Black Hand

This is a disambiguation for all articles related to the Black Hand.

The Black Hand is a faction in the Just Cause game series. There is too much information about them to put into one article, so there is one for their appearance in each game. This is also helpful to avoid spoilers.

This disambiguation also holds some trivia that only makes sense in a larger comparison between the games.

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• Black Hand in JC1.
• Black Hand in JC3.
• Black Hand in JC4.
  • Black Hand Statues.
• Darkwater.

Trivia

• Unrealistically, despite being a PMC (Private Military Company), the Black Hand often possesses superior training and equipment access than the standing military of an economically well off nation, as seen in Just Cause and Just Cause 3.
  • In the real world, there have been situations where private military companies with superior funding, training and equipment would assist an inferior military, but this is very rare and only happens when the country being assisted is very poor.
• The term "Black Hand" can refer to a number of real things. See list here.

Specific to Just Cause

• They are much more dangerous in this game compared to future games, as they have no less than 2 different types of attack helicopters with quad missile mounts that can kill Rico in one connecting shot. Some may think Just Cause 4's version is more difficult than here, but that is their opinion.
• Until Streets of Fire, they are the only wielders of the Haswell Gen2 Vindicator.

Specific to Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2 is the only game in the Just Cause game series where the Black Hand doesn't appear.

• However, there is a character model in Just Cause 2 Multiplayer that erroneously states the elite Panauan secret serviceman model as "Black Hand". This character model does have badges with a black fist, but it looks completely different from anything known to represent the Black Hand. It is possible that the game developers may have at some point considered adding the Black Hand into JC2 with that logo.
• There is an unused speech audio file where Rico expresses disappointment while saying: "Bad day, the Black Hand."
• In the introduction of Just Cause 4, the leader of the Black Hand, Gabriela Morales, reveals in a briefing to Oscar Espinosa that despite not being involved, the Black Hand were actually aware of Rico's actions in Panau through the events of Just Cause 2.
  • This also makes Pandak "Baby" Panay the only antagonist to have never enlisted their services. However, as seen in Mercenaries Must Die, Baby Panay did hire an independent foreign mercenary as an adviser to the anti-gang unit of the Panau Military.

Specific to Just Cause 3

• Their accents are either Australian or South African.
• Unlike in their other appearances, Black Hand forces in Just Cause 3 are authorized to use Medici Military vehicles and hence lack any of their own until the release of Mech Land Assault/Bavarium Sea Heist DLCs.
• They had to be re-introduced... 10 years apart because Rico apparently doesn't remember them, despite killing at least 14 of their ranks in San Esperito. This was probably because compared to the other AAA titles in the series, Just Cause was fairly unknown. See also: Timeline of the Just Cause universe.

Specific to Just Cause 4

• This was the first game in the series where Rico did not have to fight the official military of a nation since the Black Hand, despite remaining a PMC, serves as the official military of Solís since 1518.
• With the introduction of the Fellhawk Jet Fighter, this game is the first instance where the Black Hand operated fixed-wing aircraft that can fire four missiles at a time.