Sgt. Jerry Martinez is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
He is voiced by Felix Solis.
History[]
Background[]
Jerry Martinez is one of Victor Vance's Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) at the Fort Baxter.
Martinez does not take his position seriously and is generally a man of loose morals, as shown by his involvement in drug dealing, soliciting prostitutes and watching a Candy Suxx animal porn movie in his barracks.
Events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
Martinez is one of the first characters introduced in the game, giving Victor the game's first missions.
Martinez orders Victor to get a shipment of drugs for him and hide them in the barracks. Later, he tells Victor, who is very uneasy about housing the drugs, that he will collect the marijuana once Victor picks up his "girlfriend" (a prostitute named Mary). However, unknown to Victor, Martinez decided to frame him, seemingly informing Sergeant Peppah that the drugs were Victor's.
When he arrives at Fort Baxter, he is confronted by the drill sergeant, who informs him that they found the drugs and questions him about the prostitute in his car. Victor is dishonorably discharged from the Army.
Martinez later betrays both Vic and Phil, sending a group of thugs to see to their death. He is later mentioned by Umberto Robina to Victor, letting him know that Jerry is causing all kinds of trouble, although it is unclear what exactly he is referring to.
Jerry later makes a deal with the Mendez brothers to oversee their shipment of cocaine arriving into Vice, but it is ambushed and stolen by Victor and Lance. Realizing his situation with the Mendez brothers was risky, he decided to turn state's and enters witness protection, receiving the new identity of "Sven Johansson". Victor is able to take two photos of him with the DEA to use for pasting onto Forbes' ID to prove to the Mendez Brothers that Martinez was responsible for the loss of their shipment. This works for a while until the brothers find out the truth about their shipment, and betray them, thanks to Martinez for ratting on them to the brothers. Martinez later, along with the Mendez brothers, kidnaps Vic's girlfriend Louise and beats her savagely and leaves her with their men. Martinez then tries sending the brothers into a trap by calling Lance and letting him know that he is going to see Louise again, which is a lie, knowing how security-heavy the hospital was. The plan is to get Victor scared enough and send him away from Lance to make it easier to kill him. He knew Vic would go get Louise while Lance, due to his greedy nature, agrees to go to the deal alone to make some money only to be stuck on top of a burning building, leaving Vic and Louise to rescue Lance in a helicopter. The trio then chases Martinez's men on boats and gets the money back.
Victor kills Martinez at the end of the game on top of the Mendez Building, along with Diego Mendez, and gets his revenge before he can even have time to confront Martinez on his issues with him. After the shootout, Vic walks up to and spits on Martinez's corpse, but not before he sardonically says that Martinez "[was] a great help".
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
- Soldier (Boss)
- Cleaning House (Boss)
- Conduct Unbecoming (Boss)
- Truck Stop
- Marked Men (Betrayal)
- From Zero to Hero
- Brawn of the Dead (Voice)
- The Mugshot Longshot
- White Lies (Post-mission pager message)
- Where it Hurts Most (Post-mission pager message)
- Lost and Found (Post-mission pager message)
- Over the Top (Post-mission pager message)
- Last Stand (Killed)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Although Martinez is addressed as a Sergeant, the uniform in his artwork bears the insignia of a Staff sergeant.
- Despite being based at Fort Baxter, an Army National Guard depot, Martinez's artwork depicts him wearing a uniform with United States Marine Corps insignia. The USMC is a separate branch of the armed forces under the Department of the Navy, not the Army.
- This is a leftover from the game's early development, where Fort Baxter was originally one of Florida's U.S. Marines headquarters as seen in early promotional screenshots.