1970s (Undisclosed): Crispin Jettingham is born. He will go on to become leader of the Echo Six Government Spec Ops team sent into Raccoon City during the biohazard in 1998. CHARACTER PROFILE: CRISPIN JETTINGHAM *Born: UK. Died: UK. Height: UK. Weight: UK. B-T: UK. Nationality: American. Affiliation: U.S. Government Born in America, Crispin Jettingham grew up with a strong sense of justice and a clear direction of where he wanted his life to go. He enlisted in the U.S. Military at a young age, becoming a highly-skilled and efficient soldier and was well thought of by his superiors. He was well trained in weapons handling and leadership, carving out an impressive and decorated career whilst still a relatively young man. He was also highly intelligent, remaining cool and calm under any circumstance. He was a natural soldier and adhered to his own high standards of morals and ethics. Jettingham often remarked how he could not remember anything in his life other than being in the military and was entirely dedicated to his craft. He was also homosexual and his call sign was ‘Dee Ay’ in allusion to the ‘don’t ask - don’t tell’ mentality of the army being able to enquire about his sexual orientation. Because of his impeccable reputation and long military service he was the government’s top choice to be the leader of Echo Six; a field unit that was part of the elite Special Operations program. As team leader he had had five subordinates under his command. In this role he was professional yet approachable and always wore a cravat when on duty. He was extremely loyal and showed respect to every member of his squad. In September 1998 his unit was deployed into Raccoon City alongside numerous other Spec Ops teams to try and recover proof that Umbrella Corporation had caused the biological outbreak that had destroyed the town. Although Dee Ay was never specifically told beforehand, his team were also under orders to secure a sample of William Birkin’s G-Virus. Once in the city, Dee Ay and his team met numerous survivors and helped save Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveria from the Nemesis T-Type. They also located and aided Claire Redfield and Sherry Birkin in the underground sewer network. But it is unknown whether Crispin Jettingham survived the Raccoon City incident as records are incomplete. Marissa Ronson is born in the south of England. She will go on to be a member of the Echo Six Spec Ops field unit under the command of Crispin Jettingham. CHARACTER PROFILE: MARISSA ‘TWEED’ RONSON *Born: UK. Died: UK. Height: UK. Weight: UK. B-T: UK. Nationality: English. Affiliation: U.S. Government Marissa Ronson was born in the south of England and grew up with a quick wit and a quick tongue. She was not afraid to speak her mind and suffered no fools. Ronson was an intelligent woman who successfully gained a position within the British Secret Service, becoming an expert with explosives, demolitions and heavy weaponry. She was a boyish, highly trained recon specialist with an immense sense of pride. She had a sharp and witty tongue, often to a fault and her mouth sometimes landed her in trouble with her superiors, although her overall service was exemplary. Some years later, an operation she participated in involving a bomb removal went terribly wrong and she barely survived. The incident left her physically injured and mentally scarred. She went AWOL and was eventually discharged from the service. But after recovering from her ordeal, her talents were still recognised by others and she was hand-picked by the U.S. 240 Government to join their Spec Ops field unit program because of her unparalleled expertise in demolitions. She was seconded to Echo Six under the command of Crispin ‘Dee Ay' Jettingham and was given the call sign of ‘Tweed.’ In September 1998 was sent into Raccoon City to uncover the origins of the biohazard that had contaminated the whole town. Once inside the infested city they met with heavy resistance at the hands of Umbrella’s various B.O.W.s and also faced off against the ‘Wolfpack’ U.S.S. team led by Karena LesProux. Whilst searching for survivors they came across the Nemesis T-Type, and it was Ronson’s heavy weaponry that was able to drive it off long enough for former S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine to escape. It is unknown if Marissa Ronson survived Raccoon City as records remain incomplete. Quint Cetcham is born. He will go on to join the B.S.A.A. under the command of Clive R. O'Brian. CHARACTER PROFILE: QUINT CETCHAM *Born: UK. Died: NA. Height: UK. Weight: UK. B-T: UK. Nationality: