TM

“The past
is a foreign country.
They do things
differently there.”
— Anonymous
 Writing
Scott Gearin and Patrick Kapera

Brand Manager
Patrick Kapera

Mechanics Lead
Scott Gearin

Additional Assistance Indexer

Eli Basquez, B.D. Flory Patrick Kapera

Art Director Creative Director

jim pinto Mark Jelfo

Cover Art Graphic Designer

Veronica V. Jones Dave Agoston

Interior Art Chief Executive Officer

Cris Dornaus, Zak Hennessey, Jonathan Hunt, John Zinser
Richard Pollard, Jason Walker, Paul H. Way
Chief of Operations
Editors Maureen Yates
Rob Vaux
Production Manager
Mary Valles

Spycraft Created by Patrick Kapera and Kevin Wilson

The Spycraft/Shadowforce The Spycraft/Shadowforce
Archer Story Team is… Archer Design Team is…
Sean Michael Fish, B.D. Flory,
Chad Brunner, Shawn Carman, Steve Crow,
Scott Gearin
B.D. Flory, Les Simpson, Steve Wallace

Playtesters
Dale Adams, William Adley, Ed Alexanian, John Ballew, Jon Bancroft, Steve Barr, Clark Barrett, Matt Birdsall, William Buckley, Bryan Bullock, Cynthia Bullock, Simon Campey, Ryan Carman,
Shawn Carman, Brian 'Toby' Carroll, Jim Carroll, Richard Carter, Richard Cattle, Joshua Cremosnik, Ryan Clark, Steve Crow, Christine D'Allaird, Tim D'Allaird, Rob Dake, Lance Day, Mike Drigants,
Jay Dunkleburger, Jake Eddington, Tim Elkins, Steve Emmott, Doug Foster, Ron Gephart, Michael Grove, Mike Haggett, Jerry Ham, Paula Hershman, Phil Herthel, Steve Heubusch, Marshall Hitch,
Nabil Homsi, Carl Hotchkiss, John Jensen, Darren Johnson, Kalai Kahana, Erick King, Paul Kleiman, Josh Light, Dave Lockman, Eric Machen, M. Leigh Martin, Iain McAllister,
Matt McGowan, James Hunter McLamb, James McPherson, Shane Meeks, Clint Menzes, Ken Mills, David Molinar, Jose H. Molinar, J. David Moody, Matt Oliver, Sam Ortiz, Kent Peet, Felicia Peters,
James Peters, Michael Petrovich, Bob Pfieffer, John Piziali, Anthony Rainwater, Ben Reid, Dan Reilly, Allen Riley, Rolando Rivero, Hector Rodriguez, Joseph Rutledge, Steven Rutledge,
Patrick Rykwalder, Dave Salisbury, Jason Sato, Heath D. Scheiman, Matt Schenck, Bill Schwartz, Richard Shaffstall, Aaron Smalley, Aaron Smith, Mandy Smith, Marshall Smith, Sonya Smith,
Catherine Spainhour, Rich Spainhour, John Stapeley, Alasdair Stuart, Adam Thomas, Omar Topete, David Trask, Sean Trevor, Matt Van Kirk, Randy Vaughn, Kris Wagner, James Walker,
Sharon Walker, Wayne West, Stephen Wilcoxon, Shaun Witney, Jay Zicht

Special Thanks
Patrick Kapera would like to thank Warren Ellis, who reinvented pulp storytelling and continues
to challenge comic readers everywhere. Thank you, sir. May your life be filled with
as much wonder as you have brought the world.

Spycraft, Shadowforce Archer and all related marks are ™ and © 2002 Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
All characters, names, places, and text herein is copyrighted by AEG.
Reproduction without AEG's written permission is expressly forbidden, except for the purpose of reviews and when permission to photocopy is clearly stated.

Vitality points, wounds, Defense, and other rules from the Star Wars™ roleplaying game and other items not covered by the Open Gaming License used with permission from Wizards of the Coast.
The mention of or reference to any company or product in this book is not a challenge to the trademark or copyright concerned.
This book uses governments, intelligence agencies, and political figures as settings, characters, and themes. All such uses are intended for entertainment purposes only.

TM

www.shadowforcearcher.com
 Table of Contents
History Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 1: Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
World Held Hostage, Part One . . . . . . 11
State of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
World Held Hostage, Part Two . . . . . . 13
In The News Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Assassination in Tokyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Excavation Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Below the Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Aquatica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Black Falls, OK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Fine Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Truth of the Matter: World Held Hostage . . . . . . . 15
Truth of the Matter: Assassination in Tokyo . . . . . 18
Truth of the Matter: Excavation Controversy . . . . 19
Truth of the Matter: Aquatica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Truth of the Matter: Black Falls, OK . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2: Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tackling Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Style and Demeanor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mission Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Keeping the Secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mission Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Allied Agencies and their Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Local Shadow Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Rest of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Front Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Foundation Information Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Enemies of the Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Architects of the Fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Cult of the Ten Suns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Other Enemies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Straight Arrow Pest Control . . . . . . . 43
Front Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Method of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Known Straight Arrow Operatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tools of the Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Current Plotlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 3: New Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
New Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Damage Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Office of Psion Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Training Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
New Base Class: The Sleuth . . . . . . . . . 47
New Prestige Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Field Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Fringewalker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Hyper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
New Basic Psion Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
New Mental Psion Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
New Mental Psion Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3
New Physical Psion Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
New Physical Psion Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
New telepathic Psion Feats . . . . . . . . . . . 63
New Telepathic Psion Skills . . . . . . . . . . 63
New Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Other Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The
Unquiet Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The
Fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The
Spirit Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The
Nature of Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fringe Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fringe Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Spirit Bridges: The Source of Mystic Power . . . . . . 71
Random Spirit Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Creating a Lingering Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Summoning Spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Fringe Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
NPC Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
NPC Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
NPC Class Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
The Academic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
The Femme Fatale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
The Mercenary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
The Mysterious Stranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
The Operative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
The Paper Pusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
The Police Official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The Psi Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The Raider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 4: Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Shadow History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Before the Pact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
The Foundation in the 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
The Foundation in the 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Foundation in the 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Foundation in the 1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Foundation in the 1990s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
The Foundation Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
“The Castle” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Who We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chamber Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
New Feature NPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Algernon, Dr. Lothario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cruz, Delicea L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Valetine, Ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
New Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
The Architects of the Fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Club Demetrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
The Cult of the Ten Suns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Villain X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Hook Sheet: The Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Hook Sheet: Tokyo Pile-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Aquatica Encounter Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Canberra Chase Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Aquatica Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Canberra Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Open Gaming License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Open Gaming Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
 Archer Foundation
H ISTORY
LESSONS
The seal along the storeroom’s outer door cracked
with a slow, grinding exhale, as fetid air escaped the
long-abandoned chamber. The hair on Garringer’s arm
stood on end and he felt an odd tug, deep in his gut,
like something drawing him into the room beyond — or
warning him away.
“Wait,” Parallel said through the subcochlear chan-
nel as Garringer stepped into the threshold, his hand
firmly gripping the young man’s arm. “The physical seal
is merely a lure.”
“What?” Garringer asked, confused.
“There is more here than we can see with the naked
eye,” Parallel responded, waving his hand across the
doorway. Beneath his palm, a pattern emerged, spread
across the door as lines of burning ash, smoldering
in mid-air. “This place is protected by fringe wards.”
“Fringe what?” Garringer was beginning to think
that Parallel’s offer hadn’t been lucrative enough.
“Anything, and anyone, which steps through this
door without the proper preparations,” Parallel said,
drawing a pouch from his jacket pocket, “is history.”
Garringer found the wry smile spreading across
Parallel’s face most unnerving, and not a little infuriat-
ing. The man’s supreme confidence only made him
less appealing, and Garringer wondered how he’d ever
secured such a high-standing position at the Foundation
in the first place.
“So what do we do?” Garringer asked, suddenly very
aware that he hadn’t uttered anything but questions
for some time now.
“A moment,” Parallel said, withdrawing a small ani-
mal skull and closing his fingers around it. He worked
the fist for a few moments and a few grains of light grey
dust fell between his knuckles. Then he threw the
remains of the skull — now ground into a fine powder
— over the pattern. The dust settled onto the smoldering
ash and clung to it, smothering the hellish fire.
Moments later, the effect spread across the rest of the
pattern, until all the fiery life was sucked out of it,
leaving only a dull grey web.
Parallel was smiling brilliantly now, his eyes fixed
and dilated. His breathing was ragged and his chest rose
and fell quickly, as if he were out of breath from a long
run. He looked to Garringer as a wolf studies its prey,
then suddenly kicked out toward the web, shattering
it apart. “After you,” he growled, waving an arm in the
doorway’s direction.
Garringer stepped into the doorway and winced
as the fluorescent lights above flickered to life. All
around him, crates and tarp-covered objects of immense
4
and unusual size loomed, caked over with decades of
dust. Only the center accessways between the towering
stacks remained partially free of dust, a thin trail left
behind by tire marks and footfalls.
“How often do people come here?” Garringer asked,
allowing the enormity of the place to sink in.
“Often enough,” Parallel answered, stepping into the
room behind him.
“Are we safe?”
Parallel smiled again, stepping past Garringer and
into the vastness of the central storage room. “This way,
Garringer. You have a job to do…”
Garringer fell in line behind the tall, lanky gentle-
man, noticing now for the first time how he walked —
not with the anxious stride of a professional or the
submissiveness of the masses, but with a simple, pleas-
ant gait, more accustomed to absorbing his surround-
ings than moving past them. Garringer had seen the step
before, in old film serials.
He didn’t have much longer to think about it,
as Parallel turned into a narrow alley between the stacks
and down through a staircase past a gigantic mechani-
cal computer partially covered with a thick green tarp.
The insignia on the tarp was American, but the machine
parts were engraved with a serial code Garringer had
only seen in books about early British codebreaking
equipment.
What is this place? he thought to himself, trying to
ignore the nausea rising in the pit of his stomach.
Who collects such…
Garringer’s thought was cut short as he followed
Parallel down a spiral staircase into another level of the
storehouse, where ten-foot tall bookshelves spanned out
as far as he could see in all directions. The room was
dark save for compact light fixtures built into the sides
of each set of shelves, and upon tables and display cases
dotting the chamber, breaking up its otherwise uniform
immensity.
Garringer could only stand and gawk at the library’s
magnitude, a low whistle piercing his lips. “What…
What is this place?”
Parallel, never missing a step, continued to the floor
of the library and into the hallways between the stacks.
“A repository for lost knowledge,” he said flatly, as if
they were taking a simple stroll through the park.
“A place where myth comes to die.”
Garringer nodded, still acutely unsure what he’d got-
ten himself into, and followed Parallel to a lit display
case containing three simple volumes laid upon plush
blue satin. Each was closed and locked with a complex
steel clasp, added after the fact, and looked to be badly
aged, battered and stained by fire and worse.
“Is this what I came here for?” Garringer asked,
studying the volumes.
“Indeed,” Parallel answered.
 History Lessons
“I… I need to touch them.”
Parallel’s hand whipped out and shat-
tered the circular plate of glass above the
books, sending glass shards flying in every
direction. “Proceed,” he said.
Garringer removed his gloves, revealing
long, slender fingers, which he flexed
instinctually. Then, forcing the lingering
doubts and anxious wonder down he
reached out and placed them upon the first
leathery tome…

Book One: The Novel

Upon hearing Allouise’s light footfalls
outside the study door, Raymond Archer
closed the novel and placed it upon the low
table beside his reading chair. The Man Who
Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton. A grand
and prophetic vision, old man, Raymond
granted as he waited for the familiar knock
at his study door. It came only a few seconds
later, gentle and non-invasive, followed by
a tall and distinguished man in a stark white
suit who walked with an unusual steel cane,
though he suffered from no apparent injury.
“Two!” Raymond called, lifting himself
from the chair to greet his protegé.
“May I take your cane?” Allouise reached
for the visitor’s crutch but was immediately
rebuffed.
“You may take my coat,” Two dictated,
almost without consideration. Allouise
accepted his heavy trenchcoat, which was
wrinkled and aged in sharp contrast to the
rest of his attire, and shrank away.
Two waited for the maid to exit the room
before speaking again. His voice remained
stern, but gained a subtle humility reserved
for respected mentors and close friends.
“Hello, Raymond.”
“I’m sorry to summon you on such short
notice,” Raymond said, pouring himself a
quarter snifter of brandy. “But the matter is
rather pressing. You see,” he said, lifting the
glass, “I’m retiring.”
Garringer didn’t realize until then that he
was mouthing Raymond Archer’s words.
That didn’t always happen when he tapped
into his psychometric senses. Most of the
time, he just saw a random image linked
to the object he was touching. Sometimes,
he received even less information.
“What do you see?” Parallel repeated for
the third time, urging Garringer back to the
present. “Is anyone about?”

5
 Archer Foundation
“N… no, no one,” Garringer responded, momentarily
stunned by the sudden break in his concentration.
“Could you please refrain from asking me questions
when I’m sensing? It’s most distracting…”
“We have very little time,” Parallel growled, “and
none of it to spend on comfort. The second book. Touch
the second book.”
The sinking feeling that Parallel was courting danger
returned to Garringer. But at least if I comply, he
thought, we might get out of this creepy warehouse
a little sooner.
Garringer reached out for the second book…
Book Two: The Diary
Thick, weathered fingers pulled open the journal and
scrawled another line at the top of a new page as the
informant quietly stepped away. The words were quick
and simple, a note to return and elaborate later, and a
vision of coming storms in the West.
Peril in Russia. Stalin — friend or foe?
Winston Churchill closed the journal moments before
the others arrived — Roosevelt and Stalin — with their
personal military attachés. The private talks, away from
the press and the public, continued.
“You were speaking of Peenemünde,” Stalin remind-
ed, pulling a cigar from his breast pocket and punching
a hole in the end with a pencil.
“Ah, yes,” Churchill said, “the V-2 rocket. We were
warned of that design by Hess when we visited him
in prison.”
“Rudolf Hess?” Roosevelt asked from his wheelchair.
“I was wondering what you did with that lunatic. Only
a madman would leave Hitler’s inner circle and para-
chute into Scotland to talk Britain into surrender.”
“He has been quite safe, I assure you,” Churchill
smiled knowingly. “British hospitality never wavers,
even to the incurably demented. Regardless, Peenemünde
was never our primary target. We thought the Germans
might be correct when they claimed Hess was mad.
He arrived speaking of ‘demons in Europe’ and ‘the
Devil sitting at Hitler’s right hand.’ As it turned out,
some of his ravings struck closer to the mark than we
ever could have conceived.”
Stalin arched an eyebrow, suddenly quite interested.
“How did you know?” he asked, the cigar clenched firm-
ly between his teeth.
Churchill was reticent to tip too much of his hand to
the Russians, but in the interest of keeping the peace —
for the time being, at least — he continued. “Lord
Cherwell and the men at the Dream Suite made the
connection. Hess kept raving about something called
the ‘Vodyanoi.’ He said the Germans had released it,
and that we’d captured it. Cherwell rightfully took this
to be a U-boat the Royal Marines sunk off the northern
coast in ’40.”
6
“The ghost ship,” Roosevelt muttered quietly, catch-
ing Stalin’s attention. Then, spotting the Russian’s
confusion, he added, “It had no crew.”
“No crew?” Stalin was incredulous.
“Completely automated,” Churchill finished, shoot-
ing a glance of warning to the American President. “One
of our captains bested it and they dragged it to port,
but we weren’t able to repair it. Whatever the Germans
had built into it was beyond us. In any case, Cherwell
surmised that this ‘Vodyanoi’ Hess was gibbering about
was the same boat, so he asked him to describe it.”
“He was correct?” Stalin asked.
“Down to the last rivet,” Churchill said. “Needless to
say this lent some credibility to his otherwise preposter-
ous claims.”
Stalin nodded quietly, the revelations finally sinking in.
“Hess led us to Kiel, where the real treasures were
kept.”
“Like what?” Stalin interjected.
“All in good time, my good man,” Churchill admon-
ished him. “Before we air much more of Hitler’s dirty
laundry, I think you should meet someone.”
“Who?” Stalin asked.
Churchill wore the smile of a proud father. “Britain’s
secret weapon,” he answered.
“What do you see?” Parallel repeated, drawing
Garringer’s attention again.
“Sir,” Garringer exhaled, fed up with Parallel’s
continued disregard for the limits of his abilities. “I told
you, I can’t sense if you continue to interrupt…”
“Who’s that?” Churchill raised his voice suddenly.
“Who’s there?”
Garringer’s blood ran cold. The British Prime
Minister was staring directly at him. “What? Are you
speaking to… me?”
Parallel continued his questions unabated. “Of
course I’m speaking to you, Garringer. Now what do you
see? Is anyone about? An experiment, perha…”
“Shut up, man!” Garringer spat toward Parallel, still
focusing his attention on the scene playing back in his
mind. Whose body am I sensing through? he wondered.
He looked at his hands and found long, slender fingers.
His fingers.
This was nothing Garringer had ever experienced
before. This was new. And it scared him to the very core
of his being.
Churchill’s glare remained fixed on Garringer. “Who
the bloody hell are you?” He pushed into the crowd of
startled attachés to stand immediately before him.
“A spy? Why are you here? Who sent you? How did you
get in here?”
 History Lessons
Garringer’s reply caught in his throat and formed
a hard ball of fear. How could this be happening? His
mind raced. I can’t interact with them. This is history.
It’s immutable.
You’re not interacting with them, a voice ripped
through Garringer’s mind. They’re interacting with you.
What? Garringer mentally asked, still trying to catch
up. Parallel? You can read my thoughts?
And send my own, Parallel answered. Now listen
to me, very carefully. You have to pull away. You have
to let go of the book.
Garringer tried to lift his hand away from the diary
but found he couldn’t move his arms. Trying to shift his
weight, he found that he couldn’t move at all. I can’t,
he thought. I’m paralyzed.
No you’re not, Parallel said. It’s just your mind rac-
ing to get away. The effect causes your muscles to freeze
for a moment. Try to calm down, and your grip will
loosen…
Garringer closed his eyes and focused, through
Churchill’s flurry of questions…
Don’t worry, Parallel assured him, they can’t hurt you.
…past Parallel’s own voice, which faded away into
the background. He forced everything away from him,
out beyond his comfort zone, so that he could relax,
and then turned his attention to his breathing, until
it slowed and leveled off. Soon, he was back in the shal-
low end of his conscious mind, his confidence and
courage rising.
The next moment, Garringer’s senses returned to the
hidden library, and his fingers lifted and recoiled from
the diary lying upon the blue satin. “What happened?”
“You walked the Fringe,” Parallel said flatly. “For
a moment, you were part of history.”
“But… how?” Garringer reeled.
“There is no short explanation…” Parallel began.
“That’s unacceptable!” Garringer’s voice rose.
“You’re telling me I went back in time?”
“No, of course not,” Parallel scoffed. “Time travel is
impossible.”
“Then what happened?”
“For a moment, you were part of a living history,
created by Churchill when he wrote down his experi-
ences. You were living his memories.”
Despite his own illustrious ventures into the world of
the fantastic, Garringer found himself stunned.
“Churchill was a mystic?”
“An accomplished one,” Parallel added. “One of the
most powerful during the Second World War.”
“Amazing…”
“The world is stranger than we give it credit for,
Garringer. Are you ready to sense the third book?”
“In a moment. Why the novel?”
“What?”
7
“Why keep the novel?” Garringer asked, observing
the first book, the Chesterton adventure. “I understand
the diary. I mean, a living history. It’s a marvelous
acquisition! But the novel — without my psychometric
powers, it’s just a book. You could purchase it anywhere
in the world.”
“Nostalgia,” Parallel answered, amused. “It was
Raymond Archer’s favorite book.”
Garringer smiled, reaching for the third volume.
“So what am I looking for? Or rather, who?” He lifted
the book, and found the letters on its cover to be writ-
ten in a strange language he’d never seen before.
“Travelers, long lost…”
Book Three: The Fringe
Garringer had the sudden and sharp feeling that the
world was being pulled away from him, as if everything
around him had suddenly and violently shifted several
The SFA Interactive Campaign
As introduced in the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook and on the official website (www.shadow-
forcearcher.com), this game line hosts an interactive
campaign that places you in charge of the action,
determining both the backstory and outcome of
events during play. Getting involved in the SFA
Interactive campaign is easy and never interrupts the
flow of your game.
All you have to do to join this remarkable RPG
experience is include plot hooks featured throughout
any Shadowforce Archer release in your game and/or
download the current episode (found at the website),
a complete serial including all the plot, stats, maps,
and details for an exciting evening of play. Run the
episode and any number of plot hooks, then report
back to us through the website about what happened
at your table and we’ll fold the results into the next
release (in this case, the Hand of Glory, due in Fall
2002, when a new Episode and more plot hooks will
be made available.
Plot hooks are found throughout this and most
Shadowforce Archer products, though the majority
are contained in the Campaign chapter (see page 11),
which updates the setting and tracks results from for-
mer releases. This book doesn’t include any results, as
it’s only the second Episode and much from the
Worldbook hasn’t been determined yet. This makes it
an excellent time to dive in without the need to ‘catch
up’ with the rest of the players.
Visit the official Shadowforce Archer website to
learn more about this innovative massive multi-play-
er RPG, and dive into the action!
 Archer Foundation
feet, but when he looked up from the third book he
found the library unchanged. Everything except
Parallel, whose form was insubstantial, transparent.
“I can see through you,” Garringer said to him, not
sure if he was speaking physically or just saying the
words in his head.
Excellent, Parallel pressed into Garringer’s mind, his
smile replaced by a fierce look of determination, of mad
drive.
“I don’t understand,” Garringer stammered, glancing
around the library.
You’ve found them.
“Who?”
Parallel merely smiled at Garringer’s question, his
gaze fixed on their surroundings. The icy sense of dread
returned to the pit of Garringer’s stomach once more
and he pulled his hand away from the third book.
Whatever Parallel was planning, he wasn’t going to be
a party to it.
The Outer Limits
In this Chamber Book, we explore the outermost
reaches of the Shadowforce Archer setting — includ-
ing the mystic regions of the Fringe. Some of you
may be asking what any of this has to do with a spy
game. The answer is two-fold.
First, Shadowforce Archer is not your everyday
espionage setting. It’s filled with extreme examples of
what can be done with the Spycraft base rules set,
from chemical monsters to psionics to mystic relics
and invocations. These elements set Shadowforce
Archer apart from the herd, elevating it to true comic-
book heights and offering players a chance to take on
the role of much larger than life heroes.
Second, much of the material presented in this
book — especially the Fringe and the Architects — are
our outer boundaries for the setting, the material set
farthest away from conventional espionage, that
you’ll see in the Shadowforce Archer world setting.
We wanted to present this material up front so every-
one’s on the same page. Now that we have our
boundaries, we can safely work within them without
misunderstanding or misrepresentation.
Hopefully, you’ll find the Fringe to your liking. If
not, don’t panic! Many other flavors of Shadowforce
Archer action are on the way in future Chamber and
Threat Books, and we’ll show you how to mix and
match between them in our adventures and upcoming
Season books (feature-length campaigns) as well.
8
Yet nothing changed. Parallel was still insubstantial
and Garringer’s feeling that he was somehow “out of
sync” with the library remained. He balled his fingers
into a tight fist, fighting a sudden sense of vertigo.
“Escaping the Fringe is never easy,” Parallel said,
lifting the third book from the blue satin and unlocking
it. “It requires incredible stamina and concentration,
neither of which are among your strong suits.”
The book rose slowly from Parallel’s hand and
hovered for a moment over his palm, then started
to smolder, then burn. A few seconds into the process,
Parallel’s pupils ruptured and bled into the whites of his
eyes, the tell-tale sign of a psion. Garringer lunged for
the book, somehow knowing it was his only way back
to the library, to the real world, but midway toward the
pyrokinetic he felt something thin and sharp dig into his
ribs beneath the right armpit. He lost his balance,
thrown off by the momentum of the weapon he’d been
struck with, and slid off course, coming to rest on his
good side. Reaching back to the wound, he discovered
a thin throwing knife, its blade glistening with an odd
smoke-grey hue clearly visible through his blood.
A moment later, the dagger shivered then dissolved,
like gunmetal mercury between his fingers. The liquid
seared his skin, leaving trails of withered, lifeless flesh
where it passed. Where it pooled, nothing was left but
singed bone scoured free of gristle. Garringer’s screams
echoed through the library but he wasn’t sure anyone
could hear them. He fell to his knees as figures app-
roached — substantial figures wrapped in heavy cloaks
with the hoods pulled low over their faces.
They stalked toward him silently, moving as part of the
environment as much as through it. In their hands they
carried daggers similar to the one he’d pulled from
his ribs.
Garringer couldn’t see Parallel anymore — just the
mirror-library that the book (or his power — which was
it?) had delivered him into. He was alone with the
figures, which he could only assume were there to kill
him, or worse. He searched for a way out, a hole in their
closing circle around him or a weaker or smaller oppo-
nent. But all he found were dark hoods and gleaming,
smoke-colored knives…
The last remnants of the book’s cover and spine
curled and crisped in the dancing flame hovering over
Parallel’s palm. He brought his hands together and
ground the now-brittle volume into a thousand flutter-
ing flakes of ash. He dusted his hands and pulled out
a kerchief from his lapel, making sure to get the grime
beneath his nails and in the crevices between his fingers.
“As methodical as ever, I see,” a raspy metallic voice
came through the stacks, accompanied by the squeaking
of tiny iron wheels under incredible weight.
 History Lessons
Parallel twirled around with the drama of a stage
actor, his arms wide in greeting. “Father!”
Two burly men labored to wheel in an enormous
iron cylinder — an artificial lung — within which the
skeletal, corpse-like remains of a man were suspended
in pale green fluid. His features were cut deeply from
decades of age and his skin and eyes were ravaged by
disease, but the similarity was clear: Parallel was his
double.
“The book is destroyed,” Parallel confirmed.
“Good,” the metallic voice answered from the tall
iron cylinder, “though it is only a temporary solution.
The remainder of the original explorers’ journals have
yet to be discovered. Until they are…”
“The Architects are in mortal danger,” Parallel
finished, only a hint of disrespect in his voice.
“Not to worry, Doctor. We’ll find them. We
found this one.”
“Blind luck,” the Doctor warned him.
“And it cost us a specialist. How long before
the Foundation discovers your little ‘pocket
enterprise’?”
“Doctor…” Parallel admonished. “We are
invisible to them. How can they hunt what
they cannot find?”
A few moments out of phase,
Garringer’s blood-soaked
cries echoed futilely to-
wards those in the library
as he was dragged away,
deeper into the Fringe…
For the next chapter in the
exciting Shadow-force Archer
saga, pick up The Hand of Glory
Threat Book, on sale soon! And
don’t forget to visit the official web-
site at www.shadowforcearcher.com!

