Shane Caxton

Shane Caxton is a character from the Black Lagoon series.
== Charactah Account ==
Shane Caxton is an American black-ops operator who is currently in Roanapur, awaiting deployment into Indochina. Like Dutch, Caxton is a Vietnam War veteran who still holds on to his moral code of conduct. Caxton's team, called "Gray Fox", under orders from a division of the NSA, orchestrated the assassination of Garcia Lovelace's father. As a result of his action, he has made an enemy of the formidable Roberta, which their confrontation involves the entire city of Roanapur, including the Triad, Hotel Moscow, and the Church of Violence. Despite this, Mr. Chang is trying to get Caxton and his men out of Roanapur to prevent Roberta from killing them, as their deaths will trigger a war between the Roanapur gangsters and the United States government. When he meets up with Lagoon Company, he automatically recognizes Dutch and mentions something to Dutch that seemed to shock him.
It is revealed he is a highly-esteemed operator by his fellow colleagues especially Gray Fox's second in command for his decency, integrity and honorable conduct. He is the ideal symbol of America in the story. In a flashback, he killed one of his subordinates in retaliation for murdering innocent women and children out of pleasure during the Vietnam War, implying he does not tolerate that kind of conduct. He also protects Garcia Lovelace as he and his team are escaping from Hotel Moscow.
By the end of the arc, Shane is finally slain, not by Roberta, but Garcia himself in order to end Roberta's rampage. However, it is later revealed Caxton faked his own death and Garcia's gun was filled with blanks.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail
=== Manga ===
* Black Lagoon
== Trivia ==
* During the flashback to the Vietnam War, it was shown that Caxton was a U.S. Army lieutenant, but more than two decades later, he only holds the rank of Major. A real-world U.S. military officer would hold the rank of at least a Colonel (if not higher) after so many years of service.
* In a popularity contest released during volume 10, Caxton ranked 29th with 25 votes.
* In a popularity contest released during volume 12, Caxton ranked 37th with 31 votes.
* The name of Caxton's unit, Grey Fox, was also a code name of the U.S. military's ISA.
* The name Grey Fox is also the code-name of Frank Jaeger, a major character from the Metal Gear Solid series.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Shane Caxton at Black Lagoon Wiki
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