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Athena Rush's
Encountered Contractors
Billy Blitzen
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Come on down!
Elvis
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Come on down!
Taku Smith
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Come on down!
Julius Faust
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Lily
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Klein
Encountered on
Contract 2:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Darren Stanley
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Contract 6:
The Dark of the Night
Contract 10:
Old War Rivalry
Leon Vanderblight
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Shelly Thompson
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Archie Finnegan
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Ataxia (Unfinished)
Autumn Whitlock
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Ataxia (Unfinished)
Contract 8:
Date Night
Dallas Smith
Encountered on
Contract 4:
Ataxia (Unfinished)
Maria Brooks
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Panic Room
Bill Fisher
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Panic Room
Contract 10:
Old War Rivalry
Danielle Laika
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Panic Room
Vergil Arrior
Encountered on
Contract 5:
Panic Room
Contract 8:
Date Night
Contract 9:
Freud's Cigar
June
Encountered on
Contract 6:
The Dark of the Night
Junior T. Jones
Encountered on
Contract 6:
The Dark of the Night
Mark Collins
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Lines and Keys
Terry Buckworth
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Lines and Keys
Timothy Humbug
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Lines and Keys
Artemis Barclay
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Date Night
Alpha
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Freud's Cigar
Sister Mary Catherine
Encountered on
Contract 9:
Freud's Cigar
Amaranth Barclay
Encountered on
Contract 10:
Old War Rivalry
Contract 11:
The Enemy Within 2: Asterisk Edition
Hawthorne Davis (UA-553)
Encountered on
Contract 11:
The Enemy Within 2: Asterisk Edition