Bureau of Investigation

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The Bureau of Investigation is a fictional early federal law enforcement agency in the video game Red Dead Redemption, depicted as a precursor to the modern FBI that coerces outlaw John Marston into hunting down his former gang.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional law enforcement agency
fictional organization
alignment lawful but morally ambiguous
appearsIn Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
basedOn Federal Bureau of Investigation
coerces John Marston
controls local law enforcement (in-game)
military resources (in-game)
countryOfOperation United States of America
surface form: United States
developerOfWork Rockstar Games
employs Archer Fordham
Edgar Ross
Agent Milton
surface form: Milton (agent)

Ross’s subordinates
exercisesPowerOver U.S. Marshal
surface form: U.S. Marshals (in-game)
fictionalStatus non-canonical to real U.S. history
firstAppearance Red Dead Redemption
surface form: Red Dead Redemption (2010)
forcesProtagonistTo capture or kill Bill Williamson
capture or kill Dutch van der Linde
capture or kill Javier Escuella
hunt former gang members
function federal law enforcement
genreContext Western
goal consolidate federal authority
eliminate outlaw gangs
governmentBranch federal government (fictional)
inspiredByRealWorldInstitution Bureau of Investigation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bureau of Investigation (historical U.S. agency)
medium video game
narrativeFunction catalyst for John Marston’s final missions
symbol of expanding federal power
narrativeUniverse Red Dead Redemption universe
portrayedAs corrupt
politically motivated
ruthless
relatedTheme loss of frontier freedom
modernization of law enforcement
responsibleFor death of John Marston
roleInStory antagonistic organization
settingContext end of the American Old West era
threatens Abigail Marston
Jack Marston
timePeriod early 20th century
usesMethod blackmail
threats against family

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John Marston forcedToWorkFor Bureau of Investigation
Bureau of Investigation inspiredByRealWorldInstitution Bureau of Investigation self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bureau of Investigation (Red Dead Redemption)
this entity surface form: Bureau of Investigation (historical U.S. agency)
kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel investigatedBy Bureau of Investigation