Meet Kurtis Stryker Story and Design Variation.

Stryker was introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 as a somewhat stout-looking Caucasian man sporting a very urban design with a white-blue shirt, combat boots, gunbelt, black police pants, and a cap worn backwards. However, his appearance was altered in Armageddon into a more serious-looking and modernized policeman. Originally described as being a leader of the Special Riot Control division in the New York City Police Department, he employs modern weaponry such as explosives, firearms, tasers, and nightsticks in battle. Despite being an otherwise ordinary police officer, Stryker is incredibly resilient and adept at hand-to-hand combat, having defeated the likes of Ermac, Reptile, Mileena, and even Kintaro by himself. It is this knack for survival, as well as his fierce dedication to justice, that earns the attention of Raiden and convinces him to enlist Stryker in the defense of Earthrealm. He is seen as the first person to run towards the pyramid in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. Powers and ab