Overview
A mysterious agent working for the FBC…as well as the tragic Femme Fatale and poster child of Resident Evil Revelations.
Overview
Basic information
Together they entered the ship and separated at some point to complete the different tasks of the mission faster, which would ultimatley led to a chain of tragic events.
She is part of the main story and the player interacts several times with her either in her human or infested version throughout the story.
Rachael Foley is also playable in the Raid Mode of RE:R and RE:R2.
Her Ooze form was later added to the game’s raid mode in a paid DLC.
On Steam her image is also part of the RE:R trading cards and backgrounds.
One last thing worth mentioning:
There are two different versions of her first name. One having an additional “a”.
Both can be used and are mostly up to pesonal preference.
For this guide she will mostly be called Rachael.
Sources for this guides were the Campaign of the game, the Prologue of Rachael as well as various websites and videos.
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Warning! Spoilers!
I. Rachael’s Story
At any rate, stage one is complete. I got the key for the freight lift. Now I can access the bilge.
This ship was used as the base of operations for the terrorist attack on Terragrigia one year ago.
I found the UAV in the ship’s foredeck that was used to disperse the virus.
Finding the UAV was good; getting attacked out of nowhere by an ugly monster was bad.
I knew this mission would suck from the moment I took it.
My head feels like it’s going to split open.
I lost an eye already. It’s hard to see. I feel like crap. Arms are starting to feel weird too.
My right arm split into two. Blood all over my body, can see my bones. need doctor bad.”
-Rachael Foleys Journal-
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Her Mission:
While investigating on the ship Rachael found the key for the lift and discovered several key pieces of evidence considering the attack on Terragrigia.
However Rachael would be ambushed before she could progress further through the Queen Zenobia.
Later on, when her journal is discovered, it becomes known what Rachael found and that she actually did not want to go on the mission and had a very grim and pessimistic view on her survival chances, a prospect that grimly became very real…
and her Demise:
“I just want to get off this God forsaken ship.”
“Hold on, I have to check something.”
“Why is this happening?! Why me?!”
“Stay back! Don’t come any closer!”
While Rachael headed to the back of the ship, Raymond headed to the front,
though along the way she acquired the key to the freight lift and fought off several smaller B.O.W.’s, drastically depleting her ammunition.
Rachael also found the UAV which was used for the attack on Terragrigia, which she noted in her journal. She later checked on Raymond via radio to report back to him.
Whilst listening to him Rachael looked around and noticed a strange liquid dripping out of the vent. She paused the conversation with Raymond to check the spot.
As she did Rachael was ambushed by an Ooze in the vent.
She backed away just in time to dodge the attack and flee the room.
Rachael ran through several parts of the lower cabins and the cafeteria.
The interior of this hallway ist aesthetically similar to the classic mansion from the first game, or more specifically (due to graphics) the remake
After that Rachael managed to get away and reached the elevator just in time to avoid being grabbed, however while she breathed a sigh of relief an Ooze rose up behind.
While fending of the Ooze, the elevator door opened behind her causing Rachael to fall and allowing the Ooze to grab her leg. She kicked the Ooze, finally freeing herself.
She avoided death one final time as she ran to a seeming exit and locked the door behind her. Rachael noticed that she was in the research lab and it was in the research room where she would meet her end. Rachael limped through the room trying to subdue the pain.
While looking around to find something to treat her leg wound, an Ooze rose up.
Rachael backed up just to find herself trapped by more Ooze encircling her between and making her now an easy target. In fear Rachael turned to the Ooze behind and before she could react it grabbed her by the throat.
Surrounded, injured and out of options, Rachael was choked and lifted up.
She tried to free herself, however an Ooze fed on her and infected her with the T-Abyss,
finally throwing her at a window.
However Rachael still lived and was only unconscious a fact Jill missed, which sealed her fate in the end.
However despite this or maybe because of it Rachael still put up a remarkable survival fight, showing quite the endurance in fighting off the Oozes and trying to resist with her remaining strength.
I. Addendum
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She alludes to her transformation into an Ooze as she mentions her arm becoming deformed and complains about her head hurting and losing vision on one eye; due to her hitting the glass.
Unfortunately it doesnt go much deeper about her transformation and her feelings about it as the infestation swelled through her wetsuit and developed her trademarks.
Why Rachael was forced onto this mission remains to be answered as well as how much Raymond would have included her in the trap for Lansdale.
