Barker

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Name: Barker*Gender:* Male*Affiliation:* Global Defence Initiative (GDI)*Role:* Military police officer*Position:* Head of security for a prison sector*Post:* GDI Supermax Prison, Arctic Circle*Associates:* Agent Duquette, Parker*Appearance:* Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight
Cutscene: Ex Machina
Status: Unknown.Barker is a GDI military police officer who makes a brief appearance in Tiberium Twilight. A rank-and-file Soldier stationed at a high-security prison facility in the Arctic Circle, he plays a limited but decisive role in the liberation of Parker, the future Commander at the centre of the events of 2062.

The Supermax Prison

Barker works in a GDI Supermax prison located somewhere within the Arctic Circle. He wears his service uniform, consisting notably of a beige jumpsuit, a black beret and a GDI pass.

He is responsible for security in the section where Parker is imprisoned.

Parker was imprisoned following his involvement in Louise James’s coup. Barker thus finds himself charged with guarding a prisoner of particular importance to the GDI.

Parker’s release

The situation changes when Agent Duquette intervenes.

Duquette forces Barker to release Parker and, crucially, to allow him to leave the prison without being stopped by security. As the sector commander, Barker has the authority required to make this escape possible.

Barker eventually gives in and Parker is released.

This intervention, though very brief, allows the future Commander to regain his freedom and resume an active role in the conflict between the GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod.

A one-off appearance

Barker remains an extremely minor character. He is neither a Commander nor a political figure, and no detailed biography is known about him.

He appears only in ‘Ex Machina’, the cutscene introducing the Lockdown mission. After Parker’s release, Barker disappears from the narrative and his subsequent fate is not specified.