9
 Archer Foundation
new) world, one among them — Dr. Lothario Algernon,
the ‘Lord of Superstition’ — has dedicated himself
INTRODUCTION
The Archer Foundation’s mission is to ensure global
to unraveling its secrets. With the assistance of a little-
known (and less respected) group of visionary
adventurers and explorers of the weird called Division
peace and security, whether the world wants it or not.
Nihil, or ‘the fringewalkers’, Dr. Algernon studies the
The Foundation is the wellspring and guiding force
world’s incredible shadow history, and roots out threats
for the rest of the protectorate-conspiracy presented
both paranormal and inexplicable. This group is
in the Shadowforce Archer setting, and the command
described in detail here, as is a new threat from
center for all their operations. Yet outside the halls
within the Fringe itself — a power-mad organization
of its Canberra front organization (the Archer Institute
of militant occultists called the “Architects”.
for Science) and the vast subterranean complex hidden
Chapter One: Campaign updates the Shadowforce
beneath it, little is known about this shadowy conclave
Archer setting, moving the timeline forward and merg-
of ambitious scientists political theorists, and cautious
ing threads first seen in the core release with new events
bureaucrats. They are a mystery — even to the other
that have happened since. Mission hooks are provided
Chambers.
for most new and lingering story elements, ready to be
This book lifts the veil from the Archer Foundation,
dropped into any campaign. These mission hooks also
presenting nearly a hundred years of triumph and folly,
represent half of SFA Interactive Episode #2 (see below).
victory and regret, all stemming from the life-dream of
Chapter Two: Agent contains everything you need to
the world’s first physical adept, Conrad Archer. How did
play an operative of the Archer Foundation, including
the Foundation grow into the multinational spy organi-
the roles you may take, the tools at your disposal,
zation it is today? How have they kept the world from
and the foes Control is likely to send you up against.
discovering their operations? Who are the mysterious
New details about the espionage arena in Australia and
Lords and what are their intentions for the world? What
the world are also included.
mistakes have they made, and what have they cost us?
Chapter Three: New Rules offers three new depart-
The answers to all of these questions await you herein.
ments, one new base class (the sleuth), several new pres-
This book also introduces a new facet of the
tige classes — including the Lord, fringewalker, and field
Shadowforce Archer world setting — the Fringe, a mys-
analyst, and one for each psion family, many new psion
tic place where the power of faith and obsession are real
feats and skills, new gadgets, and an introduction to the
and anything can happen. The Fringe is the border
Fringe, its core mechanics, and many Fringe feats for
between our world and the places beyond, and is typi-
agents sensitive or familiar with the unseen mystic
cally invisible to us. But those whose dreams are real
world. The rules for NPC classes are also introduced, as
enough, whose desires are strong enough, whose beliefs
well as ten original NPC classes for use in either
are true enough, often find themselves slipping away
Spycraft or Shadowforce Archer.
into the Fringe. Sometimes, this is voluntary (many seek
Chapter Four: Chamber contains advanced informa-
the Fringe for power or escape); others find themselves
tion about the Foundation itself, from its operations to
trapped there, prisoners of their own frail egos or
the people in charge. This chapter offers new details
warped imaginations.
about Shadowforce Archer’s secret “shadow history,”
Think of the Fringe as the Twilight Zone or the
a encounter map for the Foundation’s ocean-floor base
Planetary of the Shadowforce Archer world setting. It’s
Aquatica, a chase map of the exotic city of Canberra,
the origin of all things mystic and unusual (rituals, arti-
four new feature NPCs, and two springboards for new
facts, weird events, and the like). It allows GCs to tell
missions (called “hook sheets”), as well as four new
stories that would otherwise be unavailable to them,
threats (the Architects of the Fringe, The Cult of the Ten
and adds a hint of mystery, suspense, or fantasy to the
Suns, Club Demetrian, and a new mastermind created
standard spy genre.
by the Shop) and instructions for using all the material
Elements of the Archer Foundation have known of
herein to create any one of several epic seasons of play.
the Fringe for some time, and though the ruling Lords
lay very little credence in this strange (and seemingly

10

G LO BA L U P H E AVA L
WORLD HELD HOSTAGE!
Jordan Mitchell
-Staff Writer
The state of the free
world changed today as a
terrorist organization calling
itself “Technology for Tomor-
row” seemingly seized control
of the world’s internet comput-
er network, threatening to
create an information blackout
in eight major population
and industrial centers around
the world unless the associate
governments agreed to their
demands. Citizens of Beijing,
Canberra, Geneva, Jerusalem,
Johannesburg, London, Mos-
cow, and Washington D.C.
awoke to warnings not to leave
their homes and military and local law
enforcement barricades around key civic
location. Television, cable, and radio
stations broadcast the terrorists’ demands,
which follow.
“People of the world, we live in an age
of wonders. We can send probes out of the
galaxy, create elaborate effect-laden films
with home computers, and live solitary
lives of unprecedented luxury. We don’t
need to venture out into the world any-
more; we can simply close ourselves off
from the ailments of others and focus on
our own happiness. But these indulgences
come with a price. We no longer expect
our leaders to improve the world, merely
perpetuate it. They have taken advantage
of this fact, and are withholding remark-
able advancements decades ahead of our
current cutting edge — medical break-
throughs that can save lives, more effec-
tive methods for energy and food produc-
tion, and new ways to make and use plas-
tics. All these developments exist, and are
being kept from us. Technology for
Tomorrow vows to bring these develop-
ments to the pubic, and has lobbied for the
world leaders to do so for years.
“But the governments who protect
these secret advancements refuse to hear
our docile pleas. Therefore, we have taken
drastic measures. We have infiltrated the
global information exchange with a pow-
erful virus capable of wresting control of
any computer currently linked to the inter-
net. Further, we have targeted eight cities
around the world, each a hub for technol-
ogy or transport in its home territory.
Should the governments of the world not
comply with our demand to release critical
advancements for public use within the
next six hours, we will disrupt all elec-
tronic communications within these cities
and begin erasing data from all computers
located within their borders.
“As proof of our claims, we offer you
the U.S.S. Millennium, a prototype
American deep sea military vessel. This
submarine is revolutionary in that it is in
constant electronic contact with the U.S.
military networks, presumably one of the
most secure databases in the world. The
Millennium is currently bound for the
southeastern U.S. It should arrive within
the hour.”
This announcement was followed by
a brief list of the cities at risk, and the
method by which the technologies
requested should be released.
Skeptics immediately pounced on the
announcement as a fraud but one half
hour later, the Millennium suddenly ran
aground on the shores of Alice Town,
50 miles east off the Florida coast. Prior
radio transmissions to the submarine were
not answered, and military HAZ-MAT
and recovery teams were sent to the scene
to evaluate the cause of the collision and
search for survivors.
It was soon discovered that the
submarine’s onboard computers had been
entirely wiped of all data, effectively
rendering it blind in the water. Rather than
risk hitting another vessel in the crowded
area, the crew brought the Millennium
to the surface and ran for the nearest
shoreline.
The vessel came ashore several miles
away from the nearest population center
and no one was injured. All crew
members were immediately evacuated
and the scene quarantined until the cause
of the submarine’s computer failure could
be established.
July 5, 2002
Public outcry was imme-
diate, with parallels drawn
between the terrorist group's
methods and the infamous
“Millennium bug,” thought
to have been overcome a year
and a half before. World gov-
ernments and leaders in the
electronic information trade
immediately re-leased formal
responses, ranging from seri-
ous consideration to incred-
ulity to outright rage. Sum-
mits were scheduled between
the affected nations, and talks
convened almost immediately
with the aid of the United
Nations, but little progress
toward an agreement was
made before the short deadline
offered by the terrorists. The nations
involved, many of which have long-stand-
ing religious or political grievances with
one another, found themselves suddenly
forced into tense negotiations with all
parties holding the others responsible for
withholding information that prompted
the terrorist action.
In an effort to counter the potential
terrorist attacks, the leading controllers of
internet traffic worked together to isolate
the hubs for electronic traffic in the
targeted areas. “There are still quite a few
isolated satellite systems which aren’t
linked to us,” Utopia Designs Head of
Development Aesop Kaine said, “but we’re
fairly certain that none of those can
threaten information security or public
safety as broadly as the central hubs.”
Kaine gave the Utopia Design team’s
actions a 90% chance of countering
the terrorist plan. (See WORLD HELD
HOSTAGE, page 13, for more.)
In Other News Today…
• Radicals attack Archer Institute for
the Sciences in Canberra, Australia.
— See world, page 16
• Assassination in Tokyo sparks gang
war.
— See world, page 13
• Controversy over potential excava-
tion site in England.
— See culture, page 14
• Villain of new Katt Wilde feature
revealed.
— See entertainment, page 13
 Archer Foundation
S TATE OF THE
WORLD
This chapter brings the Shadowforce Archer setting
current to July 2002, and introduces most of the plot
threads featured in Episode #2 of the SFA Interactive
storyline (see page 7 and the official website for more).
Each event listed herein is accompanied by several
possible causes, outcomes, or other variables, each
of which puts a new spin on the plot thread. By incorp-
orating these events into your campaigns and reporting
the results of your group’s actions (or just your prefer-
ences), you can affect the ongoing storyline and change
the direction of future sourcebooks and web support
material. With each release, a submissions page for
the book in question can be found on the website.
Simply identify yourself by codename (you can sign
up for one on-site), and click on your preferences
to send us your results and votes. The outcome of each
sourcebook’s events will be worked into a future source-
book as described on the polling webpage.
Of course, you can ignore the metagame and simply
plug the plot hooks into your games in the traditional
manner. We’ve designed the books to fully support this
option as well, with no space wasted on material useful
to only one style of play.
12
The Campaign chapter of this sourcebook is broken
into three sections. The first is a core event that this
sourcebook revolves around or which is most important
to the setting at the moment. In this case, the core event
is the terrorist attack upon eight cities by a group called
Technology for Tomorrow. As you’ll see starting on page
15, however, much of the real news about this event
is kept from the papers, perhaps known only to the
Archer Foundation and their allies.
The second section of this chapter — “In the News”
— describes events which are in the headlines, but take
a back seat to the main event of the moment.
Finally, the third section — “Below the Fold” —
describes events which agents of the Archer Conspiracy
may become embroiled in, but which have not yet
garnered mass attention.
Each event is described in these sections as a brief
news story or blurb, relating what the world knows
about it. In the fourth section of this chapter — “The
Fine Print” — we present what’s really going on behind
the scenes, and introduce plot hooks that offer potential
outcomes and causes for each story (which GCs and
players may in turn report about on the Shadowforce
Archer website). These plot hooks are ready to be
dropped into any game, and should not be read by play-
ers likely to be sent on the missions described.
 Campaign
W ORLD H ELD
HOSTAGE
(continued from the front page)
Kaine went on to say, “But of course, we can’t
account for any redundant systems or other contingen-
cies they might be using. For all we know, they could
have traitors on site to fulfill their threat.”
Live internet communications went down in each
of the eight cities at 11:01 a.m. this morning, and for the
next hour, the world sat still, waiting for the stalemate
to end. Computer-operated facilities in each city were
shut down, including in many cases local power, phone
service, and water distribution. Citizens were asked
to remain indoors during this period, but reports of
miscreants taking advantage of the blackout filtered out
of local news services, many accompanied by shocking
footage of riots and open violence.
By 12 p.m., nothing had come from the internation-
al summits and none of the world governments had
offered up any remarkable discoveries. Emergency
procedures were promised, in case the terrorists’ threats
were indeed real.
But the deadline came and went, and nothing
happened. No computers were ruined, no data was lost,
and — except for sporadic rioting and near-violent civil
demonstrations in the target cities — the world contin-
ued as normal. At 12:12 p.m., electronic communication
was restored in each of the eight cities and we learned
the reason why.
In a digitally recorded press release, U.N. Represen-
tative Simon Yearling said, “By the courage of our finest
soldiers and the grace of God, we have averted a grave
tragedy this day. At 11:37 a.m. this morning, a small
multi-national military strike force discovered the
location of the Technology for Tomorrow headquarters
and, after a quick and efficient insertion, eliminated
the terrorist cell.”
At this point the broadcast, which was being trans-
mitted to nearly every major news affiliate in the world,
was interrupted. The image of an enormous armored
figure appeared on our screens and offered the follow-
ing enigmatic statement: “You are victorious this day,
but the fight to bring our world into a new age of
technological revolution is far from over. I am the next
step in our evolution. Soon, all of you will follow me.”
The image cut out and returned us to the tail end
of Simon Yearling’s announcement, still in progress.
An investigation into the event has been launched by
the U.N., and early findings reveal that the signal may
have been electronically altered by an outside group
moments before being uploaded, though according
to Simon Yearling, “Such an invasion of our system
would require unprecedented skill and resources.”
13
The digital invasion, coupled with the appearance
of the unidentified terrorist, have sparked a media
frenzy, as people around the world speculate about the
new global threat that Technology for Tomorrow repre-
sents. The Informer, a popular network news program
typically devoted to exposés of tawdry love affairs
between daytime TV actors and liposuction horror sto-
ries, has latched onto these events as their cover story of
the week, and are calling the terrorist leader “Villain X,”
a name that seems to be catching on with the public.
The events of this morning have also sparked
fierce controversy and urged many vocal proponents
of stronger anti-terrorist defenses to speak out. “We
can’t remain at the mercy of anyone with a computer,”
said Jeff Barnes, CEO of GlobalTech, one of the world’s
leading technological contractors. “It’s time we took
a stand against these insurrectionists. Without stronger
defenses against them and harsher punishments for
their crimes, and yes, military support of these efforts,
we are all but handing the reins over to them. It is time
to act… now.”
Elias Graham, founder of the Mozambique-based
Janus Committee, responded with, “It is my firm belief
that, despite the actions of the select few radicals who
have made the front page of the newspapers, people
are fundamentally well-intentioned. They seek to bridge
their views without threat of violence or destruction.
This can only be maintained in a society free of politi-
cal and military restraints. The kind of world that
Mr. Barnes proposes is tantamount to an Orwellian
nightmare in which the rights of the people are replaced
by the presumed needs of the state. This is a worst-case
scenario that we can’t afford. It would unravel decades
of hard-won liberty.”
ITNODAY
THE N EWS
…
The following events and plotlines have come to
the attention of the public in one way or another,
making their successful resolution all the more critical
to the Archer Foundation. Of course, given the Found-
ation’s policy of keeping its operations behind the
scenes, the public nature of these stories also lends itself
to more intrigue, and perhaps more danger as well…
Assassination in Tokyo
Murder roamed the streets of Tokyo three days ago
as Connie Tokajiro, sister of known Yakuza boss,
Tokajiro Musashi, was killed beneath the enormous
video screen at Studio Alta in the Shinjuku district.
The cause of death, it appears, is a single .50 caliber
round to the head, shot from a location facing her.
Further details have not yet been released to the public.
 Archer Foundation
The suspect for this crime is a woman reported
to have been approaching Tokajiro when she was shot.
The suspect is described as being in her late 20s, 5´7˝
or 5´8˝, 125 lbs, with black hair and eyes. According
to witnesses, she was wearing a dark blue sports body-
suit at the time of the murder.
Following the shooting, the suspect fled the scene,
vanishing through the Marunouchi subway entrance
and west along the underground Metro Promenade
to the Shinjuku train station. Police attempted to herd
her into a local security post, but were unsuccessful.
“We think she crossed the square and entered ‘My City’,
then surfaced again,” Police Captain Nuyen Sato stated.
“The trains were too busy to easily board.”
The Shinjuku train station is the largest and busiest
in Japan, servicing more than two million commuters
daily. Passengers must often be physically forced onto
trains, crushed together and unable to move. At the time
of the murder, a live performance at a popular nightclub
in the area had just let out, and the trains were filled
to capacity.
Police, nervous about the Yakuza’s response to the
murder, carefully tracked information in the criminal
circuit for news. By dawn the next morning, three Triad
Dai Lo were dead; Yakuza hitmen are assumed respon-
sible. The violence has since escalated, resulting in
at least two dozen deaths in Japan and mainland China,
as well as half as many innocent bystanders killed dur-
ing high-speed chases and bombings. Nearly three times
that many have been hospitalized for severe injuries.
Governments of both countries are unsure how
to contend with the increasing violence. “We’re dealing
with people who refuse to accept our authority,” Sato
continued. “We’re caught in a war fought by those out-
side the law.”
The murder suspect, as yet unidentified, remains
at large. Her picture is available online at the Tokyo
Police Department’s wanted criminal site, and is being
displayed during every major newscast in the city.
Excavation Controversy
Tempers are presently running high in Inverness,
England, where a group of archaeologists from
the Reinhard Explorer’s League (out of Stuttgart,
Germany) are requesting permission to excavate
beneath the historic Cosgrach Family Estate. Inverness
officials have thus far refused three petitions from
the League, defending the Cosgrach family’s standing
wishes for their land not to be disturbed.
This denial has only furthered some members
of the Reinhard League, however, who have resorted to
decrying the well-respected Cosgrach family as traitors
to the Crown and smugglers of religious artifacts.
14
These wild accusations were televised on the BBC
this morning, and soon picked up by CNN and various
affiliates. League sponsor, Dr. Hermann Reichstaldt,
commented, “The over-exuberant claims of some
among us are not to be given much weight. In truth,
our efforts here benefit the entire world. We have rea-
son to believe that Inverness was built over land once
held by Viking explorers, and that artifacts critical to
our historical analysis of their travels can be found
here.”
The Reinhard Explorer’s League is tracking the
movements of one specific tribe of Vikings, reported
to have vanished off the northern coast of England over
1,100 years ago. According to the League’s research,
the tribe were a band of religious zealots who branched
out on their own after a falling out with their Germanic
peers. The League contends that this “lost tribe” landed
in northern England and managed to carve out a new
home for themselves on the site where Inverness was
later built.
Unexpectedly, the Museum of Natural History in
London has recently endorsed the League’s efforts,
further splintering the country’s opinion on the matter.
Chief Curator of Religious Antiquities Carvel Davies
said, “We have been in contact with the League’s home
office and verified their records. Amazingly, it appears
that their theory about this ‘new branch’ of Nordic his-
tory is accurate. Though we cannot sponsor endeavors
that would rob our country of its own history, neither
can we ignore the fact that some of us are living on top
of an unprecedented find.”
BELOW THE FOLD
This section presents or updates a number of plot-
lines that are going on in the world of Shadowforce
Archer at this time but which have not yet captured
the public’s attention. As with all the material in this
chapter, these can easily be worked into any ongoing
Shadowforce Archer campaign, and responses sent to
us through the website are factored into the ongoing
interactive storyline.
Aquatica
This plotline first appeared on page 56 of the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook.
The Foundation’s latest, greatest achievement is a
fully self-contained underwater complex on the floor of
the Baltic Sea. All has been quiet since it went opera-
tional in 1997, until now. Over the last fourteen months,
Aquatica technicians have observed a gradual rise in
local water temperature. At first negligible, it is now
reaching alarming levels, leading the Foundation
to believe that the inhabitants of Aquatica are not alone
in the Baltic.
 Campaign
Black Falls, OK. geniuses and superspies who broke away from the
Archer Foundation in 2001. The Shop never intended
Three days ago, a mysterious visitor suffering from
to wipe clean the targeted computers, though they
a severe malady arrived at a presumably covert
certainly would have shut down electronic communica-
Company relay station in Wichita, Kansas with
tion in those areas if Utopia Designs and their business
a strange story. Simply calling himself “Alfred,” the man
partners hadn’t done it for them. They used the hysteria
demanded to see someone named “Herod.” At first
surrounding the grounding of the U.S.S. Millennium,
assumed to be a raving homeless person, suffering from
coupled with the possibility of an impending informa-
heat stroke or an untreated illness, Alfred was turned
tion blackout, to keep the world’s governments
away. But as he was led out of the building, he began
(and much of the Archer Foundation’s resources) from
convulsing and then collapsed.
noticing their true intent.
An ambulance was summoned to retrieve him,
Shutting down electronic communications in the
and Alfred began muttering gibberish, gripped by what
eight target cities kept the Shop’s operations from pub-
app-eared to be a severe delirium. One agent on site —
lic view, but more importantly, it effectively canceled
Air Force Lt. Daniel Scobel, the relay station’s cryptog-
the Foundation’s ability to coordinate agents in the
rapher and an avid collector of Archer Conspiracy
areas, slowing their response time and hampering their
history — noticed that Alfred’s ravings in fact contained
operations. It also apparently allowed Shop agents
a pattern identical to verbal innuendo codes used
inside the Foundation to hack into the Archer
by Room 39 during World War II.
Conspiracy’s U.N. cover story and leave a calling
Lt. Scobel remained by Alfred’s side until he died
card from “Villain X”, as described in the news story
in a Wichita hospital twelve hours later. He recorded
above. Finally, it isolated the Archer Institute — the
everything the ailing man said, and has since studied
Foundation’s front business in Canberra, Australia —
the words meticulously. To the best of his ability, he
long enough for the Shop to launch a successful attack
has decrypted Alfred’s comatose words as a distress call,
against it. (See page 16 for more on this.)
a plea for help sent from a “community” that is “dying.”
As the world watched and waited to see what would
He has further decrypted a warning — “beware the care-
happen at the deadline, the Archer Foundation
takers” — and has deduced that this problem is most
dispatched their finest to deal with the problem. The fact
likely local, as Alfred could not possibly have traveled
that the cities targeted by the terrorists were also
far in his condition.
at or near the headquarters of each of Archer’s core
Passing this information along to the Foundation,
Chambers was not overlooked by Controls around the
Lt. Scobel now awaits a mission team — hopefully with
world, but the pressing deadline allowed them little time
the assistance of a qualified specialist who can decipher
to consider the implications.
the rest of Alfred’s ramblings.
Agent teams scoured each of the cities and called
upon dozens of specialists — on the street and in
political, military, and business sectors — searching for
THE FINE PRINT
WARNING! This section reveals the Truth of the Mat-
the terrorist organization’s headquarters. Though far
from the only teams involved, the most prominent
agents working the mission included:
ter and plot hooks for each of the events described
earlier in this chapter. Players should stay away if they • John Hunter and his Company troops, who moved
intend to play in a game featuring this material, in with the National Guard and the Army, using the
and players whose GCs keep their cards close to their existing military presence to conceal their operations.
vests should check with them to make sure they don’t
• Emily Savage, who worked alone but in constant com-
accidentally ruin a planned serial.
munication with her team elsewhere in London, and
The Truth of the Matter: followed a lead provided by her estranged father. (The
World Held Hostage origins of this lead are detailed in “Chrysalis”, the open-
ing fiction for the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook.)
Code: Black
References: For a mid-level threat dedicated to • Dareka, who maneuvered through the seedy criminal
Villain X and his subordinates within the Shop, see page underbelly of Hong Kong and Beijing, searching for
128. For the original Shop threat, see the Shadowforce relevant clues (and settled a few old grievances along
Archer Worldbook, page 244. the way).
The terrorist group Technology for Tomorrow is
• Dumisani Tepe, who was already on “vacation” outside
in fact a front for the relatively-young criminal organi-
Johannesburg with the former lover of a criminal
zation known as the Shop, a collection of techno-
mastermind he’d recently bested, and joined his team
inside the city limits.

15
 Archer Foundation
• Katt Wilde, who was on tour in Paris, and caught
a stealth jet to Geneva, where she met several of Fade’s
men, already at work to find the local device.
• Midnight, who waded through the informants and mid-
dlemen of Israel, Jordan, and Syria looking for suspects,
while the Guardians of the Whispering Knife worked
feverishly to keep the tense situation in the Middle East
from erupting into open warfare.
• Nikolai Petrovich, who — aided by his personal team,
the Phantom Brigade — descended on Moscow by
10 a.m. and proceeded to intimidate and interrogate
local politicos and low-level P.E.R.I.L. agents for infor-
mation leading to the terrorists’ operations.
• Two, who led the search on the Foundation’s homefront
in Australia. With the Lords and Rooks (see page 106),
he called on the Chamber’s intricate counterintelli-
gence network to seek out the enemy and utilized loyal
elements of the Australian Special Forces to back them
up as necessary.
(If the GC likes, he may substitute any of these oper-
ations with similar missions headed by the players’
agents.)
The fruits of Archer’s labors were bountiful, and by
the last hour before the deadline each of the mission
teams discovered the moles responsible for delivering
the virus into the target systems, as well as leads run-
ning back to a central terrorist cell in each city.
Unknown to the mission teams, however — whose
communication with the home office was spotty — the
evidence and testimony leading to these locations was
all a carefully staged fabrication of the Shop.
The bases were high-tech deathtraps, designed
by the mad genius Kryptos, to split up and kill off
intruders. Each was populated by a cadre of battle
drones programmed to destroy the agent teams, led by
the Shop’s ‘blade-hawks’ — soldiers wearing a new pro-
totype armor (see page 130). This was to be the open-
ing volley of the Shop’s private war with their former
employers, a message of superiority which could not
be ignored. But it did not go as planned.
As discovered in the debriefing that followed the
target computers coming back online, each mission
team engaged the battle drones while their leaders
(Hunter, Savage, Dareka, Tepe, Wilde, Midnight,
Petrovich, and Two) tracked down and fought the con-
trolling blade-hawks. None of the mission team leaders
made it through the combats unscathed, but none fell
either, and the new Shop threats were put down. All
told, the Foundation only lost five agents to the trap:
two in Europe, one in the U.S., one in Asia, and anoth-
er in Australia.
16
After the communications network came back up,
a secondary facet of the Shop’s plan was revealed.
During the information blackout (while Two and many
of the Foundation’s best agents were caught in
the Canberra deathmaze) a Shop strike team broke into
the Archer Institute and seized a cryogenic storage tank
from one of their vaults. The tank was later identified
as containing the remains of Avery Schillingsfield — the
criminal mastermind Helix, who built the island prison-
base in the Comoros now occupied by the African
Alliance.
Later, when the press release covering up the Shop’s
involvement was interrupted by Villain X, the Founda-
tion traced the tampering back to the source, and deter-
mined that it must have been done from inside
the Foundation. This confirmed their suspicions that
Shop traitors still dwell in their ranks.
Another news story was leaked to the public,
explaining the Shop’s attack upon the Archer Institute
as the work of “radical anti-experimentation extremists
taking advantage of the situation for their own ends.”
All things considered, the Foundation can only
call this mission a partial success. Archer’s “Cloak”
of secrecy was mostly salvaged (except for the footage
of Villain X, whom the public currently assumes
to be the latest villain in the popular Wildcat motion
picture series). The Shop’s plan to slaughter the
Conspiracy’s most noted mission teams was averted,
though at the cost of five valuable agents. And though
the enemy has now taken a step out of the shadows,
they also possess the corpse of perhaps the greatest
threat of the 20th Century. Not knowing what use the
Shop could have for the body makes this final loss all
the more bitter for Archer.
Beyond these lingering questions, the operation
leaves behind two important clues about what really
happened. First, at the heart of each death-maze was
found a series of stasis tanks where the semi-organic
henchman and his minions rested until activated.
The tanks were linked together between all eight cities,
as well as to what appears to be a binary receiver. With
this discovery (and the presence of hidden surveillance
gear throughout the mazes), it became obvious that
the mission teams were being observed from a remote
location (where the transmitter was likely located), and
that the blade-hawks and their battle drones were acti-
vated upon the mission teams’ arrival.
Given that the drones could have been activated
automatically when the mission teams entered (or sim-
ply been active already) Foundation field analysts
are not yet ready to let things lie, and are picking over
the deathmazes for additional clues to the Shop’s inten-
tions. Their best guess at present is that the drones were
automated and that last minute programming was
downloaded into all of them by remote according to the
compositions of the mission teams they faced.
 Campaign
The second clue was either left or dropped at the Possible Strike Team Patrons:
Archer Institute for Science when the Shop strike team
1. U.N. or other “peacekeeping” force. This follows the
absconded with Helix’s body — a small clockwork time-
model presented above.
piece, in the shape of an hourglass, with innumerable
moving parts within the glass. Its design appears to 2. The Gemeinschafft Consortium. The agents must stop
be quite archaic, similar to the legendary work of 15th a team founded and funded by part of the Archer
century artist and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci. The Conspiracy itself.
device was carefully scanned for explosives and other
3. The strike team is a batch of cold-blooded mercenaries
destructive agents, but none were found. A thorough
or another terrorist group, who cannot be reasoned
examination revealed it to be nothing more than a per-
with or easily subdued. Likely, they must be put down
petual motion time piece, powered by its own kinetic
to avoid a further escalation of the tense situation.
energy. “In theory,” the Foundation’s researchers say,
“it could go on forever, never speeding up or slowing Plot Hook: Counterstrike
down. As far as we can tell, it has no other purpose.”
The agents are part of one or more of the teams that
Plot Hook: The Strike Team enter the Shop deathmazes around the world, and must
deal with armored blade-hawks (see page 130), life-
Independent of the Archer Foundation’s efforts,
and-death puzzles, and something… unexpected.
one or more world organizations have sent in a strike
team to deal with the “terrorists”. Needless to say, these Possible Realizations
men are in over their heads, and must be bailed out by In The Maze:
the Conspiracy. The PC agents are sent in — either
as imposter mercenaries working with the strike team or 1. The Shop has installed several combat gadgets in
as specialists assisting them — with orders to neutralize the maze which may be recovered by the agents.
them before they get themselves killed. Alternately,
2. The agents discover a transmitter on site as it is upload-
the agents are to follow the strike team covertly and do
ing data to a Shop home cell. If the agents act fast,
the same.
and are skilled enough (Computers DC 25), they might

17
 Archer Foundation
capture important data about the Shop (a revelation
about their short-term plans, the specs for a new
weapon or master plan, or even the coordinates of
another base).
3. The PC agents happen onto a headquarters cell for
Technology for Tomorrow, from which the virus is to
be released. A pitched battle with the mechanized
minions may earn the agents a sample of the virus,
which they can deliver into their superiors’ hands.
Plot Hook: Ground Zero
Assigned to assist one of the core teams searching
for terrorist cells, the agents find themselves in one
of the threatened cities during the communications
blackout. They must strive to keep the peace and
counter one or more violent elements in the city — all
while avoiding the news cameras of the many affiliates
covering the incident.
Possible Occurrences
During The Blackout:
1. A street gang or mundane criminal organization uses
the chaos as a smokescreen and goes on a crime spree
throughout the city. The agents find themselves
protecting banks, jewelry stores, or something more
exotic (“inside” corporate information, defense secrets,
an Archer front organization, etc.), if the GC determines
that such an asset is present in the city.
2. Someone important (a senator or well-regarded Archer
specialist) is trapped in the rioting, and must be safely
extracted.
3. Another criminal mastermind takes the opportunity
to field-test a new minion type or experimental
weapon. He might be behind the rioting or just using it
to his advantage.
Plot Hook: Aftermath
The debate that begins between Elias Graham and
Jeff Barnes explodes into an international joust, with
both sides gaining argumentative and vindictive
supporters. The Foundation believes that something
sinister is at fault, however, and the PC agents are sent
in to resolve the situation.
Possible Causes
For The Spiked Tensions:
1. The tensions are another Shop plot, who are controlling
Jeff Barnes and other parties through brainwashing,
blackmail, or other means.
2. There is nothing incredible behind the tensions. People
are just on edge after the terrorist threat. The tensions
must still be quelled, however.
18
3. The tensions are caused by a media mogul who
manipulates the world’s news stories, considering it
entertainment. He uses teleprompters which increase
emotions and reduce inhibitions, which are also
responsible for his legion of loyal fans (unwitting min-
ion combatants in his “game”).
The Truth of the Matter:
Assassination in Tokyo
Code: Red (soon to be Black)
References: For a low-level threat dedicated to the
Cult of the Ten Suns, see page 125.
Usually, the Archer Foundation relies on the Yakuza
lord Tokajiro Musashi (see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, page 118) for aid in Japan, but this time the
shoe is on the other foot. While attempting to contain
what appears to be the birth of a new criminal organiza-
tion in Tokyo (the Cult of the Ten Suns, see page 41),
Tokajiro has started a full-scale crime war between his
Yakuza family and the vastly superior Lung Triad in China.
The reasons for his attacks on the Triad family
are clear: he believes Dareka has gone over to the Lungs
and was acting on their orders when she murdered
Connie Tokajiro. But the Archer Foundation, which has
been responsible for Dareka nearly all her life, is unsure
whether she is indeed the killer, and if so, whether
she is in full control of her actions.
Several months ago, Dareka was assigned to ferret
out a new criminal group of unknown origin and intent
which was advancing on the Canberra-based Archer
Institute (see page 121 of the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook and page 41 of this book for more). The mis-
sion was her specialty, a long-term deep cover insertion
into an enemy organization to discover their strengths
and motives. But something went wrong. Three months
ago, just as Dareka was about to reveal the group’s
identity, her reports ended and she vanished.
The PAC assigned a Code: Yellow mission team
to search for her but they came up empty-handed —
until she surfaced again last week. Avoiding her stan-
dard lines of communication, Dareka contacted one of
their staunchest supporters in Japan, Tokajiro Musashi,
with a request for immediate extraction to Australia.
According to Tokajiro, she was sure that she’d been
made, and that she was being hunted by the organiza-
tion she’d invaded.
Tokajiro sent his sister Connie, a reliable agent
known to the Foundation, to meet Dareka under the big
video screen at Studio Alta. Unfortunately, Connie never
came home. Tokajiro, sure that Dareka was turned
during her silence and now works for the Lung Triad,
has placed several open contracts out on her life
amounting to well over ten million yen. Several high-
end contract killers have arrived from all over the world
to track down and kill the PAC agent, and the gang war
across Asia is escalating by the day.
 Campaign
Plot Hook: Extraction
The Archer Foundation is confident that Dareka has
somehow been framed or is being coerced. But with
their greatest supporter in the area turned against them
and a new threat lurking in the area, proving it is
another matter altogether.
The agents are sent in to find and extract Dareka,
who can hopefully identify the new spy organization
the Foundation’s dealing with. Calming or ending
the gang war is a close second priority, as is throwing
public attention off of Dareka (and her link to
the Foundation).
Unfortunately, the agents must contend with
Connie’s true murderer — a mercenary sniper hired by
the organization she infiltrated. This assassin is well-
known to the Conspiracy, which has run into him many
times over the last ten years. Once spotted and described
to Control, he is identified as A.S.P. (Advanced Sniper
Prototype), after the suit he wears. Though his identity
is a long-hidden secret, the Foundation believes him
responsible for several prominent assassinations in the
last several years, including a string of third world
political figures and a CIA operative held hostage in
Bosnia. (This last assignment was rumored to be a black
bag job ordered by the CIA to cover their tracks after
a questionable operation, but was actually prompted
by the local station commander, also a Company agent,
since retired.)
The A.S.P. suit — a scrapped prototype that Dareka’s
suit was later based upon — interfaces directly with
the target’s nervous system and primary organs, allow-
ing him greater control of his metabolism. He can slow
his breathing and pulse to a crawl, so that he appears
dead. (This ability has come in very useful in his new
career as a hired assassin — he is able to sit absolutely
still for days at a time, without the need for food
or sleep, until his prey comes into view.) The A.S.P. suit
also offers its wearer immunity to most toxins, allows
him to climb walls (by digging into the surface with tiny
titanium tendrils that can suspend up to 400 lbs. beyond
his weight and that of the suit), and renders him invis-
ible to digital surveillance, including low-light, thermal,
and standard cameras. The A.S.P. suit may still trigger
physical traps, however.
A.S.P.’s employer during the Tokajiro killing is
unknown, and likely not discovered during this plot
hook. The sniper is also hunting Dareka down when the
agents arrive on the scene, seeking the hefty bounty
placed on her head by Musashi, and the agents are like-
ly to run into him during their mission to bring the
wayward PAC agent home.
Once recovered, Dareka reveals the identity of the
group she infiltrated (the Cult of the Ten Suns), and
details its structure, resources, and personnel. She also
fingers Connie’s true killer (A.S.P.).
19
Special Note: This plot hook doesn’t include variable
options, though two possible plot hooks are included
with the Cult of the Ten Suns threat (see page 125).
Further, the outcome of your mission to extract Dareka
and quell the fighting in Asia may vary. Visit the
Shadowforce Archer website to report your results.
The Truth of the Matter:
Excavation Controversy
Code: Yellow
References: For a high-level threat dedicated to the
Hand of Glory, see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook,
page 246.
This relatively isolated news story is in fact a lie,
scripted and supported by the Hand of Glory and their
allies in Europe. Jackboot, fanatic henchman of Eva
Kraus (see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page
247), leads this operation, which is geared toward
recovering the “remains” of Matthew Smythe, a Room
39 operative who was entombed in the walls of the
Cosgrach Family Estate in 1924.
Smythe was one of Room 39’s greatest agents, and
not at all human (not for some time before his recruit-
ment, anyway). Smythe was what the Dream Suite
called a “PK (psychokinetic) projection”, a ghost. More
specifically, he was a poltergeist, capable of manipulat-
ing real-world objects though he apparently had no
form of his own.
Though they never discovered where he came from
(Smythe was actually an early fringewalker — see page
92 for more about his past), Room 39 couldn’t question
his usefulness. Smythe was effectively invisible and
could walk through walls, yet still retained the ability
to move objects, open doors and windows, and the like.
He was the perfect espionage agent.
Smythe bested many early threats to Queen and
Country, including Eva Kraus herself, who mastermind-
ed a private incursion of relic hunters into the country
in 1923. Within the halls of Parliament he was known
as “Piquant” (after his demeanor), and was celebrated
as “one of the greatest spies who ever lived” (a reputa-
tion he is said to have relished the irony of).
In early 1924, however, Smythe came up against
an evil mystic mastermind while clearing out a nest
of flesh-eating mole men beneath Inverness. Pinned
by a holding rite while crossing through the wall of the
Cosgrach estate, Smythe found himself trapped without
any means of alerting his allies in London.
So Smythe remained until just under a month ago,
when Jackboot, tracing his movements across England,
came across the mystic mastermind and “urged” him
to reveal the lost agent’s location. Now the Hand of
Glory lieutenant hopes to use a variant of the same rit-
ual to capture Smythe once he’s been unearthed, and
transport him back to Antarctica.
Archer Foundation
Jackboot is only one of several of Eva’s lieutenants
seeking a suitable prize for her. In preparation for
what she believes to be the imminent discovery of her
god-king companion (see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, page 156–157), Eva has decided to host
a challenge to determine which of her male henchmen
is worthy of the ultimate privilege — her hand in unholy
marriage. The henchman who offers her the greatest
“gift” wins.

