History Characters / BattlefieldHardline

* BerserkButton: If you're a criminal, ''do not'' try to use a NotSoDifferentRemark on him.

* TheHero
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: In the second half of the game.

* CorruptHick: Lives in the middle of nowhere, and it's mentioned he's amassed a sizable fortune through running drugs.

* DisappearedDad: Mendoza's father didn't make the trip to the U.S. with his wife and son[[spoiler: evidence in the final level confirms that he is dead]]. Nick doesn't mind, as his father was evidently quite a bastard.

* BerserkButton: If you're a criminal, ''do not'' try to invoke NotSoDifferent on him.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog "How's your mother, Nick?"]]]]

->'''Played By:''' Nicholas Gonzalez

* ByTheBookCop: In spades. He becomes a [[CowboyCop little]] [[RabidCop less]] [[LooseCannon orthodox]] over time.

* DirtyCop

* FairCop
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:She started on the side of Dawes, but as soon as she realized just how bad he really was, she abandoned him to break out Nick. Unfortunately, that took three years of Nick's life in prison.]]
* PragmaticAntiHero: Khai believes less in "rules" and more in "results." She's still a fundamentally good person, though, with a desire to see justice done in the end. [[spoiler:She was initially complacent to Dawe's ethically-ambiguous scheme and frame-up of Nick because she believed that Dawes is genuinely pacifying Miami's criminal elements and that Nick is too stuck-up with rules for his own good.]]

* EnemyMine: Convinces Nick to delay his arrest until after they can save Khai from a shootout with a local gang. [[spoiler:As it turns out, [[DeconstructedTrope a large part pf this was a setup to save him and frame Nick]].]]

* AscendedFanboy: DiscussedTrope. [[spoiler:Nick says that Dawes probably read a lot of comic books as a kid when he found a [[Series/{{Batman}} button to open the way to a safe inside of a bust of a person]].]]

* [[spoiler:YouAreAlreadyDead: {{Inverted|Trope}} to "I Am Already Dead." When Nick confronts him at the end of the game, he's unarmed and writing a letter. Nick guns him down, and begins to read the document, which is addressed to him. It begins:]]

* BewareTheHonestOnes: Nick is honest to a fault. [[spoiler: Which is exactly why Stoddard and Dawes frame him up as a DirtyCop and get him shipped off to prison-- he won't fit into the rampant corruption in the Miami P.D. and he can't be controlled.]]

* [[spoiler:HesBack: After three years in prison, courtesy of a frame-up by Stoddard and Dawes, he breaks out to go after those who wronged him.]]
* [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Dawes and Stoddard screw Nick over, he'll stop at nothing to get some payback.]]

--> '''Nick:''' What the hell was [[BlatantLies that?]]
--> '''Khai:''' [[PragmaticAntiHero That was called ass-covering. Get used to it.]]

* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* [[spoiler: TheCorrupter]]: [[spoiler: As Khai says, he's a "ruiner-- he ruins people."]]

* [[spoiler: DieLaughing: He's so incredulous that [[TheParagon Nick]] shot him in cold blood that he can't stop giggling as he dies.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's mellow, wise, and praises Nick and Khai when they make significant progress in their case. [[spoiler: Which is why it comes out of nowhere that he's also crooked.]]

* [[spoiler:YouAreAlreadyDead: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] to "I Am Already Dead." When Nick confronts him at the end of the game, he's unarmed and writing a letter. Nick guns him down, and begins to read the document, which is addressed to him. It begins:]]
--> [[spoiler: ''Tell me, Detective: when you shot me, did I look surprised?'']]

* [[spoiler: CutsceneBoss]]: [[spoiler: At the beginning of Chapter 9.]]
* DirtyCop: It's not long before Mendoza (and the player) realize that he's on the take. The first act is all about building a case against him to take to InternalAffairs [[spoiler: until it's revealed just how deep the corruption goes.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Stoddard does most of the legwork, convincing assorted criminals to buy into the protection racket, but he answers directly to Dawes.]]

* DangerousDeserter: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Boomer ''is'' a deserter (he went AWOL from the Army some years ago) but is actually a pretty nice guy and not really a physical threat to anyone, except under extreme circumstances.

* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini:]] [[spoiler: Yeah, Nick and Khai did 3 million dollars worth of damage to his house, but he's still active (and marrying Kang's wife).]]

* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: When he shows up in a ZTZ-99 MBT to confront Nick after the latter commandeers an [=M1A1=] from his arsenal.]]

[[folder:Boomer]]
!!Marcus "Boomer" Boone
->'''Played By:''' Eugene Byrd

After a few tours in Iraq as an intelligence analyst, Boomer came home and started applying the skills he learned from Uncle Sam to the criminal trade, acting as an IP specialist for a variety of nefarious characters. Though he's a gray-hat hacker, Boomer really wants to be one of the good guys and his old friend Khai gives him that chance.

* ActionSurvivor: Ex-Army, and appears to be moderately competent with a gun, but prefers to avoid fighting if at all possible.
* BlackAndNerdy
* DangerousDeserter: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Boomer ''is'' a deserter (he went AWOL from the Army some years ago) but is actually a pretty nice guy and not really a physical threat to anyone, except under extreme circumstances.
* DistressedDude: The first time Nick meets him, he's locked in the trunk of a car, courtesy of Kang.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Despite panicking just about every time bullets start flying, Boomer gripes more than once about being [[MissionControl "the guy in the van."]]
* MrFixit: Is able to repair a Vietnam War era warplane to working condition in a rather short period of time. [[AcePilot And fly it out of what is pretty much a warzone in one piece!]]
* TheSmartGuy

[[folder:Roark]]
!!Neil Roark
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkRolston

-> ''"Enjoy the money while you can. Buy gold. Hell, buy a fuckin' sailboat... because I'm coming after you."''

Once a promising developer of anti-piracy software, Neil Roark took his millions (if not billions) and began to wage war against the loss of American opportunity. In his case, this means he’s holed himself up in a Hollywood mansion where he films rambling webcasts about the importance of privatization.

* TheDon: One of the few criminals in L.A. high-ranking enough to call a meeting between [[spoiler: Stoddard]] and other local crime bosses.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini:]] [[spoiler: Yeah, Nick and Khai did 3 million dollars worth of damage to his house, but he's still active (and marrying Kang's wife).]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His response to seeing Nick in his house?
--> "Well, you look Mexican, so I'll assume you're a burglar."
* WrongGenreSavvy: As noted above, he thinks Nick is trying to steal from him, not investigate him or his associates.

[[folder:Alpert]]
!!Tony Alpert
->'''Played By:''' Creator/FredTatasciore

-> ''"Whoa, hey, look at that... shit just got real."''

A separatist quasi-cult leader who leads a commune of like-minded individuals in the middle of the California desert, Tony Alpert’s stomped out the ideals of his hippie roots and replaced them with hate.

* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: When he shows up in a ZTZ-99 MBT to confront Nick after the latter commandeers an [=M1A1=] from his arsenal.]]
--> '''Tony:''' So here's the deal. You titwizards are all out of options. Which means I'm gonna kill you, chop off your heads, and piss down your necks!
* CorruptHick: Lives in the middle of nowhere, and it's mentioned he's amassed a sizable fortune through running drugs.
* OverprotectiveDad: To an extreme degree. He disapproved of the relationship between his daughter Dune and Boomer, so he essentially ran Boomer out of town. He also monitors Dune's phone calls and has her wear a ''tracking bracelet.''
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The majority of his cronies are, though Tony himself seems to [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] this. He assures Boomer, with whom he has a colorful history (and whom he is currently holding at gunpoint), that the enmity between them is not racial, but strictly personal.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: He and his men are mostly-racist, reactionary, heavily-armed isolationists who constantly talk about things like impeaching (and/or assassinating) the President. It's like they were going down a checklist.
* TankGoodness: He hoards old military equipment, up to and including helicopter gunships and tanks[[spoiler:-- one of the latter of which he rides into battle against Nick and Boomer]].

[[folder:Dune]]
!!Dune Alpert
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexandraDaddario

A young woman raised on a desert commune by gun-loving hippies, Dune is a badass blend of sunshine and survivalist. After she nearly eloped with Boomer a few years back, her father's kept her on a shortened leash.

* AmericanDream: He's a believer. It's part of the reason he's so idealistic in his desire to serve and protect.

* EnemyMine: Convinces Nick to delay his arrest until after they can save Khai from a shootout with a local gang.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: ''"How's your mother?"'' Cue DoubleTap from an unamused Nick.]]

