Just to throw you off, I'll start this piece with a confession:
I never played the original Splinter Cell. You can chalk it up
to a combination of being busy, being a bit sick of the
realistic stealth genre, and just a little bit of luck. Whatever
the reason, I'm a Splinter Cell newbie, so that's who I'm
writing this Pandora Tomorrow preview for. You're a veteran?
Then skedaddle over to our preview from December. Jon will treat
you right. Everyone else? Please, gather 'round for my fresh-as-
a-daisy impressions of the first mission of Splinter Cell:
Pandora Tomorrow.  Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow bodily throws
you back into the soft-soled combat boots of NSA super-spy Sam
Fisher. He's not just any covert operative; he's a really,
really cool-looking covert operative. His special headset makes
it look like he has three glowing eyes, and while I'm not sure
how this contributes to successful, stealthy maneuvering, it
sure looks spiffy. Oh, the story? Angry over American military
incursions into East Timor, Ind