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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8248405" data-attributes="member: 30538">Roger Doncaster<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-Xn8Z4zn/1/c107eadf/S/thumb-1920-999732-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />As with his usual partner, very little is known about the individual who uses the name Roger Doncaster, save for the fact that this is definitely an alias. He was apparently born in 1987, probably in Eastern Europe or Russia, but just where is not clear. By 2005, he was already employed by Guy Gisborne as an enforcer and occasional bodyguard, with Gisborne giving him the alias he uses in a rare moment of levity, while also arranging for his henchman's naturalization.Doncaster remained with Gisborne for nearly a decade, even fighting superpowers on his behalf, right up until the Ultra Girls produced evidence that ensured even the corrupt legal system of the U.K. had to put him away, in 2014. He even agreed to keep on working for him even after that, acting as a bodyguard for his Japanese mistress and their daughter. Truthfully, while he didn't particularly like or respect Gisborne, his loyalty didn't depend on such conditions, and he actually was fond of the boss' daughter.Unfortunately, neither of these women were all that keen on having Doncaster involved in the new lives they were making for themselves in Japan. The missus, as he called Sakura Yoshiko, was at least willing to wear a commlink so that he could notify her if she was in danger, and so he began keeping an eye on them both from a distance. Less than a year later, he caught wind of a plot against the kid's life just as the hit was about to take place, and frantically contacted her mother, whom she was visiting. He never would have done it if he'd known that she would use herself as a human shield.Unable to find the person who'd actually pulled the trigger, he went to the top, breaking through the security wall surrounding the businessman who'd hired the shooter. That was when things started to get weird. Doncaster had been operating under the assumption that this had been directed against Gisborne, but his target started talking crazy talk about how the kid was some sort of mystic who had to be destroyed for the sake of world sanity, and that he was working in league with something called Axiom. Roger was tempted to just ignore this as the delusional fantasies of a man now dead, but if the kid was still under the gun ...He did some more digging, and found out where Axiom was based in Vietnam. His intrusion into their headquarters coincided with a strike against them by the Grey Seal. Doncaster was horrified to learn from these unexpected allies that Axiom wasn't just a bunch of crooks, but an artificial intelligence that was trying to overthrow humanity, with a focus on striking against the more irrational, supernatural aspects of the human condition. While they managed to destroy this particular base, they'd only handed the enemy a setback, and Axiom was still out there scheming.So Doncaster joined up with the Grey Seal. Unlike most of his colleagues, he prefers to use conventional firearms rather than more advanced weaponry, on the basis that they're easier to maintain and cheaper to resupply. He's also fully capable of tearing most robots apart with his bare hands, and has fewer compunctions about taking out human allies of the ASI hegemony than most agents of the Seal.He still views himself as having an obligation to help 'Megan Excalibur' if that's what she's calling herself, though he does understand that she has reached a point where she's more than able to take care of herself. Nevertheless, if she were ever to contact him and ask for his help, he'd drop everything and go to her aid. He owes her that much for his great failure, five years ago.Roger Doncaster -- PL 8Abilities:STR 3 | STA 4 | AGL 2 | DEX 3 | FGT 6 | INT 2 | AWE 2 | PRE 2Powers:Radiotelepathy Mindlink: Selective Area Radio Communication 3, Limited to those with radiotelepathy, Subtle; Senses 1 (radio) - 17 pointsStriking Strength: Strength-based Damage 2 - 2 pointsAdvantages:All-out Attack, Close Attack 3, Diehard, Equipment 6, Fast Grab, Fearless, Great Endurance, Improved Pin, Languages 4 (many), Power Attack, Ranged Attack 4, Takedown, Tracking.Equipment:Body Armor (Protection 2, Subtle), Heavy Pistol (Ranged Damage 4), Assault Rifle (Ranged Multiattack Damage 5), and 11 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Athletics 6 (+9), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+8), Deception 4 (+6), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+8), Insight 6 (+8), Intimidation 6 (+8), Investigation 4 (+6), Perception 4 (+6), Ranged Combat: Guns 4 (+7), Stealth 4 (+6), Technology 3 (+5), Vehicles 3 (+5). Offense:Unarmed +11 (Close Damage 5)Heavy Pistol +11 (Ranged Damage 4)Assault Rifle +11 (Ranged Multiattack Damage 5)Defense:Dodge 10, Parry 9, Fortitude 7, Toughness 6/4, Will 7Totals:Abilities 48 + Powers 19 + Advantages 26 + Skills 26 + Defenses 19 = 138 pointsComplications:Redemption--Motivation. Obligation (Megan Excalibur.) Secret (Gray Seal.) Author's Note: Roger of Doncaster is a very minor-league opponent of Robin Hood in some of the ballads about him.</blockquote>

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