Well this was supposed to get done by last night I ran into some complications with them out of the way may I present to you my rewrite of just cause 4
The lie is something that your character believes to be true about the world or himself it's an outlook on things but something that's wrong or misguided the lie rico believes is that the ones he cares about will get hurt or killed because of him the ghost the reason the character believes the lie some call it the wound and it usually refers to a tramantic experience in the character's past that has shaped the view of the world they have now this is a component of backstory Rico's ghost is the death of his parents even though he wasn't the reason for thier death the want is the thing your character desires more then anything else they are the fuel or motivation that causes the character to act and propell the story forward rico's want is to destroy the black hand for what they did to his people back during the events of jc3 and the mech land assault dlc and finally the Need which is something the character has to figure out about themselves if they are going to get the thing that they want for rico he has to learn that he isn't a lone wolf that he needs friends and allies if he wants to defeat the black hand
Onto mira the leader of the solino liberacion frente (or SLF for short a better version of the army of chaos) we first meet her during the first mission of the game in the mission meeting lanza we get to find out the reason she's a freedom fighter the reason she fights for solis freedom is because she believes that's what her parents would have wanted
Next up is the Sargent of the Solino liberacion frente Luis in the mission behind the lines it's revealed that his mother died and his father abandoned him the reason he abandoned his son was because luis hated the black hand while his father was pro black hand and so he abandoned him in the mission we also find out why he fights for the SLF because he wants a better country for his younger siblings in gameplay you can use him to access areas rico normally could not such as reopening the dam you can call him in to shut down generators to get past fans in a short and complex puzzle and you can use him to call in for command points if you wanna know more about that (no it isn't mine I just think it fits in so well in my rewrite of jc4 so I make sure to give the guy credit because damm is he talented) https://just-cause-fan-fiction.fandom.com/wiki/Command_Points_(JCX)
In the final mission in the game luis sacrifices himself to blow up the blizzard core so rico can move forward and kill gabrileia at the end of the game its revealed that he survived and is promoted to commander
Javi is one of the few characters I won't change simply because he's already a pretty good written character as far as I can tell there are no flaws with his character arc the only thing I would change is he has a much bigger role in Los demonios
Unfortunately not all of the characters got the same treatment as Javi in fact one of them is replaced that being garland king I just found her to be annoying so I decided to replaced her with this character Manfred Gunther an employee of frigo and etcetera who came to solis for promotional stunts for the company whenever you do race challenges or wingsuit challenges you will be rewarded mods for your grapplinghook by him he also has a very big role in dare devils of destruction unlike garland
Now unfortunately sheldon does not appear on this rewrite of just cause 4 however a character that we would have known from a DLC from jc1 3 from jc2 and a 4th DLC for just cause 3 replaces him he's even voiced by the same guy who voiced sheldon in JC4 that being Bradford hastings the character who replaces sheldon is Mateo noah an old friend of rico's who arrived in solis after he was fired from the agency after snooping In some files he shouldn't have about the Global change project he pretty much has a similar role that sheldon does in the thunderbarge missions of jc4 the only difference is unlike sheldon rico is definitely a bit nicer to him since ya know he didn't betray rico in jc3 in the mission we also meet two mercenaries who are basically the Annika and teo of jc4
Now onto the final protagonist the commander of the new medici military fritz dieter he is another character we would have known from 3 spinoffs set after jc3 he mainly has a significant role in the windwalker missions but sadly doesn't live to see the destruction of the global change project as black hand forces make thier way to a captured weather facility to make sure the black hand cannot get the wind cannons he along with some of his troops sacrifice themselves so that cannot happen the last words that are heard before he heroically dies is viva medici
Now onto the villains starting with Edith the ruler of the rain forests Edith is a extremely intelligent AI created by the black hand from whatever they could find from the remains of eden it's purpose is to protect the weather facility in the rain forest well it is smart it is unable to learn quickly and that is it's greatest flaw which rico takes full advantage of in the final mission before operation thunderbarge rico infiltrates the airship Edith is on to destroy him in order to lower the defenses on the weather station During its final moments Edith begins to question what it's purpose is it tries to persuade rico to not take it offline saying it would work for the SLF but rico wasn't falling for it as he rips out its core and throws it into the ocean shutting it down along with the airship it was on
Onto the ruler of the grasslands Oscar Espinosa unlike in the game we got where he serves as the big baddie but barely gets any screentime in the rewrite he's reduced to a side villain he has the samething how he owns all the companies he's shown as leader of solis to the public while that's what they see he has no real power he is only a puppet for the black hand a figurehead that can easily be replaced At the end of the region liberation Before operation windwalker during the battle of nuvea voz he comes face to face with rico he tries to convince rico to not kill him saying he's nothing but a puppet that he doesn't hold any real power but rico isn't taking it shooting Oscar Espinosa in the chest causing him to fall out of torre Espinosa to his death
Onto the ruler of the desert and the second in command of the black hand/gabriela's right hand man juan Fernando in one of his logs saying the life of a soilder is all he's ever known and he wouldn't have it any other way saying he would gladly die for the black hand if it meant protecting his brothers and sisters During his final moments when he is killed by rico during operation sandstinger he says he has no regrets in his life saying he did what he did just as rico did what he did for a cause he believed in After his death rico comments that he was a true soilder and it was a shame he had to die but rico did what needed to be done