Plot Hook: The Marriage of

the Beast
Jackboot is posing as Dr. Reichstaldt (a name he used
during his ODESSA days). The Foundation, knowing
his face and former alias, dispatch the agents to discov-
er what he’s after and stop him.
Once the PCs know of Eva’s challenge, the Founda-
tion is faced with a global threat as her lieutenants —
many of whom are far from polite and peaceful in
their search — scour the planet for “the perfect gift.”
The agents may be sent to neutralize one or more
of these lieutenants as they are discovered. Possible
plots for these further missions follow (note that agents
only have time enough to track one of these operations
— the other two must be passed off to other elements
of the Archer Conspiracy).

Possible Henchmen Operations:

1. Michael Miloslaw, an ambitious Hand of Glory

lieutenant, has tracked down what he believes to be
a journal containing many lost truths about the world’s
shadow history, but he’s only half right. The journal
actually documents part of the Architects’ voyage into
the Fringe (see page 99). Its discovery prompts
the Architects to send swarms of their minions after
Miloslaw in order to stop him before he presents
the journal to Eva Kraus. The agents may recover the
journal in the process of stopping Miloslaw from
returning to his mistress.
2. The former pit-fighter Flashfire seeks Eva’s hand by
offering her the ultimate mystic prize — himself.
Tracking an elixir drained from the legendary Holy Grail
(and presumably sold into the black market by dubious
members of the Cosgrach family), Flashfire hopes
to make himself immortal, the perfect vessel for her
god-king companion, once he is found.
3. Sybille Vallentin (see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, page 246) is only interested in Eva’s offer
as it pertains to her own explorations of the human
psyche. She sets up several false leads to seemingly
incredible mystic discoveries — such as the Holy Grail
and the Arc of the Covenant — and spreads the word
subtly through the ranks. Then she sits back and watch-
es the fireworks. The agents’ entry into the scene is only
that much more fascinating to her.

20
 Campaign
The Truth of the MATTER:
Aquatica
Code: Yellow
The agents are sent to Aquatica and charged with
discovering the source of the temperature increase.
Unfortunately, the water temperature has risen high
enough to attract a small group of oceanographers
to the Baltic as well, whose dives may threaten the
Aquatica’s secret position.
The cause for the temperature increase may further
complicate matters.
Possible Causes For
The Rise in Temperature:
1. The rise in temperature is caused by the opening of
a fissure along the sea’s floor. Within this fissure is
located a rare mineral desired by the Shop, who blast
onto the scene with their usual lack of subtlety, poten-
tially threatening the civilian divers as well as the
agents. If the Shop operatives discover Aquatica,
they attempt to infiltrate the base to discover its own-
ers and purpose.
2. The water temperature is being artificially warmed by
agents of P.E.R.I.L., who are testing a new (and quite
unclean) power source. This power source ruptures
during the agents’ investigation, dramatically increas-
ing the ambient water temperature and spewing
unidentified chemicals across miles of sea. Those
trapped within the chemical cloud during the first
several hours, before it spreads too thinly to be effec-
tive, are horribly mutated, resulting in a new breed of
aquatic chemical monster. Agents within Aquatica
when this happens find themselves trapped in an
undersea prison as monstrous enemies assault the base.
3. The warmer waters are caused by a group of high-tech
treasure hunters who are using a new power drill to
unearth a wartime U-Boat said to contain Nazi gold.
The treasure hunters are mercenaries (see page 83),
with no regard for the lives of others. All they want
is the money.
The Truth of the Matter:
Black Falls, Ok.
Code: Yellow
Alfred is a citizen of the small town of Black Falls,
Oklahoma, a peaceful mid-western community with
a population of 241. Black Falls is situated away from
the main roads, and has become an affordable place for
seniors to retire in recent years. Its primary attractions
include tranquil uncut forests, scenic rivers and lakes,
and a robust calendar of performances by washed-up
musicians. In all ways, Black Falls seems like the perfect
21
vacation spot for those who want to get back to nature
and indulge in a few days of mellow relaxation away
from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
But beneath Black Falls’ simple, pleasing veneer is
a disquieting unease. Local farmers are quick to change
the subject when the topic of Black Falls is brought up,
and most refuse to go anywhere near the town, often
driving miles out of their way to pick up supplies in
Bartlesville, nearly 20 miles away. No one can remem-
ber a funeral ever happening in Black Falls, or a birth,
or a marriage. Children and those bold enough to speak
up attribute the town’s poor local reputation to every-
thing from alien occupation to the Devil’s handmaidens.
But the truth is far more sinister. Black Falls,
Oklahoma was in fact created as an early Foundation
black operation, in an attempt to use Fringe science
to create a population of human clones. The inhabitants
were grown from the cells of various world leaders,
important personalities (sports figures, celebrities, etc.),
and even the Architects themselves. Bred with matching
blood and tissue types, the clone farm was expected
to generate organs that could be harvested in the event
that one of the donors took ill.
Outside the Architects themselves, none of the
donors were made aware that the clone farm existed,
and the project was kept secret even from the
Foundation itself. The Architects promoted themselves
as the obvious leaders of the town, relying upon the
clones’ underdeveloped sense of paranoia to earn their
absolute trust. Still, when the Architects were transport-
ed into the Fringe in 1953, the town of Black Falls con-
tinued, thought without the stern public leadership of its
“founders.”
But Black Falls was not without leaders. Deep
beneath the surface of its idyllic country streets rests the
heart of the original Architect operation: a two story
bunker containing the cloning facilities and the living
quarters for the town’s “caretakers,” a number of clones
whose capacity for problem-solving and loyalty to the
Architects exceeded their peers. These clones were
“promoted” to caretaker status before the Architects’
departure, and charged with watching over the project.
They were to safeguard it from all outside interference,
or any internal dissension.
The caretakers were responsible for replacing clones
as they wore down (end result: none of the original
townsfolk grow old or die), but there is no one
to replace the caretakers themselves. They have grown
old (some have even died), and now the operation
of the Black Falls clone farm is breaking down. The illu-
sion the Architects worked so hard to create is breaking
down with it, and soon the ugly secret of Black Falls,
Oklahoma will be laid bare for the world to see — unless
the agents can intercede.
 Archer Foundation
Special Note: This plot hook may take on special Possible State of Black Falls:
importance in a fringewalker campaign. Should Alfred
1. The caretakers have died off, leaving the clones to fend
come to the attention of Dr. Algernon (see page 112),
for themselves. When the first of them dies — a sober-
he will immediately raise the mission’s threat code to
ing event in a town populated by effectively immortal
Black and send the agents to trace Alfred’s origins.
people — Alfred is sent out in a vain effort to find and
Dr. Algernon, being part of Operation: SILENT SPECTRE
bring back the founders (the Architects). When the
(see page 99) is well aware of what Alfred is, and what
agents arrive, they discover the clone base, as well as
he represents. Should an Architect project as demented
the fact that several of the clones have ventured out
and far-reaching as a clone farm come to the attention
into the world behind Alfred, each heading in a differ-
of the Foundation — especially when the Chamber
ent direction. The agents and their allies must track
is spread as dangerously thin and under as much pres-
them all down, before the secret of Black Falls is uncov-
sure as it is now — the results could be disastrous. Dr.
ered.
Algernon strives to keep Black Falls a secret at all costs,
and won’t hesitate to order its destruction, if necessary 2. The caretakers have grown ambitious in their old age,
to keep the truth of the Architects buried. and now rule over Black Falls with an iron grip. The
agents must not only discover the secrets of Black Falls
Plot Hook: The Clone Farm but root them out and liberate the inhabitants of the
The agents are assigned to trace “Alfred’s” back- town — and the innocent visitors and retirees being
ground, learn where he comes from, and where used as genetic material for ever greater grotesqueries.
he learned the Room 39 code. Depending on the GC’s
3. The caretakers have been overpowered by another
preference and the player composition, this might be as
Shadowforce Archer threat, an organization of the GC’s
easy as adding “Black Falls” to the dying clone’s last
design, or a world government that discovered the
words. Other groups may prefer an investigative serial,
clone farm when searching for Russian spy bunkers.
in which the agents piece together initially cryptic
Now the clone farm is being retooled to create an end-
or meaningless word clues or physically track Alfred’s
less army of physically perfect soldiers.
steps back to the waiting clone farm.
The interactive elements determined by the GC
revolve around the condition of the town when the
agents arrive, and what challenges they must face.

22
 “We live in a wilderness of mirrors, Mr. Savinian.
They live in a world of glass.”
— Lord Reginald Savage,
about the Archer Conspiracy

