Jay Roberts (Raider: Last Blood)

== Jay Roberts (Raider: Last Blood) ==
Jay Trevor Roberts (known as Jay Roberts or Spiritus Sanctus (The Ghost in Latin)) is a main character and the main protagonist in the Raider: Last Blood series.
Jay is a former Delta operator and freelance mercenary who sought vengeance against the Underworld for killing his son in a botched robbery/assassination attempt. Angered by this, Jay managed to single-handedly take down their operations and other figures connected to them to accomplish his mission of vengeance.
== Background ==
=== Personal Life ===
==== Family Life ====
Born on November 4, 2003, Jay grew up in Columbus, Georgia. While nothing is known about his personal life or his childhood, it's heavily rumored that Jay graduated from preschool to high school with a 3.4 GPA and A + B honor roll. It's also known that Jay had a good reputation due to his willingness to complete a task and his integrity. He admits to his allies that he lived in a single-parent household when his abusive mother left the family and his father passed away from cancer, putting him into the foster care system where he moved from foster home to foster home. 
According to Mr. Marsh (the foster care counselor), Jay (at the age of 13) has lost trust in being with a family after being abused by one foster family and shut himself off from everyone. A few weeks later, the Roberts family visits the foster care office. This is where he met Philip and Diane Roberts, who are a fitness-loving couple with military experience. Mr. Marsh discusses Jay's hobbies, like baking and writing, and emphasizes that he is a good kid. He hides behind a wall and peeks out nervously, unsure of the couple until Mr. Marsh reassures Jay that everything is okay. Encouraged, Jay steps out, shy and quiet. Philip and Diane kneel to his level, offering gentle smiles. They speak kindly to Jay, making him feel at ease. After some discussion, the Roberts decide to adopt Jay. The paperwork is signed, and Jay’s journey to a new life begins. As Jay arrives at the Roberts’ home, he looks around in awe. The house is filled with patriotic memorabilia, photos of military service, and a sense of warmth and belonging. Jay meets his adoptive siblings, Ellie and David, who are excited to welcome him. They immediately try to make him feel at home, showing him around the house and inviting him to play. Uncle John, a former Green Beret, asks Jay a question about military tactics. Jay confidently answers with the 8 battle drills, impressing John and earning his respect.
Over the next few weeks, Jay is shown working out with the family, studying military books, cooking family dinners, and writing in his personal journal. His letters to Mr. Marsh are filled with gratitude and happiness, describing his new life and how the Roberts have made him feel completely at home. Jay's interactions with the Roberts made him break out of his shell, influenced by the Roberts’ loving and supportive environment. During his childhood, Jay traveled to Mount Everlast, trained with Shaolin Monks, and did JROTC for 4 years in high school, the latter molded his personality into a fierce sense of duty and loyalty to the country.
==== Joining the Army ====
At the age of 18, Jay joined the United States Army and joined Infantry for a while. While serving for the 41st Infantry Battalion and having fought in the Russo-Ukrainian War (which devolved into WW3 due to whatever side started the war), Jay volunteered for the Army Rangers and joined the 75th Ranger Regiment, effectively becoming Master Sergeant. 
Due to his physicality and strong combat proficiency, Jay was personally selected by the late General Winchester to become an operator for Delta Force after he reluctantly joined the US Special Forces for more preparation, eventually joining the 5th Special Forces group, according to Bachelor. His time in Delta has molded him into a highly effective soldier in unconventional warfare, marksmanship, and CQC. 
His time in Afghanistan (having assassinated many Taliban leaders) and China (having captured a few unnamed enemy leaders) have proven his combat proficiency, having become the top operative for secretive and hazardous missions for the CIA SAD (special activities division) under the direct orders of Secretary of Defense Trevor Bachelor after he surrendered his rank for extra part-time work while still in Delta. Jay himself fought in Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, and China after he was done with his special forces training.
His time in the Army changed when he and 6 Delta operators were sent in to take out an Iranian general (General Ahadi) making illegal arms deals with Russian paramilitaries but found out that Iran and Russia had a plan to use American-made Tomahawk cruise missiles against the United States and under the direct orders of Secretary of Defense Bachelor, Jay, several members of Task Force: REAPER (including his future allies Ned Philips and Damien Barrett), and the Green Hive PMC led by CEO Nathan Caldwell, managed to destroy the missiles and killed Colonel Arman Hakimi of the Iranian Quds Force, even after finding out that Trevor and Nathan tried to cover up an illegal arms deal to give the missiles to a Ukrainian paramilitary group to fight against Russia and was forced to left TF 181 early in exchange for returning into Special Forces. 
However, his last tour in Russia went wrong when his unit was sent in to destroy an arms depot, and he lost half of his unit in an ambush, which resulted in Barrett saving his life. After Barrett and Philips left the service in January 2026, Jay began working with the Green Hive for extra money. At one mission, he led a unit back to base but was the sole survivor of the unit as a Spetsnaz platoon ambushed the group on the trail and Jay managed to eliminate every fighter by himself, earning Nathan's respect. On May 6, 2026, Jay, Nathan, and his team found out that Spetsnaz and Quds Force operatives had their hands on an experimental bioweapon that was incurable and highly contagious and were sent in to eliminate the terrorists and recover the weapon, but Jay found out that the missiles Trevor lost were being used with the bioweapon and that Trevor had access to it, so Jay turns against them and with a hidden body cam, Jay exposed their crimes, resulting in Trevor going on the run and the Green Hive PMC to be disavowed for giving terrorist groups WMDs.
Because Trevor is the Secretary of Defense and authorized the illegal deals, President Jackson offered Jay extra pay and ordered him to keep quiet about the incident, which Jay agreed and further fueled his distrust toward the US government's coverup of Trevor's crimes.
=== Recruitment into Olympus Squad ===
Due to his skillset, Roberts eventually met and was then placed under the command of Major Raymond Irons in early 2027. Seeing that his marksmanship needed some improvement, Irons taught Roberts how to effectively use a firearm in a combat situation. Roberts would later take part in the combat operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan during the Second War on Afghanistan. While Roberts was stationed in Baghdad with Richard Milton, they also met and befriended Zachary Dumont, a corpsman. During a mission, Dumont was attempting to save the life of a young boy, while Roberts kept watch with a sniper rifle. However, when Roberts saw a pregnant woman coming towards Dumont, he failed to shoot her, resulting in the woman detonating a suicide vest, and burning half of Dumont's body, something Roberts would feel guilt over for many years.
==== Training with Richard Milton ====
During his time serving in the military in Afghanistan, Roberts came to become best friends with Milton, a fellow marine, as the pair saved each other's lives while in Basra. As they completed their training together, Roberts and Milton both underwent the gauntlet, in which they would walk through all their fellow Reapers while getting beaten down to prove their endurance as well as their physical strength, as Roberts had given Milton a mocking prep talk before he went through the gauntlet first, making it to the end.
Once Milton had finished the gauntlet, it was then Roberts' turn as he then endured the punishment of being beaten by his fellow Marines, while being thrown into the freezing mud, eventually making it all the way through and being rewarded with cheers from all his fellow men. Roberts was helped up onto his feet and told him that he loved him, before getting punched in the stomach by him, much to the delight of everyone in attendance as these two brothers in arms had celebrated their success at making it through the brutal gauntlet.
==== Learning about Milton's Past ====
Since his friendship with Milton grew, Roberts had been brought by Milton to Ray of Faith in London where they watched those children playing baseball together. Sitting together, Roberts had then learned about how much Milton had loved the game as a child, and how he believed he would become the next Joe DiMaggio. However, Milton noted how one of the caretakers took away Milton's love of their game when the caretaker attempted to sexually molest him as a child, which shocked Jay.
Roberts then learned, following the attack against him, Milton had come to hate baseball as it always reminded him of him, to which Roberts had expressed his sympathy towards his friend and brother-in-arms, noting he had never stopped to think how lucky he was when he was a child to have his father during his childhood and taking up sports, expressing a wish that Milton could have enjoyed that. Attempting to lighten the mood between them, Roberts would then note that Milton had become a badass since he joined the United States Marine Corps and the Reapers, which they had both laughed at as their friendship grew.
=== Operation Olympus ===
==== Meeting Agent Willy ====
During one of his unit's deployments within Afghanistan, Roberts was assigned to a new task force under the supervision of Irons and an anonymous civilian commander known to the men only as Agent Willy. Roberts sat with Milton and listened as Willy and Irons explained all Reapers and Marine operatives were now part of Operation Olympus tasked to capture and assassinate enemy targets, with Roberts questioning if United States Congress had approved the operation which Willy insisted they had.
Milton and Roberts became the two commanding field officers taking command under the orders of Irons, leading the unit's two squads. While Roberts read his book and relaxed with Milton, he was introduced to one of his new squad members Troy Harrison, a dry yet witty soldier from Alabama who had deeply respected Roberts as a fellow soldier, while Roberts noted that he had also heard good things about Harrison from David Castle. While they were talking, Harrison teased Roberts by briefly pretending to be more deeply Christian than he was while laughing with Roberts over his nervous reaction.
Roberts and Milton then discussed their units while Milton noted that Willy had not even bothered to give them his actual name, with Milton questioning if Roberts trusted Willy or not. Milton then quoted a poem as they joked about if Roberts had ever read a poem before, with Roberts throwing his football at Milton's face as a joke. The task force participated in the operation, specializing in nightly raids for kidnapping, interrogating, and then executing high-value targets of the United States for 3 years, with the squad quickly becoming known as the American Taliban.
==== Executing Targets ====
Among the targets that were captured by Olympus Squad included a man named Omar Karimi, who was brutally strung up and beaten down by the Squad before Agent Willy then entered the room and began questioning Karimi in Farsi, so neither Roberts nor any of the other members of the Squad could understand what Willy was saying. Roberts therefore stood by and watched as Willy began repeatedly striking the terrified Karimi while wearing a pair of thick leather gloves.
During the torture, Harrison questioned Willy about what Karimi was saying, as Willy insisted that it was nothing important and demanded that Harrison not question his intelligence. Turning to the Squad, Karimi insisted that he was not a terrorist and that he had a family, while Roberts and the rest of the Squad watched Willy grabbing Karimi by the face and then saying something more to him in Farsi. Eventually, Agent Willy noted that clearly, Karimi did not know anything useful for them, and therefore turned to Roberts, who then shot Karimi point blank in the face, killing him instantly.
Roberts and Harrison were then ordered by Irons to take Karimi's corpse outside and bury it in the desert, with Harrison questioning if they were being ordered to bury the evidence. Following Irons' orders, however, Roberts then removed the bullet from Karimi's skull, without questioning what Irons and Willy's true motivations with Operation Olympus could be. Despite all these killings, the intelligence which was provided by Willy's task force was considered to be highly useful for the military, enabling his ascension within the CIA while solidifying his reputation.
==== Ambush in Kandahar ====
While he was opening new books, Jay proudly showed them off to Milton, telling him that knowledge means something, even if it is in combat. As Roberts and Milton then discussed how long until they could return home, Roberts teased Milton over knowing that he planned on meeting with several women when he got home, as Roberts noted that he should instead choose one woman to settle down with, although Milton claimed he was too handsome not to share himself with multiple women.
However, the pair were interrupted as Irons entered their tent to order them to come for a mission briefing. Once there, they were informed by Irons and Willy that they had a new target who was believed to have been tracked down and was now hiding out in a compound within Kandahar. Although they were then ordered to go into Kandahar and capture the target, Roberts warned against it, believing this was a trap for them, with Milton agreeing. Willy, however, ignored Roberts' objections and insisted that they continue with the mission objective regardless.
Just as Roberts had predicted would happen, the surprise raid quickly turned out to be an ambush as their squad was hit with machine gun fire and mortar rounds, which resulted in Irons losing his arm while many soldiers were killed. Taking cover amid the firefight, Roberts and Milton discussed what should be done as Roberts decided that the only option remaining was for him to storm the place alone and clear a path for an evacuation, ordering Milton to give him some covering fire. Roberts then charged across the battlefield, reassuring Irons while he made his way up the hill firing upon any insurgents he encountered to keep his men safe.
Making his way through the enemy's stronghold, Roberts proceeded to use all of his military training and utter fury and charge through the enemy's stronghold, killing all those he encountered. As the enemy ran at him, Roberts went through his arsenal of weapons, going from his machine gun to pistol as the battle closed in on him, pinning an enemy to the wall and firing multiple shots into his face before continuing to move forward. Sneaking through the hallways, Roberts drew his shotgun and killed three more of the insurgents in quick succession, ending up covered in their blood.
Finding himself in an open hallway surrounded by hostiles, Roberts continued firing until he took a bullet to the shoulder which knocked him to the ground as he hid behind a pillar. However, Roberts remained determined to save all his fellow soldiers, so he swallowed his pain and got back onto his feet. Drawing his knife, Roberts waited for his opening and furiously battled the remaining four soldiers, beating and stabbing them to death until their blood covered his face. However, Roberts had successfully cleared the whole area, killing all hostiles, and saved his squad.
==== Fury at Agent Willy ====
Reaching to extraction point, Roberts and all of the surviving members of the squad were evacuated out of the area and taken back to base for emergency medical treatment. As Irons was taken away, Roberts and all the others were looked at, with Roberts himself washing the enemy's blood from his face and spitting out almost a bucket load of his blood while trying to keep himself calm.
Despite the loud ringing in ears, Roberts overheard someone asking for a mission update and saw Agent Willy looking at all of the wounded and severely damaged soldiers, calmly asking if they had successfully killed the target as he wanted. Mortified that Willy was more concerned for the mission than he was over all of the wounded and dead men, Roberts charged forward and assaulted Willy for the deaths of his men, meaning to kill him as he ruptured Willy's eye socket and dislocated his jaw with a single punch and beats him while the soldiers tried to drag the furious Roberts off the now horrified Willy.
The enraged Roberts was then dragged off Willy by Milton and Harrison while Willy fell to the floor in agony, with Milton then pulling Roberts aside and declaring that he was not protecting Willy from Roberts but Roberts from himself. As they both argued, with Roberts furiously throwing chairs across the room, Milton informed him that he was quitting the Reapers and that Roberts should consider joining him. Listening to Milton, Jay quits the Reapers and receives multiple Purple Hearts, the Medal of Honor, and a few medals during his service.
==== Leaving the Service/Criminal Lifestyle ====
After being honorably discharged from the Army for 9 years due to his injury, Jay began to work in 4 jobs (a pizzeria, an ice cream parlor, a coffee shop, and a grocery store) but quit every one after struggling with trauma, so he decided to become a mercenary and worked for various groups and even joined Brother Matthew's Wayward Home to make money to pay his medical bills. During this, he began studying big cons, social engineering, psychology, and intimidation tactics to ensure that he could win a fight before it had even begun and also learned about computers, which helped him grow to become a skilled hacker. He purchased lessons in extensive hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship skills, all of which contributed to his career as a mercenary. He earned his reputation as a feared mercenary when he was sent in to kill a warlord and killed him and his 200 soldiers by himself, giving him the moniker that made him known as "The Ghost". 
In a specific case, Jay uses his hacking skills to track down Dwayne Mills, a serial killer. For a week, Jay meticulously trails Dwayne, learning about his lifestyle and patterns before compiling a comprehensive dossier on Dwayne, including video recordings, photographs, and written notes. This documentation is sent to the police, showing Jay’s cooperation with law enforcement despite his illegal methods. Jay breaks into Dwayne’s home one night and finds him attempting to kill his wife and children. Initially confused by the scene, Jay quickly realizes the gravity of the situation and without hesitation, Jay intervenes and kills Dwayne, saving the family. The wife and children are visibly terrified but unharmed, and Jay reassures them before leaving. 
While in Texas in 2031, Jay met Lilly Clarke and after 6 months, the pair began dating and though Lilly is against his mercenary life, she still stayed by his side and Jay paid for her college loans. During this, Jay begins working with Damien in a few jobs in Panama, Mogadishu, Nicaragua, and Kinderhook, the last two nearly killed Jay due to the high risk of the payout. 
After 2 years of marriage, Jay and Lilly got married and traveled around the world. A year later, they start to have a child and although she gave birth to their son Daryl, Lilly died from severe eclampsia during childbirth, deeply hurting Jay to an extent. Despite the pain, Jay still raised Daryl to the best of his abilities and whenever he was working, he gave Daryl to Lara Winters, his former lover, to take care of him. 
One day, Jay was hired to rob an armored truck in one of his contracts (which was called the Bailey Heist) and stole $25 million with Charles Lane (a skilled hacker and mentor figure to Jay). However, Jay betrayed his employers and took the money upon realizing that he stole from the Underworld and would be killed after robbing the truck. This act resulted in the Underworld sending a few skilled hitmen to kill Jay and burn down his home, but they ended up killing a 5-year-old Daryl in the attack and seemingly killing Jay in the fire. 
However, Jay survived the fire and went off-grid for 5 years, continuing his work as a mercenary. While working, he joined up with the Ghosts and did a few jobs with them. He soon falls in love with Elena Dixon, his handler, after working together for 3 months and not wanting to lose her, he reluctantly breaks up with Elena and leaves the Ghosts. He ultimately chose to leave the mercenary life after Elena seemingly died in Colombia from a house explosion and stayed off the grid in Alabama, living in a home for 9 months. 
== Biography ==
=== Getting back into Action (2045) ===
Jay is first seen, walking down and buying coffee and newspapers in Mountain Brook, Alabama. He drove back to his home and as he was watching TV, he was attacked by 6 men (revealed to be elite mercenaries hired by the Underworld), killed them, and took their employer's card. Despite not wanting to go back, Jay reluctantly goes back to Atlanta, Georgia, and meets some of his old contacts (Brother Matthew's Wayward Home founder/bartender Willard, arms dealer Beaver, and hacker Charlotte Russo) to aid him in his search for the men responsible for his attack. After learning from Beaver that Maurice Martinez, a former hitman hired by the Underworld, bought a gun and used it in the attack, Jay sets off on his quest to find the men responsible for his son's death. 
==== Hunting Down The People Responsible ====
Two months later, Jay had tracked down Martinez and interrogated him for the name of his employer. Martinez claimed he didn't know their name and stated that Jay was walking into something he couldn't handle. Jay then raised his gun to shoot him, but the magazine was empty. Martinez then attempted to attack Jay, who subdued him with his baton. He then meets with his associate, Damien Barrett, who confesses that he purposely emptied Jay's magazine and had called the police to cover up the deaths of several Cartel thugs. Jay then leaves Damien to take Martinez to a secure location while he escapes the stadium. 
After resting at his motel hideout, Jay went over to Lara's house for Dustin's birthday. The exchange was relatively amicable, but then Jay noticed Lara acting distressed on her phone and hacked it, overhearing someone threatening to break into her house. After the call ended, Lara hastily fastened the locks. Concerned, Jay hastily leaves and then traces the number of the prank caller and pursues him. Eventually, he catches his target and hacks his phone, learning that someone put him up to this. He gives the information to Charlotte in hopes of figuring it out. Meanwhile, as Charlotte is tracking the source of the call, Jay has his first face-to-face encounter with Declan Barrington while carrying out a contract for Damien. 
After the contract, Charlotte pinpoints the source of the call to an apartment complex. Jay follows the lead and discovers that his former partner Charles is the one who ordered the harassment of Lara. Charles tells Jay to meet him. Jay meets Charles, who is heavily intoxicated, and Charles reveals that there was a third hacker at the Bailey job, other than Jay and himself. As he was crippled in the aftermath of the Bailey job, Charles proposes to Jay that they become partners again. Jay, however, rejects him, since he blames Charles' "going too far" for Daryl's death, despite Charles pointing out that Jay's investigation had "hit a brick wall". Troubled after his encounter with Charles, as well as the realization that he needs Charles' information, Jay visits Daryl's grave and reminisces about a previous visit with Lara. 
