Hannah Choi

"I may have broken a law or two, but I got the info you need. Isn't that more important... you know, catching bad guys?"

- Hannah Choi

Hannah Choi (Krn: 최 한나) is the Tech Expert of the Pacific Bay Police Department.

Profile
A tech expert of Korean heritage, Hannah, 26 years of age, sports ash-brown hair, a button-up summer green police coat which consists of black buttons, two breast pockets and two police badges on each side. She is also wearing a binary shirt beneath her coat. She wears an army green track bottom with a mid-gray belt. In her right pocket of her bottoms, she carries an MP3 player, and holds a tablet as well as a pen-drive and tamagotchi with her left hand. For accessories, she has lipstick on and she wears a necklace with the Korean word "무사" (musa, roughly translating to "warrior") on it as well as a police badge.

It is known that Hannah's favorite animal is rat and her favorite dish is Mac 'N' Cheese. She is known to be snarky and rebellious, but hard-working. Hannah is also known to be a smoker.

Given her bountiful tech background, Hannah owns a Pearpad (the in-game iPad clone) and has no qualms about using technology to advance the police force's agenda.

Background
Hannah was born and raised in Inner City. Her parents struggled with the Pacific Bay Immigration office for citizenship after migrating from North Korea, being blessed of Hannah being an American-born baby, but her parents didn't become citizens until Hannah turned twenty-one.

Service in the Inner Chaos
As shockingly revealed in Case #13 of Pacific Bay, Hannah was a member of the anarchist organization known as the Inner Chaos a few years back, something she regrets to this day but believes that she wasn't herself at that time and that their aim at equality and freedom had attracted her. Hannah was the Inner Chaos' hacker, a profession she used to spread propaganda and other illegal things for the organization.

Once, Hannah ran a major hacking operation, a feat which got her caught by the Pacific Bay PD. Due to her good hacking skills, the police offered a deal to her—to either go to prison, or to join the Pacific Bay PD and put her skills to proper use. Realizing she had been blinded by Inner Chaos, Hannah decided to join the Pacific Bay Police, thus making the right decision to leave the anarchists for good.

Ties with Inner Chaos
At some point after Hannah's departure from the Inner Chaos, the organization ceased to operate. But much to her dismay, the anarchists returned after the murder of a Chinese immigrant in Inner City, where the organization always operated.

The Inner Chaos started causing troubles for the Pacific Bay PD, which didn't surprise Chief Marquez much as she knew this was to come. Hannah then got stalked by her past as the Inner Chaos tried reaching out to her again by hanging up a banner at Sue Xiong's shop at the bazaar. The banner featured a code which redirected Hannah to Inner Chaos' webpage showcasing a picture of her with the caption, "We miss you Hannah!!" This was a nightmare for Chief Marquez since the anarchists were now trying to get back Hannah, as this was the reason why she kept fearing for Hannah from the moment she learned about the return of the group.

The Inner Chaos was still led by Fredo Mancini, who was later on confronted by Frank Knight and the player during the murder investigation of a local Irish priest. Although he was found innocent of the murder, he led the team to an old anarchist manifesto handwritten by Hannah back when she was a member of the Inner Chaos. Infuriated about the manifesto's timeless authenticity, Hannah questioned Fredo without remorse about his reasons for preserving the manifesto she deemed outdated and even lambasting him for Inner Chaos' will to set things right through acts of violence as opposed to the Pacific Bay PD by doing good without the need of violence.

After closing the murder investigation of a Russian mobster's wife, the player, upon Hannah's request, decided to check up on Inner Chaos activities along with her. The investigation handed them a locked prepaid phone at the Inner City Playground which eventually led Hannah to retrieve the last message sent from the phone. The message was sent by none other than Inner Chaos to Sergei Yablokov, the second in command of Russian mafia boss Nikolai Kamarov. The message revealed that the anarchists were trying to reach out to Sergei, infuriating Hannah. However, she was relieved to hear from Sergei that he had rejected their offer already.

