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charname: William James ("The Fixer")
race: Enhanced Human
gender: Male
group: Illuminati
position: VILLAIN
descript: William usually dressed in one of two ways when on assignment. He owns
a neutral gray suit that he will wear for more formal occassions or wanting to
look like a man with authority. His other is jeans, t-shirt, and a balck leather
jacket. At home he will usually end up dressing in street clothes. William is
starting to bald with a somewhat hard look about him - he strikes anyone who
sees him as being both serious and dangerous.
history: William was born on April 15, 1961. The youngest of three children,
James was always something of a loner. A fairly quiet person, he constantly got
into fights at school. This led him to take up Kung Fu as a matter of self
defence (though his skills in this have waned in recent years due to lack of
use), which he held off putting into practice until being more highly trained.
His fate in school changed on the day when he finally did use it, severly
thrashing the person who had decided to come after him.
It was his Junior Year of high school, and the tables were now reversed. William
enjoyed the newfound respect and fear he found that he now commanded, and used
it to his advantage. About this time he discovered his limited precognative
abilities. Several seconds before a fight happened, he knew who would attack and
from where. The bullied thus became the bully, giving him a comfortable position
of power over his last two years in high school.
In 1979 after High School, William joined the US army. By 1982, he was recruited
to be trained by the Army Rangers, where he displayed talent in both combat and
covert ops. James was very quickly developing an excellent record in the
service, mostly used in black ops, giving him some rather vauge citations.
In 1989, the impossible happened: a domestic terrorist group managed to get the
requisite parts to construct a very small nuclear weapon. William was part of
the unit assigned to deal with the problem, kept under tight wraps. Their
mission: eliminate the group, prevent detonation of the bomb, and capture it.
According to the mission commander, Wiliam was the reason that the mission was
successful with his combat sense.
They were quitely awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the operation,
however, the Secretary of Defence wound up presenting them the awards. After the
ceremony he approached William. "Have you ever heard of the Illuminati?" he
asked.
"We believe in the idea of self-government, but that most people simply aren't
at the place where it can be instituted. By no means are we in complete control
of the world - but we have the most influence here in America, and a fair deal
in Western Europe as well. We have certain problems in trying to reach the point
where we really can rule the world in secret. Problems you might be able to help
us deal with."
Offered money and power, William agreed to join the Illuminati. Introduced to
two of the wealthiest CEOs in the country. One of them was in charge of
communications/software company Zyrcom (played by Raul Julia), while the other
ran Benson Pharmacutecles (played by Anjelica Houston), a drug company branching
out into the fledgling biotech industry. It was these two who controlled the
Illuminati.
Having had hints of his precog abilities, a more specific offer was made. They
had the technology to "augment" his natural abilities, both in combat and
cognition. William would work directly under them. He agreed. Aside from just
geenral heightened reflexes and a targetting system, he gained a specially
developed chip to enhance his natural precog ability (see powers for details).
Willian became known as "the Fixer" to the Illuminati because of his talent for
"fixing" problem situations. His work has ranged from assasination to bodyguard
work, corporate espionage, even both causing and preventing acts of sabotage.
enemy: I see William playing out as being able to pretty much able to either
pick up other people's nemesis as his own, or even to pick up other charecters
as a nemesis. While it might be ncie to have a specific nemesis, I'm not
entirely certainone is necessarily called for in this case.
powers: Combat Precognition:
Normal - Can tell 3 to 5 seconds before some danger occurs it will happen. For
example, setting off a trap or an attack against him occuring. This noraml
sense, while extremely reliable, is by no means perfect. There are some
situations in which it simply does not come in handy.
Enhanced - The chip is usually used for planning an operation. It allows him to
run through plans in his mind, and see things that will come up. However, this
is limited by the amount of intelligence he has when trying to plan an
operation. Something he should have NO way of knowing or even suspecting will
not be picked up. William can only get a few hours of use from the chip every
few days before cognitive overload sets in, causing brain damage.
Physical Augmentations:
Wired Reflexes - William's reflexes and speed have been enhanced to about 2
times that of a normal human.
Targeting System - William's head is equipped with a special targeting computer,
linking his eyes to other body parts. The result of this is increased accuracy
in combat.
items: Own/Always carry:
-Personal sidearm is a chrome-plated baretta with black grips which, ironically,
have the eye in pyramid design on them.
-blackjack
-small knife
Access to:
A nice variety of other weapons. Usually something like garrote wire,
anesthetic, and lockpicks, depending on the mission. On occassion he will access
heavier weapons, but this is not normal, as something like a submachine gun
tends to draw attention.
played_by: Michael Ironside
player: Let's see, it's Adam from LABN... oh, and I should apologise for the
spelling errors, as I'm writtign this at the hotel. :)
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The Fixer (Accepted)
I like. This is so very Adam, though, what with the paranoia and the super secret agency. I say in.
The Fixer (Accepted)
Oh Adam, The Illuminati? I should have known! :P
Hehe, yes, I too like this very much although I'm confused since I thought he was going to be playing the Raul Julia character?
One question though, from the powers that Adam's listed, especially the targetting system (reminds me of the Terminator) I would imagine William to be more of a Cyborg character than a mere altered human (unless you would count a cyborg as an altered-human rather than a seperate entity.)
Concidering the extent of William's physical augmentation I would suggest that Adam could make him a cyborg half-man, half-machine type character (giving us a little more character diversity perhaps?) Or perhaps a gadget freak - like an external man-machine amalgamation. Just some ideas.
BTW - another William with a chip problem? :D Shame he isn't played by James Marsters ;)
The Fixer (Accepted)
Targeting system was probably a bad term, but the best I could think of at the time. It's closer to having wired his reflexes to his eyes so that he should be able to look like he's just "point and shoot."
Though with the cyborg idea... if I ever did an "upgrade" to his abilities in a few seasons, that would probably be what happens (mind reader). Simply because part of my thought is that he's pretty much reached the limit of physical augmentations he can put his body through without replacing it with purely mechanical parts.
And yes, I was going to be the Raul Julia charecter, but things came up. And really the big reason for using the Illuminati is to give me something that I can quite plausibly have periods of inactivity if they are needed more easily.