Lian Xing

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Lian Xing is Gabriel Logan's partner in the Syphon Filter, a series of video games developed and published by Sony.

Born in Kashi, China, Lian was working for the M.S.S. during the 1980s. She first met Logan in Afghanistan, both working on assignments against the Soviets. During the 1990s, Lian was then working for the Agency as Logan's partner.

Contents 1 Syphon Filter 1 2 Syphon Filter 2 3 Syphon Filter 3 4 Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain

[edit] Syphon Filter 1

During the events of the first game, Lian provided tactical support for Logan, but was captured during a covert operation in Kazakhstan. During her captivity, she was infected with the Syphon Filter virus before being saved by Gabe. She helped provide tactical support for him during the rest of the game, and also uncovered pieces of Markinson's involvement in the conspiracy.

[edit] Syphon Filter 2

During the events of Syphon Filter 2, Lian is captured by Agency operatives headed by Dillon Morgan and Derek Falkan so that the Agency could continue researching the virus in her body. Meanwhile, Gabe and CBDC GIs attempted to get the data disks regarding the Syphon Filter virus over to Teresa Lipan at the Arizona desert, but instead was shot down over the Colorado mountains. Lian eventually escapes the McKenzie Air Force base and managed to save Gabe shortly before the train drove off the railway bridge. After Gabe recovered the data disks from Morgan, it turned out that they only had half of the data, and that a Soviet officer, Uri Gregorov, had the other half. Lian arranged to have a meeting with Gregorov in Moscow, but a firefight erupts, with Lian chasing Gregorov. The Gregorov Lian was pursuing was an impostor, with the real Gregorov being in the Aljir Prison, a place Lian was familiar with. Lian infiltrates the prison and successfully extracts Gregorov. Unfortunately, the Syphon Filter virus started getting a better hold on her and she lost consciousness. Gabe infiltrates the Agency Labs in New York to get the vaccine synthesized. After a firefight with Jason Chance, Gabe manages to administer the vaccine, therefore curing her from the Syphon Filter virus.

[edit] Syphon Filter 3

During the event of Syphon Filter 3, Gabe and Lian took turns giving their testimonies to a corrupt Secretary of Defense Vince Hadden. Lian gave details of the operations in Costa Rica and Afghanistan. During current operations, she was in Australia with support provided by MI-6 operative Maggie Powers. She was to take photographic evidence of genocide, sabotage the compound's communications systems, take out as many terrorists as possible, and save as many aborigines as possible. Upon Elsa Weissenger's kidnapping, Lian convinces Elsa to synthesize the vaccine. Before going off to save the villagers, Elsa gives Lian a data disk containing information about Mara Aramov as an insurance policy in case Aramov double-crossed her. Lian saves the villagers and kills Commander Terry Silvers in the process. Elsa disappears when Lian returns to the chopper. At the end of the game, Gabe and Lian were exonerated from all accused crimes, and eventually form the I.P.C.A..

[edit] Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain

During Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, I.P.C.A. recruits were busy carrying out operations in Carthage, Michigan, and Belarus. Lian accompanies Gabe to Uganda during the Carthage operation, and does an infiltration mission in Kyrgystan which is playable if the player completed all par times for the Belarus campaign. Lian also heads an operation in Tokyo to assault a building she infiltrated, but had a leg injury during the mission. She later headed a mission in Myanmar to recover I.P.C.A. Imani Gray's body as well as finish an assignment Imani was supposed to carry out. Lian was then stuck in H.Q. while Gabe and an I.P.C.A. recruit investigate Zurich. During the final assault on Ivankov's base, Lian is pre-occupied in a firefight in the surrounding forest for the entire mission. After the particular mission, everything worked out well thanks to the recruits' hard efforts throughout the game, with a praise from the U.S. president.