Civilians

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Civilians are a type of character in the Just Cause game series.

A civilian farmer in Panau.

Description

Civilians refer to people who are not members of any armed factions. Every game has civilians as a neutral faction who are only there to make the game world look more realistic. Civilians can be seen walking around, farming, using vehicles, fishing and performing many other activities. Civilians are never armed as San Esperito and Panau both have a strict gun control laws. However, there is one exception in San Esperito.

In both games, if you get into the Stunt position of a civilian-driven car, the car will start speeding, but in Panau, the civilian will also begin to threaten you and demand you to get off. Oddly, if you just jump on the car, the car will drive as normal, unless you're in front of the driver, which causes him to stop.

Just Cause

Civilians in San Esperito are of Latino-Hispanic ethnicity.

Salvador Mendoza's dictatorship regime makes a minimal difference to any of the peoples lives, because unlike in Panau, there are no Roadblocks here. The military can rarely be seen killing civilians in politically unstable Provinces. A military vehicle can randomly stop and the soldiers can start shooting at everybody.

The military is quite benevolent to civilians, and often times, when the AI causes vehicles to crash, the military driver and the civilian driver gets out, do that reprimanding gesture, and then go off. The military even has an annual San Esperito International Arms Fair. Unfortunately, Rico disrupted the 2005 one.

It has been reported that a glitch can cause civilians to retaliate harassment by punching Rico.

All civilian settlements have lots of posters of Mendoza, until they're taken over by the Guerrillas. Then the posters are replaced by green and red Guerrilla posters featuring the Guerrilla leader, Jose Caramicas.

In game the civilians are harmless. Civilians can be seen driving all around San Esperito and usually do not possess a sports car or a vehicle that is expensive, showing the standard of living that the majority of the island has to live with on a daily basis.

Sometimes in a city, a car can stop and a pedestrian can get into the passenger seat. The car then continues to drive.

Very rarely, civilians can be seen punching government officials. See picture.

Memorable quotes

There's actually a very large number of pedestrian speech lines in JC1, so this list is only for examples:

• Some dude, when threatened: "Buzz, buzz, buzz. One day, my mosquito-friend, I will have the upper hand."
• Some woman randomly: "Another day, another dollar, aye senior?"
• Some dude randomly: "Are you lost, senior? Very easy to get lost around here."
• Some dude randomly: "You lost, hombre? Very easy to get lost around here."
• Some dude randomly: "Moving on? That is a good idea."
• Bikini woman at a cartel villa, the exotic dancers/prostitutes at the El Volcan whorehouse and the prostitutes on the streets of Esperito City: "Do you want me to show you a good time, or a bad time?"
• A salesman at a village market: "Aguas frescas! Aguas frescas!" See also: San Esperitian cuisine.
• A salesman at a village market: "Cocos frescas! Cocos frescas!"
• Some woman randomly: "An honest woman can get no work around here."
• Poor-looking man walking with a painful back: "Please senor, some spare change?"
• If you crash into a civilian vehicle and stop your car, the driver will get out and over to you. They will then make a threatening hand gesture and angrily say any of the following. If a civilian car should crash into a San Esperito Police Department vehicle, the policeman will do the same to the civilian, because civilians can't get Heat.
  • "Now you did it!"
  • "Look what you did to my car!"
  • "Game on, asshole!"
• A drunk man: "So I says to her one more time: "I don't care if it's breakfast time. The rum stays on the table.""
• A woman when bumped into:
  • "I should kill that man. I really should."
  • "You brush up against me one more time and I'll call the police."
• Some woman randomly: "I want a drink. No heh, I need a drink."
• Some guy while talking to another guy: "I'm never going back to prison. At least not for a week."
• Guerrilla soldier while talking to a prostitute (the exact wording may differ a little): "This is no life for you, baby. Run away with me... and bring all the girls."
• A guy while talking to a prostitute: "Why yes, I was looking for some action."
• Some woman randomly: "And then there is the rent and the bank loan."
• Drunk-sounding guy: "I missed my mothers funeral because I was drunk."
• Some dude while talking to another guy: "His wife cheats and everybody knows it."

