

Specifically, they capture him, lock him up in solitary confinement until he's completely insane from Marker-related visions, give him a Breaking Speech about how everything he's done has only helped their plans, then dump him in a room with a Necromorph which kills him. Moral Event Horizon: Markoff and Stevens killing Michael Altman.Forcing Altman to fight a Necromorph-enhanced Krax using nothing but a spoon, which led to his death, Markoff continues his experiments on the Markers and the Necromorphs, single-handedly causing the events of the entire franchise.

Ordering Krax to kill Ada, Markoff tells Altman that he will become the founder of the Church of Unitology, after which Markoff had Krax killed when he deemed him "expendable". Forcing Altman to continue regardless of the danger the Marker posed, Markoff leaves everyone inside the facility to die when Necromorphs attacked, solely so he could record video footage of how the Necromorphs and the Marker operate. Breaking into Michael Altman's house to torture information out of him about the Marker, Markoff forced Altman, his girlfriend Ada, and Altman's coworkers to retrieve the Marker, which led to several of Markoff's employees killing themselves or losing their minds due to the Marker's influence on them.
