Aleksis Murnau

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:48

One of several resident psychotherapists at the Bedlam facility (preference : night shift). A trained psionicist with a specialty in stealth spelunking and event recovery, Murnau can poke around the a mind without raising much of a ruckus. This is nearly a moot point, as any sort of stealth probing requires physical contact with the target skull... but in some cases, her capabilities are an invaluable contribution to the theraputic and intelligence gathering mission of the Templar.

Aleksis is equipped with a Cycom sense output harness- a device which captures the optical and aural processing centers of the brain, which is then relayed to the Bedlam Network Node for reconsitution and translation into a useable A/V signal. This implant complements her psionic abilities by enabling anyone with the proper equipment to literally see the thought processes of another individual.

First appearance : The Dualist, Clarity.

Balthazar Kowalski

revised 2011.02.05 at 19:19

Mentioned only by name, Kowalski is Greymalkin's long-suffering Deputy of Operations, tasked with the day-to-day paperwork and legal requirements of a secret interplanetary militia operating under the noses of the Terran authorities. A lawyer by trade, Kowalski is also tasked with the "translation" of Templar cover stories and the substantiation of the "background" and working credentials of offworld and up-Annex Templar assigned to the garrison.

First mentioned : Transitional Voices, earth -39-.

Beef Knuckleback

revised 2010.03.11 at 15:43

A black ops field agent who masquerades as a deputy from the fictional Antrim Police Department. Has the displeasure of having been killed by Ornix half a dozen times.

First appearance (production) : The Dualist, Clarity.

Doctor Helen Spinoza

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:53

A native of Helios, Doctor Spinoza is the only offworlder currently in Terran service. A neurologist with a specialty in psionics and psionic afflictions, the doctor is the only member of the regiment qualified to diagnose conditions most locals write off as insanity, mental illness or demonic possession.

First appearance : The Dualist, Clarity.

Emily Ashton

revised 2010.11.21 at 16:34

The youngest Templar in the Terran ranks, Emily's first "real" assignment is a doozy - as a "deep cover" observer assigned directly to the Waking God Protocols, Emily finds herself living the complicated double life of a Secret Agent Art Student!

First appearance : Dead City Radio, The Operative -28-.

Greymalkin

revised 2010.03.15 at 22:04

A former Soviet military officer, Greymalkin disappeared in southeast Asia in the spring of 569, surfacing in late 570 as an advisor to the Templar Michael West, succeeding West as head of the Terran regiment upon West's death in 586.

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Jason Polaski

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:07

Commander of the Templar interceptor Cheops, one of a small handfull of veil-capable Templar vessels in the Terran annex. Polaski is known to have a deep love of explosives- his interest in ordinance drove him from a career as a landscaper into the Templar military at an early age, where he served with Lieutenant John West.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.

Jesse Baris

revised 2010.11.21 at 16:34

The older and more experienced of the two agents assigned observational duties in Pittsburgh, Jesse has specialized in Remote Viewing and intuitive information gathering - skills Greymalkin finds particularly valuable at this stage of the Waking God Protocols.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, The Operative -4-.

Michael King

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:55

The only Templar pilot in Australia, King occasionally provides helicopter service for agents with business in the region. He divvies up the rest of his time between gin consumption and "tactical adjustment" of various Templar agent documents, identity papers, and photographs.

First appearance : The Dualist, Motion.

Michael West

revised 2010.03.15 at 23:40

An exceptionally talented navigator and the father of John West.

The most talented navigator on the Heirotus payroll until he left the company in 569, Michael was one of the first genetic contributors to the Addicaine program, and assisted in the early development of the BTS.

Michael joined the Templar ranks in the early 560s, having attained the rank of VI° before being granted a Theater Rank of IX° after founding the Terran garrison with the assistance of Ivan Kursk, to whom garrison command passed after West succumbed to brain cancer in 586.

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Raven Lockheart

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:09

A South Jersey punk with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a Templar-forged Master's degree for field work, Raven posed as a high school guidance counsellor during the early stages of the Waking God Protocols. She quickly tired of the assignment and transferred to field work, where she does the same thing without the dress code or the whiny teenagers.

First appearance (chronological) : Dead City Radio, The Operative -28-.
First appearance (production) : The Dualist, Signal.

Rayne Gallahad

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:03

A distant cousin of Thad's, Rayne is Spinoza's assistant, and the only Templar who's been able to figure out the ancient BMRI hardware isntalled in BMC's psionics observation ward.

First appearance : The Dualist, Clarity.

Ryan Harmon

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:07

The swing shift operations officer aboard the TPV Cheops- quite possibly one of the most boring paramilitary jobs anywhere. You sit around, play video games, download porn, and occasionally strip down and check over the sensing hardware when it detects a blip- 'cuz when you're out this far, anything inbound has to be a malfunction.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.

Sven

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:09

Unfortunately for Sven, his night job is working as an Orderly in the psych ward at Bedlam. This has afforded him the opportunity to get his ass kicked something fierce by Annathena Val at the end of Chapter Two.

First appearance : The Dualist, Reentry.

Tantek Cestric

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:02

Tantek has been working on assigment with the Terran regiment of the Templar since the field testing of the Waking God Protocols in the mid 1990s GM. He works as a team with Raven Lockheart, their abilities supplmenting each other almost seamlessly. Both Raven and Tantek exist outside of the defined heirarchy of Templar command, and have the authority to coopt and utilize any regional Templar resources whenever necessary.

First appearance (chronological) : Dead City Radio, The Operative -4-.
First appearance (production) : The Dualist (first edition), Convergence.

Tony Lipschitz

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:06

Tony was working third shift in the BMC psych ward when one of his charges blew out the HRD on his desk and disappeared.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.