Hunter Jeremiah Hartley

Hunter Jeremiah Hartley is an employee at O.V.E.R. who used to be associated with Base. He is a white man in his late 40s who has shoulder-length light brown hair, a northern accent, and a big frame. Hunter is from North Dakota, and has a Facebook page where he shares pictures of O.V.E.R.

He has had different relationships to Mike Walters across different timelines and iterations, sometimes friendly and sometimes hostile.

Hunter was manipulated into the destruction of 357A, leading to a physical altercation where Mike shot and killed one of Hunter's iterations. In a related timeline, the Hunters demolished Base and used a calculator to transport Mike into the wilderness.

Iterations
Hunter has at least four iterations. Mike has referred to the younger three as Innocent Hunter, Mystery Hunter, and Punished Hunter. The Hunters refer to themselves as Hunter, Jerry, and Jeremiah. Punished Hunter and Innocent Hunter both have a scar on the left side of their faces from forehead to cheek, caused by the explosion of 357A. Punished Hunter does not appreciate Mike's nickname for him.

There is another relevant iteration of Hunter who is much older than the other three, approximately retirement-aged. This iteration was teleported into Mike's cabin, dead and with his eyes gouged out. This iteration has been referred to as "Elder Hunter" and will be killed by August Baxter.

Compared to Mike, Hunter seems to see a greater degree of continuity between iterations.

Connectivity Strike
Hunter has been the target of a connectivity strike by Base. The timeline this created led to the deaths of many Base members, leading to a correction and an agreement that no member of Base, besides Chance, would ever directly interact with Hunter.

Timeline where Hunter dies
The connectivity strike occurs on the night Mikey originally first infiltrated 116E. Mikey is sent to kill Innocent Hunter in his Cabin, while Mike and Michael kill Mystery and Punished Hunter.

In place of Hunter, Marissa is the one forced to participate in the destruction of 357A, leading to her death. Further, during the fight within Tier 2, Anne is killed, though Edgar is never sent away to experience a Lost Year.

Without Anne or Marissa, early Base operations differ considerably. The mission to Rugby never occurs. Mike and Michael, still aware of the original timeline, assist early Base in figuring out how to navigate the spacetime technology. This Base comes to recruit Charlie, Chance, and Shadow.

Timeline without further contact
In order to avert the deaths that occur within the timeline with a completed connectivity strike, members of Base meet with the Hunters in order to negotiate an agreement. According to this agreement, no direct contact would be allowed between any Base members and any of the Hunter iterations except through Chance.

Within the timeline this forms, Hunter is still forced to carry out the destruction of 357A. The skirmish within Tier 2 plays out similar to the original timeline, except that Edgar never experiences a Lost Year. Notably, even without Hunter, Mike is still teleported into the Latvian wilderness during Project 2BDO for reasons that are still unclear.

Despite the agreement to avoid contact, Innocent Hunter and Mike would interact in order to help save Cole. The agreement apparently falls apart fully as Hunter eventually takes some control over Base.