The civilians, or possibly a small faction at the Hidden temple at Isla Maria Dolorosa have their unique lines of dialogue.

Jobs and employment

Main article: See the economy section of the San Esperito article.

There is great diversity in the wealth and jobs of civilians on the islands of San Esperito. The standard of living for in the coutryside is fairly equal, but there's a very notable divide of wealth and class between countryside and city people. Most civilians wear normal clothing and live in villages, while some civilians who are seen in cities and sometimes even at the El Volcan, wear suits and executive clothing, which obviously means that they are within the higher class of the civilian population and have an important job and/or a highly paid career.

In the cities, it is quite clear that there is some sort of brothel running, as some women are seen dressed in erotic clothing and offering their services at night. There's also a separate whore house, but this is more official and known more to businessmen, this being the El Volcan whorehouse. According to some civilian woman, "an honest woman can get no work around here".

Some of the employment on the island is aviation and cargo transportation, evident through civilians being thrown out of aircraft such as an Alexander AX-14 when Rico hijacks them. Several towns and villages have their own airfields.

Most civilians are farmers and fishers, but there are also lots of jobs in the industry (factories; oil rigs; pump jacks; gas stations; industrial parts of Esperito City). The cartel villas employ lots of guards and probably also farmers (unless the guards do the farming).

According to general Jose Durango, unemployment is high among young people.

Vehicles

The civilians can be seen operating all the different non-armed vehicles. The nation even has relatively developed civil aviation, with many villages and small towns having their own airfields. Most vehicles that are driven by civilians tend to be either slow or of a mediocre performance. Although sometimes this is not the case with some people. Cars that are high in both performance and rarity values can be seen driven around the cities and towns.

When civilians crash into a government vehicle, the official will get out of the car and shout at them (the same as if Rico would crash into a civilian car). That's because the game will never give a usual Civilian a Heat level. The government factions can only shoot at Rico, the Guerrillas and the Riojas. The same will happen if any other civilian vehicle crashes into a government vehicle.

Gallery (JC1)

Note that this gallery has mostly 5% of the people.

A bartender.

A sexy girl.

Another sexy girl.

A cowboy in Esperito City.

Man wearing formal clothes in Esperito City.

Scoundrel in Esperito City.

Peasant in Esperito City.

Stronger man in Esperito City.

A smoker in Esperito City.

A pilot at the airport.

Worker at the airport.

Police officer seemingly getting punched by a civilian.

A rare man, appears during a Guerrilla sidemission.

Nun.

An old man.

Armed mexican-looking people during some Guerilla sidemissions.

A civilian woman is driving Rico around Nuevo Estocolmo in a Rossi 866 Corral. See Hijacking for how to do this.

A guy with a construction helmet. They are on the top of every San Esperito tower.

Just Cause 2

The civilians are of Malayo-Polynesian descent and speak South-East Asian languages such as Singlish,Indonesian,Malay,and Tagalog. Civllians can, when everything works as it should be commonly found all over the Panau. Minors (anyone under 18) are absent from the game. Many of them wear cone hats just like many rice farmers do. When people talk, their mouths never move. They likely don't have talking animations (or any animations that have their mouth move.)

All the civilians do is walk, yell, run and crouch (when scared), farm, sell goods, and drive. There are no passengers in cars anymore, unlike in Just Cause 1.

Vehicles

Most vehicles found on the Panauan roads belong to civilians. The vehicles can easily be stolen by Rico by getting up in Stunt position and press the action button. If just standing on the roof of a land vehicle, the civilians will drive faster then they usually do. Other cars on the road will also crash with things or turn to the sides in this situation. Civilians will complain loudly about you in the stunt position. If you shoot civilian cars, the person inside will stop the car and then run away. Also when shooting civilian cars, you will most likely get Heat after a few shots, even if the Panau Military is absent from the location.

