“ Last, but not least, is General Anderson, the new leader of the True Sons. Anderson is reportedly coming out of his hidey hole to finalize the negotiations and is heading to D.C... This is our one chance to take him down. ”
General Peter Anderson is the newest leader of the True Sons, after founder and previous leader Antwon Ridgeway's death at the hands of the Division. After Faye Lau's death, he sent Captain Lewis and his lieutenants to Washington, D.C., as the frontman for their resurgence. Anderson was the Prime Target in the Price of Power season.
Over time, the General enjoyed the fruits of the alliance between his True Sons and the Black Tusk. But the repeated failures from his soldiers against the Division and the pact that ended led it to dissolvement, forcing Anderson to go into hiding.
With the events unfolding in Mutiny, Anderson is trying to keep things together, as a mutiny unravelled within his True Sons, with defectors and loyalists at war with each other.
History[]
General Peter Anderson was never an extraordinary man, but he always considered himself an exceptional man. Proximity to power and control was the way he sought value. He is very status driven. Serving his country in the Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard was a way to show that he was not just a paper pusher but was still a "real soldier".
Teased relentless as a child for being fixated on order and efficiency, he surrounded himself with charismatic popular people to learn how they managed to gain that social currency. He realized charismatic people are very rarely interested in process and saw an opportunity to build himself a sheltered and protected position as the man who knew where all the bodies were buried and how the system worked, allowing the leaders to be charismatic while he held the real power behind the scenes.
Now that Ridgeway is gone and the True Sons were looking for direction, Anderson can put his years of studying the narcissistic mind to his advantage. Ridgeway's vision was small, Anderson will take the True Sons national. He will set up a network across the country and use Ridgeway's death to reframe him as a martyr and vilify the Division.
At some point after the Green Poison outbreak, Anderson became one of Antwon Ridgeway's True Sons, eventually ranking up to be one of his top strategists and advisors. After Ridgeway's death at the hands of the Division, Anderson became the new de-facto leader of the True Sons.
Ending a partnership[]
During the events of Concealed Agenda, Anderson was in direct contact with Natalya Sokolova, founder and CEO of the Black Tusk, forming an alliance with them due to their shared operative, Linette "Dusk" Edwards. After Dusk's death, Anderson was contacted by a furious Sergeant Daniels, who wished to avenge her former ally and friend, however, the now General Anderson would instead instruct her to act with caution, as they both agreed that the B.T.S.U. had way too many Rogue Division Agents in their ranks and would be a liability.
Shortly after, he would be contacted by B.T.S.U. Leader Bardon Schaeffer to send his condolences for Dusk's death, however, the General informed him he would no longer need his services as a "glorified errand boy", ending the negotiations with him and the Black Tusk. Later, upon being told by Major Xander that Faye Lau tried to contact her via her former relationship with Bridgette "Viper" Douglas, Anderson called Sokolova to question her trying to persuade his men to join her side, instead, the General discovered she was unaware of this, once again stating the end of their alliance and telling her to stay away from his troops.
A new operation[]
After the events at Camp White Oak, Anderson would begin a mysterious operation in D.C., seemingly to investigate the connection between the Hunters and the Black Tusk, leaving Captain Lewis in charge of the operation. Later, Lewis's men would be swarmed and killed by B.T.S.U. troops led by Jack Bonney and The Recruiter at Jefferson Trade Center, where the Captain would later be saved by Division agents.
Re-establishing an alliance[]
Sometime after, General Anderson realizes his True Sons don't have enough supplies and manpower to sustain a long-term conflict against The Division or the B.T.S.U., so he contacts Sokolova once again to rebuild their former alliance, with the PMC's CEO sending an advance team comprised of Mathias "Trig" Schneider, Shawn "Micro" Clarke, Sandra "Chirpy" Patterson and Mitchell "Lucky" Woods to aid the True Sons General in his operation.
During the operation, Anderson would notice Captain Lewis's discomfort working alongside "Trig", which would slowly lead him to question the Captain's loyalty to their cause. Eventually, Sokolova would share a recording of Lewis speaking to Manny Ortega, as the two plotted against the True Sons and Black Tusk. Anderson would then order "Lucky" to end the B.T.S.U.'s support to the Hyenas and "Chirpy" to imprison Lewis and his fellow traitors.
After all, four of his Black Tusk lieutenants were taken down, Anderson prepared for his meeting with Natalya at the Pentco Fairview Power Plant, where he had also imprisoned the rogue Captain. Eventually, Division agents would arrive on-site to rescue Lewis and attempt to kill Anderson. Anderson would be escorted to the docks by his bodyguard Hank "Bough" Bibichev, where he would board a Black Tusk hovercraft and escape the agents, who were successful in rescuing his former subordinate. (Pentco Fairview Power Plant: General Anderson)
Re-establishing the Foundry[]
Despite Colonel Morzova and her True Sons defeat by the Division at the United Ironworks Foundry, General Anderson re-established the Foundry as the Base of Operations for his unit.
Failure at Roosevelt Island[]
General Anderson wouldn't be heard again until much later while the Division went to Roosevelt Island to recover Faye Lau's Mobile SHD Server, where he and Natalya Sokolova were overseeing True Sons forces who were sent to the island to recover the server. Despite efforts to stop the agents, the operation went completely sideways when Lieutenant Ducky Gadwall focused on avenging his brother's death.
And with the agents decimating the True Sons personnel, Sokolova called off the operation, expressing her disappointment at Anderson, who could only apologize for his troops' failure in their mission. (Roosevelt Island: Alani Kelso)
Introduced to Sokolov Concern[]
General Anderson was heard again when Division agents were investigating the Pact that's been established between the True Sons/Hyenas/Outcasts in D.C, as they recovered an intel drop after disrupting True Sons activity. In that intel, Anderson was personally introduced to the Sokolov Concern wing of Natalya Sokolova's operation, which he found it impressive.
