John Hodge was a Third Echelon Splinter Cell who appeared in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1). He was required to team up with veteran Splinter Cell Sam Fisher in the game's first mission. He was killed by the due to his arrogance.
Biography
2007
Hodge and Sam Fisher during their operation in Iceland.
On September 3rd, 2007, Hodge was sent to his first mission to aid Sam Fisher at a geothermal plant 20 kilometers from Akureyri in Northern Iceland. He was tasked with covering Sam's entrance so he can enter the plant covertly.
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. During the mission, Hodge broke from his assignment to enter the plant himself over Sam's and Irving Lambert's protests. 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.
John Hodge before his first mission with Sam Fisher.
Profile
John Hodge was an over-enthusiastic rookie Splinter Cell who was eager to impress Fisher and was presumably transferred from Delta Force.[Citation Needed] He went as far as leaping out of the Osprey before Fisher, shouting, "Let me lead the way!" to the dismay of Fisher. Despite seemingly being too much of a rookie to be on their current high-risk mission, Hodge showed quick movement when he took out the first guard at the open ice cap after swimming in from the water intake tube. This was, however, very rash and received no comment from Fisher.
Trivia
- John Hodge only appears in Version 1 of Splinter Cell: Double Agent. In Version 2, Sam's partner in the first mission is Hisham Hamza.
- John Hodge is the first Splinter Cell to ever die during