==== Forced to work under duress ====
After leaving the cemetery, Jay is again contacted by Charles. Needing Charles' information, Jay reluctantly goes to a meeting place and waits for Charles. Instead, Charles calls Jay and sends him a text that shows himself in Lara's kitchen. Enraged, Jay arrives at Lara's house and, after physically assaulting Charles, discovers that Charles has kidnapped Lara, although Dustin got killed by Charles, and threatens to kill her to blackmail Jay into retrieving a hard drive which will lead them to the third hacker. Charles then gives Jay a hard drive full of data from his investigation and leaves. As he checks on Dustin, Jay neutralizes the fixers trying to kill him. Jay leaves the home and arranges for weaponry to his arms dealer, Beaver until he gets Lara back. 
Upon returning to his motel room, Jay finds a video in the flash drive Charles gave him; however, the file is corrupted. Already frustrated, he pulls a gun on Charlotte when she suddenly enters his room. Pulling it together, Jay asks for her input on the video. Checking the file, Charlotte tells Jay that the file is permanently corrupted and that he needs the original to view it. After showing Charlotte the IP address Charles gave him as well as explaining his current situation, Jay prevents Charlotte from leaving the room because he hears car screeches. Both take cover and Jay detonates explosives in his room as armed men shoot at them through the window. Charlotte escapes through the back door as Jay returns fire and detonates more explosives to remove all evidence of his investigation. After killing an attacker holding Charlotte hostage, Jay defends her as she makes her way to her car, killing all of the attackers before reinforcements show up. Once out of danger, Charlotte calls Jay and arranges to meet him at a dock. Jay also receives a mocking call from Charles who is indifferent to Jay losing his entire network and simply tells him to solve his problem. Charles then allows Jay to speak to Lara. After telling her that Dustin is dead and trying to calm her, Jay is cut off by Charles, who refuses to let them speak again until he gets the results. 
Having lost his base and all of his equipment, Jay is informed by Charlotte of the Roach, the first VXOS testing site which is a blind spot in the system through which none of Jay's activities could be detected. Using a nearby surveillance camera's footage, Jay discovers that a man buried a key, in which he finds it. After hearing that Martinez gave up some information to Damien, Jay activates the bridge to the Roach and restores power to the island by activating the three generators scattered around it. Jay then takes the elevator, disguised as a shipping container, to the Roach. Charlotte soon joins him and the two agree to not divulge the Roach's existence to anyone until Jay completes his investigation. Together the two restore power to the Roach and enable it to get back online. After tracking the IP address, Charlotte discovers that the address originated in Russo-Green, the district where the White Viceroys hold power. 
==== Encountering the Viceroys ====
After hacking the local VKOS center, Jay ventures into the White Viceroys' compound and shuts down all three security terminals to make infiltration easier. He also discovers that the Viceroys had rerouted all of the VXOS activity in the area, something made more suspicious by the government's lack of action in repairing the damage. Jay also concludes that Atlanta was drastically underestimating the Viceroys as a simple street gang when in reality they were smart and organized (a charade unbeknownst to Jay was intentional). After hacking the VXOS tower in the Viceroy compound, Jay leaves the district. 
Upon his return to the Roach, and after a brief discussion about teamwork with Charlotte, Jay uses his VXOS access to look inside Russo-Green's cameras to gain a deeper insight into their operations. He discovers that they utilize cross-wiring and are heavily armed, confirming Jay's earlier suspicion that the Viceroys are not a typical street gang. Eventually, Jay observes Evan "Patriot" Rogers emerge from a server room that requires a security card to enter, which is hidden in his dog tags. Jay and Charlotte watch as Patriot meets with both his brother, Wade "Big Wad" McGowan, whom he briefly threatens, and an Atlanta North Club member. The Club member puts Declan Barrington on speaker. Barrington angrily questions Patriot over his stealing of Barrington's guest list, although Patriot dismisses it as a business collaboration. Once the call ends, a Viceroy explains to Patriot the meaning behind one of Barrington's phrases. Patriot begins to laugh, and as the Viceroy slowly joins in, Patriot proceeds to bash the Viceroy's skull in with the briefcase containing the guest list. Patriot then dismisses the henchmen and returns to his locked server room. After witnessing these events, Jay forms a plan to get inside the locked room. Theorizing that Wade is close to being eliminated due to incompetence, Jay plans to blackmail Wade into sneaking into the locked room by getting evidence of him making his next mistake. Jay also receives another call from Charles who allows him to speak to a significantly calmer Lara after mocking him over his recent gunfights, referencing his battle with the Fixers after Dustin's death. 
Jay arrives in Wade's neighborhood and begins to follow him as he makes contact with numerous associates. Slowly, Jay begins to build up a cache of audio logs and videos proving that Wade is disloyal to Patriot. Eventually, Wade gets a call from his informant, Elias "Gator" Jones. Jay hacks a nearby surveillance camera and overhears the conversation between the two. Despite Gator trying to negotiate, telling Wade that Patriot intends to kill him, Wade turns violent and pulls a gun on Gator. Jay intervenes by causing a pipe to burst, interrupting the execution and giving Gator time to hide. Wade, suddenly enraged, orders the Viceroys in the vicinity to kill Gator on sight. Jay, wanting to hear about the assassination plan, makes contact with Gator and offers to guide him to safety in return for information. Gator agrees and escapes, giving Jay information in the process. Jay learns that an ambush has been set for Wade in the closed-down Atlanta Brick Factory, better known as "The Bricks". Jay, seeing an opportunity, goes about setting up a trap for the hitmen so that it looks like Wade has murdered some of his best fierce soldiers, which would lead to Patriot trusting him and gaining prestige in the White Viceroys. 
Jay calls Damien to procure some explosive IEDs and arranges to meet him along with "his boys". Jay then meets Damien and "his boys", in reality, two corpses Damien wishes to dispose of, and, after testing the explosives, "the girls", on Damien's truck, place several explosives around the site of the ambush. Using both the explosives and his equipment, Jay proceeds to kill all of the hitmen as well as their reinforcements. He then joins Wade's position, where he exposes to him all the blackmail he collected on his phone. Jay then informs Wade by phone that he is "gonna be [Jay's] eyes and ears inside Russo-Green". Wade tells him that the only way to approach Patriot is at an auction, where Patriot and Barrington will both be. Charlotte then tells Jay that she can copy Patriot's key if he gets close enough. 
==== Blending in with the Club ====
Charlotte then localized the briefcase containing the guest list, which was spotted in Patriot's hands in Russo-Green. Jay tails the owner, finds it in an old Club-owned marina, and takes pictures of the list. He decides to assume the identity of Jack Crispin, an American friend of Barrington who moved to Europe 12 years prior, to safely approach Barrington. In order not to blow his cover, Jay finds Crispin, who came to the marina for a meeting, hacks his cell phone, and kills him. Jay had Charlotte call the club, claiming to be his assistant requesting that he needs a VIP pass to be sent to the auction at the docks. Jay then attended the auction. Using Crispin's ticket, Jay enters the auction, where he briefly meets Patriot. Jay hacks Patriot's dog tags and sends the key to Charlotte. Declan Barrington, however, was aware of Crispin's death and ordered his men to go after and kill Jay on sight. Jay, however, manages to escape the Viceroys' security guards and escape. On his way out, he calls the police and informs them about a shootout in Verlaine Docks, at the auction, which would allow the police to raid the auction and rescue all of the women. 
Jay then continues his job at Russo-Green. He leaves a wire in a bin at a bar not far from the compound and calls Wade to tell him to pick it up. Sneaking into the building, Jay enters a small room and then hacks into the cameras to find Wade. Jay guides Wade through the local security to the server room, which he opens using the key he hacked from Patriot at the auction. Wade starts downloading the data but starts panicking after hearing someone approaching, while he has only downloaded 25% of the data. Patriot and his bodyguard then enter the room and find Wade inside. Patriot threatens to throw Wade by the window, asking him why was he in the restricted part of the building. He, however, notices the bug from Jay and orders his men to find Jay. After Jay evades the Viceroys, Wade calls him to tell him he is still alive and that Patriot mentioned Juliette Ehrmantraut in the video. Convinced that Wade knew nothing, Patriot spared him. Jay then agrees to cut him loose. He then calls Charlotte, who was looking at the partial download, and discovers that Patriot has a lot of blackmail on the police and politicians, hence why no one has moved on Russo-Green. 
==== Recruit for decrypting ====
Upon his return to the Roach, Charlotte tells Jay that she is not able to decrypt Patriot's data. She then tells Jay about Victor Kenney, a former VXOS pioneer and Underworld hacker, who went missing after finding out about his company's corruption. She thinks that only he can decrypt the data. Jay then called Charles to update him on his plans. However, Charles was against recruiting Kenney, knowing his reputation as a whistleblower, who would most likely release the blackmail to the public. Jay noted that Charles sounded worried, and deduced that he wanted the blackmail. Jay went to an abandoned warehouse, where Kenney's last signal came from. However, it turns out Underworld hitmen were looking for Kenney as well. Jay eliminates the mercenaries in the area before using a computer, allowing Charlotte to trace Kenney to Johnstontown, and wipes the hard drive. After intimidating and torturing two mercenaries, who were aware of Kenney's whereabouts, Jay kills them, before heading to Johnstontown to find Kenney. 
As Jay arrives at Johnstontown, he goes to a bar and finds a man who goes by the name of "Bryan Brady". When Jay asks Bryan if he knows Kenney, he challenges him to a drinking game. As Jay succeeds, Bryan punches him out of the bar. Jay briefly handles him with his baton, but Bryan, who turns out to be Victor Kenney, paralyzes Jay using his Taser. Later, Jay wakes up in Victor's safe house. Victor warns Jay that he is not able to help Jay in Atlanta as the government programmed the VXOS to identify him. Victor agrees to help Jay if he sneaks into the VXOS headquarters and wipes out all data about Kenney from their servers, using a virus Victor programmed. Victor then shows Jay his safe house, with armed robots that he crafted in case he was ever attacked. Victor offers Jay a deal: if Jay gives him some favors, Victor will help him. Jay must first steal a truck containing hardware, that was taken from him by the local Johnstontown Militia. 
Victor then asks Jay to tail a VXOS helicopter that is heading towards a VXOS compound, as Jay needs the ID of a VXOS security chief to break inside their headquarters. Jay finds the chief in a camping lot and copies their ID. Victor then tells him that he has created a virus that should wipe any file about Kenney on the database. Jay then heads into the VXOS HQ. He sneaks inside the area and uploads Victor's virus into the database. However, as he hacks into the database, he finds out that VXOS's public relations VP Hannah Stoltz has a scheduled meeting with Charles Lane. By hacking through cameras, Jay manages to reach the room, where he witnesses Charles offering to exchange Kenney's whereabouts for total access to the VXOS. Feeling that Kenney is uncovered, Jay escapes the compound and races to Victor's hideout, being assaulted by the Militia men. Victor has no other choice but to blow up his hideout while being covered by Jay. While protected by Jay, Victor arms the explosives and escapes the graveyard which is destroyed by the bombs (with Victor recording "for [his] portfolio") before escaping towards the Roach by boat. 
Victor is at first skeptical because of Charles' deal but finally agrees to help Jay, after being convinced by Charlotte for good. Jay then heads for his next stop, Russo-Green, after requesting sniper support from Damien. Jay enters the building with Kenney's help to open the main door, wipes out any resistance, and hacks into Patriot's server. On his way out, he encounters Patriot in person. After a brief standoff, Patriot escapes on the rooftop, followed by Jay. He ultimately kills him after killing his remaining security. Jay escapes the compound and then heads back to the Roach, to see what he managed to obtain from Patriot, after getting yet another call from Charles, to confirm he got the data. Jay is then forced to turn up at Charles' meeting without data. Jay tries backing Charles into a corner, pointing out that without the blackmail, the Underworld would most likely send mercenaries after him. Charles then allows another phone call with Jay. However, believing he was not taking him seriously, Charles has a mercenary waiting in a GPB truck broadcasting images of Jay's vigilantism on all the large TV screens, effectively blowing his cover. 
==== Saving Lara ====
Escaping the police, Jay sends Victor a piece of audio from the call with Lara, that might give away her position. Victor then informs Jay that he worked on the audio piece to find a name: Smith. Jay goes to his place of work, a wastewater treatment plant in Verlaine Docks. He guides Lara out of the Merc-controlled plant, but as soon as she sees Jay, Charles suddenly kills her and escapes with his remaining mercenaries, forcing Jay to retreat since he is outnumbered and outgunned. 
==== Ending the Club ====
Victor then sends an audio piece revealing that the one who ordered the hit was Declan Barrington, leader of the Atlanta North Club. Jay goes to Barrington's hotel, the Shamrock, "where he fucked up his life", and where Barrington organized a benefit. Jay sneaks by the security, kills the Club hitmen, and reaches Barrington's offices. As Jay makes his way to Barrington's floor, he is caught by two guards as he steps out of the elevator. Jay reveals that he was seeking justice for his son Daryl, who was killed because of Barrington. Barrington scoffs at this, wondering why there was so much fuss over such a "little problem", then leaves his men to finish off Jay, who overpowers them and fights through Barrington's mercenaries to reach him. During this time, Barrington had sequestered himself in an impenetrable panic room in his office. 
When Jay discovers the panic room and confronts Barrington, he taunts Jay from behind a pane of bulletproof glass, telling Jay to give up and live his life. However, the glass could not protect him from Jay, who induced a heart attack in Barrington by hacking his pacemaker. Reeling down in pain, Barrington realized that Jay didn't know the reason he was targeted. Admitting it was a mistake, he then showed Jay footage of Mayor Ronald Donovan murdering Juliette Ehrmantraut and revealed that the reason he ordered the hit was because he assumed that Jay was looking for it (it's later revealed Ehrmantraut was a district court judge and that she and 16 witnesses (8 of them were formerly associates of Barrington) were on a criminal case and had incriminating evidence against Barrington and Donovan), while Jay and Charles were only there for the money, whereas it was Patriot who attempted to get the video. Falling to his knees, Barrington promises that even if he dies, the people will erect a statue in his honor while Jay will fall into obscurity. 
However, Jay reminds him that he's the Ghost, the man who reaps the souls of "scum" like Barrington upon being seen. Jay then uses one last hack, shutting off the pacemaker and killing Barrington, while Barrington offers to "make any deal [he] want[s]." Jay escapes the Club after leaving the hotel. On his way out, Charles calls Jay and is informed that Charlotte has tried to trade herself in for Lara, unaware that she is dead. Jay realizes that Barrington intends to have her eliminated (it is heavily implied that Charles denounced Charlotte to the Club), and heads to the cemetery, where Charlotte is visiting Daryl's grave to place flowers there. Just then, hitmen from the Atlanta North Club locate her at the graveyard. Alerted by Victor, Jay races to her but is too late since she is killed quickly. After disposing of the hitmen, Jay gives Charlotte a moment of silence and takes her flowers to put them on Daryl's grave before walking away. 
==== Putting Lane down ====
As Jay enters the Roach, he encounters Victor, who is packing up, as mercenaries are going to come for him. He then stated that he was unaware of Juliette's death. Guessing that Jay intends to distribute all of Patriot's blackmail publicly, Victor decides to leave Atlanta to escape the fallout. Jay leaves the Roach after uploading the blackmail to the public, much to Charles' anger. Charles then reveals that he has gained control of VXOS and the trust of the Underworld, believing that he should suffer as he has, but he shows mercy and gives him his location, a lighthouse east of the city, to convince him that they can control the city together. 
Jay goes to the lighthouse, where Charles uses a megaphone to taunt Jay. He then joins Charles at the top of the lighthouse and confronts him. After a brief standoff, Damien arrives and informs Jay that he has a new contract (later revealed from the Underworld) before asking him to drop his gun. After doing so, Jay tries to use the phone but is shot by Damien, who then shoots Charles in the head when he tries to reach for Jay's gun. 
As the city tries to recover from the violence, a seemingly dead Jay reflects on the past events. He started out trying to fix his son's death, only to end up weeding out criminals and corruption and it has changed him as well. Remarking that everything's connected, Jay then embraces his role as the Ghost, vowing to protect, and if necessary, to punish or kill. Credits then roll out, with various GPB TV broadcasts, informing that Donovan was found dead (revealing that he was executed following the release of the video from the Shamrock) leading to someone else becoming temporary mayor; Seamus DeMarco, Declan Barrington's top associate, being arrested (after surviving Jay's assassination attempt during the trafficking investigation) and convicted for human trafficking; and that a journalist was writing a book on the Ghost. 
=== Hunt for the Red Order ===
==== Hunting Pagani and Being Hunted ====
After a year, Damien suddenly goes into hiding and wakes up Jay (who faked his death by having Damien shoot him with a low-velocity round and wearing a bulletproof vest). After having a change of heart, Jay suddenly spares Maurice and lets him go before Damien tells him that Duke Bennett (a crime boss and leader of the Red Order Syndicate) is moving up onto Barrington's lost rackets and placing a bounty on Jay. However, Damien knocks Jay out upon realizing that Duke is doing the illegal organ trade and that serves as two benefits (Jay can find out who ordered the Bailey Job and Damien leaves town after getting the bounty). 
Six weeks later, Jay wakes up in a makeshift hospital and sees doctors treating him while Jimmy Pagani (Duke's associate) watches. He wakes up later and escapes, noticing he came close to being cut open. By interrogating a thug, he learns the location of Pagani: the Olympus Strip Club. 
At the club, Jay tries to find Pagani but a group of Mexican gangsters, led by Rafe, show up looking for Jay. After a gunfight, he learns that a mobster named "El Gato Blanco" ("The White Cat") wants to kill him, but he doesn't find out why.
After leaving the club, Joseph Von Raines (Duke's lieutenant and a crime boss that Jay helped a while back) picks Jay up in a limo. He informs Jay that Barrington was a prominent leader in the Underworld, who had a conflict with Duke Bennett due to the two's differing viewpoints and feeling scorned, Duke managed to create a heist to rob Barrington of his blackmail and his money (the $25 million) and chose Jay and Lane to do the job since they're skilled criminals and they had no association. Jay kills Von Raines and his henchmen upon learning that Von Raines wishes to return him to Duke for a reward. Meanwhile, Rafe is forced to give himself another chance to hunt down by mutilating himself for his failure to capture Jay.
While avoiding any patrols, Jay saw Pagani on the street outside and a shootout ensues before Jay subdues Pagani. Jay also learns that Duke has already been in Atlanta and has sent elite mercenaries to find him. Pagani is shot and killed by Rafe as Jay questions him, and Jay is knocked unconscious. Meanwhile, Duke tells Talbot that Jay has been captured and orders him and a few elite mercenaries to bring him.
==== Captured by the Cartel and Imprisonment ====
Jay is taken to Catalina Island where El Gato Blanco awaits and after an intense torture session, he is brought out to El Gato Blanco. It is revealed that El Gato Blanco is Leonel Chavez, the brother of Gustavo and Eduardo Chavez, one of whom Roberts locked up. Leonel also reveals that he only went after the bounty to torture and kill Jay. Talbot suddenly arrives with backup, and a shootout ensues, killing most of Leonel's men and Leonel is beaten to death by Talbot. Jay tries to escape but is knocked unconscious by an elite mercenary.
