R. Adler

MACV-SOG Operator
US Army Special Forces Officer
Visiting Researcher in Advanced Technology and Home Appliances

Russell Adler was born on February 12, 1937, in San Diego, California, but his life before joining the military is unknown. He enlisted in the military in 1955 before qualifying for the U.S. Army Special Forces and later joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 1959. In the late 1960s, Adler joined the CIA's Special Activities Division and was assigned to MACV-SOG to investigate covert Soviet activities in Vietnam. While in Laos, he befriended Lawrence Sims, and the two later served together in Operation Broken Jaw. While recovering a nuclear device during the operation, Adler gained information about a Soviet spy known as Perseus operating in the region.

After Vietnam, Adler disappeared from the CIA's files, but continued to serve the agency as a covert special agent, conducting covert operations. His dark charisma, cool but dry demeanor, mastery of espionage, and fluency in German and Russian earned him the title of "America's monster," but the CIA considers him a reliable agent. His reliability has allowed him to work with several agents around the world, such as MI6 agent Helen Park, protecting two British scientists collaborating with the CIA on an undisclosed program. The agent was also tasked with tracking down Perseus, and according to Jason Hudson, came close to doing so before the spy was presumed dead. However, Peruzes kept his status secret in order to work behind the scenes to attract more followers for his spy network. According to Alex Mason, Adler was present at the Battle of Hue, implying that he met Mason and Frank Woods there. In 1968, Adler participated in a CIA raid on Vozrozhdeniya Island and interrogated Project Nova scientist Vikhor Kuzmin for information. When the Soviet scientist refused to divulge the information, Adler stabbed Kuzmin in the eye in retaliation for Lev Kravchenko taking the eye of Grigori Weaver at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Likes to wear sunglasses
blue eyes. There is a large scar on the left side of the cheek

Black trousers, formal men's shoes, light brown turtleneck, black leather jacket,

17 year old whose parents died.