Hamous is a Metaviran native, and native-guide-turned mercenary who makes appearances in Jagged Alliance, Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games and Jagged Alliance 2. He also appears in Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, just with different storyline.
Background[]
Jagged Alliance[]
"If you're interested, I could make a native available to you today." - Jack Richards
Hamous is the second native working for Jack that he will offer you as a guide, if you have room in your team, a few days after Elio is fired or killed - you have to click on Jack's portrait in order to acquire him, which does require some attempts. Just like the other native guides, he is free of charge and will offer tidbits of information on the various sectors of Metavira as you travel through them.
Where Elio was fast, Hamous is strong with a decent marksmanship score that make him a strong addition to the team if you can accept his slow speed. Like the remaining native guides in Jagged Alliance, Hamous cannot improve his stats through any means, similar with Elio, Juan and Wahan.
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games[]
"Hamous has left Metavira, inspired by the action he saw on Metavira, and after a glowing recommendation from Jack has joined A.I.M. as a mercenary. He can be hired for $275 per mission, and his stats are exactly as they were in Jagged Alliance.
He's reportedly saving up to buy a minivan."
Jagged Alliance 2[]
"Hamous had his first taste of combat in Metavira, and based on a glowing recommendation from a major client, Jack Richards, he was granted an internship with this organization, which recently expired. Regrettably, poor Hamous never did save up enough money to purchase that mini-van that he desperately wanted. So he did the next best thing and stole one just outside of Paris. Actually it was an ice cream truck and he was last seen headed towards Istanbul in it." - A.I.M. Alumni Dossier
By Jagged Alliance 2, Hamous has left AIM's employment. As reported above in AIM's alumni file, he stole an Ice Cream Truck while he was in Paris and was last seen headed towards Istanbul.
He is seen again, found on a random section of road in Arulco with said Ice Cream Truck, and can be persuaded by someone with sufficient leadership to be hired (along with the truck), for $250/day. AIM mercs may have better luck than IMPs or RPCs.
His stats remain the same as they were in the previous games with the difference his skills can be increased through combat and practice. His marksmanship is still modestly high, especially for someone of his low cost, and the chance of finding him early makes him a cheap and easy addition to your forces to boost your manpower. Be mindful of his low agility, however, and his incredibly low wisdom makes improvement in any non-physical skills a tough task. His marksmanship will improve normally however, therefore he can remain useful throughout the game as a rifleman and gear mule.
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action[]
Unlike in the original storyline, Hamous is now a sunbed merchant, who can be found at the beach south-east from Grumm. He shall join player's team once the sector is cleared from Deidranna's soldiers.
Location[]
Jagged Alliance 2[]
Random road sector, generally between Drassen and Cambria, or San Mona and Cambria. How he ended up with his van in Arulco, (supposedly) on the other side of Atlantic, is anyone's guess.
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action[]
The beach south-east from Grumm.
Equipment[]
Jagged Alliance
Deadly Games
- .38 S&W Special
- Canteen
- Radio
- 2-pocket Assault Vest
Jagged Alliance 2
- .38 S&W Special
- .38 Special
- (v1.13) Hunter's Vest
Skills[]
- Stealthy
- (v 1.13) Primitive
- Heat Tolerant
Relationships[]
Likes[]
Liked by[]
Dislikes[]
- None
Disliked by[]
- None
Additional Info[]
- Like all Metaviran natives, Hamous is resistant to warm temperatures, and is unaffected by the heat waves that regularly roll through in Jagged Alliance. He carries this ability with him into Jagged Alliance 2.
- Commonly mistaken for a Mexican, such as by Skipper.
- Seems to view mercenary work as a fun way to fill his time.
- Apart from decent marksmanship, his stats are unremarkable at the best of times.
- Will not steal from you.
- Firing him will not count toward your A.I.M. Turnover ratio.
- Should he get killed, it won't affect your A.I.M. Death ratio either, but it will affect your Native Death ratio.
Will quit if:
- If you receive less than a Fair rating for five days in a row.
Jagged Alliance 2[]
- Hamous does not distinguish cats from dogs, which can be seen when fighting Bloodcats.
Quotes[]
Jagged Alliance and Deadly Games[]
- "Me see rotten man!" - Enemy spotted
- "Hamous like mule... Carry much... No complain!" - On call.
- "I hear story. Dey say Mister Lucas be in Cuba!" - On call.
Jagged Alliance 2[]
- "Me make big travels. See world in truck me borrow from stranger. No save enough money to buy one. Me have much fun. Meet people." - Met for the first time.
- "Me miss de old guys. But me no miss Vinny!"
- "Si?" - Selected.
- "Nori." - Order confirmation or task completed.
- "Very bad." - Missed or failed to perform a task.
- "Very good!" - Killed an enemy or successfully performing a task.
- "Naughty men here." - Entering an enemy occupied sector.
- "Me see dem! Me see the naughty man!" - Enemy spotted.
- Naughty man!" - Enemy spotted. Sometimes Hamous prounciates it as "Not a man!"
- "Me hear sound." - When hearing a sound of movement behind a wall.
- "Dog!" - Bloodcat spotted
- "Oh... Dat a big bug. We no have dem in Metavira." - Crepitus spotted for the first time.
- "Me no want to see rotten bugs." - Travelling between Drassen mine sectors.
- "Me kill de bug." - Killing a Crepitus.
- "Too much bugs. Crazy rotten bugs." - Seeing more than three Crepituses at once.
- "Uhh, me feel dat." - Hit by Crepitus ranged attack.
- "Me find it." - Spotted an item.
- "Look funny. Maybe go boom." - An explosive trap on chest detected. Hamous will say so only if his Explosives skill is developed.
- "Me no want this to happen to me." - Rotted corpse/gory kill,
- "Goodbye, naughty man!" - Having killed an enemy.
- "Naughty men all dead." - Sector cleared from enemies.
- "Me no understand." - Unable to perform task.
- "Okay." - Fired.
Image gallery[]
See also[]
| RPCs of Jagged Alliance 2 | |
|---|---|
| Omerta | Ira Smythe / Dimitri Guzzo / Carlos Dasouza / Miguel Cordona |
| San Mona | Igmus "Iggy" Palkov |
| Estoni | Kevin "Maddog" Cameron |
| Cambria | Dr. Vincent Beaumont |
| Alma | Lt. Conrad Gillitt |
| Tixa | Greg "Dynamo" Duncan / Breeham "Shank" Druz |
| Variable Location | Hamous / Devin Connell / Richard "Slay" Ruttwen / MadLab's Robot / Mike (1.13 only) |