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Weapons and Ammunition Weapons and Ammunition By Brian Underhill Birdshot: Birdshot ammunition resembles "buckshot" commonly used in shotguns (see <strong>Spycraft</strong> Espionage Handbook, page 116), but on a much smaller scale. It consists of extremely small projectiles loaded into pistol rounds (easily recognizable due to their crimped ends) and is generally used against birds, snakes, rats, and other pests. Because it scatters when it is fired, birdshot ammunition gives a +2 bonus to hit any target, but damage is reduced by -2 for each range increment (including the first). Unlike shotgun ammo, birdshot can only be used against a single target. Budget Point Cost: 1per 50 shots Actual Cost: $15 per 50 shots Effect: +2 to hit, –2 to damage (plus an additional –2 damage per additional range increment the shot travels). ANGELIQUE NICOLETTE By Jon Szeto Starting Threat Code: Yellow This short season (3-serial) threat is appropriate for a team of 4th level agents. The goal of a united Europe has been the dream of many European idealists ever since the founding of the European Common Market in 1958, and many thought that the creation of the European Union in 1992 would bring that dream into a reality. However, the dream seemed to have stalled, as the Union, encumbered by the weight of its own bureaucracy, was frequently undercut by the individual agendas of its member states. However, one woman, Angelique Nicolette, seeks to change all that, in the hopes of transforming the EU from a collection of petty squabbling states into a legitimate world superpower. And she’s found inspiration from an unlikely source in an unlikely manner: the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Believing that the people of Europe would come together in the same way as the people of the United States rallied in the aftermath of that tragedy, Angelique has begun engineering her own campaign of terror, that she plans to use to rally the people of Europe around her banner and forge a true European Union, an authentic superpower rivaling the might of America, Russia, and others. MP Cost: 275 Wealth: 5 (Above Average) Technology: 9 (9 GP per serial) Loyalty: 3 (+3 to loyalty checks) Influence: 5 (favor check notice 1-5, 5 influence effects per serial) Scope: 5 (international threat) Agenda: Control 10 Serial 3: Angelique Nicolette The bar has been raised in this serial by +1. Award an extra 5% XP for completing this serial. As chairwoman of the board of directors of Vertiogne SA, a European multinational conglomerate with interests in many fields. As such, she’s a prominent figure, not only in Europe’s business circles, but also political circles as well. Her father was one of the undersecretaries for the French government who helped draft the original charter for the European Common Market. Angelique shared her father’s dream in seeing a united Europe leading the civilized world. Angelique ascended to the ranks of Vertiogne’s executive elite in 1992, the same time that the Treaty of Maastricht transformed the EEC into the more centralized EU. She hoped that the transformation would boost Europe to the next level, but Nicolette soon became quickly frustrated at the obstruction of many Eurosceptic opponents, who used the EU’s cumbersome bureaucracy to slow progress. It was time, Angelique decided, for more forceful action. Armed with a vast network of political contacts through her father’s connections, as well as Vertiogne’s multinational resources, Nicolette began sketching out a plan. Nicolette’s carefully-laid plans were almost derailed when the attacks on the World Trade Towers struck on September 11, 2001. But she subsequently observed how the attacks seemed to trigger a wave of patriotism and unity amongst Americans in the aftermath of the attack. Angelique concluded then that what Europe needed was its own 9/11 to come together, the fire of adversity to forge the blade of a united Europe. Nicolette’s plan takes a two-pronged approach at accomplishing this goal. First, she needed to recruit some terrorist and insurgent groups, preferably from the throngs of refugees and immigrants coming into Europe from North Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. To that end, she recruited Jacob Mustassen, a Turkish- American ex-commando, to recruit and organize resistance cells, to be dispersed amongst Europe’s immigrant populace. Interspersed amongst the throngs of Europe, these cells will conduct sporadic attacks to shake public confidence and increase fear of terrorism. The second prong of Nicolette’s attack is directed against the heart of resistance: the Eurosceptic politicians who opposed a stronger union. However, given their high-profile nature, direct violence was out of the question; instead, Nicolette has opted for character assassination: smear campaigns that undermine public support for the Eurosceptics and diminish their influence in politics. To that end, she’s called upon Steffen Kanndar, the head of EuMeKo, a European multimedia giant that Vertiogne owns. Meanwhile, Nicolette has been massing her own private army, the Janissaries, on a remote Mediterranean island. When the time is right, Nicolette will order Mustassen’s terror cells unleash a massive wave of terror attacks, to time with one of the regular conferences of the European heads of state; one of the targets of this attack will be the conference, with the express aim of taking out as many leaders at once. In the midst of the chaos, Nicolette’s Janissaries will intervene to defeat the terrorists and restore order. Hailed as a public heroine, Nicolette will use the tragedy as the opportunity to restructure the European Union according to her own vision. Although she’s well into her mid-forties, Angelique can still turn heads with her looks. Her attire somehow manages to strike an impossible balance between the conservative restraint of business sense, and the wild elegance of tres chic fashion.
