Special Agent Jason Alan Hudson (26 March 1932 - 20 December 1989) was an American CIA agent and handler of Alex Mason. Formerly serving with the US 101st Airborne Division, Hudson was a key player during the Rusalka crisis, the Perseus crisis, and the hunt for Raul Menendez. Hudson was killed by Menendez during Operation Just Cause, Hudson electing himself to be killed in a brutal choice between himself, Frank Woods, and Mason's son David.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Jason Hudson was born on March 26, 1932, in Washington, DC to a military family. His father served in World War II in the Pacific War, fighting on Guadalcanal and Okinawa. When Hudson came of age, he was enlisted in the US Army to serve in Korea during the Korean War.
Hudson was assigned to the US 101st Airborne Division, which became renowned for Operation Overlord and the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. He was honorably discharged in 1955, enrolling in Georgetown University and graduating with majors in psychology and political science.
CIA career[]
Immediately after graduation, his academic advisor Marshall Bryant, who served in the OSS during World War II, recruited him into the service of the CIA. Testing showed that Hudson possessed a genius level IQ, and that he was an excellent tactician and a capable soldier, even showing great charisma; some remarked that one can't help but listen when he speaks.
As such, Hudson rose through the ranks of Langley abnormally fast and eventually became the handler for Alex Mason after his escape from Vorkutlag with the help of disgraced Red Army captain Viktor Reznov.
Pentagon[]
On 10 November 1963, Hudson escorted Mason to a national security briefing at the Pentagon by helicopter. They further traveled in a limo with police escort alongside US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General John Rumfeld, receiving a file on Soviet Army Major General Nikita Dragovich. McNamara led Hudson and Mason to the Pentagon's nerve center and the war room within, both leaving while Mason was briefed on Operation Flashpoint by President John F. Kennedy.
The operation seemed to be a success, Dragovich presumably dying in a limo crash at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. Over the next five years, Hudson served as an advisor to ARVN and South Vietnamese guerrillas, training them on weapon usage and tactics.
Khe Sanh[]
In 1968, Hudson was assigned to MACV-SOG alongside Mason as part of Frank Woods' unit. He was to meet with Woods at the Khe Sanh Combat Base in Quang Tri, South Vietnam on 21 January 1968 with Mason accompanying him. Their deployment in Vietnam was to investigate any possible Soviet involvement in Vietnam, with Khe Sanh providing support for an operation in Hue City to extract a defector. Hudson and Mason met Woods shortly before a North Vietnamese Army attack on the base occurred. Despite the risk, Hudson and his team stayed to defend Khe Sanh rather than deploy immediately to Hue City.
The defense was a success, Hudson assisting Mason as they tore through the NVA forces assaulting the base, including several Soviet-made tanks. After Mason left with Joseph Bowman and Woods to extract the defector, Hudson stayed at Khe Sanh to help in the aftermath. When they extracted from the city, Mason sent Hudson a dossier containing the staff of Project Nova; the easiest to access was Dr. Daniel Clarke, who worked at Project Nova under Dragovich. Hudson and Soviet-born agent Grigori Weaver then left for the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, where Clarke was hiding at.
Kowloon[]
On 9 February, Hudson and Weaver arrived in Kowloon with an extraction team on standby. The two interrogated Clarke on information on Project Nova, shattering glass inside his mouth as a tactic. Hudson promised Clarke protection in exchange for information. Clarke then told the two agents that he was on the run from Dragovich and only interacted with Dr. Friedrich Steiner, the head scientist of Project Nova and original creator of Nova 6, as well as informing them of the existence of Nova 6 and his role in the project.
Suddenly, Spetsnaz GRU sent by Dragovich attacked, rupturing Nova 6 canisters inside the compound. Hudson and Weaver escorted Clarke across the rooftops, stopping at several different caches to replenish weaponry. While extracting Clarke, Hudson learned about Steiner's base at Mount Yamantau and "numbers". However, after jumping across to a slippery roof shingle, Clarke began to slip. Hudson grabbed him, asking Clarke about the numbers; unfortunately, before Clarke could answer, a Spetsnaz sniper shot Clarke in the head. Hudson was forced to drop him and make their way to extraction. After nearly being ambushed by a group of Spetsnaz, a CIA van arrives to gun down the operatives and extract Hudson and Weaver.
