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The Richards.

The Richards family are the contractors of Jagged Alliance, consisting of Jack Richards and his daughter Brenda Richards. They were betrayed by antagonist Lucas Santino and hired the mercenary force.

Story[]

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Brenda Richards welcoming the commander.

A family of brilliant scientists, they headed the research efforts on the island of Metavira researching its radioactively-mutated Fallow Trees. Brenda had just made breakthroughs regarding the medicinal quality of the sap when their operations were sabotaged and taken over by one of Brenda's research scientists, Lucas Santino, and the pair are forcibly confined to their own compound in one corner of the island. Jack Richards contact the commander in a last ditch effort to retake the island and salvage his work, and he provides him with funds from sap sales for the operation.

Jack and his daughter Brenda are both present to brief the commander once they arrive on Metavira. They also act as managers of the processing plants and facilities on the island that are captured by the mercenaries, act as a liaison between the player and the natives, and are present throughout the game to inform the player of changing game conditions, such as the status of the plants and workers, and to notify the player of missions to accomplish.

Brenda's Lab[]

Brenda Richards orders the player to recapture her laboratory in Sector 28 in the third quest of the game, so she can restart her research on the Fallow Trees. When capturing the sector, the player will be rewarded with $5000 days after. Brenda herself can become the subject of a mission during the course of the game as, once Sector 28 is captured, the enemy will attack it constantly. If the sector falls, Brenda will be captured leading to her rescue mission.

If the player takes too to recapture the lab and rescue her, Brenda will die; thus preventing further quests involving her later on. When the rescue is successful, Jack will burst out of joy and award the player with $15,000. When rescued, Brenda will thank the player in the ending cutscene.

Quotes[]

Jack Richards[]

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The Richards thanking the player for freeing Metavira.

  • "Lucas Santino has turned this island into our own private piece of hell!"
  • "That's it! We're running at full capacity! Unless we capture another processing plant, we won't be any to process any more sap!"
  • "You'd better warn the team. It looks like its going to be an extremely hot day." - Hint for you to load your team with canteens. Or start the day again.
  • "I hope Lucas is up all night counting his losses!"
  • "I wish none of this was happening, but since it is, I'm glad to have YOU at the helm!"
  • "Keep it up, and Santino will regret the day he considered betraying us!"
  • "We just need to put a couple more days like this together!"
  • "That was a fine piece of work!"
  • "Your team really pulled it together today!"
  • "I paid you good money to fight this fight! Not to be a spectator! You went out there today with nobody! Absolutely nobody!" - If you start the day with nobody.

Brenda Richards[]

  • "The trees can only be found on this island...and to the best of our knowledge, they do not reproduce."
  • "Between the fire and Lucas, my work has been set back significantly! Having access to my lab will allow me to return to my research first thing tomorrow!"

Jack's rating at the end of the day[]

At the end of each day Jack will evaluate your performance, which may influence some mercenaries to leave if you receive poor evaluations over several days. Here's a compilation of each rating.

Outstanding[]

  • "Your team really pulled it together today!"
  • "I heard a couple of the locals talking about you, you're gaining quite the reputation around here."
  • "Keep it up and Santino will regret the day he considered betraying us!"
  • "That was a fine piece of work!"
  • "I hope Lucas is up all night counting his losses!"

Excellent[]

  • "Santino appears to have met his match!"
  • "This is exactly what I expected of you!"
  • "Everything seems to be coming together. Let's hope we can keep it up."
  • "We just need to put a couple more days like this together."
  • "I wish none of this was happening, but since it is, I'm glad to have you at the helm!"

Good[]

  • "I realize this is entirely your decision, but a few new faces might allow us to make substantial headway."
  • "You seem to be in control of the situation. What do you say we really take it to him tomorrow?"
  • "We're making some progress, but I don't want this to take any longer than necessary!"

Fair[]

  • "The day wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't go around bragging about it either!"
  • "I won't go on and on about this... I know you military types don't take much pride in achieving the status quo."
  • "This operation is far too important to dillydally. I expect you to take the bull by the horns, starting tomorrow."
  • "Hmmm... it wasn't a bad day, but I wouldn't call it a confidence builder."
  • "At least we held our ground...'
  • "You ain't much of a leader! You spend money like a sailor! But you're one lucky son-of-a-gun! Who else could hold their own without one damn warrior?"

Poor[]

  • "Well...Are you going to be able to pull up your socks and give Santino a run for his money tomorrow or is this pretty much it?"
  • "It wasn't very pretty out there today."
  • "How are we ever going to win this?"
  • "We've got a lot at stake. We have to make some headway tomorrow!"
  • "I paid you good money to fight this fight, not to be a spectator! You went out there today with nobody! ABSOLUTELY NOBODY!"

Lousy[]

  • "Do I have to go out there and do this myself?"

Terrible[]

  • "This is definitely not what I hired you to do! I might as well just give the island to Santino! I need an aspirin..."
  • "A flat-out disaster! I doubt I could have done worse myself! I don't know what your problem is, but fix it!"
  • "I'm paying money for this? If you're not up to the job, why don't you find another island to get your butt kicked on!"

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