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='''Characters'''= | ='''Characters'''= | ||
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* [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Matthias Friedrichs|Matthias Friedrichs]], veteran soldier (played by neutrondecay) | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Matthias Friedrichs|Matthias Friedrichs]], veteran soldier (played by neutrondecay) | ||
− | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Theodore Reyes|Theodore Reyes]], cybercrimes detective (played by | + | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Rev. Sandra Kisi MacDougall|Rev. Sandra Kisi MacDougall]], priest (played by neutrondecay) |
+ | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Theodore Reyes|Theodore Reyes]], cybercrimes detective (played by Sylbrarian) | ||
* [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Kate Reeves|Kate Reeves]], criminal troublemaker (played by coelocanth) | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Kate Reeves|Kate Reeves]], criminal troublemaker (played by coelocanth) | ||
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* [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Chae Seon "Jason" Im|Chae Seon "Jason" Im]], med student (played by coelocanth) | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Chae Seon "Jason" Im|Chae Seon "Jason" Im]], med student (played by coelocanth) | ||
− | + | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Gerard "Gerry" Hadley|Gerard "Gerry" Hadley]], beat cop (played by Mr. Kent) | |
− | + | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Dr. Grace Garcia|Dr. Grace Garcia]], biology professor (played by Mr. Kent) | |
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* [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Frank Bold|Frank Bold]], bodyguard (played by Leitz) | * [[XCOM - The Beginning/Characters/Frank Bold|Frank Bold]], bodyguard (played by Leitz) | ||
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** Tier 3 - (+5 Security) | ** Tier 3 - (+5 Security) | ||
− | * '''Legitimacy''' Intangible and impossible to compel by brute force, legitimacy is the unseen binding that holds a government in place. The citizens acknowledge its right to do certain things they are forbidden from doing on their own, and its representatives are given varying levels of respect in their persons and offices. For an agency, legitimacy means that the continental government and its people acknowledge them as performing a lawful and necessary duty. At low levels, agents are credited as law enforcement agents, and can make arrests, carry weaponry and other objects allowed only to agents of the state, and otherwise avail themselves of all the privileges of being an officer of the peace. It may not always be prudent to flash these powers in public, but the agents have them. At greater levels, the agents can effectively ignore the law in matters of property crimes, trespassing, assault, and other sins not related to the loss of human life. Using these privileges too blatantly is an invitation for heat from local politicians and brass upset at such un-covert behavior from an agent. At the highest level, the agency is effectively its own master. It can do anything to anyone without concerns for legal repercussions. At this level, its only danger is in angering the political establishment of the world. Sufficiently high-handed or offensive behavior toward these grandees is a good way to get these privileges stripped | + | * '''Legitimacy''' Intangible and impossible to compel by brute force, legitimacy is the unseen binding that holds a government in place. The citizens acknowledge its right to do certain things they are forbidden from doing on their own, and its representatives are given varying levels of respect in their persons and offices. For an agency, legitimacy means that the continental government and its people acknowledge them as performing a lawful and necessary duty. At low levels, agents are credited as law enforcement agents, and can make arrests, carry weaponry and other objects allowed only to agents of the state, and otherwise avail themselves of all the privileges of being an officer of the peace. It may not always be prudent to flash these powers in public, but the agents have them. At greater levels, the agents can effectively ignore the law in matters of property crimes, trespassing, assault, and other sins not related to the loss of human life. Using these privileges too blatantly is an invitation for heat from local politicians and brass upset at such un-covert behavior from an agent. At the highest level, the agency is effectively its own master. It can do anything to anyone without concerns for legal repercussions. At this level, its only danger is in angering the political establishment of the world. Sufficiently high-handed or offensive behavior toward these grandees is a good way to get these privileges stripped. |
** Tier 1 - Standard peace officer powers on one continent. (+1 Connections) | ** Tier 1 - Standard peace officer powers on one continent. (+1 Connections) | ||
** Tier 2 - The agents cannot be arrested for property crimes, trespassing, assault, or other lesser felonies on three continents. (+3 Connections) | ** Tier 2 - The agents cannot be arrested for property crimes, trespassing, assault, or other lesser felonies on three continents. (+3 Connections) | ||
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* '''Money''' Every agency is obliged to deal with the brute realities of cash flows and overhead. An elite corps of undercover agents doesn’t work cheap, and the infrastructure and support staff necessary to keep an agency functioning can be a serious strain on the budget. Every agent has their basic lifestyle needs accommodated by the agency, but for more significant salaries the Money element is necessary. Agents can draw equipment from the Armory or pull gear from a Equipment stores, but there are numerous jobs that require liquid funds. Without the Money element, agents have to make do as best they can with funds “liberated” from their rivals. With it, they can charge costs to the agency through a network of financial front accounts. Goods and services bought through an expense account need to be justified to the agency after the mission is complete, or the agent might well end up on the hook for the costs. Equipment acquired through an expense account also has to be turned in at the end of the mission, unlike gear personally purchased by the agent. | * '''Money''' Every agency is obliged to deal with the brute realities of cash flows and overhead. An elite corps of undercover agents doesn’t work cheap, and the infrastructure and support staff necessary to keep an agency functioning can be a serious strain on the budget. Every agent has their basic lifestyle needs accommodated by the agency, but for more significant salaries the Money element is necessary. Agents can draw equipment from the Armory or pull gear from a Equipment stores, but there are numerous jobs that require liquid funds. Without the Money element, agents have to make do as best they can with funds “liberated” from their rivals. With it, they can charge costs to the agency through a network of financial front accounts. Goods and services bought through an expense account need to be justified to the agency after the mission is complete, or the agent might well end up on the hook for the costs. Equipment acquired through an expense account also has to be turned in at the end of the mission, unlike gear personally purchased by the agent. | ||
− | ** Tier 1 - The team can charge up to 50,000 credits worth of expenses to the agency for any single mission. Agents get a monthly salary of $7500. (+1 | + | ** Tier 1 - The team can charge up to 50,000 credits worth of expenses to the agency for any single mission. Agents get a monthly salary of $7500. (+1 Resources) |
− | ** Tier 2 - The charge limit rises to 100,000 credits per mission. Agents get a monthly salary of $25,000. (+3 | + | ** Tier 2 - The charge limit rises to 100,000 credits per mission. Agents get a monthly salary of $25,000. (+3 Resources) |
− | ** Tier 3 - Teams can charge up to 200,000 credits per mission. Agents get a monthly salary of $50,000. (+5 | + | ** Tier 3 - Teams can charge up to 200,000 credits per mission. Agents get a monthly salary of $50,000. (+5 Resources) |
* '''Research Lab''' The agency has access to a functioning research laboratory . They are able to preform research on alien and advance tech. | * '''Research Lab''' The agency has access to a functioning research laboratory . They are able to preform research on alien and advance tech. |