Planes controlled by civilians can be found sometimes in the air above Panau. Hijacking these planes in mid-air will not give you Heat unlike the ones controlled by the military. The civil aviation in Panau is nearly non-existent in comparison to San Esperito, as Panau has very few airports and they're all controlled by the Panau Military.

The AI operating the vehicles is not the best, as sometimes a civilian driving a boat might crash onto land.

Jobs and employment

Most civilians are most likely poor and outside the few cities in Panau, most of them works as farmers, fishermen, and traders at marketplaces. There are also some of the shops in the cities and the more wealthy villages.

In the cities, there are probably many civilians working in various corporate, government, or other administrative positions and in private companies. Some are also working at the Panau Broadcasting Company. Most of these jobs are found in Panau City and for the last category, Bandar Baru Nipah.

Most of the Panauans in the Selatan Archipelago and the Senjakala Islands probably work as maids and workers at the many tourist resorts in Panau. Some Panauans might work at other attractions, such as the Panau Falls Casino, Gunung Hotel Ski Resort, Mile High Club, and the Three Kings Hotel.

Civilian workers can be found around most factories and also at military facilities. They are most frequently found at ports and airports. They are most likely paid minimum wage or have lower income salaries. They are also found at the power stations in the country. However, the one particular exception would be the Awan Cendawan Power Plant. The only explanation to this is that the facility is eventually controlled by engineers of the Panaun Military, and most likely a lot of them. It could be very well possible that the military engineers have the necessary training to handle a nuclear reactor because ordinary civilian engineers might not have adequate training and knowledge. The civilian workers also work at Offshore Rigs in the country's waters, though not at the two heavily guarded oil refineries in the country.

The standard of living for civilians is a lot more divided in Panau, with the majority of the civilian population being financially poor and cars such as the Mancini Cavallo 1001 being very rare among common vehicles like the Tuk-Tuk Rickshaw.

Quotes

Panauans can most frequently be heard yelling or mumbling incomprehensively, but they do have a few speech lines in the absence of action. Sometimes they even have short discussions about how the military represses them, but these always end as they spot Rico and/or just walk off. Oddly enough, tourists don't have their own lines, and therefore say the same thing as oppressed citizens of Panau.

Said at random:

• "My god, what are we even doing in this insane place?"
• "I got to get a new pair of flip-flops, eh?"
• "Something doesn't feel right..."
• "I wish I could protect my family..."
• "The government raided my home, lah!"
• "I don't feel safe..."
• "Hmm, I wonder what I will do today? Oh, I know - nothing."

When Rico is in the Stunt Position of a car:

• "Hey! you! get off!"
• "What are you doing to my car?"
• "Get down from there!"
• "Hey, that's my car!"
• "What the hell are you doing?!"
• "Anong ginagawa mo jan oy, bumaba ka jan." Translation: "What are you doing there?! Get down from there!"
• "Is this a TV show?"
• "Don't kill me please mister."
• "Oh no! Don't scratch the paint!"
• "Huh what's going on?"
• "What are you doing?! Oh, my god!"
• "Anong ginagawa mo jan?! Bumaba ka, tarantado!" Translation: "What are you doing there?! Get down from there, dumbass!"
• "Who you? Who you? What are you doing to my car!? Get off!"
• "Hoy! Hoy! Ginagawa mo jan?! Hoy, baba!" Translation: "Hey! Hey! What are you doing there?! Hey get down!"
• "Anong ginagawa mo jan?! Baka mahulog ka!" Translation: "What are you doing there?! You might fall !"

When Rico bumps into a civilian:

• "Watch where you're going!"
• "Oh, you want a piece of me, huh?"
• "Hey, watch it!"
• "Who do you think you are?"
• "Back off!"
• "Stop that!"
• "Go away!"
• "Do you mind?"
• "Aiya!" This is actually a common phrase of unknown meaning, used in distress in Burma and China.
• "Hoy, ano ba?!" Translation: "Hey, what?!"

