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Jordan Cross (also known as The Rockstar) is a minor antagonist in HITMAN™, a musician and one of Agent 47's targets in the HITMAN™ mission Club 27.

Background[]


Celebrated recording artist Jordan Cross is the lead singer and bass player for acclaimed New York based indie rock outfit The Class.

The only son of Thomas Cross - one of the world's wealthiest executives - Jordan Cross' childhood was anything but ordinary. Pampered but detached, he grew up behind iron gates. According to his psychologist, Doctor Oscar Lafayette, Cross is a classic case of "affluenza".

Cross craves approval, yet stubbornly refuses to let others guide him or tell him what to do. Everything he does is about emancipation from his cold and manipulative patriarch father - about building an empire of his own. Not surprisingly, some of his main lyrical themes are about captivity and rebellion - lashing out against the establishment and the upper class. His friends like to joke that Jordan is "like Bruce Wayne, only he wishes his dad had been shot".

Pursuing an artistic career, Cross studied music at the prestigious St. Claremont's School in London and later founded his band The Class in New York, a critically renowned alternative rock band with a huge cross-over main stream potential. For a while it seemed like he would succeed in stepping out of Thomas Cross' shadow.

However, one fateful night, Cross' girlfriend Hannah Highmoore fell to her death during a row. According to the authorities, Miss Highmoore's death was a tragic accident. Her parents however, believed it was murder. Most likely the incident was a crime of passion and Jordan Cross would not - could not - allow a momentary mistake to ruin his life and everything he had accomplished. So he turned to the man he despised most. His father.

Accident or not, Thomas Cross saw an opportunity to reconnect with his estranged son. He utilized his political influence to put pressure on the NYPD and used his media empire and army of lawyers to spin the accident in his son's favor. When the dust settled, the public saw Hannah Highmoore as an out-of-control party girl and Cross as the grieving boyfriend - which ironically helped propel The Class into the mainstream.

Jordan Cross is highly talented and he knows it well. He is cool and confident, but easily turns to arrogance and can be nasty, high-strung and controlling. He is no doubt a great artist, but is dangerously entitled and believes himself to be the center of the universe. Hannah Highmoore's death may have been a crime of passion, but the way Cross used his family's wealth and power to escape punishment was cool and calculated. Jordan Cross thinks the rules don't apply to him. We will prove him wrong.
― Target Intel

Personality[]

Jordan is in many ways, a quintessential millennial. Throughout the level, he is perceived as self-righteous, self-serving, eager to be part of the counterculture, obnoxious, and frazzled. He seems to be a polarizing celebrity, with some respecting him as a talented musician while others hate him, mostly because of the persistent rumors that he was responsible for Hannah's death.

Although he tried to be independent, he relied on others to solve his problems, such as returning to his father to help him avoid jail (though he resented him). He also had severe anger issues and poor impulse control, both of which led him to kill his girlfriend. Jordan can also be motivated to kill secondary target Ken Morgan in the same manner, if the player arranges for the two to encounter one another. This is one of only a couple times in the series that a target can be made to eliminate another target.

Club 27[]

Jordan Cross set up a band called The Class, becoming an international sensation. It seemed as if he had finally struck big and escaped his neglectful father's shadow until the unfortunate death of Hannah Highmoore, his girlfriend. Desperate to avoid jail, Jordan reached out to his father, requesting his help. In response, his father hired Ken Morgan, a professional Lawyer who used corrupt and underhanded tactics to get Jordan acquitted and back into the public eye.

Jordan's final argument with Hannah was somehow recorded on audio, including Jordan calling Dexy for help as soon as he killed Hannah. Dexy falsely promised Jordan she would destroy the recording to help give him closure, and used it as blackmail to extort money from Thomas Cross. If Jordan finds the tape playing, his first course of action is to try to call his father for help. Ironically, Thomas was already in the process of paying Dexy off while Jordan was oblivious to her scheme.

The argument between Jordan Cross and Hannah Highmoore which lead to Hannah's death was about Hannah's confrontation to Jordan of his infidelity with an underwear model in an airplane bathroom which Jordan tried to deny. Unfortunately for him, on his twenty-seventh birthday, the family of Hannah Highmoore requested that 47 assassinate him.

Behavior and Route[]

During the mission, Cross spends the level on the first and second floors of the left-hand wing of the hotel, moving between the Emperor Suite (on the top floor) and the recording studio below. These two entire floors are reserved for his band's exclusive use. While in the studio floor, he will use the recording booth on the far end of the room.

However, early in the mission Cross will walk downstairs onto the roof, accompanied by two bodyguards. This provides a brief window of opportunity to assassinate him early on.

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Trivia[]

  • Jordan Cross is the only known target in the series to have died on their birthday.
  • Listening to dialogue between Jordan and Dexy reveals that Jordan has plans to ditch The Class and go solo, which Dexy encourages him to do. Jordan will also reveal during the meeting with 47 (when disguised as Abel de Silva).
  • During the mission The Finish Line, Sierra Knox can speak with Heidi Santoro where it's subtly implied that 47 impersonated Abel de Silva in order to get closer to Cross.
    • This is a reference to the mission story Man Machine. This also implies that 47 canonically killed Jordan by throwing him off the top of the Himmapan Hotel during said mission story.
  • In the mission The Showstopper. Prince Tren Po talks to Jordan Cross on the phone and asks for an original song for his coronation.
  • Dr. Oscar Lafayette discusses Jordan Cross as a patient he turned around in World of Tomorrow. According to some crew members, Jordan Cross became a heavy drinker during Hannah Highmoore trial and Dr. Oscar Lafayette has set him straight.
  • If his birthday cake is any indication, Jordan Cross is vegan. This is further backed up by Pablo Llosa in The Farewell, who states that Jordan grilled eggplants on his show.
  • Jordan may have been partially based on Benjamin Bronfman, also a notable Indie rock musician born to a multi-billionaire media executive.
  • His facial structure, hair, and facial hair resemble that of actor Jared Leto, who is also a member of the band 30 Seconds to Mars.
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