After heading to the villa, Jay is brought to Duke, who greets him like a friend. As Jay questions Duke about his involvement in the Bailey job, Duke reveals that Barrington has been collecting blackmail on everyone to stay on top, and Duke wanted power and respect, so he and Talbot planned out the Bailey Job and specifically chose Jay and Lane for their skillset and after Patriot hacked into the truck and scared the two away, Duke reveals that they did their part and chose to sell them out to Declan, who then had sent hitmen to kill the pair, which resulted in Daryl's death, Lane's attack and descent to darkness, and Jay's broken mindset and Jay finally saw that everything that happened to him was because of Duke's greed.
Duke has his men send Jay into a cell where they will torture and then kill him. Two months later, a few men prepare to kill Jay, but Jay manages to break out and escape, killing a large number of Duke's men in the attack. Talbot and a few elite mercenaries sent Duke into his office and they tried to kill Jay, but they were all killed. After a short, brutal fight, a defiant Talbot mocks him and claims that the Underworld will hunt him down for this before Jay kills him and goes to the office, where Duke escaped after the shooting started. A week later, Jay goes into the Tech nightclub, killing every guard to reach Duke's office. As Duke tries to count his money, Jay comes inside and kills Duke, destroying the Red Order for good.
=== The Dismantlement of the Club (2046) ===
==== Early Retirement ====
5 months after the dismantlement of the Red Order, Jay is still grieving the death of his family and a few days later, a group of Irish gangsters, led by Rory Barrington, accost Jay at a gas station and try, and fail, to intimidate him into selling them his 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8. That night, they break into Jay's home, assault him, and steal the car. An unknown source informs Jay that Rory (the one who beat him and stole his car) is the son of Nolan Barrington, the new boss of the Atlanta North Club, and the brother of Declan.
Upon learning of his son's actions, Nolan berates Rory for incurring Jay's wrath. He reveals Jay was once a hitman in the Underworld's employ, and was renowned and feared in the criminal underworld as the Ghost, a ruthless, relentless "man of focus, brutality, and sheer commitment". After Jay murdered his brother, half of their organization, the Red Order, and the Viceroys, Nolan gave his men an order to avoid Jay at all costs and they tried their hardest not to engage with him until now.
Jay recovers a concealed stash from his former career that includes weapons and silver coins. He refuses Nolan's attempt to make amends for his son's actions and kills the 8-man hit squad subsequently sent to his home. Nolan puts a $4 million bounty on Jay and enlists his former friend and Delta operator, Stanley Fitzpatrick, to kill him. Jay visits Brother Matthew's Home and meets Willard, who informs him that Rory is at a nightclub called Green Circle and gives him a card with Rory's name. Jay infiltrates Green Circle and confronts Rory, but he is attacked by Nolan's top henchman Archer, and forced to retreat to his home for medical attention.
As Jay rests, a hitwoman and old friend, Ms. Lawson, sneaks into his room. Stanley sees Lawson from an adjacent building and fires a warning shot to alert Jay, who wakes up and subdues her. Lawson reveals Nolan has doubled the bounty for her to kill Jay and has concealed a high-value stash in a church. Rather than killing her for her attempted assassination, Jay knocks her out and runs away.
At the church, Jay destroys Nolan's cache of cash and extensive blackmail material. When Nolan arrives to assess the damage, Jay assaults him and his men but is hit by Archer's car and captured. Jay tells Nolan he will not stop until Rory is dead because Daryl gave him hope and a chance to not be alone in his grief for Lilly and the theft reminded me of what Declan did to him. Stanley again intervenes to save Jay, who kills Archer and threatens Nolan into revealing Rory's location in a safe house. Jay assaults the safehouse and kills Rory. Stanley encourages Jay to leave the city for good. Lawson witnesses this and reveals Stanley's duplicity to Nolan, who has him tortured and killed. Nolan calls Jay to taunt him with the details, drawing him back to the city.
Having second thoughts about Nolan's increasing aggression and fear for her life, along with heavy remorse for her actions, Lawson informs Jay that Nolan is preparing to leave the city by helicopter. Jay races to Atlanta Harbor, where he kills the last of Nolan's men and kills Nolan, who accepts his defeat and taunts him into killing him. Jay walks away and leaves Atlanta for good.
=== The Merc War (2048) ===
==== Moving into Mississippi and Dealing with RSC ====
2 years later, Jay is in Mississippi, drinking in a random bar with Hans (his pet German Shepherd), and after 3 guys try to rob him on the way home, Jay brutally takes them out in a short, brutal fight. Jay takes the last survivor to his home, where he interrogates him, and the guy is revealed to be a mercenary for Redwood Security Consulting and reveals that their leader is planning to destroy the government, so Jay kills him and goes to their last location, an abandoned outpost. As the mercenaries are torturing two soldiers, Jay fights his way onto the outpost, killing a good number of them and the tortured soldier reveals to Jay that he shouldn't trust a man and that he was working for them before he succumbs to his wounds. Jay then gets knocked out by a mercenary and after realizing that Jay destroyed most of their equipment, Patrick McCarthy (Harrison's second-in-command and the mercenary that knocked Jay out) presides over an emergency meeting and announces that their group only has enough food and ammunition to last a week (due to Jay's attack). 
==== Ambushed by the Ghosts ====
Cohan proposes they replenish their supplies by taking back their outpost, which was seized from them by a group, that slaughtered most of her group. Cohan, Patrick, Porter, Novak, Frost, Turner, Michaels, and Anderson travel on the road with a captive Jay, and Patrick is planning to kill him after the mission is done. Upon arriving at their location (where they need to gather supplies from a hidden depot), the group is alarmed by the sight of the bodies of their former allies strung up all along the road they're on. Suddenly, the group is showered with arrows and throwing knives, killing Frost and severely injuring Turner. As the group scrambles for cover, they see a group of Ghosts advancing towards them.
As the Ghosts unleash their attack, Patrick and Cohan quickly rally their surviving comrades—Porter, Novak, Michaels, and Anderson—to fight back against the Ghosts. Jay, still captive but ever resourceful, seizes the opportunity presented by the ambush to break free from his restraints. Taking advantage of the distraction caused by the Ghosts, Jay turns the tide of the battle, swiftly incapacitating Anderson and Michaels with calculated strikes. With the Ghosts now focusing on the mercenaries of Redwood Security Consulting, Jay uses his skills to take down Porter and Novak, leaving only Patrick and Cohan standing. Recognizing the futility of their situation, Patrick attempts to execute Jay, but Cohan hesitates, sensing the futility of the mission. In a surprising turn, Cohan turns her weapon on Patrick, allowing Jay to take advantage of the confusion and disarm Patrick. Jay lets Cohan live and runs further into the forest. 
Having managed to escape from the group, Jay sneaks around an abandoned building. After distracting a Ghost with a thrown rock, he slithers away into the woods but is soon attacked by another Ghost. Jay struggles against the Ghost until Hans assists him by biting the attacker. Hans is quickly tossed aside but he escapes. Two more Ghosts arrive on the scene. When one tries to attack Jay, however, another prevents him from doing so. This gives Jay enough time to escape after throwing a knife at the Ghosts. 
In the morning, Jay covers himself in mud to cover his tracks and then sets off to search for Hans. One of the Ghosts from earlier is searching for Jay, but discovers Hans instead. Jay hears Hans barking in the distance and rushes towards the noise, but finds him sitting at the feet of the Ghost who was tracking him. Jay orders the Ghost to release his pet, at which point the Ghost takes her mask off and reveals herself to be Elena, who is still alive. She is surprised to see Jay again and asks if he is alone. When Jay confirms he is, Elena says that she saw him on the road with the RSC group. She asks Jay about them, this time holding him at gunpoint. Jay claims this was a group he met on the road and they're going to kill him, but insists he isn't one of them. He attempts to de-escalate the situation by leaving and calling Hans back to him. When Hans doesn't go to him, Elena jokes that she always thought Hans liked Jay better. Jay says that, whatever the Ghosts' problem is with the group, he's not a part of it. He tries to leave again but is soon flanked by the two Ghosts from earlier.
==== Captured again ====
Jay is captured and taken to their compound with a bag over his head. He is taken into a shack and left alone with Elena. Jay lets Elena know he did come back and looked everywhere in Colombia for her, adding that he is sorry she ended up "killed" due to his failure. Elena asserts that the Ghosts are her family and that he didn't fail. They, Elena says, never stopped looking for her and, when they found her wounded, she came home after being nursed to health. Elena then asks if the people on the road were Jay's allies, but he claims his former group was wiped out in a conflict in WW3, and insists he is alone. Considering Jay's claims, she decides to clean him, but then smothers him with a rag until he is unconscious. When he wakes up, Jay is waterboarded by two Ghosts under Elena's supervision. One of the Ghosts, Adler, interrogates Jay about the others, but Jay sticks to his story and claims he doesn't know. Eventually, Elena decides to stop the interrogation, despite Adler's protests. Elena implores Jay to talk, as their leader won't be so nice when he interrogates him. Jay clarifies that he merely worked with the group by transporting their supplies in exchange for food, and claims he knew the group for less than a week before killing a few of them when they tried to kill him out of fear. Elena, however, doesn't believe him, and Jay is taken back to a cell.
After a brief nap, Jay wakes up to find Anderson has also been captured and is imprisoned in the cell across from him. Anderson tries to converse with him, but Jay shoots him down, angrily doesn't care about him or his friends, and admits that he enjoyed killing them in the attack. Picking up on the hostility, Anderson is angered by Jay's words and tells him that they should have let him die. Anderson is then taken away to be interrogated. Sometime later, Elena visits Jay and chastises him for being stubborn and lying. Jay swears he has never lied to her, and that he is not about to start. Elena again asks him about the group, but Jay maintains he doesn't know anything about them, and insists that he'd help her if he could. He asks to be released along with Hans and promises that she'll never see him again. Elena asks if that's what he wants, but their conversation is interrupted by a pair of Ghosts dragging a badly beaten Anderson to his cell. When Elena inquires what the commotion is about, Adler informs her they found Wells. When Elena asks about North, Adler takes her down the hall, where she witnesses Wells weeping over his failure to save North. Nearby, North lies dead, with Powell performing a prayer over him. Saddened, Elena performs a small prayer for North. Distraught, Connors proclaims that he is angry. He orders the Ghosts to make the group they're hunting "feel their wrath."
Elena goes back to Jay's cell and tells him that one of her brothers is dead. Jonathan North, she professes, was like the little brother she never had, and this was the first time she lost someone close to her since she lost Jay. Jay interjects that she didn't lose him, as he did come back for her, but she was gone. Elena protests that Jay is the one who left in the first place, to which he admits that he was scared of letting go and losing her like his family. After sitting in silence for a moment, Elena asserts that it doesn't matter, as their relationship wouldn't have worked out anyway in a world like this. Jay wonders if this is her opinion or her family's. Elena snaps that Jay has no right to judge them based on the things he has done himself, and claims that this is, and always was, who she is. Jay, however, doesn't believe her. Elena says that she can help Jay save himself, and maintains she still cares about him despite everything. This is why, she warns, he needs to tell her something, or she won't be able to control what Connors will do, as her commander is angry about North and wants someone to pay. Finally, Jay admits that the group was led by David Harrison (the field commander and the man who wanted Jay dead for killing his son), with her lieutenants being Patrick McCarthy and Ryan Starks (their former commander whom Harrison exiled to take over) He also warns Elena that the group outnumbers the Ghosts, with at least four dozen fighters. Grateful for the information, Elena promises to get Jay out of his cell. Before she leaves, Jay asks when he gets to meet Connors, to which Elena assures him it will be soon.
Elena goes to see Connors and conveys what Jay told her. Furthermore, she suggests they recruit Jay. She is frustrated when Connors ignores her and demands a response. Connors calmly replies that not everything is about her and blames her for losing a day of tracking so Elena could interrogate her "old boyfriend." After a moment of silence, Connors asks Elena about Jay, to which she says that Jay would be a good fit for their group due to being fearless and determined. Connors, however, is skeptical and thinks Jay just wants to be with Elena. He then wonders why Elena didn't kill Jay when she had the chance. Elena confesses that Jay meant something to her at one point, but claims she severed all ties when she rejoined the Ghosts and doesn't regret her decision. Connors confides that he trusts Elena more than any of the other Ghosts and asks if she thinks they can trust Jay. When she says yes, Connors is pleased, intent on finding out for himself.
==== Recruitment ====
Jay is taken to the cabin where he was tortured earlier. The other Ghosts taunt him until Elena arrives. When the others leave, Elena unties Jay and says that Connors is on his way and instructs Jay to follow her lead. Hearing a thump on the other side of the door, Elena goes to open it but finds it locked. She then notices liquid leaking from underneath the door and jumps away just as it is set on fire. With the cabin in flames, Elena and Jay scramble to find a way out. Elena is soon incapacitated by the smoke, leaving Jay to find something to pry off the window boards. Elena finds the waterboarding table, which Jay then breaks and uses one of the legs to pry the boards from the windows, then smashes the glass. He helps Elena climb out, before evacuating himself. Outside, they find Connors and the other Ghosts watching them. Jay is deemed "forged by fire, ordained by God" by Connors, who welcomes him into their ranks.
In a private meeting, Connors asks Jay if he believes in God. When Jay admits that he doesn't, Connors is disappointed. Confused, Jay points out that he passed their test, but Connors reveals the test isn't over. When asked what more he wants from him, Connors simply tells Jay he wants him to understand. Over a drink, Connors explains the backstory of his group. The Ghosts started as a military unit serving in Afghanistan, where they saw a great number of their comrades killed. Despite their sacrifice, the politicians didn't care about them and just used them as props. In those dark days, the soldiers didn't have much to hold onto but God and each other. After returning home, many Ghosts found it difficult to reintegrate into society. Ultimately, Connors formed a mercenary group comprised of his old unit and a rogue unit of Russian Spetsnaz, and they served all over the world. During WW3, Connors witnessed such carnage that his faith in God started to waver, just like Jay's. When the Russians bombed the villages, the Ghosts survived by holding up in a small church, as everything around them burned. Despite their difficult situation, none of the Ghosts were even injured. It was then that Connors came to believe the Ghosts were chosen by God to survive. He compares this situation to Jay making it out of the fire unscathed, claiming that God chose Jay tonight as well.
Connors brings Jay to a bonfire where the Ghosts are eating dinner and orders Wells to give Jay some food. Connors then praises Wells for carrying his fallen comrade for ten miles on his back, to which Wells exclaims that he just did what any of them would have done. After inquiring about Wells' wounds, Connors notes that the wounds are on his back. Despite Elena trying to calm him, Connors once again asks where Wells was when North was being attacked. Petrified, Wells claims he was there, facing the enemy. Acknowledging this, Connors tells Jay that it's human nature to run when scared and that it takes divine strength to risk everything for someone else. Connors commends Jay for getting Elena out of the fire first, proclaiming that God baptized him in that fire. However, Connors warns Jay that there is one rule he forgot to tell him: never turn your back on your brother. Connors then adds that God doesn't just use fire as His baptism, but also His wrath. With this, he pushes Wells into the bonfire after stabbing him in the wound and holds him with his foot until he burns to death for his perceived betrayal. Connors proclaims that the Ghosts always run into the fire and towards the enemy, scaring most of the Ghosts into submission.
==== Conflicting his loyalties ====
In the compound, Adler tortures Anderson and demands to know where his people are. Anderson gives up nothing. Connors and Jay watch from outside the room. When Connors asks whether the torture bothers Jay, he replies that he's done worse. With Adler getting no results, Connors orders Jay to take a turn interrogating Anderson. Adler secretly draws and conceals his pistol. Anderson tips off Jay to this action. Jay puts Anderson in a chokehold and orders him to give up his friends' location, but he refuses. Jay chops off one of Anderson's fingers and again demands to know the location of his friends. Anderson finally reveals the location of the supply depot. Connors dispatches Elena to scout the location with a crew of Ghosts. 
Jay, Elena, Adler, and a crew of Ghosts approach the supply depot. The Ghosts burst into the supply depot and search the house. After finding nothing, Elena orders them to search the entire town. The Ghosts search for another house. Elena finds some wet, bloody bandages, indicating someone was recently there. He offers to track Patrick's group outside. Adler suspects that Jay is up to something and confronts him. Elena sends Adler upstairs to sweep the rooms again and warns Jay not to anger Adler. Adler finds an injured Novak and as Novak smiles and mocks him, Adler strangles him with sheer joy and snaps his neck. Jay and Adler argue. Jay criticizes the Ghosts' plan of attack and insults Adler for his lack of intelligence. Adler accuses Jay of being disloyal. Jay admits that the only reason he joined the Ghosts is because he cares about Elena, but says he will follow Connors out of fear. Adler notices the trap door and opens it, finding the stash. The Ghosts return to HQ. Adler tells Connors that their stash is the Ghosts' now. Connors reveals that he continued to interrogate Anderson after they left and got all the information he needed. They see Anderson tied to a post: he is now hung and dismembered like Porter. Connors confers privately with Adler as they head inside. Elena looks at Jay with worry.
Meanwhile, Harrison yells at Patrick for his failure to kill Jay and has Patrick take an RSC company to the compound to kill Jay and take back the supplies by force, which Patrick accepts. Jay walks around the compound and sees a Ghost exit the food shed. The search patrol returns and they tell Connors that they found no sign of Patrick's group. Connors yells at the Ghosts for failing to find their enemy, which Jay has led him to believe is dozens strong. Elena admonishes Connors for yelling at his soldiers. Connors tells Elena to do another sweep with Jay. While on patrol, Jay and Elena search the outskirts of the compound. Jay commends Elena for standing up for her crew and Elena defends Connors' behavior and says he is like a father to her. As the two talk about the past, Jay and Elena find their cabin and take a few things for themselves. As they were to get close for a kiss, they were interrupted by a radio call summoning them back to HQ.
==== War between TF Ghosts and RSC ====
Jay, Elena, Adler, Maddox, Pope, and Connors watch the company from the top of the perimeter wall. Adler suggests taking down the company like they did with three dozen Taliban fighters in a hospital in Fallujah, while Elena observes they're moving in a peculiar pattern. Jay offers to lead the company away from the company. Connors adopts Jay's strategy but sends Maddox instead.
Maddox leads the company away from the compound with a hidden IED and radios to the Ghosts that he's doing fine. a group of armed RSC fighters suddenly appear from all directions, and Patrick stabs him. Injured and surprised by the attack, they overtake him. He screams as they beat Maddox to death. Elena insists on helping Maddox, but Connors says he's already dead. Elena realizes Connors dispatched Maddox as bait to confirm his hunch that Patrick is controlling the company. Elena reminds Connors that Maddox was part of their family, but Connors coldly says it was Maddox's fate to die. Connors asks Jay for intel about Patrick. Jay says that Patrick is the group's best fighter and a sneaky combatant and advises Connors to look for him in the trees. Adler radios Connors to report that the company has returned with more gear. Connors looks out at the company and declares that they will never reach their gate. Explosions start to go off as they drive on landmines planted around the perimeter.
The company continues to trip the landmines outside the compound. Elena laments all the people they've lost, but Connors reasons that every war has its sacrifices. Jay looks through binoculars and sees Patrick's elite group wearing masks and using their vehicles as shields. Jay walks up to a sentry post guarded by Fisher and offers him a joint. He intentionally drops the matches and stabs Fisher when he reaches down to pick them up, then throws him over the wall. He reads his journal and breaks the lock on the door of the food shed, where he finds a secret armory and notices that there is a Tomahawk missile, revealing that Connors is the one working with Harrison and that the Ghosts were responsible for stealing the missiles from the Green Hive years ago and traded them with RSC for money to fund their group while RSC can destroy the city.
