Mark Rand Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Re: IST San Angelo, version 5.0 The following replaces the thread on goings on around the country in the IST campaign. It was taken from my Bat Team campaign thread, and slightly rewritten. In this campaign, James Marshall was elected President of the United States in 2004. He will be reelected in 2008. According to the press, he smokes a pipe, watches amateur hockey games, and walks with a cane because he was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis while he was governor of Maryland. His wife, Grace, is a respected eye surgeon and assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Currently, she travels there by military helicopter. While he was Maryland's governor, Jim Marshall had his physicals at Johns Hopkins and Grace picked up his prescriptions there. That might still be the case. Their 12-year old daughter, Alice, is the only child living with them. Their eldest, Zoe, joined the Ross Brothers Circus as a showgirl after her father was elected President. Jim told the Secret Service to protect her without causing the circus any grief. Kathryn Bennett is the Vice President and the former junior senator from California. She and her husband have one daughter, who lives with her parents and attends high school in San Angelo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Re: IST San Angelo, version 5.0 I was looking through the GURPS IST book in order to recreate the IST Package Deal. Here it is without costs. IST Communicator AK campaign city 11- AK host country 11- Systems Operation: computers 8- KS U.N. & International history 8- Tactics 8- Language, host country, fluent conversation, literate min 10 points martial arts KS host country history 8- (optional) Language, English, fluent conversation (optional) Language, French, fluent conversation (optional) Subject to orders Watched, U.N. 11- Contact, U.N. 11- perks: International police powers, passport, international drivers license, IST rank Hunted, enemies 11- Access, IST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Re: IST San Angelo, version 5.0 In IST training camp, the heroes receive the fundamentals of their chosen martial arts. Once at the embassy, they're required to spend at least six hours a week in training and conditioning. These sessions are supervised either by the embassy training staff or a skilled hero. There are also round-robin sparring sessions. In these, all blows above human strength are to be pulled. I'm not sure why I put in the racing stuff I did. It might have been just to show how much influence Ben Morgan has on the city. In truth, the Vintage Grand Prix Association would've worked with the city's motor sports community to organize the race. The IST simply wouldn't have been invited to hold an autograph session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted January 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Re: IST San Angelo, version 5.0 As you may have noticed, Mary isn't just the boss electronics engineer. Since she's a reservist on American Gladiators, she's obviously fit. As it happens, she and Mariko often spar. She's also blood-sister to Mariko's cousin, Christine, IST Vancouver's Shadowcat, a former Olympic gymnast, and Mariko's successor as Black Scorpion. She will get her own thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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