Ricky Amell

Ricky Amell (Born August 15, 1989) was a Dark Force agent assigned to the 212th Star Marine Corps in Deacon City. He was the teams demolitions expert.

## Personal Background/Service Record

Ricky was born in Belvidere, Illinois. He enlisted in the Marines in late 2007 at the age of 18 years old and was scouted and recruited by the Dark Force in 2011 joining the 212th Star Marine Corps. He would be placed in the 33rd Battalion along with Timothy Roland and Jonathon Carter. Ricky was a demolitions expert, specializing in breaching, explosives, disarming bombs, and close quarters combat. Ricky used an MP5, MP5SD, M4A1, and Remington M870 CQB

He was killed by a cartel sniper after being shot in the liver during the battle of Washington D.C while trying to retake the city.

## The Guardian

Ricky would make his first appearance during the Madrazo Cartel's attack on Deacon City Hospital in Chapter 7. He was responsible for taking the doctors to safety inside the hospital's safe room. He would end up leading them out of the hospital and into a Dark Force convoy. Sometime later, he would partake in Operation Witch Fire which involved himself, Roland, and Carter infiltrating a cartel compound. The mission would go awry and Carter would end up getting overran and killed when trying to escape but not before discovering a plan involving destroying Deacon City with missiles. Ricky would end up partaking in the Battle of Deacon Hill, being responsible to cover the teams flank with Roland to prevent being overran. During the battle Roland would get killed when attempting to help a wounded Ramirez. Being the sole survivor of his squad, Ricky would be placed into Alexis' squad after the battle. Being in Alexis' squad, he would be present for and be a survivor of The Battle for Deacon City.

## The Guardian Brotherhood

Ricky would be featured much more prominently in The Guardian Brotherhood, despite this he wouldn't reappear until The Remnant make themselves known in Chapter 5. He would aid Alexis, Patterson and Bradley in an attempt to apprehend Ricardo. He briefly appears during the League of Assassins attack at Dark Force HQ, saving Alexis from being killed. Ricky avoided the attack due to being late and would take Alexis home. He would next partake in taking back the U.N. from Azrael. He would be tasked with destroying anti-air missiles to allow air support to arrive. After the end of the Siege of the U.N, Ricky would be assigned to tracking down The Shadow and would discover his identity to be Oscar but he would never be able to catch him. His investigation would be cut short upon the location of the German U.N. Leader being known. He would go with Alexis and Patterson to the jungles of Thailand. During the operation he makes a comment about Lindey Cohen who is, unknown to himself, the daughter of John Cohen and gets berated by Alexis. They would successfully rescue the German U.N. Leader. Ricky would be in the siege of The Court Of Owls base but would miss out on interacting with or seeing James. He would next be seen investigating a cartel hideout that was attacked by Oscar and resume his investigation. He would then see Oscar's parents get executed on live TV by Black Mask and would learn The Raven's true identity, Jason Allen. He would then be involved in the Dark Force/A.R.G.U.S. joint operation to arrest Black Mask. He would storm the Ratways underneath Deacon City but they would be forced to flee after Black Mask's gang used Molotov's to cover their escape as well as the arrival of Red X, After the failed attempt to capture Black Mask in the Ratway tunnels, The Dark Force/A.R.G.U.S. team would track Black Mask down to his hideout in an abandoned fort near the outskirts of Deacon City and would launch a final assault in a last ditch attempt to arrest him. He would lead a small team of A.R.G.U.S. and Dark Force agents through the fort. After the joint operation was a success due to the death of Black Mask, Ricky would celebrate and party with the rest of the agents back at HQ and attend Alexis' and Jason's wedding.

## Dark Forces

Ricky's only appearance in Dark Forces is in the season 3 finale. The peace wasn't to last though as he would be deployed to Washington D.C with Alexis, Jason, Jake, and Bradley after it was invaded by Azrael's crime syndicate. they would attempt to retake the white house and save the president. They would reunite with Abraham's squad and after a tough day of nonstop fighting, the two teams would rest in a building for the night until the building was discovered by the Azrael's crime syndicate and a fight between the two forces would occur. After the brief skirmish, The Dark Force would defeat Azrael with the help of The Justice League and retake the White House, only to discover the president was already dead. They would arrest Azrael and take him into custody. With the war nearing its end, Ricky and the rest of the team would be sent out to eliminate the rest of the syndicate presence in the area to liberate D.C. However, Azrael would escape prompting Abraham to head back to HQ. With Abraham going back, the rest of the team would push into the Capital Building to eliminate a nest of holed up syndicate members. While clearing the building, Ricky would get shot in the liver by a sniper in a nearby building. Alexis tended to his wounds and tried to save him but since he was shot in his liver there was nothing she could've done and he succumbed to his wounds shortly after.

## Trivia

* Ricky is Adam's replacement, both in Alexis' squad and the story.
* Ricky Amell is Ricky's full name, Ricky is not short for Rick, Ricardo, Derrick, or anything. It's just Ricky.
* Ricky and Alexis are close friends with each other, having known each other since Alexis got stationed in Deacon City.