As the elite soldiers approach, an explosion sends shrapnel into them, killing a few of them. Jay rejoins Connors, Elena, and Lewis. Elena tells him the group is scattering, but Jay points out that they're advancing. As the Ghosts notice them getting toward the wall, Connors tells Elena to deploy their weapon. Bell and Hendricks sneak into the compound through a pile of burned trash to prepare a signal for their teams.
Jay, Elena, and Jensen gather on a rooftop. Jensen reveals a hwacha – a multiple rocket launcher that he designed. Jay quietly asks Elena if she still believes in Connors. Elena admits that it's hard to watch Connors hurt the people that she cares about. Jay reveals that the enemies they're fighting are working with Connors and Connors is going to commit domestic terrorism. He begs Elena to help him stop them. Elena reels as she processes his revelation. Connors joins them on the roof. The RSC company began to attack them by using mortars, destroying their defenses. The mercenaries pour in through the breach to attack the Ghosts. Connors orders Jensen to launch the hwacha. Elena says the hwacha will end up killing their people, but Connors reasons that it's their time to die before a hesitant Jensen lights the fuse. Jay unsheathes his knives to attack Connors, but it is Elena who stabs Connors in the neck with a sedative. Jay then hurls a knife into Jensen (which is non-lethal) and cuts the fuse to stop the launch. Meanwhile, Bell fights a Ghost in the courtyard as Hendricks hides and Bell is killed.
==== Dixon's Betrayal and Downfall ====
Jay reaches out his hand to escape with Elena, but she reminds everyone that Jay knocked out Connors and is with the enemy. She tells Jay that she would do anything to protect her family while purposefully giving Jay a way out. Jay escapes moments before Adler and Pope arrive. Elena instructs them to close the gate and kill everything inside the walls. Patrick and his elite soldiers fight Ghosts in the courtyard and Elena radios the Ghosts with orders to pull back. After the courtyard is cleared of Ghosts, she launches rockets at Patrick's group below.
At the compound, Elena fires the hwacha at the company as they flood into the compound. Hendricks hides in a building and meets up with Mason, an elite soldier, who was injured by shrapnel. He brings him to the infirmary, where they hide in a secret room. Adler looks for them and receives a radio order from Elena to kill everyone he finds. A Ghost aims at the company and shoots at them from a window. Jay attacks him and, after a fierce battle, stabs the Ghost and strangles him to death. He hides just as Elena enters the room and discovers her comrade's body. Jay quietly escapes the room.
Adler chases them down a hall, where they find the doors all locked. Hendricks and Mason forced themselves to get ready to fight him, which Adler smiled in anticipation. Adler overpowers both of them, injures Mason, and knocks Hendricks to the ground. After killing them, Jay distracts Adler with dust and smacks him with a heavy bell. Jay ties him up and plans to use Adler as leverage, despite his plan to escape. Jay radios Elena and proposes they talk. Jay meets with Elena and the remaining Ghosts. Jay offers to release Adler if he can leave Mississippi unharmed, but vows to kill them if they hunt him down. Elena accepts his offer and reveals that a sniper will kill him if he doesn't honor the deal or harm Adler. Amused, Jay reluctantly lets Adler go. Elena gives Jay two hours to kill Connors (who ran away) and leave Mississippi for good to get back in her good graces, which Jay accepts.
Jay leaves Mississippi and goes to Auraria, Georgia to stop the deal. During the deal, Harrison betrays Connors and before Connors is about to be shot, Jay injures David and kills the last of Harrison's men, saving Connors' life. As Connors escapes, an injured David fights Jay, but he is brutally killed by Jay and after disarming the missile, Jay is arrested by the FBI HRT, led by Wade Bryan and the Ghosts disbanded upon realizing that they were terrorists.
=== Restoring his reputation ===
==== Getting out of Prison ====
9 months after his imprisonment, a terrorist group kidnapped the daughter of President Mitchell. Because they were ex-military and knew when and where to strike, Mitchell sent in General (formerly Lieutenant Colonel) Justin Kane and Major Logan Garnett to get Jay, who was sent to solitary confinement. It's revealed that Jay and Kane were allies during WW3 and Kane reveals that the government will restore his pension, release him from prison, and grant him a full pardon for his crimes against organized crime if he accepted a task to exchange himself for the safety of Mitchell's daughter in 46 hours. However, an enraged Jay refuses to do it due to what happened to him and coldly dismisses Kane, who gives him a ring that the group left as a calling card. 
After an intense flashback, Jay accepted the mission and went to the briefing room to learn about the exchange. Jay made a heartfelt speech to the staff before Delta Team was sent to the drop-off spot and after Jay was forced to follow the kidnappers' demands, Delta Team managed to get Mitchell's daughter successfully. Not wanting Jay to be brutally tortured or brainwashed, Kane ordered a drone strike, but the kidnappers scrambled the signal, temporarily disabling them. The kidnappers leave the vehicle and the leader is revealed to be Trevor Bachelor, who survived being on the run. Trevor cordially greets him before ordering his men to knock Jay out and take him to an underground outpost.
==== Escape from the grave ====
Jay awakens inside a bulletproof glass-enclosed cage, tied up in a chair. Trevor introduces 5 old friends (Master Sergeant Donald Vincente, Sergeant Major Dean Presley, Commander Jack Baker, Lieutenant Ricardo Tucker, and Captain Alexis Dawson) and reveals that the remnants of the Green Hive went on the run for 23 years and that Jay stopped them from selling Tomahawk missiles filled of Amberwood, a highly advanced variant of weaponized bacteria to the Ukrainians. Trevor reveals that while he was willing to sell missiles and guns to paramilitary groups to finance his army, he disagreed with using chemical weaponry, but years of running and deep resentment gave the Hive a new goal: unleash Amberwood into US soil as revenge for ousting the Hive and labeled them as terrorists. To prevent his plans from being foiled, Trevor has Bronson (his best interrogator) kill Jay after they leave and Jay gives Trevor a sincere send-off and admits that Trevor would have made a great archenemy and he was the best man that he fought with, which genuinely impressed a stunned Trevor. Trevor and his crew leave as Bronson knocks out Jay to prepare for his torture. Thanks to his inside men, Trevor got his hands on ventilation equipment, flame throwers, and military hardware for his war.
As Jay wakes up again, Bronson lectures Jay about torture and Jay tries to bargain for his life, but it falls on deaf ears. Luckily for Jay, Bronson has lost most of his vision during the attack in Mexico (where Jay and the Reapers fought against the Hive for their betrayal), so Jay makes a great escape by destroying the compound and killing Bronson and 5 of Trevor's best soldiers. Jay goes to his secret hideout to get weaponry but stops when he sees a few of Trevor's men, led by Dean and Ricardo, looting the place and finding the hidden weapons. After a moment, he realizes that Trevor let him go easily when he adds up the details, so he goes to an abandoned garage to prepare for war. However, he sees that John Riley (one of his allies and a former Reaper) wants to help and reveals that he used to work for Trevor until he found out about his plans and managed to trace Vincente's location; an abandoned train yard. 
During the stakeout, Riley reveals that the things that they did while they were in Mexico were living hell, but admitted that Trevor needed to be stopped since he got a family. The duo saw Jack and Alexis escort Vera Belsky, their top scientist and the only one who would stabilize the chemical weapon, to the lab and Donald cordially greeted Vera, admiring her handiwork. As Jay walks inside the lab, he makes a long speech about betrayal and that Trevor is using them as replaceable pawns for his mission, which causes a few of the soldiers to doubt their loyalties, except for Donald, Jack, and Alexis. After a short, intense speech between Jay and Donald, Riley attacks the lab, killing Donald and most of the soldiers, except for Jack, Alexis, and Vera, who took Amberwood and escaped via helicopter. This failure causes the duo to quit the mission and they go their separate ways before Riley warns him that Nathan Caldwell is hunting him down and trying to recruit more men to kill Jay in Virginia.
==== Failed Assassination ====
Meanwhile, in Virginia, Nathan tracked down Elena for 2 weeks, who was cleaning her gun at her camp in the woods. Hive soldiers find her camp, but no one is inside the tent. Elena ambushes them, injuring two of them. Nathan asks Elena to hold her fire so that they can talk. Elena emerges from the darkness with a rifle. Nathan smiles and says he's here to offer her a job. As Nathan is splitting two groups of soldiers, including the newly recruited Elena who he has hired to kill Jay since he went into hiding, she gears up for the mission and ignores Nathan's attempts at conversation. Elena looks up to the sky and remembers her memories before laughing softly. Nathan tells her that he needs to see Jay dead and hands her a radio. Elena takes the soldiers to hunt him down as Nathan watches from behind. 
Finding an abandoned shack, Elena's group of soldiers enter the building, searching for Jay. However, three of the men set off a booby trap, causing an explosion that kills all the soldiers inside. When Jay stands up, he is suddenly shot in the arm by Elena, who emerges from the building, having survived the explosion. He runs away as Elena follows. Eventually, Nathan's group arrives at the shack to see the aftermath. After finding their corpses, Nathan angrily radios Elena, saying she got his men killed. An unrepentant Elena simply tells him that she drew him out and that she's doing this her way. Nathan angrily states that Elena's way got his men killed, but Elena calls it collateral damage and discards her radio. A Hive soldier states they will find Jay and Elena and an unhinged Nathan tells him they'd better, revealing that Nathan was planning to kill Elena after she killed Jay. In the woods, Jay looks around and suddenly spots Elena nearby. They engage in a gunfight and Jay gets a hit on her leg. Jay approaches quietly, but Elena surprises him and knocks him out. Elena takes Jay back to her old cabin, where she ties him up to a chair. Jay wakes up and it is now morning. Elena sits in front of him, pointing a gun at him. Jay tries to stall for time as he tries to untie himself, so he tells Elena he understands what she is going through. Jay tells her that killing him won't make her feel better, but Elena says he is wrong. She is going to kill Jay because it is her mission while she is trying to keep herself in check. In the woods, Nathan's group is looking for Elena and Jay. As Nathan finds a bloody cloth on a tree, Jay continues to distract Elena, who is conflicted between doing her mission and listening to Jay. 
After a moment of realization, Elena unties Jay, and the two hide inside the floor after showing him a trapdoor. The two violently hit each other in repressed anger before having rough sex as Nathan is telling his mole that he will get all of the money and power he wants when Elena is dead. The two leave the floor and Jay looks out the window and sees that Nathan's group has found them. He aims at Nathan through the glass and shoots, prompting the soldiers to fire. Jay and Elena flee the scene. The bullet had only grazed Nathan's cheek. He angrily enters the cabin and declares that now they will pay with their lives and promptly calls off the hunt.
==== The war against the Green Hive ====
Jay tells Elena to leave the country and never come back because this is his war and drops her off at a motel and gives her his sidearm and money before kissing her goodbye. He calls Kane, who is happy to hear from him again and as a token of gratitude, he sends him a map on his phone that leads to a dead zone and gives off a heat signature indicating there were 100 hostiles in the area and he admits that he is breaking the law by doing this, but he genuinely believed that Jay will stop Trevor once and for all. After reading the map, Jay gears up and drives deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains, finding a heavily guarded encampment. At the compound, Trevor orders Jack and his men to burn everything after Amberwood becomes fully functional from testing it in a small town and calls Kane with a demand of 50 billion dollars from the government or he will launch the missiles into US capital cities by tonight, which Kane refuses. 
After doing some recon and killing a sentry, Jay infiltrates the encampment and sets up explosives while killing sentries. Trevor makes his warring speech as Jay prepares his attack and after the speech, Jay launches his attack, killing Alexis and all of the operators collectively. Trevor, Dean, and Ricardo track Jay down inside the command room and Jay manages to wound Ricardo and Dean. Having had enough, Trevor suddenly kills the two wounded soldiers and gets close to Jay's hiding spot, but gets ambushed and disarmed. However, Trevor laughs and reveals a snubnosed revolver and that he isn't the real Trevor (the "Trevor" that Jay encounters is Lieutenant Carl Kernst, one of his most trained soldiers and Trevor's body double) before being killed by Adler, who then reveals himself to be the mole that revealed Elena's location, Jay's hideout, and that he betrayed the Ghosts to satisfy his bloodlust and his greed. Adler also revealed to Jay that he was jealous of Jay's closeness to Elena and believed that if he died, Elena would give Adler a chance. However, Adler gets disarmed by Elena, who followed Jay the whole time and as Adler tries to joke his way out of this, he manages to disarm Elena and engages in a brutal fight. As Adler grabs his knife, Jay tries to convince him to take Elena and let him walk away, which almost makes him have second thoughts and tells Jay that while he never wanted this, he will enjoy "carving him open" with a smile. Just before Adler can give Jay a fatal blow, Elena chops off his hand and stabs him through the head with Jay's machete, saving Jay's life. 
Elena and Jay leave the command center and after looting Kernst's corpse, Jay finds out that Kane was working with Trevor (given the fact that Kane was treating Jay strangely and was planning to kill him) and Nathan's location: a heavily fortified facility in the Texan desert. Jay, Elena, and the Ghosts (with Garnett's assistance) attack the facility and Nathan is killed while trying to kill Jay with a tank. 
==== Wiping out the Green Hive ====
2 months later after the attack, Trevor and Kane cordially greet each other at an abandoned airfield and Kane gives Trevor the Presidential list and tells him that Amberwood has been placed into major capitals and can be detonated on Trevor's signal, to which Trevor nods. However, the airfield is attacked by coordinated explosive attacks, killing almost all of the Hive mercenaries and Jack. Jay manages to kill Kane in a brutal fight and kills Trevor as he tries to run away, ending their plans.
=== Living with the Ghosts (2055) ===
==== Together with Dixon and Taking Down RSC ====
A year later, Jay and Elena are officially together and they live with the rest of the Ghosts, who are now being led by Lucas Wolf, in an outpost. It's revealed that RSC is still going to bomb the city since Patrick is still alive, so the Ghosts (with the help of Damien Barrett, who joined at Jay's request) attacked them in an abandoned stadium (their main HQ) and after a short fight, Patrick is killed by Jay and the missiles is taken by the Ghosts back to their place. As the two lay down, Elena tells Jay that they should retire from the mercenary life and Jay agrees before they kiss.
==== Realizing their plans ====
After 2 weeks, Lucas and Damien look at the missiles and they talk to Jay about Connors' involvement, which Jay honestly doesn't know, and figure out that Connors only did it for the money, which Wolf agrees because he knew Connors was always greedy. As Jay walks around the outpost, he hears a man coughing in the torture chamber and it is revealed to be Garnett, who found out about Kane's involvement and that Wolf is a close ally of Connors. As Jay questions him, Damien coldly shoots Garnett and takes Jay back, and orders the rest of the Ghosts to come to the "lobby". As they question Damien, Wolf reveals to the Ghosts that Jay found out that Garnett was here and that Garnett and a team were sent to recover the missiles, but Wolf killed them all and plans to destroy the government with Amberwood and Damien reveals his involvement and only doing the mission for a huge payout. As Elena and a few Ghosts prepare to point their guns and she orders them to subdue Wolf, a massive number of Ghosts betray Elena and her loyalists, revealing that they're all out for the payout. Angered, Jay attacks Wolf, causing an intense gunfight. During the chaos, Damien tries to kill Jay, but Elena bravely takes the bullet, dying in Jay's arms. As Jay and Hans try to chase Wolf, Damien kills Hans and shoots him twice before leaving him to die while the building is set up to blow up. 
After a month of recovery, Jay wakes up in an apartment and Powell (one of Elena's loyal Ghosts) reveals that he saved Jay and that Wolf is working with RSC to destroy a major city and Garnett's team was sent to kill them all and recover the missiles, but they failed and that Wolf is planning to destroy Atlanta in 48 hours. With preparation, Jay goes to their main compound and by using a mortar, Jay kills a majority of Wolf's loyalists and Damien during a brutal fight. As Jay enters the meeting room, he is ambushed by a few Ghosts and kills them all, but Wolf isn't among the bodies. However, Wolf has escaped in a car, causing Jay to chase after him, and upon catching up, he kills Wolf and his remaining men, stopping the chaos. At a hotel in Thailand, Raymond Irons (a former Marine colonel) is lying in his bed, talking to his contact about several pounds of heroin, but Jay calmly reveals himself before killing Irons. 
=== The Williamson Conspiracy ===
==== Finishing off the 3 last gangs and finding information ====
3 months after taking out Wolf and Irons, Jay continues his crusade to hunt down the remaining members of the White Viceroys, the Las Vatos Cartel, and the Atlanta North Club. Once all members of the three gangs are dead, Jay abandons his life as the Ghost and starts a new life as a construction worker, named John Brewer. Jay tries to live a quiet life but sees three men shaking down a few workers and chooses to ignore it. Jay later meets with Zachary Dumont (a former Marine) after the veteran group therapy session, and Zachary encourages him to let the Ghost die and live a normal life. Transferred from Afghanistan, Katherine Ludlow returns to the FBI office in Atlanta where she gets partnered with Leo Pruitt. Ludlow continues her investigation of unknown multiple murders and the assassination of Omar Karimi, an undercover FBI field agent, who investigated heroin trafficking in Kandahar. Tyson Perkins (a high-ranking FBI agent) actively discourages Ludlow from her investigation, but Ludlow ignores him and asks Pruitt to provide her with the files on Raymond Irons and Jay Roberts since they were stationed in Afghanistan around the same time as the murder. 
==== Working with Mordo ====
Jay goes to a restaurant, unaware that his hunt put him on Mordo's radar. Jay receives a phone call from Mordo, a person who left a disc with the footage of Karimi's execution and had been watching him for a while. Jay is concerned that his privacy may be compromised. After making sure that Zachary was not the one who divulged the information, Jay asks him for help to find Mordo. Jay then approaches Dina Moss (a reporter and former Reaper) to ask her for help, and she informs him about Mordecai Winchester Junior, a former member of the Reapers and an NSA analyst, who had been leaking classified information and was a subject of the massive FBI investigation. To make progress in her investigation, Ludlow tries to get an audience with Richard Milton, who used to serve in the same unit with Jay and Irons, but Pruitt reminds her that Perkins would not allow it. Ludlow convinces Perkins to greenlight field training with Cerberus, a private military company, owned by Milton. Ludlow tries to get close to Milton, so he can answer her question, and Milton invites her to a bar to talk about his service in Afghanistan. 
Jay approaches Chloe Winchester, who believes her husband Mordecai to be dead, causing Mordecai to panic, as Jay has found Mordecai's family. Afterward, Jay changes his appearance to avoid Mordecai watching him, and confronts Perkins at his house, since he was in charge of the Winchester investigation. Jay attacks Perkins and gets him to admit that Winchester was killed for leaking the footage of Karimi's murder and that they thought that Jay was the one who provided him with the footage. Perkins told Jay that the attack at Jay's house was more than just a gangland drive-by and was instead an attempt to assassinate Jay under the cover of a random gangland attack (with the help of the Underworld). Jay then murders Perkins and leaves his body to be found by the Atlanta PD and the FBI. In an attempt to gain leverage, Jay contacts Mordecai and tricks him into leading Jay to his hideout where he begins to interrogate Mordecai. Mordecai tells Jay that he is not his enemy and that he was targeted by the same people who killed Jay's son. Mordecai reveals that he was sent the footage of every crime from the operation, including Karimi's murder, and that he'd sent it to Ludlow, but the people in charge found out and sent Perkins to assassinate Mordecai. Although he survived, he had to pretend to be dead to keep his family safe. 
