Roberto Salazar (Reboot Timeline)

== Roberto Salazar ==
"Así como ellos arrasaron con nuestro país, nosotros arrasaremos con el suyo. Así es como comienza" (Just as they lay waste to our country, we shall lay waste to theirs. This is how it begins) - Roberto ending his speech before executing the president of Argentina 
Roberto Miguel Salazar Junior (known as Roberto Salazar) is a main character and one of the supporting antagonists in the entire Reboot timeline. 
Serving as the main antagonist of the Canon timeline and the secondary antagonist of the Raider timeline, Salazar is a military commander/the new leader of the Front that managed to overthrow the country of Argentina, prompting the United States to intervene and to remove him from power. 
In the Raider timeline, he is a major ally of Jack Sharpe, who aided in his coup as means of wiping out all WTO operatives being sent in Argentina to remove him. 
== Background ==
Born on February 19, 1997 in Bariloche, Argentina, Roberto was born to Roberto Salazar Senior, who was a infamous Argentine warlord that sold weapons to Al-Qaeda and ISIS insurgents until his death. At a young age, Roberto did witness his father's death and with the help of a surviving insurgent, Roberto went back to his hometown and at the age of 18, he joined the Argentine Army and stayed for 10 years before leaving the Argentine military to help reform the Front. 
As the Front began to take shape, Roberto managed to see through the United States' influence and after remembering that the Americans had killed his father in the past, Roberto developed his hatred to a point where he convinced several civilians and soldiers to join the Front and managed to lead a violent coup against Argentina to eliminate all American influence throughout the country.
== Biography (The Canon Series) ==
Roberto is first seen when he executed the President after making his speech against the West and its ideology. As the war progressed, Roberto and a few hundred soldiers escaped the American forces and went into hiding. In the fifth chapter, Roberto and his army (now reformed) left a ship and launched a small attack in Georgia. 
However, their attack ultimately led them to their downfall as Jay single-handily wiped them out and killed Roberto in a brutal fight. Even with Roberto's death, the Front still functioned as a group, but are eventually disbanded or wiped out from too many causalities, loss of equipment, and its leaders either imprisoned or assassinated.
== Biography (The Raider) ==
Roberto is first seen when the ARF managed to take over Argentina and it's revealed that Roberto has been heavily injured by Jay during a fight, having his left arm and the right side of his face badly burned in the fight. As Roberto and a few surviving members came across a heavily wounded Jack, Roberto points his sidearm at Jack, but after realizing that he needed an asset, he deliberately (albeit reluctantly) spared Jack and ordered his men to torture and brainwash Jack after nursing him back to health.
Roberto is seen at the end of the 5th chapter, executing a wounded Argentinian soldier as his men launched a heavy invasion in Bueno Aires, effectively recreating the Second Argentinian Civil War. In the Raider series, Roberto is hardly seen, as he is shown to be seen either leading his men or giving out orders in person.
Roberto is seen a second time when he ambushed the squad and killed both Jackman and Haley, two WTO operatives with ease before running away. This time, he managed to capture Helen, who chased him. He hasn't seen again until the end when he tried to open a locked door and was caught by the trio (Jay, Mordecai, and Helen). As Roberto reveals his true nature and the fact that he is trying to convince Helen or the two operators to kill him, Helen suddenly shoots him, killing Roberto and avenging her family and dignity. It's later revealed that Roberto was set up for death at the hands of Jack, who sought vengeance and managed to "kill 2 birds with 1 stone" by setting this up in order to take over the ARF and kill Roberto.
With his death and Jack's capture (and later death), the Front is wiped out with its leaders killed, its members either imprisoned or killed, and its equipment dismantled.
== Personality ==
In his first appearance, Roberto is a powerful and highly charismatic individual who held deep revolutionary ideals and managed to spread his ideology by using his charm to convince countless people, which he used to rally support and eventually overthrow the government. He is soft-spoken and extremely sophisticated, using his facade to convince many people to join the Front and support him during the coup.
Before devolving into a warlord, Roberto appeared to be an honorable and respectable person that held great respect for his country and strongly hid anti-American elements during his service, which foreshadowed his ruthlessness and jingoistic nature.
Roberto is shown to be a complete sadist and warlord that has no qualms about torturing, raping, and killing anyone, even innocent people, who could be a possible threat to his goals. Due to the fact that he lost his father to American forces and that his country was influenced by his enemy, Roberto held deep hatred towards the United States and even had people that supported the country rounded up, arrested, and executed during his coup and even used thermobaric weaponry to eliminate American soldiers while sacrificing thousands of innocents and his own men in the process, showing his disregard of human life and his mercilessness. 
