and shoots down Golden Sky, causing the chopper to crash into the helipad and killing the pilot. As Saunders passes for another shot, Phoenix shoots his Hawk-13 at Saunder's cockpit, causing Saunders' helicopter to crash onto the helipad and burst into flames.

Saunders climbs out of the burning wreck, still alive and conscious and brandishes his own Hawk-13, ready to shoot Phoenix; however Phoenix grapples it out of his hands, and Saunders pulls out a combat knife; in the struggle Phoenix manages stab Saunders in the neck, killing him with his own knife.

Legacy

After Saunders' death, it is revealed that top Gilman Security executives were arrested, and that the UN had Gilman troops pulled out of Tokyo after Gilman's involvement in the terrorist attacks was revealed.

Gallery

Saunders's attack helicopter

Another view

Phoenix shooting down Saunders's helicopter.

Saunders marching out of the wrecked Apache.

Saunders about to shoot Phoenix with a Hawk-13.

Phoenix pulling the knife towards Saunders.

The knife stuck in Saunders's shoulders.

Saunders falling to the ground.

Saunders's corpse.

Everett Saunders

See also