==== Deal with Mordo ====
Jay then recalls his service in Afghanistan, during Operation Olympus, a covert task force (both consisting of Reapers and USMC Force Recon operators) aimed at eliminating terrorist groups, led by Irons and Walter Williamson, known as "Agent Willy". During the operation, Williamson flagged Omar Karimi as a terrorist, and the squad was ordered to abduct him for an investigation. Afterward, Williamson orders Jay to execute Karimi and bury him in an unmarked grave, unaware that the whole murder was filmed by one of the squad members. Williamson later receives intel about the high-profile terrorist figure in Kandahar and sends the squad to assassinate him, but it turns out to be a trap. Jay manages to get the squad to evacuate with minimal casualties, but Williamson's lack of concern and empathy enrages him, forcing Jay to assault Williamson, forcing Milton to intervene and stop Jay. Mordecai tells Jay that Operation Olympus was not authorized by the United States Congress and was therefore illegal, which meant that the people in charge tried to prevent its exposure by killing Jay and Winchester. Realizing that these people were the ones who had his family murdered, Jay agrees to work with Mordecai on the condition that he gets to kill every single one of them. 
Ludlow and Pruitt investigate Perkins' murder and Pruitt discovers evidence that Perkins used to be Jay's handler and had $60 million in his off-shore bank accounts, leading to the suspicion that Perkins was corrupt. Ludlow notices how Perkins tried to hinder her investigation and suspects that no one at the agency can be trusted. In the wake of Perkins' death, Wade Bryan appoints Ludlow as the acting SAC of the FBI office in Atlanta but warns her to keep her focus on the current operation against the Russian Mob. 
To acquire enough firepower to fight their enemies, Jay and Mordecai target the Russian Mob's arsenal, reaching out to law enforcement chatter. After Jay spends more time with Chloe and her children, Mordecai informs Jay that the FBI organized a sting operation to catch the Russian Mob during the weapons deal, which was a perfect chance to strike. Mordecai hacks into their comms, causing a diversion, while Jay steals the truck with the weapons. Ludlow tries to chase after Jay, which ends up with Jay hiding in an alleyway. Hacking her phone, Jay then tells Ludlow that he killed Perkins because Perkins was dirty and then tells Ludlow to stay out of his way. 
==== Operation Windmill ====
Ludlow keeps the fact about Jay being alive a secret from everyone, except Pruitt, and continues her investigation. After being questioned by the Office of the Inspector General, both keep silent about Jay's involvement, and Ludlow asks Pruitt to find the information about the others from Jay's unit, including Troy Harrison. However, they were unaware that Williamson was listening to their conversations from his office at the George Bush Center for Intelligence. Fearing that Harrison might jeopardize his position, Williamson orders Harrison's assassination. Now possessing enough firepower, Jay and Mordecai decide to find Harrison who secretly recorded Karimi's execution and all of the murders and sent it to Mordecai. Arriving at the woods of rural Alabama, Jay approaches Harrison and asks him about any details he knows about Operation Olympus. Harrison informs Jay that Williamson organized a heroin and organ smuggling operation to fund their activity in Kandahar without Congress' backing, and Garrett Henderson (an Army Colonel) was in charge of the traffic. However, a tactical unit sent by Williamson arrives in Alabama and after a gunfight, both Jay and Harrison end up heavily wounded, as Williamson finds out that Jay is still alive. Harrison dies in the woods, while Mordecai saves Jay and treats his wounds. 
Ludlow receives information about the shootout in Alabama where she and Pruitt find Harrison's body, noting that he was not alone. Examining the DNA on the scene, they conclude that Jay was the sole survivor of the gunfight, so Ludlow decides to speak with Milton directly. She informs Milton that his best friend is alive, and asks him for help to find him. Milton tries to get in touch with Jay via radio calls and asks Zachary who denies any knowledge of Jay's current status. Jay eventually reunites with Milton and informs him about everything involving Operation Olympus and the conspiracy behind it. Milton then offers Jay to use his Cerberus resources to get him out of the country and start a new life under a new identity. Knowing that he cannot leave until the people behind the conspiracy are punished, Jay refuses Milton's offer, unaware (but slightly distrustful) that he has been working with Williamson all along as Milton sets up a failed assassination attempt. Milton tells Ludlow that his attempts to find Jay were fruitless, while Pruitt is frustrated that Ludlow involved a civilian like Milton but kept Bryan out of it. Ludlow then realizes that Harrison was killed after they brought him up in the investigation, which meant that the culprits were listening to her. Ludlow and Pruitt then search the office and find the hidden bug, which Williamson used to keep tabs on the FBI's investigation. 
==== Hunting Williamson and Milton ====
Jay and Mordecai plan to infiltrate Henderson's home to find Henderson and use him to find Agent Willy. Williamson and Milton realize that Jay might be targeting Henderson but decide to organize an ambush without informing Henderson about it. Jay infiltrates the mansion and confronts Henderson, while Mordecai hacks into his phone to plant a tracker. However, a masked Milton and a team of Cerberus agents ambush Jay but he takes out all of them non-lethally and escapes from the compound once Mordecai finishes the hack. Afterward, Milton brings Henderson to the CIA Safe House to speak with Williamson, while Jay and Mordecai follow them. Henderson is angered that they used him as bait for Jay, and Williamson orders Milton to get Henderson out of the country, so Jay would not find him. However, in reality, Milton was ordered to murder Henderson, as he was too much of a liability and Milton gets to take over the PMC, revealing that Henderson was the co-founder of Cerberus. Locating Williamson at the safe house, Jay observes him with a sniper rifle for Mordecai to get a facial scan, so Jay leaves upon confirmation and escapes from the safe house. 
By using the scope on Jay's rifle, Mordecai identifies Williamson as the Director of Covert Operations and that his true identity is Rupert Moretti, a British MI6 agent who went rogue and met the Williamson family, taking on their surname and wealth and climbed the ranks in the CIA. Mordecai gets concerned that the CIA might be after them, but Jay calms him down. Mordecai then notices that the cameras at his house are down and asks Jay to check in on his family. Later, Mordecai suggests getting in touch with Ludlow and officially testifying, so the FBI could take Williamson down, however, Jay is against that idea. While Jay spends some time cleaning his gear, he notices that Mordecai is near the house and tells him to get back, promising to speak with Ludlow. Aware of the bug in the office, Ludlow and Pruitt organize a fake sting operation on the weapons dealer who was dealing with Jay, in an attempt to lure out the people hunting for Jay. Receiving information from Williamson, Milton gets in touch with four ex-Cerberus agents and enlists their help to kill Jay. However, they ended up in a gunfight with the FBI agents, which resulted in several agents and all the mercenaries being killed. Milton tries to escape, only to be confronted by Pruitt but after he sees Milton's face, he uses the confusion to kill Pruitt and run away, leaving Ludlow to mourn over her partner. 
==== Stopping Terrorists/Protecting the Governor ====
As Ludlow is ridden by the guilt for Pruitt's death, Jay and Mordecai decide that it is not the best time to talk to her. Still blaming herself for Pruitt's death, Ludlow eventually decides to attend his memorial and come clean with everything they had been working on, even if it would cost her her career. At a bar, Ludlow gets approached by Mordecai who did not wait for Jay and decides to tell her everything about Operation Olympus and Walter Williamson. Meanwhile, Georgia State Governor Hank Van Holden hired Milton and Cerberus (since Williamson is funding his campaign) to provide him with a security detail during his interview and public inauguration at the Royal Marlowe Hotel since he is worried about the Ghost and increasing crime rates. A few terrorists manage to breach the security and infiltrate the hotel, while Jay contacts Milton and tells him to evacuate Van Holden, while he would take these terrorists down. Meanwhile, Ludlow returns to the FBI and comes clean to Bryan about her investigation. Bryan shows her files on the mercenaries from the shootout and reveals that all of them used to work for Cerberus. Ludlow goes to the hotel and asks Milton about it but he denies any connection with them and the shootout. 
The terrorists kill numerous Cerberus guards and try to kill Van Holden at his suite, but Jay protects him by shooting at them. As Van Holden escapes, Roberts evades the remaining Cerberus guards, who try to kill him. He eventually gets confronted by Ludlow who tells him that she was talking to Mordecai and tries to get Jay to testify against Williamson, but Jay refuses. Jay suddenly gets shot by Milton who ignores Ludlow's demand to put the weapon down and Ludlow realizes that Milton was the one who killed Pruitt (it's later revealed that the "terrorists" are ex-Cerberus agents that Milton sent after Van Holden and he orchestrated the attempted assassination as part of a false flag operation to gain public support for Van Holden's anti-gun campaign and to boost his PMC's reputation). As the police arrival interrupts them, Jay manages to avoid the police and get out of the hotel. 
==== Disbandment with Mordo ====
Returning to the hideout, Jay argues with Mordecai because he went to Ludlow without talking to him, while Mordecai is frustrated that Jay went after Milton and let the police identify him. Both Jay and Mordecai decide that once Williamson is dealt with, their partnership will be over. Ludlow interrogates Milton at the FBI office, trying to get him to admit that he was a part of the Olympus conspiracy and killed Pruitt because he was close to exposing him, but Milton denies everything, pointing out that Ludlow has no evidence to back her claims. However, Ludlow reminds him that Jay knows about him too and he does not need any evidence to take Milton out, and she could turn a blind eye when Jay deals with him. Since Jay is too much of a threat, Williamson approaches Annette Wilton and informs her about the situation that could put the CIA in danger. He gets Wilton to provide him with access to the CIA surveillance, so he can track Jay down. 
Aware of Jay's connection with the Winchester family, Milton sends a group of Cerberus agents disguised as police officers to abduct Chloe, Larry, and Cody. Milton is not thrilled with the idea of kidnapping civilians, but Williamson reminds him that Jay poses a great danger to them and they had to get rid of him no matter the cost. Jay tells Mordecai to go meet with Ludlow, while he stays at the hideout, waiting for Milton to come for him. 
Ludlow and Bryan summon Wilton to the meeting at the FBI office and inform her that Williamson was a top suspect in their investigation, as a man in charge of the conspiracy, that involved the CIA, NSA, and the United States Armed Forces. Wilton denies any knowledge of it and reminds them that the FBI does not have any jurisdiction over the CIA, but Bryan argues that Williamson caused several FBI agents to get killed on US soil. Wilton later confronts Williamson about the mess they are now involved in because of him, but Williamson plans to put all the blame on Milton and get rid of Jay, so the CIA will be clean in the end. Wilton tells him that regardless of the outcome, Williamson would have to resign and in case he tries to get back at Wilton, she would turn in Williamson to the FBI.
==== Saving Winchester's Family and Plan ====
Tracking down the phone call, a group of Cerberus agents break into Mordecai's hideout, only to end up in the ambush, planned by Jay. Jay mercilessly kills all of the agents but finds out that Milton is not among them. He then gets in touch with Milton, proposing to him a trade, that Jay and Mordecai would surrender themselves to Milton and Williamson, in exchange for the Winchesters being liberated. Afterward, Jay meets with both Mordecai and Ludlow, and they join forces to take Williamson down once and for all. Jay testifies about everything involving Operation Olympus and the murder of Omar Karimi, admitting that he was the one who pulled the trigger. Mordecai, however, refuses to cooperate until the FBI ensures the safety of his family. Jay and Mordecai then go to the hostage exchange, during which the FBI ends up attacking the Cerberus mercenaries, and Mordecai ends up being shot in the back, while Jay gets captured by the mercenaries. However, it was only a decoy, planned by Ludlow, as Mordecai's death was faked, allowing him to reunite with his family.
Jay regains his consciousness back at Mordecai's hideout where Milton finds that the computers were rigged to upload the footage of Karimi's execution online after the countdown ends. Williamson then brutally tortures Jay, getting him to unlock the computer access and stop the countdown, however, Jay activates the cameras at the hideout, so the entire torture and Williamson admitting to his crimes would be recorded. Ludlow is furious that Jay went against the plan and Mordecai tells her that he wanted to provide the FBI with necessary evidence, while he would either kill Williamson and Milton or die trying. Milton and Williamson's alliance begins to fray, which results in Milton secretly snipping the zip ties holding Jay's wrists. Before Williamson prepares to kill him, Jay frees himself and brutally murders Williamson in a brutal brawl, while Milton prepares to leave the hideout. However, Mordecai has a change of heart and leads the FBI to the hideout to save Jay, resulting in Milton getting wounded and escaping. Mordecai and Ludlow find the heavily injured Jay and thanks to his training, Mordecai manages to save Jay's life and treats his wounds.
==== Hunting Down Milton ====
As Milton's criminal involvement was exposed, the FBI launched a pursuit after Milton, however, his men killed most of the agents and detonated the Cerberus Headquarters while helping their boss escape. Milton later goes to Zachary's apartment and tries to force Zachary to tell Milton where Jay is, unaware that he is outside of the apartment and preparing an ambush. Milton manages to avoid Jay's shot and takes Zachary as a hostage, forcing Jay to let him get out. Milton then tells Jay to meet him where it all started, so they can end it once and for all: the Trail. As Milton reinforces his men as his decoys, he engages in combat with Jay on a rooftop after Jay wipes out the last of his Cerberus agents. Milton manages to gain the upper hand, but one of the hostages escapes and attacks Milton, forcing him to be distracted and shoot the hostage. Jay uses his distraction to brutally attack Milton, but instead of killing him, Jay decides that dying would be too easy of a punishment. Jay proceeds to repeatedly smash Milton against a broken mirror, destroying Milton's face, and leaves for the hospital before the police arrive. Both Milton and Jay were taken to the hospital, while Milton was arrested, although Jay caused him severe cranial trauma which put him in a coma. Bryan and Wilton meet with both of them and inform Jay that in the wake of the recent events, the CIA and FBI redirected the narrative, putting Milton and his company as the main culprits and wiping out all information about Jay from the database, so he would remain a free man. Mordecai finally gets to reunite with his family and return to his normal life, and part ways with Jay who joins Zachary's therapy session, opening up about his fear and uncertainty. Van Holden gets arrested by the FBI because he conspired with Williamson and his campaign was funded by the heroin from Kandahar.
=== Stopping Milton and his plans ===
6 months later, 3 men enter the McCreedy Check Cashing Bank and hold two civilians in line at the counter hostage. The leader would negotiate with Linda, who was the bank's manager, only for Linda to refuse to grant them access to the safes, and even to bluff with the robbers, claiming that the door was set on a timer and could not be opened even if she wanted to, which the robbers did not believe. The leader, who was getting increasingly impatient with Linda, had then attempted to spook her by pulling out a grenade. Despite this, Linda would still not open the door and even mocked the robbers, much to his annoyance. However, Jeff Reed, who was secretly working with the robbers, pushed past Linda and pressed the button to open the door, allowing them to enter and proceed to rob the bank. While the two robbers took the cash, the leader tied up Linda and the other employees, before taking Reed as the hostage as they took the cash and made their escape to their getaway cars.
2 weeks earlier, Jay woke up and got a call from Bryan, leading him to go to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he saw the carnage and it's revealed that Milton woke up and murdered everyone, including Ludlow, who is found in his bed. Bryan hires Jay to track down Milton, which Jay accepts eagerly. A week later, Jay meets with Zachary and asks him about Milton's whereabouts, but Zachary doesn't know. However, Zachary tells Jay that William Dobson, one of the members, had been on drugs recently, so Jay blends in as a dealer and knocks out Dobson upon meeting him. Dobson found himself tied to a chair while Zachary was looking and Jay demanded to know about the whereabouts of Milton. Repeatedly, Dobson held back from revealing what he knew, enduring multiple punches from Jay until Zachary ordered him to stop. Dobson questioned why Zachary was a part of the interrogation. Zachary explained that serving in Covert Operations with Milton and Jay made them all closer than blood brothers until Milton killed Jay's son and shot him for getting in the way.
As he tended to Dobson's wound, Zachary tried to reason with him, telling him Milton would no longer have a use for him once he was done, and begged Dobson to not get in between Milton and Jay. After consideration, Dobson confessed the crew's plans when Jay returned. He said they would hit the McCreedy check cashing spot and were staying at an empty warehouse in Johnstontown. After getting the information, Jay immediately punches Dobson in the face and beats him to a pulp, leaving him to die. Jay takes his clothes and goes to Johnstontown, where he finds the bank. Before Milton and his crew could make their swift escape from the bank, they noticed that Dobson had seemingly returned, while Milton simply ordered Dobson to leave immediately. However, it was then revealed that this was, in fact, Jay in disguise, which had caused Milton to freeze on the spot out of fear of seeing Jay. As Jay had shot and killed Richardson and Ricci, Milton was grabbed by his crew who drove away and Jay chased them.
Upon regaining his senses, Milton decides that he wants to gain his revenge on Jay for disfiguring his face, as he furiously demands that Ramirez stop the car, which he does. Milton had then armed himself with a machine gun and waited for Jay to come round the corner as he shot at him. Confused and enraged at why Jay would have betrayed him, Milton then demanded answers from Jay to confirm all his suspicions that he was responsible for all the scarring on his face. When Jay admits he had disfigured him, Milton unleashes a fury of gunfire on Jay, going against the urges of his comrades. The crew decides to retreat, which causes Milton to fail to kill Jay, as he is forced to escape with the rest of his crew, as he is not willing to be arrested or killed.
Meanwhile, after the foiled attack, Jay visits the cemetery, sitting near the grave of his wife and son, and stays there, talking to them about his crusade and how bad it's turning him into a monster, but relents when he embraces himself for who he is and leaves. With money from the McCreedy Check Cashing, Milton turned his crew into a micro-army that caused chaos across Atlanta. Milton promises himself to abandon his lifestyle and start a new life but not before he finishes with Roberts. Dumont is tracking the movements of Milton's crew and informs Roberts about their location. Roberts kills several crew members, including Marcus. Using Marcus' phone, Roberts learns about a woman who had a connection with Milton's crew. Roberts attends the Tipsy Tommy Bar and convinces Tammy (one of the bartenders) to tell him about Milton's crew and Tammy informs him about their hideout. Outside of the bar, Roberts is confronted by 6 of Milton's men, however, Roberts quickly takes down all of them and learns about a bounty.
==== Ambush and Meeting Someone ====
Together with Zachary, Roberts takes position near Valhalla, observing Milton and preparing for an attack. They discuss Milton and Roberts admits that he is not too dissimilar to him, although Zachary argues that, unlike Milton, he cares about people. However, Milton is aware of Roberts and Dumont, as well as their upcoming attack, and organizes an ambush. As Dumont was covering him from the rooftop, Roberts infiltrated Valhalla with the sole intention of eliminating Milton. However, he is caught in the trap set by Milton, who orders his crew to brutally attack Roberts. Milton orders the crew to finish the exhausted and wounded Roberts. Meanwhile, other crew members were confronted by Dumont. Dumont proceeds to fight back, but he ends up killing them, much to Dumont's regret. Roberts manages to fight back and kills multiple crew members before proceeding to chase Milton. After the brutal firefight with Milton's men, Roberts opens fire on the office where Milton is hiding. However, he goes to the office and sees three women, shot to death and is horrified that he killed innocent people, as Milton planned. Upon the shootings, Jay passed out from his injuries. However, Jay is brought back to a hospital in New Devereux, Louisiana, where he is nursed back to health. Upon waking up, Jay is introduced to Terrence Young, a crime lord, and he orders his man to unlock Jay. As Jay disarms him, he threatens Terrence but backs down as Terrence gives him a choice to eat and talk or kill him after ordering his guards to walk away. Jay and Terrence talk about their pasts and for a moment, Jay understands his motives and respects Terrence, but he's still willing to kill him since he is a criminal, which earned Terrence's respect.