As seen in his capture, he admits to having raped and killed various civilians during his takeover and even smirks as he was caught while claiming that he's still in control, showing to the trio that he's extremely sadistic, vicious, and egotistical. Like most of his army, Roberto didn't fear death even if it risked his life, due to the fact that he strongly believed that everything could be reincarnated after it dies, making him more dangerous because of the fact that he used all means necessary to accomplish his goals, even though it could kill him.
Even in his final moments, Roberto didn't seem to care and died a defiant, prideful, and sadistic man that mocked his captors and even chose to insult them rather than fight back.
== Appearance ==
Roberto is an Argentinian man, standing at 6'2. He has tanned skin, dark brown (graying) hair, hazel eyes, usually sports a beard (mainly a goatee), and is seen with a muscular physique, perfect for his stature.
During his time with the Argentine Army, Roberto is seen wearing an ACU, which is standard issued in the armed forces.
In both timelines, Roberto wore the standard issued ARF uniform, but with the exception of his signature gold aviators. He has short hair and a goatee.
In the Canon timeline, Roberto wore a dark blue pea coat, a white long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, and loafers while blending in as a foreign merchant before putting on the signature uniform.
In the Raider timeline, Roberto appeared to have notable burn scars on the right side of his face and now wears a long leather glove to hide his prosthetic left arm, courtesy of Jay fighting him and turning his hatred of fire against him. Before being scarred, Roberto sported a full beard. He appeared to have a goatee and a buzzcut.
== Skills ==
* High Intelligence: Roberto was shown to be a highly intelligent, sharp-witted, and methodical man and was highly adaptable to any situation given to him. He is extremely level-headed and can handle extreme stress to get out of dangerous situations by using incredible street smarts. He was capable of using his charm and polite side to gain the trust of the Argentine citizens in order for them to help him aid in the goal of taking over Argentina and to complete his task by using different ideologies and tactics to lure people into joining.
* Intimidation: Due to his title as "The Scorpion" and his exceptional combat abilities, Roberto is widely known and feared within the Front and was so infamous that even his title strikes fear and terror into the hearts and souls of his enemies that incurred his wrath. Roberto used his combat abilities and title to lure enemies away from him, even using a simple death threat to further fuel more fear toward him. A notable act of his intimidation is his live execution of President Menendez on national television.
* Hacking Skills: Despite not having the skills or knowledge, Roberto seems to be somewhat interested and knowledgeable about intermediate hacking skills and even had hackers that gained complete access to even the most secret government servers to find information about his targets and to trace their location with technical help. He can jam communications, cause blackouts, disable security systems, and find enemy locations with ease.
* Multilingualism: Roberto is shown to be fluent in several languages, including English and Spanish. Out of the languages, Spanish is his most spoken as he communicated with several Argentinian soldiers.
* Skilled Physician: Roberto appears to have some extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as well as intermediate first aid and medicine, as shown during his torture scenes where he puts slight pressure on Jack's severe wounds. He is shown to be extremely knowledgeable in pressure points, as shown during his sparring match with a few of his soldiers.
* Master Tactician: As a former Infantryman that is trained in the Argentine Army and the leader of a massive paramilitary group, Roberto is highly capable of casing out, planning, and executing plans, assassinations, and raids. He is a keen judge of character, often correctly assessing the correct intentions, flaws, and capabilities of both allies and enemies just by watching them via body language. He is a skilled negotiator and interrogator, capable of presenting facts and tell lies without inducing intense emotion and is capable of breaking people with certain details. He is a very effective leader and mentor, having trained, fought, and led his soldiers into various battles with strategic facts and thinking, which made him far more dangerous, given the fact that he managed to use hackers and inside men to gain knowledge about the Americans' equipment, number of troops, and their positions. He's also capable of spotting certain flaws within his environment and using any methods deemed necessary to accomplish his goals, such as using fear to force military aged boys into his army and fighting American soldiers with ease after finding their locations and strongly used guerrilla warfare in a large scale. As shown in the invasion of Argentina, Roberto is a strong and fierce leader to the core, having commanded and led his private army into war against three groups; The WTO PMC, the US Marines, and the Argentine Army.
* Connections: Having worked in the Argentine Army, Roberto has a vast set that he can use to gain an advantage on his enemies, even with weapons dealers, criminal informants, and government officials.
* Expert Driver: During his time, he has shown exceptional driving skills to a point where he is even capable of driving manual cars, mechanicalized vehicles (tanks, APCs, boats, and helicopters) and motorcycles with ease. He is shown to drive a limo in the chase sequences.
* Master Marksman: As shown in various fights, Roberto is extremely proficient with firearms, including pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, as well as being frighteningly precise with eliminating targets in both close-range and long-range distances (as shown during his fights). He's also skilled with using and firing heavier weaponry, such as grenade launchers, light machine guns, and flamethrowers as well as using mounted weaponry. Due to his extensive knowledge of guerrilla tactics, Roberto has shown to be extremely skilled with scavenging and using whatever firearm that the enemy has to achieve his goals.
