Character Relationship Map: Cop Game

Characters

• Morgan (played by Brent Huff) — protagonist
• Hawk (played by Max Laurel) — supporting
• Captain 'Skipper' Kirk (played by Romano Puppo) — supporting
• Col. Kasler (played by Werner Pochath) — supporting
• Major Shooman (played by Robert Marius) — supporting
• Sgt. Ludge (played by Donald Wilson) — supporting

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Captain 'Skipper' Kirk → Morgan (Alliance Investigation Supporter) — Kirk is involved in the investigation and later tries to persuade Morgan to leave, but Morgan chooses to continue.

  Captain 'Skipper' Kirk is involved in the mission, and later urges Morgan to leave as Saigon faces evacuation; Morgan refuses.

• Morgan → Sgt. Ludge (Conflict Adversaries) — Ludge and his men obstruct Morgan and Hawk's inquiry, and the pursuit ends with the loss of a potential source of evidence.

  Morgan and Hawk come into conflict with Sgt. Ludge and his men; during a pursuit, a suspect is killed before providing useful evidence.

• Col. Kasler → Major Shooman (Conflict Strained Command Relationship) — Their strained relationship is part of the investigation's context, though the account does not specify its cause.

  The investigation is complicated by the strained relationship between Col. Kasler and Cobra Force commander Major Shooman.

• Morgan → Col. Kasler (Conflict Investigator And Deceptive Subject) — Kasler is a focus of Morgan's inquiry; the discovery that Kasler lied undermines the investigation.

  Morgan and Hawk investigate Col. Kasler, and the account later reveals that the story Kasler gave them about the massacre was a lie.

• Morgan → Hawk (Alliance Investigative Partners) — They investigate the massacre as partners, face violent opposition, and continue toward Major Shooman's division.

  An officer assigns Morgan and Hawk to investigate the village massacre discreetly, and the plot repeatedly describes them pursuing leads together.

Story Analysis

An investigation into a village massacre expands into a suspected cover-up and an unresolved confrontation.

Plot Progression

1. The Massacre Inquiry — After a village massacre, Morgan and Hawk are assigned to investigate discreetly. Their attention turns to Kasler and the strained command relationship surrounding Shooman.
2. Silenced Leads — The partners face violence, capture a man connected to an attempt on Morgan, and have their questioning interrupted by artillery. They suspect witnesses are silent and people connected to the massacre...
3. The Hidden Case — Morgan and Hawk move toward Shooman's division outside their chain of command. Kirk learns the inquiry is tied to an old case involving an alleged Russian agent, while the possibility of Shooman's con...
4. A Lie and an Unfinished Confrontation — Kasler's account of the massacre is exposed as a lie as Saigon faces evacuation and witnesses are dead. Kirk urges Morgan to leave, but Morgan refuses; the account ends during a confrontation connecte...