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In the teaser and prologue to Revelations you can see Rachael fleeing from the Ooze through several sections of the ship.
These sections are all accessible in the main story, which allows the player to see how far Rachael was actually chased through the Queen Zenobia. When put on a map, it turns her struggle for survival quite into an horrific odyssey.
However the connection of all those areas and therefore the pathing of Rachael and her pursuers in the videos doesn’t fit with the actual layout of the ship in the game.
Also worth mentioning: The camera shot in the beginning of Rachael’s Prologue isn’t just a creative angle to portray Rachael’s entry into the room and story of Revelations. It actually shows us the POV of the stalking Ooze that is preying on her. Who also creates the liquid dripping out of the vent as the Ooze is “excited” to attack her.
With her following demise in mind Rachael’s gruesome end is quite heartbreaking.
Overall it makes her entry to the scene to a well crafted and remarkable moment of the story.
Although unfortunately it isn’t a watchable part of the game’s campaign.
II. Transformation
From Rachael Foley to Rachael Ooze
As Jill returned to Rachael’s corpse to find the freight lift key, she noticed that her body was gone. Jill read her last entry in her journal and after leaving the room was attacked by Rachael, now transformed.
She confronted Jill several times, always fleeing after taking heavy damage, but Jill continued to encounter her until she met up with Parker Luciani and the pair apparently killed her.
However, Rachael survived the encounter and recovered,
frequently attacking the duo as they explored the ship.
She was incredibly resilient to gunfire, being downed several times
after Jill and Parker initially “killed” her.
Rachael Ooze was presumably destroyed permanently when the Queen Zenobia exploded.
Interesting to know/Fun Fact:
Rachael is the only character in the game that is visibly been infected and “killed” by an Ooze in the whole campaign.
She is also the only ally or non villian character who dies in the campaign.
Her transformed appearance made her accidentally to a poster child for the game, as her Ooze form is a prime example for japanese horror.
A sexualized monster that stands for repressed sexual urges, which is amplified by Rachaels humanity having not completely vanished.
III. Profile
Age: 24
Height: 1,80 m
Weight: 53,52 kg
Hair/Eye Color: Blonde/Brown
Blood type: Unknown
Affiliations: FBC
Status: Missing in Action; Presumably Dead (2005)
Rachael Foley is a character from the Resident Evil series of survival horror games. She worked for the FBC and was trained for special operations. Her first appearance was in Resident Evil Revelations. She is one of the playable characters in the game’s Raid Mode.
Rachael also appeared in the teaser and Raid Mode of Revelations 2.
Rachael is a very simplistic agent.
She has rational fears when on missions and does everything in her power to see the mission through.
She’s a rookie who doesn’t try to stand out by expressing idiotic heroics.
She’s not battle hardened, she doesn’t shrug off danger as just another day.
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Rachael is a big breasted woman with a slim figure and long blonde hair that reaches her eyes and covers both of them, giving her an unique style. The look of her hair is the result of it getting soaked onboard the ship due to the high humidity.
It doesn’t seem to impair her vision although as seen in the Prologue.
Rachael wears a dark wetsuit with orange strip patterns on her arms and legs and a Red FBC spray at the oxygen canister on her back. She ditched the canister later in her mission.
Her iconic wetsuit limited Rachael in her ability to carry equipment for the sake of mobility onboard the ship, which would later backfire during her mission.
In Revelations 2 is Rachaels wetsuit shortened at her arms and she doesn’t wear any gloves.
Her suit is zipped down to near her waist as a result of her voluptous body revealing an ample clevelage, which made her appearance clearly different to the other wetsuit wearing character,
but also left her more vulnerable in dangerous situations and generally unprotected.
Although the protection of a wetsuit isn’t that good to begin with, making the difference in reality neglectable.
Rachael wears hidden beneath her wetsuit a waterproof wrist watch(or likewise device) on her left arm. It is only visible on her Ooze form and while not being a particuarly outstanding or important detail for her mission and story, it is still remarkable how meticulous the design team was with her visuals.
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Rachael Foley – Wetsuit Desgin
Interesting to know/Fun Fact:
However the design team liked her so much, that they decided to make her to a character.
Her wetsuit was created simply by reworking Jill’s wetsuit and changing its design.
Incidentally it explains why Rachael’s wetsuit is zipped down that far as the wetsuit isn’t designed in thought with her body measures.
Therefore Rachael couldn’t properly zip up her wetsuit.
It also lead to her wetsuit massively accentuating her body.
