Lucas Santino is the main antagonist in Jagged Alliance. He was a former member of the Richards' team conducting research on the Fallow Trees on the island of Metavira, and one of Jack Richards' most trusted assistants.
Santino would ask for a second research laboratory and then betray the Richards for his own benefit.
Betrayal[]
At the discovery of the healing properties of the Fallow Sap, Lucas convinced Jack to let him set up his own lab on the opposite end of the island, claiming research would progress faster. Once established, he betrayed the Richards, killing the rest of the research team, destroying Brenda Richards' lab, and seizing control of Metavira and very nearly every Fallow Tree growing on the island; thus beginning the processing of the sap himself, taking advantage of the sap's rarity to make a profit for his own benefit. In desperation, the Richards hire a mercenary commander from A.I.M. to take back the island.
Additional Information[]
- Lucas' forces consist almost entirely of red-shirt mercenaries flown onto Metavira from elsewhere, and numbers of them populate every sector of the island. Their training and equipment varies wildly.
- Uses a convoluted system of notes written in code and shorthand to communicate messages to his forces in the field. While this makes it difficult for the player to discern the content of the notes, many of Lucas' own mercs find the whole thing unnecessary and confusing.
- Gus Tarballs is revealed to have briefly worked for Lucas' forces on Metavira. He quickly realized what was happening, however, and quit after a few short days.
- Lucas Santino was interviewed by the magazine The Island Dominator on the summer 1995 issue with the title "Metavira's Money Man".[1] The magazine is a knock-off of the famous Soldier of Fortune magazine.
- Santino is found in Sector 1. He must be killed if the player is to win the game. He cannot be fought, as he will always set-off a self-destruct mechanism as soon as your mercenary enters the room he is in, killing himself in the process.
- Even if you use cheats to prevent him from triggering the self-destruct mechanism, you will find that he is immobile and immune to damage, and cannot be interacted with in any meaningful way.
Quotes[]
- "Find out who he is. Then... kill him."
- "You've run out of luck... ...we'll meet in hell!"
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Game manual, pg. 62-63