* Master Martial Artist: Having been trained in the Argentine Army, Roberto is shown to be an incredibly skilled hand-to-hand fighter. His fighting style is mostly improvised and is consisted of Kickboxing, Krav Maga, Eskrima, Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, and Sambo. He can quickly outmaneuver, outmatch, and outlast his opponents, even capable of taking on multiple opponents at once. Due to his quick wit, Roberto is able to adapt to his opponent's fighting styles, studying them during the fight and adapting to turn their strengths against them as seen in his fight with Jay Roberts, as seen as he used his MMA skills to quickly subdue Jay. He also sometimes makes use of both dirty tactics (such as eye gouges, biting, and striking the groin) and the environment around him to gain an advantage.
* Knife Mastery: Roberto is highly skilled in wielding and throwing blades, such as knives and axes. Combined with his extensive knowledge of anatomy and intense experience in Sayoc Kali, Roberto is able to use blades to find a suitable angle to either wound or kill an opponent in a fight and has shown deadly expertise with a machete as shown during his fight with Jay, as shown as he tried to slash and stab him, but was quickly disarmed.
* Improvised Weapon Mastery: In addition to his skills with firearms and martial arts, Roberto is very good with using whatever tools that he sees during his fights to gain an advantage over his opponents, as such a metal pipe to kill a Marine to show his dominant nature.
* Peak Human Condition: As a former soldier of the Argentine Army, Roberto has displayed peak human physicality for a man of his age. He's extremely athletic, and his strength, stamina, speed, agility, reflexes, durability, and pain threshold are in top condition.
* Peak Human Strength: Despite his build, Roberto is very strong, capable of overpowering and restrain even larger opponents, knock out or outright kill an skilled operator with a single strike, and break their bones and necks with ease. Roberto was also capable of breaking out of handcuffs and other restraints fairly easy due to his specialized experience. His strength is somewhat near inhuman to a degree, as shown as he punched through a brick wall during his fight with Jay and was capable of lifting up and slamming Jay onto walls and to the ground while grappling. 
* Peak Human Durability: Roberto is highly resilient and sturdy due to his time in the battlefield. He is able to survive multiple gunshot wounds, stabbings/slashes, and blunt force trauma without feeling that much pain. His greatest feats of his durability was surviving multiple assassination attempts by the NATO (broken ribs, a gunshot wound near the heart) and a severe beating from Jay. He was capable of withstanding heavier punches from Jay, who's more skilled in hand-to-hand and utilized brute strength. His durability also made him tougher to kill, as evidenced during his fight against Jay when he ended up being badly burnt.
* Peak Human Reflexes: Roberto has incredible reflexes. Due to his time in the battlefield, Roberto has displayed a fast reaction time, as he is able to evade bullets and melee attacks during combat with ease. Due to his expertise in guerrilla warfare, he is able to correctly assess the situation, to understand the purpose, and to react effectively, making it harder for the enemy to outwit him in the field. His senses are shown to be enhanced, having the capability to hear, smell, and sense his enemies from any direction and to avoid ambushes, raids, and sniper fire with ease.
* High Pain Tolerance: Despite his strong combat proficiency, Roberto has been frequently injured throughout the series, but demonstrates a near-inhuman tolerance to pain, being able to survive near fatal injuries, such as gunshot wounds, stabbing, blunt force trauma, and physical blows with ease. Even after being badly burnt, Roberto survived long enough to retain his leadership.
== Equipment ==
* FN FAL: Roberto's former service weapon. He notably carried it as seen in a picture. His FAL had polymer furniture.
* Browning Hi-Power: Roberto's former service pistol. He notably carried it and as seen in his training videos, he is seen firing it and admired the 9mm's stopping power and reliability in both accuracy and adaptability. 
* Desert Eagle: Roberto's main sidearm. He infamously used the pistol to show his dominance by executing both a wounded Argentine soldier and President Menendez in cold blood. He also used it to kill both Jackman and Haley and in his last moments before being disarmed. His Desert Eagle is the MK XIX variant with a polished chrome finish, Picatinny rails, and is chambered in .50 AE.
== Deaths ==
Murders committed by Roberto:
* 50+ WTO Operatives, American Marines, and Tourists: Tortured to death.
* Jackman & Haley: Shot to death.
== Trivia ==
* Roberto is considered by even American forces to be the most dangerous warlord alive, given his charismatic authority and brutality towards his own people and even Americans.
* Roberto is shown to be a hypocrite, having let Americans join, despite his strong hatred. It's most likely that Roberto wanted to have more numbers while using the Americans to show the media that the US is attacking his own people, showing his hypocritical and probably ruthless viewpoint.
* Roberto in the Raider series is seen with a prosthetic arm, which is a result of Jay burning and crushing his arm into a furnace.