History Characters / FrontMission1

* HotBlooded: He had some real impulse control issues. Examples included [[spoiler: when he almost went off and [[KickTheSonOfABitch shot Driscoll]] during their cooperative fight against Spirit of Huffman forces (Mission 20)]]. Luckily, Ryuji and Natalie would be there to keep him in check.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Royd [[spoiler: almost [[BerserkButton went off the handle]] and tried to kill Driscoll when they briefly [[TeethClenchedTeamwork teamed up]] against Spirit of Huffman forces (Mission 20)]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: He killed Koichi Sakata, a guy who, you know, helped orchestrate the BD Project and killed his own father for wanting to expose it]]?

* TheManInTheMachine: [[spoiler:He can no longer survive outside the Raven thanks to Maria sabotaging his life support in the hospital after he was critically wounded in battle.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Her outfits in ''4''.

* TheChick: Played this role to the plot. She was pivotal to the plot mainly via her influence inspiring Royd to [[spoiler: pursue justice for victims of the BD Project]] and later [[spoiler: fight to make Huffman Island independent from the great powers]].

!The United States of the New Continent (USN)

* SpikyHair: Keith's hairdo might be proof that anti-gravity technology existed in the FM universe.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's never been explicitly stated in the games, but Royd seemed to be suffering from depression since the Larcus Incident. He regularly showed a lack of motivation and interests in things, e.g., responding to others' requests to join the Canyon Crows with an apathetic "do what you want". At one point, he even urged Molly (whose town was destroyed by the war) to kill him - indicating potential suicidality.
-->'''Molly''': You army people stole away my... No, you stole away the children of every single mother in this town! And now all of those mothers have perished in flames! I'm the only one left... I'll never let another army into this town!
-->'''Royd''': ... Kill me.
-->'''[[OnlySaneMan Ryuji]]''': Commander!
-->'''Royd''': [[ItsAllMyFault This war was caused by my actions]].

* {{Foil}}: To Kevin in a lot of ways. Both of them were [[TheAce very talented]] young men involved in the Second Huffman Conflict. Both of them were in love with women who were later revealed to have been mistreated by the great powers, i.e., Karen [[spoiler: being turned into a [[BrainInAJar B-Type Device]]]] and Maria [[spoiler: having her life [[DarkAndTroubledPast destroyed]] by USN-friendly forces when she was young]]. Royd, however, found out the truth of Karen's fate via the help of [[spoiler: the Spirit of Huffman, who were fighting the great powers]], while Kevin was helped by [[spoiler: Patricia Stanley, who's an agent of the USN]]. Due to this and other differences (e.g., Royd being a [[AmbiguousDisorder less]] [[ShellShockedVeteran functional]] person to start with), the two eventually went down vastly different paths - Royd [[spoiler: ended up developing an intense hatred towards the great powers and turned into a mass-murdering terrorist]], while Kevin, [[spoiler: still having hope about globalism, decided to join USN peacekeeping forces, to help protect children from suffering the same fate as Maria]].

* {{Foil}}: To Royd in a lot of ways. Both of them were [[TheAce very talented]] young men involved in the Second Huffman Conflict. Both of them were in love with women who were later revealed to have been mistreated by the great powers, i.e., Karen [[spoiler: being turned into a [[BrainInAJar B-Type Device]]]] and Maria [[spoiler: having her life [[DarkAndTroubledPast destroyed]] by USN-friendly forces when she was young]]. Royd, however, found out the truth of Karen's fate via the help of [[spoiler: the Spirit of Huffman, who were fighting the great powers]], while Kevin was helped by [[spoiler: Patricia Stanley, who's an agent of the USN]]. Due to this and other differences (e.g., Royd being a [[AmbiguousDisorder less]] [[ShellShockedVeteran functional]] person to start with), the two eventually went down vastly different paths - Royd [[spoiler: ended up developing an intense hatred towards the great powers and turned into a mass-murdering terrorist]], while Kevin, [[spoiler: still having hope about globalism, decided to join USN peacekeeping forces, to help protect children from suffering the same fate as Maria]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Like all OCU main protagonists in the series, Royd was associated with the Zenith wanzer, piloting one during Mission 1 and also his appearance in ''5'''s arena.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Eldos wanzer. In his ''5'' arena appearance, he piloted a build that was almost exactly the same as the one he used in ''1st''.

