Alexander McCarthy

General

Nothing is known about the biography or service to the GTA prior to his appearance in FreeSpace: The Great War.

The heist

Lieutenant Alexander McCarthy stole the prototype of the GTW Avenger Laser cannon on the 15th January of 2335 while GTA forces were raiding the Vasudan cargo depot the prototypes were stored. He used a hijacked transport, designated as the GTT Omega to carry out his plans. After the mission, Galactic Terran Intelligence found proof that the GTT Omega did not follow its orders. Capturing McCarthy and retrieving the stolen plans became a primary objective for the GTA to complete.

The adamant traitor was tracked down and captured while he was transfering the GTW Avenger technology to his Vasudan contact, the PVFr Rasputin. During the fight, Terran pilots disabled his transport's engines, disallowing McCarthy from escaping. All of McCarthy's loyalist pilots had been killed by the GTA and himself was abducted and taken to a penal colony. After his capture, he was found guilty and taken into solitary confinement.

No canon information is known about the future of McCarthy, it is speculated he was not executed and survived the Great War.

Loyalists

McCarthy tried to carry out his betrayal with the following force:
Based on what is displayed in the game

• GTT Omega, crew wholly loyal to McCarthy. Elysium-class transport
• 8 Apollo-class fighters
• PVFr Rasputin, Isis-class transport

Misc notes

In FreeSpace 2, McCarthy was implied in the Command briefing of the Sixth Wonder mission. It was clarified that the 242nd Suicide Kings were responsible for his capture and the fact that it was their first combat assignment.