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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8368864" data-attributes="member: 30538">David Kerrigan<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-Nvx46Vj/0/58faa8b2/S/MV5BMTU1ODgzMzI4OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTY3ODg4NjM%40._V1_UY1200_CR152%2C0%2C630%2C1200_AL_-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />David Niko Kerrigan was born in New Zealand in 1988. From almost the time that he could walk, he wanted to fly. Fate did not see fit to grant him superpowers, however, and so he spent his adolescence in study in order to become an officer cadet in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, earning his pilot officer stripe in 2011.* He flew numerous missions over the next five years, notably assisting in the defense of the island against a Megapteran, and was considered a likely candidate to eventually serve as a squadron leader. Unfortunately, this was not to be.In 2016, Kerrigan developed retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that normally manifests in childhood and causes night blindness and a gradual loss of peripheral vision. As no member of his family had ever had this disability, its development was doubly mystifying. Regardless, he was given a choice of transferring to a ground-based unit or receiving a medical discharge; frustrated at the loss of his dream of flight, Kerrigan accepted the latter, expecting to wind up working at his father's grocery store in Nelson. Fate was not quite done throwing him curveballs, however; Kerrigan wound up recruited to work for Argus. As the agency doesn't have much presence in New Zealand -- or at least not much visible presence, as he was soon to learn -- this came as something of a surprise. The offer of an exciting life and the possibility of at least some flight operations was further sweetened by the notion that he could be put on a waiting list to receive a treatment that might reverse the retinitis. With all that in mind, Kerrigan agreed to take the offer.He's proved to be a fairly talented agent. Working under the supervision of near-legendary analyst Violet Hayes, he helped to thwart a number of Korean-sponsored operations throughout the Pacific rim between 2017 and 2020. Consequently, he was given a new assignment -- following her first appearance as a superhero in California, he was tasked with contacting Basilea's exiled daughter Nzarde and becoming her handler. He decided to approach her in much the same way that Hayes had approached her mother, while she was engaged in a social setting, and saying, "Hello, I'm an agent for --"When he woke up in the hospital, Kerrigan began to suspect that this might not be the best approach. Hayes, who was waiting for him to regain consciousness, agreed, helpfully pointing out that he'd walked up to her while she was drinking in a dive bar in a manner that suggested that she did not welcome company. He's made a few more attempts since then, without suffering actual injury but also without achieving any real success. Until he gets pulled off this assignment, though, he's going to keep giving it his best possible effort.For her part, Nzarde usually puts any encounters she has with him firmly out of her mind as soon as they're over, never even bothering to remember his face.David Kerrigan - PL 6Abilities:STR 2 | STA 3 | AGL 2 | DEX 3 | FGT 5 | INT 3 | AWE 3 | PRE 3Advantages:All-out Attack, Assessment, Contacts, Defensive Roll, Equipment 5, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Languages 2 (Indonesian, Korean, Samoan, Spanish), Power Attack, Ranged Attack 4, Tracking, Uncanny DodgeEquipment:Light Pistol (Ranged Damage 3), Meta-taser Pistol (Ranged Affliction 5 [Fortitude; Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated]), Smartphone, Car and 2 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Acrobatics 3 (+5), Athletics 5 (+7), Close Combat: Unarmed 1 (+6), Expertise: Civics 4 (+7), Expertise: Current Events 4 (+7), Expertise: Military 4 (+7), Insight 5 (+8), Intimidation 3 (+6), Investigation 4 (+7), Perception 4 (+7), Persuasion 4 (+7), Stealth 4 (+6), Technology 3 (+6), Treatment 2 (+5), Vehicles 6 (+9).Offense:Initiative +6Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 2)Light Pistol +7 (Close Damage 3)Meta-Taser Pistol +7 (Ranged Fortitude 5)Defense:Dodge 5, Parry 7, Fortitude 6, Toughness 5/3, Will 5.Totals:Abilities 48 + Advantages 21 + Skills 28 + Defenses 10 = 107 pointsComplications:Responsibility--Motivation. Brusque and Direct. Physical (suffers increased visibility penalties, poor peripheral vision.) Secret (Argus agent.)* In our world's history, the RNZAF disbanded its air combat squadrons in 2001. This seems unlikely to have happened in a world where New Zealand is occasionally threatened by kaiju.</blockquote>

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