- "You little ingrate! I should have known you would rebel against your old man - not at all like No. 48. Now there's a loyal and trusting clone."
- ―Dr. Ort-Meyer, taunting Agent 47
The No. 48s were a group of clones featured in Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman: Contracts, and briefly making an appearance in the 2015 film adaptation, Hitman: Agent 47.
The 48s were a Class I human clone created by Ort-Meyer, featured in Codename 47. They were designed as a loyal counterpart to Agent 47. They all lack free will by design, and follow the doctor's orders directly. 47 encountered them when he entered Ort-Meyer's laboratory during the game's final mission, Meet Your Brother.
The 48s make a minor reappearence in the first mission of Hitman: Contracts, Asylum Aftermath. Here, the Asylum basement is littered with the corpses of the now deceased clones.
Background[]
The number 48s, like their predecessor 47, are a Class I Series IV clone. They were supposed to be genetically superior to Agent 47, possessing above-average combat accuracy, a much lower reaction to pain, increased damage resistance and heightened speed. They were designed to be a type of "puppet" for Dr. Ort-Meyer, doing everything they are told and having no choice but to follow.
Appearances[]
Hitman: Codename 47[]
The No. 48s had extreme loyalty to Ort-Meyer, and constantly displayed a psychotic smile in combat, even after death. In appearance, they wear the same clothes as Agent 47: a black blazer with a red tie and white dress shirt. During Agent 47's encounter with them, they all wielded MP5s, and the silenced equivalent. In Hitman: Contracts this is retconned to imply the 48s instead wielded CZ2000 pistols.
As evidenced in Hitman: Contracts, some or all of the clones are accelerated into adulthood from birth via sophisticated incubation chambers, the ones scattered throughout the asylum basement. 47 was born a child and matured into adulthood; thus while these could be genetically superior to Agent 47, they are much younger and lack the years of experience of their counterpart.
Hitman: Contracts[]
In Hitman: Contracts, the corpses of the No. 48s are found laid across the deeper parts of the Asylum. Farther out from Ort-Meyer's personal operating theater, there were still living Series IV clones inside the incubation tanks, and possibly wandering the basement. The ultimate fate of these clones is left ambiguous.
The player can also witness Series IV clones that are still in the fetus stage of development, right before seeing the clones that have been accelerated to adulthood.
Hitman: Agent 47[]
In the 2015 movie adaptation Hitman: Agent 47, a No. 48 clone made an appearance at the ending of the movie, sent by Diana Burnwood to kill Agent 47 for disobeying orders. The clone wielded an AMT Hardballer. Right before being shot, the clone says "Diana says hello." in a monotone voice, lifts his pistol, which causes Agent 47 to, at double speed, throw up his pistol and kill the clone. Whereas this version has a separate origin, it's appearance and behaviour are similar to it's in-game counterpart.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Artificially Enhanced Physiology: These particular clones were encoded with all of Agent 47's enhanced physical abilities, as well as some improvements.
- Enhanced Strength: The 48s are physically as powerful as Agent 47.
- Enhanced Durability: The 48s has survived things that would kill normal humans. Also, the 48s have a much lower reaction to pain and can tolerate more damage than Agent 47 himself. They are immune to small firearms, but are capable of dying from something as powerful as a Minigun.
- Enhanced Speed: The 48s have been seen to move slightly faster than Agent 47 himself, and to somersault to get out of rough situations.
- Accelerated Aging: The No. 48 clones were accelerated into adulthood by Dr. Ort-Meyer.
Abilities[]
- Master Martial Artist: The 48s have been encoded with all the combat skills of Agent 47.
Weaknesses[]
- Lack of Free Will: This is one of the qualities, which makes Dr. Ort-Meyer see them as the perfect super soldier. However, this is also a weakness, as they cannot think for themselves in combat, reducing their actual effectiveness when confronted by a more adaptable threat, such as 47 himself.
Trivia[]
- Unused dialogue from the game suggest that originally the #48s could talk to Agent 47. It was also revealed that these clones resent 47, and believe him to be a weak, defective version. # 48s also talk to Ortmeyer, Ortmeyer commands them, and they respond like children.
- It's unknown how many clones Agent 47 actually fought as their numbers are inconsistent throughout the series. In the cutscene that plays in Meet Your Brother, 11 clones are shown but the player fights only 10. In Asylum Aftermath, almost 17 clone bodies are scattered in the basement.
Gallery[]
Hitman: Codename 47[]
Hitman: Contracts[]
