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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8098525" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Martin Callahan</span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-SJLcrCL/0/ed799369/S/0be8d831346647ebc6854898862742870d8fccf7r1-687-1050v2_uhq-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Martin Callahan, age 57, is an employee of the cleaning company that has a contract to provide janitorial services for the headquarters of Philadelphia's official superhero team, the Minor League. He is consistently given the assignment to act as the building's caretaker, accepting just enough other assignments to maintain plausible deniability. It will probably not come as any surprise that he is secretly an agent of the international security agency, Argus, tasked to make sure that they get directed towards matters that Argus wants them to handle.</p><p></p><p>That's what he's <em>supposed</em> to do, at least. And he actually did make a good faith attempt to do just that, a few times, when he got started with this new assignment in 2018. It wasn't the one that he would have picked -- he'd have greatly preferred to wait out the remaining years until his retirement on guard duty at one of Argus' more secure facilities -- but he was professional enough, <em>then</em>, to do the job. But every time that he tried to arrange matters so that these meddling kids would find out about their assignments, the one who swans about in a blindfold would tell them about the task in question, claiming to have learned about it from his own sources.</p><p></p><p>By the sixth time this happened, Martin had had enough. He had his suspicions about the real sources of Clarity's discoveries, but no way of proving them without exposing himself. So he decided to report back to his superiors that he was succeeding in feeding intel to the Minor League, while no longer even trying to do so. When he gets his assignments, he destroys them after reading, and then watches the team head off to deal with the situation that they describe without any effort on his part.</p><p></p><p>It's the cushiest job he's ever had, and he doesn't want to do anything that will jeopardize it. Three more years, and then he can go spend the rest of his life fishing. Martin retains just enough professionalism that if the Minor League's headquarters came under attack, he would covertly assist in its defense, with a focus on protecting any innocents caught in the crossfire. The dumb kids do not count as innocents for this purpose. Well, <em>maybe</em> Moment, but she can probably take care of herself.</p><p></p><p>Martin is a veteran of JSOT and returned to the army after the end of the Pythonian Insurgency, ending up serving in the invasion of Syria. He doesn't have fond memories of those years, and this definitely contributes to his grouchy and generally unpleasant demeanor, which has kept him from getting the more sedate assignments that he'd prefer. He feels, probably correctly, that he's much too old for this, and somewhat regrets listening to Argus' recruiter after he finally left the military. He also doesn't get on very well with True Believer's handler, who contacted him after he received this assignment.</p><p></p><p><strong>Martin Callahan -- PL 5</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 2 | <strong>STA</strong> 3 | <strong>AGL</strong> 1 | <strong>DEX</strong> 3 | <strong>FGT</strong> 5 | <strong>INT</strong> 1 | <strong>AWE</strong> 2 | <strong>PRE</strong> 3</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>All-out Attack, Assessment, Connected, Contacts, Defensive Roll, Equipment 5, Evasion, Fearless, Move-by Action, Power Attack, Precise Shot (Ranged, Cover), Ranged Attack 2, Teamwork.</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p>Heavy Pistol (Ranged Damage 4) and 17 points of equipment as needed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Acrobatics 3 (+4), Athletics 2 (+4), Deception 4 (+7), Expertise: Military 5 (+6), Expertise: Survival 4 (+5), Insight 5 (+7), Intimidation 5 (+8), Investigation 6 (+7), Perception 4 (+6), Persuasion 2 (+5), Stealth 4 (+5), Technology 4 (+5), Vehicles 2 (+5).