Algie Carmichael

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Algie

Anglo Australian pilot. English educated and independently wealthy. Bit rough around the edges but more ‘tally ho old chap’ than ‘g’day cobber’. 5'8", slim, tanned with receding fair hair and a trim moustache. He wears a Chinese army quilted jacket most of the time, with fur hat and goggles. His trademark mauser obvious at his hip. Chirpy and good natured, he loves to drink and go dancing, which with his pronounced limp he’s pretty crap at. A womanizing cad at worst, at best a stout comrade with nerves of steel. During the day he can be found either at his Godown on the river or organizing a ' Smuggling run' with one of his myriad of contacts.At night at any one of the many Clubs and Bordello's, carousing until the early hours, a bevy of beautiful girls in tow...

• Investigator Name: SQNLDR Algie Carmichael ex WW1 Australian Flying Corp, DFC.
• Occupation: Pilot
• Colleges, Degrees:none
• Birthplace:Perth Western Australia
• Mental Disorders:None
• Sex: Male Age: 38
• Income:$6,500 p/a (Inheritance plus business income) $3000 at the Bank of Taiwan on the Bund. $250 in safe at the Godown. Aunty Winifreds diamond engagement ring for when he meets the right girl. Major savings are tied up in his plane, equipment or back at home in Australia.

attributes

• STR 10
• CON 9
• SIZ 10
• INT 15
• POW 16
• DEX 13
• APP 13
• EDU 15

• HP: 10
• Damage bonus 0
• Idea: 75%
• Know: 75%
• Luck: 80%
• SAN: 80

skills

• Accounting 10%
• Anthropology 01%
• Archaeology 01%
• Astronomy 40%
• Bargain 40% (*)x
• Biology 01%
• Chemistry 01%
• Climb 40%
• Conceal 15%
• Credit Rating 60%
• Cthulhu Mythos 0%
• Disguise xx%
• Drive Auto 20%
• Electrical Repair 30%
• Fast Talk 25 %
• First Aid 40% (*) 42%<
• Geology 01%
• Hide 10% (*) 16%<
• History 20%
• Jump 25%
• Law 05%
• Library Use 25%
• Listen 60%
• Locksmith 01%
• Mechanical Repair 50%
• Medicine 05%
• Natural History 10%
• Navigate 60%
• Occult 05%
• Operate Hvy. Machine 01%
• Persuade 50% (*) 53%<
• Pharmacy 01%
• Photography 10%
• Physics 01%
• pilot 75% (*)x
• Psychoanalysis 01%
• Psychology 05%
• Ride 05%
• Sneak 10% (*) 18% <
• Spot Hidden 70% (*)x
• Swim 25%
• Throw 25%
• Track 10%

• Fist/Punch 50%
• Head Butt xx%
• Kick 10%
• Grapple 25%

• Martial Arts 01%

• Dodge 32% (*) 38% <

• Handgun 40% (*) 43%<
• Machine Gun 50%
• Rifle 25% (*) x
• Shotgun (Skill not used, use 'rifle' instead. Place points elsewhere)
• Submachine Gun (Skill not used, use 'rifle' instead. Place points elsewhere)

Languages:

• English 80%
• Wu 55%
• Arabic 10%

Weapons

• Mauser M1932 broomhandle machine pistol 9mm, 50 rounds in 10 round detachable mags

7.63mmP 1.13 kg $150 10(i)/20(i) 8 1 or burst 10y 1D10

• Lewis gun for front cockpit of plane, 2x47 round drums .303/7.6mm. Box of 300 rounds.

.303 11.0 kg $300 47(m)/97(m) 8 1 or burst 100y 2D6+4

• 2 Chiang Kai Shek rifles. kept locked in a box in plane .100 rounds box

7.92mmM 1.13 kg $75 5(i) 8 2 110y 2D6+4

• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is .32 ACP caliber. 50 rounds.

Clothing

• Chinese Army Quilted winter jacket and army issue fur hat . Knee high leather Gaiters and boots. Googles.
• Formal dinner wear.
• Plenty of spare clothes for most occassions

Kit

• Contacts can get pretty much anything..perhaps..
• Family filthy rich too..so same as above.
• Tools for maintaining Airplane.
• Fuel Bowser, gets 'diverted' aviation fuel .
• Godown/hanger on the river East of the British embassy at the Yangzeepoo docks.Just before the waterworks. Far enough away from the eyes of the River Police’s Anti-Smuggling Squad.
• Hand cart
• Tarpaulin
• Old floor safe in the office
• Plenty of grog
• Old Gramophone and records
• Few camp beds
• Expensive silk Cheongsam for Edie.

