"Colonel" was a recreation of Roy Campbell produced by the AI GW. Posing as Raiden's commanding officer during the Big Shell incident, "Colonel" was a combination of GW's AI and Raiden's expectations of Campbell. The Colonel was designed to lead Raiden through The Patriots' S3 Plan.
Emma Emmerich eventually uploaded a virus onto Arsenal Gear's systems, causing Colonel to begin to act very strangely. During the infiltration of Arsenal Gear, Hal Emmerich concluded that the Colonel was in fact, advanced AI and not a real person. It was then that Colonel announced to Raiden that they Patriots were "holding Rose hostage" although Snake told Raiden that it was a lie. The Colonel's AI was eventually deleted by the virus.
However, after Arsenal Gear had crashed into Federal Hall, another AI of the Colonel and Rose contacted Raiden, announcing the true intentions of the S3 plan: manipulating history and individuals, and censoring the digital flow of information. The Colonel had ordered Raiden to kill Solidus: if Raiden dies, the Patriots execute Rose.
