Kurtis Stryker/Current Timeline

"Police brutality, coming up!"

- Stryker's Mortal Kombat (2011) Battle Cry

Biography

 * Mortal Kombat (2011): "One of New York City's Finest, Stryker is a one-man SWAT team. He was once decorated for single-handedly thwarting the terrorists in the famous Greenberg Tower Incident, and again for rescuing passengers of a speeding crosstown bus rigged to explode. He was unprepared, however, for the magical portal that spewed forth creatures from another realm--a realm he didn't even know existed. So far his kombat training has gotten him through the first wave of creatures. It'll take more than rocket-launching Tarkatans to stop this die-hard cop."

Storyline
He is the partner of Kabal in the SWAT organization. Both were chosen to be part of the 9 warriors to fight Shao Kahn in the Battle for Earthrealm, though they don't even know it. During the invasion, Stryker and Kabal are spotting any problems from the rooftop of a high building, when they suddenly spot Reptile sticking to the building's outside. They fire bullets at him, but Reptile manages to dodge them all and jump on the roof. While Kabal reloads his pistol, Reptile spits his poisonous saliva to his stomach to put Kabal aside, and grabs Stryker's pistol with his tongue. Stryker challenges him and manages to win, then helps the wounded Kabal. They both head to the ground floor, where they look behind a window and see a large beast.

As they walk away, Kabal notices Mileena. Stryker calls her a foe, being completely sure. Stryker heads to the foe and opens a battle with Mileena. He defeats her, but she recovers and prepares to attack Stryker again, while a Pterodactyl flies very near Stryker's head. Mileena runs into Stryker, but halfway, Raiden intervenes and shocks her unconscious with his Lightning Bolt. He wonders how he can fly and shoot lightning out of his arms, but they see Johnny Cage fighting Motaro on a bridge far away. Raiden comes to the aid of Cage and attacks Motaro with a Lightning Bolt, and kills him with the Electric Fly Attack. Kabal and Stryker wonder what kind of freaky world they live in, or if this is the Johnny Cage movie Time Smashers. They then meet Kintaro, and Stryker orders Kabal to spread out, in an attempt to create multiple targets. While he reloads his gun, suddenly Kintaro blows his fire breath to Kabal burning him alive. Enraged, Stryker faces Kintaro in battle and defeats him.

He informs Medevac to help Kabal, but gets interrupted by Ermac, who sends him flying to the subway. There Ermac challenges Stryker for Kombat, and Stryker wins once again. On the stairs he meets a tall, native American looking man, Nightwolf. He grabs his pistol and holds him under fire, but Nightwolf tells him Raiden needs his help. Stryker gives him the benefit of the doubt, and comes along with Nightwolf. As Stryker returns to help Kabal, they find out he disappeared. He only left a burn print of his body, so Stryker believes Kabal must have been abducted, since Medevac hasn't been on the "crime scene."

After everything, Stryker goes to Raiden and joins the group of Earthrealm warriors. He meets Kabal once again, but in a very different form (with respirator and half-melted skin). When Raiden and Liu Kang leave, he suggests they start moving, since staying too long in a place is a bad idea. They are then ambushed by the Lin Kuei cyborgs. After defeating the cyborgs, they find out that Sindel was leading the Lin Kuei clan of robots. The Earthrealm warriors attacked Sindel. Sindel defeated them all, however, and killed most of them, including Stryker. After his death, he was resurrected by Quan Chi to serve him and kill Raiden. Raiden defeated his resurrected soul, however, along with the other fallen Earthrealm warriors' souls.

Powers and abilities
Stryker relies mostly on police weaponry such as grenades, tasers, and guns in kombat. This gives him an advantage over other fighters in terms of range, in that he can deal a tremendous amount of damage from a distance. Using his baton, he can either trip them or fling them far behind him.

Signature moves

 * Baton Sweep: Stryker uses his baton to trip the opponent.
 * The enhanced version is called Baton Bash. Stryker trips the opponent and then smashes them over the head with his baton.


 * Roll Toss: Stryker rolls forward and uses his baton to throw the opponent behind him.
 * The enhanced version is called Roll Out. Stryker tosses the opponent across the screen.


 * Grenade: Stryker throws a grenade at his opponent. Two versions of this move exist, one allowing the projectile to be thrown in a high arc, and another with a low arc.
 * The Enhanced versions are Double Grenade. Stryker throws two grenades at his opponent. There are also high and low versions of this move.


 * Gun Shot: Stryker pulls out a pistol and shoots his opponent.
 * The enhanced version is called Bang Bang and Stryker uses two pistols to fire multiple rounds.


 * X-Ray Move - Busted: Stryker pulls out a flashlight and shines it into the opponent's eyes, blinding them and causing them to kneel down. Stryker then slams his flashlight on top of the opponent's skull, breaking it. He then slams the opponent in the side of the face with a baton that breaks the jaw. He finishes the combo by tasing the opponent.

Fatalities

 * Have a Blast: Stryker lodges an unpinned grenade into the opponent's stomach and turns away. The grenade will then explode in their stomach, leaving their fiery lower body on the floor.


 * Time Served: Stryker tasers his opponent, then he graphicly shoots his/her head off with his gun.

Other finishers

 * Babality: Stryker pulls out his pistol and fires at the floor, knocking him back and then starts crying.

Endings

 * thumb|200px|rightMortal Kombat (2011): "Despite telling the world that he was simply doing his job, Stryker was made a hero for saving Earth from invasion. He received both the key to city and the Congressional Medal of Freedom. Press and paparazzi hounded his every move. His biography spent a year on the best-seller lists. Stryker action figures flew off the shelves and into every young boy's hand. But when approached by Hollywood for the rights to his story, Stryker put his foot down. Never would he allow himself to be portrayed by Johnny Cage."