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +1</p><p>Unarmed +5 (Close Damage 2)</p><p>Heavy Pistol +5 (Ranged Damage 4)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 5, Parry 5, Fortitude 5, Toughness 5/2, Will 5</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 40 + Advantages 18 + Skills 26 + Defenses 9 = 93 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Vestiges of Professionalism--Motivation. Past His Prime. Secret</em></strong> (Argus agent).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8098525, member: 30538"] [SIZE=7]Martin Callahan[/SIZE] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-SJLcrCL/0/ed799369/S/0be8d831346647ebc6854898862742870d8fccf7r1-687-1050v2_uhq-S.jpg[/IMG] Martin Callahan, age 57, is an employee of the cleaning company that has a contract to provide janitorial services for the headquarters of Philadelphia's official superhero team, the Minor League. He is consistently given the assignment to act as the building's caretaker, accepting just enough other assignments to maintain plausible deniability. It will probably not come as any surprise that he is secretly an agent of the international security agency, Argus, tasked to make sure that they get directed towards matters that Argus wants them to handle. That's what he's [I]supposed[/I] to do, at least. And he actually did make a good faith attempt to do just that, a few times, when he got started with this new assignment in 2018. It wasn't the one that he would have picked -- he'd have greatly preferred to wait out the remaining years until his retirement on guard duty at one of Argus' more secure facilities -- but he was professional enough, [I]then[/I], to do the job. But every time that he tried to arrange matters so that these meddling kids would find out about their assignments, the one who swans about in a blindfold would tell them about the task in question, claiming to have learned about it from his own sources. By the sixth time this happened, Martin had had enough. He had his suspicions about the real sources of Clarity's discoveries, but no way of proving them without exposing himself. So he decided to report back to his superiors that he was succeeding in feeding intel to the Minor League, while no longer even trying to do so. When he gets his assignments, he destroys them after reading, and then watches the team head off to deal with the situation that they describe without any effort on his part. It's the cushiest job he's ever had, and he doesn't want to do anything that will jeopardize it. Three more years, and then he can go spend the rest of his life fishing. Martin retains just enough professionalism that if the Minor League's headquarters came under attack, he would covertly assist in its defense, with a focus on protecting any innocents caught in the crossfire. The dumb kids do not count as innocents for this purpose. Well, [I]maybe[/I] Moment, but she can probably take care of herself. Martin is a veteran of JSOT and returned to the army after the end of the Pythonian Insurgency, ending up serving in the invasion of Syria. He doesn't have fond memories of those years, and this definitely contributes to his grouchy and generally unpleasant demeanor, which has kept him from getting the more sedate assignments that he'd prefer. He feels, probably correctly, that he's much too old for this, and somewhat regrets listening to Argus' recruiter after he finally left the military. He also doesn't get on very well with True Believer's handler, who contacted him after he received this assignment. [B]Martin Callahan -- PL 5 Abilities: STR[/B] 2 | [B]STA[/B] 3 | [B]AGL[/B] 1 | [B]DEX[/B] 3 | [B]FGT[/B] 5 | [B]INT[/B] 1 | [B]AWE[/B] 2 | [B]PRE[/B] 3 [B]Advantages:[/B] All-out Attack, Assessment, Connected, Contacts, Defensive Roll, Equipment 5, Evasion, Fearless, Move-by Action, Power Attack, Precise Shot (Ranged, Cover), Ranged Attack 2, Teamwork. [I]Equipment:[/I] Heavy Pistol (Ranged Damage 4) and 17 points of equipment as needed. [B]Skills:[/B] Acrobatics 3 (+4), Athletics 2 (+4), Deception 4 (+7), Expertise: Military 5 (+6), Expertise: Survival 4 (+5), Insight 5 (+7), Intimidation 5 (+8), Investigation 6 (+7), Perception 4 (+6), Persuasion 2 (+5), Stealth 4 (+5), Technology 4 (+5), Vehicles 2 (+5). [B]Offense:[/B] Initiative +1 Unarmed +5 (Close Damage 2) Heavy Pistol +5 (Ranged Damage 4) [B]Defense:[/B] Dodge 5, Parry 5, Fortitude 5, Toughness 5/2, Will 5 [B]Totals:[/B] Abilities 40 + Advantages 18 + Skills 26 + Defenses 9 = 93 points [B]Complications: [I]Vestiges of Professionalism--Motivation. Past His Prime. Secret[/I][/B] (Argus agent). [/QUOTE]
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