[Social Engineering] Hostage Negotiator Style

[Gigermann]

Apparently I should rename this to "Crisis Negotiation"

• I did some Googling—probably should have led with that. Courses aren't hard to find, as it turns out. This one describes the major points of its course(s), and it features a lot of "psychology," to no one's surprise I'm sure. I am wondering, though, if as a GURPS skill, it should be Psychology (Applied) or Criminology—maybe a specialty of Criminology? I can't think of a situation where crisis-negotiation would not be, on some level, a "criminal" matter
• As far as the SE Style goes, we have to separate Traits that a good negotiator would have, and Traits that a negotiation course would teach. Primary Skills would definitely be Diplomacy, and Psychology/Criminology, and that's probably all; I think most of the others would be Optional, but included.
• If Crisis Negotiation is a Technique, I suppose it would be a buy-off for penalties for "hostility"
• I like the "Stalling" Technique—I'd probably rip off Elicitation/Hinting for effects
• I'm thinking of a "Risk Assessment" action/Technique—from Per-based Diplomacy, maybe?
• Honest Face, and Empathy/Sensitive are going to be go-to Traits

I'd forgotten about Covert Ops—one of those I always meant to pick up (and now I have). Pretty sure Cops also has a Negotiator template, but I only have a physical copy of that, and it's not currently within reach.