Agent
2
 Archer Foundation
INTRODUCTION
This chapter deals with the life and duty of an
Archer Foundation agent. It introduces players to the
ways that the Archer Foundation tackles assignments,
the resources they use, and their most common enemies
at this time. Additional sections introduce a new depart-
ment of the Conspiracy (Damage Control), which often
works in concert with a specialist support company
called Straight Arrow Pest Control, as well as new and
more detailed material about the Great Game in
Australia and relations between the Archer Foundation
and the world.
Boxed text throughout this chapter includes NPC
contacts and specialists who can help agents during
missions. Most are connected to particular resources,
allowing them to be dropped into play whenever the
agents call upon said resource. These NPCs have only
one level of statistics, since they are static anchors with-
in the Shadowforce Archer setting.
TMACKLING
ISSIONS
This brief section serves as a guide for GCs when
building missions tailored to his players’ team.
Conversely, it might assist players in designing agents
appropriate to the Foundation, or their GC’s game.
24
Style & Demeanor
Agents of the Archer Foundation are considered the
“role models” of the Conspiracy, and are consequently
held up to a high standard most of the time. This can
have a detrimental effect on many agents, who crack
under the pressure and either withdraw from service or
— in the very worst cases — go rogue. Those who keep
it together are typically very cool characters, capable of
enduring the most incredible and unexpected situations
without blinking twice. Some Foundation agents — par-
ticularly those within the Damage Control and
Fringewalking departments — swing the other way alto-
gether, taking personal quirks and fetishes to radical
extremes. One such example is Dr. Lothario Algernon,
current director of the Nihil fringewalker division,
whose obsession with the past and all things strange is
near-legendary among Conspiracy operatives — espe-
cially those trained or stationed at the Foundation. (For
more about Lothario Algernon, see page 112.)
Mission Profiles
As discussed on page 106, the modern Foundation is
very much a bureaucracy. One of its many flaws is its
tendency to overcompartmentalize, resulting in a great
many superfluous departments and organizational divi-
sions. Today, the Foundation features hundreds of
departments, each a finely sliced departure from the one
next door, and each siphoning off another piece of its
global resources.
The following are each departments within the
Foundation, though only three — Damage
Control, Psion Affairs, and Training — are
dealt with expressly as departmental
agent options in Chapter 3.
Bookkeeping
Agents assigned to “book-
keeping” duty are responsible
for ferreting out leaks in the
Foundation’s resource net-
work (not an easy task, given
the Conspiracy’s loose struc-
ture and global reach). Book-
keeping agents are commonly
activated when important
people, objects, or other not-
iceable resources go missing
(or when they’re stolen). Mon-
ey is very rarely the impetus
for a bookkeeping operation,
since the Found-ation is usu-
ally able to obtain more. Only
truly amazing losses of mone-
tary funds (well in excess of
ten million dollars) are noted
 Agent
by the Foundation’s accountants, and even then, they
usually just sweep the losses under the rug unless there’s
a compelling reason to follow up.
Standard bookkeeping operations almost always
“piggy-back” along with other missions. For instance,
a standard field analysis mission (see page 27) revolv-
ing around the review of a mission team with a spotty
track record might also include a bookkeeper who will
review the team’s current and previous uses of field
expenses and requisitioned gear.
Bookkeeping is commonly a covert activity, and
features a cover mission of some kind to disguise the
agents’ true intent. When agents conduct bookkeeping
in the open, they are usually there just as much to put
the fear of God into the suspects as to determine the
source of the problem.
“Backwashers”: A handful of bookkeepers are
charged with a sensitive task — dealing with the politi-
cal and financial fallout of field operations before
it reaches the Lords. They are responsible for making
private restitution to governments, corporations, and
the like, under the guise of the Foundation front com-
pany, Minuteman Indemnities, and smoothing over any
ruffled feathers to ensure that the injured parties don’t
seek out the perpetrators. For example, say an agent
team is forced to destroy a Tibetan monastery to fake
their deaths. The backwashers might first contact the
Tibetan government on behalf of a bogus organization
the agents work for and pay them whatever they believe
the building was worth, plus 15%. If during an ensuing
meeting the backwashers perceived that the Tibetans
would settle for nothing less than criminal pursuit of the
organization responsible, they might set up a dummy
group to take the fall, or even point the victims in the
direction of an enemy. Backwashers are widely regard-
ed as heroes of the Conspiracy, though their relationship
with field teams is often chilly (as would be expected
with colleagues who create such grief).
Agent Matches: When selecting agents for book-
keeping operations, the Foundation typically looks for
high Intelligence and Wisdom scores, as well as healthy
Search, Spot, Listen, Sense Motive, and Forgery skills.
Bookkeeping agents are frequently snoops or fixers.
Standard Gear: Agents sent on bookkeeping missions
are usually assigned non-combat gear more often than
weapons, and in particular surveillance items and gad-
gets, which can directly assist most of their operations.
When plugging holes within the Conspiracy, memory
flesh is a must (see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook,
page 211).
Approaches: Bookkeeping is a delicate art — most
operations in this vein involve guessing and second-
guessing presumed allies and potential enemies. Agents
assigned to bookkeeping missions should remain alert at
all times and GCs should call for Wisdom-based skill
25
Whitaker, Silas
Codename: SCARECROW
Archer Identity Number: 12-429891-07
Nationality: Australian
Gender: Male Handedness: Right
Height: 5'11" Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: Black Hair: Black
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Date of Birth: 1961.05.02
Distinguishing Characteristics: Clean shaven and
neatly pressed.
Background
Silas Whitaker is the Foundation’s most innovative
bookkeeper, responsible for protecting the Foundation’s
cash flow by any means necessary. The monetary assets
of all front companies on Australian soil are under his
purview, and he has created the illusion that many of
them are publicly traded on the stock market by shifting
funds back and forth between a small number of loyal
public allies. Scarecrow controls the flow these stocks,
and of course, none of these allies is ever allowed to gain
a deciding share. At this point, the system is more or less
automated, though Scarecrow occasionally checks on his
pawns to make sure everything is running smoothly.
Similarly, Whitaker covers Archer’s financial tracks.
While he endeavors to follow the rules and regulations
that govern proper business conduct whenever possible,
he is nonetheless willing to engage in activities that
make insider trading look like bullying a child for his
lunch money, when necessary.
Whitaker has an almost unlimited budget with which
to make financial arrangements required by the Archer
Foundation, and he takes advantage of it. Under his
guidance, multi-million dollar conglomerates are bought
and sold for the sole purpose of laundering Archer funds.
Recently, Whitaker has noticed a disturbing stock
trend: a bloc of anonymous investors is purchasing con-
trolling shares in former Foundation-owned companies.
Though innocuous by itself, these buy-outs are follow-
ing closer and closer on the heels of the Foundation’s
sale of its interests in the companies in question.
Whitaker has several times requested a team of agents
to investigate the matter, but has thus far been unable
to convince the Foundation to assign it a threat code.
Silas Whitaker, 2nd-level fixer/4th-level professional (see
page 87). CR 6. SZ M; v/wp: 2d8+17 (25)/12; Init +4
(+4 class); Spd 30 ft.; Def +6 (+6 class); Atk: Sig-Sauer P-230
+5 (2d4); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes;
SQ per classes; SV Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +2; Str 11, Dex 10,
Con 12, Int 18, Wis 16, Cha 14; Skills: Appraisal +6, Bluff
+10, Bureaucracy +16, Computers +10, Concentration +8,
Cryptography +11, Diplomacy +4, Forgery +12, Gather
Information +11, Knowledge (Business) +8. Feats: Advanced
Skill Mastery (Master Fence), Master Fence, Ordinary Past,
Political Favors. Gear: Weapons, laptop (power rating +4).
Gadgets and Vehicles: Private unmarked Foundation heli-
copter.
 Archer Foundation
Steele, Madeleine
Codename: SILK
Archer Identity Number: 41-090433-27
Nationality: Australian
Gender: Female Handedness: Left
Height: 5’8” Weight: 120 lbs.
Eyes: Black Hair: Black
Psion Class: PsiScout/Grade B
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 1969.10.21
Distinguishing Characteristics: Piercing Stare
Background
Aloof and unnerving, few agents look forward to
a second encounter with Madeleine Steele. Though clas-
sified a field analyst, Steele calls herself a “field profiler”
(a term derived from her many years studying the behav-
ioral and psychological sciences).
Though difficult to get along with, Steele is eminent-
ly capable. Before each assignment, she meticulously
reviews the personnel jackets of her assigned team,
in order to understand both the psychology of the agents
and the team dynamic. She rarely re-examines her first
impressions — she rarely has to. Unfortunately, she also
has a tendency to make her conclusions known to the
team. As she is introduced to each agent, she generally
voices her conclusions aloud as she catalogues them
mentally, generally in derogatory terms. Few agent
can just sit quietly while being described as “Cautious,
perhaps overly so. Obsessed with details.” or “Indepen-
dent, unreliable. Loose cannon.”
Generally detached and seemingly indifferent, Steele
is occasionally intrigued by individuals who behave
against profile, and usually exhibits her interest by pos-
ing odd questions about unusual situations. Sometimes,
she forgoes such questions in favor of actually placing
the individual into those situations as a sort of “field
experiment”. Needless to say, Steele has difficulty form-
ing personal bonds, whether based on friendship or
romantic attraction.
Steele uses her pleasantly smooth voice as little as
possible. Her sentences are concise and to the point,
and she betrays little emotion with her terse statements.
She never starts a conversation unless she believes
she can predict the outcome, and she rarely loses an
argument.
Madeleine Steele, 5th-level telepath/2nd-level field analyst.
Dept: D-0 Home Office. CR 7. SZ M; v/wp: 35/11;
Init +8 (+5 class, +3 Dex); Spd 30 ft.; Def +7 (+4 class,
+3 Dex); Atk: Ruger P-94 +6 (1d10+1); Face 1 square; Reach
1 square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +1, Ref +10,
Will +5; Str 9, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 10; Skills:
Bluff +6, Bureaucracy +4, Computers +5, Concentration +10,
Diplomacy +6, Driver +6, Gather Information +8, Listen +7,
Search +6, Sense Motive +8, Spot +8, Surveillance +10.
Feats: Alertness, Analyst, Efficient Power (Profile), ESP Basics,
Intuition Basics, Jump Up. Psion Skills: Empathy +9, Profile
+13. Gear: Weapons. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
26
checks often — especially Sense Motive. Agents should
be equally concerned that their cover is blown, since
bookkeepers are generally considered the “tattle-tales”
of the Conspiracy. A blown bookkeeper is of little use
to the Foundation and often transferred to a location
where he can do no damage… like a remote listening
post in a political wasteland.
Game Options: Bookkeeping missions offer a unique
opportunity during play — there is a clear problem
(“Where has X gone?”) and a clear solution (“Find X”).
With the rapidly deteriorating fabric of the Conspiracy,
plugging holes can quickly turn into a full-time project.
Imagine a season centering around finding the source of
several similar internal thefts: your agents must stalk
their own allies in this case, adding to the suspicion
many already feel about the Foundation.
Damage Control
Damage control officers (or “cleaners”) report for
duty when other agents fail. They are responsible for
minimizing the fallout from operations that go south,
especially those that garner media attention. As with
most mission profiles, any agent may be sent, but most
belong to a unit dedicated to controlling media cover-
age of a scene and removing or destroying evidence,
such as Straight Arrow Pest Control (see page 43).
Agent Matches: Most damage control agents receive
their training from the damage control department (see
page 46), though some professional spies see the value
of a more focused (or just eccentric) agent package.
Snoops are excellent when conducting electronic dam-
age control, and facemen are widely utilized as “public
relations specialists” whose task it is to discern the truth
under commonly tense conditions. Facemen are also
sometimes called upon to convince people that their
perceptions were “flawed,” or explain away the events
the damage control team are trying to cover up. Fixers
are relied upon to operate in the shadows while
the facemen conduct business with any witnesses,
and wheelmen generally act as the get away plan if
things get dicey for this second team.
Damage Control agents must be quick on their feet,
able to come up with believable excuses and reasonable
lies at the drop of a hat, and possess the skill and feat
base required to pull a mission of this caliber. For these
reasons, damage control missions are rarely assigned to
agents lower than levels 5-6, before which their inspi-
ration, education, and favor checks, as well as their skill
points and feat slots are simply too low to support the
demands of the operation.
Standard Gear: Though gadgets like memory flesh
and stealth technology is invaluable to damage control
teams, the Foundation more often than not asks these
agents to rely on their own skills, taking no equipment
that would arouse suspicion among witnesses or the
 Agent
media. Even high-end military gear is often refused,
as it is often enough to damn the team as “men in
black” and prompt accusations of government cover-up
(which is, though completely true, not the optimum
result of a damage control mission). For the most part,
the Foundation trains damage control agents to operate
on their wits and skill alone.
Approaches: Damage control missions demand
absolute concentration and the vision to come up with
the impossible — a way to make people forget what
they just heard or saw. Only very rarely does this
involve liquidation (murder); despite its often wayward
interpretation of its own mission statement, the Archer
Foundation is ultimately dedicated to saving lives, not
taking them.
Game Options: Damage control missions are the ulti-
mate test of espionage skill, and not recommended for
low-level teams. They can also be one of the most chal-
lenging and rewarding types of operations. Here we
provide details of one of the Foundation’s closest allies
outside the Conspiracy — the cleaners working behind
the Straight Arrow Pest Control front company — along
with a new department dedicated to the same mission.
Straight Arrow will be featured in several upcoming
plotlines, so we’ve also included two new NPCs for them
as well (see page 114).
Field Analysis
Field analysts are equally respected and reviled
within the ranks of the Archer Conspiracy. Sent along
with mission teams during routine operations, they
review agent performance, team synergy and composi-
tion, efficiency, and a host of other factors. They moni-
tor whether teams are acting in the best interests of the
global protectorate and making the best use of their
resources.
All of this makes field analysts sound rather
undesirable, but they can also provide several important
benefits to a team they accompany. The home office
is usually much more willing to listen to an analyst-
supported team when they request field support (often
resulting in a bonus to favor checks and similar bene-
fits). Field analysts can also help to promote teams with
good reviews, resulting in better assignments and more
R&R between operations.
Finally, field analysts are often assigned to missions
that require intelligence or innovation outside the abil-
ity of the average specialist. Field analysts are often
bountiful wellsprings of obscure knowledge and unex-
pected talents which can greatly influence the success of
a mission. The Foundation’s home office keeps records
of their specialties — just as with lower caliber special-
ists — and frequently calls upon them during missions
of global import.
27
Seaborne, Patricia
Codename: TYGER
Archer Identity Number: 11-958824-74
Nationality: Australian
Gender: Female Handedness: Right
Height: 5’5" Weight: 115 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black, streaked with blonde
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
Date of Birth: 1978.02.27
Distinguishing Characteristics: Irrepressible smile
Background
Young and vivacious, Patricia Seabourne is an ideal-
ist whose unquestionable dedication to the Foundation’s
mission has earned her a high rank with the Chamber’s
Knights (see page 108). Seaborne now works as a field
analyst for the Foundation, specializing in the evalua-
tion of team performance. Her high standards dictates
that most agents don’t measure up, and she always does
her best to help them along. Though well-intentioned,
this approach is occasionally considered patronizing by
agents she works with.
Fortunately, Seabourne’s quick smile and sparkling
wit usually set her fellow agents at ease, and she quick-
ly acclimates to most situations. She is difficult to anger,
and one of the few behaviors that truly irks her is con-
flict within a team. Considering her dedication to the
cause, it isn’t surprising she considers such behavior
counterproductive and selfish; in her eyes, the agents are
placing personal feelings above the needs of the Archer
Foundation — a cardinal sin among operatives of any
Chamber in the Conspiracy.
Seabourne truly enjoys her work, as it requires a
great deal of travel to many exotic locations around the
globe. Though most agents are afforded this opportuni-
ty, few have the time to enjoy it. The nature of
Seabourne’s work, however, requires her to get to know
each team before entering the field, as well as the sights
of each new team’s locale. Usually, the first thing she
does upon arrival (after stating her business) is treat her
assigned team to dinner at one of the best restaurants in
town, and takes a moment to get to know them.
Patricia Seaborne, 5th-level sleuth/3rd-level field analyst
(see page 49). CR 8. SZ M; v/wp: 61/14; Init +4 (+4 class); Spd
30 ft.; Def +6 (+6 class); Atk: Glock 17 +5 (1d10+1); Face 1
square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes;
SQ per classes; SV Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +7; Str 11, Dex 12,
Con 14, Int 17, Wis 15, Cha 14; Skills: Appraisal +7, Bluff +8,
Bureaucracy +6, Computers +5, Concentration +7, Cultures
+9, Diplomacy +6, Disguise +6, Driver +5, First Aid +3,
Gather Information +16, Languages +9, Listen +8, Profession
(Teacher) +10, Search +10, Sense Motive +12, Spot +12,
Surveillance +15. Feats: Advanced Skill Mastery (analyst),
Alertness, Analyst, Mark, Mobility, World Traveler. Gear:
Weapons, professional grade camera and film. Gadgets and
Vehicles: Subcochlear implant, Icon Prostar 7.
 Archer Foundation
Two examples of highly contrasting field analysts are
found in the boxes on pages 26 and 27 — Patricia
Seaborne and Madeleine Steele.
Agent Matches: Field analysts usually possess
exceedingly high Intelligence and unwavering loyalty.
As with most other Foundation roles, combat classes
and physical abilities take a back seat to ingenuity
and well-rounded (or exotic) skills. Once recruited, field
analysts are offered special training, represented by
a new prestige class (see page 49).
Standard Gear: The standard gear issued to field
analysts varies as much as their duties to the Conspir-
acy, though as stated above, these agents often receive
special consideration when requisitioning gear. Analysts
often obtain the latest designs from the remaining
loyalists in the Ego Trust, and only infrequently carry
experimental gear and gadgets.
Game Options: The field analyst role is a double-
edged sword in many respects. Though field analysts
enjoy many Foundation privileges and are often privy
to special information about missions, they are also
mistrusted by many of their colleagues (whether
deserved or not) and must often act as team leaders
in times of crisis.
“Fringewalking”
The Foundation’s one proprietary mission type is
walking the Fringe (see page 68), which encompasses
all things supernatural, paranormal, and unexplained.
Operations determined to be Fringe-related are auto-
matically deferred to the Foundation for review, and
by virtue of Dr. Lothario Algernon’s growing informa-
tion network, at least one of his “fringewalkers” mans
all known forays into the world’s often bizarre shadow
history.
Agent Matches: Fringewalking missions are exclu-
sively the purview of the Foundation’s Nihil division,
which recruits agents based on their open-mindedness
(Wisdom and like skills) and ability to deal with the
unexpected (Charisma and like skills). Most agents
assigned to this division eventually receive training
in the fringewalker prestige class (see page 50).
Standard Gear: Fringewalking missions rarely use
“standard issue” equipment (after all, how to you
prepare to deal with the unknown?), and gear is thus
assigned most often to deal with the mundane surface
elements of the operation. For example, an investigation
into the disappearance of a political dignitary in a New
York subway station might demand forensic gear cou-
pled with the request for a local beat cop (see page 86)
or other specialist familiar with the city. Once the dis-
appearances are determined to be the work of earth-
bound Architects of the Fringe (see page 40), however,
or a vindictive lingering spirit (see page 68), the gear
required changes significantly — and in many cases
becomes unnecessary.
28
Game Options: Pages 68–75 of this book are devoted
to running a pulp-style fringewalking game,
in which the Foundation’s agents document events so
far over the top that even most Conspiracy agents scoff
at them.
Psion Affairs
Once fostered by the ground-breaking Dream Suite
(Room 39), psionic operations have since shifted perma-
nently into the hands of the Archer Foundation. Today,
the Foundation recruits, trains, and fields the strongest
psions on the planet, including their own Control,
the multi-psion hybrid known as “Two” (see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 60).
But beyond merely fielding psions trained to use
psion powers, the Foundation serves as homefront of
psionic research for the new Millennium. New abilities
are constantly being discovered and tested, and un-
tapped regions of the human mind are explored. Unfor-
tunately, there’s always a need for subjects to field-test
new theories and abilities, a job which lands firmly on
the shoulders of volunteer agents.
Training methods have improved as well — the
advancement of meditation and mental and physical
discipline over the dangerous chemical force-awaken-
ings of the first half of the century was largely spear-
headed by joint efforts between Room 39 and the Archer
Foundation, prior to the complete transfer of all psion
projects into the Foundation’s hands. Since then,
the Foundation’s Office of Psion Affairs has actively
sought new and more effective ways to hone psion abil-
ities (and ensure they don’t expand out of the subjects’
control at the same time).
Agent Matches: Normally, Foundation psions are
recruited for their strong psion potential. All Grade A
psions are recommended to the Australian Chamber for
training (though they may refuse if they wish),
and psions who manifest previously unseen abilities are
either transferred or reviewed by a high-ranking mem-
ber of the Office of Psion Affairs (see page 46).
Foundation psions are usually the first to field new
abilities — as part of test runs to determine their poten-
tial power and utility — but the inherent danger
involved demands that all pertinent agents volunteer.
Coupled with the fact that only those with psion poten-
tial may apply, the number of psion “guinea pigs”
is usually quite low at any time — never enough to field
test every new invention. Therefore, only the most pow-
erful and potentially dangerous discoveries are handed
to field testers; the rest are simply lab-tested and hand-
ed down through the ranks for normal field service.
Most recently, the Foundation has discovered three
new types of psions — energy-controlling “maxims,”
temporal masters called “hypers,” and an advanced form
of telepath known as a “scanner.” Each of these psion
types is represented in Chapter 3 by a new prestige class.
 Agent
Standard Gear: PsiTech is likewise field-tested for
power and utility, but unlike new psion power develop-
ments, most gadgets are no longer assigned to volun-
teers. Between the current glut of psion developments
(precipitated by the psion explosion — see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 55), most gadgets
see their first use during missions. Many reckless agents
even relish the rush of using a device for the first time,
seeking out the newest untested gear during their
mission briefings.
Game Options: The introduction of psions into an
agent team drastically changes the dynamic of play,
especially at the prestige class level, where the power
scale of disciplines borders on superhuman. But in an
age when criminal masterminds are fielding chemical
monsters, armies of bound minions, and bioengineered
supersoldiers, the need for the psionic edge grows by the
day. The Archer Foundation makes fighting such
menaces not only a priority but also an obligation, and
takes psionic development very seriously. The strongest
and fastest physical adepts train at the Australian
Chamber, as do the brightest, most unconventional
thinkers and the most devastating telepathic prodigies.
Eventually, these agents filter through the rest of the
Conspiracy, but all of them begin here, at the heart of
the Raymond Archer’s vision of global peace.
29
Recruitment
The European Commonwealth is known for recruit-
ing new espionage operatives into the Conspiracy, but
psionic and mystic recruitment falls into the hands of
the Archer Foundation. Such recruiting operations gen-
erally follow some manifestation of abilities among the
civilian ranks of the outside world, and recruiters are
often partnered with agents from damage control (see
page 26) responsible for covering up the manifestation.
An example might be a spirit medium who comes to the
attention of the Foundation when a legitimate exorcism
is broadcast by a major news agency. In this case,
recruitment officers go in to retrieve the medium and
offer him the chance to control his gift, while a damage
control simultaneously goes to the news agency to offer
a reasonable explanation of “what really happened.”
PsiScouts: A special branch of the Foundation’s
recruitment division focuses on tracking down latent
and recently awakened psions. These agents — called
PsiScouts — are psions themselves, with the Psionic
Sensing skill (see page 62). All PsiScouts are volunteers,
and most work alone or in pairs. Occasionally,
a PsiScout works with a standard mission team, usually
when a target latent is either in mortal danger or hunt-
ed by an enemy organization. Some PsiScouts prefer
to work as part of a regular team, using their abilities
to track enemy psions and other psionic phenomena.
 Archer Foundation
Agent Matches: The Foundation looks for sensitive,
compassionate operatives to join its recruitment divi-
sion, whose Wisdom and Charisma are high and whose
personalities do not conflict with any other common
“types.” Recruiters must be convincing as well, capable
of “selling” the Conspiracy and its benefits — both to the
public and to the target himself. Gruff, brash, or impa-
tient agents never work as recruiters.
Standard Gear: Gear doesn’t play a vital role in
recruitment operations — unless the agent needs a way
to quickly convince a target of the impossible, in which
case nearly any PsiTech gadget or low-power relic will
do the trick. Otherwise, gear is assigned according to the
conditions of the recruitment.
Game Options: Recruitment missions offer the agents
a chance to flex their roleplaying muscles and go on the
offensive for once. As with bookkeeping missions, there
is usually a clear objective (bringing a target civilian
into the fold) and a reasonable path to reaching it.
Recruitment missions are most interesting, however,
when they feature unexpected challenges. Take, for in-
stance, the latent psion whose manifesting telekinetic
abilities have also attracted the Shop. What happens
if the target prefers the Shop’s offer? Should the agents
try to “save” the psion from the Shop, or use him as
a lead back to the mysterious organization?
Training
As discussed under Psion Affairs, above, the Archer
Foundation is responsible for much of the Con-spiracy’s
training. Agents are routinely assigned to the Lord of
Discipline, Nostrum (see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, page 58), who pushes them to their limits
in order to prepare them for the worst the world has
to offer. More and more frequently, volunteer psions are
sent out after they manifest new and untested abilities.
The training corps (see page 46) instructs agents
in basic espionage knowledge — the application of
tradecraft and fieldwork is generally handled at the
Lodge in Africa — widening the base of information
at their disposal during missions.
As with psion testing, skills training often occurs
in the field rather than the classroom. There, knowledge
can be applied “hands on” and pupils can be evaluated
in practice. The Archer Foundation holds field experi-
ence higher than nearly any other element of an agent’s
background, so many agents venture out into the field
in order to improve their positions within the Chamber.
Special Note: Many trainers maintain day jobs at
the Foundation’s principal front, the Archer Institute for
the Sciences. This think tank is a legitimate power in the
international scientific community, and often called upon
by agencies of world governments such as the Australian
CDI (Center for Disease Information), the United Nations,
and even SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Life) —
though the Foundation has yet to uncover any evidence
that SETI’s mission will ever succeed.
30
Agent Matches: Trainers are recruited from all walks
of life, but most commonly from the college circuit and
ranks of professional technical authors. Both of these
careers foster the focused mindset and attention to de-
tail required to train superspies. Though many, if not
most, trainers are vastly inferior to their pupils physi-
cally, they are almost always mental giants. Only those
with the highest Intelligence scores earn this respected
position, and scores above 16 often compensate for
lower Wisdom and Charisma, resulting in the “hard-ass”
professors which agents are so loathe to learn under.
Not surprisingly, most trainers begin without a class,
never having trained as a spy themselves. Instead, they
train spies to have great minds, solve problems quickly
and cleanly, and think outside the box. Many trainers
eventually “get the itch” though, and opt to learn the
ropes in Africa or at one of the other Chambers before
returning to earn some field time with the Foundation.
Many such agents become the Conspiracy’s finest. Lord
Reginald Savage — otherwise known as Argus — is one
such individual, having begun his long and illustrious
career with Room 39 as a professor of logic and debate.
(For more about Argus, see page 152 of the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook.)
Standard Gear: Trainers rely mostly on their wits and
vast wealth of information to get by, though many are
fascinated by PsiTech.
Game Options: Playing a trainer — or a team of
trainers — can be an interesting distraction from the
standard mission pattern. Maybe the agents must work
with a team of younger, less experienced pupils in an
operation that unexpectedly leaps out of the students’
league (and maybe even out of the trainers’ as well),
presenting the agents with the twin responsibilities
of solving the problem and protecting their wards at the
same time. Industrious agents might even find a few
opportunities to continue their students’ training.
Keeping the Secret
Every Chamber keeps the Conspiracy’s secrets in
different ways. The Pan-Asian Collective, for example,
protects the Conspiracy through complex deception and
mind games. The Company uses brute force, or political
leverage. Room 39 identifies leaks and surgically
excises them with well-oiled special forces strikes.
The Archer Foundation, on the other hand, likes to keep
things simple. It relies primarily on the strength of its
own agents, avoiding the established government chan-
nels that the other Chambers rely upon. They eschew
violence, and whenever possible, resort to plausible
cover stories.
Foundation teams are known to set up several cover
identities and all associate paperwork before leaving
the home office, each of which is broadly applicable
to many situations. Common cover stories include
feature article writers for major magazines, cartogra-
 Agent
phers for various organizations, traveling scholars, and
corporate trouble-shooters (the last of whom are
ignored simply because their occupation is boring).
Agents of the Archer Foundation rarely use a heavy
hand, and don’t request cover stories that demand they
do so. Few pose as government agents, for instance,
since such blatant power brokering simply draws too
much attention for their tastes.
M ISSION
RESOURCES
The Foundation has many resources at its disposal,
from powerful allies to protocols safeguarding agents
to amazing discoveries put to practical use for the good
of the Conspiracy. The Chamber’s information and
personnel network is global in scope and frighteningly
versatile. All of this is available to field agents with the
right connections.
The description of each Foundation resource is
followed by a “Possible Assistance” entry, which
describes a few ways that agents can call upon the
resource during play. This list is far from exhaustive,
and players should be encouraged to come up with new
and more inventive uses for existing resources.
GCs should likewise feel free to create new resources for
the Foundation in their own games.
Allied Agencies
and their Perks
The Archer Foundation maintains many allies both
inside and outside the borders of its local shadow com-
munity, mostly focusing on government bodies and
police services. Though agents rarely use these agencies
as host cells (preferring not to draw the attention gained
for government affiliation), they will call upon them in
times of need — especially when they run afoul of local
or international laws.
Australian Law Enforcement
The Archer Foundation keeps the Australian law
enforcement agencies well placated, ensuring that most
of its agents can move about freely, unfettered
by speeding tickets, jail stays, and other trivial delays.
This is especially true in Canberra, where several of the
Lords are personal friends with police commissioners,
judges, and other members of the constabulary. High-
ranking law enforcement officials receive gifts and spe-
cial indulgences… and in some cases contraband gained
through the Foundation’s black market contacts, or
information about personal or political rivals.
Australian law enforcement is not aware of the
Foundation’s true purpose, or even its existence. Rather,
the Foundation sets its agents up with credentials from
31
one of its many well-respected national front compa-
nies, effectively offering them a form of “legal immuni-
ty” within Australian borders.
Only once has any police official been introduced
to the Conspiracy’s true scope and purpose, with disas-
trous results. Following a mastermind attack on Perth,
the Commissioner of Emergency Services, Samuel
Frantz, was brought into the fold. He served the Con-
spiracy loyally for many years until his capture last year
by the Shop. In a failed attempt to create a reliable mole
within the Foundation’s back yard, they accidentally
wiped Frantz’s mind, leaving him a babbling husk in
a mental institution. Since then, all operatives of the
Foundation are prohibited from revealing the protec-
torate to high-profile specialists.
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents gain the fol-
lowing benefits when dealing with Australian law
enforcement (assuming they can establish their affilia-
tion with one of the Chamber's front companies):
• Weapons restrictions are almost entirely lifted for
Foundation agents. When an agent is taken into cus-
tody for possession of a firearm, he gains an automatic
favor check (DC 10 for pistols and 15 for rifles, SMGs,
or shotguns). The agent need not spend an action die
to make this favor check, though the check may only
be made once. With success, he is released within 1d4
hours and his weapon is returned to him.
• Australian police often look the other way when
Foundation agents ask politely. This requires a success-
ful favor check (DC 10 if there is only the suspicion
of a crime, or 15 if the police are certain of illegal activ-
ities). This ability may be activated either before or after
a crime is committed. This requires contact with an ally
within the Australian police force, and 1d2 hours to set
up if handled before the crime takes place.
• Foundation agents may perform minor infractions
without police response or sanction (no favor check or
action die expenditure is required).
Australian Security and
Intelligence Organization
(ASIO)
Once sanctioned by its own government, Australia’s
counterintelligence organization now owes its near
unilateral power to the Archer Conspiracy. In return,
the ASIO grants the Foundation and it’s allied Chambers
many special favors and allowances on Australian soil
and occasionally abroad.
NPCs: The ASIO’s current head of electronic security
is David McCullough (see page 32). McCullough works
as a freelance specialist for the Archer Foundation on
occasion. Agents requesting computer-related assis-
tance in Australia may encounter him, and Foundation
agents who succeed with an education check (DC 15)
know of his exploits and where to find him.
 Archer Foundation
McCullough, David
Codename: SPOILER
Archer Identity Number: 61-393127-48
Nationality: Australian
Gender: Male Handedness: Right
Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Blonde
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Date of Birth: 1963.10.30
Distinguishing Characteristics: Mole on left cheek.
Background
A brilliant computer specialist, McCullough was one of
ASIO’s first recruits once the Foundation arranged for all
intelligence gathering restrictions to be lifted (see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 54). Renowned
among the Australian hacker community for years,
McCullough is known as something of a “cyberspace vigi-
lante.” Until his recruitment, he monitored hundreds of
hacker message boards, chat rooms, and mailing lists,
watching for anyone who bragged about their next target.
When he identified someone, he would “piggy-back” into
the system behind them, steal what data he liked, and plant
evidence to lead the police to the other hacker’s doorstep.
McCullough’s activities made him a pariah in the hack-
er community, but he persevered. By 1999, he was respon-
sible for the apprehension of over thirty hackers, and the
entire time the authorities couldn’t even produce his name.
Then, in February of 1999, everything changed. One
of his marks turned out to be a past victim who had been
released from jail. The rival hacker planted a virus that
tagged McCullough’s computer, leading the police back
to him instead. Caught in his own web, McCullough was
arrested and imprisoned pending trial.
Shortly after his arrest, however, McCullough was
approached by an ASIO recruiter who had heard of his
online exploits, and offered a deal: work for the ASIO,
doing the same job he’d already done for years, and he
could walk. It wasn’t much of a choice.
Ironically, McCullough’s first job was to crack ASIO’s
own computer system, as a test of ASIO’s own security
measures. His superiors gave him a week to complete the
task; he did it in a day. He was immediately placed in
charge of upgrading ASIO’s systems and tightening elec-
tronic security.
David McCullough, 5th-level snoop/6th-level hacker. CR 11.
SZ M; v/wp: 53/10; Init +8 (+7 class, +1 Dex); Spd 30 ft.; Def
+6 (+6 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Beretta Model 92FS +6 (1d10+1);
Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes; SQ per class-
es; SV Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +6; Str 12, Dex 13, Con 10, Int
16, Wis 10, Cha 8; Skills: Bluff +8, Bureaucracy +6,
Computers +17, Concentration +7, Cryptography +17,
Cultures +5, Driver +2, Gather Information +6, Sense Motive
+8, Spot +5, Surveillance +12. Feats: Advanced Skill Mastery
(Mathematical Genius), Mathematical Genius, Quick Use
(Computers). Gear: Weapons, laptop (custom-built system,
power rating +6), various software and viruses. Gadgets and
Vehicles: None.
32
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following favors from allied personnel of the
ASIO, assuming their good standing with the Conspiracy
is confirmed. Each requires contact with the home office
or an ally within the ASIO, and 1d12 hours to set up.
• Foundation agents may seek out Conspiracy allies with-
in the ASIO to gain dossiers about known criminals,
spies, and government figures stationed in or traveling
through the Australian Commonwealth. This requires
a favor check (DC 5 + the target NPC’s agent level), and
with success, provides a record of the NPC’s arrival and
departure dates, place(s) of residence in the country,
and all known data about their activities (especially
if they are known to be involved in crimes of any kind).
• Foundation agents may convince the ASIO to flag a for-
eign ambassador stationed in Australia or a visiting
government official as a potential spy. This effectively
relegates complaints from the targeted official into
a quagmire of ”things to do,” and greatly slows official
government response, allowing the agents to harass the
official with near impunity. This requires a favor check
(DC equal to the official’s Bureaucracy skill), modified
by the official's position and whether the agents
request the assistance before or after the harassment
ensues:
Condition DC Modifier
The guest is part of diplomatic staff –2
The guest is a diplomatic aide +0
The guest is a known dignitary* +5
Request for assistance is made –2
before harassment ensues
Request for assistance is made +5
after harassment ensues
* This type of guest includes ambassadors and visiting
high-ranking government officials.
For the purposes of Bureaucracy skill use, treat staffers
as low-level management, aides as middle manage-
ment, and dignitaries as upper management. All normal
DCs, modifiers, and effects for these levels of target
NPC apply.
• The ultimate use of the ASIO is to revoke a target offi-
cial's diplomatic immunity, allowing for them to be
arrested, jailed, and tried as a normal civilian visitor to
Australia. This is a very complicated and risky proce-
dure, and often backfires. When an agent team wishes
to call in this type of favor, they must succeed with a
favor check (DC 20). Failure reveals the ASIO's corrupt
actions; to protect the organization and the
Foundation, the ASIO operative working with the
agents is burned (see the Spycraft Espionage
Handbook, page 209) and the ASIO refuses to work
with the agents for the remainder of the current sea-
 Agent
son. With a critical failure, an international crisis erupts,
and the entire ASIO division working with the agents
is burned. All future favor checks the agent team makes
with the ASIO suffer a –5 modifier. This modifier is
cumulative if the agents are responsible for multiple
ASIO divisions being burned (i.e. they suffer critical fail-
ures when attempting to lift the diplomatic immunity
of multiple foreign officials).
For more about the ASIO, see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 54.
Australian Security
Intelligence Service (ASIS)
The Archer Foundation relies heavily upon the ASIS
to support its operations abroad, and most of the agent
teams it fields, with or without the assistance of the
other Chambers, are filtered through the ASIS's global
spy network. Within areas where it maintains a presence
— the United States, Britain, Europe, and Asia — the
ASIS can provide advanced reconnaissance, cover iden-
tities, and while on Australian soil, military support.
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following favors from allied personnel of the
ASIS, assuming their good standing with the Conspiracy
is confirmed. Each requires contact with the home office
or an ally within the ASIS, and 1d6 hours to set up.
• Foundation agents may request information about
a mission area before their arrival. This requires a favor
check (DC 15). With success, 1d3 ASIS operatives will
scout an area not farther than one hour's drive
(80 miles) from their post or the nearest major metro-
politan area. These operatives prepare a report for the
agents, which may be retrieved in person or highlight-
ed over a phone call (a secure line for this conversation
requires special preparation). The report contains a
general description of the area, including any obvious
personnel, defenses, and unusual external features. The
ASIS operatives will not enter an occupied complex or
risk an armed confrontation during the recon mission.
• Foundation agents may request cover identities to be
prepared by the ASIS, either before their arrival in an
area with an ASIS presence, or during an operation in
such a region. These cover identities are usually created
as phantom personnel working on actual ASIS projects
in the area, and phone calls, email, and other inquiries
about them are rerouted to the central ASIS station in
the area (and the Foundation's allies there). In person,
the cover identity paperwork stands up against scruti-
ny according to the rules for Forgery (see the Spycraft
Espionage Handbook, page 53). The ASIS forgers are
assumed to have a skill bonus equal to the team's aver-
age agent level. This requires a favor check (DC 15).
33
Sterling, Leigh
Codename: INK
Archer Identity Number: 74-009849-12
Nationality: United States of America
Gender: Female Handedness: Right
Height: 5’7” Weight: 115 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel Hair: Red
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Date of Birth: 1973.10.11
Distinguishing Characteristics: Lightly freckled.
Background
After a brief stint as an investigative journalist, Leigh
Sterling discovered that while she greatly enjoyed the
investigative side of her profession, the journalism was-
n’t quite as much fun. That in mind, she resigned her
position at the New York Times and went looking for
more fulfilling work. Thanks largely to the fact that she
had not yet developed a reputation in journalistic circles,
yet possessed a keen reporter’s instinct, she was quickly
snapped up by IRIS (see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, pages 54–55, and page 34 of this book). She
quickly distinguished herself as a thorough and compe-
tent investigator, and her well-ordered and methodical
approach to each assignment has earned many accolades
from her superiors.
Sterling abhors unanswered questions, and quickly
developed a reputation for resolving loose ends among
IRIS files — even those that had been hanging for years
prior to her employment. This penchant eventually led
her to discover IRIS’s many links to the Archer Institute
for the Sciences, and persistent digging revealed a part
of the global spy network.
Fortunately, Sterling was already being considered
for recruitment when she learned of the Foundation, and
her initiative confirmed her ability, securing a position
for her in the protectorate. The Foundation’s promise to
her was simple: so long as she kept her position at IRIS,
acting as the liaison between the organizations and fer-
reting information out for them, she would receive
access to data she could never hope to obtain otherwise.
Sterling quickly agreed, and has worked as a specialist in
this capacity for several years now.
Despite her almost single-minded pursuit of the truth,
Sterling considers her own ethics and morals sacred. She
will not commit an illegal act, and pursues her investi-
gations using strictly legal means.
Leigh Sterling, 2nd-level snoop/3rd-level sleuth. CR 5. SZ M;
v/wp: 40/14; Init +3 (+3 class); Spd 30 ft.; Def +4 (+4 class);
Atk: None; Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes; SQ
per classes; SV Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +8; Str 10, Dex 10, Con
14, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 16; Skills: Bluff +8, Computers +4,
Cultures +8, Diplomacy +9, Gather Information +10,
Intimidate +9, Languages +4, Listen +7, Profession
(Journalist) +9, Search +8, Sense Motive +8, Spot +8. Feats:
The Look, Persuasive. Gear: PDA, professional-grade camera.
Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
 Archer Foundation
• While in Australia and neighboring nations, Foundation
agents may request military support from the ASIS, in
the form of the Australian SAS (a derivative cousin of
the famed British SAS). This requires a favor check (DC
15). With success, the agents gain the support of one
Australian SAS operative (a 2nd-level mercenary — see
page 83), plus one additional operative for every 5 they
beat the DC by. (For example, a favor check or 25 would
earn the agents a team of three supporting SAS opera-
tives). These operatives perform one simple operation
(off-screen), which may be no longer than one scene in
length; thereafter, they return to their standard mis-
sions/posts. The operatives will not break Australian
laws or commit murder for the agents (though they will
defend themselves with lethal force if necessary to sur-
vive an attack). For the purposes of the disposition and
morale rules, the operatives are friendly with the
agents. Agents should be careful only to activate this
ability when absolutely necessary, as it often backfires.
Failure with the favor check reveals the “misuse of
Australian military resources;” to protect the organiza-
tion and the Foundation, the ASIS operative working
with the agents is burned (see the Spycraft Espionage
Handbook, page 209) and the ASIS refuses to work with
the agents for the remainder of the current season.
With a critical failure, an international crisis erupts, and
the entire ASIS division working with the agents is
burned. All future favor checks the agent team makes
with the ASIS suffer a –5 modifier. This modifier is
cumulative if the agents are responsible for burning
multiple ASIS divisions (i.e. they suffer critical failures
when attempting to utilize SAS troops).
For more about the ASIS, see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 54.
International Reporting and
Information Service (IRIS)
The New York-based data collection hub known as
IRIS catalogues world events, political and social cycles,
cultural trends, technological developments, financial
curves, museum exhibits, and any other data they can
get their hands on. This makes them an invaluable mis-
sion resource to the Foundation. Early on, only the
home office relied upon IRIS, and obtaining information
from the service was limited to periods when one of the
Conspiracy's few allies were on site and unobserved.
Today, however, enough of the IRIS staff is loyal to the
Foundation to facilitate most agent requests with ease.
NPCs: The current liaison between the Archer
Foundation and IRIS is Leigh Sterling (see page 33).
Leigh is well aware of the Foundation’s true purpose,
and effectively acts as a full-fledged agent operating
outside the standard channels of the Conspiracy. Agents
utilizing IRIS resources will undoubtedly encounter her.
34
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following favors from allied personnel of IRIS,
assuming their good standing with the Conspiracy is
confirmed. Each requires contact with the home office
or an ally within IRIS.
• Foundation agents may request a financial profile of
any company, person, or government-contracted busi-
ness. This requires a favor check (DC 15) and 1d12 hours
to set up. With success, the agent receives two critical
pieces of information — the target's holdings (including
any subsidiary companies or employees) and whether
the target serves as a front for another company or
person. Additional information about the target my be
requested — each question requires an additional favor
check (DC 10-20), unless the GC determines that the
information desired is part of the original profile.
• When in communication with IRIS, a team of Foundat-
ion agents may automatically succeed with one
Education check of their choice relating to the outside
world (i.e., non-Conspiracy, non-shadow comm-
unity/history, or like enemy information). The informa-
tion may be FAXed, phoned, or emailed to IRIS, and
takes 1d6 hours to generate a response. This ability may
only be used once per mission.
For more about IRIS, see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, pages 54–55.
INTERPOL
With the help of INTERPOL, the Foundation tracks
criminal activities worldwide. This usually doesn't
assist their efforts to counter criminal masterminds
and their inner circle — most of whom operate outside
the law — but is a great help in tracking and capturing
their minions and public allies.
Possible Assistance: If a criminal's current location
is known, a Foundation agent may tip off INTERPOL
with a phone call. This tip may be placed anonymous-
ly, and requires a simple Bluff skill (DC 10). In addi-
tion, Foundation agents may call upon the following
favors from allied personnel of INTERPOL, assuming
their good standing with the Conspiracy is confirmed.
Each requires contact with the home office or an ally
within INTERPOL, and unless otherwise stated, 1d2
hours to set up.
• Foundation agents may request one criminal's record.
This requires a favor check (DC 10). With success,
the agent gains a list of every arrest, acquittal, and con-
viction for the criminal in question, as well as any addi-
tional information that is part of his sealed record (e.g.
psychological assessments, last known location, and
known allies).
 Agent
• Foundation agents may modify one criminal's record,
adding new crimes, deleting recorded ones, or changing
other information. This requires a favor check (DC 15-
20, as determined by the GC) and 1d12 hours to set up.
Local Shadow Communities
The Archer Foundation has great sway over the
shadow communities through Australia, Indonesia,
New Zealand, the Malay Peninsula, and all encompass-
ing areas. Local spies, smugglers, unaligned groups,
and other unseen elements within these areas simply
understand that to pierce the Cloak or impede
Foundation operations risks retribution from the Cham-
ber. Most neutral shadows try to cooperate with
Foundation agents, or stay out of their way. Those who
do not risk isolation, harassment, and imprisonment at
the very least.
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following effects within the Australian
shadow community, assuming their affiliation with the
Conspiracy is confirmed. Unless otherwise stated, each
requires 1d12 hours to set up, during which the agent is
negotiating with local spies, informants, and other
inhabitants of the Australian espionage circuit.
• Foundation agents may put the word out that
they're looking for someone they believe to
be in the local shadow communities.
One agent generates a Diplomacy or
35
Intimidate check (as determined by the GC), which
is opposed by the target's Diplomacy, Disguise, Hide,
or Intimidate check (as determined by the GC).
This opposed skill check is made normally even though
the agents and their target may not know each others'
location — the totals represent the parties' comparable
influence over elements of the local shadow communi-
ty. Each other agent in the team may cooperate per the
standard rules (see the Spycraft Espionage Handbook,
page 39), as may allies of the target. A physical descrip-
tion of the target must be provided; if it is accompanied
by an accurate run-down of the target’s likely activities,
the team gains a +2 bonus to its total skill check. This
bonus is applied only once, not once per agent involved.
Agents may also use this ability to locate an object they
believe is in the area — in this case, the team's skill
check is opposed by the person or persons in possession
of the object.
• Foundation agents may attempt to turn the bulk of the
local shadow communities against someone, making it
more difficult for him or her to operate in the area. This
is a concentrated effort that does not require a favor
check; instead, it imposes a –4 circumstance penalty to
all of the agent's other favor checks in the area while
the ability is in use. During this time, the target suffers
a –4 penalty to all of his favor and disposition checks
within the local shadow communities. His terrain and
overland movement rates are also cut in half (rounding
up), representing the constant interference from local
 Archer Foundation
shadows and time spent hiding to avoid detection. This
ability may only target one person, but this person may
be anyone, including a member of the shadow commu-
nity or a former ally of the agents. The GC may require
one or more Diplomacy or Intimidate checks if the tar-
get is well-liked within the local shadow communities.
• Foundation agents may gather “the word on the street”
— gossip and rumors — about one particular subject.
This requires a Diplomacy or Intimidate check and 1d2
hours to set up. The DC of the agents' skill check is
either 10-20 (per the GC, if the subject of the inquiry is
not attempting to hide within the community) or
opposed by the subject's Diplomacy, Disguise, Hide, or
Intimidate check (per the GC, if the subject is applying
pressure within the shadow community to keep others
from speaking about him). This opposed skill check is
made normally even though the agents and their target
may not know each others' location — the totals repre-
sent the parties' comparable influence over elements of
the local shadow community. Each other agent in the
team may cooperate per the standard rules (see the
Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 39), as may allies
of the target.
The Rest of the World
The Archer Conspiracy’s founders situated their
central Chamber in Australia in part to avoid the obvi-
ous turmoil growing everywhere else in the world. This
decision has protected the Foundation from much of the
upheaval that plagues every other Chamber, and allows
it to operate unfettered by governmental intrigue in its
own back yard. Unfortunately, this has also distanced
the Foundation from much of the rest of the world,
spreading their connections and resources quite thin.
The United Nations
Australia's intelligence organizations have an unfor-
tunate history with UN member nations — particularly
the U.S., which has suffered a number of public scandals
in the last 20 years when their secrets were leaked by
treacherous Australian operatives. But the Foundation,
which has no such public connection to the UN, main-
tains a healthy relationship with the world's diplomatic
leaders, and often calls upon them in times of need.
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following favors from allied personnel of the
United Nations, assuming their good standing with the
Conspiracy is confirmed. Each requires contact with the
home office or an ally within the UN, and 1d6 hours
to set up.
• The UN sends hundreds, if not thousands, of diplomat-
ic pouches across the world every month. Foundation
agents can arrange to have up to 100 pages or printed
material, up to ten CDs, or any object of like thickness
36
and dimensions (smaller than a standard briefcase),
transported within one of these pouches. Only the UN
keeps a record of the pouch, and even then its contents
are listed as “classified.” Physical documents or items to
be transported must be delivered to a UN office, though
electronic information may simply be emailed to one of
the Foundation's UN contacts (this is faster, but much
less secure, and may result in someone intercepting the
email and stealing the information). A diplomatic
pouch arrives at its destination within one day (1d20+4
hours), and is assumed to be safe unless the GC deter-
mines otherwise (e.g. that the courier is attacked, or
happens upon an unexpected situation, such as a plane
hijacking or a flash-riot). No favor or skill check is
required to activate this ability, but it may only be used
once per mission, and the UN contacts cannot know the
contents of the pouch, or the circumstances of its
transport.
• Foundation agents may call upon UN allies to arrange
clandestine meetings with dignitaries and other politi-
cal figures. Once per mission the agents may make a
favor check (DC equal to the agent level of the person
to be met). modified as follows:
Condition DC Modifier
Low-level diplomat (e.g. governor) +0
Dignitary (e.g. senator) +4
World leader (e.g. President) +8
Topic of meeting is described as –2
something the political figure is
intensely interested in
Topic of meeting is described as +0
something the political figure is
moderately interested in
Topic of meeting is described as +2
something the political figure is
mildly interested in
Agents demand to meet at a place +5
and time of their own choosing*
Agents demand that no guards +5
be present
Agents demand to bring weapons +5
of their own*
* If the check succeeds without this modifier, the GC
may rule that the political figure agrees to meet with
the agents, but only if this condition is lifted.
With success, a meeting is arranged within the next
three days. The agents' UN contacts refuse to mediate
or be involved in any way other than to set the meet-
ing up. They will not provide protection during the
meeting.
 Agent
South America
The Foundation's interests in South America are
limited to ensuring that no villainous elements take
advantage of the weak Conspiracy efforts in the area.
They dedicate only a few personnel and resources to this
goal, and their ability to assist agents in the area is
consequently limited. Still, Foundation agents can ex-
pect a degree of support here.
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following effects while in populated areas
of South America, assuming their good standing
with the Conspiracy is confirmed. Each requires contact
with the home office or an ally within South America.
• The Archer Foundation keeps a number of guides
and translators on retainer throughout South America,
which agents may call upon for assistance when need-
ed. This requires no favor check, but 1d4 hours must be
spent contacting the specialist and the agents must pay
all costs incurred while with the specialist - including
feeding and rooming the specialist himself. Guides
are professionals (see page 87) and translators are
academics (see page 81). Both have a level equal to half
the average agent level of the team (rounded down).
Only one guide and one translator may be requested
per visit to the South American continent, though the
agents may seek out and hire a second or more using
traditional channels (i.e. talking to the locals and using
local contacts the agents know personally). Each guide
and translator remains with the agents for the duration
of the team's stay in South America or one month,
whichever comes first, and will not fight for or with
them, or otherwise endure undue hardship.
• Foundation agents may requisition gear without
restriction in South America, and need not make
any favor checks to arrange for it to be delivered
(or air-dropped) into even the most remote locations
on the continent. Gear, gadgets, and vehicles requisi-
tioned near major cities arrive in the standard time (see
the Spycraft Espionage Handbook, pages 24 and 106),
but items requisitioned away from major cities arrive
in 1 hour per 4 BP or 1 GP spent. When combined with
the fixer's procure ability, this speeds up the process
even further — the items requisitioned arrive in 1 hour
per 5 BP or 2 GP spent.
Front Companies
The Archer Foundation hides behind hundreds
of front companies, most of which hide behind hun-
dreds more. The following are three of these companies
commonly called upon to assist agents in the field.
Private Airline
The Foundation keeps this unnamed private shut-
tling service off the books, relying on pilots, air traffic
controllers, and flight and ground crews loyal to the
37
cause (or to the money and other perks the Foundation
can provide). Private jets and cargo planes are kept at
all major airports — including all those featured on page
223 of the Spycraft Espionage Handbook and hundreds
more) — with pilots and crew on call nearby. Support
personnel (i.e. those who help the plane take off from
the ground) are not always available, however — the GC
may at any time spend and roll one action die to delay
a flight's takeoff by a number of hours equal to the
total.
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following favors from the Foundation's private
airline, assuming their good standing with the
Conspiracy is confirmed. Each requires contact with the
home office.
• When in a major city, Foundation agents may arrange
to travel to any other major city without cost. This
requires 1d2 hours to set up, plus any time the GC adds
with his action dice. Actual travel time is calculated as
normal (see the Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page
223).
• When in a major city, Foundation agents may arrange
to transport any object or package up to Large size and
up to 2 tons in weight to any other major city without
cost. This requires 1d2 hours to set up, plus any time the
GC adds with his action dice. Actual travel time is cal-
culated as normal (see Spycraft Espionage Handbook,
Foundation Modifiers
When Abroad
Foundation agents are well liked in some shadow
communities around the world, but in others… Apply
the following modifiers to all disposition checks made
with a shadow of the respective community, so long
as the agent is known to work for the Archer
Foundation. These modifiers are ignored when deal-
ing with those outside the world’s shadow communi-
ties, and with those who don’t know the agent’s true
allegiance.
Special Note: GCs should apply these modifiers to
standard NPCs who work as agents or specialists for
the Chambers in each region as well.
Region Modifier
Africa +2
Asia –2
Australia/Iceland +4
Europe (Fade territory) +2
Europe (Gemeinschafft territory) –3
The Middle East –2
The Russian Federation –4
South America +0
The United Kingdom +3
The United States +0
 Archer Foundation
page 223). The agents must separately arrange for pick-
up at the other end of the flight, though the airline can
store the object for up to 24 hours without chance
of detection. Thereafter, the GC should roll 1d20 each
day. If the roll is less than the number of days the object
has been stored, it is discovered by unaligned personnel
at the airport, with results determined by the GC.
Safe Haven Resorts
The worldwide five-star Safe Haven Resort hotel
chain can be found in every major city in the world.
Privately owned by the Vision Enterprises Corporation,
which is in turn a front company for Foundation
land development projects, Safe Haven is more
a series of converted condominiums than hotels. Each
Safe Haven unit consists of two to four bedrooms (each
with a private bath), a communal living room, patio,
dining room, jacuzzi, and atrium, and reinforced walls
(hardness 6 with 20 wound points), doors (hardness
7 with 20 wound points and a Break DC of 20), and win-
dows (hardness 3 with 20 wound points and a Break
DC of 18). Each resort room stands independently from
the rest on a one-half acre plot of land meticulously
landscaped for physical beauty as well as excellent
concealment from all angles (one-half concealment for
those not trying to hide, and one-half to total conceal-
ment, per the GC, for those trying to stay out of sight).
A private carport is located at the back of each resort
house and each Safe Haven resort features a private
helipad easily accessed by all houses. With so many
spectacular features — and a nightly price tag in the
thousands of dollars — only the idle rich and cultural
elite can stay here, but Foundation agents may call
upon Safe Haven at any time during missions.
38
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
upon the following favors from Safe Haven, assuming
their good standing with the Conspiracy is confirmed.
Each simply requires that the agents show up at a Safe
Haven resort.
• Foundation agents may simply show up at any Safe
Haven resort — with or without calling ahead — and
demand a safe house. The staff immediately sneaks the
team into an empty rental without charge or fuss.
The GC may spend an action die to rule that all the
resort houses are rented, in which case the agents are
kept in a staff member's home (which doesn't feature
the improved security or luxuries described above).
The agents may stay as long as they like, though the GC
should keep track of which enemies know of their loca-
tion, and what they do about it.
• While at a Safe Haven resort house or employee's home,
the agents may request medical attention. Within 1d2
hours, a doctor loyal to the Conspiracy arrives with
all the supplies and assistance (i.e. nurses and surgeons)
needed to treat the team's wounds. This increases
healing to triple the normal rate, the same as for hos-
pitalization (see the Spycraft Espionage Handbook,
page 179). The doctor and nurses remain until the
agent is healed or leaves the resort.
Straight Arrow Pest
Control (See Page 43)
Technically, the cleaner organization that operates
behind the Straight Arrow Pest Control front company
is a group of loyal specialists, not a division of the
Foundation. They were founded outside the Conspiracy
and have no obligation to follow the Foundation's
orders. They assist the Founda-
tion because their own goals
match those of the Conspiracy…
for now. Regardless, their cur-
rent goodwill toward the Found-
ation offers agents of the Aus-
tralian Chamber several distinct
benefits.
Possible Assistance: Found-
ation agents may call upon the
following favors from Straight
Arrow Pest Control, assuming
their good standing with the
Conspiracy is confirmed. Each
requires contact with the home
office or Straight Arrow.
• Straight Arrow's primary
function is “cleaning” (that is,
scouring an area free of incrimi-
nating evidence and convincing
witnesses that they saw some-
 Agent
thing different after an operation has been botched). Foundation
Foundation agents are authorized to activate Straight Information Sources
Arrow if one of their operations goes bad, but each
Finally, the Archer Foundation has developed many
time they do so they must be sure that bringing in more
resources intentionally geared to support field opera-
outsiders won't further jeopardize the Cloak. Also, they
tions. Agents may call upon the following sources
must be ready to hand the operation off, as Straight
at any time during their investigations.
Arrow has the right to assume total control over an
operation once summoned. When a Foundation agent The Archive
decides to call in Straight Arrow, he dials an unlisted
The Foundation's repository for all information
phone number, gives a password (that changes once
collected about the Conspiracy, shadow history, and
each day), and describes the situation. He must then
their enemies resides on a supercomputer located in
make a favor check (DC 5-30, as determined by the GC,
the bowels of the Archer Institute for the Sciences.
with lowest numbers assigned to the worst situations
The computer is linked to every Foundation terminal
and highest assigned to situations the agents should
in the building, but is not used by anyone other than
be taking care of themselves). With success, a Straight
Foundation operatives seeking information relative to
Arrow team arrives in 1d2 hours and takes over the mis-
their current assignments (most unaligned civilians
sion. The GC should use the rules on page 75 to deter-
working at the facility don't even know it exists). The
mine the Straight Arrow team's composition. The
Archive is also connected to the Internet (so that agents
agents are relieved and directed to return to the home
in the field can make use of it), and is protected by pow-
office for debriefing. Should they stay on, they risk
erful firewalls and anti-virus software. The Archive has
severe reprimand from their superiors unless their sub-
a power rating of 12, has all available peripherals, and
sequent actions benefit everyone involved (including
is equipped with all available software (save viruses).
any local civilians). GC Note: The home office may also
Possible Assistance: The Foundation's massive collec-
call in Straight Arrow (without making a favor check) at
tion of data both mundane and connected to the shad-
any time, with the same results described above.
ow history can be brought to bear by phoning, email-
• Though not entirely their specialty, Straight Arrow may ing, or text messaging to the central archive with a list
be called upon to extract agents trapped behind enemy of nouns and adjectives. 1d6 hours later, every bit of
lines, within enemy structures, jailed, or otherwise unrestricted information within the Archive related
detained. When requesting this type of assistance, to any of the words (or combinations thereof) is sent
the agents must make a favor check (DC 15), modified back to the agent, either by FAX, email, or text message.
by the level of opposition Straight Arrow is likely to The agent determines the method of information deliv-
meet and the chance of exposure: ery during each mission briefing, but a different method
may be chosen by adding a keyword to the message
Condition DC Modifier
sent. When in communication with the Archive, a team
Opposition is light (county jail, –2
of Foundation agents may automatically succeed
lightly populated criminal complex)
with one Education check of their choice relating to
Opposition is moderate +0
the Conspiracy, shadow communities/history, and like
(city jail, well-staffed and
enemy information. This ability may only be used once
well-armed criminal complex)
per mission.
Opposition is heavy +5
(federal penitentiary, criminal The Mysteries
complex with well-armed army)
Long before the Pact, Conrad Archer traveled to
Chance of exposure is low –2
Australia and other parts abroad. Some of these excur-
(no civilians known to be in the area)
sions were made as part of Room 39 operations; others
Chance of exposure is moderate +0
were personal, part of Conrad's quest to unravel the
(few civilians known to be in the area)
secrets of his powers (and avoid losing control to them).
Chance of exposure is high +5
During one such journey, he encountered a tribe of abo-
(many civilians known to be in the area)
rigines with preternatural understanding of the mystic
With success, a Straight Arrow team arrives in 1d2 world. These aborigines demonstrated remarkable abili-
hours, springs the agents, delivers them to a safe loca- ty to dominate Conrad, canceling the effects of his psion
tion within 10 miles, and leave.s The GC should use the abilities and rendering him entirely normal for short
rules on page 75 to determine the Straight Arrow team's periods of time. Conrad remained with the aborigines
composition. He may also wish to run the scene in for many months, and returned to see them several
which the agents are sprung, using the normal
combat rules.

