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Date Notes (from
Top Secret)
A: Organization believed to have
been founded before WWI.
B: Organization believed to have been founded
during WWI (June 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918).
C: Organization believed to have been founded
after WWI and before WWII.
D: Organization believed to have been founded
during WWII (September 1, 1939 to September 12, 1945).
E: Organization believed to have been founded
after WWII.
F: Organization currently believed to be in
existence.
Q: Organization whose exact founding date and/or
current existence is questionable or unknown.
T: Organization believed to have practiced
terrorism since 1968.
Target Level/Patron Level
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Level |
Target |
Patron |
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I |
Private
individuals with a few connections. A private eye or a single police
office detective would fit into this category. Also, larger groups
with poor investigative skills, like a drug gang, a small terrorist
organization or another mercenary group, would fall under this
heading. |
Local
business types, local police and government agencies, local security
companies and so on. Patrons at this level pay half the going rate
(unless the scenario specifies a different arrangement). |
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II |
Limited-scope intelligence-gathering bodies, small
organizations with decent investigative skill, but lacking the
contacts and range to gather information out of their area. Most
police departments around the world apply, as do a great many
corporations, who aren't interested in anything beyond their
operations. Most druglords and mobs also apply. |
National business types, national police and
government agencies, small museums, and lower level government
officials in foreign countries. |
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III |
Small
(by superpower standards) intelligence organizations, like small
national agencies, large police departments, customs agencies,
organized crime groups (by virtue of their connections) and so on. |
The
medium to high range of government officials, large museums,
representatives of international businesses, and the governments of
small foreign countries. |
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IV |
Medium-sized government intelligence organizations
and extremely good corporate security organizations. The once-mighty
KGB and GRU fit into this category — they've lost a great deal of
their power with the collapse of Soviet central authority. |
Wealthy private individuals, high government
officials (British foreign secretary, US secretary of state, and so
on). |
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V |
Large
government intelligence organizations, such as the CIA, DIA,
FBI,
Interpol, MI-5 and -6, SDECE and BND. |
Eccentric multibillionaires, chief executives of large multinational
corporations, and heads of state. |
Goals
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Hunters: These
organizations see the role of their groups to be the extermination of
their enemies. These individuals often walk a thin line between
dedicated watchfulness and paranoia/obsession. They are keenly
aware of the threat posed by their enemies. They feel they are
at war, and seek to root out the enemy strongholds and assets.
Their methods vary from group to group.
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Information Brokers:
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Liberators:
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Trainers:
The people feel that in order to combat an empathic threat, those
individuals with empathic abilities must be better skilled in the uses
of their powers. They realize that untrained individuals also
make tempting targets for unscrupulous or evil individuals or groups.
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Subverts:
Methods
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Gunslingers:
Gunslingers achieve their goals through a direct show of force.
They carry lots of weapons and know how to use them. They live
by the saying: "The best defense is a strong offense."
Gunslingers believe that violent force usually results in a permanent
solution to problems.
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Pencil
Commandos: These people try to use the "system" and
other nonviolent means to achieve their goals. Their reasons for
avoiding violence vary: they may be a group of individuals
untrained in combat, or they may have moral objections to the use of
violence. Many of these groups feel that to resort to violence
lowers one's self to the level of one's enemies. These groups
also tend to draw less attention to themselves and so are less prone
to retributive strikes.
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Shadows:
These groups are often among the most successful, but in some cases
they are hardly better than those they wish to defeat. They operate in
the shadows, either acting clandestinely, or manipulating others to do
their work for them (preferably unknowingly). This helps to keep their
identities secret. By the use of these methods, they prevent their
enemies from identifying a target to strike back at.
Organization
Level of Activity
- Low: Prefer not to
get involved.
- Medium: Will
become involved if the risks are not too great.
- High: Highly
dedicated, and willing to take great risks.
Empathic Philosophies
Resources
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Minimal Resources: The organization has few funds
(poverty level) and assets; less than §15,000 in annual income.
The organization probably has little in the way of information sources
(1-5 generic contacts, none foreign).
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Few
Resources:
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Adequate Resources: The group has access to between
§20,000 and §50,000 annually in assets and funds. It has
multiple reliable information sources giving it access to some
classified or hard-to-obtain information (1-10 contacts, including one
foreign).
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Average Resources:
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Quality Resources:
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Superior Resources: The group has access to over
§500,000 annually. It has many superior information sources
concerning a very wide range of topics (5-50 contacts, including 1-5
foreign).
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