Made of Iron: It becomes clear over the course of the game that Winter has far more resistance than his fellow soldiers, up to and surviving incidents that would have killed anyone else.

When he arrives, he finds O'Neal struggling to save a fellow soldier who's bleeding out, carnage everywhere and the remnants of Ripley's fight with a Queen.

Late to the Tragedy: At the beginning of the game, Winter is sent in alone to reinforce two other groups of Marines who had previously boarded the ship.

Healing Factor: As a gameplay concession, Winter's health will restore a certain percentage (up to one 'unit' of three health bars) when out of combat.

Determinator: In tandem with his backstory (where he rapidly rose through the ranks of the Colonial Marines), Winter will accomplish anything he sets his mind to, whether it's escaping from the crashing Sephora, rescuing Reid from the xenomorphs, going on a near-suicide mission with O'Neal to find a way to save Bella or surviving on his own when he loses his weapons when he's cocooned.

Broken Pedestal: Nowhere near as bad as O'Neal, but he was not happy that Cruz was aware that Bella was doomed and hid it from them.

Bash Brothers: With O'Neal, who fights beside him for the majority of the campaign.

Marine, he survives an increasingly-absurd number of situations, including a close encounter with a xenomorph in the bowels of the Sulaco, nearly getting sucked out of the umbilical when another Marine blows himself up after a chestburster comes out, escaping from the hive underneath Hadley's Hope, battling the morphed 'Raven' xenomorph in Powered Armor, and finally taking on the Alien Queen herself mano-a-mano.

Badass Normal: Despite being a standard U.S.

However, this is also lampshaded at a couple points when he asks Cruz what's happening, and the latter refuses to answer.

Audience Surrogate: He often asks obvious questions, ostensibly for the audience's benefit.

Animal Motif: He has a wolf painted onto his armor, with the words ' Big Bad' written above it.

A Space Marine Is You: A given, as he's the Player Character in a game named Colonial Marines.

He acts as the Player Character for the entirety of the main campaign. Sephora's 118th Battalion, Winter is part of the search-and-rescue team sent to investigate the U.S.S.

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