Angelique Nicolette Angelique Nicolette, 5th level faceman/3rd level pointman (mastermind – 40 MP): CR 8; SZ M; v/wp 48/10; Init +6 (+5 class, +1 Dex); Spd 30 ft; Def 15 (+4 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Beretta Model 21 Bobcat Pocket Pistol +6 (dmg 1d6+1, error 1-4, threat 20, range 10 ft.); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ adaptable, assistance (1/2 time), backup 1/session, cold read 1, lead 1/session, linguist (English, French, German, Russian), quick change 2/session, versatility (Appraise, Computers, Concentration, Listen, Perform, Read Lips, Spot); SV Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +9; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 16; Skills: Appraise +8, Bluff +11, Bureaucracy +9, Computers +4, Cultures +11, Diplomacy +11, Forgery +10, Gather Information +11, Innuendo +11, Knowledge (European Politics) +10, Profession (Business) +9, Sense Motive +9, Spot +9; Feats: Armor Group Proficiency (Light, Medium), Charmer, Political Favors, Undermine, Weapon Group Proficiency (Hurled, Melee, Handgun, Rifle). Gear: Designer Clothing, PDA, 71 BPs. Gadgets and Vehicles: Micro-grenade Earrings, Poison Lipstick. Threat Resources/Action Sites: Satellite Network (headquarters – Vertiogne field testing facility, on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean – hierarchy 5, secrecy 5, personnel 2, security 3). Janissaries: The Janissaries are the crème de la crème of the recruits that pass through Jacob Mustassen’s training camps and are selected for advanced training. They are seconded to Nicolette to act as her Praetorian guard, and she often uses them to take care of any opposition to her unity agenda. They often have access to Vertiogne’s advanced gadgets and vehicles. Janissaries, 5th level minions (squads of 4 – 28 MP): CR 4; SZ M; v/wp 31/12; Init +6 (+4 class, +2 Dex); Spd 30 ft; Def 14 (+2 class, +2 Dex); Atk: Bayonet +5/+7 (dmg 1d6, error 1, threat 20), Beretta 93 +7 (dmg 1d10, error 1, threat 19-20, range 50 ft.); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ None; SV Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +1; Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 10; Skills: Climb +7, Demolitions +9, Driver +7, Intimidate +8/+8, Spot +6, Swim +7; Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light, Medium, Heavy), Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee, Handgun, Rifle, Tactical). Gear: 8 BPs. Gadgets and Vehicles: None. Serial 2: Steffen Kanndar Steffen Kanndar is the head of the European Media Communications Group, or EuMeKo for short. Under Kanndar’s leadership, EuMeKo has been gaining notice for making significant gains in Europe’s media industry, at a time when Europe’s other media companies have been struggling. Leading the way has been EuMeKo’s news division, which seems to have an uncanny knack of getting the early scoop on breaking events before the rest of Europe does. Part of the reason behind EuMeKo’s success is that Steffen sometimes scripts the news to EuMeKo’s advantage. As any broadcaster knows, bad news is good business, so it’s in Steffen’s best interest to portray Europe in a bad light. If there isn’t a public scandal, Steffen creates one. If there’s one already going on, Steffen’s spin doctors make it even worse. Since Vertiogne SA owns EuMeKo (through several layers of holding companies, to throw off the paper trail), Angelique Nicolette is more than aware of Kanndar’s ability to make things up as they go along. In fact, she brought Steffen on board at EuMeKo for just that reason. Nicolette directed Kanndar to use his creative fabrication talents to smear and discredit politicians who would be opposed to a stronger union. Furthermore, it diverts public attention away from Vertiogne, until Nicolette is ready for her moment of glory. (At which time all eyes will be on her, of course.) 