Brian MacFarlane

Brian MacFarlane
Date of Birth	January 24th 1979
Gender	Male
Height	6ft 2in
Race/Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Police Officer
Marital status	Married (Rebecca Chambers 2006-Present)
Relative(s)	Seth/Rachel (Parents, Deceased)
Status	Alive

Brian Christopher MacFarlane is a former Army Special Forces operative, currently part of the Raccoon City Police Department's Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S)

Early Life And Childhood

Brian was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 24th 1979 to Seth, a high school music teacher; and Rachel, a high school maths teacher. As a child he was constantly exposed to all kinds of the arts, due to his father's interests and his mother's. At six months, his family relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, where he spent the rest of his childhood. He attended East Boston Elementary, East Boston Junior High, and East Boston High. At the age of five, he began receiving piano lessons off his musical theatre-loving mother, and at the age of seven took up the guitar. The latter being his father's instrument.

Brian got his first taste of battle while working a summer job at a pawn shop in East Boston in the summer of 1994, when armed robbers stormed the building with shotguns. This forced fifteen year old Brian and the shop's owner to shoot back with handguns.

Early Military Career

Brian enlisted in the United States Army in the summer of 1997 at the age of eighteen. Straight away he was placed in the 101st Airborne division and sent to the war torn Former Yugoslavia. Where he was part of a NATO force to protect the people of Kosovo. After serving two years in Europe, he was able to return to America. He would then be based at Mirimar, sharing the base between Army personnel and Marine personnel. Whilst at Mirimar he received special forces training, gaining his green beret by the turn of the century.

9/11 experiences

Soon after Brian left for the army, his parents relocated to San Francisco. In the latter part of 2001 they were visiting old friends in Boston before flying back to Los Angeles, as they planned to drive back up the coast to San Francisco. Brian watched the board the flight, along with a pair of Muslim men, not knowing what was to happen. His final words to his parents were the words 'I love you', along with a kiss on the cheek for his mother. After taking a nap at the sports centre he had played at as a child, he could not help but notice that the skies over East Boston had become silent, as had the streets. He stopped by a friend's house, his former history teacher who was off work with a broken wrist, and was just in time to see the second plane hit the World Trade Centre. After finding out that it was American Flight 11 that hit the first tower, he and his friend got incredibly drunk and he was declared AWOL for three days. However, his superiors took pity on him for what had happened.

Afghanistan

Brian was part of the first wave of troops sent to Afghanistan, participating in many of the early attacks on Taliban strongholds. His stay would only last two months however, as he had yet another life altering experience.

On November 12th 2001, Brian was part of a large Special Forces unit that was to go into Kandahar and suppress the last of the Taliban forces holed up in the city. Out of a platoon of forty men, only six including Brian made it to the city. Like Billy Coen in Africa years before, many of the unit was lost to land mines or the sheer heat. Once they entered the city, they were immediately attacked. Brian admits to killing three insurgents, while another twelve were killed by other members of the unit. They had missed a terrorist with a rocket launcher, who fired at them, killing three more members of the team. The team's Staff Sergeant was injured, so Sergeant MacFarlane and a Private decided to head for a nearby apartment block where they would try to signal for help from the roof. Whilst en route to the roof, Brian had an encounter with someone he thought posed a threat. After a borderline torture session, which he attributes to the fact it was Al-Qaeda/Taliban operatives who killed his parents, he knocked the defenseless man out and threw him down a flight of stairs. On the roof- they defended to the last man, and made their escape at night. Using a pickup truck at the side of the road they escaped the city, only for the truck to run out of petrol on the outskirts. Proceeding on foot, they had completely forgotten about the time delayed proximity activated landmines at the side of the road. One detonated, sending Brian flying through the air. He landed hard, putting him in a coma for a week. The Staff Sergeant died on the flight out the country, while the Private returned to base relatively unharmed.

Recovery

Brian's memory only takes him as far back as a month after waking up from his coma, and even then his memory is hazy. He woke up thinking it was 1996 and he had been hurt playing football, and that his mum and dad would visit soon. After being told they were dead, he tried numerous attempts, broken limbs and all, to disconnect himself from the IV drips and other drugs that were helping to keep him alive. After some heavy sedation, he miraculously was able to gain back some of his old behaviour, and agreed to physiotherapy from RAF doctors at RAF Station Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK. It took six months for him to get back to anywhere near his old self, and for his actions in Afghanistan was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. Whilst recovering, a superior officer offered him three choices: Go back to Afghanistan, full honourable discharge or work at a test facility. Brian took the latter, claiming that going back to civilian street and working in an office would have pushed him to suicide.

Career Change and S.T.A.R.S

After working in Michigan between mid 2002 and early 2003, Brian wanted a change of career. At the advice of his commanding officer whose cousin was chief of police there, Brian was accepted into the Stoneville Police Department. His training didn't take as long due to his already extensive knowledge of firearms and restraining techniques learned in the army. Whilst working alongside veteran police officer Scott Shriner, Brian was informed of the Raccoon City Police Department's S.T.A.R.S team. A special tactics division that was re-established along with the rebuilt city.