Background and Notes

• Algie comes from a well to do Anglo-Australian family. His Father is a local Australian politician and owner of a large cattle station in North Western Australia. His Mothers family are from the Bahamas, where Algie lived for a while post WWI.

• During the War he served with No1 Squadron in Egypt, later to be called No67 and saw action in the Palestine campaign. He was badly injured when his plane was shot down and still walks with a slight limp . The associated pain leads to binges on local opium.

• Immediately after the War he worked for Aeromarine, flying the Miami to Bimini route. He bought one of their old planes a Curtiss F-5L seaplane /Aeromarine 75(cargo or 12-14 passengers)and decided to set himself up in business freighting cargoes. First he ran a few jobs around the Middle East for his brother Captain ‘Blue’ Carmichael but ended back in Australia based in Darwin. His brother (an exploration facilitator) then got a few jobs based from Shanghai setting up expeditions into the interior.

• So now Algie has been in Shanghai for 10 years and has set up a fairly successful freighting business; Shanghai Freight (on and above the water). The major employers being The KMT and The Green Gang, but he will happily work for who ever has cash. Jobs tend to entail speedy deliveries, gun running and carrying people. It’s been a bit quiet recently due to problems with a certain Major in the KMT. Has a few official 'jobs': easy mail runs to out lying areas, taxi service for officials, supply runs etc,which provide cover for his less salubrious endeavors and a steady income to cover costs and wages.

• He's now looking for new crew members due to his previous mechanic and Co- pilot both mysteriously disappearing.

• Extensive contacts have been made over the years within the government, military and criminal fraternity. Though these dodgy dealings are now through Du Yueshang and his Green Gang, much to the annoyance of other gangs, river pirates and warlords.

• Algie is on nodding acquaintances with several German officers from his partying around town. Eg Ulbrecht von Bernhard and his aide de camp Vladislav Simonov

• Recently plucked Sam Norris out of the drink after a vicious storm.

• Romantically he is involved with a local Chinese girl Zheng Zhang, sister of one of the local gang boys. Unfortunately Major Wu Lee of the KMT is also vying for her attention, which has led to some recent strife. Nights are spent frequenting many of the city’s Bordello’s and clubs. It was at one particular jazz club that he heard Edie sing and instantly fell for her looks and charm.

• Collector of pornographic Lianhuanhua books

• Smokes Golden Arrow cigarettes and Murads.

Aims

• Get the girl(s)
• Have as much fun as possible
• Buy a PBY Seaplane
• Expand his business without getting killed
• Eventually make the big score and retire to a tropical island
• Find some business partners who wont kill him/get him killed.

Shanghai Freight. Rents a Godown/hanger down by the docks off Broadway, west of the waterworks. Far enough away not to attract to much attention when he flies in and out. Contains an office cum Bedroom, and work area Pays the green gang for protection. He has a Chinese manservant: 'Fred' Yao-Ming, who cooks and keeps the place clean. His family live out the back of the Gowdown. Does a few official mail runs. Bribes the River Police’s Anti-Smuggling Squad to keep away.

For more formal times he has a room at the Shanghai club.

• Dog called Wombat

Seaplane Aeromarine 75

'Eight Peng' (lucky 8, Peng= a magical fish that turns into a bird)

• General characteristics

*Crew: 2 *Capacity: 12-14 passengers/2000kg? *Length: 49 ft 4 in (15.04 m) *Wingspan: 103 ft (31.62 m) *Height: 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) *Wing area: 1,397 sq. ft (129.8 m²) *Empty weight: 8,720 lb (3,955 kg) *Loaded weight: 14,334 lb (6508 kg) *Powerplant: 2× Liberty 12A, 400 hp (kW) each

• Performance

Range: 830 mi (1335 km)

• Armament forward cockpit

- Lewis MG(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p31mw0WPGrk&feature=fvsr) - Few wooden baseball bats and 2 rifles.