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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8199841" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Sean Driscoll</span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-KqsfVMV/0/364e075e/S/K2USULJZRFBTXNI4TTUSPZM3J4-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Actually getting into position to be a handler to an asset is seldom an easy task. The difficulty increases dramatically when the asset is a former agent who knows all the tricks that one might use. Fortunately, Argus will supply the prospective handler with information about almost every method that has or has not worked in the past, so that they can develop an appropriate plan.</p><p></p><p>So it was that when, in the summer of 2014, Detective Sergeant Sean Driscoll of the CID was ordered by his <em>other</em> employer to become the handler for the recently-emerged Robin Hood, he let out a low groan. He was supposed to get through the no-doubt completely paranoid defenses set up by an ex-Argus agent who was now an illegal vigilante? How was he supposed to accomplish this? Driscoll was, he flattered himself, a fairly good detective, and doing well in his ongoing infiltration of Scotland Yard, but he had no illusions that someone who'd been inserted into the bloody Powerhouse as Argus' inside man wouldn't see right through him.</p><p></p><p>Driscoll finally decided to use the Hayes method -- honesty and forthrightness -- and contacted Robin Hood through an online classified advertisement that set up a meet. Well, <em>sort</em> of a meet -- Mason never actually said anything, and Driscoll wouldn't have put it past the man to get someone dressed up in his costume and use them as a decoy, but on the other hand he stabbed an arrow through a business card that had an e-mail address on it and tossed it at Driscoll. Driscoll used the addy to pass on the information that Argus wanted to have passed on, to good effect in the next few months.</p><p></p><p>Up until fairly recently, Sean Driscoll believed that he could do both of his jobs -- as a CID Sergeant and an Argus agent -- without contradiction. Yes, he had to overlook a fair amount of corruption and brutality in the CID, but dealing with such things was not, strictly speaking, his job, and he did what he could to ameliorate the situation when possible. The revelations from the top of Argus, since 2019, about what is actually going on in the UK have genuinely horrified him, and he now lives in a state of quiet desperation that is much worse than the English way. He honestly wishes he'd never left Belfast ... </p><p></p><p><strong>Sean Driscoll -- PL 4</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 1 | <strong>STA</strong> 2 | <strong>AGL</strong> 1 | <strong>DEX</strong> 1 | <strong>FGT</strong> 3 | <strong>INT</strong> 2 | <strong>AWE</strong> 3 | <strong>PRE</strong> 3</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Benefit (Police Detective), Contacts, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment 2.</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p>Light pistol (Ranged Damage 3), handcuffs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Athletics 2 (+3), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+5), Deception 5 (+8), Expertise: Current Events 5 (+7), Expertise: Police Detective 6 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+8), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 5 (+8), Investigation 7 (+9), Perception 4 (+7), Persuasion 4 (+6), Ranged Combat: Guns 3 (+4), Vehicles 4 (+5).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +1</p><p>Unarmed +5 (Close Damage 1)</p><p>Light Pistol +4 (Ranged Damage 3)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 4, Parry 4, Fortitude 4, Toughness 4/2, Will 4</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 32 + Powers 0 + Advantages 6 + Skills 29 + Defenses 7 = 74 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Justice--Motivation. Appropriate Paranoia. Secret</em></strong> (Argus agent).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8199841, member: 30538"] [size=150]Sean Driscoll[/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-KqsfVMV/0/364e075e/S/K2USULJZRFBTXNI4TTUSPZM3J4-S.jpg[/img] Actually getting into position to be a handler to an asset is seldom an easy task. The difficulty increases dramatically when the asset is a former agent who knows all the tricks that one might use. Fortunately, Argus will supply the prospective handler with information about almost every method that has or has not worked in the past, so that they can develop an appropriate plan. So it was that when, in the summer of 2014, Detective Sergeant Sean Driscoll of the CID was ordered by his [i]other[/i] employer to become the handler for the recently-emerged Robin Hood, he let out a low groan. He was supposed to get through the no-doubt completely paranoid defenses set up by an ex-Argus agent who was now an illegal vigilante? How was he supposed to accomplish this? Driscoll was, he flattered himself, a fairly good detective, and doing well in his ongoing infiltration of Scotland Yard, but he had no illusions that someone who'd been inserted into the bloody Powerhouse as Argus' inside man wouldn't see right through him. Driscoll finally decided to use the Hayes method -- honesty and forthrightness -- and contacted Robin Hood through an online classified advertisement that set up a meet. Well, [i]sort[/i] of a meet -- Mason never actually said anything, and Driscoll wouldn't have put it past the man to get someone dressed up in his costume and use them as a decoy, but on the other hand he stabbed an arrow through a business card that had an e-mail address on it and tossed it at Driscoll. Driscoll used the addy to pass on the information that Argus wanted to have passed on, to good effect in the next few months. Up until fairly recently, Sean Driscoll believed that he could do both of his jobs -- as a CID Sergeant and an Argus agent -- without contradiction. Yes, he had to overlook a fair amount of corruption and brutality in the CID, but dealing with such things was not, strictly speaking, his job, and he did what he could to ameliorate the situation when possible. The revelations from the top of Argus, since 2019, about what is actually going on in the UK have genuinely horrified him, and he now lives in a state of quiet desperation that is much worse than the English way. He honestly wishes he'd never left Belfast ... [b]Sean Driscoll -- PL 4 Abilities: STR[/b] 1 | [b]STA[/b] 2 | [b]AGL[/b] 1 | [b]DEX[/b] 1 | [b]FGT[/b] 3 | [b]INT[/b] 2 | [b]AWE[/b] 3 | [b]PRE[/b] 3 [b]Advantages:[/b] Benefit (Police Detective), Contacts, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment 2. [i]Equipment:[/i] Light pistol (Ranged Damage 3), handcuffs. [b]Skills:[/b] Athletics 2 (+3), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+5), Deception 5 (+8), Expertise: Current Events 5 (+7), Expertise: Police Detective 6 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+8), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 5 (+8), Investigation 7 (+9), Perception 4 (+7), Persuasion 4 (+6), Ranged Combat: Guns 3 (+4), Vehicles 4 (+5). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +1 Unarmed +5 (Close Damage 1) Light Pistol +4 (Ranged Damage 3) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 4, Parry 4, Fortitude 4, Toughness 4/2, Will 4 [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 32 + Powers 0 + Advantages 6 + Skills 29 + Defenses 7 = 74 points [b]Complications: [i]Justice--Motivation. Appropriate Paranoia. Secret[/i][/b] (Argus agent). [/QUOTE]
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