Looch

Looch
	; The first time he's seen.
Character in Just Cause 3
First appearance	Conflicting Interests
Faction	The Rebellion
Job	Vehicle upgrading specialist
Last known status	Alive

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Luchianov a.k.a. Looch is a character in Just Cause 3.

Personal info[]

He is the only overweight person in Medici. He might also be the only one to own a leather jacket.

In the Bavarium Sea Heist it is revealed that he is Russian and that his actual name is Luchianov. Tom Sheldon calls him a "former commie" and his friend.

Motoring enthusiast[]

He owns and drives a '69 Stria Sussurro moped.

He also owns a Pescespada SS speedboat.

He is qualified to convert a speedboat into a weaponized attack boat (Loochador), installing the weapons himself. He also said to have improved the boat's performance.

Career[]

Spoiler warning: Significant plot details follow.

In the mission Conflicting Interests, Dimah arranges him to meet Rico at a small dock south of Vigilator Nord where he carries a box of unknown items off his Pescespada SS speedboat; but it is unknown if this is a part of his job. The box is marked as fragile content and to keep upright at all time. Dimah is his friend and he was doing a favor by helping Rico.

Dimah seems to think that Looch has inside info on the Vigilator Nord military base, but he just says that finding the Bavarium scanner is like finding "one hell of a needle in one hell of a haystack", which doesn't really contribute anything useful.

Bavarium Sea Heist[]

Looch returns in the Bavarium Sea Heist DLC where it is revealed that he used to work for Di Ravello at the same facility as Dimah. They became friends and escaped together.

In the mission The Setup he customizes a stolen Black Hand speedboat by installing weapons and improving its agility. He proposes to call the boat the "Rocket Boat" (in reference to the boat's armament), but it's ultimately named "Loochador" by Rico. The boats name refers to both Mr Luchianov's nickname and Mexican wrestlers.

He can later be seen during The Heist Begins on a speed boat with the stolen eDEN loot from the Stingray facility. He wields a U-39 Plechovka, though he never ends up using it. Where he got one is unknown, though the weapon itself is not in short supply around Medici.

Trivia[]

The "The art of Just Cause 3" book that comes with the collectors edition of the game has a few minor facts about him. Some of these are considered Cut game content from Just Cause 3.
- At first he was called "Luciano".
- There's a line of 8 portraits (including him), which depict "Mafia Head Studies". None of the others are used in the game.
- He looks quite a bit older in the book, with a bit of grey in his hair. The separate portrait looks even older with 95% grey hair.
- Having been drawn in 2012, his character is one of the oldest. Or maybe that specific picture is just one of the oldest. For example Teo's drawing and Annika's character model are said to be from 2015.
The modifying community has discovered from the game files that he was originally going to be part of a mafia faction in the game. This is also confirmed by the art book. See more about it at Cut game content from Just Cause 3.
In Russian, word "looch" ("луч") stands for "beam", which makes Luchianov's nickname meaningful in his native language.
In the base game he seemed to be of a Mediterranean origin, which would fit his original mafia status. The Bavarium Sea Heist DLC turned him into a Russian and gave him the type of flawed grammar as is often spoken by fictional Russians, but not a particularly Russian-sounding accent.
In the base game his character is similar to that of Ken Pang in Just Cause 2, where Ken Pang temporarily helps you to advance a mission. That mission is both his first and last appearance. In this case, Looch appears in a cutscene only.
In the mission The Setup, Annika asks him what is in the box that he is carrying. This is a reference to how he was previously only known for having carried a box of unknown content. He does not respond to the question, only laughing a little.
In the base game, it is unknown if he is officially affiliated with The Rebellion. In the Bavarium Sea Heist DLC however, there are several hints given to him possibly being a member of the Rebellion, or at the very least affiliated with them.
- The first hint toward Looch's affiliation is given in the mission The Setup, when Rico meets Annika at Grotta Contrabandero. Looch and Tom Sheldon are there as well, and Grotta Contrabandero is a rebel safehaven.
- At some point in the DLC, Looch mentions he met Dimah in some laboratory related to Bavarium. It was there that he became friends with Dimah and later helped her escape from Di Ravello. Rico commends him, saying that "That was good work, Looch."
- Two more hints are given in the mission The Heist Begins. The first is when a rebel fleet unexpectedly arrives to assist Rico in destroying the Black Hand's fleet. Looch explains he had a feeling plans "A", "B", and "C" would all fail and thus took "extra precautions." The second is at the mission's conclusion where he seems to speak for the rebels by saying that Medician rebels would be able to make good use of portable Bavarium shield technology.