Covert Culture
Secondary Ability
In the alphabet soup of international intrigue (CIA, NSA, ICPO, etc.), you’ve got a backstage pass at the shadow-plays. Probably thanks to hard-won experience, you can spot cues, identify agents, play connect-the-dots between government agencies, and rattle off covert operations as if they were football games. In order to put such knowledge to use, of course, you’ll need other skills to back up the things you know. Still, even James Bond needs to know who to trick, seduce, take orders from, and shoot on sight.
• Dabbler: You know the names and general data pertaining to the secret service agencies of major world powers.
•• Student: You keep tabs on every major covert operations agency in the world, and know tidbits about various “paraintelligence” groups (the Arcanum, Zaibatsu, Inquisition, etc.) as well.
••• Scholar: Beyond the obvious facts and figures involved in covert operations, you’ve got dirt on important figures in the community, solid data about “nonexistent” groups, and enough so-called “secrets” to make certain folks uneasy.
•••• Professor: You know about, and are known to, every major party in the covert-culture world, with plenty of knowledge about other groups as well.
••••• Master: They just call you “M.”
Possessed by
Hacktivists, Spies, Covert Ops, Mercenaries, Terrorists, Crime Lords, Arms Dealers, Investigators, Conspiracy Experts, Any Technocratic Manager Worth that Rank
Specialties
Secret Societies, Government Agencies, Tactics, Personnel, Counterterrorism, Agency Heads, Operative Status, Gossip, Scandals, Wetwork, Special Projects, Things You’re Really Not Supposed to Know
Ratings
| Rating | |
|---|---|
| • | Dabbler: You know the names and general data pertaining to the secret service agencies of major world powers. |
| •• | Student: You keep tabs on every major covert operations agency in the world, and know tidbits about various “paraintelligence” groups (the Arcanum, Zaibatsu, Inquisition, etc.) as well. |
| ••• | Scholar: Beyond the obvious facts and figures involved in covert operations, you’ve got dirt on important figures in the community, solid data about “nonexistent” groups, and enough so-called “secrets” to make certain folks uneasy. |
| •••• | Professor: You know about, and are known to, every major party in the covert-culture world, with plenty of knowledge about other groups as well. |
| ••••• | Master: They just call you “M.” |