Anderson then talked with The Manager, and asked him if he was involved in designing Bardon Schaeffer's helmet. While the Manager answered that Sokolov Concern did design the helmet, the General requested him to have something similar, as he cited that Schaeffer suffered a headshot that ended him up in a traumatic brain injury, and he'd like to have the same insurance policy. (Manhunt: The Pact, Comm#2, True Sons)
Thin Ice/Colonel Tom Sergeant[]
At some point, General Anderson had a personal talk with Natalya Sokolova, where she expressed displeasure at the True Sons' failures over recent events. His explanation of isolated incidents of field commanders going rogue didn't land well with Sokolova, so he asked where does it leave the partnership between them, to which she expressed he's on thin ice. (Manhunt: The Pact, Comm#12, Dressing Down)
At another point, he met with Lieutenant Colonel Tom Sergeant, expressing his concerns over the peculiar staffing process he has for his personal guard unit, given the inventive names that Sergeant made. He wasn't pleased, though he'd relent when the Colonel explained his process and apologized. Before he dismissed Sergeant, however, Anderson tells him of a Second Lieutenant Louis Tennant from the 17th, as he could be a good use. (Manhunt: The Pact, Comm#14, The Name Game)
An alliance, shattered/Rebellion[]
While the Division wreaked havoc, General Anderson had his True Sons attempt to evacuate from Tidal Basin and head to the United Ironworks Foundry with the Black Tusk weapons, though that'd fail when the agents.
Sokolova became aware of that attempt, so when she met him, she told him that their alliance is over, expressing that his True Sons had been nothing but dead-weights. With that in mind, Anderson had to resort to extraction via a speed-boat, while Division agents were pursuing him. Lieutenant Colonel Tom Sergeant and his forces stalling the Division proved crucial for Anderson's escape.
Anderson arrived to the Base of Operations, where one of his subordinates informed him of Black Tusk pulling out of their sectors, with the men wondering what's going on. Obviously, Anderson knew what was going on, but he became surprised when his subordinate shared him a graffiti paper recovered by their political officers, revealing there's a mutiny unraveling within the True Sons against him.
Given all that has happened, Anderson was not pleased.
Mutiny[]
General Anderson was in hiding, trying to keep things together, even as his people are at each other's throats as his loyalists fight on his behalf, while the defectors fighting against him due to their loss of faith in his leadership. Furthermore, Anderson was keeping the dissolvement of True Son/Black Tusk alliance secret, leading to his subordinates question what's going on.
As Division agents fought to keep the mutiny from spiraling, they recovered intel detailing Anderson's actions throughout the conflict.
Crackdown[]
Anderson talked with his Lieutenant, informing him that the. Despite his subordinate's argument for keeping morale steady, Anderson retorted that their reserves won't be able to keep up with their current pace. When asked if something is wrong, Anderson deflected the question, telling his Lieutenant there'll be delays until he could sort out his current disurption (referring to the dissolved alliance), and lets him know there'll be no movement within the True Sons without his authorization.
Anderson also ordered his Lieutenant to keep his troops in line, given the current stakes. With his subordinates accepting these orders without question, he gave him a dismissal.
Abilities[]
Despite never directly engaging the agents in-game, General Anderson is depicted as a Black Tusk Assault armed with a Tactical Mk16 Assault Rifle.
During Pentco Fairview Power Plant: General Anderson, he escaped while leaving his Black Tusk bodyguard, Hank "Bough" Bibichev, to fight the player instead.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Despite the Pentco Fairview Power Plant (Manhunt: General Anderson) mission log showing "Peter Anderson" as it's only boss fight, Anderson himself is never encountered in the mission, while Nico "Brain" McPherson and Hank "Bough" Bibichev are the actual boss fights during the mission itself.
- This is made even more curious considering promotional materials and trailers for the season depict him as being armed with an assault rifle (Military P416 in the artworks and Tactical Mk16 in the briefing cutscene), further implying that he would eventually be a boss fight during the mission. It is unknown if this was purposefully done to trick the player into thinking Anderson would be fought, or if he was indeed meant to be faced at some point during development.
- General Anderson is the second Manhunt prime target to never engage the player in combat. The first being Captain Lewis. All previous Prime Targets engaged the agent as boss fights by the end of their missions (Aaron Keener, Jupiter, Hornet, Bardon Schaeffer, and Faye Lau).
- While Lewis never becomes a boss due to allying himself with the player, Anderson is instead never actually physically encountered during his entire mission, choosing to escape from the agents instead of taking the risk of facing them. He was also not physically encountered again in The Pact's Climax Mission, as he escaped via a boat.
- This also marks Anderson as the first prime target to not ever physically encounter the agent at all.
- As confirmed by game director Yannick Banchereau, Anderson's jacket is the same one that belonged to General Ridgeway prior to his death.
- In the Chinese version of the game, which is known to be vastly different compared to the main version, Anderson is actually killed-in-action at the end of his manhunt, with his boss fight taking place at the Rayburn House in southwest as a Bounty (as in said version, the Countdown game mode does not exist).
- In this version's final boss fight, Anderson is a unique Black Tusk Assault armed with a Police M4 and BTSU Support Stations.
Missions[]
- Pentco Fairview Power Plant: General Anderson (voice/cutscene only)
- Stranded Tanker: Alani Kelso (mentioned only)
- Roosevelt Island: Alani Kelso (voice only)