Yamantau[]
After briefing Mason on what he learned from Clarke, Mason went on a mission into Vietnam and Laos that ended with his capture. Presumed dead, Hudson conducted the mission to Mount Yamantau on 18 February. He deployed with Weaver, Terrance Brooks, and Bruce Harris to the Bashkir ASSR in the Soviet Union. With the assistance of USAF Captain James Mosely and Major Jonathan Neitsch in their SR-71 Blackbird, the team was able to make it to disable the substation powering the base and the communications station to disable any communications to and from the base.
As they made their way to the Yamantau base, they were ambushed by an RPG-7 wielding soldier that destroyed a bridge the team was crossing, leaving Harris to fall and an avalanche to begin. With Harris presumed dead, they escaped the avalanche by base jumping off the mountain to the Yamantau base. Hudson and his team proceeded to clear out the outskirts of the base, with Soviet soldiers burning evidence of Project Nova. When Hudson, Weaver, and Brooks entered the planning room, Steiner contacted his team with instructions to go to Rebirth Island in the Aral Sea to secure Steiner's safety in exchange for information on Dragovich's attack on US soil within the week. The team then evacuated the site before an explosive-triggered avalanche buried them alive.
Rebirth Island[]
On 23 February, Hudson led a CIA SAD-US Marine Corps strike team in CBRN suits to Rebirth Island in order to extract Friedrich Steiner and disrupt the production of Nova 6. He manned an HMG and grenade launcher on a stolen BTR-60, gunning down Soviet Army and Spetsnaz GRU personnel. However, the strike force was forced to put their hazmat masks on after the Soviets deployed Nova 6; Hudson watched Private Kevin Fulsang succumb to Nova 6 in front of him.
After fighting through dozens of Soviet personnel, Hudson and Weaver entered the biolab building and attempted to contact Mason, who was leading his own assault on the island alone, to no avail. The two agents fought their way to outside Steiner's office, and saw Mason, under the influence of Reznov, beating Steiner. As they broke down the window, Mason shot Steiner in the forehead and quickly shot Weaver in the leg. Hudson then tackled Mason, engaging in a brief brawl that ended with Hudson pistol whipping Mason, knocking him out. They took Mason back to the US for interrogation.
Interrogation of Mason[]
Hudson and Weaver interrogated Mason at Room 9 in the NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. Over the course of two days, they recounted Mason's history from 1963 to 1968 in an effort to decipher the sleeper agent numbers and where they were broadcasting from. This interrogation was relatively unsuccessful, resulting in Hudson freeing Mason on 25 February to more interrogate him. Mason then knocked Hudson out with a punch and wandered the evacuated facility until Hudson caught up with Mason and knocked him down in order to clear his head.
He then explained to Mason that Reznov was dead since Vorkuta, Mason hallucinating every interaction with him; some were entirely fictional, while others were actions committed by Mason. Hudson then asked Mason to look at the numbers, before Mason sees what he couldn't see before: the broadcasting location from the Rusalka. Mason then informed Hudson where he last saw it: Cuba.
Stopping Dragovich[]
Early in the morning on 26 February, hours before the broadcast, an assault took place on the Rusalka by Hudson, Mason, multiple US Navy helicopters and cruisers, and several CIA SAD operatives. They fought through dozens of Spetsnaz GRU and Soviet Navy personnel, eventually capturing the ship and confirming that the broadcast was from an underwater station. Not willing to pull out and risk Dragovich escaping, Hudson and Mason descended to the numbers station with scuba gear.
They fought several units of Spetsnaz and juggernauts, before finally confronting Dragovich as the station was bombed by the US Navy. Though Mason was ambushed by Dragovich, Hudson distracted the general, allowing Mason to pull him into the water. Dragovich soon drowned in the mounting seawater, being shoved underwater by Mason. Hudson and Mason evacuated the facility, barely reaching the surface as Weaver pulled them up.