When Rico bumps into a civilian's car:

• "I bought this ride, huh? Me!"
• "What the hell is going on!"
• "Why you, ah? You stupid, ah? You stupid? Stupid."
• "Oh, what are you drunk, you idiot?"
• "No! You stupid idiot."
• "Hoy! Balik ka dito!" Translation: "Hey get back here!"
• "Ano ba?!" Translation: What!?
• "Hoy! Naunsa ka man dodong?! Naunsa ka man wala kang makita ha?!" Translation: "What's happening to you?! Can't you see anything, huh?!"
• "Hoyy, hoyyy! What's going on, lah? Puta!" Translation: "Heyy Heyy! What's going on lah? Fuck!"
• "What the hell's going on!?"
• "Oy! What are you blind, leche!" "Leche" is a filipino phrase, used as an expression of annoyance or anger.
• "My wheels! My wheels!"
• "This cannot be happening!"
• "Tarantado!" Translation: "Dumbass!"
• "Hoy! Hoy! Putang ina mo leche ka!" Translation: "Hey! Hey! Fuck you! Bastard!"
• "Ay ano ba! Hindi mo ba nakikita?!" Translation: "Hey what?! can't you see?!"

When in danger:

• "Anong ginawa sa inyo?! Anong ginawa sa inyo?!" Translation: "What did he did?! What did he did?!"
• "Pls don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!"
• "Hoy may nag babarilan! Dali takbo kayo! Takbo kayo dali! May nagbabarilan!" Translation: "Hey there is somebody shooting! Quick run! Run quick, there is somebody shooting!"
• "What's going on? Please help me!"
• "I will stay here okay? You don't have to harm me please I stay here."
• "Get away get away, or we get killed!"
• "May Nagbabarilan!" Translation: "Somebody's shooting!"
• "Hoy! Hoy! Dali! Dali! Dali! Dali!" Translation: "Hey! Hey! Hurry Up! Hurry Up! Hurry Up! Hurry Up!

Gallery (JC2)

A buddhist monk.

Farmer at Bandar Lubuk Paya.

Driving a Sakura Aquila City.

Working at a pipeline control panel.

Just Cause 3

In Medici the civilians can be seen doing a lot more things than in Panau. There are also many more different civilians. Civilians can sometimes be seen complementing Rico, or making comments about his grappler and/or parachute. When in conversation with one another in oppressed towns, they talk about how they dislike Di Ravello and the current state of Medici. Notably, this dialogue changes once liberated.

Some interactions also change. In oppressed towns they can be seen arrested at police stations, being held at gunpoint by militiamen or being frisked by soldiers, while in liberated towns they can be seen playing instruments or thanking the rebels. Other interactions like fishing or tourists taking photos do not change.

Medician conversations

Before liberation:

• "If I were to do some street tagging tonight, would you be my lookout for patrols?"
• "Can you pick me up from the vineyards later today? They are having a rally while all the guards are on patrol."
• "I didn't think a town like this could ever have its spirit crushed. To think of its soul back in my youth."
• "Where are they getting all this military equipment from? Someone has to be supplying them with all these weapons."
• "I never thought I'd spend my golden years roaming around the town aimlessly"
• "Don't tell me that people elsewhere aren't suffering, he loves it, he calls it order."
• "I can't remember why I moved to this side of the island anymore. Doesn't matter now, it's all the same anyway."
• "Place your faith in the fact that we Medicians have lived in conflict for centuries but never lost our sense of identity."
• "My parents told me about how this town was before... before the general. Now all this graffiti, this propaganda, this garbage, these sad people... it makes my heart hurt, comprende?"
• "My neighbor never came back last night. His heart's been... he wanted to stay with us, but we turned him away. It breaks my heart but we can't get involved."
• "When I was visiting my niece, the D.R.M. started beating some poor couple in the street right by the fountain! I hope they get what's coming for them, amigo."
• "I heard that the farmer down the road, his boy was taken north to the bavarium mines. Ugh, dreadful. I don't know a thing about what goes on there, but no one ever comes back."
• "If I have to hear that speech one more time, I'll just snap. And I mean it this time!"
• "My landlord kicked me out from my apartment for being a rebel sympathizer. I don't even care about this stupid revolution! Where am I going to go now?"
• "Do you have any spare ration stamps? I have some electric vouchers back at home, I can barter with you."
• "I can't stand all these statues and billboards. How can one man be so narcissistic?"
• "The general can say whatever he wants about stationing soldiers in our town for our protection. It's clearly more dangerous with them here."
• "I wish we could go back to the days we could watch a sunset over the ocean without worrying about soldiers harassing you after dark."
• "We're looking to go to the tourist beach tomorrow... if we can get past the guard post."
• "I wonder whatever happen to that old man that drove the ice cream truck. You know, the propaganda van looks a lot like his old truck."

