F.B.I. AGENTS FOR GURPS:X-FILES Copyright (c) 1995 by Chris Beiting Unlike many espionage agencies, the training program for F.B.I. agents is somewhat more open to public scrutiny, and thus it is possible to provide a good template of what an F.B.I. agent should know. The template below represents the sort of training a potential agent receives during their sixteen week training program at the F.B.I. Academy in Quantico, VA. All agents should be built on a base of 100 points. In the first place, the Bureau places a great deal of importance of the physical abilities of its agents, so they are made to undergo quasi-military- style physical fitness training. Any agent who does not meet the following minimum characteristics will wash out of Quantico: ST- 9+ DX- 9+ IQ- 9+ HT- 10+ F.B.I. agents are also taught at least a minimum in the following skills: *Criminology (M/A) B60 *Law (M/A) B58 *Forensics (M/H) B61 *Research (M/H) B62 Interrogation (M/A) B66 Driving (P/A) B68 Intelligence Analysis (M/H) B66 Computer Ops (M/E) B58 Electronics Ops (Polygraph) (M/A) B58 and/or Detect Lies (M/H) B65 Electronics Ops (Listening Devices) (M/A) B58 Psychology (M/H) B62 History (F.B.I.) (M/H) B61 Furthermore, in connection with the Bureau's insistence on physical activity, F.B.I. agents are more combat trained than the agents of most espionage agencies. An agent receives the following weapons and combat skills: *Guns (Pistol) (P/E) B51 Guns (Shotgun) (P/E) B51 Guns (Rifle) (P/E) B51 Guns (SMG) (P/E) B51 Military/Police Martial Arts [I forget; see GURPS Martial Arts] These weapons skills are based on the following firearms used by the F.B.I.: Smith and Wesson 1076 autopistol Remington 870 shotgun MP5 submachine gun M-16 assault rifle It is also common these days for F.B.I. agents to possess a Kevlar vest, for use in tactical combat situations. *Note that any skill listed above with a * must be taken at 12 or better. As the F.B.I. is a law enforcement agency, all of its field agents receive the Legal Enforcement Powers advantage (total, across a whole nation) at +10. Also, as the Bureau attempts to recruit intensely patriotic individuals, this is often balanced by a Sense of Duty, Country disadvantage at -10. Note that players are not required to take this disadvantage; the agents who wind up in the X-files division are often disaffected. Finally, note that other extreme physical disadvantages which would prevent an agent from doing his job effectively would prevent the character from even making it out of Quantico, and should be discouraged. Things such as Addictions may be taken, but should be kept secret, or the agent will be out of a job as soon as it is discovered. And even in this informal day and age, many agents often take the -1 quirk Dresses Conservatively (although Mulder always added his own -1 quirk Wears Loud Ties). Agents in the X-files division often have a few unusual features in addition to the above template. Many have the following unusual skills: Occultism (M/A) B61 Conspiracy Theory (M/VH) I31 Furthermore, some have a few unusual disadvantages, including: Fanaticism (-15) B33, Paranoia (-10) B35 and Obsession (-5/-10) I30. References B= GURPS Basic Set I= GURPS Illuminati MA= GURPS Martial Arts ________________. F.B.I. FIELD OFFICES Albany NY AL Albequerque NM AR Alexandria VA AX Anchorage AL AN Atlanta GA AT Baltimore MD BA Birmingham AL BH Boston MA BS Brooklyn, Queens NY BR Buffalo NY BU Butte MN BT Charlotte NC CE Chicago IL CG Cincinnati OH CI Cleveland OH CV Columbia SC CO Dallas TX DL Denver CO DN El Paso TX EP Honolulu HI HN Houston TX HO Indianapolis IN IP Jackson MS JN Jacksonville FL JK Kansas City CO KC Knoxville TN KX Las Vegas NV LV Little Rock AR LR Los Angeles CA LA Louisville KY LS Memphis TN ME Miami FL MN Milwaukee WI MI Mobile AL MO Newark NJ NK New Haven CT NH New Orleans LA NO New Rochelle NY NR New York NY NY Norfolk VA NF Oklahoma City OK OC Omaha NE OM Philadelphia PA PH Phoenix AZ PX Pittsburgh PA PG Portland OR PD Richmond VA RH Sacramento CA SC St. Louis MO SL Salt Lake City UT SU San Antonio TX SA San Diego CA SD San Francisco CA SF San Juan PR SJ Savannah GA SV Seattle WA SE Springfield IL SI Tampa FL TP Washington Field Office, DC WFO F.B.I. Academy, Quantico VA FOREIGN LEGAL ATTACHES Bern Switzerland BER Bogata Columbia BOG Bonn Germany BON Bridgetown Barbados Brussels Belgium Canberra Australia Hong Kong BCL HON London England LON Manila Philippines MAN Mexico City Mexico MEX Montevideo Uruguay Ottawa Canada OTT Panama City Panama PAN Paris France PAR Rome Italy ROM Tokyo Japan TOK