Alan Schaefer(1459)

Major **Alan Schaefer**, better known as "**Dutch**" and also nicknamed "**Onyx**", was a mercenary and the leader of a private military team. In 1987, Dutch and his men were hired by the U.S. military and the CIA for a "rescue mission" in Guatemala. After discovering that their mission was a set-up to dupe them into eliminating the rebels in the area, Dutch's squad came into contact with a Predator that stalked and killed the elite mercenaries one-by-one.

Dutch was a specialist in guerrilla engagements and had been posted in both Da Nang and Cambodia during and after the Vietnam War, alongside Al Dillon. He was one of only two survivors of the encounter in Guatemala, the other being guerrilla member Anna Gonsalves. He was subsequently interrogated by the OWLF regarding the incident, but he later escaped from their custody and disappeared.

## Biography

### Background

Born July 30, 1947 Thal, Styria, Austria to strick parents Dutch lived an average Austrian life, being forced into Military Service at the age of 18 he served 2 years before leaving and moving to the United States, Wishing to get away from that forced life, instead arrived in the USA and was quickly drafted into the US Army.

he attended boot camp with Jim Hopper in 1967 and had a brother named John who was a detective in the NYPD.

### Army years

Dutch went on to serve in the Vietnam War alongside his close friend Al Dillon, seeing action at Da Nang. At one point during the war, Dutch was captured and brutally tortured by the Viet Cong; the prolonged interrogation eventually caused him to become resistant to pain. Following the Vietnam War, he served in various commando units, including a mission in Malaysia in 1979 with Hopper that nearly claimed both of their lives. He later reunited with Dillon for operations in Thailand, and while serving there the men obtained matching lighters of personal significance.

### Working as a mercenary

"*We're a rescue team, not assassins.*"
―**Dutch** to **Dillon**, regarding the ethical code he follows as a mercenary (from *Predator*)
In 1980, Dutch left the United States Army and set up his own private military company, mainly recruiting other US Army personnel.

Dutch's team saw operations in Angola, Cambodia, Lebanon and Afghanistan. More recently, the team dealt with a terrorist siege at the Sudanese Embassy in Berlin, Germany, assaulting the building and eliminating seven terrorists in under ten seconds. Not only did the operation in the center of the city go totally unnoticed by the world's press, but the terrorists were also eliminated before they even had a chance to call in their demands.

A notable condition of employment for Dutch and his men was that they only ever operate as a rescue team, and he refused to take on any mission where the prime objective was the elimination of enemy personnel, such as a proposed operation in Libya that he turned down.

### Mission to Guatemala

"*Once we cross that border, we're on our own.*" "*This is getting better by the minute.*"
―**Dillon** and **Dutch**, discussing the mission (from *Predator*)
In 1987, Dutch and his men were deployed to Conta Mana in Central America, meeting there with Al Dillon, who now worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. The team had been hired for a mission to rescue a Conta Manan cabinet minister and his aide, who had been kidnapped by guerrilla forces in neighboring Guatemala. After being inserted into Guatemala aboard *Redbird Two Two*, Dutch's team quickly discovered the wreckage of the helicopter that had been carrying the captured cabinet ministers and, later, several US Army Special Forces soldiers, who had been skinned alive and hung from the trees; one of the dead men was Dutch's old friend Jim Hopper. Dutch and his men pressed on to the guerrilla camp where the hostages were being held, arriving just in time to witness a Soviet military advisor executing a hostage. Dutch's team launched their attack, wiping out the camp in short order, although they found that the other hostages were also already dead.

Dutch and his men quickly deduced the "cabinet ministers" had actually been CIA agents, and, after confronting Dillon, he learned the mission had been a set-up from the beginning — the agents had been captured reconnoitering for an attack and, after Hopper's team vanished while attempting to rescue them, Dillon created the cabinet minister story to manipulate Dutch into destroying the guerrillas. Infuriated that a once close friend had betrayed him, Dutch and his men made for their extraction point, although Dillon ordered them to take along the sole surviving guerrilla, Anna, as a prisoner.

