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Dr. Bradley Paine (also known as "The Conditioner" and “The Brainwasher”) is one of Agent 47's targets in the HITMAN™ mission The Vector. He is a medical doctor and the sleeper agent of the doomsday cult "Liberation."

Background[]

Bradley Paine is a Boston-educated medical doctor and expert virologist. He has worked on a number of viral outbreaks in recent years, and is part of the response-pool of experts connected to the Center for Disease Control, in Atlanta.

Following a brush with death during a field expedition to locate the source of a particularly lethal strain of Septem's Disease, he became convinced that plagues were an expression of the will of some unknowable yet welcoming deity. It appears that his role in Nabazov's plan is not to spread the disease but to actively hinder the C.D.C's. attempt to control it.
― Target Intel

Appearance[]

Although not an interactive target, Bradley Paine's design may be loosely based on David Byrne, sharing a suit nearly identical to the one worn by Byrne in the music video for Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime". This is further backed up by an unused picture of Bradley Paine himself in the game's files which uses a filter identical to that in the music video.

Similarly, his hairstyle and glasses may have been inspired by Herbert West, the protagonist of H. P. Lovecraft's short story and subsequent film adaptation Re-Animator. Both have obvious similarities and both experimented in medicinal practices (Bradley experimenting with the Nabazov Virus, and Herbert experimenting with re-animating the dead).

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Trivia[]

  • During his route around the compound, he will talk to the infected soldiers. This will help to locate the infected targets to eliminate.
  • Paine was originally planned to be an Elusive Target called "The Conditioner", according to a list of leaked elusive targets on the Hitman Reddit.
  • If he gets compromised, he will hastily flee away to his car parked in front of the West Bridge.
  • In The Source, Oybek Nabazov calls a hesitant Bradley convincing him to join the militia as a field doctor.
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