Geoff

Geoff is a character from Strife. He is a man whom the player initially encounters in the Old Town Hall. He will have nothing to say to the player initially except "go away".

It is revealed early in the game that Geoff is actually the guard who polices the entrance to The Front's initial base in the old town hall at the beginning of the game. When Rowan first hands player the comlink enabling him to make contact with Blackbird (and, consequently, the Front as a whole), one of the first things Blackbird tells the player is the password needed to get by Geoff and enter the Front's headquarters. After Geoff opens the entrance for the player, his continued existence in the game becomes irrelevant. In fact, even after The Front has moved its base to The Order's castle midway through the game, Geoff still wanders around outside of the old (now abandoned) Front base and will continue to do so indefinitely unless the player kills him.

Killing Geoff is generally not recommended. If the player takes offense at his curt disposition and decides to kill him before getting the entrance opened, it effectively traps the player in an early stage of the game. Killing him while the entrance has opened, but before the base has moved, sets off an alarm, and the Front guards will start shooting at you. Afterwards, the player only has reason to go back to the old base once, to plunder any supplies that didn't get moved when the base did.