Bravo

CHARACTER
Unknown
Biographical information
Full name	Unknown
Also known as	Carcer SWAT 1
Nationality	American
Status	Determinant
Home	Somewhere in Carcer City
Main affiliation	Carcer City PD CCPD SWAT Gary Schaffer
Weapons	May have one of these: Heavy Handgun Shotgun Shotgun + Light Sub-Machine Gun
Physical description
Gender	Male
Game information
Appearances	Manhunt
Voiced by	Richard Mover

“We can't track a perp like this! We're supposed to just k-k-kick in a door or something!”

―Bravo being a stereotypical SWAT officer

Bravo is an officer of the CCPD's Special Weapons and Tactics unit in Manhunt.

Background

SWAT officer Bravo is a team leader. He has worked many overtime shifts, and the amount of stimulants he has bought and consumed to stay awake and alert during these extra hours is proportional to them, hence he wants to cut back on overtime shifts and his excessive spending on stimulants, which exceeds his budgets on them. However, it is because of these extra hours that he has kept a loaned SUV using the overtime pay. He is currently saving money for a boat that he'll buy once he retires from the police force for good. So far, he is almost close to that goal.

During the manhunt, he complains about feeling too edgy because of his caffeine tablets that he took before the manhunt, causing him to grind his teeth up, and yet he still plans to acquire the crack pills that were used by US Air Force pilots during the Gulf War. He also feels sensations of diarrhea from drinking too much fig juice before he went out. The leather boots he's wearing are new but not softened, since he had no time to do so, causing him discomfort. He also wears a lousy, waterproof watch that he said was waterproofed to a hundred meters of depth, but it broke when it was exposed to his shower, annoying him.

Personality and Mannerisms

• As a SWAT officer, he is the most tact and professional amongst the three SWAT hunters, being the one who follows protocol the most with only a few misconducts. Also, he seems to be the most serious one amongst the SWAT as he treats the manhunt with less levity than the other two.
  • Rather than fighting back when Cash beats him up, he tries to de-escalate the fight by telling him that they're trying to help him, telling him that he's aware of what is troubling him, and warning him of the bad consequences of his acts to make him see sense.
    • Even when he isn't being beaten up, he will still try to carefully resolve dangerous situations by himself with the perp's cooperation.
  • Once he and the other SWAT think they have Cash surrounded and pinned down, his next move would be to call him out, and order him to surrender now that there is no hope left for him, warning him that they're about to use force if he doesn't comply.
  • Communication is key to this officer, since he's usually updating others on situations that are currently happening for them to respond accordingly. He is also encouraging communication between officers, especially when they're sweeping an area for the fugitive, to restore order as soon as possible.
  • He prefers to check his and the other SWAT units' targets and be definite about who they're about to use force on since he's not indiscriminate with his target.
  • As such, he is very observant in combat, constantly scanning his current situation for information to exploit.
  • Like the other SWAT, he is brave and may attempt to go near Cash by himself (with his team covering him) if he's holed up. He might do this to draw Cash's fire away from the rest of the team and towards himself as he advances, if he feels too confident, or if he's tired of waiting for him to come out. Ever putting his life on the line, he always prefers his bravery to be justified, not wanting to put himself in danger for no good reason.
  • He is a stereotype of a SWAT officer, since he would rather breach and clear a fortified location to hunt criminals rather than sweep a big open area.
• He seems to be a momma's boy, since he calls for his mother when he is scared, such as when he is startled by suddenly sensing Cash too close to him.
• Has the generic hunter personality, except he has a few differences since he's not a killer thug participating in a bloodsport for riches or pleasure.
  • After experiencing the act of killing for himself during the manhunt, he will realize that there's fun to be had in gunning down crazies. Knowing that killing is fun, he will commit himself to killing more scum like Cash from now on, not to rid the streets of crime, but to have some fun. But he's still cruel even before this as he practices police brutality by beating him up badly and eagerly wanting to hurt or kill him.
  • No different from the bloodthirsty gangs participating in Starkweather's bloodsport, his professionalism may not keep him from getting too excited when he finally gets a bead on Cash. If he's not alert, he can get startled by sensing Cash too close to him.
  • Sometimes, he is boorish and foul-mouthed, spewing abusive language and ableist insults on Cash on the basis of him being mentally ill. He is offended by Cash thinking that he's gullible by trying to trick him with a trick that he sees through, also thinking that he's an imbecile for doing that.
  • Already alert thanks to the caffeine he has taken (even though he's a bit sleepy), he keeps other officers alert and vigilant during the manhunt.
    • In response to the sound of a possible threat nearby that he doesn't see, he will lay chilly and stay quiet to hear it better and focus on it.
  • As a member of a team, he's always giving reassurance to other members to make them feel safe by watching over them, assisting them, and telling the other hunters that he has a problem or a situation in his control.
  • To lower Cash's spirit or scare him when he thinks he's safe, he'll try to tell him that his situation is hopeless and call him out as if he knows where he is. He may also try to scare him with the bad consequences of his actions.
  • He is confident in his abilities and in the “inevitable” success of his team catching Cash.
  • Like most hunters, this one is scared of dying or at least the pain of dying that Cash can give. Before he realizes that he is defeated, he will feel a short period of confusion before realizing that he's about to die, trying to stop Cash afterwards. To avoid his death, he may try to bribe Cash with money if he leaves him and make Cash feel guilty or pity by mentioning his family. He will also admit his defeat in hopes of satisfying Cash to leave him for dead. At times, he may not beg and sound pathetic when he angrily tells him to leave him alone now that's he beaten him enough.