==== Betraying Terrence and War ====
Seeing the potential in him, Terrence offers Jay a position to join Gladiator of Reality and the opportunity to earn 8 million dollars, to which Jay agrees. At the arena, Jay goes by the Ghost moniker and kills 7 contestants. However, Terrence brings Jay to him and tells him that the last guy is a brute and he's the best contestant, so he orders Jay not to kill him and just knock him out, to which Jay nods. During the fight, the contestant puts up a difficult fight, nearly killing Jay, but this results in Jay brutally killing him, breaking the deal. After that, Terrence is disappointed in Jay and orders his men to take him somewhere private for a "talk". As they near a corner, Jay breaks off his restraints and kills the men, leading to his escape. 
Hiding in an apartment, Jay plans out his attack on Terrence's empire, starting from his money laundering rackets to his numbers rackets, weakening his operations and angering Terrence. Jay also killed his underboss, further weakening Terrence's grip on the city.
==== Ending Terrence and Milton ====
While hiding, Jay plays a recording of Terrence and Milton discussing their final plan and Terrence has leveraged out the manpower and has called in every favor he could, but none of it made any difference. He knows he wouldn't last ten minutes out on the streets with Jay hunting him, so he tells Milton to call up whatever men they have left and have them meet them at the Sunshine Hotel & Casino and orders him to kill Jay as he steps foot here. Before leaving, Jay destroys all evidence and heads to the casino.
After fighting through all of the men at the casino, Jay finally reaches Milton. He tells him that he always thought he was his friend, and that he had his back. But it was all an act; Milton didn't try to kill him because he said no, but because he thought he owned him, like a pawn. Milton says it was never about him, instead it was about himself. He would do anything for himself, the same as Jay would do for Daryl. With that, Jay says that he will understand why he has to do this. Jay kills Milton by pushing his combat knife into Milton's torso. Jay then finds a key in Milton's vest, which he uses to call the elevator to access the penthouse. During the short ride, he admires the gold ring that once belonged to Lilly and has a vision of Lilly telling Jay how he will never be alone.
With Milton dead, Jay enters Terrence's office to find him looking out the window admiring the view. Terence says he remembers a time when it was nothing more than a backwater shithole ran by a vicious maniac. As Jay holds his gun on him, Terrence turns and says that whatever was between them is over; it ended the moment it was Jay coming up the stairs instead of Milton. He then offers Jay a drink. He says that he ordered a bottle of expensive Scotch to celebrate the opening of the casino, and remarks how that will not come to pass. Jay dryly remarks "Does not look like it".
As the two sit and drink, they discuss their recurring nightmares. The one that gets Terrence the most is that of his family's funeral. They're laid out in a shitty little casket, neck cut the same as his brother's; this one comes around every three days. Jay then describes one he has where he's back in Afghanistan, sleeping in a foxhole when suddenly some dark figures hold him down, tie his hands, and stuff a muddy rag in his mouth. Unable to warn the men sleeping next to him, he has to listen as they all die. Terrence says he doesn't imagine that one will go away any time soon, to which Jay agrees.
Terrence explains that all of this started because he was trying to keep his nightmare from coming true, but it didn't end well. He says he's buried a lot of people, more than he can count, but the one he never wanted to see go down into that cold ground was his family. Yet here they are: Milton and his men are dead, and Terrence's having a drink with the man who killed them.
Terrence describes how he's never had it in him to apologize for what he's done, and if he did, he'd just be lying. He doesn't have it in him to feel shame for the things he's done; in fact, he never has since most of the men he killed were worse than he was. He also knows that Jay didn't come there for an apology, but he was right about Jay. He knew it the second he met him and admits that men like them are wired up wrong. There's only one thing they know, and one thing they're good at. Terrence ends the conversation by saying that he'll be waiting for Jay and that this won't be the last time they see each other. Jay agrees before grabbing his pistol, leading the two to engage in a brutal fight. As Terrence got the upper hand, Jay stabbed him and in his last moments, Terrence told Jay that he had 80 million somewhere and wanted him to take 30 million while handing his family the rest since they would need it. Jay nods and holds Terrence's hand as he succumbs to his wounds, ending his reign on New Devereux. Jay does honor Terrence's wishes by sending his family the money and leaves New Devereux for good, despite having heavy remorse upon killing him due to the fact they were the same.
=== Hartsfield Airport Attack (2056) ===
After a year, Jay arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to get ready to leave the country for good. Meanwhile, a plane carrying corrupt foreign military leader General Jose Ramon Torrez is headed to Dulles International Airport under extradition for using American funds to buy drugs to finance his dictatorship. Waiting to meet Torrez's plane is disgraced former Colonel Robert James and a group of ex-military sympathizers who supported Torrez's actions. Suspicious, Jay follows two of James' men into a restricted baggage sorting area where a gunfight ensues. He kills one man, but the other escapes.
With the help of Mordecai, Jay discovers that the dead man's fingerprints correspond to an American soldier who died in a helicopter accident four years ago. Putting this together with Torrez's imminent arrival, he tries to report his concerns to the ill-tempered airport police chief Carl Trudeau and air traffic director Joe Lawson, but neither believes him until they are convinced when James and his men, operating out of a Hindu temple far from the airport, cut all communications with incoming airplanes, disable all runway lighting, and demand that Torrez's plane be allowed to land without interference. Under James' direction, Lawson orders all air traffic controllers to have all planes in Hartsfield airspace held in the air despite their low fuel warnings. 
==== Tracking down the group ====
Worried about the passengers and planes, he meets Tony, the airport janitor, and enlists his help to fight back. Marvin, the chief airport engineer, decides to try using an unfinished antenna array to communicate with the stranded circling airplanes. Trudeau sends an airport SWAT team with him, but James' men kill them all and destroy the antenna. Marvin is saved by Jay, who kills James' men in turn. In retaliation, James crashes a British airplane killing everyone on board by using inside men and 3D-printed weaponry. Once Torrez's plane lands, Jay wounds Torrez before James and his men arrive. They shoot up the plane and take Torrez to the temple, but fail to kill Jay. A U.S. Special Forces team arrives, led by Major Daniel Winters, for whom James is a protégé. 
==== The Brutal Truth ====
Winters' men and Jay attack the temple. Jay kills one of James' men and gives chase with his gun, but the mercenaries escape on snowmobiles. Jay follows but his vehicle is destroyed by gunfire. Confused as to why he failed to wound anyone, Jay realizes the gun was filled with blanks, meaning the earlier firefight was staged and Winters' team is secretly cooperating with James. After evading Jay, Winters, James, their men, and Torrez all rendezvous at an airport hangar, where a Boeing 747 that they demanded is waiting for them. Desperate, Jay asks a news crew to fly him via helicopter to intercept the 747. Jay jumps onto the wing and uses his coat to jam the aileron, preventing the plane from taking off. During a fistfight, Winters is killed when James accidentally shoots him and falls off. While fighting James, Jay is heavily injured in the fight and James kicks him off the wing. Even though he failed to capture them, he hoped to see them soon one day to kill them for everything they did to the people.
=== The Return of James ===
==== Failed Assassination/Capture ====
As Winchester, Riley. and Dumont are assassinated by unknown mercenaries, Jay, who is now living in a secluded mountain home, is informed by his former superior Major General Mordecai Winchester (who faked his death) that all the other members of his former unit have been killed by the mercenaries. The assassins attack Jay's home. While trying to intercept them, Jay is tranquilized and abducted by the mercenaries, led by James. He is taken before Torrez threatens Jay into carrying out a political assassination in his home country of Valle Rico, where he wishes to lead a military coup.
==== Jay's Plan ====
With his life on the line, Jay seemingly agrees to fulfill the demand. After boarding a flight to Valle Rico, Jay manages to kill his guard Loomis, and jumps from the plane just as it is taking off. Knowing that Torrez will kill him, regardless of whether or not he does the job, and approximately 11 hours before the plane is scheduled to land, he sets out after another of Torrez's men, Kane. After holding him hostage and taking him to his motel room, Jay tortures Kane and kills him after he gives up information about a warehouse owned by Torrez that supplies weapons for his army. Jay goes to the warehouse and learns where Torrez is after tracing Torrez's island base on a map of the coastal region. Jay went back to a storage unit to take some gear and commandeers a seaplane from a nearby marina controlled by Torrez. Jay lands the plane off the coast of Torrez's island hideout and gears up before proceeding to Torrez's villa, killing Torrez's entire army. Torrez emerges and engages Jay in a gunfight until Jay kills him. As he tracks down James, the two engage in a lengthy violent fight, and before dying, James spitefully boasts that Jay didn't win and his death is just the beginning, which confuses Jay until he hears radio chatter of American buildings being attacked by a private army.
=== Fighting for his country (2062) ===
==== Coming back ====
After leaving Valle Rico and going to Virginia, Jay ends up seeing the aftermath of a city and just before he is going to be captured by the mercenaries, a military unit kills the attackers and rescues Jay, taking him to a bunker with Mitchell, the former President. It's revealed that the army is called the Wolves and that their leader is a former Marine who got close to Sophia Tucker, the current President, and is now launching a violent insurrection in the country, having been killing, raping, and torturing most of the citizens for fun and even wiped out most of the National Guard units and police squads to show their power. Jay tries to appeal to Mitchell that he doesn't care about the government and is more loyal to the Country than the State, but Mitchell convinces him with a huge payout and gives him the name of a resistance movement to aid him with stopping the insurrection and to make sure that they don't pose a huge threat, he orders the deaths of their leaders after the mission is done, which Jay agreed. 
==== Meeting the Coalition/First Skirmish ====
After the meeting, Jay was supplied with a helicopter and was aided by Connor Whitaker, a member of the 5th Spec Ops Battalion, and his 4 operators to help him find the local resistance, but upon flying over a forest, the Wolves shot down the helicopter, killing all of the men, except for Jay. Luckily for Jay, he was rescued by the resistance fighters and the leader introduced himself as Robert Greene and revealed that he and his council lead the Southern Coalition. Greene reveals that his group is fighting against the Wolves to protect their nation and take over as the new government, which Jay nods in genuine respect. Jay looks at their plans and knowing that he sees potential, he helps the Coalition out of mutual respect. Jay takes out a small arms depot in an abandoned railyard with a small squad, weakening the Wolves' ability to move arms across the state. Seeing weak points, Jay leads the Coalition successfully against the Wolves, which got Flynn's attention.
==== Ambush/Planning ====
As the Coalition throws a celebration party, Robert claims to Jay that they're grateful he's here to save the country and toast a huge victory. The Wolves attack the outpost, killing a number of the Coalition. However, Jay allows himself to become a decoy to buy Robert and the others some time to escape before being captured. The leader of the group is revealed to be Whitaker, who was a mole for the Wolves and knocks out Jay upon having orders from their leader. As Jay is taken to one of their outposts, he meets the leader, who introduces himself as Flynn Lyall and reveals that he didn't like the fact that the Ghost is leading the Coalition against him and seeing potential in him, Flynn wanted to recruit him into the Wolves to get themselves a huge advantage. In defiance, Jay spat blood in Flynn's face and claimed that he would rather die than work for a bloodthirsty terrorist, so Flynn smiled before pulling out his sidearm to kill him, but the gun clicked empty, to Jay's dismay. Angered and amused that Jay isn't afraid of him, Flynn orders Whitaker to break him to get information and kill him afterward, to which Whitaker nods and quickly beats on Jay. 
==== Escape from Torture/Ready for War ====
After an hour of torture, Jay doesn't give up any information and taunts Whitaker and a few Wolves about how torture doesn't work against a hardened warrior like him. Angered and desperate, Whitaker pulls out his knife and stabs him in the same wound as when James stabbed him, causing him extreme pain and leading Jay to headbutt him, breaking his nose. Unknown to them, Jay managed to loosen up his restraints and is deliberately buying himself time so he can escape. As Whitaker goes to stab Jay, Jay breaks out and beats the men before stabbing Whitaker to death with his knife. Jay patches his wounds up and puts on a uniform to blend in before escaping the outpost.
Upon finding the main HQ, Jay tells Greene that they need to be ready and shows him a map that shows Flynn's true location, so the Coalition gears up and prepares for an offensive charge. Uncertain about the plan, Greene and the council ask Jay about it and think it's a bad idea since the Wolves had a thousand soldiers in the area, but Jay reassures them that they can do this pretty well. Confident, Greene orders his army to take the compound. After some prep, they attacked the compound, destroying all mortars, communications, and vehicles. Flynn takes out some Coalition members himself, but retreats upon being fired at by Jay, leading to a chase. However, Flynn and a few men attack Jay, but Jay ends up killing the men and mortally wounds Flynn with his knife, leaving him for dead. The Coalition burns down the compound and unknown to them, Flynn escapes, not without causing severe burns on his body. 
=== Flynn's Return ===
==== Rebuilding the city ====
6 months after Flynn's death, Jay and the Southern Coalition are still hunting down members of the Wolves and Greene smiles, telling Jay that even if the Second American Revolution didn't start, he enjoys killing terrorists and admires Jay's tactics. Jay and a few members burn the bodies after looting them and go back to HQ to relax. However, one of the members tries calling Teams 3 & 4, but everyone gets a mass text of Tucker, Mitchell, a few Senators, and the high-ranking members of the Coalition, shocking the Coalition. Jay calls Flynn via video call and Flynn smirks, knowing that he got their full attention, and then releases it live in front of the citizens in Washington DC. Flynn then threatens everyone that they should leave him to his plans or every time they resist, he kills a hostage and shoots a Senator to prove his point before hanging up. Greene claims that his hacker traced the location and with a small team, Jay leads them into the location. Upon breaking in, they find out that the video was prerecorded and found the bodies, shocking Jay.
Jay checked the bodies as the team secured the place and found out that they were dead for 3 months because of the conditions of the bodies and they were all shot in the back of the head from the damage. He then walks to the computer room and guns down a lone Wolf soldier as he is sleeping.
==== Coalition Attack ====
After checking the tape and equipment, Jay realizes that the Wolves are pretty sophisticated and using repurposed surveillance equipment and computer software, ordering everyone back to HQ as quickly as possible, presuming that the Wolves traced their location as well. As they head back to HQ, the Wolves are already attacking the Coalition, causing Greene and a few others to retreat into cover. As Elijah Wyatt (the Wolves' second-in-command) orders the Wolves to bomb the building, Jay and his team wipe out half of Wyatt's team, causing Wyatt and a few Wolves to retreat. 
Greene and a few others walk to Jay and realize that the Wolves just wiped out most of their forces and they need time to reinforce, but Jay stops Greene, claiming that he can handle the Wolves himself since they lack numbers and have seen two Wolves, still alive and surrendered. Jay orders Greene and the rest of the Coalition to attack any depot as he takes the two Wolves down to the torture room. An hour later, Jay interrogated a Wolf soldier by cutting into his nerves to scare the other Wolf, who was very defiant and revealed himself as a commander. After minutes of severe pain from Jay's torture, the Wolf breaks and reveals that Wyatt has an underground bunker, 50 miles away from their main HQ in Maryland. Satisfied with the answer, Jay kills the Wolf he tortured with his commander's knife (covered in water hemlock extract) before brutally torturing the defiant Wolf commander.
==== Attacking the bunker/Betraying the Coalition ====
As Wyatt calls Flynn about the successful attack on the Coalition, the Wolves' sentries shot down the commander, thinking it was Jay. It's revealed that Jay blinded him and planted an explosive inside him, killing most of the Wolves in the process. Jay picks off the survivors and goes inside the bunker before he gets attacked by Wyatt. Though Wyatt has the strength, Jay outwits him with his baton, causing him to retreat and shoot at him. Despite failing to kill Wyatt, Jay takes the map and some guns before heading back to HQ.
At HQ, Greene told Jay that he came back from an arms depot and most of the Coalition was dead since the Wolves were anticipating an attack and used MMGs to outgun them. Jay gave him a map and told Greene that Wolf and Wyatt were at the main compound in Maryland, ready for another attack. As Greene goes to grab his pistol, Jay stops him and tells him that he is sending Greene home to avoid losing more people, to Greene's dismay. Jay apologizes to Greene before trying to kill him, resulting in a brutal fight between the men and ends with Jay shooting Greene dead.
==== Attacking the Compound/Flynn's Defeat ====
After killing Greene, Jay sneaks into the compound, killing all sentries and setting up explosives. As the Wolves prepare to get ready to charge into Washington DC for one last attack, Jay detonates the explosives, killing most of the Wolves in the attack. Jay slowly walks to the destroyed compound and kills a few surviving Wolves until Flynn bombs his men, trying to kill Jay. Flynn comes out with Wyatt and a few Wolves, ordering Jay to come out and fight like men, which Jay does, and the two fight in a ring.
During the fight, Flynn gets the upper hand by throwing one of his most trusted Wolves at him or using a gun, but Jay uses everything from the streets to defeat Flynn. As Jay prepares to shoot Flynn, one of the Wolves tries to shoot him, but Wyatt stops him and claims that Jay is the new leader of the Wolves since Flynn is beaten, which Jay refuses. Wyatt nods out of respect and asks if Jay is going to kill him, revealing that Wyatt and the Wolves have had enough of Flynn's brutality, so Jay lets them take Flynn and walks away, accomplishing his mission. A monologue from Jay reveals that the country will recover soon since not all of the Presidential list is eliminated and the disbandment of the Wolves.
=== Traveling around the South (2065) ===
==== Entering Hustonville ====
Jay arrives by boxcar in the town of Hustonville, Texas, which is ruled by Sheriff Enos Clement and his deputy sons (Blake and Aaron). As Jay blends in as a hobo and witnesses several crimes, he sees Davies, a deputy, scream for help. Enos and his sons arrive and label him a traitor to the townspeople before publicly executing him.
Wishing to buy a pressure washer in a pawn shop, Jay begs for change on a sidewalk. However, after seeing a group of mercenaries with a duffel bag, Jay follows them and overhears them talking to someone, threatening to harm him if he cuts into their product, which the guy agrees before handing them the product. Jay enters the arcade and finds the guy and it's revealed that the guy is a survivor of a criminal organization that Enos wiped out and that he is selling drugs into lower-income areas to finance Enos' re-election after intimidating him. Jay kills the guy and finds out that Enos has 3 more rackets to finance it on a map.
==== Destroying Enos' Rackets and Election ====
Just before he gets a chance, Jay goes to the pawn shop to buy a pistol with his last remaining money, and as he checks out the pressure washer, a trio of robbers enter and hold a woman and her daughter hostage. Jay uses a shotgun from the shelf and kills the robbers. Realizing that the town needs justice, he buys the shotgun and proceeds to kill dozens of criminals after embracing the Ghost persona, impressing Enos. Not wanting to be targeted, Enos hires Wyatt Hawke and his army to protect his last racket and his compound to make sure. Jay attacked the two rackets with ease, scaring Enos. Meanwhile, Jay is hiding in a motel and the owner reveals to Jay that Enos used to be a man with honor and compassion before hearing that Ezekiel Redding (a District Attorney) and 25 witnesses disappeared and a file that covers all of Enos' crimes was stolen, piquing Jay's interest. 
