11-06-2009, 08:17 PM | #21 |
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Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin. Although it might be more likely that they steal a conveyer.
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11-06-2009, 08:35 PM | #22 |
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11-06-2009, 08:57 PM | #24 |
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Very loose, as they almost have to be for such a deniable (and exotic) branch. According to GURPS Infinite Worlds, p. 18:
--There are likely less than 100 active-duty squads (each made up of 5 to 7 agents, typically). --More than half of ISWAT's agents are outtimers. --Some of the outtimers are "resume' recruits" recruited for their known talent, like an alternate Nathan Bedford Forrest or Harry Houdini; some are locals who provided extraordinary help to a Patrol operation or demonstrated extraordinary abilities; and a few actually managed to discover an ISWAT operation and ferret out for themselves what was going on. (ISWAT's chief doesn't believe in sending those ones to Coventry; investigative talent like that is too good to waste.) -- Recruits from within the ranks of the Patrol are chosen based on a record of "toughness, creativity, flexibility, and (most importantly) luck." --The training regimen is classic special ops, mixed with generous dollops of history and anthropology. --In GURPS terms, there is no standard ISWAT template. Anything from Captain America to Miyamoto Musashi to Archangel Michael could wind up in the ranks, and probably has. The agents share a Duty, maybe a few basic skills, and that's about it.
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11-06-2009, 09:44 PM | #25 |
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Two that come to mind are:
Ellery Queen as portrayed in the old TV series. Quentin E Deverill as portrayed by Sam Waterston in an unfortunately short-lived TV series that was set in the early 1900s. James West (The Robert Conrad version) and Artemus Gordon - would be perfect ....especially before those awful reunion movies become 'canon'. - Ed Charlton
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11-07-2009, 04:28 AM | #26 |
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11-07-2009, 07:36 AM | #27 | |
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11-08-2009, 12:33 AM | #28 |
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I think he would be more likely to join then take over a Cabel...then try and become a high master...then try and became the god of Astral and rule over all the Infinite worlds. Just saying, he's not really what we would call a "joiner". :)
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