Colonel Berger

Colonel Berger

Spy Overwatch Officer
Head of the DGSE for North America
Contact Owner	zerre-de-bordeleaux
Owner's Discord Name	Zerre de Seattle#7414
Connection	9
Archetype	Networking
Location	Various in NA or in Paris
Metatype	Human
Gender	Male
Awakened/Emerged	Mundane
Age	Nearly in his 60's
Preferred Payment Method	Service
Hobbies/Vice	Unknown
Personal Life	Maried
Faction	DGSE
Aspects	Pour la France ! Driven Satellite Imagery Service Action Bureau des Légendes North American Network West Coast Focus Pot-de-Vin Fade to Black Black Market Connection Espion à Domicile French Megacorporation Politics Chantage Tools of the Trade

Overview

Colonel Berger is an agent of the DGSE and was the overseeing officer of the Task-Force November 51 (As well as any other Clandestine Operation in North America. Since the unit has became rogue his position in the agency has been contested and he is going around to find a way to hurt the unit and get rid of that stain. He has a grudge to settle and don't want any public trial for this old burden of him, many action of the Task-Force could be seen as Treason and could hurt is reputation a lot. Destruction of the N-51 is a such one of his main objective currently. He count on his knowledge of the unit and the ressource of the DGSE that he got at hand to pursue his objective. In the light of the recent event he is closely working with Saedder Krupp as they are the one that has the more information about the N-51 actually.

He will offer an access to his network to Runners that work with him, but will nearly always ask for favors in exchange. The sole reason he work with runners is that he know that the N-51 has tie with some.

He is a professional, and will usely follow the etiquette of regular Johnson when working with runners. Thought bear in mind that this contact only look for personnal interest, he will not hesitate a split second to burn the runners if he can win something out of it.

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Pour la France !	Colonel Berger work for the DGSE (French Equivalent of the CIA) if runner could be a threat to the French Interest not only he would burn them but it will make sure that they don't stay a threat for too long.
Above Aspect pending approval. Please notify Thematics.
Driven	Colonel Berger sole objective is the actual destruction of the N-51 and the cover up of all their recent activities out of the boundaries of the DGSE. Any call he receive that does not go in that direction will cost a chip to the runners.(In addition of any chip the service might cost in the first place !). Runners might also be called to help him with other case of course, but his main focus is the N-51 for now.
Above Aspect pending approval. Please notify Thematics.
Satellite Imagery	Colonel Berger can ask for satellite picture about anywhere in the world. Bear in mind that sometimes the Satellite are not in the best position for this and he might only be able to give old picture. (GM's appreciation here)
Service Action	Colonel Berger know a lot about local mercenary group and PMC that can help for covert operation or could be linked to one. +2 to knowledge or networking implying such groups.
Bureau des Légendes	"Légende" is a term in the French Espionnage to speak about fake identities, due to his work, Colonel Berger can offer some really good one. +2 for Fake SIN acquisition.
North American Network	Colonel Berger can gather a lot of information here and there as long as it's link to North America, he might have people in corps or government that can send information to him. +2 to Knowledge about corps and government in the North American sector.
West Coast Focus	Most of Colonel Berger effort is on the West coast of North America as it's where the N-51 was located lately (But mainly because Seattle is a mine of information). As such not only he has more spies there but also he has some in more diverse place. +2 to Knowledge about corps and government on the west coast (that stack with previous aspect) but it also work for gangs & criminal syndicate.
Pot-de-Vin	In exchange of a favor, Colonel Berger can try to bribe official to get specific authorisation for a short amount of time. This would take time and cost a bit of money and in addition will always cost a chip. (GM appreciation about what the Colonel can get)
Fade to Black	Colonel Berger has a wide network of safehouse and place to hide. He doesn't sell them cheap thought. +2 a safehouse in the area where is network is active but it will cost double the price of the regular service.
Black Market Connection	Colonel Berger can help anyone get a bit of equipement especially the one sold on Black Market. +2 to gear acquisition for Forbidden Item.
Espion à Domicile	Need to spy on someone ? Well in exchange of a chip Berger can send some of his men to do the job. (It may include a wide array of service from watching comlink and all to actual burglary to plant microphone and so on.)
French Megacorporation Politics	Colonel Berger has a lot more to offer on Megacorporation that work closely with France (or are close to it.) +2 on Knowledge for any information about Aztechnology or Saedder Krupp.
Chantage	Colonel Berger could find Blackmail information for runners to use about specific person from the place where he got spies active.
Tools of the Trade	Colonel Berger can help gather many high quality gear for spy operation. (B&E, cyberdeck and so on.) +2 for Spy related gear and Cyberdeck !

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	13 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	7 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	17 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

Network

Player Characters with this Contact

Name	Loyalty	Chips
Chameleon	2	Even
Fennec	3	2
String King	2	Even

Narrative Significant Runs

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
Methodical Approach	Zerre	Rad Wars 2084	19 November 2084