==== Destroying the last rackets ====
Desperate and scared, Enos sends his sons to protect the last racket. However, Jay finds it and stealthily takes out all of the mercenaries and holds Wyatt at gunpoint, resulting in a fight where Wyatt retreats and loses the file, failing his mission. Thanks to the gunfire that Wyatt did, Blake and Aaron checked the building, and as they fixed a crooked picture, they were killed in an explosion since Jay rigged it. At the compound, Enos sees Wyatt and asks about his rackets, which Wyatt claims that it is taken by the Ghost, and finds out about his reputation after getting a look at the mask, scaring Enos. He also admits that he lost the file, but Enos reveals that he placed a decoy file in the racket just in case things go bad and as he asked about his son, Wyatt tells him that they didn't make it, breaking Enos' heart. Angered, Enos orders Wyatt to reinforce his men and double his paycheck to kill Jay.
==== Fighting against the mercenaries and Enos ====
After gearing up and doing recon on the compound, Jay destroys the compound, killing all of the mercenaries in the process. Upon seeing Wyatt, the two men fight and Jay kills Wyatt during a brief struggle. Jay checks the office and after cracking a safe, he sees the file, reads through it, and smirks, knowing that he has evidence for the authorities. As Jay walks with the file, Enos wounds him, and after admitting that the town needs a man like him to rule, the two engage in a fight. Even though Enos gets the upper hand, Jay manages to win the fight after getting his second win.
As Jay goes to kill Enos, Jay stops himself and spares Enos out of respect, shocking him. Jay hands him the file and tells him that he is sorry for killing his sons and to turn himself in to the authorities, to which Enos agrees. Jay leaves Johnstontown and is found by CIA agents, who want to recruit him for a top-secret mission, to which Jay is shocked.
=== The Greenlist Attacks (2066) ===
==== The USAF Base Operation ====
A year later after the Hustonville incident, Jay takes up work as a contractor for the CIA, working alongside former Reaper and close friend Jack Riley Sharpe. While assigned to a USAF base in Guam, a paramilitary force assaults the installation, neutralizing its commander (General McClane) and hundreds of its members. During the attack, the terrorists kill most of the base personnel and use the base's computers to download Site F encryption keys. In the process, they also upload a video online showing the attack. The leader and the men responsible (nicknamed Chess pieces) then give orders to activate the bombs they rigged on base. As their helicopter crashes from airborne debris, Jay and Jack find out that the terrorists are using a jammer (hence the fact that they couldn't call for help). Upon finding the jammer, they find a wounded soldier near the device and Jack tries to provide first aid. The man turns out to be one of the terrorists when he uses a grenade in a last stand. Jack reacts quickly and throws Jay into safety but he suffers great injuries from the blast. He is quickly admitted to a hospital and remains in a critical state.
A faction known as the "Praetorians" publicly declared its responsibility for the operation, announcing it would launch retaliation on the United States until it recalls its troops deployed abroad. U.S. President Rodriguez appointed Jay and his colleagues – tech specialist Caleb Moore, CIA operative (and former Reaper) Ned Phillips, and technical analyst Dina Moss (who was posing as an undercover reporter to spy on Jay in the 7th chapter) – into the newly formed Reaper Team, a new top-secret black-ops unit which conducts out of a converted military cargo plane known as "the Falcon".
The team receives a report that a man walked into a CIA safehouse in Benghazi with possible information on Greenlist Zero. Jay questions the credibility of the intel but all doubts disappear when he is told the man is Lars Keaton. Dina is worried about Jay's actions given their history with Keaton and she demands Jay doesn't kill him since he might have intel. Despite that, Jay goes into Benghazi to extract Keaton, with Phillips supporting Jay during the mission as a sniper. Jay eventually reaches the safehouse but the CIA contact is dead and Keaton is nowhere to be found. With Caleb's help, they locate Keaton at a nearby police station where the local militia took him. Jay infiltrates the station and rescues Keaton.
==== Iraqi Insurgent Stronghold Operation (1 Day. 10 Hours) ====
Keaton explains he went to the CIA for protection because it was he who supplied weaponry for Greenlist Zero. The Reapers use this lead to track down Keaton's buyer to a terrorist training camp in Iraq. Jay infiltrates via the river and deploys Moore's tri-rotor drone to get a voice match. The drone fails and Jay has to manually get a match. He confronts the buyer and discovers he is Abdul, an ex-MI6 agent. Abdul doesn't reveal any useful info before he shoots himself. Dina then tells Jay a transmission is coming from the upper village and Jay goes to investigate. 
At the site, he finds a kill room with a dead American soldier and a message from a man they identify as Rupert Moretti (who used a body double and evaded the law in the 7th chapter), the leader of the Praetorians. Afterward, Jay has to escape by Phillips' helicopter since a small army is heading his way.
==== American Consumption Attack (Day 7, 3 Hours) ====
At the plane, the team finds that all intel collected by other American agencies points to Dallas as the target of the second Greenlist attack. Caleb voices concerns that it's probably a decoy given their previous dealing with the Praetorians. He instead shows suspicious footage of a group of men arriving in Chicago. Soon after they find out there is a hostage situation at the city's Navy Pier. Against Dina's wishes, Jay heads there believing it's the actual Greenlist target. On the ground, Jay quickly discovers it is indeed the Praetorians. The terrorists strapped the hostages with explosives, making the situation more dangerous. Jay kills every one of them and leaves the hostages to be rescued by SWAT but not before he gets bomb deactivation codes from an explosives technician. 
From the same technician, he learns their plan. They are trying to poison the city's water supply. Jay infiltrates the nearby water filtration plant where the Praetorians already deployed their biological agent, weaponized bacteria. Jay neutralizes the devices pumping the poison into the water and finally shuts off the outflow valve to keep the contaminated water in the facility. The second Greenlist attack thus fails.
==== Private Estate Operation ====
After the attack, Jay decides it's time to go on the offense and hunt any leads they can use to hit the Praetorians before the next attack. Dina sends out a fake email in which she states Keaton turned into an informant. This information causes the most activity with the name Carlito Mendez. Keaton reveals he is an old associate he worked with on the black market. Jay goes to Paraguay to learn what he knows about the Greenlist. He infiltrates Mendez's private estate and breaks into his panic room. 
As they are about to leave, Iranian special forces storm the place. Jay has to fight through them to keep Nouri alive and reach a boat to escape. Mendez gives Jay a list of men he supplied to Moretti and is left to go free. Dina warns Jay that Mendez could be a Praetorian operative and that letting him go is a bad idea. Jay explains that he put a tracker into his phone to get even more intel from the dealer.
==== Recruiting New Members (3 Days, 17 Hours) ====
Desperate and scared that the Greenlist might get worse and knowing that they lack the numbers, Dina recruits Lawson (from the 3rd chapter), Alexander Collins and Jeremy Hoyt (two CIA operatives), and David Walker (a former Reaper) as backup. They are informed about the plan and after some hesitation and promise of a huge payday, they agree to the mission and that they're eager to save the country.
==== American Freedom Operation (Day 14, 2 Hours) ====
Thanks to the intel from Mendez, the Reapers locate the target of the third Greenlist attack. It is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Praetorians (two groups) hold hostages on a metro train and a huge office plaza. The first group, they plans to bomb outside of the subway terminals and spread nerve gas into the city streets by trains. 
Jay and Phillips work together to take down the group in the office plaza, with Phillips supplying sniper support. As for Walker's group, they have to split up and disarm all four nerve gas bombs before they detonate. 
Having managed to infiltrate the office plaza via disguise, Jay managed to take down their heavy weaponry and most of their fighters easily. However, Jay is surprised and attacked by Donald, who is still alive (having survived Riley's attack and wants revenge). Donald gets the upper hand and defeats Jay in a fight, wounding him. Jay is then captured by Vincente and despite this, the Reapers manage to stop the attack.
Because of another failed attack, the Praetorians post a new video moving up the next Greenlist attacks to three days, four days, and five days, respectively. Jay is tied up and Moretti reveals himself, remembering how Jay ruined his plans the first time, and interrogates Jay into finding out about the Reapers, but before he can torture Jay, Phillips comes to rescue Jay. Jay orders him to go after Moretti but Phillips instead makes sure they reach the extraction point, to Jay's dismay.
==== Guantanamo Bay Operation (2 Days 17 Hours) ====
The Reapers received information that Mendez was brought to Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility for questioning about Iran's role in the Greenlist. They are afraid he might give false intel to cause war between Iran and the US. 
Jay decides to infiltrate Gitmo to learn what Mendez has to say. With Phillips' help, Jay gets into Guantanamo Bay disguised as a detainee. Phillips takes Jay to Mendez's room and lets him loose informing him his gear is in the recreation room. Jay interrogates Mendez, who explains that he is just a distraction and that Moretti knows everything about the Reapers and their plans. Jay then sneaks through the camp and recovers his gear before proceeding to the extraction point. At the coast, he and Phillips use a zodiac to escape.
==== Airstrip Attack ====
Back at the Falcon in Yucatan, Mexico, Dina meets Jay and Phillips arriving from their previous mission. She tells them the airport staff evacuated five minutes ago without any word. They immediately fall under attack by the Praetorians. While the rest of the crew provides suppressive fire, Jay flanks the enemies. During the firefight, Walker is wounded. Thanks to a break in the action, Jay boards the plane and the Falcon prepares to take off. Phillips takes control of a drone to protect the Falcon from ground troops. 
In the air, they begin a briefing about the American Fuel attack but it's cut short since Moretti's hacker planted a virus into their system and shut down their engines. Jay has to free Keaton because the other pilot is incapacitated when the plane drops. Keaton tells them to dump some cargo and restart the system before heading to the cockpit. Jay and Phillips drop the cargo and shuts down power to the systems to allow a reboot. This allows them to control the plane again. After a system scrub, they get online again and discover the American Fuel attack was successful. They also noticed that the White House activated the continuity of government protocol, making the situation worse.
==== American Fuel (Day 17) ====
The fourth Greenlist attack was against the Liquid Natural Gas Facility in Sabine Pass, Louisiana. The Praetorians introduced a virus into its fire suppression defenses and then rammed a tanker into the facility. The Reapers deploy Jay into the facility to secure a terminal so Caleb can reactivate the defenses. Jay then chases the on-site lead Praetorian commander. Just as he is about to leave in an ambulance, Caleb triggers the main gate, forcing him to crash the van and leaving him grievously injured. 
Jay interrogates him and learns their next attack is already in motion at Site F. They try to contact the President, who tells them the situation is under control. It's revealed that Moretti has captured Site F and its personnel and has chemical bombs inside. Delta Force has set up a perimeter and they are ready to meet the Praetorians' demands. The president orders them home. Despite having direct orders, Jay disagrees and decides to go against this order, knowing Moretti won't stop.
==== American Blood (Site F) (Day 18) ====
The fifth Greenlist attack targets a bunker in Denver, Colorado, called Site F. The top officials and generals of the United States are hidden there because of the last Greenlist attack and the execution of the continuity of government protocol. The Praetorians however were counting on this and had sleeper agents inside Site F, who held everyone hostage. The Reapers choose to stop Moretti, disobeying orders. They land in Denver where Jay and Phillips jump out of the Falcon. The plane was then boarded by Delta Force upon landing. Philips infiltrates the bunker through the ventilation system and sabotages its security systems with flash drives containing a retrofitted Praetorian virus while Jay fights against a micro-army. Jay also fights against Walter Williamson III (one of the arms suppliers and the CEO of Williamson Logistics Corp, the same group that took Moretti in and helped gain his position in the CIA) and Vincente, weakening their leadership.
As Moretti tortures the Secretary of Defense for access to America's top-secret information, Phillips surrenders himself. He is brought to the torture room and kills the SecDef to prevent Moretti from gaining access. Moretti and his men then move the hostages out planning to steal the Falcon. Jay manages to disguise himself as one of the hostages and walks with the group to the plane. Jay subdues his guard and the remaining guards are shot by friendly snipers. Jay goes to rescue Phillips who fights with Moretti. Phillips tries to take Moretti's gun but gets shot. Jay wants to help Phillips but he sends him after Moretti. 
Jay and Moretti fight each other but the battle is soon over as Jay incapacitates Moretti. Moretti boastfully tells him that if he dies, twelve nations (supporting the Praetorians) will rise against the US, and if captured, he will reveal any secret he knows. Jay spares Moretti and lets him be captured by Delta Force, finally avenging his son's death (since Moretti was the one who caused all of the events to happen in the story).
=== Accepting Grief ===
2 years later after the Greenlist attacks were stopped, Jay goes to see Moretti in prison and as Moretti retains his smug attitude and believes that he won, Jay breaks him and claims that being locked up is a worse fate than death and that he is nothing but a coward who used people as tools. Jay walks away, confident, and leaves the prison, going to the cemetery to talk to Lilly and Daryl.
He reveals that he did a lot of bad things that he's not proud of and he did everything to avenge them. Even though he is hurting, he grows to accept that he mourned long enough and accepted that death is a natural thing and he loves them and wishes them happiness before placing flowers on their graves and walking to his car.
By accepting his loss and the fact that he changed for the better, Jay gave up on the Ghost persona permanently and retired from the mercenary life. After 7 years, a Fixer tries to kill him but spares him out of honor and respect for leaving the life, allowing Jay to set off on an adventure, traveling around the world for good.
== Personality ==
Throughout the series and in his appearances, Jay is shown to be an extremely stoic and reserved individual with a strong sense of integrity and resilience, as revealed by most of his allies. 
Because of his stoicism, he rarely speaks until he is spoken to or asks/answers questions, as he chooses not to engage with most people and only speaks directly to a few people that he can trust. Despite being reserved, Jay does show a playful side to his personality, such as when he arm wrestled with his fellow soldiers during WW3 and when working with clients, he is outwardly polite and respectful, lending wise advice or tips to help them relax during stressful events or offered to buy them meals during driving them to their location. Unlike his rivals, his kind and friendly attitude is genuine, and isn't above joking or employing sarcasm with his allies, making him very likable and respected, even by his enemies. 
Beneath his genuinely kind and gentle persona, Jay is revealed to be nothing more than a cold, brooding mercenary who often resorts to violence and has very few qualms about killing. At his worst, Jay is extremely ruthless and completely unsympathetic to the people he hurts. Relying on years of military experience and survival tactics, Jay has evolved into a battle-hardened and cold-blooded killer who will protect anyone whom he cares about without question. In many ways, Jay has displayed strong violent tendencies and even showed intense ruthlessness and mercilessness; being ready to destroy a threat without a moment's hesitation and not trusting anyone except for himself. Despite his ability to commit great acts of violence, Jay has his moral code, believing in the big three values (God, Family, Country) that he grew up in and doesn't believe in what he deems as unnecessary killing, especially if it endangers himself or those he cares about. Given his selection of targets, Jay strictly believes that violence should be cold, necessary, and without feeling, never out of personal enjoyment or without reason. Jay cannot be bought, bullied, or intimidated, regardless of an antagonist's size, strength, wealth, or power. He is fully self-aware of his imposing nature and the effect that his reputation as the Ghost can have on others. Supremely confident in his ability to handle any situation or overcome any adversary, Jay rarely shows any hesitation and will engage in combat even when outnumbered. 
Due to his violent nature and his strong use of brutality against people who tried to kill him, many civil people tend to fear him, except for Damien Barrett, Mordecai Winchester, and Elena Dixon. While he is a mercenary, it's later revealed that he is only doing the work to pay off his debts and admits to himself that he enjoyed fighting people as he traveled, showing a prideful attitude to violence, but claims that he is more honorable, only killing people that deserved it or posed a huge threat, showing that he viewed violence as a last-ditch attempt, only preferring it if all diplomatic reasons or intimidation to convince them into giving up failed. 
His morality made him immune to threats, bribery, and blackmail, and given his cynical attitude, he often assumed (sometimes rightfully) the character, intentions, and flaws of a person, and as seen with Barrett, he displayed shock when he found out that he tried to kill him and willing to commit domestic terrorism/mass murder just for a payout. Although Jay is usually humble about his mental prowess, he is in many ways quite intelligent. He consistently demonstrates strong leadership, a cunning aptitude for strategy, and an accurate intuition for how plans will succeed or fail. He also proves to be a keen judge of character as mentioned, often correctly assessing the actual intentions, deceptions, and capabilities of those around him. Winchester remarks that he believes Jay's modesty and humbleness hide a sharp mind that is far more acute and observant than Jay tends to convey. Furthermore, Jay's temperament is another key asset. He rarely loses his cool and prioritizes the situation at hand rather than getting caught up in his emotions. This is demonstrated multiple times when he witnesses friends being killed, kills his former allies, or himself betrayed but carries on dealing with whatever tasks he has. However, Jay is willing to show his ruthlessness when necessary, quickly putting down people who try to threaten or insult him. This leads to him being seen as an imposing and intimidating figure. 
As the series progresses, he is truly displayed as a man who genuinely wants to stay away from conflict but is willing to do anything to save his allies and the people he cares about from any danger, despite being highly cynical and pessimistic about his losses. It's revealed that Jay is targeting criminals and people worse than him to avenge his family and admitting he is neither a monster nor a saint when he is working with criminals shows that Jay has regretted what he is becoming as shown when he killed Terrence Young, revealing that his wrath toward killing criminals is leading him to become as bad as the people he is hunting down. The notable examples of his wrath are when he hunts down Milton and his crew to avenge Daryl (since Milton is the one who killed his son) and brutally kills Robert James to avenge the people he killed in the plane crash.
Despite his stoic and reserved persona, Jay has shown that he is breaking through prolonged stress as the series progressed, revealing his true nature as a very flawed individual targeting criminals and rival mercenaries out of personal vendetta and pride and that he is extremely merciless, having killed most of the former allies that turned against him and as shown when he speaks to a fellow mercenary, he reveals that he had killed many people he liked because it's his job to accomplish his mission no matter the cost, showing that the stress of his criminal life is starting to affect him and as seen with his assassination of Robert Greene, he breaks down in tears and apologized to him before doing the task, showing that despite being a ruthless mercenary, he is deeply regretful of any and every kill he ever committed and that he kills just to survive at all costs and treats it like a job, even if it involved betraying his allies to tie up loose ends or for the money. 
Despite being a criminal, Jay is trying to atone for his actions and that he is targeting anyone worse than him to justify his violence and use it for good. In the final chapter, Jay shows intense rage and frustration whenever he is dealing with Moretti, given how Moretti caused everything that led to Jay's downfall, showing a huge contrast to his stoicism and having brutally tortured Mendez and fighting against 38 Praetorians by himself with such aggression. His intense rage makes Jay a highly dangerous opponent in close combat, depending on who he's fighting.
Despite his flaws, Jay has shown that he is a genuine hero, having saved the lives of US Marines by disobeying direct orders from a large Taliban force, protecting the elderly and children from the most dangerous criminals, and risking his life fighting against the Green Hive, the Ghosts, the Wolves and the Praetorians to protect the country, showing his strong sense of honor and morality. He adheres to a personal code, protecting the innocent, sparing worthy adversaries, not targeting civilians and anyone unable to defend themselves, and showing respect and humbleness to anyone, whether they are allies or enemies, making him respected and feared in the Underworld as the Ghost. Jay is shown to be reluctant to use violence, trying to use nonviolent means to subdue threats most of the time or using diplomatic and peaceful reasoning to de-escalate fights. After killing Terrence, Jay shows heavy guilt and regret about what he is becoming and tries to change his violent ways for good, not wanting to devolve into another antagonist. As shown when he spares Flynn, Enos, and Moretti, Jay is now sparing even the most dangerous antagonists in the series, not only to save himself from becoming a monster but to let them get their karma, showing that Jay is starting to embrace his role as a protector than a killer and according to him, he enjoys it and that this is what his family wanted him to be.
