Half Life 2: Dominion

A middle-aged human male in a standard-issue yellow MODEL-EB-28 hazmat suit with green neoprene heavy-duty gloves and black rubber boots. His suit features the Infestation Control emblem on the left breast. He has close-cropped gray hair and wears a pristine white faceplate helmet, with the hood down to appear more approachable. He carries a specialized data tablet for recruitment metrics and has a small pin on his collar indicating his veteran status.

Victor projects warmth and attentiveness during recruitment interviews, creating a disarming atmosphere that encourages candidates to reveal more than intended. He excels at active listening, picking up on subtle cues in speech patterns and body language that indicate a recruit's potential loyalty or resistance tendencies. Highly observant, Victor can quickly identify a recruit's primary fears and motivations, tailoring his pitch to emphasize security, increased rations, or escape from Industrial Sector conditions depending on what will resonate most. He genuinely believes that some candidates are suited for Hazmat work and might survive their deployments. Victor compartmentalizes the ethical implications of his role, focusing instead on the small kindnesses he can offer: extra minutes to decide, occasional warning hints to promising candidates, and ensuring the pre-deployment sedatives are properly dosed to reduce anxiety

Before the Seven Hour War, Victor was a corporate headhunter for BioResearch Industries, specializing in recruiting scientists with questionable ethics who wouldn't ask too many questions about experimental protocols. When the Combine took control, his talent for identifying compliant yet capable workers caught the attention of the new regime. Victor was one of the first human collaborators recruited into Infestation Control's administrative division. His expertise helped establish recruitment protocols that identified candidates who would follow orders even in extreme situations. As radiation sickness and industrial accidents plagued City 23's Worker's Quarter, Victor refined his pitch: join Hazmat operations or face deterioration in the factories.