### Last stand

"*Dillon, we make a stand now, or there will be nobody left to go to the chopper.*"
―**Dutch**, arguing with **Dillon** (from *Predator*)
It soon became clear something was stalking Dutch's team. Despite Dutch's improvised attempts to kill the creature, including an elaborate ambush involving traps constructed from the forest itself, over the next 24 hours Hawkins, Blain, Mac, Dillon, Billy and Poncho were all killed, leaving just Dutch and Anna alive, the latter apparently spared, because she was unarmed. After sending Anna on ahead to the extraction helicopter, Dutch made a stand against the Predator that had hunted his team, although he was quickly outmatched and lost most of his equipment in a desperate escape over a cliff and down a waterfall. However, when he accidentally covered himself in wet mud, he unintentionally rendered himself invisible to the Predator's thermal vision, thereby learning a crucial lesson.

After constructing improvised traps and weapons, including a bow, spears, incendiary grenades and several explosive arrowheads (using unfired rounds for his M203 grenade launcher), Dutch once again covered himself in mud to mask his thermal signature and confronted the Predator one final time. Though the creature fell victim to a number of Dutch's traps, they failed to kill it. The situation deteriorated when Dutch fell into a pool of water during the confrontation, stripping him of his camouflage, and he was forced to face the Predator in a hand-to-hand duel. Despite Dutch's impressive physique, he was no match for the creature and received a savage beating. In desperation, Dutch managed to lure the Predator underneath the counterweight for one of his traps, triggering it and causing the huge log to crush the creature. The Predator, mortally wounded, activated its Self-Destruct Device and Dutch narrowly escaped the resultant explosion, eventually being picked up by the extraction helicopter.

### Disappearance, sightings and legacy

"*What kind of, er, **work** did your brother do?* *Covert operations, their dirty jobs. Last thing I heard he was leading a squad into Central America. Then he disappeared.*"
―Rosche and John Schaefer discussing Dutch.
After being rescued from Guatemala, Dutch began experiencing adverse health effects akin to radiation sickness, apparently from exposure to the explosion of the Jungle Hunter's Self-Destruct Device. While hospitalized, he was interviewed by Peter Keyes of the OWLF regarding what had happened in the jungle. Dutch subsequently escaped from the hospital and disappeared. Several years later, Dutch's older brother John would encounter the Predators while searching for him.

In certain circles, it seems Dutch's story became legendary. Even the Yautja race became aware of Dutch's activities, through records automatically returned to Yautja Prime aboard the deceased Jungle Hunter's ship. The information led some Predators to revere Dutch and his achievements, most notably the City Hunter, who regarded Dutch, and by extension the human race in general, with great respect. Over the years, reports of Dutch (or at least someone matching his description) began to frequently pop up, usually associated with PMC groups and some of the most dangerous firefights in the world. At one point during an OWLF search in South America which turned up no leads on the Yautja, Dutch encountered the OWLF and met with Keyes. Although there was initial tension, the encounter passed without incident, with the two even drinking together that same night and trying to retrieve information from each other. While Keyes was disheartened about Dutch's refusal to join the OWLF, Garber believed that Dutch was still upset over Keyes' handling of the aftermath of the Guatemala incident.

Ten years after the Guatemala incident, Keyes would make mention of Dutch's encounter with the Predator whilst he and his OWLF taskforce attempted to capture another Yautja in the city of Los Angeles.

As it happened, Dutch would seemingly briefly resurface during the latter stages of the manhunt in Los Angeles. After the Yautja managed to kill most of the OWLF team sent to apprehend it, Adam Garber became the default head of operations onsite, ordering an OWLF chopper to bring him to where the Yautja was heading. When the chopper finally arrived, Dutch once more appeared attempting to commandeer the helicopter. When Garber recognized Dutch a brief argument ensued however Dutch quickly persuaded Garber to work with him in getting to the site of the Yautja's destination as quickly as possible. After reaching the site, Dutch realized that they were too late to stop the Yautja, and he quickly convinced Garber to leave him at the site to retrieve any remaining alien weaponry onsite.

Likewise, Isabelle told the individuals stranded with her on the Game Preserve Planet about Dutch and his team, including the mission to Guatemala and details of the creature that stalked and killed them.