39
 Archer Foundation
times before his disappearance at the end of World War Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
II. He named them “the Mysteries" due to the wealth of upon the following favors from Overwatch, assuming
information they provided about the nature and origins their good standing with the Conspiracy is confirmed.
of psionics and mystic power, and though he never Each requires contact with the home office.
shared much of this information with anyone else, he
• Foundation agents may request satellite photos to be
made provisions for allies to visit the Mysteries for
taken of a specific location. This requires a favor check
spiritual assistance. Like all elements of the mystic
(DC 15) and 1d4+1 hours to set up (which includes the
world, the Mysteries are scoffed at by most Foundation
time needed to position a satellite or wait for one
personnel (including most Lords), but agents who are
to fall into the proper alignment). The agents must
believers, or assigned to the Chamber's Nihil division
specify the scale of the shot they desire (10 feet, 100
(see page 104) may be inclined to tap them as a poten-
feet, 1,000 feet, 1 mile, or 10 miles), as well as a land-
tial resource.
mark within the 10 by 10 foot square at the center of
Possible Assistance: Foundation agents may call
the shot. The shots may be FAXed, emailed, or delivered
upon the following favors from the Mysteries, assuming
by hand, per the agents' request.
their good standing with the Conspiracy is confirmed.
Each requires direct contact the Mysteries (who live in • Foundation agents may request a secure audio or video
a remote part of the Australian Outback). feed. This requires a favor check (DC 15) and 1d2 hours
to set up. The resulting communication line is com-
• The Mysteries are well versed with the lingering spirits
pletely immune to surveillance, and cannot be bugged,
of the dead, which they frequently encounter during
traced, or tapped. The agents must provide their own
forays into the Dreamtime (their name for the Fringe).
audio or video transmitters, as this favor only provides
They are immune to the effects of lingering spirits'
the broadcast signal.
otherworldly wail and chilling touch abilities (see pages
72–73), and can pass this immunity on to agents who
join them in a spiritual dreamwalk (a ceremony in
which all participants fall into a deep meditative trance
and regain their mystic “center”). This requires a favor
E NEMIES OF
THE F OUNDATION
check (DC 20) and if successful, 1d4+2 hours to com-
plete, during which time all participants, including the The Archer Foundation has many, many enemies,
Mys-teries, are helpless. For this reason, alert sentries due in part to its position at the center of the global
are generally assigned to protect dreamwalking protectorate. This section focuses on external enemies —
Mysteries and their guests. The immunity granted by a those foes that agent teams are most likely to contend
dreamwalk fades after 2d10+4 hours. with during missions. It is also limited to the most
pressing enemies known at this time. New enemies
• For reasons still unknown to the Foundation, the Mys-
are described, while enemies previously presented
teries' home and hunting grounds are protected from
are updated, including any events that have happened
Fringe incursions. No Fringe effects occur in the area
and new information that has been discovered since the
except for feats used by the Mysteries themselves, and
first episode of the SFA Interactive campaign (released
the Fringe cannot physically manifest there (see page
with the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook). Foundation
73), though ghosts can still visit. This makes the tribes'
plans and priorities are also included for each, as well
homeland the perfect refuge from the Architects of the
as notes for the GC, detailing our intent with each
Fringe and their schemes. The Mysteries are glad to
enemy and the location of supporting information.
shelter agents from the Fringe for up to two weeks, but
they will not tolerate the agents using their home as a The Architects of the
base of operations, or help to combat the Architects or Fringe
other mystic opponents unless they are attacked them-
Code: None (Black within the Nihil division — see
selves (and then only to defend themselves).
page 110)
Overwatch The result of an early (and misguided) Conspiracy
experiment, the Architects are a distant, brooding
Linked to ECHELON, CARNIVORE, and most military,
enemy unknown to most of the Foundation. The origi-
news, and public satellite systems orbiting the Earth, the
nal Conspiracy project — codenamed SILENT SPECTRE
Archer Conspiracy's Overwatch network can be used in
— was considered nothing more than an attempt to ren-
a great many ways during missions. Two of the most
der the protectorate’s operatives physically invisible (see
popular follow.
page 99 for more about this project). Privately, howev-
er, the Foundation pioneers behind SILENT SPECTRE

40
 Agent
had a different agenda — they were attempting to phys-
ically project themselves into the Fringe (see page 68).
Delirious with their own arrogant ambition, the cabal of
scientists truly believed they could conquer death, tap-
ping untold power for the new global protectorate, and
themselves.
But SILENT SPECTRE didn’t go as they anticipated.
Instead of rendering a small number of test subjects
invisible, the first trial seemingly annihilated the entire
building within which the experiment was conducted.
The Archer Foundation deemed SILENT SPECTRE an
abject failure and closed the books on it, splitting up
and burying what little hard evidence still existed. No
one spoke of the project again, nor was it referred to in
any official documents, for nearly fifty years.
Today, only one man in the entire Archer Conspiracy
knows the truth about what really happened to Project:
SILENT SPECTRE — Dr. Lothario Algernon, otherwise
known as “Chance” and “the Lord of Superstition,” and
head of the Foundation’s private division of paranormal
spook hunters. Publicly, Dr. Algernon handles agents
assigned to missions no other Chamber save the
Guardians are prepared to face — those involving the lit-
tle-understood mystic world. Privately, he watches for
the threat lingering just out of sight — the Architects
still trapped in the Fringe by their own experiment. He
watches for their incursions into the physical world,
waiting for the chance to stop them once and for all.
Foundation Plans and Priorities: Formally none,
though Dr. Algernon knows the real danger the
Architects pose, and will stop at nothing to defeat them.
Algernon understands that their control over the Fringe
has been growing for nearly fifty years, and that they
now dominate many of what laymen term “ghosts.”
While he understands that the Architects desire only to
control the physical world from the outside, he also
knows that they have little compunction with destroy-
ing parts of it that don’t fall in line with their bizarre,
long-reaching goals. He knows all this because he was
once one of them. (For more about Dr. Lothario
Algernon and the Architects of the Fringe, see pages 112
and 117).
GC Resources: The Architects of the Fringe have been
expressly created as a GC “tinker-toy.” Though they
appear in the official SFA Interactive campaign, they are
largely unconnected to the central plotlines, and their
story will never be officially resolved. Nor will they be
dealt with extensively outside this book. The Architects
are designed as an open-ended storyline with a begin-
ning and an end, but no middle, so that GCs can do with
them as they please. We have provided a threat for them
in this book (page 117), as well as extensive background
and resource material (mostly in Chapter 4) and rules for
the Fringe (starting on page 68). GCs are encouraged to
use this threat to develop their own masterminds,
41
henchmen, and minions in the physical world, and may
run the storyline to its conclusion with the destruction
of the Architects power base currently in the Fringe (by
destroying the device mentioned on page 132), without
worry that they will upset anything else in the setting.
Even after the Architects’ destruction, Division Nihil still
offers GCs an excellent route to extreme pulp and para-
normal roleplaying in the Shadowforce Archer setting.
The Cult of the Ten Suns
Code: Red
Chinese legend states that a goddess Xi He (Breath
Blend) gave birth to ten suns. One of these suns would
rise at dawn of each day of the ancient week, providing
nourishment for the people and crops of the Old World.
A common doomsday myth relates that one dawn, these
ten suns will rise together, threatening to consume the
world in eternal flame. Concurrently, Chinese history
tells of ten ancient rulers, sons of the original Goddess
Mother, each of whom was charged with protecting part
of the world from hardship and disaster. These rulers
occasionally warred with one another over borders and
philosophies, and their conflict is said to be the reason
the modern world is flawed. Even centuries after their
deaths, the spirits of these rules are said to linger in the
world, looking after their dominions. Another dooms-
day myth states claims that one day, these rulers will
war with one another over ultimate dominion of the
world, and that they will shatter their prize in the
process.
The Cult of the Ten Suns is a small but very real
threat from within China, centering around a scholar
and architect named Tian Qui-Lau, who believes he is
plagued by visions of a dark future, and that voices
guide him to prevent it. Over the last five years, Qui-Lau
has carefully spread the word about his doomsday
prophecy, and collected a cult of misguided followers,
social deviants, and religious zealots around him, inter-
preting his words as a dangerous gospel.
In Qui-Lau’s visions, he perceives that the final dawn
is imminent, and that the suns will rise and fall in ten
different parts of the globe, one at a time, over the
course of one 24-hour period. The voices in Qui-Lau’s
mind direct him to investigate and stop what they refer
to as “an elaborate web of secret societies devoted to the
 Archer Foundation
ten fallen rulers, absolutely dominated by their com-
mands from beyond the grave.” Qui-Lau believes that
the voices in his own mind are those of benign protec-
tor spirits, and that only he and his followers can
prevent the coming apocalypse.
The Cult of the Ten Suns has branches in every
corner of the globe, focused at the centers of what they
perceive to be the targets for the coming world fires.
Normally, their operations are merely probative and the
danger they pose is minimal. Unfortunately, one of their
investigations in Australia (as described on page 54
of the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook) has sparked
a response from the Archer Foundation, who assumed
that they were a rival intelligence organization or
enemy threat. They dispatched PAC operative Dareka
to infiltrate the Cult, but she vanished. In truth, the cult
uncovered her presence and took her prisoner — for
a time. She has since escaped and is trying to make
it back to the home office with word of the new aggres-
sors (see page 18 for more about her current where-
abouts, and linked plot hooks). The Cult has identified
Dareka as a spy working for a secret society dedicated
to one of the fallen rulers, located somewhere in Aus-
tralia. Whether they know about the Archer Foundation,
the Institute in Canberra, or the rest of the Conspiracy
remains to be seen, but it is clear the group is reinvigo-
rated now that they have a tangible threat against
which to throw their amassed resources.
Foundation Plans and Priorities: The Foundation
is worried about this situation primarily because they
know nothing of the new aggressors, or their motives.
Indeed, they don’t even know the group’s name. Worse,
they fear that the incursions may be coming from
within the Pan-Asian Collective itself. At this time, they
want primarily to recover Dareka and bring information
about the new threat back to the home office (not
to mention determine Dareka’s current loyalties).
GC Resources: The Cult of the Ten Suns is designed
as a close-ended threat exclusive to this episode of the
SFA Interactive campaign. This information, coupled
with the plot hooks in Chapter 1 (see page 18) and the
threat statistics in Chapter 4 (see page 125) are all a GC
needs to kick off one or more serials leading to a final
confrontation with Qui-Lau and his closest devotees.
Results from this self-encapsulated threat will be folded
into future episodes.
The Shop
Code: Black
If the Hand of Glory’s sudden return distracted the
Foundation, the Shop’s recent activities — unleashing
the awesome might of Villain X and stealing the pre-
served remains of Avery Schillingsfield — have brought
them right back into the Foundation’s sights. Each Shop
attack is more violent than the last, and it seems that
most of the organization’s research since the break — at
42
least the evident samples agents of the Con-spiracy
have come in contact with — has focused
on military and terrorist gear. Weapons, vehicles, and
PsiTech of all kinds are being churned out at an
unprecedented rate, and the Foundation is hard-pressed
to keep up. Worse, fears that the Shop left traitors
behind has been confirmed — three Shop agents have
been revealed in the last fifteen months. Two were
interrogated to no avail (the Foundation’s strongest
telepaths confirm that their orders were limited to
stymieing Archer research and that they have not
contacted their superiors since the break) and a third
committed suicide with an explosive tooth implant,
taking a security team with him.
But the Rooks warn that all of this may actually be
another smokescreen, a way to keep the Foundation and
its peers busy long enough for the Shop to complete its
true business — whatever that may be. Agents teams are
scouring every corner of the globe, leaving no former
safe house unchecked and no informant unquestioned,
in an effort to find the truth about the Shop’s plans.
Several leads have actually revealed other threats
instead (as was the case with SFA Interactive Episode
#1 and recent operations in Russia — see P.E.R.I.L.,
opposite), but nothing directly linked to the Shop has
yet arisen.
Foundation Plans and Priorities: Until the arrival
of Villain X and the discovery of a Shop project to track
Conspiracy movements in Europe using isotope markers
planted on common currency (see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 159), the Foundation was
grasping at straws to find information about the Shop.
Now, with a high-profile threat to track (Villain X)
and the chance to turn the Shop’s currency-tracking
scheme against the enemy, the Foundation finally has
some semi-firm footing. Still, it’s stepping carefully, lest
these leads slip away like so many before.
Villain X is a quantifiable threat, and not easily hid-
den from view. With any luck, one of the dozens of
teams currently in operation around the globe will catch
up with him. All have orders to capture him alive if at
all possible, so that he can be researched further (see
page 128 for what the Foundation knows already) and
so that he can be properly interrogated.
The Shop’s European money-tracing operation
is another matter — one that the Foundation is not quite
ready to use them. Soon, however. Very soon…
GC Resources: The Shop itself is a long-term threat
which will be dealt with in an upcoming season of the
SFA Interactive campaign. As such, it is left open-ended
for the moment, for each GC to interpret differently
in his own game. In fact, many seemingly unconnected
plot hooks throughout sourcebooks (and some not
so subtle ones) are geared so that you — the players —
determine much of the Shop’s motives and goals from
options and concepts we provide, essentially creating
 Agent
the Shop you want to see in the organization’s Threat
book. For now, we present Villain X as a very real, very
clear, and very present challenge for agent teams. GC
re-sources for running a season dedicated to Villain X
are located in Chapter 4. Finally, a new Shop operation
is also presented in Chapter 4, unconnected to Villain X
or any other plot mentioned here. See page 121 if you
want to read about this threat, but players should be
warned away lest they discover too much, too early.
Other Enemies
Below are two updates of larger Shadowforce Archer
threats, still looming in the distance.
The Hand of Glory (Code: Red): The Conspiracy
had all but forgotten the Hand of Glory, completely con-
sumed by their mission to track down and put a stop to
the menace presented by the Shop, until their old enemy
recently exploded onto the scene. The number of active
Hand operatives has leapt dramatically of late, and it
seems that they have a new purpose: a goal fueled by
Eva Kraus’s maniacal dreams of global domination. The
nature of this scheme is as yet unknown, but it
certainly revolves around the acquisition of information
held by NSA Analyst Dr. Ryan Forsythe, sometime
Company specialist who was murdered in his home just
over two months ago. North America is currently crawl-
ing with Hand henchmen and minions, and the
Company has been placed on full alert. The U.S. and
Australian Chambers have launched a full-scale opera-
tion to determine the nature of the Hand’s interest in Dr.
Forsythe and Eva’s ultimate intent, though the result of
the mission is still pending. (For more about this event,
download SFA Interactive Episode #1: “Shallow
Graves,” or pick up the forthcoming Hand of Glory
Threat Book.)
P.E.R.I.L. (Code: Yellow): Agents of the Russian
Confederacy, led by Nikolai Petrovich’s Phantom
Brigade, continue to wage a high-stakes war with the
forces of P.E.R.I.L. on the icy tundra of their homeland.
Everyone knows that a full-scale confrontation with the
enemy occupiers is unavoidable, but for the moment
both sides seem content to bide their time, waiting for
the chance to strike with minimal losses — to life, prop-
erty, or innocent civilians (whom both sides have a vest-
ed interest in protecting, for different reasons).
S TRAIGHT A RROW
PEST CONTROL
ALLY OF THE FOUNDATION
The Archer Foundation employs special agents to
scour an area free of incriminating evidence after failed
missions that have gone public, and convince witnesses
that what they saw was something… anything other
than the truth. Collectively, these hardened operatives
43
are known as “cleaners,” accomplished professionals
absolutely dedicated to their mission. They have to be —
those who waver either die in the field or are eliminat-
ed as “loose ends” by their former colleagues. A few
cleaners also adhere to personal codes — ethics, morals,
or quirks that define their mission parameters. Like the
demands of their employers, these codes are non-nego-
tiable: more important than their own life, or the lives
of others. Cleaning is often grueling work, and many
operatives in this profession appear devoid of emotion.
Feelings are a luxury they cannot afford. When a situa-
tion must be “taken to the cleaners," it is a deadly seri-
ous affair.
Some cleaners come from the Foundation’s own
ranks — trained as part of their Damage Control division
(see page 26). Most are part of outside specialist
services such as Straight Arrow Pest Control (which
is itself only one of many such organizations world-
wide). Straight Arrow in particular cleans for many
clients beyond the Foundation, including governments
and wealthy private contractors, but the Archer
Foundation prefers to believe that Straight Arrow works
only for them, and rarely thinks about what else the
group might be sweeping under the rug.
Front Company
To the outside world, Straight Arrow Pest Control
is a highly profitable, multinational extermination
service. It has franchises in every major country, and its
stock appears on the public exchange in New York,
London, and Tokyo. In the twenty-five years since it
first appeared, Straight Arrow has outperformed all
competitors. Its name has become synonymous with
quality and trust, two traits the organization frequently
uses to its advantage. Most Straight Arrow employees
have no knowledge of their co-workers’ true vocation,
and would no doubt disbelieve it if they ever discovered
the truth.
But behind closed doors in her corporate tower
in downtown San Antonio, Texas, current Straight
Arrow CEO Delicea Cruz (codenamed Mistress) serves as
Control for some of the Conspiracy’s most dedicated
specialists. Through the company's many franchise
offices, Delicea fields her people to clean up after covert
operations that have somehow gone awry. Her opera-
tives are the living cloth of the conspiracy's Cloak, and
the definitive edge of its Dagger (see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 15).
Method of Operation
Every Straight Arrow franchise office has at least
one cleaner in its employ. Whenever this cleaner’s skills
are needed, he drops everything and rushes to the scene
of the disturbance. The extermination service provides
a great cover, allowing the agent to quickly clear out
any innocent bystanders (who might be injured by the
 Archer Foundation
“toxins” he uses). After setting up a “safe zone” to work
in, the cleaner is free to get down to the business at
hand.
When devising entry and exit strategy, and dealing
with witnesses, cleaners utilize a variation of the
Occam's razor principle: the simplest explanation of a
phenomenon is most likely to work. Cleaners don’t
waste time concocting elaborate lies and schemes; they
devise a simple plan and follow it to the letter. Simple
plans yield simple results, which the public usually
accepts without question.
The discreet disposal of bodies constitutes one of the
trickiest problems a cleaner faces. None of the solutions
are pleasant, and most are downright grisly. The most
common technique involves chemical tanks found in
Straight Arrow vans, followed by the use of various
sanitation tools to restore the incident site.
If a predicament is beyond plausible repair, cleaners
must often take extreme measures to contain the fallout,
including many tactics typically reserved for villains.
Cleaners avoid such situations if at all possible, and they
are trained to keep innocent casualties and other unfor-
tunate byproducts to a minimum. Cleaners consider
themselves above the morally bankrupt individuals that
the Conspiracy opposes, and strive to keep their internal
compasses pointing clearly along the high road.
Extraction operations are another cleaner specialty,
one which often involves a public diversion or distrac-
tion. Again, the extermination service provides a useful
cover, but agents have also been known to cause traffic
jams, induce power outages, start small fires, and even
fake injury or death to accomplish this objective. So
long as the public remains unaware of the truth, clean-
ers are generally allowed to use any tactics they deem
necessary.
Known Straight Arrow
Operatives
Two Straight Arrow agents are detailed as feature
NPCs in this book, starting on page 114 — Delicea Cruz,
and Ace Valentine. Rumors persist that these three
agents are being considered for a new project being
mounted by Straight Arrow command — the veracity of
these rumors remain to be seen.
Tools of the Trade
Every challenge the cleaners meet is unique, and
they frequently find themselves improvising with the
tools at hand. This willingness to experiment has made
them the darlings of several Chamber R&D departments.
Straight Arrow’s heavily-modified vans form the
cleaners’ most invaluable piece of equipment. Exter-
nally, each is an innocuous industry vehicle, complete
with a painting of the company logo on the side: a car-
toon termite lethally pierced with an arrow. The internal
design appears completely mundane as well, though car
44
phones, CD stereos, and heavily tinted windows are
standard issue. Once an agent taps a coded sequence
into the car alarm and the steering wheel recognizes his
fingerprints, the van yields its true secrets. The window
tint darkens by fifty percent, a mobile-link computer
extends from the glove box, and the interior panels of
the cargo area slide back to reveal a secret cache of gear,
weapons, and lab equipment (and the solid waste dis-
posal tank).
Straight Arrow vans can function as mobile com-
mand centers if necessary — they are heavily armed,
armored, and even submersible. Many feature offensive
capabilities such as pivoting flamethrowers and
machine-guns, and some even include mini-rocket
launchers or other unique devices.
Straight Arrow had a close relationship with the
Shop, which developed the ultra-effective, environmen-
tally-friendly pesticide they use and drafted schematics
for the group's first vans (all of which have since been
recalled). The Shop field-tested many of its PsiTech
devices through Straight Arrow, including many crowd
control devices later deemed “too severe.”
Current Plotlines
Straight Arrow Pest Control is generally a re-active
organization, but it is prominent enough to involve two
important plotlines in the Shadowforce Archer setting.
Shop ‘Til They Drop
The Shop's frequent dealings with Straight Arrow
give it a clear picture of how cleaners operate, and the
rogue technicians use this knowledge to internally sab-
otage the group. Most recently, remaining Shop loyal-
ists, posing as a legitimate Foundation Control cell,
diverted a team of cleaners to eliminate an innocent
Archer mission group in Mexico City. Only the timely
intervention of Ace Valentine (see page 115) prevented
bloodshed and made the organization aware of how
vulnerable it really is. Security measures and “mole
hunts” have since been at an all-time high.
Taking Stock
Because its shares are publicly traded, Straight
Arrow's fortunes are often at the mercy of the world's
economy. This fact has not gone unnoticed by a small
cabal within the European Commonwealth (believed to
be part of the little-known Praetoriat — see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 93). This group
has taken it upon itself to perform a little “insider trad-
ing,” and is slowly working toward a majority share of
the business. Delicea Cruz, a savvy market observer
(see page 114), and Silas Whitaker, a Foundation book-
keeper (see page 25), are paying close attention to this
trend. When they have enough evidence, they plans to
step forward and eradicate the problem.
 “Imagine that all your pawns vanish and
half the rest of the pieces turn red.
All the rules go out the window then.
You’re playing a whole new game!”
— Raymond Archer,
when asked about his retirement