* WeaponOfChoice: The [[SuperPrototype Type 11 "Raven"]] wanzer. In his ''5'' arena appearance, he piloted a Zenith with some selected parts to make it look like a Raven.

* AffablyEvil: Driscoll was typically quite polite... but there was often a veiled touch of threats to the stuffs he said.
-->'''Driscoll''': Such a naive young man. That Kevin. I hope you haven't grown too fond of him.
-->'''Maria''': ...
-->'''Driscoll''': He is not yet ready. It will be some time before you start to miss him. [[note]]Driscoll was planning to [[spoiler: abduct Kevin and had him used as S-Type materials]].[[/note]]
-->'''Maria''': What are you trying to say, Driscoll?
-->'''Driscoll''': Nothing, my dear. Nothing. I wish to ascertain that you will be fully focused on your mission, Maria.

* BenevolentBoss: To his subordinates. It's precisely his benevolence as a superior that caused Johnny and Matthew to willingly follow him to the Huffman Island and later [[spoiler: the rest of the Silver Lynxes to come along to help when he embarked on his quest to expose the BD Project]].
** Taken UpToEleven in USN Mission 18, in which [[spoiler: Kevin, realizing that his plan to expose the BD Project had failed, decided to pretend to shoot Johnny and tell everyone that his subordinates were just forced to follow his commands, so that he would take the fall while the rest of his team got free. It's implied that by taking blame for all of the charges, Kevin was putting himself into some ''really'' deep troubles]].

* TheDogBitesBack: '''[[UpToEleven BIG TIME]]'''. Driscoll committed many acts of cruelty against the main characters, and ''every single one of them'' ended up inflicting some sort of well-deserved karma on Driscoll. Let's do this one by one:

* [[WeaponOfChoice Wanzer Of Choice]]: Like all OCU main protagonists in the series, Royd was associated with the Zenith wanzer, piloting one during Mission 1 and also his appearance in ''5'''s arena.

* [[BigGood The Big Good]]: Became this to the Canyon Crows to an extent after the events of ''1st'', as [[spoiler: the book he wrote exposed the atrocities committed by the great powers during the Second Huffman Conflict. This resulted in worldwide public outcry that placed pressure on the said powers. Thus, while he didn't rejoin the Canyon Crows in the epilogue, he had still indirectly helped the Crows via his influence at the higher levels]].

* [[BigGood The Big Good]]: He was the authority figure in charge of monitoring the Crows. [[spoiler: Later subverted as he turned out to be helping with the BD Project]].

* [[WeaponOfChoice Wanzer Of Choice]]: The Eldos wanzer. In his ''5'' arena appearance, he piloted a build that was almost exactly the same as the one he used in ''1st''.

* [[BigGood The Big Good]]: To the Canyon Crows. For starters, at several points, he ordered Olson to be lenient with the Crows when the latter defied orders, letting the Crows get away with things they otherwise wouldn't be able to get away with.

* [[BigGood The Big Good]]: In a way, she served as this to [[spoiler: the La Alianza in ''4''. By that time, she was working for the USN Investigations Bureau, helping to provide the guerilla group with vital info and knowledge about getting around USN troops]]. [[spoiler: When the La Alianza managed to take Caracas TV Station and have Diaz withdraw the declaration of independence, she showed up to stop USN troops from marching into Caracas, preventing USN troops from starting an unneeded fight with the La Alianza (buildup to Mission 29)]].

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* [[spoiler: DeepCoverAgent: He's in truth a Zaftran. Somehow, he managed to become the head of Nirvana Institute and get involved in top-secret USN projects]].

* [[spoiler: [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Mother Zaftra Makes You Strong]]: Of the "sophisticated and sociopathic" variety]].

* [[WeaponOfChoice Wanzer Of Choice]]: The [[SuperPrototype Type 11 "Raven"]] wanzer. In his ''5'' arena appearance, he piloted a Zenith with some selected parts to make it look like a Raven.

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* [[spoiler: {{Patricide}}: Koichi had his underlings gun down his father when the latter decided to go off to expose the BD Project (buildup to OCU Mission 28)]].

* NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The '''Hell''''s Wall. As revealed in the USN scenario, they were named so due to their willingness to throw themselves into lines of fire to protect their allies.