Khai Minh Dao

Khai Minh Dao is a character set to be featured in Battlefield Hardline. A first-generation Vietnamese-American who hails from Orange County, California, Khai turned her back on the west coast and a rebellious youth to put a star on her chest. Rising quickly through the ranks, she's established herself to her fellow officers and the usual underworld suspects as a smart, able detective who isn't afraid to let her temper take over.

Captain Dawes partnered her with Nick Mendoza shortly after he became detective, thinking her to be better suited to the role than Stoddard, whom Nick was originally partnered with. She drives an unmarked black Police Interceptor while on duty with Mendoza.

Trivia

 * Khai is trained in the Israeli martial art Krav Maga, referring to karate as "mystical bullshit".


 * Her given name "Khai Minh" (Khải Minh) translates as "Enlightenment", and her last name "Dao" (Đào) is a common Vietnamese surname which literally translates as "peach".