Contributing to her iconic appearance and making her the most memorable and liked side character.
2. Rachael shares a lot of similarities (especially in appearance) with a different female character called Ginny from the game A.V.A. Unlike Rachael however Ginnys hair doesn’t cover her eyes showing her full face.
3.Much to the surprise of a lot of people and especially of the modding community, Rachael has actually a fully rendered face behind her hair.
It does solve the mystery around her face but it makes the answer to the question, Why does she have this unique hairstyle to begin with; even more interesting.
Face Reveal
III. Appearance
This part not only contains a further description of Rachael’s profile and character, but also explains some of the allusions
it
contains.
Character portrayal
Rachaels portrayal is surprsisingly complex and contrasting in the game. Firstly she seems superficial, as you don’t learn much about her at the start and only later with a closer look more is being revealed.
Her style, appearance, story as well as her character in-game reflect this:
Her style and appearance let her stand out.
This backfires however as the Ooze relentlessly hunt her down and kill her (human form) in the end. Rising from the dead Rachael becomes an Ooze herself. However she keeps her unique traits as well as most of her look. Troughout the main story she keeps attacking the player. Getting stronger every time she is fought off.
Metaphorically speaking shows Rachael an interesting paradox. On the one side her look and traits let her stand out as an unique character. On the other side her lack of character development in the main story leads to her often being reduced to her look, as you don’t learn much about her.
Her person is close to none developed during the beginning. Only after her death she gets more depth by the information Raymond provides and because of her transformation. This is in contrast to every other character in the game. It shows that Capcom couldn’t finish her character, since she actually should only be a dead body with no other purpose other than having a key. This lack of personality couldn’t be entirely fixed by giving her a name, look and link to another character.
If this title gets a rework as well it might change her character arc as well. Hopefully to the better.
Storywise it first seems as she was a dead member of the ship, but later it’s revealed she was an agent working together with Raymond and trying to figure out what happened onboard the ship.
However while researching and collecting key evidence Rachael was ambushed and had to fight off several Ooze only to be trapped and infected upon Jill’s arrival.
Which would have dangerous consequences for Jill and Parker as well.
Her character has rational fears and a realistic view of her situation. Her behaviour and actions reflect this, as she tries to escape her pursuers than taking a fight alone.
Which unfortunately doesn’t pay off.
Her will to survive can’t compensate the “plot armour” of the main characters, nor the amount of bad luck she has and the bad options she has to choose from.
From being ambushed in a tight room and being continuesly chased by multiple targets in an unknown hostile environment, over to having only a few rounds of ammunition and finally being trapped with no escape in sight.
This archetype of hopelessness makes Rachael’s story and character to the most realistic one in the game and adds some hidden self-awareness to the story, considering the actual survival chance the main characters would have in an unknown and dangerous environment.
Rachael’s tragic demise has therefore much more weight as it first seems.
Her seemingly superficial appearance hides this twist.
Making it to one of the more nuanced secrets in the game.
Apart from that Rachael is a very resilient character, both in her human and Ooze form. However the protagonists and player only find out later about this, after they came back to find her journal, as well as the prologue giving some more intel about Rachael.
Finally her Raid mode magnum boost made her very popular nevertheless and a viable choice, especially in a team.
Rachael’s encounter with the Ooze is also a good example of the general horror elements in the game, since first at the beginning she was running for her life and then she becomes a monster herself, chasing the player.
Additionally her memorable “death” scene instantly set the tone for the type of horror in the game and made her to the tragic Femme Fatale of Revelations.
In the prologue her “death” scene also contained a hint as it showed Jill in the background witnessing her demise.
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IV. Biology
After her infection, her body developed the same slick, pliant consistency as the Ooze creatures. Numerous fleshy tendrils grew out of her and wrapped tightly around her legs and midsection.
The veil of long hair that covered half her face fused into a single curtain of flesh. Her fingers elongated into muscular talons for grasping prey and she developed the trademark cylindrical tongue of the Ooze that emerged from a gash in her neck.
Rachael’s mutant form was much stronger and faster than the typical Ooze creatures and was also considerably more intelligent.
She was remarkably fast for an Ooze and could close the gap between her and her prey frighteningly quickly. She also had much higher resistance to gunfire as it took considerable amounts of ammunition just to temporarily incapacitate her, and may have possessed a regenerative capability as well, which would explain why she kept recovering after each of her battles with Jill and Parker.
