John Hodge

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"Are you scared?"
"Why? Should I be?"
— Sam Fisher and John Hodge.

John Hodge was a newly-recruited field operative of the "Splinter Cell" program for Third Echelon, a top-secret sub-branch within the National Security Agency who appeared in Version 1 of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. He was required to team up with veteran Splinter Cell agent Sam Fisher in the game's first mission. He was killed due to his arrogance.

Background

Little is known about John Hodge other than that he was an over-enthusiastic rookie Splinter Cell who was very eager to impress Fisher because he saw him as a role model. Going as far as jumping out of the Osprey before Fisher shouting, "Let me lead the way!"

2007: 20km from Akureyi, Iceland

Hodge and Sam Fisher during their operation in Iceland.

In September 2007, Hodge was sent to his first mission to aid Sam Fisher at a geothermal plant 20km of Akureyri in northern Iceland. He was tasked with covering Sam's entrance so he can enter the plant covertly. During the mission, Hodge broke from his assignment to enter the plant himself over Sam's and Irving Lambert's protests. Sam believed he was too fresh and cocky to actually be on a real mission and asked Director Lambert to pull Hodge out of the mission after finding out that the mission was getting too dangerous for him. Lambert refused and let the mission continue. As Sam entered the launch facility through a disabled air vent, he watched as Hodge was confronted by an armed guard. Hodge then put his hands up in surrender, realizing that there was no way out alive because there were more guards cornering him nearby. The armed guard shot him several times, killing him. This puts the facility on alert, making Fisher's presence less covered.

See also

• Third Echelon
• Splinter Cell Program