The Nightcrawlers are a group of mercenaries that act as the main antagonists of F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
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F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate[]
The Nightcrawlers are a group of highly-trained mercenaries hired to destroy evidence and steal important data pertaining to Project Perseus. Throughout the course of Perseus Mandate, they engage almost all armed opponents they cross paths with, including Delta Force, Replicas, the F.E.A.R. team, and even Armacham's guards. In the later stage of the game, they also have minor engagements with Alma's Apparitions.
There are three different types of Nightcrawlers; the light soldiers, heavy soldiers and the Elites. The force itself is led by an albino Elite, known simply as the Nightcrawler Commander. In terms of combat performance, the Nightcrawlers are usually on-par, and sometimes surpass, all Replica and Delta Force units. The Elites also have enough skill and endurance to compete with F.E.A.R. operatives.
In Perseus Mandate, the Nightcrawlers are hired by the Senator to steal Armacham Technology Corporation's research. They seem to work under the command of Gavin Morrison, however, they later betray him, and the Sergeant finds a laptop with a recorded message stating the Senator is "becoming more trouble than he's worth". Nevertheless, at the end of Perseus Mandate, the Nightcrawlers manage to capture a sample of Paxton Fettel's DNA and bring it to the Senator. Despite the commander and many of their units being killed, the Nightcrawler force may be bigger than previously thought, as one of the Elites told the Senator the loss of the Nightcrawler operatives is "acceptable".
Trivia[]
- Across all of Perseus Mandate, a total of 244 Nightcrawler operators are encountered by the player, not counting the Nightcrawler Commander, showing just how large the Nightcrawlers are for a clandestine PMC. Out of those, 212 are fought directly by the Sergeant, 22 are killed by third parties and 10 can be seen, but not killed.
- Nightcrawer Light Soldiers make up the majority of the total, with 113 sighted, 101 of which fighting the player, 7 seen alive and 5 killed by other forces.
- Second in the kill count are the Nightcrawler Heavy Soldiers, of which 111 are seen. Out of those, 95 can be killed, and 16 are killed by either Replica, Alma's apparitions or Alma herself. Notably, they are the only type to not have a single survivor among them.
- Lastly come the Nightcrawler Elites, making up the fewest of the three infantry types with 20 appearances overall. 16 of them are engaged directly by the Sergeant, 1 of them is seen getting killed by Alma and 3 seen in scripted cutscenes, one of those being the Elite in the post-credits scene.
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