11 EuMeKo also serves another purpose for Nicolette: propaganda indoctrination. Mass media is more than just the news; it’s also about entertainment. If Angelique wants to build a stronger union, she will have to build a base of popular support. EuMeKo accomplishes this not only through its entertainment programs, which are definitely cast in a pro-Union bias, but also through subliminal messages inserted in its programs and advertising. Steffen Kanndar, 5th level snoop/1st level faceman (henchman – 23 MP): CR 6; SZ M; v/wp 37/12; Init +5 (+4 class, +1 Dex); Spd 30 ft; Def 16 (+5 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Beretta Model 80 Cheetah Backup Pistol +3 (dmg 1d10, error 1, threat 20, range 15 ft.); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ astute, back door, flawless search, intuition 1/session, jury rig +3, linguist (English, German, French); SV Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +6; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 13; Skills: Bluff +5, Bureaucracy +7, Computers +9, Craft (Recording) +9, Craft (Video) +10, Cryptography +9, Cultures +8, Diplomacy +7, Forgery +7, Gather Information +7, Innuendo +6, Listen +8, Profession (Journalism) +8, Search +7, Spot +8, Surveillance +8; Feats: Alertness, Armor Proficiency (Light, Medium), Master Fence, Sidestep, Weapon Group Proficiency (Hurled, Melee, Handgun, Rifle). Gear: Trendy Clothing, Laptop +3, Image Processing Software, A/V Suite, 13 BPs. Gadgets and Vehicles: Explosive Pen, Eyeglasses with Iris, LCD, and Hypnosis lenses. Threat Resources/Action Sites: Propaganda (headquarters – EuMeKo media center and corporate headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany – hierarchy 4, secrecy 0, personnel 1, security 2). The Newsmakers: Whenever Steffen needs to "rewrite" the news to suit his needs, he calls upon a groups of covert operatives whom he calls his "Newsmakers." Whether it’s planting false evidence, tampering with existing evidence, or making an inopportune witness "disappear," the Newsmakers are the ones that Steffen counts on to make sure the story runs as scripted. Newsmakers, 4th level minions (squads of 4 – 22 MP): CR 3; SZ M; v/wp 16/10; Init +3 (+3 class, +0 Dex); Spd 30 ft; Def 12 (+2 class, +0 Dex); Atk: 9x19 mm Service Pistol +4 (dmg 1d10, error 1, threat 20, range 20 ft.); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ None; SV Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +2; Str 10, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 14; Skills: Craft (Photography) +5, Craft (Recording) +5, Craft (Video) +7, Driver +4, Intimidate +7/+9, Profession (Journalism) +7, Spot +5; Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light, Medium), Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee, Handgun). Gear: Artisan Kit, Radio Headset, Knockout Drug (2 uses), 5 BPs. Gadgets and Vehicles: None. Serial 1: Jacob Mustassen Jacob Mustassen is a second-generation Turkish-American, born in the United States to Turkish Cypriot immigrants. Mustassen joined the US Army and served as a military intelligence officer. He was later assigned as a foreign area officer to the US Embassy in Turkey during the mid-90s; there his Turkish heritage proved to be a real plus, as he was able to win the trust of locals and thus gain a better picture of Turkey’s intelligence situation. It was during his tour in Europe that Mustassen first met Angelique Nicolette at a European air show, where Vertiogne was showing off its new Spectre fighter prototype. Last year, Major Mustassen became embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal involving a female junior officer. Although he was eventually cleared of charges, the scandal cost Mustassen his security clearance and caused him to be passed over for promotion. Both events effectively ended his military career, forcing Mustassen to resign his commission in disgrace.
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