Brian blitzed the S.T.A.R.S selection phase, beating off Navy Seals and a man who claimed to be Delta Force to be accepted straight into the Chris Redfield-led Alpha Team. Alongside Redfield, Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy, Rebecca Chambers and Richard Aiken, who by some miracle actually survived his injuries sustained in the mansion incident. Brian was put straight to work on Raccoon City's Remembrance Day celebrations on September 25th 2004, in which he led a S.W.A.T team on a massive crack cocaine bust. He was able to arrest a known drug dealer and murderer, and while explaining himself to Kennedy and Valentine, got his leg cut by his own combat knife as it was in a thigh holster.

Kennedy and Valentine took him upstairs to get the leg seen to by Rebecca, and he was introduced to his desk. He had lunch with Richard Aiken since he would be able to finally meet with Chris at the lunch spot. Chris took him back to the station to get him sorted out with the rest of his equipment. By the end of September 25th 2004, Brian MacFarlane had become a member of S.T.A.R.S

Michigan T-Virus Outbreak

At a group gathering at Jack's Bar in Raccoon City, Bravo Team member Carlos Oliveira was attacked in the bar's toilets by a man dressed in black. Brian and another Bravo Team member, Kevin Ryman, were able to apprehend the man and take him outside, where he was shot by a sniper from a roof across the road. The next morning, the investigation began, leading Brian and Bravo Team member Billy Coen around Raccoon City and even over to Stoneville asking questions. The biggest one being as to what gun was used in the murder. Brian had since been staying with Rebecca to save on travel between Stoneville and Raccoon City, and had also moved some clothes in for him as she wasn't doing anything that day. While taking a nap whilst waiting for dinner, Brian had a nightmare about Afghanistan, causing him to admit everything to Rebecca, who offered all her support to him.

About a week later, Brian had an encounter with a strange man in an alley down the side of Rebecca's apartment building. After confronting the man and nearly being shot, he was presented with a sports bag that contained the murder weapon. It was a gun Brian had been testing in Michigan. It had been stolen and used to not only kill the man out the front of the bar, but it had also been used in the slaughter of a large gang in another crack factory in Raccoon City.

Chris Redfield had a week of unsuccessful attempts to contact the facility after being able to do so a few days befoee, so he sent Bravo Team in. Brad Tucker and Ryan Williams accompanied the underpowered Bravos to Michigan, who were there just to collect information. As a result, they had not taken any substantial weaponry with them. Just their sidearms, thinking that the telephone cables had been shorted out by the weather. However, just like in the Arklay Mountains six years prior, their transport crashed, killing the US Marine pilots instantly and causing them to effectively break in. After realising what they had gotten into, captain Barry Burton radioed for help, and within hours Brian and the others had arrived, packing considerable firepower.

Whilst exploring the facility, Brian became faced with memories of not only his time there, but in Afghanistan too. The first of these being with the first zombie he ever attacked- smashing its skull with the butt of his gun, just like he had done to that civilian in that apartment block. As a result of this, he realised that what he did to the zombie was no different to what he did in Kandahar and tried manically to repress his guilt. Further exploration or dorm rooms revealed an Army Lieutenant who had hung himself to prevent him becoming one of the undead. Brian, upholding what he thought was right, cut the man down; much to the displeasure of Chris, who tried to tell him that they didn't have the means to extract him. "He may be dead but I don't want him hanging here like a piece of meat. I want to spare thirty seconds so this man can at least have some dignity". He also saved Jill Valentine from a pair of infected dobermans and gave Rebecca a Desert Eagle handgun as her Beretta had run dry.

Brian was then called upon to save the lives of Ryman and Oliveira when they were attacked by a Hunter. He then escorted them to the rendezvous point of a security office. He then distracted a couple of lickers with noise to ensure that Leon, Jill, Rebecca and Leon could escape the deadly pair. His main act of almost self sacrifice came when the team encountered their former boss, Albert Wesker in a rooftop bar and lounge. Wesker admitted to planning this from the beginning to trap them, just like the Arklay Mansion, and in a moment of sheer evil, he shot Rebecca Chambers with his Samurai Edge handgun, causing her to bleed out quickly. Richard and Brian rushed to her aid, injecting her with an experimental haemostatic medicine that quickly stopped the bleeding while Chris fought Wesker one on one. Brian was beginning to worry it was too late, due to the fact his once sky blue shirt was now a purple colour from all of Rebecca's blood. Richard ran outside to ensure medical help was on the way while Brian looked after Rebecca. Rebecca poured her heart out to him, admitting how she felt about their friendship. Brian returned the affection, before telling Rebecca she now had to 'watch the bad side of him'. He stood up and tackled Wesker in a way that would have broken a normal man in half. Both men struggled over possession of a handgun that fired upwards into the ceiling tiles. Eventually, due to the effects of his virus wearing off, Brian was able to gain an upper hand until in one last bout of super human strength Wesker flung him into the wall, landing heavily. Chris continued the fight while Brian struggled to get up. Rebecca slid across the Desert Eagle she had been given by him and Brian happily used it to shoot Wesker in the head. Killing him. The S.T.A.R.S members escaped just as the Air Force arrived to bomb the facility into the ground.