* RecklessGunUsage: Pulls a gun (that is not loaded) on Nick and Boomer in a moving car ''as a prank''. This ''takes Nick's eyes off the road'' (Nick is the driver). [[spoiler:Cue the ambush and subsequent car crash.]]

* RecklessGunUsage: Pulls a gun on Nick and Boomer in a moving car ''as a prank''. It not only could have very easily become an [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace I Just Shot Nick In The Face]] situation but also ''takes Nick's eyes off the road'' (Nick is the driver). [[spoiler:Cue the ambush and subsequent car crash.]]

->'''Played By:''' Creator/FredTatsciore

->'''Played By:''' Mark Rolston

!! Det. Nick Mendoza
A young Cuban-American cop who joins the Miami PD's narcotics division at the start of the game. What Nick lacks in experience, he makes up for in ability and integrity.

An experienced narcotics detective with several high-profile collars to her name, Khai is assigned as Nick's partner following the latter's first major bust. Tough and streetwise, Khai has a tendency to play fast and loose with the rules.

A veteran detective in the M.P.D., and Nick's first partner. Stoddard is gregarious and friendly, but he's up to his elbows in corruption.

!!Cpt. Julian Dawes
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: ''"How's your mother?"'' Cue DoubleTap from an unamused Nick.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* [[spoiler: TheCorrupter]]: [[spoiler: As Khai says, he's a "ruiner-- he ruins people."]]
* DaChief
* [[spoiler: DieLaughing: He's so incredulous that [[TheParagon Nick]] shot him in cold blood that he can't stop giggling as he dies.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's mellow, wise, and praises Nick and Khai when they make significant progress in their case. [[spoiler: Which is why it comes out of nowhere that he's also crooked.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: He has a major role in the twist that occurs at the end of Act I of the story, making it hard to talk about his role without spoiling big plot points.
* [[spoiler:YouAreAlreadyDead: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] to "I Am Already Dead." When Nick confronts him at the end of the game, he's unarmed and writing a letter. Nick guns him down, and begins to read the document, which is addressed to him. It begins:]]
--> [[spoiler: ''Tell me, Detective: when you shot me, did I look surprised?'']]

Formerly a major figure in the Miami coke-trafficking scene, Tyson finds his life in danger when runs afoul of some new players. Nick and Khai have to get to him first to save his life and get information from him. [[spoiler: He reappears three years later to help break Nick out of jail, and helps him and Khai go after Dawes.]]

!!Boomer
Enlisted by Khai and Tyson to infiltrate one of [[spoiler: Dawes']] front operations, Boomer serves as the team's technical expert.

!!Neal Roarke

A major player in the Los Angeles trafficking scene. Nick and Khai have to go through him to get closer to [[spoiler: Stoddard and Dawes' operation]].

* WrongGenreSavvy: As noted above, he thinks Nick is trying to steal from him, not investigate him or his associates.

Leader of a high-tech "ultra-patriot" militia operating out of an abandoned missile silo somewhere in the Californian desert. Nick crosses path with him because he is in possession of a safe-cracking device, which turns out to be a vital tool in Nick's investigation.

Tony's daughter, and Boomer's ex-girlfriend.

* DisappearedDad: Apparently, Mendoza's father didn't make the trip to the U.S. with his wife and son. Nick doesn't mind, as his father was evidently quite a bastard.

* SmugSnake: Stoddard thinks he's a lot more untouchable than he actually is. He's much less secure when [[spoiler: Nick busts out of prison and comes after him]].

* DieLaughing: [[spoiler:He's so incredulous that [[TheParagon Nick]] shot him in cold blood that he can't stop giggling as he dies.]]

* YouAreAlreadyDead: [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] to "I Am Already Dead." When Nick confronts him at the end of the game, he's unarmed and writing a letter. Nick guns him down, and begins to read the document, which is addressed to him. It begins:]]

* TankGoodness: He hoards old military equipment, up to and including tanks-- one of which he rides into battle against Nick and Boomer.

* RecklessGunUsage: Pulls a gun on Nick and Boomer in a moving car ''as a prank''. It not only could have very easily become an [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace I Just Shot Nick In The Face]] situation but also ''takes Nick's eyes off the road''. [[spoiler:Cue the ambush and subsequent car crash.]]