Interesting to know/Fun Fact: Female Victims of the T-Abyss virus actually turn into a sea creeper. Rachael turning into an Ooze makes her to an unique exception of this rule.
V. Raid Mode
Raid Mode Profile
“Rachael on the Scene!”
On the other side…
Rachael easily loses the control against groups of agile enemies due to slow fire rate and the potential overkill damage of her weapons, wasting potential damage. Adding to that are the moments in which you have to reload which happens faster than you might expect, because of the improved fire rate. One particular Ooze is therefore quite the bane of Rachael’s existence. The Scagdead with its high resistance to gunshots, relatively fast approach and high damage attacks that can even kill her in one swipe, make this Ooze highly dangerous up close and a counter to Rachael’s recommended playstyle.
Additionaly its ability to lay traps makes the usual approach with her extremely hard over time.
Without any quick escape or teammate to back her up Rachael is easily overwhelmed by these groups, as she lacks any noticable defense, like improved dodging or increased knife damage. In general Rachael rewards experience in the game. Her focus on close range can backfire as she lacks the reserve after the initial amounts of high damage, forcing you to back up, as she lacks the defense and protection of the other available characters.
Her strenghts and weaknesses are fitting perfectly to her story and character. She can be overwhelmed when ambushed, but she can quickly recover from single attacks even critical ones. Although this promises only short term benefits. Overall it makes Rachael to a perfect character for Duo’s. It allows her to excel why having someone that covers her in critical moments.
She offers a new take for solo players as her traits are definetely mixing things up in a new way.
She might not be the fanciest (excluding the look) nor the strongest character, but she can make things quite interesting, which shouldn’t be overlooked.
Costume 1: Wetsuit (Story Mode)
Get a Trinity Bonus on any stage
In order to achieve a trinity bonus you have to:
1 – be the same level or lower as the stage you’re playing
2 – kill all the enemies on the stage
3 – not get hit by enemies, not even once
Complete all 3 in one play and you will get the trinity bonus
Therefore earning a trinity bonus should have a high priority when starting to play the raid mode as newcomer, as it is much easier in the first few missions to obtain it.
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-Shotgun Mastery 1
Shotgun Reload Speed +30%
Shotgun Firing Rate +10%
-Magnum Mastery 2
Magnum Reload Speed +50%
Magnum Firing Rate +25%
-Regeneration 1
Health regenerates automatically (but slowly)
However there are a lot of hidden stats, that impact your playstyle with her. Which mostly shows additional weaknesses.
Costume 2: Ooze Rachel. Downloadable Content. Has unique melee and knife attacks.
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-CC Mastery 4
Physical Attack Damage +190%
Melee Weapon Damage +160%
-Regeneration 2
Auto-recover health faster
*Rachael’s Ooze form can’t be unlocked
and is only available by purchase.*
Rachael is also an available Raid Mode character in Resident Evil Revelations 2 even though she isn’t part of the main story.
Interesting to know/Fun Fact:
1. Lady Hunk shares the same voice lines as Rachael in Raid Mode. Rachael’s quote “Pleased to work with you, Dr. Death.” (beginning quote when partnered with HUNK) shows that she seems to know Hunk. It remains open if Rachael Foley is Lady Hunk or if they simply couldn’t get a new voice actor in time.
2. In some raid mode levels it is actually possible to fight Rachael Ooze. Which allows to create the ironic scenario of Rachael fighting her monstrous counterpart.
V. Tips and Tricks
Mastery skills: Magnum and Shotgun
Knowing how to dodge consistently (or knowing at least the enemy spawns) when playing Rachael will be a life saver as she doesn’t has improved dodging stats like some other characters. In fact she even has worse stats (by -25%), which makes encounters at close quarters really to high risk high reward like scenarios. An hommage to her life or death situation in the prologue.
Shotguns and Magnums have both a slow rate of fire and low reserve ammo capacity, because of that good aim and working range-efficiently is essential otherwise you will quickly find yourself in a Déjà-vu situation with Rachael having more enemies than rounds in your magazine left. The Custom Part Gluttony 5 is recommended to further help with the ammo management on Magnums. Additionally Rachael attacks quite fast with her combat knife, making it easy at dealing quick damage to incapacitated enemies.
Rachael is extremely good at handling magnums,
making her excellent at killing more robust and slow Oozes or in general bosses.
In combination with Charged Shot, Rachael’s* Magnum can penetrate the armor of the Draghignazzo and semilar Oozes what makes Rachael a reliable tank killer.