After liberation:

• "The neighbor's boy got shot in last night's gunfight. He'll be fine, but it makes you think about how many rebels didn't make it. We ought to say gracie to each and everyone, they deserve the holiday." (That part is sometimes cut)
• "I keep thinking about driving lately. I love driving through Medici. Once the general and all of his goons are gone for good I'm going to drive every street and every avenue in Medici... hope I can get off work."
• "You should come for supper sometime. My mother makes the perfect spaghetti, you have to try it! Especially now that we can get the spices and everything again... how's tomorrow?"
• "You look like you're doing ok, you've got your health timed to think about the future again. We will plant sunflowers, sunflowers ought to grow skyhigh next year!"
• "I can't decide if I woke up from a nightmare or living a dream. It all just seems so surreal."
• "It's still pretty hard to find groceries at the market, but at least we can be hungry in peace."
• "Did you hear what they're doing with the leftover pieces of the general statue? They are using it to gravel the country roads, hah!"
• "I'm so glad I'll never have to hear that loudspeaker again. That speech was literally driving me insane."
• "I think I'll go for a drive this weekend. I can't remember the last time I went five kilometers without needing to pass a checkpoint."
• "Can you believe only days ago we couldn't walk the street without suspicion! What a difference a revolution makes."
• "You should come and stay with me until your town is liberated, it's like night and day living here."
• "When do you think we can have a festival again? I miss the street fair at night so much."
• "Those soldiers come back into this town over my dead body! I'll go out fighting before a minute under some thug's boot."
• "I haven't felt this close to my contrymen in years. I feel proud to be a Medician again!"
• "Once the people are shown that freedom is posible, they will settle for nothing less that their basic rights!"
• "We all have jobs in the rebuilding ahead, as old people have the memories that conect our past to the future."
• "We can't be content with one town or province, we can't rest until all Medici is once again free!"
• "Some of us are going to the beach later to go fishing, do you want to join us?"
• "It feels great to breathe fresh free Medici air again."
• "I want to celebrate tonight. Let's go to the valencia and drink until we can't see straight!"

Conversations with rebels:

• "Rico may be our saviour, but you guys are what makes this revolution work, so thank you."
• "You keep this place safer than any soldier or D.R.M. officer ever did, thank you."
• "What you guys did for me last night... well I don't think I'll be alive without you, thank you."
• "Thank you for all you have done, you give me hope that maybe this country is worth fighting for after all."
• "You and all the rebels are true heroes to Medici, anything you need I'll try my best to provide."
• "I can't think of a way to express my gratitude enough, just thank you for all you've done."
• "It's about time people stood for what's right around here, thank you."
• My mother told me about how you helped her the other night. I don't want to think what would have happen without you there, thank you."

