Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov

Boris was the commander of the PMC Maverick Security Consulting, Inc., as well as the instructor of Raiden. He acted as Raiden's mission controller during his VR training, which was designed for him to test out Raiden's new Cyborg Ninja body that he gained after his injuries against Desperado Enforcement LLC. He also served as his mission controller during Raiden's actual missions against Desperado."

A former Soviet soldier in the USSR prior to its fall, Boris had been acquaintanced with Raiden since the latter's first cyborgification at Area 51. After the events of Liquid Ocelot's Insurrection against the Patriots in 2014, Boris took in several former members of the Paradise Lost Army under the condition that they fight for what they believed in, and they keep their actions clean. In addition, he also offered a full-time employment spot in Maverick to Raiden, to which the latter accepted. He was once stationed at Abkhazia when it was still a region of the Soviet Union. In addition, he once let his emotions run wild on the battlefield, which gave him a lot of regret and shame, and also resulted in his discharge and consequentially taking "gray-area" jobs for PMCs.

During Maverick's mission at an African country, Boris attempted to shoot down a tiltrotor plane carrying the Desperado leader, Sundowner, with a portable missile launcher. However, the aircraft emitted flares to prevent the missile from reaching its target.