The health regeneration is useful when taking small damage by weaker enemies or when grabbed, but it won’t help you against stronger enemies, therefore make sure to prioritize enemies with high damage output and agility, if possible.
Overall Rachaels sweet spot would be in situations with resilient and slow Oozes, allowing to get close and get the most out of her Shotgun and Magnum boost.
Her shotgun skills will be helpful, but the damage drop off will leave you quickly out off ammo or alternatively when using only on closer range with some enemies still alive and
no way to escape.
– A Typical Rachael Scenario
Consequently to avoid Rachaels fate of the story mode you should carry a machine gun or high RoF hand gun as third weapon of choice for these scenarios. Additionally replacing the shotgun with a sniper rifle can be a good alternative as well, as her Magnum boost is her trump card.
*The Charged Shot works on any other character as well, but Rachael’s Magnum boost makes it even deadlier.
VI. Quotes (English)
Before Mutation/Death
I just want to get off this God forsaken ship.”
-“Hold on, I have to check something. I’ll radio you back.”
-“What the Hell?”
-“Why is this happening, why me?!”
-“Stay back! Don’t come any closer!”
-“Help… please help heeelp!” (unheard dialogue)
-“Stay back!!! Stay baaack!!!!” (unheard dialogue)
Ooze Rachael
-“Where? Where are you?”
-“Raymond… Where are you?”
-“Help! Help me!”
-“Found you, Raymond. Found you!”
-“It hurts! It hurts!”
-“So painful. Why? WHY!?”
-“I will make somebody PAY!”
-“Stop it, please.”
-“Help me!”
-“Wait! Come back.”
-“I’m scared… Someone, save me.”
-“Found you!”
-“Here… cold… pain…”
-“Here… over here.”
-“Don’t look… at me”
-“Play… with me.”
-“You are mine. I will have you…”
-“Here… Here… I’m here.”
-“Look. It’s me.”
-“Thirsty. Thirsty.”
-“I want your blood.”
-“Tasty morsel, for me!”
Raid Mode
-“Rachael, on the scene!” (beginning quote)
-“I thought I wasn’t for a second… I’m all good now.” (beginning quote when partnered with Raymond)
-“Pleased to work with you, Dr. Death.” (beginning quote when partnered with HUNK)
-“I did it!” (ending quote for receiving an S rank)
-“That was great!” (ending quote for receiving anything below an S rank)
-“(Laughs) Thanks!”
-“Go on ahead!”
-“Over Here!”
-“Wait!”
Steam Gallery
Steam Trading Cards
Rachael Foley – Revelations: Standard and Foil Trading Cards
Description: A mysterious F.B.C. agent working closely with…
Ooze Rachael – Revelations: Standard and Foil Trading Cards
Description: Poor girl met with an untimely demise…
Trading Card Artwork
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Steam Background: Femme Fatale
Trivia
-While the official Japanese website spells her name as “Rachel”, other publications use “Rachael”.
– Even though it isn’t shown in the game it is actually possible to see Rachael’s confirmed face
-Rachael is one of the last victims of the T-Abyss Virus
-Rachael does not appear in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D’s “early” demo version, instead appears a generic male named Richard, who later was replaced by Rachael in the final version.
-Rachael seems to have been possibly playable in pre-release versions of the game on 3DS. In “Jessica’s Report”, Rachel can be seen swimming and being attacked by a Sea Creeper, as well as being cut in half by the Scagdead.
-In Jessica’s Report Rachael was seen as a playable character for the first time.
-If partnered with Hunk in Raid Mode, Rachael’s quote “Pleased to work with you, Dr. Death” suggests that she knows him or knows of him (although Raid Mode is not canon, so this may not be the case).
-Rachael starts in one of the trailers from Resident Evil: Revelations, where we can take her steps until she is seriously injured.
-Rachael has a very different look from the other characters in the Resident Evil series. In addition to having a fringe that totally covers her eyes, she carries a huge neckline, reminiscent of the characters of some manga and anime.
-Some believe that Rachael is a transsexual woman, since according to information about the operation of T-Abyss, only those who have the xx chromosomes turn into Ooze.
-Rachael has the same physical attack of Excella, the famous “Disco Spin”.
-In the Resident Evil Revelations 2 Concept Trailer, a woman resembling Rachael can be seen in the back.
-The Resident Evil Revelations 2 character Gina Foley has the same surname as Rachael, although any relation between the two is not confirmed.
