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Spectre
Dec 31, 2011 2:00:27 GMT -5
Post by John Niska on Dec 31, 2011 2:00:27 GMT -5
Spectre, gun-wielding ghost.
The Spectre is a well-built man armed with primarily conventional weapons that he wields with great skill. He seems to be able to walk through walls and while phased he seems to be immune to most forms of attack. He is not able to attack while in a phased state and any bullets fired while phased seem to simply drop to the ground as they exit the gun.
The Spectre goes after organized crime and gangs, although he has tangled with metahuman foes on occasion. He is skilled in streetwise and the gathering of information. He is usually armed with lots of guns and heavy body armor, but he can also go undercover with more subdued weapons if he needs to be subtle. He uses IR goggles and smoke bombs when he is acting alone. He has been known to use other forms of subterfuge when necessary. He has several contacts, street and military.
If there are no survivors, he will leave a knife with a skull-shaped pommel at the scene. He won’t execute downed foes unless he knows they are a particularly, nasty individual. He has been known to take weapons, equipment, and money from criminals to fuel his cause.
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Spectre
Dec 31, 2011 2:06:37 GMT -5
Post by John Niska on Dec 31, 2011 2:06:37 GMT -5
“What do you mean you found Sergeant Macendale?” asked Major Eastmann as he sat down his coffee to stare at the lieutenant standing on the other side of his immaculate desk. “Refresh my memory, lieutenant, who is Sergeant Macendale and why are we looking for him?”
Lieutenant Jennings cleared his throat before he spoke, “Sergeant Macendale is retired Army that was training some of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team in sniping.”
“Okay, a trigger-puller is missing, why does that concern Homeworld Security? Is he a threat?”
“Here’s his dossier sir, it was redtagged by the Agency before the Circle Incident. I was updating our records on potential HSO recruits and while his current whereabouts are unknown, a police report from Brooklyn caught my eye and after reviewing the police file, and cross-indexing with some other reports I believe he is active in New York City.”
Major Eastmann took the thick folder from Jennings. From the cover it was stamped top secret in faded red ink. It was a hefty folder so this Macendale must have been on numerous missions. “Okay, I will take a look at this, Lieutenant. Are the police reports here?”
“ I emailed the reports to you before I came in, sir.” Jennings said with a slight smile on his face.
“Thank you Lieutenant, you are dismissed.” Jennings saluted and left after the Major returned the salute.
Taking a long drink of coffee, Eastmann pulled a slim silver case out of his pocket and switched it on. The single glowing light glowed amber for a moment before turning green. Eastmann knew the facility was routinely swept for listening devices but he thought you can never be too cautious. He hit a few icons on his tablet to start the voice recording as he flipped open the file.
Sergeant James Philip Macendale, US Army, 75th Ranger Regiment. Transferred to Delta Force. Squad Designated Marksman. Expert Rifle and Pistol.
Okay, a very good trigger-puller, added Eastmann to his dictated notes. Served in Afghanistan, wait a minute. Eastmann looked closer at one particular mission report. He took out an enemy combatant at 2375 meters with a single rifle shot. Confirmed kill. Eastmann tapped at his computer and a quick search told him the shot would be the third longest sniper kill in history. After looking over more mission reports, Eastmann estimated that Macendale had 103 confirmed kills and maybe 200 unconfirmed kills.
Okay, a really good trigger-puller. Flipping through a few more pages, he cross-trained with the British Special Air Service, the Israeli Sayeret Matkal, and the Navy Special Warfare Development. Demolitions, hand-to-hand combat, infiltration, counter-terrorism, and he was training the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team.
Multiple commendations and citations. Three Bronze Stars, Two Silver Stars, a Distinguished Service Cross, and eight Purple Hearts.
“Sergeant Macendale is an excellent shot. He is a highly trained and decorated soldier that has seen plenty of combat. But that does not explain why the Agency had his file folder redtagged.” Dictated Eastmann. He knew the Agency only redtagged individuals that possessed some sort of metahuman ability. But there was no mention of it in the file.
Turning to his computer, he entered a very long password to access the Agency’s recruitment files. Pulling up Macendale’s file, it listed a soldier witnessing Sergeant Macendale displaying some sort of phasing ability. The soldier said he saw Macendale walk through a stone wall to surprise six insurgents. The soldier died on a different mission two weeks later. There is no other mention of this phasing ability in the rest of the file.
Pulling up his email, he downloaded the articles Jennings had sent him. It told of a skull-faced ghost shooting a gang of drug dealers. A surviving gang member described the assailant as a gun-toting ghost. Other reports told of a similar ‘spectre’ attacking other criminals by walking through walls and shooting with deadly accuracy.
“The methods, combat ability, and phasing all seemed to point to Macendale, but what made him turn into a vigilante.” Eastmann dictated. He would have Jennings look deeper into the Macendale’s past to see the cause of this change.
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