Eric Byer

Lore & Background

Colonel Eric Byer is the developer and mastermind of the entire Bourne franchise's clandestine operations, including Treadstone, Blackbriar, and Outcome. He has been at the nexus of the corporate military and intelligence communities. When Pamela Landy exposes Treadstone and Blackbriar, Byer is tasked with containing the fallout. He finds online videos in which Treadstone and Outcome medical directors Albert Hirsch and Dan Hillcott appeared together; if discovered, the videos could lead investigators to discover Operation Outcome. Byer orders Outcome to be shut down and its agents and doctors killed to protect the secrecy of other clandestine programs. He deploys an armed drone to eliminate Aaron Cross and Number Three in Alaska. After Cross survives and kills Number Three, Byer's team concludes Cross was killed when a drone targets a tracker that Cross forced a wolf to swallow. Later, Byer sends four assassins disguised as federal agents to kill Dr. Marta Shearing and make it look like a suicide. When Cross intervenes and kills the assassins, Byer learns Cross is alive and flew to Manila. Byer alerts the plant's security team in Manila and dispatches LARX #3, a super soldier, to kill Cross and Shearing. After LARX #3 dies while pursuing them, Byer and his team raid the empty room for clues and find the message 'No More' written on the mirror with Cross's medication dog tags hanging beside it.

In Their Own Story

Colonel Eric Byer sits at his desk, monitoring the fallout from Pamela Landy's exposure of Treadstone and Blackbriar. He finds several online videos in which medical directors Albert Hirsch and Dan Hillcott appeared together — videos that could lead investigators to discover Operation Outcome. Byer orders Outcome to be shut down and its agents and doctors killed to protect the secrecy of other clandestine programs. He deploys an armed drone to eliminate Aaron Cross and Number Three in the Alaskan wilderness. Number Three is killed, but Cross survives, shoots down the drone with a rifle, and removes a subdermal tracking implant from his hip. Cross traps an aggressive wolf and forces it to swallow his tracker. Another drone targets the tracker and kills the wolf, leading Byer's team to conclude that Cross was killed. Later, Byer sends four assassins disguised as federal agents to kill Dr. Marta Shearing and make it look like a suicide. Cross intervenes, kills the assassins, and burns down Shearing's house to cover their escape. Byer's team finds CCTV footage of Shearing at JFK airport and determines her itinerary. Byer also learns that Cross is alive and that he, too, flew to Manila. Byer alerts the plant's security team, but Cross subdues the security guards and causes a panic on the plant floor; Cross and Shearing escape in the commotion. Byer dispatches LARX #3, a super soldier, to kill Cross and Shearing. The next morning, local police discover Cross and Shearing's hideout, but they escape on foot. The police and LARX #3 chase them by motorcycle through the streets of Manila. They lose the police and LARX #3 dies while pursuing them. Byer and his team, who lost their trail, raid the empty room for clues; they find the message 'No More' written on the mirror with Cross's medication dog tags hanging beside it.

Reader's Guide

Colonel Eric Byer is the mastermind of the entire Bourne franchise's clandestine programs, having been a developer at the nexus of the corporate military and intelligence communities. He is tasked with containing the fallout from Pamela Landy's exposure of Operations Treadstone and Blackbriar. Byer finds several online videos in which Treadstone and Outcome medical directors Albert Hirsch and Dan Hillcott appeared together; if discovered, the videos could lead investigators to discover Operation Outcome. Byer orders Outcome to be shut down and its agents and doctors killed to protect the secrecy of other clandestine programs. He deploys an armed drone to eliminate Aaron Cross and Number Three in Alaska. After Cross survives and kills Number Three, Byer's team concludes Cross was killed when a drone targets a tracker that Cross forced a wolf to swallow. Later, Byer sends four assassins disguised as federal agents to kill Dr. Marta Shearing and make it look like a suicide. When Cross intervenes and kills the assassins, Byer learns Cross is alive and flew to Manila. Byer alerts the plant's security team in Manila and dispatches LARX #3, a super soldier, to kill Cross and Shearing. After LARX #3 dies while pursuing them, Byer and his team raid the empty room for clues and find the message 'No More' written on the mirror with Cross's medication dog tags hanging beside it.

Did You Know?

• Eric Byer is described as the mastermind of the entire Bourne franchise, having been a developer at the nexus of the corporate military and intelligence communities.
• Byer orders Outcome to be shut down and its agents and doctors killed to protect the secrecy of other clandestine programs after Pamela Landy exposes Treadstone and Blackbriar.
• Byer deploys an armed drone to eliminate Aaron Cross and Number Three in the Alaskan wilderness.
• Byer dispatches LARX #3, a super soldier, to kill Cross and Dr. Marta Shearing in Manila.
• After losing Cross and Shearing, Byer's team finds the message 'No More' written on a mirror with Cross's medication dog tags hanging beside it.