It's a game played in shadows.
Existence depends on isolation, leaving no trace, having no contact.
Ultimately, the players are doomed. A bullet is the only way out. Living by the sword and dying by it is the ruling adage of the game. Initially recruited into the immense stakes of the Cold War, Rath's inner code of honor and sense of moral purpose once assuaged him for his actions. The end of the war ended that clarity but not the demand for his talent.