Rico Rodriguez is the protagonist in both the canon Just Cause series and the Operation Indigo fan fiction.
This article will focus on the fan fiction version of him, so here is the link to his page on the main wiki. Unless noted within this page, he is the same as his Just Cause 4 version. See also Rico Rodriguez (disambiguation).
For his gear, see AR lens, Grappler, Hoverboard, Parachute, PDA and Wingsuit.
For his necklace, see Rico's necklace.
Nationality: Mexican
First appearance: Devil's Drop Zone
First appearance in Operation Indigo: Reunion
Jobs: CIA/The Agency operative (former)
Spy
Saboteur
De facto leader of The Rebellion
Assassin
Mercenary
F1 driver (former)
Spelunker
Dictator removal specialist
Professional bada**
One man army
Demolition expert
Stuntman
Espionage specialist
De facto leader of the Army of Chaos
De facto ruler of Solís
Last known status: Alive
Appearances[]
Chapter 0[]
Reunion - Major in-project debut. He gets out of retirement.
Play It by Gear - Major. Tries getting out of the United States to get his gear.
Hanging Water - Major. Gets arrested along with Tom Sheldon.
Chapter 1[]
Wrong Arms - Major. Escapes the penal colony with Mira's help.
Armed and Dangerous - Major. Journeys to the United States with Tom and Mira.
Extended Reach - Major. Equips gear and gets used to it.
Booming Business - Major. Trains his skills at Potomac Post.
Stranger Danger - Major. Helps people with their problems, with Tom and Mira helping.
Apple Juice - Major. Gets the fuel for the plane.
Wrecking Havoc - Major. Settles everyone into Fort Terry.
Seeing Dread - Minor. Gets rescued by Roane Owens.
Interference - Supporting. Flies the BWS Eminence into space.
Indigo Skies - Major. Gets a phonecall from Upton.
Chapter 2[]
Welcome Back - Major. Puts Upton on speaker, and is part of the crowd later on.
Special Deliwury - Supporting. Attends the birthday party.
Hungover - Minor. Is one of the people trying to make sense of the situation.
Smooth Galing - Supporting. Looks for clues concerning what happened.
Tailgaling - Supporting. Introduces himself to Hem do Zhein.
Operation Indigo Briefing - Major. Attends briefing.
Deluge Refuge - Supporting. Listens to Hem's briefing on her faction. Saves Mira's life.
There Will Be Flood - Major. Reaches the first prisoner, calls Hem to bring Lee to rescue the miners, gets caught while escaping the mine.
60 Hours In - Minor. Is in the internment camp.
Chapter 3[]
Pure Human Concentrate - Major. Is Tom's cellmate in the internment camp and is sent to Xembunite Mine in the end.
Privilege is Power - Mentioned.
Overnight Oversight - Major. Is transferred to Pírxun Mún.
Lockdown Mode - Supporting. Works in the prison's mines.
My Sunshine - Likeness only. When Izzy goes blind, the floaters in her vision form his outline.
Lights Down Low - Major. Helps the team.
Taking Shelter - Major. Rallies the crowd against Uzveld and the Zheitua.
Out of the Woods - Supporting. Points out that Hem did not lose her camp, but is ultimately proven wrong.
Chapter 4[]
Out of the Blue - Major.
Kings and Queens - Major. Receives calls from Adele.
Urgafest - Major. Participates in the event.
On Location Gobi Desert - Supporting.
On Location Great Wall - Supporting.
Catching Wind - Supporting.
Breaking Wind - Major. Pilots the shuttle.
Calm Before the Storm - Major.
Deliwu Pro Tour - Major. Pilots the helicopter.
Deliwu No Tour - Major.
Chapter 5[]
Pilot - Major. Follows along with the trip.
Season 1[]
Night Shift - Major. Wakes up to find himself and the others animated.
Night Shift: Crepúsculo - Major. Garland tries waking him up.
Night Shift: Intempestad - Major. Pulls the van from Port Hueneme to Pinnacles National Park.
Night Shift: Galicinio - Major.
Dead Drop - Major. Brings Brook to the studio.
Welcome Brook - Major.
Shot in the Dark - Major. Tests put the new feature on his AR lens.
