Spies/CIA for Nexus

[garrowolf]

I'm working on CIA type characters now for my game. I've got some broad ideas for training under certain skills but I was wondering if anyone had some more specific ideas.



[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Skills: [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Academics -something about foreign policy here but need something more detailed. [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Athletics – Parachute [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Computers (T) - should field agents be trained in hacking or would specific character types do that?
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Drive (F)[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Engineering – Demolitions, Improvised Munitions[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Martial Arts (F)[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Medicine- I was thinking first aid but also administering drugs[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Melee – Improvised Weapons< Concealed Strike, Vitals Strike[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Perception (F) [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Persuasion (F) [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Ranged (F) [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Resistance (F)[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Resolve (F)[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Stealth (F) [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Streetwise (F) [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Survival (T) [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Tactics (T)[/FONT]

 

[haakon1]

I think it would vary a lot by job within the Agency. My guess is, if you got to cia.gov, they probably list job openings and requirements.

Some roles that I know exist/existed in the past:

-- Analyst. This is essentially an academic type role. I would assume most people doing analysis for the CIA are political science or economics types.

-- Pilot. The CIA owned its own airline (Air America) until 1975. But officially, the pilots weren't working for the CIA, but for the private company.

-- Kicker. Locally hired Laotians whose job is to handle cargo and kick it out the back/bomb bay of Air America planes. Existed during the 1965-1975 period in Laos.

-- Paramilitary. This is what you're thinking of. Similar to a Green Beret -- works for Hmong tribal army in Vietnam-era Laos, with the Northern Alliance early in the Global War Against Terror, and in the badlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan probably now.