Going back to the station, Hannah realized it was time to stop Fredo as the Inner Chaos would become extremely dangerous if they managed to get help from criminals. She then requested the player not to tell anything to Chief Marquez about the incident.

Soon after that, Fredo was incarcerated for the murder of editor-in-chief of Daily Dawn Vito Pioni. He was then taken to trial, where he attempted to blow the whole place up by committing suicide-bombing but to everyone's relief, Hannah managed to get hold of Amy Young's gun and shoot Fredo to death just in time, thus saving many lives.

Following the shocking event, Hannah couldn't believe she killed someone, Chief Marquez consoled her and told her that she did an act of bravery. Hours after the incident, the Inner Chaos was shut down by Johnny Crossman.

Personal Life
Not much is known about Hannah's personal life apart from the fact that she is currently in an LGBT relationship with Heather Valentine, a fashion designer and an employee in the Daily Dawn newspaper company who happens to be the daughter of Chris and Ivy Valentine.

The couple is known to be very protective of each other, as showcased in Payback and Killing Time. They have strong feelings for each other as well, as proven in Hearts of Ice, for instance, when Hannah gifted a rose to Heather before the couple headed off to the Love Village in White Peaks to have some "cheesy romance" with each other.

Analyses
As the Tech Expert of the Pacific Bay Police Department, Hannah has the responsibility of taking care of all the necessary digital/technical analyses and informing the team of such results. Wait/Criminal Case Cash Payment Rates vary with Hannah's tasks as described from the list herein. The current speed-up rate for Hannah's tasks is 1 Criminal Case Cash for every 30 minutes.

Due to Yann Toussaint being flagged as a suspect in Hanging by a Thread, Hannah had to take care of one forensic analysis in Yann's absensce.

Case #1: Shark Attack!
 * Fan Photo (06:00:00)
 * Unlocked Cellphone (12:00:00)
 * Camera (09:00:00)
 * Augusta's Broken Phone (06:00:00)

Case #2: Death on Wheels
 * Phone (09:00:00)
 * Photograph (06:00:00)
 * Motorcycle (12:00:00)
 * Complaint Form (09:00:00)
 * QR Code (09:00:00)

Case #3: What Dies Beneath
 * Identification Number (06:00:00)
 * Bomb (09:00:00)
 * Phone (09:00:00)

Case #4: Dead Girl Rolling
 * Website Code (12:00:00)
 * USB Key (09:00:00)
 * Film Roll (03:00:00)

Case #5: The Ice Queen
 * Victim's Phone (03:00:00)
 * GPS Device (06:00:00)

Case #7: Easy Prey
 * Numbers (06:00:00)
 * Plans (09:00:00)

Case #8: The Root of All Evil
 * Military Codes (06:00:00)
 * Formula (12:00:00)
 * Makeshift Weapon (06:00:00)
 * Listening Device (06:00:00)
 * Hannah's Laptop (03:00:00)

Case #9: Death by Moonshine
 * Serial Number (09:00:00)
 * Reference Number (09:00:00)

Case #10: Smoke and Mirrors
 * Document (06:00:00)
 * Patient Number (12:00:00)
 * Article (09:00:00)
 * Fingerprints (09:00:00)

Case #11: Heartless
 * Immigration Document (06:00:00)
 * Fingerprints (15:00:00)
 * Flying Camera (09:00:00)
 * Yuan's Passport (09:00:00)

Case #12: Payback
 * Serial Number (06:00:00)
 * Chinese Characters (06:00:00)
 * Angry Message (09:00:00)
 * Fingerprints (03:00:00)
 * Station Camera (09:00:00)

Case #13: Eastern Promises
 * Chinese Vase (06:00:00)
 * Victim's Cellphone (09:00:00)
 * Mysterious Number (06:00:00)
 * Wedding RSVP (15:00:00)
 * Restored Banner (09:00:00)

Case #14: Spineless
 * Betting Board (09:00:00)
 * Russian Text (09:00:00)
 * Account Number (03:00:00)

Case #15: Murder-Go-Round
 * Victim's Phone (09:00:00)
 * Chinese Book (09:00:00)
 * Serial Number (15:00:00)
 * Case Number (09:00:00)
 * Unlocked Phone (09:00:00)

