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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8201474" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px">"Ken" Kang-su Jyeong</span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-QwthDzP/0/6c357fa3/Th/Ando_masahashi-1--Th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Born in North Korea, Kang-su Jyeong was the son of a minor party functionary who narrowly avoided the decapitating attack that annihilated virtually every other member of the government of the Democratic People's Republic prior to the Pythonian invasion. While he and his wife were unharmed, four-year-old Kang-su suffered a serious head injury in the attack. In order to save him, his father contacted the American CIA and turned over information about what remained of the nation's security to them in exchange for new lives in America. It seems likely that some of this information helped ensure that the second invasion, by the South Koreans, was a success.</p><p></p><p>The operation that saved Kang-su's life was also a success, and he grew up as a typical teenager in a California household that spoke both Korean and English. Feeling that he owed a great debt to the country that had saved both him and his family, and despising what had become of the land of his birth, "Ken" Jyeong sought and found employment with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, hoping to be assigned to the department which handled spies from the Empire. That never quite materialized, and instead he found himself working on several cases with the telepathic agent Helice.</p><p></p><p>Ken was honestly a bit skeptical about Helice's abilities -- the idea that someone could read thoughts didn't seem at all consistent with what he'd learned in university about current theories of how the mind worked, and he decided that Helice was just using superpowered versions of cold reading and similar mentalist's tricks. The fact that she never managed to accurately read his own thoughts cemented this opinion. As it happened, she really could not read his thoughts; the damage from his long-ago injuries had made his thoughts indecipherable to telepathy. While he could be telepathically influenced in other ways, this often produced unusual results. It all made him a rather effective partner for her, though she doubted that he would have believed any of this if he was told about it.</p><p></p><p>After Helice left the Bureau to work for Heroic Enterprises, Ken's own career began to stagnate. He became the victim of a round of layoffs in 2015, and started looking for other work. Argus, having learned of his neurological peculiarity, contacted him and offered him a job, arranging for him to have a cover job in the Indiana State Police's Criminal Investigation Division -- not all that coincidentally, an organization that frequently had contact with Helice. They were soon reunited, and Ken was in a good position to become Helice's handler.</p><p></p><p>While she can't read his mind, Helice is herself a good enough detective that she's long since figured out that Ken is working for Argus as well as his official post. Since she knows him to be a fundamentally honest person, she has chosen not to expose him, and takes advantage of the leads he provides, verifying them personally beforehand but recognizing them as useful. As such, they have a very good working relationship, and so she'll go to some lengths to ensure that it can continue, rather than doing things that would lead to her being assigned someone different, whom she might not be able to trust completely.</p><p></p><p><strong>"Ken" Kang-su Jyeong - PL 5</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> 2</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Neurological Quirk: </em></strong>Immunity 5 (mind reading); Perception Range Nullify Telepathy 5, Randomize, Reaction (when targeted) - 30 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong> </p><p>Benefit (state police officer), Contacts, Defensive Roll, Equipment 2, Language (Korean, English [bilingual]), Second Chance (mind control).</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em> </p><p>Light Pistol (Ranged Damage 3), smartphone, handcuffs. </p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong> </p><p>Athletics 4 (+5), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+5), Deception 2 (+4), Expertise: Civics 2 (+4), Expertise: Current Events 2 (+4), Expertise: Streetwise 2 (+4), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 4 (+6), Investigation 6 (+8), Perception 4 (+7), Persuasion 3 (+5), Ranged Combat: Guns 4 (+5), Technology 2 (+4), Vehicles 4 (+5). </p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong> </p><p>Initiative +1</p><p>Unarmed +5 (Close, Damage 1)</p><p>Pistol +5 (Ranged, Damage 3) </p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong> </p><p>Dodge 6, Parry 5, Fortitude 3, Toughness 4/2, Will 7. </p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong> </p><p>Abilities 30 + Powers 30 + Advantages 6 + Skills 22 + Defenses 12 = Total 101 points</p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Complications:</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Responsibility--Motivation. Delusion</em></strong> ('telepathy is just trickery'.) <strong><em>Hatred</em></strong> (Empire of Korea.) <strong><em>Secret</em></strong> (Argus agent.