Relationships

Family

Bravo has a family of his own which includes his wife and his child, both of whom he rarely spends time with due to his overtime shifts. He loves his wife since he wishes to be in bed with her rather than at work. Before the manhunt, he was supposed to attend her wife's birthday but an urgent call to participate in the manhunt forced him to leave her for work yet again, causing him to worry about this decision. This decision also forced him to leave his child for work.

He also mentions his mother when he calls for her upon being startled by Cash himself, implying that he's a mother's boy for a man of his age.

With the CCPD

Overall, he is friendly with other SWAT officers, greeting and checking on each one he meets. As a team leader, he cares for the safety and well-being of other SWATs by watching over them and assisting them as well as relying on them to help him when the time arises. He is a proud SWAT member because he believes that his organization is a force to be reckoned with.

With Valiant Video and the manhunt

Like the many shifts that he has been in before this one, the manhunt is just another overtime shift for him. He finds the night that it takes place in quite pleasant, which he thinks is wasted on hunting down a mental case.

Because of the lack of knowledge on their target's identity and background, he believes that there's something off about the whole manhunt.

While engaging in a shootout with his team against Cash, he might notice some feces next to him (which he is certain that it is not dog poop) and ask the others who dropped it. this could also be Bravo's since he mentions having diarrhea and he may be asking so that he can shift the blame away from himself and not embarrass himself.

With Cash

Not different from the other CCPD officers participating in this manhunt, Bravo has no idea who he is hunting. What he does know is that their fugitive is a dangerous and murdering whacko who has gone postal, likely a pretext told to him by CCPD higher-ups to justify the deployment of SWAT. As such, he finds it strange that a lunatic is up to no good in the middle of the night. That being said, he's tasked with arresting Cash by the CCPD for Starkweather who ordered their police chief to capture him and not kill him and send him to his place, notwithstanding the SWAT's killer AI who will shoot him on sight. He is oblivious to this since he never says anything about it.

What he does learn or realize about Cash is that he is a stone cold killer when he sees a corpse that he's made out of another hunter, causing him to be slightly repulsed by how Cash kills. After killing him, he will wonder if he was on PCP because he was very hard to put down.

See also

• Bravo/Dialogue