Case #16: Killing Time
 * GPS (03:00:00)
 * Victim's Phone (09:00:00)
 * Surveillance Camera (09:00:00)
 * Floppy Disk (09:00:00)

Case #17: Under the Skin
 * Kamarov's List (09:00:00)
 * Voice Recorder (03:00:00)
 * Fingerprints (09:00:00)
 * Account Number (15:00:00)

Case #18: After the Storm
 * Radio Serial Number (03:00:00)
 * Festival Flyer (09:00:00)
 * Old Photograph (12:00:00)
 * Threatening Message (12:00:00)
 * Patient ID (09:00:00)
 * Carnival Proposal (09:00:00)

Case #19: Cloudy with a Chance of Murder
 * Tablet (09:00:00)
 * Sketch (15:00:00)
 * Complaint Letter (09:00:00)
 * Hurricane Readings (09:00:00)

Case #20: Open Wounds
 * Cannonball Message (03:00:00)
 * Board Logo (09:00:00)
 * Credit Card Number (12:00:00)
 * Repair Quote (09:00:00)

Case #21: Under the Thunderdome
 * Defaced Radar Dish (09:00:00)
 * Classified Military Document (15:00:00)
 * Faulty Device (09:00:00)
 * Military Laptop (09:00:00)

Case #22: Of Rats and Men
 * Prisoner ID (06:00:00)
 * Telegram Message (09:00:00)
 * School Photo (06:00:00)
 * Lottery Ticket (06:00:00)

Case #23: The Eye of the Storm
 * Part of the Tower (12:00:00)
 * Unlocked Camera (06:00:00)
 * Insurance (12:00:00)
 * Surveillance Camera (09:00:00)
 * Letter to the Puppeteer (06:00:00)

Case #24: Hanging by a Thread
 * Cell Phone (09:00:00)
 * Doctor's ID (09:00:00)
 * Paper Chain (15:00:00)
 * Birth Certificate (09:00:00)

Case #25: Leap of Death
 * T-Shirt (09:00:00)
 * Petition (12:00:00)
 * Victim's Helmet (09:00:00)
 * Night Walker's Mask (06:00:00)
 * Fingerprints (06:00:00)

Case #26: Hearts of Ice
 * T-Shirt (09:00:00)
 * Flyer (12:00:00)
 * Phone Number (12:00:00)
 * X-Ray (06:00:00)
 * Spooky Picture (06:00:00)
 * Roberto's Journal (06:00:00)

Case #27: Into the Woods
 * Badge Number (09:00:00)
 * Tape Recorder (12:00:00)
 * Amulet (06:00:00)

Case #28: The Hunger Planes
 * Coded Note (09:00:00)
 * Flight Recording (12:00:00)

Case #29: The White Peaks Project
 * Video Camera (00:05:00)
 * Fingerprints (09:00:00)
 * Behind the Scenes #2 (15:00:00)
 * Unlocked Phone (09:00:00)

Case #30: The End of the Night Case #31: The Young and the Lifeless
 * Unlocked Phone (03:00:00)
 * Symbols on Map (15:00:00)
 * Tablet (09:00:00)
 * Strange Symbol (09:00:00)
 * CD Text (09:00:00)
 * Cell Phone (15:00:00)

Trivia

 * Hannah surprisingly revealed herself to be LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) sometime in Case #58 (Case #2 of Pacific Bay), making her the first main character to have an LGBT orientation.
 * She is one of the LGBT characters featured in the game.
 * Hannah is one of the characters who animate (or move) in at least one cutscene in the game.
 * Hannah, David Jones, Cathy King, Eduardo Ramirez, and Yann Toussaint are the only characters in the game who have significantly required help from the player in the Additional Investigation of at least one case in which they didn't appear as a suspect.

Case Appearances
As one of the main characters and the Tech Expert of the Pacific Bay PD, Hannah appears in every single Pacific Bay case-to-date except Bayou Blood, in which she doesn't make an appearance due to an absence of digital clues in the crime scenes.