At the end of the final chapter, Jay makes his peace and acceptance for everything he lost and he embraces the losses and gives up on the Ghost persona, now fully in peace since he managed to eliminate or imprison the people responsible for the attack and in his final fight against a Fixer, Jay seemingly lets himself be in peace with the idea of being killed and given his dialogue, Jay admits that he accepted his fate when he started his mission and that he isn't afraid of death, showing his courage and dignity in the face of death, which earned him the respect from the Fixer. 
All and all, Jay has shown himself as a complex and unique individual: He was a highly flawed man who hid in a stoic and reserved demeanor and fought through various groups to avenge his family, but managed to avoid being as bad as his enemies and changed his actions for the better, managing to not only redeem himself for his crimes, but accepting loss, grief, and pain as a natural part of his life.
== Appearance ==
Jay is an American man with dark brown eyes, black hair, and a light skin complexion. According to his file by Perkins, Jay is standing at 5'9 and weighs 215 pounds. Unlike his counterparts, Jay is seen with several scars on his body (most notably on his face) from years of fighting, which made him more intimidating with the combination of his military training. He sports a crew cut (originally a carefully maintained afro) and a heavy stubble beard (originally a thicker beard) and according to most people, he is often described as "a ruggedly handsome operator with skills".
Jay is shown to have a heavily built muscular physique and sports various tattoos, such as:
* Black Scorpion Tattoo (right bicep): Represented his emotional resilience and getting rid of his past mistakes and his love for weaponry.
* Tribal Tattoo (entire left arm except for the underside): Represented his love for various Oceanic traditions.
* United States Army Tattoo (upper back): Represented his service for the Army.
* United States Army Eagle Tattoo (lower back): Represented his pride and service for the Army.
* Infantry Logo Tattoo (left pec): Represented his job position in the Army and enjoyed fighting in the Infantry.
* Love & War (gun and heart) Tattoo (right pec): Represented his internal conflict between leaving his life and fighting.
* Family Forever Tattoo (left underarm forearm): Represented his strong faith and love for his family.
* Duty or Death Tattoo (right underarm forearm): Represented his strong combat abilities and hunting skills.
* Loyalty Dreamcatcher Tattoo (right calf): Represented his loyalty to his family and PMC.
* Floral Tattoo (right upper forearm): Represented his non-violent nature and family tradition.
* 7-2 Card Tattoo (left wrist): Represented his involvement in 4 special operation groups (Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, and the CIA).
Throughout the series, he began to wear different outfits in the chapters. One of his signature outfits is a dark green combat long-sleeve shirt, khaki cargo pants, black steel-toe combat boots, black tactical gloves, a level IV Kevlar vest, his Ghost balaclava (a skull-painted black balaclava with subtle vents around the mouth), a G-Shock Watch upside down, and dark-tinted aviators (if not wearing the mask). He usually wears a black leather jacket or leather trench coat (the latter he took from a fallen enemy). Whenever he wore civilian clothes, he wore a baseball cap and aviators very often to stay hidden.
== Skills ==
* High Intelligence: Jay was shown to be a highly intelligent, sharp-witted, and methodical man and was highly adaptable to any situation. He is extremely level-headed and can handle extreme stress to avoid dangerous situations using incredible street smarts. He was capable of using his charm and polite side to gain the trust of enemies to blend in with their organization and to complete his task without them knowing that he was there within their organization.
* Criminology: As a former mercenary, Jay has exceptional insight into how the criminal underworld operates and how illegal activities work, such as mercenary groups and feared crime families. He also displayed extensive knowledge of illegal narcotics, able to tell what kind of drugs the Georgia criminal underworld was moving and selling by doing recon.
* Intimidation: Due to his title as "The Ghost" and his exceptional combat abilities as a former Delta operative, Jay is widely known and feared within the criminal underworld and was so infamous that even his title strikes fear and terror into the hearts and souls of his enemies that incurred his wrath. Jay used his combat abilities and title to lure enemies away from him, even using a simple Ace of Spades card and placing it on an enemy's corpse to further fuel more fear toward him. His skill set and efficiency for killing criminals rapidly became so infamous that the ex-soldier became known as the "Ghost" due to his ability to wipe out an entire group quickly and efficiently and disappear without any issue, making even the most dangerous gangs fear him to a large extent.
* Hacking Skills: After learning from CIA technicians, he is an intermediate hacker with complete access to even the most secret government servers to find his targets and trace their locations with relative ease. He can jam communications, cause blackouts, and disable security systems.
* Multilingualism: Jay is shown to be fluent in several languages, including English, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin (to a certain degree), French, Russian, Irish Gaelic, Japanese, and Arabic. Out of the languages (only 6 are trickier for him to speak due to his speech impediment), Spanish is his most spoken as he communicated with several Argentinian soldiers and German as he went to Germany to do a dead-drop.
* Skilled Physician: Jay appears to have extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as well as intermediate first aid and medicine, as shown during his self-healing scenes where he puts slight pressure on his severe wounds. He is shown to be extremely knowledgeable in pressure points, as shown during his sparring match with Nichols, the hand-to-hand expert of the Ghosts.
* Master Tactician: As a former Infantryman who joined the Rangers, the Green Berets, Delta Force, and the CIA SAD, Jay is highly capable of casing out, planning, and executing plans, assassinations, and raids. He's also a highly skilled tracker, having collected information with relative ease to find his targets and their locations while on a mission. He is a keen judge of character, often correctly assessing the correct intentions, flaws, and capabilities of both allies and enemies just by watching them. He is a skilled negotiator and interrogator, capable of presenting facts and telling lies without inducing intense emotion. He is a very effective leader and mentor, having trained, fought, and led his Reapers and a large number of Delta operatives into various battles with strategic facts and thinking, which made him far more dangerous. He's also capable of spotting certain flaws within his environment and using any methods deemed necessary to accomplish his goals, such as using explosives to take out various militia groups and picking out the stragglers with ease, as a lone wolf. As shown in the raid against the Russian arms depot, Jay is a strong and fierce leader to the core, having commanded and led a massive number of skilled operatives to help take out various Russian soldiers.
* Expert Spy: Having worked in Delta Force and the CIA SAD, Jay is extremely skilled in stealth, espionage, infiltration, disguises, thievery, and eavesdropping. He's adept at blending in with his surroundings and easily sneaking around heavily guarded outposts and compounds.
* Stealth Mastery: Jay is a master in stealth tactics, such as understanding the use of disguises to enter authorized locations, using his hacking skills to disable communications and light sources, and using the environment around him to blend in, even in plain sight, to avoid detection. He's also capable of luring enemies into certain scenarios where he can easily eliminate them or pass by them to move to the objective.
* Skilled Engineer: Jay is a very skilled mechanic and engineer who is capable of manipulating and using objects and machinery around him to gain an advantage. He's also capable of using makeshift traps out of common household supplies and military weaponry to deter his enemies and has modified his vehicle to take a beating.
* Skilled Scientist: Jay has shown to be somewhat knowledgeable in poison and was able to concoct poisons to either incapacitate or kill his enemies. Combined with his charm, Jay can use poison whenever he sees an opportunity in the form of food and is capable of using it efficiently to make the death look like an accident.
* Connections: Having worked with a few prison groups, and various mercenary groups, Jay has a vast set that he can use to gain an advantage over his enemies, even with weapons dealers, criminal informants, and government officials.
* Forensics Specialist: Jay is very capable of doing a "clean job" while working with paramilitary groups by using the silent approach to minimize mass destruction. Whenever he kills his targets, he tries to make the deaths look like either a gang attack or a simple accident.
* Expert Driver: During his time on the battlefield, Jay has shown exceptional driving skills to the point where he is even capable of driving manual cars, mechanicalized vehicles (tanks, APCs, boats, and helicopters), and motorcycles with ease.
* Master Marksman: As shown in various fights and having been a Delta operator, Jay is extremely proficient with firearms, including pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, as well as being frighteningly precise with eliminating targets in both close-range and long-range distances (as shown during his fights). He's also skilled with using and firing heavier weaponry, such as grenade launchers, light machine guns, and flamethrowers as well as using mounted weaponry. Due to his extensive knowledge of guerrilla tactics, Jay has shown to be extremely skilled with bows and scavenging, and using whatever firearm the enemy has to achieve his goals. Jay can blend his marksmanship with hand-to-hand skills, being able to grapple, disarm, and even use his enemies' weaponry against them with precision. Jay is also seen to slightly calculate the trajectory of his weapons and use them to great effect, such as shooting an RPG at a lightly armored car with some difficulty. He is also capable of firing heavier weapons one-handed and dual-wielding pistols and accurately landing shots at enemies with relative ease. As shown in several scenes, he is capable of drawing his sidearm out and accurately gunning down men with relative ease, making him a deadly marksman in close combat.
* Master Martial Artist: Having been trained in the Army and taking classes throughout his life, Jay is shown to be an incredibly skilled hand-to-hand fighter. His fighting style is mostly improvised and consists of Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling (both freestyle and Greco-Roman), Sambo, Krav Maga, Hapkido, Kyokushin Karate, Kempo Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo, and Eskrima/Sayoc Kali. He can quickly outmaneuver, outmatch, and outlast his opponents, even capable of taking on multiple opponents at once. Due to his quick wit, Jay can adapt to his opponent's fighting styles, studying them during the fight and adapting to turn their strengths against them as seen in his fights with Evan Rogers, Royce Talbot, Archer, David Harrison, Martin Adler, Damien Barrett, Tyson Perkins, Richard Milton, Terrence Young, Robert James, Daniel Winters, Flynn Lyall, Elijah Wyatt, Wyatt Hawke, Enos Clement, Donald Vincente, and Rupert Moretti. He also made use of dirty tactics, such as eye gouges, biting, and striking the groin, and the environment around him to gain an advantage. Despite being older, Jay is still capable of fighting, such as he managed to beat various enemies with minimal ease and holding his own against a younger and skilled Fixer in his home.
* Knife Mastery: Jay is highly skilled in wielding and throwing blades, such as knives and axes. Combined with his extensive knowledge of anatomy and intense experience in Kali, Jay can use blades to find a suitable angle to either wound or kill an opponent in a fight and has shown deadly expertise with a machete as shown during his fights. Due to his background as a freelance mercenary, he learned Iaido, Kendo, and Ninjutsu and used them effectively.
* Improvised Weapon Mastery: In addition to his skills with firearms and martial arts, Jay is very good with using whatever tools he sees during his fights to gain an advantage over his opponents, as when he used a baton to knock out various Fixers and criminals with no problem. Due to his engineering skills, Jay was very capable of making makeshift traps with minimal resources to maim and kill opponents.
* Peak Human Condition: As a former soldier of the United States Army, an operative of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 5th Special Forces Group, and Delta Force, and a freelance mercenary, Jay has displayed peak human physicality for a man of his age. He's extremely athletic, and his strength, stamina, speed, agility, reflexes, durability, and pain threshold are in top condition.
* Peak Human Strength: Despite his build, Jay is very strong, capable of overpowering and restraining even larger opponents, knocking out or outright killing a skilled operator with a single strike, breaking their bones and necks with ease, breaking through walls and glass with some difficulty, and surprisingly ripping out their throats, eyes, and ears with relative ease, which shocked allies and enemies alike. Jay could also break out of handcuffs and other restraints fairly easily due to his specialized training. His strength is somewhat near inhuman to a degree, as shown when he could lift and slam an operative to the ground while gouging the eyes. One possible explanation of his strength comes from his intense exercise regime that involved strength training (having the capability to lift 400-450 pounds), which would explain his capability to do nearly difficult tasks that the average man couldn't.
* Peak Human Durability: Jay is highly resilient and sturdy due to his time on the battlefield. Jay can survive multiple gunshot wounds, stabbings/slashes, and blunt force trauma without feeling that much pain. The greatest feats of his durability were surviving a brutal fight against Walter Williamson III (who was wearing an exosuit) and a severe beating from Martin Adler, as seen as he was capable of withstanding heavier punches from him, who's more skilled in hand-to-hand and utilized brute strength. His durability also made him tougher to kill, as evidenced during his fight against Richard Milton's men, as seen as he fought them evenly, despite being injured and the fact that he was outnumbered.
* Peak Human Speed: Despite being middle-aged, Jay is extremely fast, especially for a man of his age. Jay can outrun his opponents and can run and sprint far distances uninterrupted (moving at 22-24 MPH). Jay's speed made him more dangerous in combat as he used his anatomical knowledge to quickly injure an enemy.
* Peak Human Agility: Jay has extreme amounts of stamina. He can fight for considerate amounts of time and run great distances uninterrupted. He can flip and spin his way out of incoming gunfire with the impressive feats of an experienced gymnast and vault, scale, and traverse through difficult terrains and obstacles with ease. Even with being extremely injured or tired, Jay required little time to recover before continuing the fight.
* Peak Human Reflexes: Jay has incredible reflexes. Due to his time on the battlefield, Jay has displayed a fast reaction time, as he can easily evade bullets and melee attacks during combat. Due to his expertise in guerrilla warfare, Jay can correctly assess the situation, understand the purpose, and act effectively, making it harder for the enemy to outwit him in the field. His senses are shown to be enhanced, having the capability to hear, smell, and sense his enemies from any direction and to avoid ambushes, raids, and sniper fire with ease. He is notably quick enough to react and kill several men with ease.
* High Pain Tolerance: Despite his strong combat proficiency, Jay has been frequently injured throughout the series, but demonstrates a near-inhuman tolerance to pain, being able to survive near-fatal injuries, such as gunshot wounds, stabbing, blunt force trauma, and physical blows with ease. As shown in his fights with numerous opponents like Damien Barrett, Martin Adler, some of the Ghosts, Royce Talbot, and various enemies, Jay has shown that he can outlast and outwit them by using his injuries against them, opening them up for a counter-attack.
== Equipment ==
* H&K USP: Jay's primary sidearm. He notably used the pistol to kill several mercenaries and Fixers with ease. The pistol is chambered in .45 ACP FMJs and has adjustable sights.
* Colt M4 (M4A1) Carbine: Roberts' primary firearm. He notably used the rifle numerous times throughout the series, even using it to open doors, disable vehicles, and knock out/kill enemies silently. His rifle is the SOPMOD version outfitted with an EOTech HHS V hybrid sight, a Magpul AFG (Angled Foregrip), a custom pistol grip, Magpul PMAGs with Ranger Plates, and a Magpul MOE stock.
* H&K HK-416: Roberts' on-duty primary firearm. He mainly carries the rifle on patrol and hostage missions. His HK416 is customized with a Magpul CTR stock, a suppressor, an EoTech 512 holographic sight, a 45-degree offset sight, a Magpul AFG, and an AN/PEQ-2A IR designator.
* M100 SASS (Knight's Armament SR-25): Roberts' primary marksman rifle. He notably used the rifle two separate times as sniper support during his time in Delta. The M100 is outfitted with a sound suppressor and a laser sight.
* Remington M2010 ESP: Roberts' secondary marksman rifle. He notably used it to kill several enemies before discarding it.
* Remington 870: Roberts' primary shotgun. As a CQC-operated weapon, Jay strongly used the Mossberg to breach doors, subduing targets, and intimidation skills. The shotgun used by Roberts is the MCS Breacher.
* Benelli M4 Super 90: Roberts' secondary shotgun. Jay strongly used the Benelli throughout the series whenever he needed heavier firepower. He bought the weapon from Beaver and it's outfitted with Mossberg-styled ghost ring sights and a shell holder.
== Awards ==
WW3 (World War III)
* Medal of Honor
* Purple Heart
* Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
* Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
* Defense Distinguished Service Medal
* Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal
* Soldier's Medal
* POW Medal
The Second War on Afghanistan
* Army Good Conduct Medal
* National Defense Service Medal
* Army Service Ribbon
* Purple Heart (x2)
* Armed Forces Service Medal
* Army Achievement Medal
* Army Commendation Medal
* Joint Service Commendation Medal
* Joint Service Achievement Medal
* Meritorious Service Medal
* Defense Meritorious Service Medal
* Soldier's Medal
* Defense Superior Service Medal
Badges
* Combat Infantryman Badge
* Combat Action Badge
* Ranger Tab
* Special Forces Tab
* Combat Service Ribbon
* Airborne Tab
== Deaths ==
Murders committed by Jay:
* 62 Russian Soldiers:
* 48 Russian Spetsnaz Operators:
* 59 Chinese Soldiers:
* 77 Taliban Fighters:
* 52 Las Vatos Cartel Soldiers:
* 40 Mexican Army Soldiers:
* 119 Unknown Mercenaries and Targets:
* Dwayne Mills:
* 134 Fixers:
* 56 Atlanta North Club Soldiers:
* 90 Viceroys:
* 58 Johnstontown Militiamen:
* Evan Rogers:
* Declan Barrington:
* 42 Red Order Soldiers:
* Royce Talbot:
* Duke Bennett:
* Ralph Bennett:
* William Bennett:
* 75 Atlanta North Club Soldiers:
* Archer:
* Rory Barrington:
* Seamus DeMarco:
* Nolan Barrington:
* 67 Redwood Security Consulting Mercenaries:
* Samuel Harrison:
* David Harrison:
* 5 Ghosts:
* Austin Lewis:
* Brandon Fisher:
* 223 Green Hive Mercenaries:
* Alexis Dawson:
* Jack Baker:
* Nathan Caldwell:
* Trevor Bachelor:
* Justin Kane:
* 48 Redwood Security Consulting Mercenaries:
* 300 Ghosts:
* Lucas Wolf:
* Damien Barrett:
* Raymond Irons:
* 11 Las Vatos Cartel Soldiers:
* 13 Viceroys:
* 8 Atlanta North Club Soldiers:
* Tyson Perkins:
* 38 Cerberus Agents:
* Echo:
* 66 Syndicate Soldiers:
* Andre Hayes:
* 36 Serpents:
* Richard Milton:
* Terrence Young:
* 12 of James' Men:
* 99 of Torrez's Soldiers:
* Jose Torrez:
* Robert James:
* 185 Wolves:
* Robert Greene:
* 132 Hawke Corp Mercenaries:
* 8 of Enos' Lieutenants:
* Wyatt Hawke:
* 125 Praetorians:
* Walter Patrick Williamson III:
* Donald Vincente:
Amount: 2,336
== Trivia ==
* Jay has a strong fascination for cars, especially pickup trucks (like his 1994 Ford F-150) and muscle cars such as his modified 2012 Dodge Charger SRT-8, which is shown as Jay's signature car.
* Jay was known for using a clean and effective approach on missions. He tended to avoid mass destruction through unconventional warfare and espionage to effectively infiltrate enemy territory and kill his target, given his history in Delta.
* According to most allies, Jay's specialty was shown to be hand-to-hand combat, given his peak physical condition and he admitted that he prefers using blades and non-lethal takedowns to defeat an enemy than using firearms, despite being highly proficient in gunplay.
* Roberts' drinks of choice appear to be cranberry juice and sparkling water as he drank them during his relaxation scenes.
* Jay appears to be ambidextrous as shown in the series as Jay can use firearms and melee weapons with both hands (notably in his fight against the corrupt operatives).
* Out of the Reapers, Jay is the most skilled Reaper (due to his specialized training) and is seen to be one of the Reapers' best hand-to-hand fighters, rivaling if not surpassing Barrett, both of the Winchester men, and most of the antagonists (notably Royce Talbot, Archer, Richard Milton, Terrence Young, and Donald Vincente). Jay is the only Reaper who retires with dignity.