Quote: from Gatac on 11:41 am on July 13, 2004
So, how far away am I ?
Gatac
Er...right. That would help, wouldn't it?
Jess is about 40m away from the gunmen. At a full run (factoring the soft snow under foot), you could be there in two turns. You'll be at long range with your pistols at the end of turn one.
Quote: from Gatac on 12:15 pm on July 15, 2004
I'd love to help.
Gatac
Cool! I'm currently going through "Birds of a Feather". You can start with "Birds of Prey."
Here's what I'd like to have detailed:
-Any "named" character. This would be any person (no matter how insiginificant) mentioned through the course of the mission.
-Mark down his/her full name (if available)
-His/her significance to the mission's plotline (two of three lines at the very most)
-Whether he/she lived/surrendered/escaped/was blown to bits.
-Her/his fate (if death was the case) should also be detailed (if available).
Anything else you'd like to add would also be greatly appreciated.
I understand that this will be a major undertaking, so there is no time limit. At some point I'll compile all the info into a Word document.
Here goes. This is missing the *really* minor characters - my policy was those who had full names given only, with the exception of Stork who never got a real name. If you want, I can add the minor folks later.
Andrew Steward
A major player in the Vegas Operation, Andrew was part of the assault team that intercepted the train of General Koskov in Uzbekistan. Seduced by Agent Hummingbird for infiltration, Andrew did not survive the Vegas mission - he was gunned down by the team trying to recover a PDA which held important data.
STATUS: Deceased, killed by the team.
Brian "Buzzard" Aby
A gifted information retrieval expert with little field experience, Brian did not get to enjoy his first mission for too long. After a brief period of coorporation with the team, Brian found himself the target of an assassin due to his work at intercepting enemy transmissions. His body was found by the team together with an explosive boobytrap, a sign of things to come.
STATUS: Deceased, executed.
Samantha "Illingworth"/"Winter"/Illiavic
Apparently the, er, girlfriend of James Sedgewick, Samantha did not appear to have a significant hand in the cartel of "Gonzales". Only very late into the Vegas mission did it become clear that Samantha was in fact an influential figure in the Russian mafia, and as such she is perhaps the most senior threat the team has faced to date. She has an ongoing personal feud with Agent Hummingbird, and remains at large.
STATUS: Alive, fugitive from Agency.
James Sedgewick
The owner of Newcastle Security. James was involved with the Russian mob in the same cell as Andrew Steward and apparently his superior; he was apprehended alive by the team when he responded to a desperate cry for backup by Andrew Steward and questioned by Agent Stork.
STATUS: Alive, under Agency arrest.
Tracy and Anne Lockhart
Guns for hire, the sisters worked for Andrew Steward and roughed up Agent Osprey. In attempting to harass Agent Goose, Anne Lockhart was apprehended and brought to a nearby Agency safehouse for questioning. Adding insult to injury, Tracy was then apprehended trying to negotiate for the release of her sister and similarily interogated.
STATUS: Alive, under Agency arrest.
Detective Mel Schwartz
Las Vegas cop. He investigated the fight at the House of Blues without turning up much of an useful clue, remaining oblivious to the actual Agency operation.
STATUS: Alive and still on the job.
"Stork"
Agency contact. A capable doctor and experienced field operative, Agent Stork interrogated all of the captured enemy personnel of the Vegas mission and provided the team with additional gear.
STATUS: Alive and in active service.
Mark "Raven" Calvery
A new field agent that had a short - and lethal - stint on the team during the Vegas mission. Although he did a credible job in compensating for the loss of Agent Buzzard, Calvery did not survive the mission either, being shot by police officers after resisting arrest. In light of the fact that the team also very nearly lost their own information specialist - Agent Nighthawk - during this mission, many began to question to wisdom of having such an agent assigned to a black ops combat team in the first place.
STATUS: Deceased, killed by police interaction.
Oleshko Tehansky
A member of the upper echelons of the Russian mafia, apparently Sedwick's and Steward's superior in the Vegas operation. Agent Goose posed as Sedwick on the phone to contact Tehansky, who consequently attempted to kill the team to recover important data Sedwick had been ordered to procure. After the team escaped the trap, a gunship was sent after the Russian cars, but no capture was reported.
STATUS: Unknown, fugitive from Agency and probably alive.
Stephanie Dawson
Floor manager of the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas. Due to unfavourable circumstances, she had been led to believe that the team's attempt to secure access to the Russian suite without disturbing the cloak was actually an attempt at assasinating the Russians, who she believed to be with Russia's Foreign Ministry. Therefore, Dawson was atleast partly responsible for the rather disastrous outcome of the assault, if only by acting out of ignorance.
STATUS: Alive, but out of a job.
Debbie Armstrong
A reporter assigned to NewsChopper 9 of the Las Vegas Fox News services. She briefly interacted with the team during the Vegas mission, gladly providing an airlift in exchange for an exclusive story on the fugitive suspect Michael Decker. She was a witness to the final attempt at an arrest of Decker, but apparently has never suspected anything beyond a police mission behind the chase.
STATUS: Alive, still dreaming of becoming anchorwoman.
Gatac
Here's Blood on the Beaches, of course taking into account the beginning of Bonnie Scotland.
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Father Sullivan
Eulogized Agent Heron.
Kyun-woo "Crane" Cha
Yet another fresh field agent with a focus on information retrieval, Agent Crane joined the team in time for their rather short Asian operation. Although he made it though this operation without major injuries and appeared to be competent, he was critically wounded on a subsequent mission to Scotland, where he disappeared. No traces of him have yet been found.
STATUS: MIA, presumed dead.
"The Lieutenant"
Long-suffering aide to Jack Wade during the Asian mission.
Petty Officer Thomas D. Gibson
Victim of a sabotaged HALO jump.
Lt. Col. Rayburn
NCIS. In charge of the investigation into the deaths of several Navy SEALS during failed HALO drops.
Rear Admiral Gremminger
CIC of Naval Operations in Japan. Was involved in the team's reconnaisance mission to a small island off the coast of South Korea.
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Lieutenant Hyland / Petty Officer Chan / Seaman Taylor
US Navy. Serve aboard the SEAWOLF-class submarine USS Connecticut.
Commander Jeff Stanley
Executive Officer of the Connecticut.
The Captain
What the label says. In command of the Connecticut, and obviously used to black ops.
Major Woojin Cho
Officer in the Chinese People's Army. Apparently second in command of an underground facility near South Korea.
Captain Tseng
Aide to Major Cho.
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[Note that all persons in the marked section above were merely characters in an interactive neural simulation the Agents were unknowingly exposed to. Similarities to real living and dead people were completely coincidental.]
"Doctor Frankenstein"
Unflattering nickname for the female Doctor in charge of the Agency's VST project. Received two (some say very deserved) jabs to the face by Agent Goose after the Agent's awakening from a particularly horrific scenario.
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Not much, since it was so short, but I believe I got everyone who was even halfway important here. "Crane" was probably the only 'real' character introduced here, so he's the only one who gets a STATUS - everyone else kinda only showed up in one scene. (You could make a case for the Connecticut crew, but they were just simulations anyway.)
At this time, the Mustang is approximately 100ft away from the main entrance. It will be there at the end of next round unless Artis....well, you know...does something nutty.
Well, I'll be trying to shoot and run over (wide bursts, there's AP ammo in the MGs) anyone with larger-caliber weaponry than pistols on my way inside. I'm also keying up the electrified hull.
Dieter
Gatac
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