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8201474, member: 30538"] [size=150]"Ken" Kang-su Jyeong[/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-QwthDzP/0/6c357fa3/Th/Ando_masahashi-1--Th.jpg[/img] Born in North Korea, Kang-su Jyeong was the son of a minor party functionary who narrowly avoided the decapitating attack that annihilated virtually every other member of the government of the Democratic People's Republic prior to the Pythonian invasion. While he and his wife were unharmed, four-year-old Kang-su suffered a serious head injury in the attack. In order to save him, his father contacted the American CIA and turned over information about what remained of the nation's security to them in exchange for new lives in America. It seems likely that some of this information helped ensure that the second invasion, by the South Koreans, was a success. The operation that saved Kang-su's life was also a success, and he grew up as a typical teenager in a California household that spoke both Korean and English. Feeling that he owed a great debt to the country that had saved both him and his family, and despising what had become of the land of his birth, "Ken" Jyeong sought and found employment with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, hoping to be assigned to the department which handled spies from the Empire. That never quite materialized, and instead he found himself working on several cases with the telepathic agent Helice. Ken was honestly a bit skeptical about Helice's abilities -- the idea that someone could read thoughts didn't seem at all consistent with what he'd learned in university about current theories of how the mind worked, and he decided that Helice was just using superpowered versions of cold reading and similar mentalist's tricks. The fact that she never managed to accurately read his own thoughts cemented this opinion. As it happened, she really could not read his thoughts; the damage from his long-ago injuries had made his thoughts indecipherable to telepathy. While he could be telepathically influenced in other ways, this often produced unusual results. It all made him a rather effective partner for her, though she doubted that he would have believed any of this if he was told about it. After Helice left the Bureau to work for Heroic Enterprises, Ken's own career began to stagnate. He became the victim of a round of layoffs in 2015, and started looking for other work. Argus, having learned of his neurological peculiarity, contacted him and offered him a job, arranging for him to have a cover job in the Indiana State Police's Criminal Investigation Division -- not all that coincidentally, an organization that frequently had contact with Helice. They were soon reunited, and Ken was in a good position to become Helice's handler. While she can't read his mind, Helice is herself a good enough detective that she's long since figured out that Ken is working for Argus as well as his official post. Since she knows him to be a fundamentally honest person, she has chosen not to expose him, and takes advantage of the leads he provides, verifying them personally beforehand but recognizing them as useful. As such, they have a very good working relationship, and so she'll go to some lengths to ensure that it can continue, rather than doing things that would lead to her being assigned someone different, whom she might not be able to trust completely. [b]"Ken" Kang-su Jyeong - PL 5 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] 2 [b]Powers: [i]Neurological Quirk: [/i][/b]Immunity 5 (mind reading); Perception Range Nullify Telepathy 5, Randomize, Reaction (when targeted) - 30 points [b]Advantages:[/b] Benefit (state police officer), Contacts, Defensive Roll, Equipment 2, Language (Korean, English [bilingual]), Second Chance (mind control). [i]Equipment:[/i] Light Pistol (Ranged Damage 3), smartphone, handcuffs. [b]Skills:[/b] Athletics 4 (+5), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+5), Deception 2 (+4), Expertise: Civics 2 (+4), Expertise: Current Events 2 (+4), Expertise: Streetwise 2 (+4), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 4 (+6), Investigation 6 (+8), Perception 4 (+7), Persuasion 3 (+5), Ranged Combat: Guns 4 (+5), Technology 2 (+4), Vehicles 4 (+5). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +1 Unarmed +5 (Close, Damage 1) Pistol +5 (Ranged, Damage 3) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 6, Parry 5, Fortitude 3, Toughness 4/2, Will 7. [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 30 + Powers 30 + Advantages 6 + Skills 22 + Defenses 12 = Total 101 points [b][b]Complications:[/b] [i]Responsibility--Motivation. Delusion[/i][/b] ('telepathy is just trickery'.) [b][i]Hatred[/i][/b] (Empire of Korea.) [b][i]Secret[/i][/b] (Argus agent.) [/QUOTE]
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