Quotes to Rico:

• "Rico, bless you and all you have done for us. Run the general off our island and give Medici back to the people!"
• "Rico Rodriguez? It's really you? I have your old race car tattooed on my back! Welcome home."
• "Rico, you've inspired us to take back our country. Viva la revolution!"
• "Rico, our savior! Thank you for everything you do."
• "I was a paratrooper in the war, you know."
• "Lead us to victory, Rico!"
• "Rico, be a dear and kill the General, won't you?"
• "Hello Rico!"
• "We all support you, Rico!"
• "Rico! You've grown up since last time I saw you!"
• "Crush the General, Rico."
• "Rico, I knew your father, I'm proud of him."
• "Thank you for everything you're doing, Rico."
• "Lead us Rico!"

Tourist discussions

Before liberation:

• "Next time I visit the Mediterranean I think I'll check online first. Make sure the country I'm visiting is stable, or maybe I'll just go skate upstate instead."
• "This place... I just... I don't know... I was maybe expecting less gunfire, fewer explosions perhaps."
• "Vacations are lame I said, you need to expand your horizons I said."
• "The brochure made this look less depressing"
• "I had no idea before I got here the state Medici was in, the advertisements make it seem like a good place."
• "I was using my phone the other day and I though I heard heavy breathing on the line. The thing is I was using an automated menu."
• "It's a shame, this is such a beautiful place but the people are clearly suffering. Well, not my problem, I guess."
• "I'm starting to think we should maybe have gone to Cyprus this year instead."

After liberation:

• "I can't remember the last time I was this relaxed. It's been so quiet and peaceful here."
• "Everyone seems pretty upbeat. I don't blame them, Medici is wonderful."
• "That's it, I've decided to come every summer for the rest of my life. I don't think I'll ever get bored of Medici."
• "I bet it's just a matter of time before someone writes a trendy magazine article about this place and gets overrun by tourists. Ugh, tourists, I can't stand them, as you can see I'm obviously far more cultured than your traditional visitor."
• "Man, I'm so upset I didn't get a selfie with that statue before they tore it down."
• "My common sense is telling me to get out of this warzone, but this is the best vacation I ever had."
• "If I can find some of those graffiti artists and convince them to go home with me, we could make millions."
• "I really like the job the rebels did redecorating this place. Very contemporary, proto revolt, post fascist chic."

Quotes to Rico:

• "Hey! I remember you from Panau. Quit ruining my vacations!"
• "The brochure said nothing about free-falling parachuting."
• "Hey, it's Rico! They warned us about you at the hotel."
• "Is it legal around here to carry all those guns?"
• "Hey, you're the guy they keep talking about... Nico, right?"
• "Whoa, that guy looks dangerous."
• "What are you? Some kind of action hero?"
• "You're that guy I keep seeing in the sky, aren't you?"
• "Nice jacket, do they sell those around here?"

When Rico is in the Stunt position of a car

• "Not going to tell an armed man what to do... nope, keeping my mouth shut."
• "I-I-It's Rico! no one will believe this."
• "AWWWW, I just waxed my car!"
• "What are you doing up there?"
• "Hey, that's my car!"
• "Hey, what are you doing up there?"
• "Get down from there! This is a company car!"
• "Just driving, like, nothing's wrong."
• "Be careful shifting, it sticks in second." - After hijacking.
• "I love you Rico!" (after hijacking)

When Rico bumps into a civilian

• "Who do you think you are?"
• "Look where you're walking!"
• "Hey, watch it!"
• "You young people think you can walk where ever you want."
• "Hey, watch where you're going."
• "I'm walking here!"
• "Do you mind?"
• "Hey, at least say you're sorry."
• "Watch where you're going!"
• "Walking here!"
• "Whoa, hello!"
• "Do you mind?"
• "Geez!"

When using the grappler, parachute or wingsuit

• "Rico's flying! I'll admit, I was impressed..."
• "Huh?"
• "What's he doing?"
• "What the?"
• "Oh my."
• "Keep on flying, Rico."
• "I want one of those."
• "What the heck is that thing?"

When Rico grapples a civilian

• "Focus on the General instead of poor, old ME!" - When grappling an old man.
• "Alright, we're all having a good laugh. Now let me go!" - When grappling a tourist.

