Devil's Advocate.'s page

Note as far as The Advocate knows there is nothing that links Kirby to the Advocate. DA carefully added Kirby to the passenger list of an airplane that crashed in Peru with no survivors and only about half the bodies recovered. The Advocate has severed all ties with family and childhood friends. They all think Kirby is dead. They are safer that way. Note two: DA has no information on their fate post-invasion.

Kirby Krier was born into what appeared to be a loving, stable, and wealthy family. Well it was wealthy anyway. The Krier family owned and ran the Archon Agricultural Association, a middle ranked agri-business concern based in the upper Midwest with major holdings in the Dakotas. AAA was an excellent employer and was considered by many to be a model corporate citizen.
Inside the family was a different story. The family emigrated from Bavaria in the 1920’s and prospered while maintaining strong ties to Germany. Ardent Nazis the family kept their political allegiances very quiet during WWII. None the less the growing family company was able to provide significant aid to covert German operations in the US. The company was even investigated under profiteering laws but emerged unindicted.
After the war DA’s Father and Grandfather loudly supported anti-communist organization while quietly supporting radical right wing organizations in the US and elsewhere as the company continued to expand.
About 15 years ago everything changed. AAA was experiencing a downturn and fell prey to a hostile takeover bid by Falcon holdings. An investment company linked to (Insert tech/science/playboy member of Alpha force here). The takeover was swift and brutal with several financial reporters openly speculating about the weak defense mounted by the family. The truth was Falcon had evidence showing the families support of some very distasteful para-militaries and was threatening to go public if the family did not sell.
Loss of the company sent DA’s father into a spiral of drink, drugs, and violence. This culminated at DA’s graduation party where he arrived drunk and heavily armed and proceeded to attempt to take the family with him in an orgy of murder. DA was one of the few people to survive.
Seeming to recover quickly Kirby left the Midwest for graduate study at MIT and Star City University. Kirby, now Dr. Krier, PHD was an important figure doing research on miniaturization and quantum computing. Star City University hung its flags at half-mast when Dr. Krier was reported killed in a plane crash on the way back from a conference in Argentina. His body was never recovered.

The Devil’s Advocate came to public knowledge about a decade ago with the murder of Essex county assistant District Attorney Ezra Hamilton. Ms. Hamilton was killed after a meeting with PSEG when the elevator she was riding in suddenly dropped 20 floors. At first thought to have been a freak accident a video posted to youtube soon after the accident detailed exactly how the murder was committed and even featured surveillance footage from the security camera inside the elevator car. The masked narrator of the video was identified as The Devil’s advocate but the video gave no motive for the murder.
Since this crime the Advocate has been linked to a handful of other murders of figures in business and government. As there is no known link between the targets it is widely assumed that the Advocate is a killer for hire.
The Advocate has also been linked to drug, weapon, and people smuggling operations as well as a number of financial crimes.
The Advocate has proved quite adept at avoiding arrest but that luck ran out in the Star City dockyards. Police report it began as a violent dispute between smugglers that quickly escalated into a fire fight. k'tharen and Socorp security teams responded quickly and the majority of those involved were killed or arrested.

Though kept out of the media the majority of the Advocates murder victims had backgrounds linked somehow to Falcon Holdings or one of its subsidiary companies.

Kirby killed his father during the massacre at the graduation party.

DA added his name to the passenger list of the crashed plane after the fact, returning to Star City under an assumed identity.

The arrest at the docks was due to a tip sent to the police not a firefight as reported. DA does not know who sent in that tip but is rather interested in finding out.

Beliefs:
~The V'sori preserved Star City for hybridization experiments. Conquering us is one thing adapting us to better serve their machine is another.
~~Related goals: Prove the hybridization experiments and either stop them or take control of them.

~Star city has always been full of secrets, hero team headquarters, supervillain lairs, high security labs and secret government facilities all on top of whatever the Outsider was doing. With the invasion these secrets can no longer be defended. The time to strike is NOW!
~~Related goals: Find the secrets, the labs, the vaults before the V’sori and put the recovered knowledge and wealth to work, for me.

Instincts:
~No one is clean. Everyone is part of someone’s agenda. Trust no one, not even yourself.
~Details matter. Check everything twice.

