- "Pain only makes me stronger, Mr. Bond!"
- ― Armitage Rook
Armitage Rook was the fictional head of security for nuclear decommissioning company (and criminal organisation), Phoenix International. A major antagonist voiced by the American actor, Richard Whiten, the character appeared in the 2002 James Bond video-game, 007: Nightfire.
Biography[]
Armitage Rook was the head of security for Phoenix International and its chief, Rafael Drake. Like many previous henchmen, an intimidating 6'6" (ca. 2 m) enforcer had the ability to survive scenarios which would prove fatal to the average person. He is first seen guarding a party in Drake's Austrian castle; in reality a cover for the exchange of a stolen American missile guidance chip. Infiltrating the party, Bond makes his way to the exchange and steals the chip, pursued by Rook in a helicopter; which is subsequently shot down by the spy. The henchman survives the crash and is later seen at a Japanese nuclear power plant outside Tokyo in the mission "Chain Reaction", bearing heavy scarring on the left side of his face, a blinded eye and armed with a state-of-the-art laser rifle. His demise varies between the various versions of the game. In the PC variant, he confronts 007 in an astronaut training facility inside the nuclear power plant and is diced by the lethal blades of a huge fan. In the Console variants, he instead battles with Bond inside Drake's underground shuttle hangar.
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