When a civilian's car is smoking

• "Is it supposed to smoke like that?"
• ?

Gallery (JC3)

Tourist civilians at ancient ruins.

An artist at Celata.

Civilians digging through garbage at a destroyed town north of the wall.

Somewhere at Grande Pastura at a destroyed town north of the wall.

Somewhere at Val de Mar at a destroyed town north of the wall.

A guy removing graffiti and posters at a Liberated town.

Civilians and a band standing near a fountain.

A woman on the left is taking a picture of her friends. And there's a small building with 2 parked motorcycles near them.

A civilian fixing their car, with a few driving by. See Roadside Events.

A couple of old farmers.

Just Cause 4

Solís has by far the worst drivers. Getting run over by random cars is possible in the previous games, but the other civilians at least usually make some effort to avoid the crash. In Solís they often just run over who ever happens to get in the way.

The feature where cars may include passengers returns in Just Cause 4. SUVs, sports cars, sedans, and any vehicle that isn't a bus or utility vehicle may include passengers. If you steal the car and drive off, they will ask or threaten you to stop. If you do stop, they will get out and run away.

Jobs and employment

Solís is possibly the least wealthy known country in the Just Cause Universe. No other nation has homeless people. They can be seen sleeping on benches and digging through garbage at multiple towns and cities. Solís is also the only country so far to be known to have murders among its civilian population. As mentioned by the Lago Mitu description, murder weapons are commonly disposed of at that lake.

However, according to a caller on the Solís Hoy radio station, Solís is the best country in the world and she is proud to have to work 70 hours per week at a factory to be able to afford basic things like food and rent. A pedestrian gentleman can at times be heard explaining that he has to work 60 hours per week for another decade to pay off his debt.

On the note of employment, the food business is quite prominent in Solís. Civilians can be seen at food stalls and carts, and near restaurants.

There are also some... somewhat strange, not to say outright suspicious NPC jobs seen at some locations. For example, Puerto Málaga has a number of shipping containers. It's possible that a civilian worker may spawn at one of these and he may be using a small welding torch in an attempt to cut open the container door. The only obvious reason to use a tool like that at a container door is to cut it open to steal the contents, because the rightful owner should obviously have the key to any lock.

In some places, like the beach at Villanueva, it's possible to see civilians sleeping on a public bench.

Political views

The civilians don't publicly talk about the war. The player can hear them complaining about the standard of living and at times talk about how much they believe in the propaganda of each side, but they normally quickly shut up about it, as if their discussion had just ended, or when they seem to notice the presence of Rico. They are obviously afraid to talk about this in front of strangers.

While they may talk to Rico in free roam, it's usually to tell him to get off their car, get off the road, or stop doing whatever the player is doing to them. In Medici, civilians can be seen talking about Sebastiano Di Ravello and the revolution much more loudly and fearlessly.

That said, there is an easter egg where a civilian in Solís may wear a shirt with a golden Di Ravello face on it.

Common activities

Many small towns and villages have civilians barbecuing, or as Tom Sheldon would explain it "just grilling".

On special occasions, civilians can be seen playing with footballs.

Some areas have tourists (identified by large bags) who like to take pictures. Usually, photographers are in an idle, static state. They spawn at some view point and stare at the view with a camera, until disturbed.

Also, pedestrians often take pictures of Rico with their cell phones, but they only do this when Rico does something special near them, like using the parachute, or grappler. Both of these activities will be noticed by civilians and they stop what they were doing.

Gallery (JC4)

Suspicious activity at Puerto Málaga.

Civilians, living their exciting lives and minding their own business at the beach area.

Trivia

• For the most advanced AI in the Just Cause Game Series, it's confusing that civilians in Just Cause 4 are the worst quality.
  • Drivers swerve around Rico whenever he is standing in traffic, but evidently don't care when they crash into other civilians.

Videos

Just Cause 1

Exotic dancers:

Black Hand attacking civilians during the mission Streets of Fire:

Just Cause 2

Some rare event in Just Cause 2: