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Mr. Hunter, best known by his moniker GoldenEye, is a fictional discharged MI6 intelligence operative and chief enforcer to Auric Goldfinger. The protagonist of Electronic Arts' 2004 video-game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, the character is not part of the formal 007 continuity, as the game's plot is set in an alternate timeline.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

"Three years ago, while on assignment, the agent was severely wounded in an encounter with Dr. No, and subsequently lost the use of his right eye. Consumed with vengeance, he frequently resorts to violence and brutality, and is no longer fit for service with MI6."
M, Head of MI6.[src]

Once a candidate for “00” status, Hunter began a swift descent into darkness after an operation against the notorious Dr. Julius No, who personally fired the shot that cost him his right eye. Three years after the incident, he was evaluated through a holographic simulation in which he is paired with James Bond to stop Goldfinger from blowing up Fort Knox. He fails miserably, being directly responsible for the 'death' of 007, and was summarily dismissed from Her Majesty’s Secret Service for "reckless brutality". Previously approached by Goldfinger with an offer of employment, he accepted the villain's offer and was recruited to become his chief enforcer, with the promise that he would have his vengeance against Dr. No. He subsequently travels to meet with Goldfinger. At Goldfinger’s behest, one of Francisco Scaramanga's scientific contacts restores his sight with a gold-hued cybernetic eye, earning the rogue agent the name GoldenEye. In addition, Scaramanga arranges for periodic upgrades of the eye, starting with MRI vision. A master of weapons and explosives, GoldenEye’s unwavering mission is one of extreme vengeance.

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent[]

Breaking rank with their shared criminal organisation (strongly implied to be SPECTRE), Dr. No declared war on Auric Goldfinger. Dr. No's troops attempted to steal his recently developed super-weapon; the OMEN (Organic Mass Energy Neutralizer), which released energy capable of breaking down organic matter on a nearly atomic level, resulting in disintegration. Meeting with Goldfinger at Auric Enterprises, GoldenEye led the defence of the OMEN from an attack by Dr. No's militia. He was subsequently dispatched to Hong Kong on a mission to assassinate Dr. No and had his eye upgraded with an EM hacking feature. However, he was betrayed by his Triad contact and narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Dr. No's forces. After killing the traitor, who was busy spending his paycheck at a Triad bathhouse, GoldenEye was rescued for a second time by Pussy Galore, who flew him to safety.

Shortly afterwards, Dr. No's assassin Xenia Onatopp led an assault on Goldfinger's Midas casino in Las Vegas; the goal of which was the theft of the OMEN from its underground vault. She encountered GoldenEye (now upgraded with a magnetic polarity shield) during the raid and avoided a confrontation by blocking his path with an enormous chandelier. GoldenEye made his way to the vault and activated the OMEN as he was airlifted to safety. The resulting detonation wiped out the invaders. After the assault faltered, Onatopp retreated to Dr. No's staging area at the Hoover Dam, where she organised a defence of the structure. However, GoldenEye and Oddjob managed to bypass her security and detonated Dr. No's seismic bomb; causing the dam to disintegrate. Oddjob quickly turned on Hunter, and in the process was tossed over a railing into the blast pit. As he made his way to the surface, GoldenEye was ambushed by Onatopp and paralysed with a tranquilliser. She straddled him and began crushing him between her thighs, before deciding to instead use a tiltrotor fighter to kill him. Her aircraft was subsequently shot down and, during a gunfight, she fell from the top of the dam to her death. GoldenEye used her aircraft to escape from the collapsing dam.

Searching for the location of Dr. No's private island, Crab Key, GoldenEye was dispatched to the Organisation's underwater trading outpost, The Octopus, in a bid to retrieve the navigation coordinates from its computer system. To aid him, he was upgraded with a final augment - a magnetic field generator. During the mission, knowing he would need an escape plan, Goldeneye charged a small underwater craft along with a supply of explosives to Goldfinger's account; much to his employer's disgust. He was eventually sent to Crab Key, where he confronted Dr. Julius No. During their duel, GoldenEye used his bionic eye to sabotage the island's nuclear reactor and fatally electrocute the scientist. Upon No's death, Goldfinger swiftly betrayed and abandoned Hunter; revealing that he had been using the enforcer as part of his larger scheme to take over the Organisation. The operative narrowly managed to escape the island's resulting atomic meltdown in a stolen aircraft.

Having previously tricked GoldenEye into disabling the Lair's satellite defence grid, Goldfinger began his assault on the Organisation's headquarters using the OMEN, and took control of it. With the assistance of Scaramanga and Pussy Galore, GoldenEye returned to the Lair intent on confronting Goldfinger and began freeing and rallying the remaining defenders against the invaders. Having finally reached the villain and his super-weapon, Hunter was suddenly ambushed and trapped inside a venting airlock. However, unbeknownst to Goldfinger, the enforcer had secretly uploaded a computer virus to the OMEN - causing it to explode in a burst of energy, killing him and his men. GoldenEye and Galore subsequently departed on an amorous flight aboard her chopper, but secretly were observed by Scaramanga and Number One.

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Trivia[]

  • There is a popular urban legend that certain versions of the game's manual confirm GoldenEye's name as Johnathan Hunter. This likely spread from the Xbox manual's revealing his surname as Hunter. Despite this, no known version of the manual, or even the official PRIMA Guide list his first name.

References[]

  1. "Goldeneye: Rouge Agent for Xbox" (PDF). Games Database. 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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