Daniel Carter

Daniel Hieronymus Carter is a major supporting character in Serious Sam 4.
He is a paranoid conspiracy theorist and member of the Alien Artifact Acquisition team in the Earth Defense Force, convinced that nothing is ever as simple as told to the public. Nobody is entirely sure what his purpose in the AAA team actually is.
He is voiced by Mark Atherlay.
==Appearance==
Carter is a white male and fairly scrawny compared to his muscular companions. He wears black pants, a green sweatshirt without hoodie that has a long yellow stripe on its sleeves, a light brown vest and a green hat with camo pattern.
==Personality==
Despite his dedication to the cause of saving Earth from alien overlord Mental, Carter is an obsessive paranoiac convinced that nothing is ever as simple as it seems. His tendency to make random accusations between events and people barely related to each other and being quick to jump to seemingly random conclusions tends to earn him much ridicule from his friends on the AAA team.
Carter strikes a friendship with Father Mikhail during their journey to find the Holy Grail, since is the only person willing to listen to his theories and never makes fun of him for it.
==Biography==
===Background===
Very little is known about Carter's early life, only that he was born in the Icaria Planum colony on Mars on November 22nd 2078. Due to his involvement in some affair from 2103 being leaked, Carter was disbarred from government service while he himself also vowed to never again work for the government. The awakening of the genocidal Mental changed priorities however and Carter decided to accept a government pardon in exchange for his "unique talents". More information is unavailable since Carter hacked his own NETRICSA file.
===Serious Sam 4===
Humanity was losing the war badly and all interstellar human colonies were already lost. Led by the sadistic Lord Achriman, Mental's forces initiated a full invasion of Earth with the goal of exterminating all human life that can't be processed into mindless berserkers. The EDF tasked the AAA team with finding the legendary Holy Grail, believed to actually be an alien artifact capable of healing all wounds, to turn the tides of war in humanity's favor. General Brand enlisted the help of Eastern Orthodox priest Mikhail Obruchev, who can translate the old Slavic texts that could lead to the Grail.
The AAA embarked in a convoy into Rome, Italy to extract Father Mikhail from the besieged city. Carter and his friends were exchanging some banter regarding the merit of the Da Vinci Code, which Carter believed contained some good theories about what was really going on back in the twenty-first century. Sam Stone dismissed it as having no merit, but before they could discuss furher the convoy was attacked by Octanian Raiders. The survivors were scattered, so while Sam and rookie Kenny went to meet up with Father Mikhail and Rodriguez and Jones got to securing their extraction point, Carter and Hellfire went looking for a viable escape vehicle.
They found an old bus and picked up their companions after they cleared the area, driving outside the city for a strategy meeting with General Brand and Quinn. They needed to get Father Mikhail to the Vatican library somehow, but the presence of an Octanian Harvester Leviathan and its Raider escort made entering the city nearly impossible. Carter came up with the idea of using the HAARP satellite to force the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, believing it to be an earthquake machine. The AAA's scientific advisor Professor Kiesel shot down the idea, calling it ridiculous, but General Brand confirmed that Carter is right and he still has the access codes. Carter was ecstatic that one of his theories turned out to be correct, eliciting groaning from his friends and Sam saying that now he'll never shut up about it.
Once the rest of the AAA team succeeded in erupting the volcano, Carter and Father Mikhail immediately snuck into the city while the enemy forces were scrabled, but ended up stuck in the sewers due to a cave-in. Since the volcanic eruption had the unintended side-effect of disrupting radio communications, they could do nothing else except wait for the others to find them. Carter told Father Mikhail some of his many conspiracy theories to pass the time, greatly appreciating his willingness to listen. Eventually Sam and Rodriguez found them, Sam continuing onwards towards the Vatican with instruction from Father Mikhail while Rodriguez helped get them free.
Hidden within the library was a book revealing the location of the Holy Grail inside the castle in Carcassonne, France. An attack by Octanian Raiders on their plane there scattered the group throughout the countryside, but luckily they ended up fairly close to their destination. They reunited inside the castle and fought their way to the church holding the Holy Grail, even being confronted by and killing Lord Achriman himself. Inside the church Carter took the time to briefly play the organ, only to get told off by Sam as it really wasn't the time for jokes. Father Mikhail unveiled the Ark of the Covenant, but the Grail was not inside. Instead it was a staff decorated with a golden cobra, at the sight of which Father Mikhail immediately told the team to back away.
General Brand arrived on the scene and agreed, his men pointing their guns at Carter and the rest of the team. Carter reported the success of their mission, but when Rodriguez asked why they were being aimed at Brand revealed himself to be a traitor. He took the False Grail for himself, mutated into a monster and used a shockwave to knock the AAA team out, ordering his minions to giftwrap Sam for their master Mental and to throw the others to the Octanian Harvester Drones for processing. Carter, Rodriguez and Hellfire managed to escape the Harvester Leviathan off-screen however and followed Brand and Sam to the massive superportal Mental's forces had constructed in Tunguska. They and the EDF helped Sam take down the guardian of the portal and launched a nuke with Brand strapped on it into the portal, destroying it.
At night they finally had a chance to relax before heading off to their next mission, raising a glass to their fallen friends. Carter raised his in remembrance of Father Mikhail, having greatly enjoyed their conversations. When Sam asked how they managed to escape the Harvester Leviathan Carter claimed that the aliens tried to probe them, only for Rodriguez and Hellfire to state that didn't happen, at least for them. Unsure why they singled him out, Carter was convinced that they would've gone for them next and went for him first because of his "intel".
==Gallery==
Carter Splash.jpg|Carter's introductory splash screen.
Carter NETRICSA.jpg|Carter's NETRICSA file.
Rodriguez, Hellfire, Carter and Jones in Meeting.jpg|Carter, Hellfire, Jones and Rodriguez in the AAA meeting room.
Happy Carter.jpg|Carter ecstatic that he finally got one of his theories proven.
Carter plays the organ.jpg|Carter having fun with the church organ.
==Trivia==
*Carter's last name could be a reference to Edgar Rice Burroughs' , since he was also born on Mars.
*His middle name, Hieronimus, comes from , a Latin priest, confessor, theologian, and historian.
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