Finally onto the big baddie of just cause 4 gabrileia morales unlike in the game we got in this rewrite of jc4 she has a big role throughout the game we learn of her backstory in logs left behind how she rose up in the ranks of the black hand from her training in academia qacha to her time in the countless conflicts the black hand has been apart of across the world to eventual receiving the rank of commander of the black hand
As quoting fryda wolff the voice actress who plays her she's calm collected and in control she doesn't get hysterical because she's strategizing damage control at all times there's no damsel in distress in her she's the boss of the Black Hand and no one questions her authority as she looms over her personal army
The reason she hates rico is because she believes that he was responsible for killing her mother when in reality when you find the logs left behind by Sofia morales her mother it's revealed she was actually killed by Di ravello on orders of the agency
Throughout the game everytime you complete a major mission or destroy one of the cores there's a cutscene and her presence is felt all across solis
And another quote from fryda wolff Gabriela's got the supervillain moves that make use of her physicality within a believable frame rather than giving her every superpower and the kitchen sink in order to make her worthy of being there she's earned the right to stand toe-to-toe with Rico without having to be petite or demure so as not to emasculate him gabrileia is athletic and imposing and muscular and still manages to be a human being with her own set of issues and feelings to work out I like how organic she felt to play I believed she was a real person. Now onto weapons
The Pistols would return
Along with the GE-64
Now onto vehicles just to note I won't be going over civilian vehicles as there are way too many and that would take ages all you need to know is that they aren't the same models as from JC3
Black Hand vtol
Black Hand submarine
Black Hand aircraft carrier
Black Hand osprey
Black Hand bavarium tank
Black Hand bavarium helicopter
And an improved version of the brawler mech
Now onto new factions and faction units starting with
The black hand K9 unit
The K9 unit they are found at towns some military bases and city's they're called in at level 3 heat they'll try to bite rico if he's on the ground when you try to escapethey'll try to find you by sniffing you out they usually come in cavalry armored trucks and are escorted by black hand elites
And the second new unit for the black hand is the special forces unit they are found In the hardest military bases and in the final mission they are the best of the black hand they have the best weapons in the game the best health and they have the agility of ghosts making these guys a force to be wrecked with
Now onto the units of the SLF
The standard rebel unit They are the most common type of unit they can be found in military bases city's towns and Frontlines they are extremely weak and are very ineffective but make up for thier ineffectiveness in large numbers
Second are the elites they have better accuracy better weapons and better armor they are usually found in military bases and Frontlines
They also have a sniper variet
Third are RPG units they act as anti infantry units they can be found in military and on the Frontlines
Fourth are sheilders they can be found in military bases they will use thier sheild to block incoming projectiles
Fifth are grenadiers they can be found in military bases they will use thier grenade launcher to thin out enemy lines
And the final rebel unit is the heavy they are found at the hardest military bases and at the end of the game they have extremely high health close to a titan they mainly use the heaviest weapons available
As for the two new factions the first is the USMC for the black hand link here if you wanna know about themhttps://just-cause-fan-fiction.fandom.com/wiki/USMC
For the rebels the faction that supports them is the new medici military the official military of Medici post jc3
The new medici military brings some new vehicles and weapons to the fight along with new units Now onto other things
Instead of the stupid rings we have in the game we got we instead get the jc3 type challenges
As for the elephants in the room liberation and the global change project
illapa is replaced by the global change project
And as for liberations link can be found herehttps://just-cause-fan-fiction.fandom.com/wiki/Liberations_(JCX)
Besides the things mentioned in there before you can even begin the liberation itself you have to expose the corruption of the black hand rather that be concentration camps black mailed politicians and other various things the black hand sweeped under the rug. Now onto the changes that would be made for some missions and completely new missions for the starting mission link herehttps://just-cause-fan-fiction.fandom.com/wiki/Daring_Devil_Drop
For the mission where you obtain the ion coil instead of flipping brakers you have to steal it from the fow in the rainforest in this mission is where you first encounter Edith along with that submarines are unlocked for liberation they act similar to the ones in danger rising
Before the operation thunderbarge mission you have to destroy the ship Edith is on to disable the weather facility defenses
In the mission windwalker diversion instead of just defending an area you have to cause as much chaos as possible until the SLF can get the wind cannons the best way to do this is to get in a warchief and just start wrecking havoc
And to end things off the final mission instead of being a huge facility it's as big as the hive if not bigger it's the hq of the black hand here you'll face some of the toughest enemies in the game and legions of mechs
Instead of just a cutscene where the bad guy dies its a full blown boss fight and one of the hardest in the series it takes place on the weather core throughout the fight whenever she reaches a certain amount of health gabriela will summon titans her personal body guards ghosts or special forces units when she dies she goes on a monolog on how rico is a disease and will destroy solis and her last words are that she hopes the agency will send him to hell but if you have 100% the game then rico reveals to her that it wasn't him that killed her mother but di ravello on orders of the agency after reseving this news she tells rico that she hopes he destroys the agency for what they did
And that is everything if you think I missed something let me know almost all images and links not from the game belong to @Ironclaws and thanks for @Edencore64 and @Emptytapedispenser for thier ideas on the luis rewrite couldn't have done it without you
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