Larry Kaczynski

Larry Kaczynski was one of the UAC scientists in Doom 3, working in the Alpha Labs. He was one of the few personnel who survived the initial invasion of Hell.

During the demonic invasion, he gets trapped in a chamber when the power went out and asks the Marine to free him. The Marine is given either the choice of freeing him or activating the chamber with Kaczynski inside. If the Marine chooses to free him, Kaczynski can access to his lab next door, containing weapons, ammo, and Michael Abrams's PDA. He then locks his lab after the Marine leaves, thinking he will be safe. His name is references to former 3rd President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński.

If the player decides to activate the chamber instead, Kaczynski will be gruesomely killed, leaving behind a blood-soaked skeleton, and two Z-Secs will spawn. It is therefore in the player's best interest to help him.

If freed, his fate is ultimately unknown, but he most likely perished along with the rest of Mars Base, as Resurrection of Evil states the Marine was the only known survivor of Hell's invasion.

Trivia

 * Kaczynski's PDA contains an email allegedly from an official from Nigeria asking for his help. This is a spoof of the Nigerian Email scams.
 * In the Doom 3 BFG Edition, activating the chamber with Kaczynski inside, will unlock the "To Be or Not to Be" Trophy/Achievement.
 * Kazynski is possibly the only survivor to be somehow ignorant of the demonic invasion, as he states he doesn't know what is going on after the power went out. Nevertheless, he locks the door as a precaution when the doomguy leaves.
 * The option to kill him by activating the chamber is somewhat famous because he is the only human who can be killed without using any weapons.
 * You can activate the chamber and quickly cancel it, giving Kaczynski quite a scare.
 * By a bizarre glitch, if one activates the chamber and rushes to the door containing Kaczynski's skeleton, you can interact with it as a NPC. Apparently, the game recoginizes it as a "Joe" and it can be killed.