Rick Hawkins

**Rick Hawkins** is the team's radio operator and technical expert. He tells sexual jokes (often badly to the point that he has to explain the punchline) and reads comic books. He uses a submachine gun as his main weapon. As he captures Anna trying to escape, Hawkins becomes the first on-screen victim of the Predator, presumably slashed to death by its blade. Apparently, the Predator eviscerates him in one swift motion, leaving behind a pile of his organs. The Predator takes his body, but leaves his pack and weapon, giving Dutch the first indication that what's following them isn't the rebels of the area.

## Biography (P)

### Early Live

Rick Hawkins served in the U.S. Military and in 1980 he was vetted to join Delta Force being under the command of Colonel John "Dutch" Matrix. He joined Dutch's private military unit as the team's radio operator. Although a part of the team as long as any of the other members, his role as their radio and communications expert meant he had less combat experience than his comrades. Even so, he was still proficient in battle and a hardened warrior, As part of the unit, he saw operations in Angola, Cambodia, Lebanon and Afghanistan, and ended a terrorist siege at the Sudanese Embassy in Berlin, Germany.

### 1986 Mission to the Republic of Val Verde

in 1986, Delta Force was sent to Val Verde to help depose the acting military dictator, Arius Pérez. On Matrix's team was Bennett, Lawson, Forrestal, **Mac Cooke**, and Blain. The mission was a success and Arius was removed from office,

### 1987 Mission to Val Verde in Predator

In 1987, Delta Force was sent back to Val Verde on a mission of a top secret nature. Mac and his squad landed on a beach in Conta Mana, Val Verde where Matrix met former commanding officer General Phillips. Phillips requested Matrix and his Delta Force which included: Poncho, Billy Bear, Mac Cooke, Blain, and Hawkins for this mission. The goal was to rescue a Val Verdian cabinet minister and his aide who had been kidnapped by nearby Guatemalan Guerrillas at the Val Verde border in the Chapada das Mangabeiras low lying mountain range. Matrix was also reacquainted with an old friend Al Dillon. Dillonwas now working for the CIA and wanted to go along with Dutch.

A helicopter transported Dutch and his team into Guatemala and dropped them off in the jungle. The team quickly discovered the wreckage of the helicopter that had been carrying the captured personnel hanging in the jungle canopy; Poncho climbed aboard and found that the pilot and co-pilot had been executed in their seats. After following guerrilla tracks to the rebels' base, they assaulted the camp and killed the guerrillas, although they were too late to save the hostages.

After neutralizing the guerrillas and capturing one of their member, Anna, Hawkins learned over the radio that a much larger rebel force was closing in on their position, forcing the team to exfiltrate on foot. During the march, Anna attempted to escape, with Hawkins taking off in pursuit. While he quickly caught up with and subdued her, he was almost immediately killed by a creature which was later identified as the Jungle Hunter Predator, which disemboweled him and took his body. His corpse was later hung by its ankles from a tree, although the rest of Dutch's team never located it.

Despite never recovering his body, the circumstances of Hawkins' death convinced Dutch and the rest of his men that he had been killed by whoever had slain Hopper and his team.