Kronnen
shot Operations after returning from a mission. It was later found
out that he was in the pay of Egran Petrossian and that the attempted assassination
was payment for Petrossian's saving his mother from prison and poverty.
He was shot by Walter in the briefing room.
Egran
Petrossian was a former deep-cover operative for Section One in Eastern
Europe. He was brought in during a rescue mission to recover Michael.
Petrossian was known to be dictatorial and ruthless while still in the
field. He was the head of the secret police in an unnamed country
for 17 years. After Kronnen shot Operations, Petrossian was put in
charge of Section One. During his tenure, he elevated Nikita to his
second in command replacing Madeline. It is apparent that a coup
attempt was in progress and that
Petrossian's placement was the first step in creating a New
Regime. However, with Nikita's help, Petrossian was entrapped
by Madeline. Operations ordered his cancellation.
SYKES
Skyes
was marked for cancellation when he challenged his decision when first
taking over from Operations. Sykes, along with Michael and others,
were sent to retrieve a disc from a hostile embassy. During the break-in,
the alarm was triggered and Michael was trapped. Nikita ordered Sykes
to go in and get him. On a retrieval mission, Sykes made the mistake
of not cutting the alarm system thus exposing Michael. Petrossian
order Nikita to personally cancel Sykes because of this. While Nikita
attempted to carry out this order, Sykes was shot by Madeline.