Atlanta Airport Incident

Between the events of 'One' in 2004 and 'Genesis' in 2006, Brian and Rebecca got married. They were returning from Honeymoon in England when the events of 'Genesis' occurred. Atlanta International Airport had the T-Virus unleashed upon it, turning the people inside, with the exception of Brian, Rebecca and a single security guard into zombies. The three of them had to fend for themselves in the claustrophobic conditions until S.T.A.R.S could back them up. However, an anti-terrorist squad had been sent in and quickly found the three survivors, using intelligence that told them that two of the people trapped were S.T.A.R.S members and know how to handle these situations. Brian did not trust their team leader, and after he left two members of his team to die, Brian cast out the team leader, stripping him of his weapons and armour and leaving him to look after himself. He was right to do so, as the team leader, John McKay was in fact dangerous. He was hunting the survivors of the anti-terrorism teams for sport and was trying to make sure no-one survived. After being shot by McKay, Brian was rescued by Jill and Leon who reunited him with his wife and the rest of McKay's former team. Brian remained in an office to get his strength back and was later found again by another survivor of another anti-terror squad. They rejoined the rest of the S.T.A.R.S members, but it wasn't so easy. Brian got caught in an explosion that gashed his right arm open, but he would still fight. McKay turned into a Tyrant via T-injection and he had to be put down. With help from a joint S.T.A.R.S, Marine and ATS sniper team McKay was put down by Brian and the others before Brian collapsed to the ground. No pulse. No breathing. Jill, Leon and Rebecca performed CPR and were able to bring him round. A year after the events in Atlanta, Rebecca and Brian's first child was born.

Personal Life

Brian lives in south west Raccoon City with wife Rebecca (nee Chambers) and their son Seth (Born October 13th 2007) and Daughter Rachel (Born May 17th 2009). He plays the guitar and piano and performs fund raising gigs with his band Green River which is made up of colleagues Chris Redfield (guitar) Billy Coen (bass) and Kevin Ryman (drums). He also performs acoustic nights.

He is a massive sports fan and played football, soccer and baseball in school. He was offered a college scholarship but turned it down to join the army.

He supports the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics, as well as English Football Club Walsall FC.

As a result of the injuries sustained in Afghanistan, he has metal plates in both his right and left shin bones.

Personality and Traits

Brian is a friendly approachable person who is often described as 'more friendly than he appears to be' due to his tall stature and large muscular build. While he likes to do things by the book, he will bend the rules and get his hands dirty if he has to. He is extremely physically and mentally fit and it is very rare he will buckle under pressure. He is also a fantastic leader and easily fits into a captaincy role if Chris Redfield is not available to lead a mission. Brian possesses strong moral values and will always to his best to uphold what he feels is 'right' such as cutting down the hanging Lieutenant in the Michigan dorm room. His sharp tongue will put anybody in their place, with a very dry sense of humour. Even in his army days he was on a first name basis with many of his commanders, proving just how much of a superb job he did serving his country.

Because of his Special Forces service and training, Brian is an outstanding marksman with both handguns and rifles. In addition he is an exceptional driver, trained in many forms of unarmed combat and superbly fit. His muscle mass puts his weight at around 270lbs.

Brian often feels scared of himself, because of what he has been trained to be able to do with his bare hands. He often sees his friends in Boston and while they are very much still the same people, he has become someone who he wasn't fifteen years ago. He often feels as though he is a manufactured product than a normal human being who exists purely to kill. This is one of the main reasons he left the army.

He values his friends and his family over everything else, and getting married and having children has enabled him to become 'human' once again.

Outfit

Brian wears black combat trousers, black boots, a black tactical jacket and a sky blue shirt as his S.T.A.R.S uniform. Although in some cases he may revert to more Army coloured clothes if a mission has to take place to find a suspect in forested areas.

Equipment

S.T.A.R.S Beretta 92Fs 'Samurai Edge'

FN Herstel P90

BAE Systems SA80/LA82

Miltary Honours

Ranks:

Private Second Class: July 2, 1997

Private First Class: September 11, 1997

Specialist: October 2, 1998

Corporal: May 7, 1999

Sergeant: January 24, 2000

Staff Sergeant: December 31, 2002

Medals:

Distinguished Service Cross (Army) - Awarded 2001

Silver Star- Awarded 2001

Legion of Merit- Awarded 2003

Soldier's Medal- Awarded 1997

Purple Heart- Awarded 2001

Army Service Ribbon- Awarded 2003

Army Overseas Service Ribbon (with numeral 2) - Awarded 2003

Kosovo Campaign Medal- Awarded 1999

Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon- Awarded 2003

National Defence Service Ribbon- Awarded 2001