New Rules
3
 Archer Foundation
INTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces new rules and agent options
to cover all the story elements presented in this book,
and more. Three new bundles are included, as are three
new departments, one new base class and six new
prestige classes, new psion developments for all three
families, new gadgets, complete rules for the Fringe
and a large Fringe-based feat tree, and ten classes for
use when building NPCs.
N EW
DEPARTMENTS
The following departments are common to Found-
ation agents, but may be chosen by any Shadowforce
Archer agent. GCs may wish to make use of them
in appropriate Spycraft games as well.
Damage Control
The Archer Conspiracy exists to protect the world —
in some cases by cleaning up after it. As the hub of the
Conspiracy, the Archer Foundation often takes it upon
itself to clean up after the Conspiracy as well, a task
assigned to agents from this department. Damage con-
trol agents specialize in identifying tears in the Cloak
and mending them, as well as completing operations
that other agents have let slip out of control.
• +2 Charisma, –2 Dexterity.
• +1 department bonus to Defense. Damage control
agents receive an additional +1 bonus to Defense at
4th level and every four levels thereafter.
• +1 department bonus to Bluff and Disguise checks.
Damage control agents receive an additional +1 dep-
artment bonus to Bluff and Disguise checks at 4th
level and every four levels thereafter.
• Bonus Feat: Any basic combat or covert feat. The agent
must still meet any prerequisites for this feat, including
minimum ability scores, psion level, and class levels.
The Office of Psion Affairs
Since its inception, the Archer Foundation has been
closely linked to the world’s most advanced psion
studies. The three families of psionic ability have revo-
lutionized the espionage world, allowing select agents
to accomplish missions by means founders of the Archer
Pact could hardly imagine, This department is a natural
outgrowth of psionic research, establishing protocols
for the detection, recruitment, and training of psion
and counter-psion assets. The Office of Psion Affairs
46
provides training to both psions and those who must
contend with them (including many agents without
psion abilities).
Special Talents
• +2 Constitution, –2 to an ability of the agent’s choice
(other than Constitution).
• +1 department bonus to all skill checks to notice
or identify the use of psion skills, including Spot, Listen,
Gather Information, Search, Sense Motive, and other
skills as approved by the GC when the object of
the check is the evidence or nature of psion skill use.
The agent gains an additional +1 department bonus to
these checks at 4th level and every four levels there-
after.
• +1 department bonus to all saving throws required
by any psion skill or ability targeting the agent. Psion
Affairs agents receive an additional +1 department
bonus to these saves at 4th level and every four levels
thereafter.
• Bonus Feat: Any psion feat. The agent must still meet
any prerequisites for this feat, including minimum abil-
ity scores, psion level, and class levels.
Training Corps
The Conspiracy sometimes takes its best and bright-
est agents out of field service to share their formidable
skills with other agents. Stationed at the Lodge or under
the Foundation’s irrepressible Nostrum, agents of the
Training Corps are among the most valued members
of the Conspiracy.
Special Talents
• +2 Intelligence, –2 Constitution.
• The agent’s maximum rank in three different class
skills of his choice is increased by +1. At 4th level
and every four levels thereafter the agent may increase
his maximum rank in one of his class skills by +1.
This bonus stacks with itself if the agent chooses the
same skill more than once.
• The agent may take 10 with one class skill of his choice,
even if stress or distraction would normally interfere.
The agent may choose an additional class skill that
he may take ten with at 4th level and every 4 levels
thereafter.
• Bonus Feat: Any advanced skill feat. The agent must still
meet any prerequisites for the chosen feat, including
minimum skill ranks and other feats.
 New Rules
Class Features
SLEUTH
This is a base class.
The following are class features of the sleuth.
Starting Feats: The sleuth begins play with the fol-
lowing feats.
The Archer Conspiracy’s mandate of global security
Armor Proficiency (Light)
rests squarely on one pillar: information. The Foundation
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
recruits heavily from fields of expertise that can provide
it with the clearest picture of what is going on in the New Bundles
world, from the broad scope provided by orbital satellites
to the most questionable dirt from street-side snitches. These new bundles supplement those presented on
It is this latter, hands-on approach to information-gather- page 106 of the Spycraft Espionage Handbook.
ing that interests the sleuth. A sleuth provides his team All bundles cost 25 BP to requisition or add to an
with solid investigative skills and an intimate understand- agent's personal gear.
ing of the human mind, and can be the most valuable part
Aquatic Operations Kit
of any operation involving HUMINT (human intelligence).
Reinforced “steamer trunk” (to store bundle)
Abilities: With his focus on basic detective work,
2 sets average clothes
the sleuth requires a high Wisdom to identify clues,
Scuba suit and tanks
followed by Intelligence to determine their significance.
Mask
Charisma is also helpful when dealing with witnesses
Flippers
and the potential intervention of local authorities. Because
Waterproof watch
sleuths rarely shy away from the confrontations their
Diving light
discoveries often provoke, they must also maintain
Dive computer
reasonable physical abilities.
Compass
Vitality: 1d8 plus Constitution modifier per level.
6 underwater flares
Class Skills Waterproof ‘belly’ bag
Speargun
The sleuth’s class skills and key abilities are:
Waterproof headset radio with encryption
Class Skill Key Ability
Investigative Operations Kit
Appraise Int
Large wheeled suitcase (to store bundle)
Bureaucracy Cha
1 set average clothes
Concentration Wis
1 set trendy clothes
Craft Int
2 Evidence kits
Cultures Wis
PDA
Demolitions Int
Cell phone
Disguise Cha
Micro-tape recorder
Driver Dex
with 5 professional-grade tapes
Escape Artist Dex
Standard camera
Forgery Int
with 3 professional-grade rolls of film
Gather information Cha
Flashlight
Hide Dex
Leatherman
Hobby Wis
Innuendo Cha Paranormal Operations
Intimidate Str or Cha Oversized canvass shoulder bag (to store bundle)
Knowledge Int 1 set average clothes
Languages Wis 1 set coveralls (average clothes)
Listen Wis Night vision goggles
Open Lock Dex Laptop (+3 power rating)
Profession Wis with image processing software
Search Int Chemical analyzer
Sense Motive Wis Evidence kit
Spot Wis 2 floodlights
Surveillance Wis with wheeled storage boxes
Use Rope Dex Exotic manuals (+2 to one knowledge skill)
Calendar
Skill Points at 1st level: (8 + Int modifier) × 4.
Cell phone
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 8 + Int modifier.

47
 Archer Foundation
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee) search, adding his Charisma modifier to the result. This
Weapon Group Proficiency (Pistol) check takes place outside home office channels and does
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle) not require approval from the sleuth’s Control. This
ability may be used once per session. As the sleuth gains
Expert: The sleuth adds his class level to the result of
experience, his network grows, and he may use this
all his education checks (in addition to his agent level).
ability more often — he gains a second use per session
Further, if he spends an action die to add to an educa-
at 11th level and a third at 19th level.
tion check, he rolls two dice instead of one, adding the
Human Nature: The sleuth has an intimate under-
result of both. This is the sleuth's core ability.
standing of the human mind and the telltale signs
Interview: Much of the sleuth’s work involves talk-
of deception. Starting at 3rd level, once per session, the
ing to people. As witnesses are usually fickle, unrespon-
sleuth may re-roll one failed Sense Motive check that
sive, or simply unobservant, it takes a deft touch to both
targets or opposes a skill check made by any human
coax them into conversation and to sort out valuable
target. He may not use this ability if he rolled an error
comments from confused recollections and unimportant
with his first attempt. Further, he must abide by the
hearsay. Through a combination of instinct, psychology,
results of the second roll, even if it is another failure.
and experience, the sleuth can often elicit information
The sleuth may use this ability once more per session at
that would escape others. The sleuth receives a +2 to all
7th level and every four levels thereafter. This ability
Gather Information checks so long as there are living
may be used more than once per round, but never more
witnesses to question. This bonus increases by +1 at 4th
than once for any single Sense Motive check.
level and every four levels thereafter.
Bonus Feat: At 4th level the sleuth gains an addi-
Sources: The sleuth has access to an entire network
tional feat from either the basic skill or style feat trees.
of street informants, criminal snitches, journalists,
He must still meet all prerequisites for the feat before
industry professionals, and other sources of informa-
selecting it, including minimum ability scores and skill
tion. By spending 1 hour consulting his sources (either
rank requirements. The sleuth gains an additional style
in person or by phone) he may make a favor check with-
or basic skill feat at 8th level and every four levels
out spending an action die to perform an information
thereafter (at 12th, 16th and 20th levels).

Table 3.1: The Sleuth

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +0 +2 +2 +1 +1 2 0 Expert, interview +2, starting feats
2 +1 +0 +3 +3 +1 +1 4 1 Sources 1/session
3 +2 +1 +3 +3 +2 +2 6 1 Human nature 1/session
4 +3 +1 +4 +4 +2 +2 8 2 Bonus feat, interview +3
5 +3 +1 +4 +4 +3 +3 10 2 Awareness +2
6 +4 +2 +5 +5 +4 +4 12 3 Little details 1/session (+1)
7 +5 +2 +5 +5 +4 +4 14 3 Human nature 2/session
8 +6 +2 +6 +6 +5 +5 16 4 Bonus feat, interview +4
9 +6 +3 +6 +6 +5 +5 18 4 Awareness +4, little details
2/session (+2)
10 +7 +3 +7 +7 +6 +6 20 5 Brilliant (+2 Int)
11 +8 +3 +7 +7 +7 +7 22 5 Human nature 3/session,
sources 2/session
12 +9 +4 +8 +8 +7 +7 24 6 Bonus feat, interview +5,
little details 3/session (+3)
13 +9 +4 +8 +8 +8 +8 26 6 Awareness +6
14 +10 +4 +9 +9 +8 +8 28 7 Final deduction 1/session
15 +11 +5 +9 +9 +9 +9 30 7 Human nature 4/session,
little details 4/session (+4)
16 +12 +5 +10 +10 +10 +10 32 8 Bonus feat, interview +6
17 +12 +5 +10 +10 +10 +10 34 8 Awareness +8
18 +13 +6 +11 +11 +11 +11 36 9 Little details 5/session (+5)
19 +14 +6 +11 +11 +11 +11 38 9 Human nature 5/session,
sources 3/session
20 +15 +6 +12 +12 +12 +12 40 10 Bonus feat, brilliant (+4 Int),
interview +7

48
 New Rules
Awareness: The sleuth is extraordinarily aware of the
actions and behavior of others. As such he is rarely
FIELD ANALYST
taken by surprise. At 5th level he gains a +2 competence
bonus with all checks to determine awareness during
This is a prestige class.
surprise rounds (see the Spycraft Espionage Handbook,
All Chambers utilize agents trained to gather
pg 162). This bonus increases by +2 for every four
audio/visual intelligence and perform evidence analysis,
levels after 5th (to +4 at 9th, +6 at 13th, and +8 at 17th).
but the Archer Foundation is particularly well-known
Little Details: The sleuth’s uncanny awareness of his
for this tactic. Given the often perilous nature of Con-
surroundings allows him to use his environment to
spiracy missions, field analysts are just as handy with a
maximum advantage in combat. Beginning at 6th level,
rifle as with a camera, and are rarely at a loss for how
once per session, the sleuth may make a disarm, feint,
to proceed during an investigation.
strike object, or trip attack as a free action, receiving a
Abilities: Intelligence and Wisdom are by far the
+1 to his attack roll. The sleuth may use this ability once
field analyst’s most critical abilities, supporting the bulk
more per session at 9th level and every three levels
of his investigative techniques. Dexterity falls a distant
thereafter (twice at 9th level, three times at 12th level,
third, supporting the field analyst’s backup combat
etc.). Further, the attack roll bonus increases by an addi-
skills.
tional +1 at 9th level and every three levels thereafter
Vitality: 1d10 plus Constitution modifier per level.
(+2 at 9th level, +3 at 12th level, etc.). This ability may
not be used more than once in any single round. Requirements
Brilliant Mind: The sleuth is often counted among
Agent Level: 5+.
the sharpest minds in the world and can reconstruct
Wisdom: 13+.
complex schemes from mere shreds of evidence. At 10th
Bureaucracy: 4 ranks.
level the sleuth receives a +2 competence bonus to his
Gather Information: 6 ranks.
Intelligence score. At 20th level this bonus increases to
Search: 6 ranks.
+4. In both cases the bonus is applied before the agent
Surveillance: 8 ranks.
calculates his skill points for that level.
Feats: Alertness.
Final Deduction: At 14th level the sleuth instinctive-
ly studies the behavior and appearance of everyone Class Skills
around him. Once per session he may make a special
The field analyst’s class skills and key abilities are:
study of one character he has observed for at least
1 round in person or by audio/visual recording. He Class Skill Key Ability
immediately learns the target’s ability scores. On the Appraise Int
second round he learns the character’s highest-level Bluff Cha
class and on subsequent rounds he learns each next Boating Dex
highest level class, until all of the character’s classes are Bureaucracy Cha
known. Each round the sleuth observes the individual Computers Int
thereafter he learns one of the following, as determined Cryptography Int
by the GC: Cultures Wis
Diplomacy Cha
• One of the character’s skills: These are learned in order
Demolitions Int
from highest to lowest total skill bonus. The sleuth
Driver Dex
is aware of any ties between skill ranks, but doesn’t
Gather Information Cha
learn the target character’s actual class levels or skill
Innuendo Wis
ranks (though he may make an educated guess since
Knowledge Int
he learns them in descending order).
Languages Int
• One of the character’s backgrounds: These are learned Listen Int
in any order, as determined by the GC. Pilot Dex
Profession Wis
• One of the character’s feats: These are learned in any
Search Int
order, as determined by the GC.
Sense Motive Wis
If the sleuth’s observation is interrupted (possibly Spot Wis
due to working with a short recording or a brief Surveillance Wis
encounter), the sleuth may resume the examination
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.
at any time during that session, gaining the information
listed above when he has studied the target for the prop-
er length of time.

49
 Archer Foundation
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the field
analyst.
Class Feats: The field analyst gains the following
feats at 1st level.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)
Eye for Detail: When the field analyst spends an
action die to increase a Spot or Listen check, the action
die’s result is also added to the check cap for the roll
(based on media or equipment limitations — see the
Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 127). This is the
field analyst’s core ability.
Evidence Analysis: The field analyst must be able
to come up with the correct conclusions from even
the sketchiest data — lives depend on it. At 1st level
the field analyst gains a special virtual basic skill feat
called “Analyst.” This feat provides a +2 bonus to all
Gather Information, Search, and Surveillance checks,
and increases his threat range with these skills by 1 (e.g.
a threat range of 20 becomes 19-20). At 3rd level the
field analyst receives the Advanced Skill Mastery feat
for his Analyst feat. At 5th level the agent gains the
Grand Skill Mastery feat for his Analyst feat. At 7th
level the agent gains the False Start feat linked to his
Analyst feat. Finally, at 9th level, the field agent gains
the Perfect Skill Mastery feat for his Analyst feat.
Favor for a Favor: Beginning at 2nd level, once per
session, the field analyst may use his Bureaucracy skill
to gain the assistance of someone within an organiza-
tion who cannot normally be bribed with money. The
results and costs are the same as normal (see the
Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 43), except that the
money that would be spent for the bribe is instead used
to assist the target in a way that is favorable to his
morals. At 7th level this ability may be used twice per
session.
Safe House: At 4th level the field analyst receives
the Safe House feat. All of the field analyst’s safe hous-
es are equipped with serviceable dark rooms (for the
development of film).
Leap of Logic: Beginning at 4th level, once per ses-
sion after failing a Wisdom-based skill check, the field
analyst may make an inspiration check without spend-
ing an action die. At 8th level the field analyst may use
this ability twice per session.
Shutterbug: The field analyst collects and uses a
wide variety of sensors and detection equipment,
including his trusty camera. At 6th level the field ana-
lyst and all members of his team must only pay half the
BP cost for optics and surveillance gear (rounding
down).
Brainstorm: At 8th level the field analyst is able to
solicit ideas from his teammates, quickly identifying
promising lines of inquiry. A number of team members
up to the field analyst’s Wisdom modifier may provide
cooperation bonuses to the field analyst’s inspiration
checks.
Veteran Investigator: The field analyst has finely
tuned his perceptions and sense of purpose, providing
him with uncanny insight. At 10th level the field ana-
lyst gains a +2 bonus to his Wisdom score.
FRINGEWALKER
This is a prestige class.
Sometimes agents encounter events or phenomena
outside their ordinary experience: strange messages
from other times, inexplicable coincidences, and dis-
turbing evidence of the paranormal. Most agents turn
away from such incidents, chalking them up to high-
tech special effects or the twisted head games of nefar-
ious masterminds. Some become fascinated, convinced
that there is something more — that they have caught
a glimpse of a world beyond the ordinary. It is from

Table 3.2: The Field Analyst

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +0 +2 +0 +1 +0 3 0 Evidence analysis (analyst),
eye for detail
2 +1 +0 +3 +0 +2 +1 6 1 Favor for a favor 1/session
3 +2 +1 +3 +1 +3 +1 9 2 Evidence analysis (advanced)
4 +3 +1 +4 +1 +3 +2 12 3 Leap of logic 1/session, safe house
5 +3 +1 +4 +1 +4 +2 15 3 Evidence analysis (grand)
6 +4 +2 +5 +2 +5 +2 18 4 Shutterbug
7 +5 +2 +5 +2 +6 +3 21 5 Evidence analysis (false start),
favor for a favor 2/session
8 +6 +2 +6 +2 +6 +3 24 6 Brainstorm, leap of logic 2/session
9 +6 +3 +6 +3 +7 +4 27 6 Evidence analysis (perfect)
10 +7 +3 +7 +3 +8 +4 30 7 Veteran investigator

50
 New Rules
among these latter agents that the Foundation’s Sensitive: The fringewalker is usually called in when
so-called “fringewalkers” are recruited (see page 110 for a situation defies simple analysis, and must often keep
more about Division Nihil and the fringewalkers). an open mind in the face of truly bizarre circumstances.
Abilities: Fringewalkers must regularly charge in The fringewalker gains a +1 bonus to all Wisdom skill
when others would think more than twice before enter- checks. This is the fringewalker’s core ability.
ing. Charisma provides a fringewalker with the strength Defiant: Through intense metaphysical training
of personality to face the otherworldly, while Wisdom the fringewalker’s body and spirit are fortified against
offers him vitally strong Will saves and better-than- the sudden shock of death. Starting at 2nd level, when
average investigative skill bonuses. the fringewalker is reduced to 0 or fewer wounds, he
Vitality: 1d10 plus Constitution modifier per level. automatically stabilizes and recovers wounds at the rate
of 1 per minute. This continues until the agent reaches
Requirements 1 wound. The ability may not increase the fringewalk-
Agent Level: 5+. er’s wounds above 1. Even with this ability, a fringe-
Charisma: 13+. walker who is reduced to –10 or fewer wounds dies.
Listen: 6 ranks. At 7th level, the fringewalker recovers wounds at the
Spot: 6 ranks. rate of 2 per minute.
Feats: Unshakable. Bonus Feat: At 3rd level the fringewalker gains
a bonus style or fringe feat. He must still meet all
Class Skills prerequisites for the feat before selecting it, including
The fringewalker’s class skills and key abilities are: minimum ability scores and skill rank requirements.
The fringewalker gains an additional style or fringe feat
Class Skill Key Ability
at 5th level, 7th level, and 9th level.
Appraise Int
Dauntless: At 4th level the fringewalker is simply
Bureaucracy Cha
unmoved by his fears. The agent is immune to all neg-
Concentration Wis
ative morale modifiers and fear effects (see page 80).
Craft Int
Further, the fringewalker’s teammates receive a +4 mor-
Cryptography Int
ale bonus to saves against fear effects while within his
Cultures Wis
line of sight.
Driver Dex
Uncanny Dodge: Starting at 4th level, the fringe-
Gather information Cha
walker gains the ability to react to danger before his
Hide Dex
senses are normally alerted to it. He retains his Dexterity
Hobby Wis
bonus to Defense (if any) even when he is flat-footed
Knowledge Int
or struck by an invisible attacker (though he still loses
Languages Wis
his Dexterity bonus to Defense if immobilized).
Listen Wis
At 8th level the fringewalker may no longer be
Open Lock Dex
flanked, since he can react to opponents on opposite
Profession Wis
sides as easily as he can respond to a single attacker.
Read Lips Int
This denies fixers and others with the sneak attack abil-
Search Int
ity the opportunity to flank or sneak attack the fringe-
Sense Motive Wis
walker unless the attacker is at least four levels higher.
Spot Wis
This ability is identical to that possessed by the fixer,
Surveillance Wis
and a multi-classed agent may combine all levels of all
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.
his classes with the uncanny dodge ability to determine
Class Features the ability’s effectiveness.
Soul Survivor: The fringewalker is toughened against
All of the following are class features of the fringe-
even the worst consequences of attacks from beyond.
walker.
He automatically succeeds with all saves to recover
Class Feats: The fringewalker gains the following
from energy drain effects (see page 73).
feats at 1st level.
Shadestrike: At 8th level the fringewalker learns
Armor Proficiency (Light)
to fight back against even the most elusive elements
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
of the Fringe. By focusing his will, the fringewalker may
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
attack a spectral opponent as if he were also spectral
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
(see page 74). Use of this ability also cancels any effect
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)
that potentially causes a successful attack to miss in-
stead (such as the shadespeaker’s cloaked in the Fringe

51
 Archer Foundation
ability or the hyper’s flicker ability). Use of shadestrike Requirements
must be declared before the fringewalker’s attack roll,
Agent Level: 5+.
and may only be used a number of times per session
Psion Level: 5+.
equal to the fringewalker’s Charisma modifier.
Concentration: 6 ranks.
Spirit Anchor: The fringewalker’s spirit is incredibly
Control Metabolism: 6 ranks.
stubborn and refuses to leave the body until it is com-
Friction Control: 6 ranks.
pletely destroyed. When the fringewalker drops to –10
Link Health: 4 ranks.
or fewer wounds, his body dies, but his spirit remains
Speed Control: 8 ranks.
and his defiant ability continues to recover wounds
Feats: Adrenal Basics, Metabolic Basics, Psion
until he is revived (at 1 wound) or his body is physical-
Prodigy.
ly destroyed (at –25 wounds). After being killed, while
the fringewalker is between 0 and –25 wounds, he is Class Skills
considered dead and does not lose 1 wound per round
The hyper’s class skills and key abilities are:
as described on page 178 of the Spycraft Espionage
Handbook. Class Skill Key Ability
Balance Dex
Climb Str

HYPER
This is a prestige class.
Concentration
Craft
Driver
Wis
Int
Dex
One of the most astonishing discoveries made by Jump Str
the Office of Psion Affairs has been the capacity for cer- Knowledge Int
tain gifted physical adepts to distort the effects of time Profession Wis
over their own bodies, allowing them to move with Sport Str or Dex
incredible speed and even teleport short distances. Since Swim Str
this discovery, many adepts have been encouraged to
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.
drop more traditional training in favor of developing
this rare and frightening talent, though only very few Class Features
are able to manifest it.
All of the following are class features of the hyper.
Abilities: Teleportation requires enormous physical
Psionic Class: The hyper is a psionic class. Levels
reserves and intense study, and so a high Constitution is
gained in this class increase the agent’s psion level.
a must. Dexterity is equally important, to allow ade-
Class Feats: The hyper gains the following feats at
quate reaction time to take full advantage of this class’s
1st level.
speed enhancements.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Vitality: 1d12 plus Constitution modifier per level.
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)

Table 3.3: The Fringewalker

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +1 +0 +2 +1 +1 1 0 Sensitive
2 +1 +2 +0 +3 +2 +1 2 1 Defiant
3 +2 +2 +1 +3 +3 +2 3 2 Bonus feat
4 +3 +2 +1 +4 +3 +2 4 3 Dauntless, uncanny dodge
(Dex bonus to Defense)
5 +3 +3 +1 +4 +4 +3 5 3 Bonus feat
6 +4 +3 +2 +5 +5 +4 6 4 Soul survivor
7 +5 +4 +2 +5 +6 +4 7 5 Bonus feat
8 +6 +4 +2 +6 +6 +5 8 6 Shadestrike, uncanny dodge
(can’t be flanked)
9 +6 +4 +3 +6 +7 +5 9 6 Bonus feat
10 +7 +5 +3 +7 +8 +6 10 7 Spirit Anchor

52
 New Rules
Lightning Fast: Once per round the hyper may spend
an action die to make a feint against an opponent as
a free action. This is the hyper’s core ability.
Surge of Speed: At 1st level the hyper gains the
Surge of Speed feat as a bonus feat.
Pure Speed: At 2nd level the hyper’s base speed
is increased by +10 ft. At 7th level this bonus increases
to +20 ft.
Flicker: Beginning at 3rd level, once per session,
the hyper may enter a state slightly out of phase with
the physical world. While in this state the hyper receives
several benefits:
• Physical attacks and individually targeted energy and
psion attacks have a 50% chance of missing even after
a successful hit is scored. If the attacker is able to strike
invisible or Fringe opponents this chance is reduced
to 20%. If the attacker can target both invisible and
Fringe opponents he may ignore this benefit.
• There is also a 50% chance that the agent may move
past security devices without being detected (separate
from any skill check made to avoid detection).
• The damage from all weapons with a blast increment
is reduced to half (rounded up) before the hyper makes
any saves.
• Opponents attacked by a flickering agent lose their
Dexterity bonus to Defense (if any), unless they are able
to perceive invisible or Fringe opponents.
There are also several downsides to flickering. The
hyper’s attacks and skill checks suffer a –4 penalty
while he is flickering, and he must spend 2 vitality
points per round to remain in this state. The maximum
number of rounds a hyper may flicker is equal to his
psion level.
The hyper may flicker one additional time per ses-
sion at 5th level, 7th level, and 9th level.
Accelerated Defense: At 4th level, the hyper becomes
an expert at using his speed to avoid harm. Any round
in which the hyper gains an extra half action (from
feats, skills, abilities, or pressing), he also gains a +4
dodge bonus to his Defense until the start of his first
action during the following round.
Teleport: Beginning at 4th level, once per session
as a full action, the hyper may teleport a short distance.
The maximum distance the agent may travel is the same
as if he had moved for a full round, given the conditions
of his move (running, swimming, climbing, etc.). He
must be able to physically make this move at the mo-
ment the ability is activated; closed doors cannot be
opened or moved past and physical restraints on the
agent’s movement — including grappling and pin effects
— prevent the agent from using this ability.
However, since the agent does not physically travel
the distance, he may freely move past other agents
without the need for a Tumble roll and does not set off
any traps or alarms. The agent need not see the desti-
nation from his starting point to use this ability.
The agent may only take along inanimate items that
he can normally carry (the weight of which may reduce
the distance he can travel — see the Spycraft Espionage
Handbook, page 106), and those items cannot be in con-
tact with any other agent or otherwise secured against
movement.
Finally, the hyper must spend 12 vitality points to
teleport.
The hyper may use his ability one additional time
per session at 6th level and every two levels thereafter.
Group Walk: Beginning at 6th level, the hyper may
transport teammates with him when he uses his teleport
ability. The teammates must be adjacent to the hyper
when the teleport ability is activated and they must be
connected by use of the pool vitality power of the Link
Health skill. The transported teammate appears in an
unoccupied square adjacent to the hyper at the end of
the teleport. Each transported teammate costs the hyper
12 vitality points above the teleport ability’s standard
cost.
Time Strider: Beginning at 8th level, the hyper may
spend an extra 6 vitality when teleporting to travel to a
point he could reach with an additional full round of

Table 3.4: The Hyper

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +1 +2 +0 +1 +1 2 0 Lightning fast, surge of speed
2 +1 +2 +3 +0 +1 +2 4 1 Pure speed (+10 ft.)
3 +2 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3 6 1 Flicker 1/session
4 +3 +2 +4 +1 +2 +3 8 2 Accelerated Defense, teleport 1/session
5 +3 +3 +4 +1 +3 +4 10 2 Flicker 2/session
6 +4 +3 +5 +2 +4 +5 12 3 Group walk, teleport 2/session
7 +5 +4 +5 +2 +4 +6 14 3 Flicker 3/session, pure speed (+20 ft.)
8 +6 +4 +6 +2 +5 +6 16 4 Time slider, teleport 3/session
9 +6 +4 +6 +3 +5 +7 18 4 Flicker 4/session
10 +7 +5 +7 +3 +6 +8 20 5 Freeze frame teleport 4/session

53
 Archer Foundation
movement. This may be done multiple times; each addi-
tional round’s worth of range adds 6 additional vitality
points to total cost of this use of the ability. This abili-
ty may be combined with the group walk ability at no
additional cost.
Freeze Frame: The hyper ultimately learns to interact
with the world even while moving through accelerated
time. Once per session the hyper may take an extra half
action. All other characters are considered to be flat-
footed during this action.
LORDThis is a prestige class.
Each of the Chambers has select agents promoted
from fieldwork to manage entire divisions or operations.
These powerful figures still take to the field at their dis-
cretion, bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and
support from the home office. Within the Archer
Foundation, such senior agents are known as Lords
(see page 108). Traditionally, the Chamber creates new
Lord positions (and others) when a new problem or area
of interest is identified. A talented and reliable agent is
then matched to this need and becomes a new Lord,
with his own unique title (e.g. “The Lord of Invention”).
Abilities: Lords are selected chiefly for their expertise
with a specific discipline. As such, a high Intelligence is
usually a requirement to prosper in this position.
Vitality: 1d8 plus Constitution modifier per level.
Requirements
Agent Level: 9+.
Chamber: Archer Foundation.
Feats: Advanced Skill Mastery.
Class Skills
The Lord’s class skills and key abilities are:
Class Skill Key Ability
Concentration Wis
Craft Int
Diplomacy Cha
Driver Dex
Intimidate Str or Cha
Knowledge Int
Languages Int
Profession Wis
Sense Motive Cha
Sport Str or Dex
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 8 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the Lord.
Class Feats: The Lord gains the following feats at 1st
level.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Second Department: The Archer Foundation favors
senior agents who are able to work with a wide variety
of personnel with a firm understanding of the training
and practices of multiple departments. At 1st level,
the Lord gains the 1st-level special talents of a second
department (though he cannot chose his first depart-
ment a second time). This does not modify the Lord’s
ability scores, and does not include the second depart-
ment’s bonus feat. The Lord continues to gain bonuses
from his second department, counting only his Lord
class levels for this purpose.
Example: A Lord chooses D-5: Black Ops as his sec-
ond department and gains an additional vitality point
for every level he gains as a Lord.
Example 2: A lord chooses D-3: Computer Espionage
as his second department and gains a more powerful
laptop and an additional bonus to Computer and Elec-
tronics skill checks upon reaching level 4 as a lord.
This is the Lord’s core ability.
Continuity: The new Lord enters his position based
on previous merit, but it’s essential that he continue
to hone the skills that earned him the promotion. At 1st
level, the Lord may choose 10 skills that are class skills
for any other class in which he has at least 1 level. These
skills are considered class skills for him when he gains
levels as a Lord.
Delegate: At 2nd level, whenever the Lord is the
leader of a cooperative skill check, the bonus received
for each successful assistant is increased to +3. At 5th
level, this bonus increases to +4.

