Targets

"Targets" refer to the hits Zero receives which are given to him by The Psychiatrist through Dossiers, at the exception of Dawoud Bey, whose dossier is not seen in the game. These dossiers are given to The Psychiatrist by the New Mecca government in order to carry out hits to mitigate the propagation of any information, or the general distribution of the Chronos drug and the NULL soldier program's existence, as well as the warcrimes and atrocities committed in the Cromag War by proxy.

Some of these, such as Fifteen's, are provided for different reasons entirely. These reasons include, but aren't limited to: Mass murder, destruction of public property, presumed Chronos robbery/fabrication, assassination, etc.

Zero's targets in order of appearance are Dawoud Bey, Josh Rose, DJ Electrohead, Fa Yuan, Omar Al-Qasim and Fifteen so far. All the targets listed but Fifteen are confirmed to be deceased. This is subject to change in future expansions of Katana: ZERO.

## Trivia

* Zero can be seen in a target hit within a dossier at the end of the game in The Psychiatrist's office. You can access it by heading over to The Psychiatrist's desk after killing him (Either by bludgeoning him or by defeating him in his bossfight), and interacting with the dossier on his desk.
* The lighter that is used to destroy the target hit Dossiers has the word "Juncture" on it. Juncture is one of the most prominent companies in New Mecca. The implications of them supplying lighters to people like Zero and The Psychiatrist can imply direct connection or involvement with the New Mecca government's endeavors.
* It is possible to kill none of the targets. Dawoud Bey, Fa Yuan, and Omar Al-Qasim are all killed by either Fifteen or V. DJ Electrohead can be shot by V, and Josh Rose can commit suicide. Zero can also be killed in the end of the Chinatown level if he rejects help from The Masked Men.
* Fa Yuan is the only character who can have their dossier modified or altered. To do this, you must interrupt The Psychiatrist every time you meet him and reject your Chronos Injection before the Mutual-Nil Prison level. This will cause for the Dossier's text to be completely replaced by the words "KILL". Doing this will grant you the Claymore Prototype. (See: Refused Medication, Prototype Key)
* In addition, Fa Yuan is the only character with a completely detailed portrait of themselves in their Dossier that isn't their in-level sprite.
* Despite the targets being the only people Zero should the most focused on killing, it's possible for him to kill the homeless man, Headhunter, and by extension, contribute to the murder of V, as well as murdering Leon von Alvensleben on what could be Fifteen's behalf. Common enemies like Strong Terry and Skinny Ricky are exceptions to this, as they must be killed in order for the hits to be carried out.
* Due to The Psychiatrist dying, and him being the only source of dossiers, it's likely that we won't see the current format of targetting involving dossiers moving forwards.
* Zero's dossier is the only dossier that isn't destroyed after being read. This is subject to change in future expansions of Katana: ZERO.
* Leon Von Alvensleben and V are the only characters hunted down by Zero who were not asked to be killed through a targetted dossier. Headhunter is an exception, as she hunted Zero down out of her own volition and failed to kill him.