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 Clandestine Operation over North America (and as such was the Handler of the N-51). During the Neo-Revolution Berger was call back to France to help turn down some of the cell of the revolutionnary. Being a pretty cunning individual he did get away when some official had to pay for the failure of previous government. But is pride was damaged as some mens under his command did turn rogue, which wasn't much of a deal until the N-51 started to act against Aztechnology and Dassaut. The rumors of Noble in Exiles in North America quickly gave reason for Berger to take back his old position in the DGSE.

Berger has two task in North America right now :

-Eliminate the Nobles in Exiles

-Dismantle the N-51, arrest the Officers and make sure they have a trial to wash some dirt.

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. He will do so by using all tools at is disposal.(Placing bounty, using dirt and so on.)
Driven	Colonel Berger is driven by his task, he will not offer service freely and he doesn't care about nuyens, if you want help for him or he owe you one or you'll owe him one. And he'll make sure that you pay back one day.
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