"Voodoo 1, Viper's on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot. The skies belong to me. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide."

Brief Overview

Viper is a member of the Apex Predators and a minor antagonist in Titanfall 2.

He dons a helmet similar to that of a Pulse Blade pilot, and utilises a heavily modified Northstar chassis, the spoils of a long and successful career as a mercenary.

Viper protects the IMS Draconis when the 9th Militia Fleet are chasing after it and the Ark. He is the fifth boss fight in the campaign and the lieutenant of the Apex Predators. He is first encountered in the mission "The Ark". Not much is mentioned about his past besides the fact he was classified by order of IMC test pilot program "Pegasus".

Titanfall 2 Campaign

Viper is first seen in the campaign mission Trial by fire, in the back as Slone among other is loading the Ark into the Draconis. Slone comments that "She'll let Viper take it from here." Viper is then seen in the next mission, the Ark where he is shown destroying the Milita Fleet with his customized Northstar Titan.He then fires missiles at the carrier Jack Cooper and BT reside in nearly killing them, but they are saved from free fall by Barker.

Viper returns to finish Cooper and BT aboard the IMS Malta after the 6-4 and Jack have taken control of it, but is shot down in the ensuing battle. Just when BT-7274 and Cooper think he's dead, he returns and tackles BT. The two plummet through the air with the Vanguard Titan in Vipers grasp. They land aboard the hull of the IMS Draconis and engage in a frantic melee. He rips off BT's arm, but BT in a last ditch effort destroys his hatch. The exposed Viper is killed by Cooper with small arms fire.

Trivia

- There was originally a Ronin Titan involved as seen in the E3 2016 Titanfall 2 Campaign trailer. Instead of BT tackling Viper after recovering from the fall, he would tackle a Ronin Titan, although the scene changes before anything else was revealed. What became of this Ronin is currently unknown. It is possible this Ronin was simply a stand-in for Viper, as to not spoil the boss fight in a trailer.

- Viper has references and influences from Top Gun and Aliens. His line "Viper's got you in the pipe, 5x5" is similar to what the dropship pilot from Aliens says, as they are entering the atmosphere of the planet. His mention of 'Voodoo one' is a reference to Top Gun, as is his callsign. In Top Gun the character Viper is played by Tom Skerrit, who also appeared in Alien.

Tropes

All these are taken from Vipers page on tvtropes.org

• Ace Pilot: Viper narrowly takes down the entire 9th Militia Fleet on Typhon by himself with his Northstar.

• Attack Its Weakpoint: When BT blasts open his Northstar's cockpit, there's nothing preventing him from taking small arms fire from Cooper.

• Cold Sniper: He uses a Northstar-class Titan, preferring to snipe Cooper and BT from afar.

• Consummate Professional: Unlike the other Apex Predators, Viper is self-assured, without any Ax-Crazy trait - instead, he destroys the Militia's ships with no emotion, mercy or remorse, just cold efficiency.

• Danger Deadpan: He pilots a flying Titan and speaks with a calm and professional tone.

• The Faceless: Is always wearing a helmet in official art and the game proper.

• Flight: Up to Eleven. His custom Northstar can apparently hover in midair indefinitely - when all other Northstar-class Titans have been shown to be able to hover for a few seconds at most.

• Good Old Fisticuffs: When his Titan's weapon is ruined, Viper takes on BT with his Northstar's bare hands.

• Lightning Bruiser: His Northstar flies very fast through the skies and annihilates a good chunk of an airborne fleet with ease. She can also engage and overwhelm the larger BT in a mecha fist fight, and despite Northstar-class Titans being Glass Cannon, Viper's Northstar can take a lot of damage. In fact, it takes killing Viper himself to finally stop her.

• Macross Missile Massacre: He apparently has access to unlimited Flight Core.

• Not Quite Dead: After being blasted and falling out of the sky, he gains a second wind and gets a bead on BT before he can hurl Cooper onto the IMS Draconis carrying the Ark.

• One-Man Army: Has the highest on-screen body count of the Apex Predators, considering all of the Militia transport ships he shoots down.

• Secret A.I. Moves: Viper's custom Northstar can fly for extended periods of time, something no other Titan is capable of doing (regular Northstars and Brutes can hover for a few seconds, and nowhere nearly as agile and fast as Viper's Titan). According to the developers, Viper's Northstar is heavily customized with rare and expensive parts - an In-Universe justification for why she can fly around so well.

• The Sociopath: A much more high-functioning one than Kane or Richter. Unlike the other two, Viper is professional and calm, massacring large number of Militia soldiers while showing no hint of mercy or remorse.

• The Stoic: The only Apex Predator to rival Ash in lack of emotions.

• [Verb] This!: One of his lines just before firing a Macross Missile Massacre is "Dodge this".

Quotes

- "Viper's got you in the pipe, five by five."

- "You need to move faster than that son, speed is life."

- "When you get to hell, tell em' Viper sent you."

- "You hear that ringing in your ear son?"

- "Dodge This."

- "You hitched your last ride, son. This is your stop."

- "Viper one lost control! I'm losing control! Going down! Mayday! Mayday! Going down!"

- "Tally, engaging Bandit."

-"Viper One- Taking cover. Raz Four visual- point-zero-nine, two-three. Move in."

-"Bandit's got Core- Break hard shift two."

-"Regrouping. Prime Three - check right. Press forward!"

-"Viper One extending to re-engage"

-"I'm a dot. Bandit at angels twenty-eight."

-"Target hit. Fox eight."

-"Good tone, good tone, Fox 10."

-"Argh! Taking fire! O nine zero for twenty, it's, uh, getting a little hot up here."

- "Let me introduce you to the ground."

- "Fox Two. Splash One. What a beautiful kill."

- "Visual clear. I've got good tone."

- "You're just too weak for the Skies son."

- "Viper one is hit, but still in the fight."