~Boating
~Driving
~Fighting d6 2
~Lock picking {d4+1 super skill} d6 1
~Piloting
~Riding
~Shooting {d6 +1 super skill} d8 2
~Stealth {d4+1 super skill} d6 1
~Swimming
~Throwing

~Gambling
~Healing
~Investigation {d4+1 super skill} d6 1
~Knowledge (five free skill pts)
~~Engineering d10 (4 of 5 free used)
~~Computers d4 (1 of 5 free used)
~Notice d8 3
~Repair d10 4
~Streetwise d4 1
~Survival
~Taunt
~Tracking

~Intimidation
~Persuasion

Load limit ?? max ???
~Climbing

Greedy. My enemies will fall and I will grow fat from their carcasses. (Major)
Curious. Why yes, I would like to play a game. (Major, super karma)
Loyal. Never burn your friends. It is what separates us from them. (minor)
Heartless. Do you know how hard it is to get all the safety features on this elevator to fail? I do. (Minor)

Arcane Background (NE Super Powers.)
Super Karma.
More power points, novice.
Mechanical genius, no tools needed, can rig devices.
Rich, 3k starting wealth, 75k/year income

Innate
~Super attributes 3 levels: Smarts d10. Agility d8 Strength d6 (3)
~Super skills 2 levels: Shooting d8, Stealth d6, lockpick d6, Investigation d6. (2)
~Gifted (1)
~Invent 3 (6)
~~Enhanced overload disks. EC:kenetic 2pts (0)
~~Wide spectrum HUD and environmental analyzer, added to REBECCA. Heightened senses 1pt (0)

Devices
~“Rebecca” (Radar enabled conflict control assistant) Headset/hud/wrist computer ~ Awareness(3), device(-1), requires activation(-1). (1)
~Wrist computer ~Interface(2), code-breaker(2), device(-1). (3)
~Mirage field generator. Belt mounted device reads local EM and gravity waves and emits a constantly changing series of counter waves to bollix not only the ability to get a clear sight on the wearer but also to deflect any incoming energy or object. ~Deflection 3lvls(3), device(-1), requires activation(-1). (1)
~Overload disks, Small self guided white disks packed with powerful micro drills and acids to punch into machines. Viruses, extedable wires to create shorts and if needed a micro EMP generator are nearly guaranteed to fry anything the compressed air/water jets lead them to. ~Malfunction(3), uses smarts(+1), device(-1). (3)

Total power cost. 20

Dura weave {+1 heavy, arms legs torso, -4 to note} (5wp $500}
Tactical Helmet {+4 Heavy, head, comm system Ruger Target Eye/rebecca} (1wp $200) Armor weight 6wp

9mm pistol {12/24/48 2d6 rof 1 12shots AP1 DT} (2wp $200)
~Laser sight (+1shooting){0wp $50}
~50 rounds 9mm in 4 clips. (4wp. 1 per clip $25)
Gun total 6wp

Crossbow {
24 standard bolts

Stun wand (Touch att. must hit exposed flesh. Vigor or prone & paralyzed for 2d6 rounds 10 uses*)
~Not activated (Str+d4) (1wp $250)
Wand total 1wp

CS Mega Taser (2/4/8 2d6+vigor-4 or Shaken 1d4 rounds. rof 1 6 shots**)(8wp $1000)
Spare battery (as laser battery in SWEX**)(1wp 25$)
Laser sight for Taser {+1shooting}(0wp $50)
Taser total 9wp

Ruger RE-IV Target eye. Aligned to Mega Taser {+1 shooting.} (1wp $200)
Handheld computer with GPS reader built into wrist computer. (2wp $500)
Computer total 3wp
Cash $400

Gear stored at lair:
Three nullifier sets.
2 Fin blaster rifles, not understood.
3 Fusion Grenades, Minimally understood.(5/10/20 3d8hvy ap-2 mbt. wt 1)

*A stun wand can hold up to 10 doses; each dose costs a base $20.
** Mega taser shots. Clint did not name a cost for a spare battery so I just used the laser battery in SWEX.

5. novice: Str d8
[spoiler=Notes and crimes]

Crimes:
1. Prison break. Identity known.
2. Cash-point hit within walking distance of Lair.*!
3. Killed V'Sori officer, two fins, and four drones outside shop Downtown*
4. Broke in to Southside pumping station. Too close to the base may need to move. May have been seen by cameras.!

* Chameleon used to create a different body each time.
! Near current base.

Notes:
Dr. D knows identity.
Gear for team: Six backpacks 2wp,
Flashlights 3wp,
Six Sleeping bags 4wp
decent digital camera 1wp,
4 shop style lights on stands,
100 feet of rope that should even be able to hold Mus’ad 15wp,
two sets of camo fatigues (urban and night) X6
2-3 sets of ‘normal’ clothes for everyone but Mus’ad, a case of about 80 MREs 1 wp ea, a solar shower, a space heater, and a very overpriced crossbow with two dozen bolts. All up it comes to about $3600, everything seems to have a slightly inflated price, but what can one expect under the conditions…