American. Affiliation: B.S.A.A. Quint Cetcham was a member of the original Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (B.S.A.A.) established by Clive O’Brian, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine and eight others. He was something of a techno nerd and was always the man to go to if anyone had issues with their equipment. Amongst his many talents was an ability to hack into most computer systems and he was a specialist in this field. Quint proposed and later helped develop the Genesis Scanner which was put into production by the Global Pharmaceutical Consortium and issued to all B.S.A.A. field agents. This was a portable device able to record vast amounts of genetic and viral data. He also devised and developed a special headset to aid his vision and survey the surrounding environment whilst on field missions. His call sign was ‘Jackass’ after the affectionate name his colleagues gave him. Quint also trained as a researcher specialising in biological warfare and analysis. He was extremely intelligent with a high IQ and was a fan of horror films and philosophy. When out in the field he was usually partnered with Keith ‘Grinder’ Lumley and whilst they would quarrel with each other at the drop of a hat due to their opposing personalities, they actually complemented each other in what became an effective partnership. Whilst not as popular as his partner with the ladies, Quint held a secret love for fellow agent Jessica Sherawat and developed something of a fixation with her. One time he even tried to follow her home to find out her address but she skilfully gave him the slip, leading Quint to get embarrassed when Keith tricked him into admitting he was stalking her. Back during the time of the B.S.A.A.’s initial establishment, Quint preached the need for purpose-built equipment and firearms capable of dealing with special situations relating to bioterrorism and focused on the customised ‘Samurai Edge’ weapon utilised by the former S.T.A.R.S. team. He studied the M92F Samurai Edge belonging to Jill Valentine and developed a successor he named Samurai Edge A1, based on the new M9A1 Beretta 6mm. As a tribute, Quint had the S.T.A.R.S. medallion emblazoned on the grip and a S.T.A.R.S. and ‘Kendo Custom’ engraved on the slide. This weapon was given to Jill by Quint to use on the front lines. In 2005, Quint was at B.S.A.A.’s main headquarters watching the Veltro revival incident unfold. After watching the Veltro leader’s threat, he realized the group was quoting Dante to justify many of their actions. He was soon sent with Keith into the field by O’Brian to investigate Valkoinnen Mokki airport, despite confessing that he hated snow and the cold weather. Once on site, Quint used his hacking skills to discover the co-ordinates for the missing Queen Zenobia, only for them to actually be for the Queen Semeramis. He also discovered the F.B.C. were actively looking for the ships. 241 As the whole mystery unfolded around them, Quint was the first to realise that the whole Veltro revival act was a fake and that the terrorists had not been involved at all. He was also the first to discover that his own boss, Clive R. O’Brian had planned the whole thing and that F.B.C Commissioner Morgan Lansdale was also involved. He used his tech skills to hack into the F.B.C.’s secure server and this prompted a wave of attacks from B.O.W.s in the area. As a last resort to prevent Quint getting the information out, the F.B.C. fire-bombed the whole base, destroying the computer before Quint could finish his upload to O’Brian. However, the file eventually made it through which gave the B.S.A.A. the known location of the third and final ship; the Queen Dido, which had been resting on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea ever since the Terragrigia attacks one year earlier. Although Quint and Keith were still inside the base when it was firebombed, they both survived the attack and walked away unharmed. Following the incident, the B.S.A.A. was restructured and reformed under the jurisdiction of the United Nations, and Keith and Quint’s successful partnership ended when Keith transferred to the new Eastern European branch. Quint meanwhile, turned down a promotion and remained stationed at the B.S.A.A.’s main headquarters in England. There he remained working in the technical department for the European branch and had the rather bloated job title of ‘Technology Development Division Assistant Deputy Manager.’ It was a role he excelled in and his skills, creativity and passion for the research was unrivalled throughout the department.