Andrew Daniels (War of San Andreas)

Andrew Daniels out near Santa Maria beach in Los Santos.

### Cause of death

Killed in a nuclear explosion alongside many other U.S. Marines in the Middle East by Vlad Rodriguez.

### Affiliations

United States Marine Corps, SWAT, The Resistance, United States Army.

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 **WARNING:** This post contains critical spoilers for the mission series "War of San Andreas" by M.B. Kovas, the mission "Zero Casualties" by M.B. Kovas and the mission series "Modern Frontlines" by Martin's Path.

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> *"I wasn't sure he was telling the truth about his big plans to take over the state."*
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> ―Andrew Daniels about General Kiril Chernov.
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**Andrew Daniels** is the protagonist and main playable character in War of San Andreas by M.B. Kovas (formerly VInterPath), a mentioned character in the mission Zero Casualties by the same designer and also one of the protagonists and playable characters in Modern Frontlines by Martin's Path.

Andrew is a man in his early 20's who is a resident of Los Santos. He is also a Private in the U.S. Marines and is stationed in a naval base in the docks, where he works. Daniels comes with little to no background information in terms of family or former occupation, affiliations or activities.

## Biography

### Early life

Nothing significant is known about Daniels before the events of War of San Andreas. It is known that he was born and raised in Los Santos and later enlisted in the U.S. Marines. Daniels does not have any known missions, tours or other wartime accomplishments. Nothing is known about his family and he lives alone.

### Events of War of San Andreas

#### State of Emergency

His first appearence is in his own house, waking up in the morning. As he starts his work day, he takes his white Sentinel and drives to the U.S. Naval Base in the Los Santos Docks. Daniels is given a mission by Hawkins, his superior, who instructs him to drive to East Los Santos and pick up some weapons from an arms dealer. As Daniels does what he is told, he is introduced to Frank, the arms dealer, who informs him that the local Vagos branch have taken a truck with the guns that Andrew needs. As Daniels takes back the truck and drives it back to the base, he completes his mission.

#### Direct Orders

Later, Daniels is given a mission to assist in a SWAT investigation of a possible terrorist hideout in Downtown Los Santos. Daniels is accompanied by a Corporal Samuel, who act as reinforcements for the SWAT team, headed by Captain Mason. As the SWAT and the Marines infiltrate the hideout seperately, Daniels and Samuel hear nothing from the SWAT team, so they assault the hideout, killing all guards outside. As they make their way inside past several other guards, they find the SWAT team captive by an unknown Russian commander. The SWAT team is executed in front of Daniels and Samuel, and Samuel is also shot in the back. Daniels is taken captive.

#### Missing

Some time later, Daniels becomes conscious in an unknown warehouse, subdued and stripped of his military gear. He is then confronted Mikhail from the introduction, who verbally threatens him. They are later interrupted by the same Russian commander from the former hideout who introduces himself as General Kiril Chernov. The commander lets Daniels know that there has been an all-out war happening in San Andreas, as the Russian army invaded the state while Daniels was unconscious. After their talk, Daniels is left alone with a distracted guard, which the Marine successfully kills and makes his escape through several dozen more guards. As Daniels leaves the interior, he finds himself in the middle of a Russian military compound deep inside the countryside of San Andreas. He kills most of the guards and escapes by jumping over a fence.

#### Blood and Answers

Daniels makes his way to a bridge, where he comes across a few armed civilians fighting with a small Russian military force. Andrew immediately assists them and kills the enemy units. Afterwards he is introduced to Jack, a Resistance fighter, who explains Daniels the current state of affairs in San Andreas. Daniels is also invited to join the Resistance. He drives back to the Resistance hideout in the countryside and meets more armed Resistance combatants. Daniels is surprised to to find out that the leader of this Resistance branch is none other than Frank, the arms dealer who transferred Daniels the weapons back in Los Santos. Frank explains that Daniels could prove useful to the Resistance forces, and the Marine decides to join Frank's militia. Shortly after, he is sent on a mission with Jack to take out heavy Russian military equipment with explosives.

#### New Page

After Daniels and Jack approach the military base, they attack it and take out several Russian army soldiers stationed there. As they clear out the compound, they come across a Russian Main Battle Tank which they use to destroy several Russian attack helicopters.

#### United States Army

Daniels and Jack hear about several U.S. Army soldiers trapped under tank and infantry fire near a farmhouse in the local area. They use the same tank to come and assist the squad of soldiers. Daniels takes out all enemy tanks from behind, but his tank is disabled by a Russian soldier with an RPG. The Army squad leaves a wounded Sergeant behind cover and takes out the remaining enemies to come close and secure the tank. As Daniels and Jack both survive the RPG attack, their tank is disabled and the Sergeant and acting commander of the Army squad is fatally wounded and dies. Daniels and Jack are informed by the squad that there are Russian infantry strongholds in the surrounding barns and farmhouses. They clear them all together. After the gunfight, more U.S. soldiers arrive to their location and inform them of the orders that they must take back the nearby town of Montgommery.

### Events of Zero Casualties

Daniels is not physically present in the events of Zero Casualties, however he is mentioned by General Kiril Chernov, who tells his arms dealer Rodriguez about the POW who escaped.

### Events of Modern Frontlines

#### Chasing The Evil

After a major time skip, Andrew Daniels once again appears in the U.S. Military as part of the invasion force to the Middle East. He is now under the command of new superiors. Their mission is to take out a designated terrorist leader by the name of Vlad Rodriguez. The primary objective is not completed as there is no sign of Rodriguez in the area of operation, however, Daniels and his new squad locate military plans that the terrorists had left behind.

#### Dirty Play

Daniels and the squad make their way through urban territory to rescue the crew of a disabled friendly tank, which goes by callsign "Angry Bird". As they move towards the location of the tank, they are ambushed in the street by local heavily armed combatants. As they fight through infantry, the enemies call in a reinforcement of several BVT armored vehicles. Daniels makes his way to a nearby roof and collects a Javelin launcher, effectively taking out the enemy armor. Afterwards, Andrew successfully saves the tank crew.

#### Angry Bird

Daniels and his teammates must clear a path for the Angry Bird tank crew to ensure they are not ambushed and destroyed by infantry in a chokepoint. After heavy fighting, the squad receives intel that their target, Vlad Rodriguez, has fled the region. They make their way to evacuation helicopters. However, as they are about to leave, a nuclear bomb detonates in the city. As Daniels and many other soldiers fail to get away, they are killed by the blast and it's radiation.

## Trivia

* The character of Andrew Daniels was initially written by M.B. Kovas, but after the designer announced that he will no longer continue the development of War of San Andreas, another designer, Martin Strada, received permission from Kovas to continue the development of Daniels in Martin's Modern Frontlines mission series. Daniels appeared in an entirely new environment, with new military teammates and missions. Modern Frontlines has no other connections to War of San Andreas. There are no returing characters, locations or references to Kovas' War of San Andreas in Martin's Modern Frontlines aside from the presence of Daniels.
* In the first season of War of San Andreas, episode "Missing", Daniels is seen interacting with Mikhail, one of the assassins who took part in the mission to kill an HVT with Alexander 4 years later.
* Daniels shares the same skin as MartZ2 from School Stories.