Mac Elliot Biographical information Date and place of birth unknown, Earth Rank Sergeant[1] Physical description Species Human Gender Male Hair color Black (shaved bald) Eye color Brown Chronological and political information Affiliation US Army (formerly) Alan Schaefer's private military team Status Deceased as of 1987[1] Portrayed by Bill Duke
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Sergeant Mac Elliot was a member of Alan "Dutch" Schaefer's private military team, which was hired by the U.S. military and the CIA for a rescue mission in the Central American country of Val Verde in 1987. After discovering that their mission was a set-up to dupe them into eliminating the rebels in the area, Dutch's squad came into contact with a Predator that stalked and killed the elite mercenaries one-by-one.

Mac had served alongside his close friend Blain Cooper for many years before they both joined Dutch's team, and the two had developed a close friendship.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Vietnam War 1.2 Val Verde 1.3 Vendetta 2 Personality and Traits 3 Equipment 4 Appearances 5 References

BiographyEdit

Vietnam WarEdit

Mac and Blain had known each other since the Vietnam War, where they served together in the same platoon.^[1] During a disastrous ambush, the entire 32-man unit was slaughtered with the exception of Mac and Blain, who apparently escaped without a scratch. This event was one of the defining moments in their friendship.

Val VerdeEdit

From the very beginning of the mission in Val Verde, Mac was at odds with Dillon, whom he considered a pencil-pusher with insufficient experience in the field. When the team discovered the skinned bodies of Jim Hopper and his men, Mac in particular was disgusted with how they had died, lamenting that a soldier deserved better. When the team reached the guerrilla encampment, Mac's mistrust of Dillon was vindicated when he personally discovered the "cabinet ministers" they had been sent to rescue were actually colleagues of Dillon's from the CIA, and that the entire mission had been a set-up.

On the way to the extraction point, Hawkins and Blain were killed by the Jungle Hunter; Mac was the first on the scene when the latter fell, and he saw the creature as it prepared to claim Blain's body. Mac immediately opened fire, eventually using Blain's Minigun in an attempt to kill the Predator. However, he only succeeded in using up the weapon's ammunition supply and chopping down a swath of rainforest. Following the incident, Mac struggled to explain what he had seen to the rest of the team, but was apparently convinced the entity had not been human.

VendettaEdit

Mac made it his own personal mission to kill the Predator at any cost, promising to carve Blain's name into the creature before he killed it. When a wild boar strayed into the team's heavily defended laying up position in the middle of the night, Mac mistook the animal for the Predator and brutally killed it with his knife in a blind rage.

When an attempt to capture and kill the Predator the following day using home-made traps failed, Mac, now delirious with fear and rage, recklessly took off in pursuit of the escaping hunter. He later composed himself somewhat, regrouping with Dillon and coming up with a plan to ambush the creature, but was killed when the Predator saw him coming and shot him through the head with it's Plasma Caster. The Predator later claimed Mac's skull as a trophy.

Personality and TraitsEdit

While a good soldier, Mac became unstable following Blain's death and his sighting of the Predator. His mental condition continued to deteriorate as the Predator stalked the team, finally snapping when he came face-to-face with the creature again during a failed attempt to capture and kill it. Along with Billy, Mac was convinced the entity hunting them was not human.

Mac had an intense dislike for Dillon, who he even threatened to kill if he did not stop giving away the team's position with his reckless movements. However, the two later seemed to develop a mutual respect for each other when they faced the Predator alone. Notably, Mac was constantly shaving, possibly a nervous habit to help calm him during combat operations.

EquipmentEdit

Mac carried an M60E3 machine gun with a shortened barrel during the mission to Val Verde, as well as a backup Desert Eagle in a shoulder holster, although he never used the pistol. Mac also carried a combat knife. Following Blain's death, he briefly used the latter's M134 Minigun, expending the weapon's entire supply of ammo in an attempt to kill the Predator.

AppearancesEdit

• Predator/novel (First Appearance)
• Predator 2/novel/comic (indirect mention)
• Predators (indirect mention)

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Jim Thomas, John Thomas (writers) and John McTiernan (director). Predator [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.