Hospital Stay - Major. Garland tries curing his wounds.
Brook in Action - Major. Brook tests Rico's DNA.
Arrest Warren - Major.
Hard of Hearing - Supporting.
Season 2[]
Justice for All - Major.
Justice Caused - Supporting.
At Last Sight - Supporting.
Sadie and the Skramp - Star. Helps with Sadie's situation with Skramp.
Skramp's Offspring - Major. Drops Sadie off. Inadvertently births a puppy.
Von Voyage - Major.
Team Bonding - Star. Gets his shoulder blade fused with Sheldon's shoulder blade.
Genetic Blueprint - Star. Tries seeing his test results.
Genetic Blueprint: Doppelter Ärger - Star.
Season 3[]
How the Grinch Stole My Heart - Supporting.
Heat Advisory - Star.
Sloppy Seconds - Major.
Ground Beef - Supporting.
Archives[]
Archive #1: Where It Ends - Supporting.
Archive #2: Plain Sight - Major.
Archive #3: Fall In Love - Mentioned, photo cameo.
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Bannd Together - Star.
Shedding Light - Major.
Day in the Timeline - Major.
Much To Do About Nothing - Major.
Act III: Chaos, Control, and Consequence[]
Back in Time - Supporting.
Water Under the Bridge - Supporting.
Prise de Pied - Major.
Settlemental - Supporting.
Chicken Fight - Star.
Mahogany Skies - Star.
Conflicting Unrest - Star.
Not So Quiet on the Obstreperous Front - Star.
What Went Down Last Night? - Star.
Present Day - Supporting.
Missing in Re-Action - Supporting.
Supply Run - Star. Finds Sargento and raids a port.
Hard to Forget - Star.
Ricon - Star.
Wind up Together - Star.
Isolation Principle - Major.
Just Cousin - Star.
Executive Decisions - Background.
Act IV[]
Insufferable Incidents in the Inclined Institution
Duress Best Not Fraught - Minor.
Road Best Not Crossed - Major.
Price Best Not Paid - Supporting.
Getaway Driver! - Major.
Fantastical Delusions - Star.
Fratre in Danneggia - Major. Helps Mario.
Dolore ed Ecc. - Major.
Le Repas - Star.
Fermeture - Star.
Room Service - Major.
Radioactive Decoy - Major.
Retrieval Deceival - Major.
Gnossienne Orchard - Major.
Enemy Most - Major. Helps Javi uncover the wielder of the object.
Fool's Hold - Star. Goes to Villanueva with Javi.
Bad Biddance - Major.
Bad Urn Worse - Major. Tries preventing Valeria from having the urn.
Good, the Bad, and the Urn - Major.
Watchful Javi - Minor. Beginning.
Dead Woman Walking - Major.
Act V: Onus[]
Lights, Cameron, Action - Supporting.
Leisurely Lee - Flashback.
Trauma - Major. Helps Sadie.
Redeem Code - Major.
State of Head - Minor. Beginning.
Rico Sheldon - Star.
Stagecoach - Indirectly mentioned by Garland.
Peeping Tom - Supporting. Mentioned by Mira and later Sheldon visits.
Battlefield Trip - Minor. Beginning.
All Day - Supporting.
Broken Water - Minor. Beginning.
Must We Speak of This Again? - Major.
Heat Dead - Major.
Out of the Mixture - Supporting.
Resorting to Violence - Supporting.
Trivia[]
- He does not appear in the first mission, which makes Operation Indigo the first entry to not feature him in the first mission (excluding other fan fictions).
- Every appearance he makes is major until Seeing Dread.
- Out of all the characters in Operation Indigo, he is the one who gets in the most vulnerable situations (36 as of Fantastical Delusions), both by intensity and number of instances.
- Shortly after the making of that mission, the direction for the story changed to the point where this point has become futile.
- Bannd Together, Shedding Light, and Day in the Timeline all take place on his birthday, yet it is not mentioned. This is justified, as the team is in a difficult time.
- As of Out of the Mixture, he has either appeared or has been mentioned in 125 segments, with Sheldon being close behind at 117.
- In this fanfic, he is fancasted as Orion Acaba.
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