Table 3.5: The Lord

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 +1 +0 3 1 Continuity, second department
2 +1 +0 +0 +3 +1 +1 6 2 Delegate (+3)
3 +2 +1 +1 +3 +2 +1 9 3 Grand skill mastery
4 +3 +1 +1 +4 +2 +2 12 4 Improved synergy
5 +3 +1 +1 +4 +3 +2 15 5 Delegate (+4),
Lord’s privilege 1/session

54
 New Rules
Grand Skill Mastery: At 3rd level, the Lord receives Class Skills
the Grand Skill Mastery feat. He must still meet all
The maxim’s class skills and key abilities are:
prerequisites for this feat, including the selection of an
Advanced Skill Mastery feat to which it is linked. Class Skill Key Ability
Improved Synergy: At 4th level, the Lord’s ability Concentration Wis
to apply his skills broadly is second to none. Any time Craft Int
he receives a synergy bonus to a skill roll, that synergy Demolitions Int
bonus is increased by +2 (e.g. from +1 to +3). Electronics Int
Lord’s Privilege: Upon reaching 5th level, once per Hobby Wis
session, the Lord may use any single feat or class abili- Intimidate Str or Cha
ty he possesses that may be used only a limited number Knowledge Int
of times per session one additional time per session. Mechanics Int
Pilot Dex
Profession Wis

MAXIM
This is a prestige class.
Sense Motive
Sport
Spot
Wis
Str or Dex
Wis
The Foundation’s Office of Psion Affairs periodical- Survival Wis
ly identify remarkable mentalists with the potential to Tumble Dex
concentrate all of their effort into one type of energy,
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.
mastering attacks and effects far beyond those of gen-
erally trained mentalists. These psions are known as Class Features
maxims.
All of the following are class features of the maxim.
Abilities: By tightly concentrating their psionic ener-
Psionic Class: The maxim is a psionic class. Levels
gies, maxims are able to produce spectacular attacks.
gained in this class increase an agent’s psion level.
They benefit most from a high Intelligence (for aim) and
Class Feats: The maxim gains the following feats at
from whichever attribute is linked to their chosen attack
1st level.
form (increasing both skill checks and damage).
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Vitality: 1d10 plus Constitution modifier per level.
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Requirements Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Agent Level: 5+. Key Skill: The maxim hones his ability with a single
Psion Level: 5+. specific psionic attack. The agent chooses one mentalist
Intelligence: 13+. psion skill that can produce an attack to be his “key
Concentration: 8 ranks. skill.” Many of the agent’s class abilities are tied to this
Feats: Psion Prodigy. key skill. Starting at 1st level, each time the agent gains
Special: Access to mentalist feats and at least one a maxim level, he receives one bonus skill point which
skill capable of producing a psionic attack at 8 ranks or must be spent to increase the agent's key skill.
higher (see Key Skill, in the next column, for a list).

Table 3.6: The Maxim

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +1 +1 +2 +1 +0 1 0 Devastating, instant assault
key skill
2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +1 2 1 Pulse (d8)
3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +1 3 2 Bonus feat
4 +3 +2 +2 +4 +3 +2 4 3 Energy spray (double), power sink
5 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +2 5 3 Bonus feat
6 +4 +3 +3 +5 +5 +2 6 4 Energy lance 3/session
7 +5 +4 +4 +5 +6 +3 7 5 Bonus feat, pulse (d12)
8 +6 +4 +4 +6 +6 +3 8 6 Energy lance 4/session, energy
master, energy spray (triple)
9 +6 +4 +4 +6 +7 +4 9 6 Bonus feat
10 +7 +5 +5 +7 +8 +4 10 7 Energy lance 5/session,
sustained attack 1/session

55
 Archer Foundation
Possibilities and associated energy types include: the appropriate energy type. An error causes the maxim
to take 1d4 subdual damage. This attack may be used
Key Skill Energy Type Psion Attack
a number of times per session equal to the maxim’s
Cryokinesis (Cha) Cold Ice attack
psion level. At 7th level the damage from the maxim’s
Photokinesis (Wis) Laser Laser attack
pulse increases to 1d12.
Poltergeist (Dex) Gravity Gravity-hurled
Bonus Feat: At 3rd level the maxim receives one
projectile
bonus basic combat or basic psion feat. He must meet
Pyrokinesis (Cha) Heat Fire attack
all requirements for the feat before selecting it, and if
Static charge (Dex) Electricity Lightning attack
it requires him to choose a psion skill to be linked to
Vibrokinesis (Dex) Sonic Tonal attack
the feat, he must choose his key skill. The maxim
Devastating Psion Skill: Any time the maxim spends receives one additional basic combat or basic psion feat
an action die to add to an attack or damage roll gener- with the same conditions at 5th level, a second at 7th
ated by his key skill, he rolls two dice. This is the max- level, and a third at 9th level.
im’s core ability. Power Sink: At 4th level the maxim may redirect,
Instant Assault: At 1st level the maxim’s intense dampen, and absorb his chosen type of energy.
training allows him to make the skill check to prepare This grants him a damage reduction value of –20/—
one of his key skill psionic attacks as a free action. against his key skill’s energy type (falling damage is
Pulse: Starting at 2nd level the maxim may produce covered by gravity, but missile and kinetic attacks are
small bursts of highly focused power, allowing him to not). This protection extends to the maxim’s teammates
make a minor energy attack without spending vitality. within 30 feet and in his line of sight, each of whom
Attacking with a pulse is a standard attack (half action) gains a damage reduction value of –10/— against the
using the maxim’s base attack bonus plus his Intel- maxim’s key skill energy type.
ligence modifier. A pulse has a range increment of 10, Energy Spray: The maxim may widen the path of his
an error range of 1, no threat range, and a maximum key skill energy attacks at the cost of additional vitali-
range of 5 increments. It does 1d8 normal damage of ty. At 4th level the maxim may spend 3 additional

56
 New Rules
points of vitality when preparing one of his key skill
psionic attacks to cause the attack to spread. He may
SCANNER
either target two opponents in adjacent squares, com-
paring a single attack roll to each opponent’s Defense,
This is a prestige class.
or target a single opponent and increase that target’s
The scanner is an exceptional telepath trained by the
save DC to reduce damage by +4. At 8th level the
Archer Foundation’s Office of Psion Affairs as a securi-
maxim gains the option of spending 6 vitality points
ty and counter-insurgent specialist.
when preparing one of his key skill psionic attacks to
Abilities: As premier-grade telepaths, it is essential
either target three opponents in adjacent squares, com-
for the scanner to have superior Charisma and Wisdom
paring a single attack roll to each opponent’s Defense,
scores. Solid Intelligence and Constitution scores will
or target a single opponent and increase that target’s
also be helpful throughout the agent’s career.
save DC to reduce damage increased by +8.
Vitality: 1d8 plus Constitution modifier per level
Energy Lance: At 6th level the maxim may create far
more powerful attacks than other mentalists. As a full Requirements
action he may make one normal key skill psion attack
To become a scanner, an agent must meet all of the
which inflicts maximum damage with a successful
following requirements.
hit (no roll is required; the target simply takes the
Agent Level: 5+.
maximum possible damage result). If the maxim suffers
Psion Level: 5+.
a critical failure with his attack roll when using this
Empathy: 8 ranks.
ability, he suffers the maximum possible backlash dam-
Memory Flash: 6 ranks.
age for his key skill energy attack (generally 8 or 12
Project Thought: 6 ranks.
points of damage). Creating an energy lance requires
Feats: ESP Basics, Imprint Basics, Psion Prodigy.
that the maxim spend vitality points as if preparing his
energy attack. This ability may be used a number of Class Skills
times per session equal to half the maxim’s class level
The scanner’s class skills and key abilities are:
(rounded down) and cannot be combined with the ener-
gy spray ability (see opposite). Class Skill Key Ability
Energy Master: Beginning at 8th level the threat Bluff Cha
range of the maxim’s key skill psion attacks is increased Bureaucracy Cha
by 1. Further, he is no longer required to spend action Concentration Wis
dice to activate a critical with his key skill psion attacks. Craft Int
Sustained Attack: Starting at 10th level, once per Cryptography Int
session when the maxim prepares one of his key skill Diplomacy Cha
psion attacks, he may spend additional vitality equal to Driver Dex
the normal cost to activate that power. For the duration Gather Information Cha
of that ability he may make two psionic attacks per Hobby Wis
round with that power. Intimidate Str or Cha
Innuendo Wis
Knowledge Int

Table 3.7: The Scanner

Base Fort Ref Will Def Init Budg Gadg
Lvl Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Pts Pts Special
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 +1 +1 2 1 Light touch, mind walker (ESP Mastery)
2 +1 +0 +0 +3 +1 +2 4 2 Improved psi mastery
3 +1 +1 +1 +3 +2 +3 6 3 Mind walker (Imprint Mastery)
4 +2 +1 +1 +4 +2 +3 8 4 Persistent telepathy (duration ×2),
tracer (30 ft.)
5 +2 +1 +1 +4 +3 +4 10 5 Mind walker (Connection Junction)
6 +3 +2 +2 +5 +4 +5 12 6 Gestalt 1/session
7 +3 +2 +2 +5 +4 +6 14 7 Improved psi mastery,
mind walker (ESP Supremacy)
8 +4 +2 +2 +6 +5 +6 16 8 Persistent telepathy (duration ×3),
tracer (50 ft.)
9 +4 +3 +3 +6 +5 +7 18 9 Mind walker (Imprint Supremacy)
10 +5 +3 +3 +7 +6 +8 20 10 Neural loop 1/session

57
 Archer Foundation
Languages Wis
Listen Wis
Profession Wis
Read Lips Int
Search Int
Sense Motive Wis
Spot Wis
Surveillance Wis
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 8 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the scanner.
Psionic Class: The scanner is a psionic class. Levels
gained in this class increase the agent’s psion level.
Class Feats: The scanner gains the following feats at
1st level.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Light Touch: The scanner excels in concealing his
influence over others. Any time the scanner uses an ESP
or imprint skill he may spend an action die to increase
the DC of all checks to detect or identify his use of the
power (either during or afterward) by twice his scanner
level. This is the scanner’s core ability.
Mind Walker: The scanner is a master of mental
intrusion and telepathic communication. At 1st level,
the scanner receives the ESP Mastery feat. At 3rd level,
he receives the Imprint Mastery feat. At 5th level,
the scanner becomes capable of two-way telepathic
communication, gaining the Connection Junction feat.
At 7th level, he gains the ESP Supremacy feat. Finally,
at 9th level, the scanner’s mindwalking power reaches
its zenith and he gains the Imprint Supremacy feat.
The agent must still meet all prerequisites for these
feats, including minimum psion level and skill ranks.
The scanner must meet all prerequisites before he gains
any benefit from the feats.
Improved Psi Mastery: At 2nd level, the scanner may
select an ESP or imprint skill for which he has the
improved psi mastery ability, receiving a +4 bonus to all
skill checks with that skill. At 7th level, the scanner may
select a second ESP or imprint skill for which he has the
improved psi mastery ability, gaining the same benefit
for the second skill as well. Any improved psi mastery
benefit replaces previous bonuses from psi mastery for
the same skill.
Persistent Telepathy: At 4th level, the scanner’s
mental endurance grows exponentially. He may accept
a –4 penalty to any ESP or imprint skill check to dou-
ble the duration of the ability once it is activated. At 8th
level, the scanner may accept a –8 penalty to any ESP
or imprint skill check to triple the duration of the abili-
ty once it is activated.
58
Tracer: Any person approaching within 30 ft. of the
scanner must make a Concentration check or Will save
(DC 15). If the check or save fails, the scanner immedi-
ately becomes psionically aware of the character’s
presence and location (even if they continue to move),
so long as he remains within this ability’s radius.
Teammates and other allies may willingly fail this save
so as to alert the scanner of their location. Unconscious
characters automatically succeed with this save.
A character who has been detected may attempt to
throw off the scanner by stilling his thoughts. Once per
round as a half action, the character may make a new
Concentration check. With success, the scanner loses
track of the character and must make a new Concentra-
tion check to recover the link.
The scanner may actively check for minds within
this ability’s radius by spending 1 vitality point and
concentrating for a full round (during which time the
scanner is considered flat-footed). This forces all unde-
tected minds to make a new Concentration check or
save versus DC 15. With success, they avoid detection.
Otherwise, the scanner is aware of their presence.
At 8th level, the radius of this ability increases to 50
ft. and the DC of the check or save increases to 20.
Gestalt: The scanner may link the minds of his team-
mates, facilitating an impressive level of coordination
and cooperation between them. Once per session as a
full action, the scanner may create a gestalt where he
and his teammates may converse and offer advice freely
without speech. So long as all linked teammates are
within the scanner’s line of sight, the scanner and each
teammate gains a cooperation bonus from every other
character in the gestalt to all applicable skill checks.
Providing the cooperative effort is a free action for all
assisting agents. This ability lasts for 3 rounds and has
a vitality cost equal to the number of agents in the
gestalt. Once created, the scanner may pay the vitality
cost every three rounds to maintain the gestalt without
interruption.
Neural Loop: Once per session the scanner may
attempt to imprison a mind within an internal fantasy
landscape, a conscious dream-state. The target’s own
mind provides the walls of this prison. While so trapped
the target may not move, speak, or otherwise interact
with the outside world, and is considered helpless. To
create this prison the scanner must be within 1 mile of
the target and spend three rounds in complete concen-
tration (during which the scanner is considered
flat-footed). During the first round (at the scanner’s ini-
tiative count), the target must make a Will save to resist
the intrusion. During the second round (at the scanner’s
initiative count), the target must make a Reflex save
to resist the scanner’s substitution of a fantasy scenario
within his mind. During the third round (at the scanner’s
initiative count), the target makes a Fortitude save
 New Rules
to prevent the scanner from establishing the neural loop
within the target’s mind. The DC for each of these saves
it equal to 10 + the scanner’s psion level. If any of
the saves is successful the attempt fails that round and
the target is only stunned for 1d4 rounds. If the target
fails all three saves he is rendered helpless for a number
of hours equal to his Constitution score, after which he
enters a deep sleep for 8 hours (during which he can be
awakened as normal). The scanner must spend 8 vitali-
ty points each round when using this ability (for a total
cost of 24 vitality over all three rounds). If the attempt
fails, it cannot be repeated during the same session.
N EW B ASIC
PSION FEATS
Unless otherwise noted, these feats may be taken by
any agent who has an open generic (i.e. non-specified)
feat slot.
Concentrate Energies
Your energy attacks are amazingly powerful.
Prerequisites: Intelligence 13+.
Benefit: At the start of your first action during a
round you may subtract a number up to your base
attack bonus from all of your attacks this round and add
the same number to the total of any damage rolls for
any physical psion attacks you make this round.
Feedback
You are able to punish those who intrude upon your
mind.
Prerequisite: Charisma 15+.
Benefit: Any time you successfully make a Will save
in response to another agent using a psion feat, skill, or
class ability on you, you inflict 2d4 subdual damage on
that agent.
N EW M ENTAL
PSION FEATS
You must have a mentalist level of 1 or more to take
any feats from this category.
Indirect Assault
You are able to make your physical psionic attacks
loop and twist and even originate from other places.
Prerequisites: Psion level 10+.
Benefit: Your physical psionic attacks gain the coil
weapon quality (see the Modern Arms Guide, page 14).
Further, if there is a concentration of the base energy
used for this psionic attack within 30 ft of you (e.g. a
59
campfire for pyrokinesis, an open meat locker for
cryokinesis, a performance stage-sized speaker for
vibrokinesis) then you may initiate the attack from that
location, determining range penalties from the base
energy’s point of origin rather than your location. This
potentially eliminates obvious clues about your loca-
tion, but you may still be seen normally.
Psychoinventive
Supremacy
You have focused extensively on the super-creative
powers of the mind.
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Psychoinventive
Mastery.
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
time you make a psychoinventive skill check, and the
GC (or opposing players) must spend an extra action die
to activate a critical failure when you are using those
skills. Further, the duration of your mental leap ability
is doubled (becoming 20 rounds).
Psychokinetic Supremacy
Your control over energy is honed to a killing edge.
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Psychokinetic
Mastery.
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
time you make a psychokinetic skill check, and the GC
(or opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
activate a critical failure when you are using those
skills. Further, if you take an aim action before making
a psionic attack, that attack’s treat range is increased
by 1 (e.g. from 1–2 to 1–3).
Telekinetic Supremacy
Through intense study your ability to lift and move
objects with the power of your mind is greatly
increased.
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Telekinetic Mastery.
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
time you make a telekinetic skill check, and the GC (or
opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
activate a critical failure when you are using those
skills. Further, you receive a +2 bonus to the results of
all of your telekinetic skill checks.
N EW M ENTAL
PSION SKILLS
These psion skills allow you to push your mind
beyond normal human limitations to create physical
changes in the world around you. Psychoinventive,
psychokinetic, and telekinetic skills are all considered
mental psion skills.
 Archer Foundation
Spatial Comprehension Result Duration
(Int; Trained only) up to 15 1 minute
16–20 2 minutes
Requires the Psychoinventive Basics feat.
21–25 4 minutes
Your mind is capable of identifying, cat-
26–30 8 minutes
aloguing, and predicting the positions and
31+ 16 minutes
movements of dozens of objects with preci-
sion, even from minimal and outdated Jam: You may create interference that
input. blocks radio-based communications. This
Check: Use of this skill grants you one interference acts like an ECM unit with a
of several feat-like abilities for a brief peri- power rating equal to half of the bonus gen-
od depending on the result of your Spatial erated by the Radiokinesis check (rounded
Comprehension check. None of these ben- down). The same check also determines how
efits stack with the equivalent feat, and long the effect lasts. The range of this effect
you may ignore any prerequisites the feat is 100 ft. per psion level you have attained
normally requires. (though you may willingly reduce it).
Receive Signals: You may listen in on
Result Duration
radio signals as if you have a normal radio
up to 15 1 round
with an ECM power rating equal to one-
16–20 2 rounds
half the bonus from your Radiokinesis
21–25 3 rounds
skill check (rounded down).
26–30 4 rounds
Transmit Signals: You may manipulate
31+ 5 rounds
radio waves to create your own broad-
Avoidance: You may plot the opti- casts. This allows you to send communi-
mal course away from danger, gaining cations as if you have a normal radio
the Lightning Reflexes feat. with a power rating equal to one-half
Incoming: You can anticipate the the bonus from your Radiokinesis skill
path of attacks moments before they check (rounded down).
happen, gaining the Sidestep feat. Vitality Point Cost: 3
Combat Track: You may extrapo-
late the movement and locations of Vibrokinesis (Dex;
nearby opponents, gaining the Trained only)
Blindsight 5-ft. Radius feat. Requires the Telekinetic Basics
Trajectory: You may precisely feat.
calculate angles of attack, gaining You may utilize minute fluctua-
the Farshot feat. tions of telekinetic energy to create
Vitality Point Cost: 6 or cancel out sounds.
Check: A Vibrokinesis check
Radiokinesis (Wis; requires a half action (except when
Trained only) activating sonic illusion, which is a
Requires the Psychokinetic free action), and allows you to
Basics feat. activate one of the following pow-
You are able to sense and ers. You may have more than one
redirect electromagnetic waves of these powers active at the same
in the radio portion of the spec- time, but you must pay the vital-
trum. With practice you can cre- ity point cost for each.
ate and understand the modula- Sonic Illusion: You may acti-
tions used in modern radio vate this power as a free action.
transmissions. Once activated, you may create
Check: The Radiokinesis sounds in your vicinity for a
check determine how long number of minutes equal to
each of the powers lasts. You your psion level. Make a
may have more than one of Vibrokinesis check and add the
the following powers active at result to the base Listen DC
the same time, but you must listed below. The total is the
pay the vitality point cost for
each.

60
 New Rules
DC against which all people within hearing distance
make a Listen check to determine if they notice that the
mentalist’s sounds are fake. N EW P HYSICAL
PSION FEATS
Combining multiple sounds (e.g. several voices in
conversation) reduces the total Listen DC by –2 per
additional sound (e.g. per voice). You must have a physical adept level of 1 or more to
The sound’s perceived origin must be within 30 ft. of take any feats from this category.
the mentalist and within his line of sight.
Result Base Listen DC
Adrenal Supremacy
When you cut loose, the results are astonishing.
Specific voice 5
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Adrenal Mastery.
Full orchestra 8
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
Human speech 10
time you make an adrenal skill check, and the GC (or
Simple sounds 12
opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
Simple tone 15
activate a critical failure when you are using those
Sound Blast: You may activate this power as a half skills. Further, the duration of your superhuman ability
action. While this power is active, you gain the tonal is doubled (to a maximum of 20 rounds).
attack ability, described below. The duration of this
power depends on the result of your Vibrokinesis check. Metabolic Supremacy
Your control over your metabolism has become
Result Duration
incredibly precise and reliable.
up to 15 1 round
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Metabolic Mastery.
16–20 2 rounds
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
21–25 3 rounds
time you make a metabolic skill check, and the GC (or
26–30 4 rounds
opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
31+ 5 rounds
activate a critical failure when you are using those
Tonal Attack: Once per round as a half action, you skills. Further, each time you recover vitality or wounds
may generate a focused blast of sound surrounding an the number of points recovered is doubled.
opponent as a psionic ranged touch attack. The range
increment of the attack is 20, its error range is 1, and its Sensory Supremacy
threat range is 20. You add your Intelligence modifier to Your ability to enhance your senses is unparalleled.
your attack roll, and if you hit, you roll 2d4 damage, Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Sensory Mastery.
plus an additional 1d4 for every three psion levels you Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
have, adding your Dexterity modifier to the final result time you make a sensory skill check, and the GC (or
(e.g. if you have a psion level of 3 and a +2 Dexterity opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
modifier, you deal 3d4+2 damage). activate a critical failure when you are using those
This damage is treated as sonic and psionic, and the skills. Further, you receive a +2 bonus to the results of
target may make a Reflex save (DC 10 + your psion all of your sensory skill checks.
level) to suffer only half damage, rounded down. A tar-
get who fails this save is deafened for 1d6 rounds as
described on page 177 of the Spycraft Espionage
Handbook. If you suffer a critical miss when using this
ability, you suffer 2d4 points of psionic backlash dam-
N EW P HYSICAL
PSION SKILLS
age (see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 183).
These psion skills allow you to push your body
In addition, your sound blast power immediately ends.
beyond normal human limitations. Adrenal, metabolic,
Zone of Silence: You may cancel all sounds you
and sensory skills are all considered physical psion
make by generating a carefully balanced sound wave of
skills.
the opposite phase. Make a Vibrokinesis check, adding
the resulting bonus to all of your Move Silently checks Friction Control
and all of your opponent’s Listen DCs for one round per (Con; Trained only)
psion level you have.
Requires the Adrenal Basics feat.
Vitality Point Cost: 2 for ventriloquist and zone of
You can create a static charge along your skin that
silence, 6 for sound blast
drastically alters the bond between your skin and any
surface. This field can cause your surface to become

61
 Archer Foundation
nearly frictionless, allowing attacks to slide off of you Example: John Hunter and Dumisani Tepe are linked
or permit you to adhere to objects, climb walls more and Dumisani suffers 8 vitality points of damage. John
easily, or retain your balance on unsteady ground. may choose to suffer some or all of that damage in
Check: A Friction Control check requires a half Dumisani’s place.
action and adds a psionic bonus to certain die rolls or
Wound point damage cannot be shared via the link —
values for a number of minutes equal to 5 times your
the person suffering the wound point damage must suffer
psion level. The result of your Friction Control check
the damage himself.
determines the bonus (see the Shadowforce Archer
If one member of the link is killed, the other must make
Worldbook, page 177), and the power you choose from
a Fortitude save (DC 15) or be stunned for 1d6 rounds.
the list below determines which die rolls receive the
Twin Recovery: While this power lasts, any Fortitude
bonus. You may activate more than one of these powers
save that either linked person makes is made by both
at the same time, but you must pay the vitality point
members of the link. If either member succeeds with the
cost for each.
save, then the save is successful.
Immovability: By adhering to the ground you’re
Vitality Point Cost: 4
standing on, you gain your Friction Control bonus to
Balance checks and when resisting trip attempts. Psionic Sensing
Slippery: By making your skin slick you may become (Wis; Trained only)
faster in water and difficult to strike or grapple. This
Requires the Sensory Basics feat.
adds +5 ft. to your swimming movement and your
You can sense the current or past use of psionic
Friction Control bonus to your Defense against unarmed
powers in your immediate vicinity.
attacks and grappling attempts.
Check: A Psionic Sensing check requires a half
Spider Climb: By adhering to the surface you’re
action and allows you to activate one of the following
climbing, you gain your Friction Control bonus to
powers.
Climbing checks.
Detect Psionics: By opening your senses to psychic
Vitality Point Cost: 2 for immovability or spider
energy, you can tell if someone is using psionic powers
climb, 6 for slippery
nearby. This ability lasts for a number of minutes equal
Link Health to 5 times your psion level. The result of your Psionic
(Con; Trained only) Sensing check determines how far away you may sense
psionic use.
Requires the Metabolic Basics feat.
You may link your life energy to that of an ally, Result Range
allowing the two of you to share wounds or to benefit up to 15 20 feet
from healing given to the other. This link works across 16–20 40 feet
any distance, regardless of obstacles between you. 21–25 80 feet
Check: A Link Health check requires a half action 26–30 160 feet
and “links” you with one willing individual that you are 31+ 320 feet
touching. You then choose one of the powers listed
Detect Residuals: By altering your sight to detect
below to activate through the link. The result of the Link
psionic “residuals” — traces of psychic energy left after
Health check determines how long the power lasts. You
mental powers are used in an area — you may look for
may activate more than one of these powers at once, but
signs that psionic powers have been used there recently.
you must pay the vitality point cost for each, and you
This power lasts for a number of minutes equal to 5 times
may only be linked with one individual at a time.
your psion level. It takes 5 minutes to scan a 20 ft. × 20
Result Duration ft. area. The result of the Psionic Sensing check deter-
up to 15 1 minute mines how far into the past you may detect psionic use,
16–20 2 minutes as well as the information you gain about the power used.
21–25 4 minutes
Result Age of Usage Info Gained
26–30 8 minutes
up to 15 1 day Yes/no
31+ 16 minutes
16–20 2 days Yes/no, feat type
Pool Vitality: For the duration of this power, either or 21–25 4 days Yes/no, feat type,
both members of the link may suffer vitality point dam- skill used
age dealt to either linked member — the damage may be 26–30 8 days Yes/no, feat type,
split evenly between them or divided in whatever fash- skill used, power used
ion both characters agree upon. 31+ 16 days Yes/no, feat type,
skill used, power
used, skill result

62
 New Rules
Yes/No: You sense whether or not any psionic pow-
ers were activated in the area scanned.
N EW T ELEPATHIC
Feat Type: You sense which psionic feat types have
PSION SKILLS
been activated in the area scanned (e.g. “Adrenal” or
“Sensory”).
Skill Used: You sense which psion skills have been
activated in the area scanned (e.g. “Body Sculpting” or
“Enhance Senses”).
Power Used: You sense which psionic powers have
been activated in the area scanned (e.g. “Deft Touch” or
“Crushing Blow”).
Skill Result: You sense the skill check result that was
rolled for any psionic power activated in the area
scanned (e.g. you might sense that another psion has
used the Deft Touch power and rolled a skill check of 24
in the scanned area).
Vitality Point Cost: 2
N EW T ELEPATHIC
PSION FEATS
You must have a telepath level of 1 or more to take
any feats from this category.
ESP Supremacy
Your extra sensory awareness is extraordinarily
accurate and flashes of acute insight are frequent.
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, ESP Mastery.
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
time you make an ESP skill check, and the GC (or
opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
activate a critical failure when you are using those
skills. Further, the vitality cost of your ESP skills is
reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
Imprint Supremacy
You may force your way into other minds with
terrifying results.
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Imprint Mastery.
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
time you make an imprint skill check, and the GC (or
opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
activate a critical failure when you are using those
skills. Further, when you inflict ability damage with a
telepath skill, the damage is increased by +1.
Intuition Supremacy
Prerequisites: Psion level 12+, Intuition Mastery.
Benefit: Your psion level is considered 1 higher any
time you make an intuition skill check, and the GC (or
opposing players) must spend an extra action die to
activate a critical failure when you are using those
skills. Further, the duration of your force of will ability
is doubled (becoming 20 rounds).
63
These psion skills allow you to touch the world in
many subtle ways and expand your ordinary senses.
ESP, Imprint, and Intuitive skills are all considered
telepathic psion skills.
Memory Flash
(Int; Trained only)
Requires the Imprint Basics feat.
You may send large blocks of memory to a willing
mind, allowing you to provide quick updates to allies or
even loan out skills temporarily.
Check: Memory flash requires a full round action
and allows you to activate one of the following powers.
Memory flash may only be used on a willing target.
Tutor: You may choose one of your skills and trans-
fer some of your knowledge about it to a willing mind.
The target gains a total number of ranks in the skill
equal to the bonus generated by your memory flash skill
check, your rank in the skill, or the target’s character
level +3, whichever is lowest. This knowledge lasts for a
number of minutes equal to the recipient’s Intelligence.
Use of tutor does not reduce your skill ranks in any way.
Update: You may provide nearly instant explanation
and briefings equivalent to half an hour of memories or
time spent conversing with the target. This allows you
to give a lengthy explanation in a single round, includ-
ing your memory of names, faces, voices, and other
information. The bonus from your memory flash check
becomes a bonus to the target’s next inspiration roll if
made within one minute of receiving this update.
Vitality Point Cost: 6 for tutor, 2 for update
Profile (Int; Trained only)
Requires the Intuition Basics feat.
By collecting information about an individual you
are able to build up an incredibly accurate model of his
or her abilities. Likewise, studying a location provides
precise insight about recent local events.
Mental Model: By reviewing all available informa-
tion about a person for an hour, you may form a men-
tal picture of the individual. Your profile check deter-
mines the completeness and accuracy of this model and
what information is gained from it.
Result Knowledge
up to 10 Target’s gender and age category
11-15 Target’s highest and lowest attribute
16-20 Target’s three highest ranked skills
21-25 All of the target’s classes
26-30 Target’s most likely emotional state
at this time
31+ All of the target’s class levels
 Archer Foundation
The quality of information available to you provides Sensory Tap
a modifier for this check: (Wis; Trained only)
Requires the ESP Basics feat.
Quality of Information Modifier
You may tie your senses together with those of
You question the target under controlled +10
another person so that by concentrating, you experience
circumstances (e.g. interrogation or
what they experience. Initially you must touch the tar-
psychiatric evaluation)
get in order to establish a sensory tap (a touch attack is
You speak one-on-one with the target +5
required to link to an unwilling target).
for several minutes
Check: Establishing a sensory tap requires a half
You listen to and observes the target +0
round action. Unwilling targets receive a Will save with
for at least 10 minutes (in person or
a DC of 10 plus your psion level to prevent the link from
as a recording)
forming.
You examine a location that the –5
Once the link is established, you may maintain it at
target lived in for more than 1 day
any distance and view the world through the target’s
You question a witness about the target –10
senses when concentrating.
You work from written records, –5
If the target is damaged while you are using his
photos, or a single crime scene
senses, you take an equal amount of subdual damage. If
You work from hearsay and rumors –20
your body is injured while you’re sensory tap, you must
Unless the GC specifies otherwise, these modifiers make a Concentration check (DC 10 + the damage taken)
are not cumulative with one another. The GC determines or the skill use immediately ends.
which modifier is most appropriate for the situation. You may maintain more than one link, but may only
utilize the senses of one target at a time. You may
Check totals above 10 gain not only the knowledge
release a link at any time.
mentioned, but all entries prior (for instance, if use of
The link’s maximum duration is determined by the
this ability reveals the target’s three highest skills or
result of your Sensory Tap check:
classes, it also reveals the target’s age category and gen-
der). Result Duration
Reconstruction: By examining a location for 5 min- up to 15 5 minutes
utes, you may attempt to reconstruct recent events. This 16–20 15 minutes
reconstruction’s level of detail is determined by your 21–25 30 minutes
profile check: 26–30 1 hour
31+ 2 hours
Result Knowledge
up to 10 Number of individuals directly involved Backpedal: As a half action, you may negate all of
11-15 Time elapsed since event the target’s concealment bonuses against your attacks
16-20 All participants’ genders until the target takes a 5-ft. step or a move action.
and age categories Puppet Self: You may move about using information
21-25 Approximate purpose of event from your target’s senses. While using this power, your
26-30 Most pivotal attack or skill check speed is reduced by 5 ft. and you suffer a –2 penalty to
during the event all Dexterity-based skill checks, ranged attacks, and
31+ Complete list of all attacks and Reflex saves. These penalties are doubled if the target is
skill checks made during event aware that you are a telepath and is unwilling to offer
his senses to help you. This power allows you to effec-
Apply the following modifiers to this check:
tively negate blindness or deafness.
Condition Modifier Tap Senses: You may read any materials the target
Location has been preserved since event +0 is reading, listen to any conversations held in the
Each hour the location has been occupied –2 target’s presence, and make Spot and Listen checks from
(by a new crowd) since the event the target’s location using his skill ranks and Wisdom
The event involved combat or aggressive +0 modifier. While using this ability, you are considered
behavior flat-footed.
The event was non-combative, or passive –10 Vitality Point Cost: 3 to attempt a link, 2 per 5 min-
utes the link is maintained, 1 per round spent using
Vitality Point Cost: 5
someone else’s senses.

64
 New Rules
Fluid Breathing System: Originally developed as an
aid in medical research, this technology is now available
NEW PSITECH
The Archer Foundation is a hub for gadget creation,
for deep-sea diving operations. Its bulky, oxygenated
fluorocarbon emulsion system fills the agent’s lungs
with liquid, offering him limited protection from drown-
regularly providing new technologies to all Chambers of
ing and the rigors of compression. It does not, however,
the Conspiracy. The following are the newest offerings
protect him from the bends.
from the Office of Psion Affairs. Many are designed for
Gadget Point Cost: 4 Weight: 75 lbs.
use underwater, conceived mainly for agents assigned to
Spot DC: Automatic
the Baltic Sea base Aquatica (see page 138).
Mechanics: The fluid breathing system grants an
New diving Equipment agent immunity to pressure damage to a depth of 1500
feet. Beyond that, the agent must make normal pressure
Air tooth: The center of this tooth holds compressed
damage rolls as if the 1500-ft. mark were the surface.
air under high pressure. By twisting the crown (typical-
The suit has an air supply of 2 hours, and operates like
ly with the tongue), the agent can draw upon a hidden
a bomb squad suit with a DR of 5 when the agent is
supply of air that is released by a tiny valve.
attacked.
Gadget Point Cost: 2 each Weight: —
Rebreather pen: To use this ordinary-looking pen,
Spot DC: 25 (experts only)
the agent flips out two small plastic tabs and bites down
Mechanics: Each air tooth can hold up to 5 minutes
onto them, gripping the gadget in his mouth.
(50 rounds) of air, assuming the agent only opens the
Gadget Point Cost: 2 Weight: —
valve when needed (about once every 20-30 seconds). If
Spot DC: 20
he leaves it open, the tooth’s air supply drops to 2 min-
Mechanics: A rebreather pen holds 10 minutes of air.
utes (20 rounds). While drawing upon the tooth's air
While drawing upon the pen's air supply an agent is
supply, an agent is immune to drowning, suffocation,
immune to drowning, suffocation, and breathable poi-
and breathable poison gas effects. After use, each air
son gas effects. A small mechanism allows the agent to
tooth must be reloaded at a cost of 2 additional GP. An
refill the pen with compressed air by leaving it in an
agent may requisition up to 10 air teeth, each adding 5
open area for one hour.
extra minutes to his compressed air supply.

65
 Archer Foundation
Underwater jet shoes: Compressed air in the soles of
these shoes allows the wearer to propel himself under-
water at high speed.
Gadget Point Cost: +1 (shoe option)
Weight: —
Spot DC: –5 (show option)
Mechanics: When using this gadget, the agent
moves double his normal swimming speed. The shoes
contain enough compressed air stored for 5 minutes (50
rounds) of acceleration.
Underwater lenses: A variation of standard starlight
lenses (see the Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page
140), these contacts are designed specifically for under-
water use.
Gadget Point Cost: 1 Weight: —
Spot DC: 25
Mechanics: An agent wearing these lenses is consid-
ered to have eye protection when underwater, and does-
n’t suffer the normal –1 penalty to attack rolls. and skill
checks requiring visual cues. Also, at depths of up to 60
feet, concealment penalties are not applied to the
agent’s opponents, so long as there is a source of ambi-
ent light in the surrounding water (e.g. sunlight, moon-
light, etc.). If the agent is exposed to a bright light
66
source while wearing these lenses (e.g. a flashlight is
pointed at his face), he must make a Reflex save (DC 15)
or be blinded for 1d4 rounds. The agent may disable and
re-enable underwater lenses with a double-blink.
Underwater weapon conversion: This gadget includes
one clip of specially modified bullets and the necessary
gear and tools to modify any pistol to function under-
water. The Office of Psion Affairs has determined that
the upward distance that a bullet can travel underwater
is low enough not to justify a rifle conversion, though
they continue to search for other possibilities.
Gadget Point Cost: 2 Weight: —
Spot DC: Automatic
Mechanics: This gadget may only be used to modify
a pistol. The agent may request that a pistol of his
choice be modified when the gadget is requisitioned or
perform the modification in the field himself with the
Craft (Gunsmithing) skill (DC 20). Success allows the
pistol to be fired normally underwater, though its range
increment is reduced by half (rounded up) and its max-
imum range is 50 feet. A critical success only reduces
the weapon’s range increment by 25% (though its max-
imum range still remains 50 feet). Failure ruins the gad-
get, while a critical failure ruins both the gadget and the
pistol.
 New Rules
New Document Gadgets Flute gun: This attractive silver flute contains a
working blowgun, which may be fired by depressing a
Camera-safe documents: The inks used on this paper
precise (and rarely used) combination of valves and
cannot be seen by UV flash caused by most cameras, so
playing the note. Assassins often use this device to
documents created with it cannot be photographed.
catch their targets by surprise during concerts, aiming
Gadget Point Cost: 1 per 10 pages
indirectly at the target’s reflection on other instruments,
Weight: —
then slip out in the ensuring chaos.
Spot DC: 30
Gadget Point Cost: 2 Weight: 1⁄2 lb.
Mechanics: When photographed, this paper appears
Spot DC: 25
blank. No publicly sold lens filter can counter this
Mechanics: This weapon operates like a blowgun
effect.
with a threat range of 18–20 and a –2 penalty to all
Erasure camera: Moments after this camera is used to
attack rolls. The flute gun may only hold one shot at a
photograph any standard inked document (including
time, and requires one half action to reload. The cost of
stamped items), all ink vanishes from the page.
any drug or poison for the dart must be requisitioned
Gadget Point Cost: 2 Weight: 1 lb.
separately.
Spot DC: 25 (experts only, super-science)
Magnet knuckles: This variant of brass knuckles can
Mechanics: This camera’s gadget effect has no
be turned into a powerful magnet by pressing a hidden
impact on the pictures it takes, and information erased
button.
is retained in the picture taken. Laminated and other
Gadget Point Cost: 2 Weight: 1⁄2 lb.
air-tight documents are immune to this camera’s erasure
Spot DC: 25
effect.
Mechanics: This weapon operates like standard brass
Fringe Gadgets knuckles. In addition, by pressing the hidden button as
a free action, the knuckles become magnetized and can
The following item is available only to agents of
support up to 200 lbs. when connected flatly to a metal
Division Nihil (see page 110).
surface.
Fringeviewer: This unique device was concocted by
Rocket launcher cast: This one-shot rocket launcher
Dr. Lothario Algernon (see page 112), as a method for
is cleverly concealed within a standard cast, worn over
seeing into the Fringe. It appears like a normal camera,
an agent’s arm or leg.
but it takes pictures of the same location on the Other
Gadget Point Cost: 5 Weight: 20 lb.
Side. Unfortunately, you can’t see the other side through
Spot DC: 20
its rangefinder, so all shots are taken blind and unfo-
Mechanics: This weapon operates like a rocket
cused.
launcher loaded with one HE rocket. If the gadget is a
Special Note: This device is based on a minimalist
leg cast, the agent must lift his leg parallel with the
design by Nikola Tesla, and works from purely fringe-
ground to fire the rocket. The agent suffers a –2 penal-
based science. It has no operating parts — in fact, it is
ty to all attack rolls with this weapon.
hollow, as anyone can see if they open it up. The cam-
era is loaded using an old-fashioned tin-type interface
(one plate per shot). An Advisory
Gadget Point Cost: 3 Weight: 1 lb.
Like much of the information about the Fringe, the
Spot DC: 25 (super-science)
section starting on the next page exists primarily for
Mechanics: This camera may only take shots of the
the GC, and is subject to his approval. (We wanted to
Fringe, and may only take 1 shot before it must be
give you all the rules and metaphysical background
reloaded. It requires 1 full round to load and 1 half action
up front.) Some people may find this section too dry
to use. Finally, it has a Surveillance check cap of 20.
or high-minded for their liking. If that’s the case, feel
New Weapon Options free to limit your games to the mystic effects in the
physical world, or simply omit the mystic part of the
Directional mine: This nasty little device propels
setting altogether. We’ve left plenty of room for both
hundreds of small projectiles when detonated. It can be
options, should you wish to pursue them.
remotely operated, trip wire detonated, or timer deto-
Even if you include a mystic background in your
nated.
games, we recommend that no one save a few very
Gadget Pick Cost: 1 each Weight: 1 lb.
powerful mystics understand the reasons for mystic
Spot DC: 10
power, and how to manipulate the mystic world.
Mechanics: The projectiles have an attack zone of 1
Otherwise, the setting shifts from one of action-espi-
square (5-feet) in the direction that the mine is targeted.
onage with a splash of the unknown to pulp or high
Anyone caught in the zone must make a reflex roll (DC
fantasy: a radical departure from the intended genre.
15) or suffer 3d4 damage.

67
 Archer Foundation
ic cases, the spirits of humans with a thirst for the mys-
tic world are trapped here, incapable of passing on to
THE OTHER SIDE
Mystics believe in two worlds — our own physical
their final rest.
Some spirits remember their lives in the physical
world, or parts of them. Other spirits acquire a form of
world and a spirit realm that is invisible to us. The lat-
amnesia once they leave their bodies, and are therefore
ter is considered the source of all mystic power, where
unable or unwilling to recall their mortal lives. Such
gods and monsters dwell. Mystics call the space
spirits are completely alone, cut off from the comforts
between, where the two worlds overlap, “the Fringe.”
they knew in life, and frequently fall into despair, with-
Humans cannot pass across the Fringe to the other side
out hope of completing their journey to the other side.
(except after they die, as ghosts). The reverse, however,
The conditions of a spirit’s afterlife greatly affect its
is not true.
appearance. Spirits with a mission in the physical world
As a mystic gains power, he attracts the attention of
are usually least affected (for good or ill), and most
other mystically-inclined beings — in this world and
closely resemble their physical forms. Spirits who have
beyond. The mystic world is not meant for humans, who
given up, become lost, or fall into insanity are worst
loosely view its natural inhabitants as demons, devils,
affected — their visages become horrific and gnarled,
and unknowable abominations from beyond. In reality,
the stuff of nightmares.
the majority of these beings are merely the spirits of the
Spirits naturally view the physical world the same
dead (ghosts), though mystics claim that many horrors
way that the physical world views them — as hollow,
lie beyond the physical world — horrors beside which
partially insubstantial shadows, just out of reach.
ghosts pale in comparison. All spiritual beings take a
Within this dull vista, most spirits can only sense living
keen interest in those who pursue the Fringe, and seek
humans who are touched by divine power — mystic
them out — as sustenance, and worse.
power (in mechanics terms, they sense humans with
The Unquiet Dead thirst levels). This effect increases in the Fringe,
from which spirits view the physical world as a haze of
Most spirits pass through the Fringe and into the
blurry images, shifting wildly and uncontrollably.
spirit realm after their bodies die in the physical world.
Conversely, mystic relics and the use of invocations
Some, however, remain behind. Confused by their death
appear to spirits as blurs of intensely sharp color,
and new existence without a body, some spirits become
branding their vision. The combination of all these ele-
forlorn, mentally and spiritually lost within the physical
ments is not unlike being in the center of a visual mael-
world or the Fringe. Some have unfinished business to
strom, with far too much input for the spirits’ eyes and
attend to, while others are simply too attached to their
minds to process.
mortal coil to leave it behind. Finally, in the most trag-
Spirits find this input extremely painful, especially
while in the physical world. Many wail or moan con-
stantly, giving rise to the “screaming ghost” of folklore.
Mercury Shadows Lingering in the physical world for a prolonged period
after death often drives spirits mad, ensuring that they
Most spirits travel and attack alone or in pairs.
remain, haunting the living until they are destroyed.
Historical anecdotes say that ghosts are notoriously
Lingering spirits, crazed or not, often lash out in a
solitary creatures, as lonely as they are dangerous.
vain attempt to end their pain. All sources of mystic
But recently, mystics have noticed a disturbing trend
power (including mystics themselves) are a fount of
for lingering spirits to move and fight in packs, like
agony for them, and regularly attacked. Mystics with
animals trained to hunt. Alarming rumors persist that
thirst levels are actively hunted.
recently missing influential figures — many of them
Living humans with no connection to the mystic
allies and agents of the Archer Conspiracy and none
world are generally left alone. Not only are most ghosts
of them mystics — were carried away in a storm of
incapable of seeing the untainted, but ghosts of low
screaming shadows, some of which brandished
power are incapable of attacking them at all. This is ter-
unique spectral blades that left trails of mercury fire
ribly frustrating for most spirits trapped here in the
across seared, ruined flesh. The veracity of these
physical world — invisible, with no way of affecting the
rumors remains a mystery, but the changes among the
world or ceasing their pain (except by attacking other
spirit populations of the physical world and the
ghosts anchored by the thirst), they languish until they
Fringe are obvious. Something is changing on the
escape into the Fringe or spirit world, or plummet into
Other Side…
eternal insanity.
(For the truth about these rumors, see page 120.)

68
 New Rules
The Fringe Even lingering spirits who reside in the shifting plane
don’t seem to be able to control it.
There is a constant and unpredictable ebb and flow
Mystics say the Fringe acts very much like a cloud-
between the physical and spirit worlds, like the waves
ed transparency placed over our own physical world.
on a beach. Furthering this metaphor, if the beach is the
Every place and event in the Fringe parallels a place or
physical world and the sea the spirit realm, then the
event in the physical world, just shrouded in a constant
spongy earth between the low and high tide marks is a
gloom. The only feature the Fringe doesn’t share with
place called the Fringe. Of course, waves are always pre-
the physical world is its population — disenfranchised
sent on beaches — the Fringe, on the other hand, can
spirits wandering a realm three steps out of phase with
appear anywhere, at any time, without warning.
the rest of reality.
The Fringe is parallel to the physical world and the
Though the Fringe is invisible to those living in the
spirit realm, a twilight landscape that appears when the
physical world, the reverse is not true. As described
two worlds overlap one another and vanishes when they
above, spirits lingering in the Fringe can always sense
pull apart. There is no known timetable for the Fringe to
the physical world, and it causes them great anguish.
appear, though it never completely vanishes — it always
The pain is magnified when the Fringe appears in the
touches the physical world somewhere.
physical world, and spirits unfortunate enough to be
Among mystic circles, the Fringe is commonly asso-
near the junction witness hundreds or thousands of
ciated with strange events, freak accidents, and an eerie
other, newly released spirits flooding across the Fringe,
sense of things “not being right.” Beside forming the
toward their final rest in the spirit realm. A lucky few
gateway to the land of the dead, the Fringe is the home
among them are swept up in the tide and carried across
of the weird, the eccentric, and the first-class bizarre.
with the flood, never to return. The rest are joined by a
People who stumble into the Fringe — usually by acci-
host of new spirits who, also anchored by sorrow,
dent — find themselves in a twilight domain ruled by
confusion, or earthly needs, remain behind after the
warped irony and twisted fate. Every Fringe serial has a
junction fades.
surprise ending, every Fringe character has a dark and
shocking history, and every Fringe location harbors hid- Fringescript
den meaning discovered only at the final moments of
An intriguing symptom of the Fringe’s presence
the last reel.
overlapping the physical world is an ethereal, free-float-
Mystics cite the Fringe as the origin of unexplained
ing, seemingly guided phenomenon called “fringe-
mysteries, unsolved disappearances, and unexpected
script.” Fringescript only exists in the physical world,
revelations. The Fringe can even be home to the para-
consisting of the errant thoughts, loose memories, and
normal or aliens if you want it to be, but in the official
passionate emotions of lingering spirits and the recent-
setting, it’s more subtle: a shadow-parallel of our own
ly dead. It is not permanent, but it is pervasive, drifting
world, where events are just a shade out of sync. The
about from place to place until it slips away into the
lost and the forsaken inhabit this alternate world, lord-
void of death. Living humans perceive fringescript as
ed over by shadow syndicates and terrorized by mystic
words, though not always in their native tongue
cults.
(indeed, fringescript is often perceived as alien, or con-
Think of the Fringe as a cross between Midnight
fused graffiti, or illiterate doodles.
Nation, Amazing Stories, and The Twilight Zone. There
Fringescript is only noticed by those with a talent for
are few rules for creating Fringe stories, save that the
spotting it, and when seen, it’s commonly mistaken for
obvious is usually a lie and the last thing you’d consid-
a hallucination, or a trick of the light. Fringescript has
er usually conceals one last mind-blowing truth.
many forms, from smoldering letters hovering over a
As you’ll see in upcoming sourcebooks, only a few
surface or in mid-air to shifting letters on a chalkboard
events in Shadowforce Archer’s shadow history are con-
or in a journal (often appearing on the page moments
nected to the Fringe, and the otherworldly plot-arc pre-
before they are read).
sented in this book (revolving around the Architects of
Though fringescript can have a variety of effects on
the Fringe — see page 40) will remain open-ended, with-
those who merely catch a glimpse of it, its true power is
out a scripted conclusion. This allows for both unlimit-
unleashed when a person becomes lost in it and allows
ed design options and easy extraction should GCs not
it infect his spirit and contaminate his mind. Some
wish to include the Fringe in their games.
cursed or fortuned few are even able to control the odd,
“You Can’t Get There perilous sensations as fringescript courses through
From Here” them, hone it into a powerful force of spectral power.
These people are the earthbound masters of the Fringe.
Many mystics have tried to control the Fringe, or
(For more about their abilities, see Fringe Feats section
predict when it will appear, and some even claim suc-
starting on page 76).
cess, though there is no evidence that they tell the truth.

69
 Archer Foundation
The most controlled application of fringescript is a
sigil (today called a “fringeward”). These simple protec-
tive seals are intended to do one of two things — keep
lingering spirits and other mystic and Fringe-based
entities inside a place (a tomb, a building, etc.), or keep
them out. Such a sigil was used to confine the entity
within Eva Kraus for hundreds if not thousands of years
— as well as her long lost god-king companion (see the
upcoming Hand of Glory Threat Book for more).
The Spirit Realm
The spirit realm lies beyond the comprehension of
mortal beings. As far as mystics understand the cosmos,
no one in the physical world can sense anything beyond
the Fringe, and if anything within the spirit realm can
sense the physical world, it’s not eager to communicate.
Travel to the spirit realm — what humans refer to as
“Heaven,” “Elysium,” “Nirvana,” and “Paradise” — is a
one-way ticket. No spirit has ever been known to return
— unless, of course, reincarnation is real. (The
Guardians claim it is, but the only “proof” they have
concerns spirits reincarnated from the Fringe, an aber-
ration — see pages 71 and 112 for more.)
The Nature of Being
The two primary types of entities in Shadowforce
Archer are living humans and spirits (also called linger-
ing spirits, if they remain behind in the physical world
or the Fringe after they die). Though it is rumored that
the Fringe contains monstrous non-human entities, the
truth of these claims (and the rules for such creatures, if
they do exist) are beyond the scope of this book.
Living humans follow the rules we understand —
they are normally unaware of the Fringe or the spirit
realm (unless they have a mystic ability, psion power, or
the like), and cannot cross over until they die.
Spirits, on the other hand, share several common
traits which differentiate them from their earthly coun-
terparts. See page 72 for rules for creating a lingering
spirit — here we describe what a spirit can see in each
of the three realms, and how they interact with other
inhabitants of each.
The Physical World: While spirits are in the physical
world, they are spectral (see page 74), meaning that
they cannot be seen, heard or sensed by anyone in the
Table 3.8: Lingering Spirit Encounters
Percentile Roll (%) Number of Lingering Spirits
Less than or equal to Learning/Thirst DC 1 Average agent level +2
Less than 1⁄2 Learning/Thirst DC 1d2+1 (2-3)
Less than 1⁄4 Learning/Thirst DC 1d3+3 (4-6)
How to Use This Table: Use only the highest number of lingering spirits (e.g. if your roll is less than half the Learning/Thirst
DC, only 2-3 lingering spirits are encountered).
70
real world, even as they move among us — unless they
wish to be. Spirits can manifest in the real world, mak-
ing themselves visible and partially substantial, able to
make limited contact with living humans. This ability is
usually used to attack sources of pain or — in the case
of better-adjusted spirits — communicate with the liv-
ing. See the manifestation ability on page 73 for more
about this ability and the Shadespeaker prestige class
(page 216 of the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook) for
more about communicating with the dead.
The Fringe: While in the Fringe, spirits operate as liv-
ing humans do in the physical world — they can see
each other and affect one another using the standard
Spycraft and Shadowforce Archer rules. This is because
all inhabitants of the Fringe — indeed, the whole of the
Fringe — are spectral, thus placing all of them on a level
playing field. Consequently, the manifestation ability
has no effect in the Fringe. Those in the Fringe can also
see the parallel physical world (largely the same except
for the living people), though only at half their normal
line of sight, their view clouded by the ghostly filter
through which they witness the physical world. When
the Fringe and physical world overlap, the rules for the
physical world take precedence (that is, spirits must
manifest to be seen and interact with the living under
most circumstances).
The Spirit Realm: As discussed above, the spirit realm
is beyond the scope of the Shadowforce Archer setting.
Spirits that pass beyond are out of play. Should an
encounter occur while the Fringe and spirit realm over-
lap, the rules for the Fringe apply. Following this
pattern (the rules for the most physical realm always
apply when two or more worlds overlap), encounters
while all three realms overlap use the rules for the phys-
ical world.
The Bridge Between Here
and There
Spirits may exist in only one of the three realms —
the physical world, the spirit realm, or the Fringe — at
any given time. Though the Fringe acts as a conduit
between the physical world and spirit realm, it is only
possible to use the Fringe to move from the physical
world to the spirit realm when the two overlap. At all
other times, the Fringe remains self-contained, just as
we perceive the physical world to be.
Lingering Spirit Levels
Average agent level
Average agent level –2
 New Rules
This process for moving between worlds (called The Fringe and the
“bridging,” after the name of the conduits between Mastermind System
worlds — ”bridges”) results in a constant flow of spirits
If a GC would like his villains to use Fringe feats and
through narrow spiritual channels from the physical
abilities, he may purchase them at a base cost of 5 MP,
world and through the Fringe into the spirit realm. This
plus 6 per mastermind created as a lingering spirit and
journey is quick and clean for most spirits. Following
4 per henchman or minion squad created as lingering
their physical death, they are simply attracted to the
spirits. Fringe feats are only allowed if the first cost of 5
nearest bridge (spirits can naturally sense when the
MP is paid, but thereafter they may be added to master-
Fringe overlaps one or both other worlds, though even
mind characters per the standard Spycraft rules. All
they can’t predict the bridges), and pass across.
Fringe elements purchased in this way are known at the
Wherever they are when the bridge dissolves, they
start of the season, and may be used as desired by the
remain. If they end a bridging trip in the spirit realm,
villain in question. Paying the base cost for Fringe feats
their journey ends and they pass on to their final rest.
also allows the GC to include all natural Fringe effects
Most often, when all three worlds overlap, the trip is
(see below). The base cost of 5 MP is part of the master-
instantaneous.
mind’s organization cost, and is only paid once per sea-
Living humans sense bridges as a brief chill running
son, while the cost of specific lingering spirit NPCs is
through the room (the same feeling they get when a
paid for each mastermind, henchman, or minion squad
spirit is near, only stronger). Humans cannot understand
created.
this feeling without a special ability.
The frequency and locations of Fringe appearances
is left completely up to the Game Control. Being pri- permanent residents of the Fringe, are extremely vul-
marily a method to tell different kinds of stories with nerable to Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma damage,
the Shadowforce Archer setting, there is no need to as it can destroy their minds, leaving them nothing
quantify it. Further, doing so might endanger some of more than ravening, angry beasts.
the mystery, suspense, and wonder the Fringe can help
3. When in the Fringe (and while the Fringe overlaps with
conjure.
the physical world), all natives of the physical world
Special Note: With two exceptions (see pages 94 and
lose their initiative bonus and may not take 10 with skill
112), living humans have never passed over into the
checks. This offers Fringe-dwellers, such as lingering
Fringe. As far as mystics — and this game line — are
spirits, a decided advantage as living humans find
concerned, the voyage is impossible until a person dies.
themselves caught off guard by the eerie, offsetting
nature of their surroundings.

FRINGE RULES
There are five mechanics of importance concerning
the Fringe — Fringe basics, spirit bridges, random spir-
it attacks, creating lingering spirits, and summoning
spirits. All of these items are covered here.
Fringe Basics
There are three basic rules for the Fringe that occa-
sionally affect the standard Shadowforce Archer setting.
1. Thirst levels are the only thing that transfers from life
to death (because thirst levels are spiritual in nature).
For this reason, mystics with a Thirst level of 1 or high-
er find themselves trapped in the physical world when
they die, unable to pass on to the Fringe or their final
rest in the spirit realm. This is the cause of earthbound
spirits who hunt a bridge across to the spirit realm, and
the ultimate, awful price for seeking the knowledge of
the Ancients.
2. When in the Fringe (and while in an area of the physi-
cal world overlapped by the Fringe), characters may not
recover from ability damage. Lingering spirits, who are
Spirit Bridges: The Source
of Mystic Power
Human mystics, who often understand spirit bridges,
believe that the conduits are the source of ambient mys-
tic power in the physical world. While the conduits are
open between the Fringe and the physical world, mystic
power spikes in the local region. A bridge to the spirit
realm produces a similar mystic spike, though with far
more incredible results. This is one of the reasons for
established mystic sites around the world, such as
Stonehenge and the plateau at Macchu Picchu. These
places have hosted many bridges into the Fringe and
spirit realm over the centuries, enough that the Ancients
erected worshipful locations where their spirit commu-
nities could gather and tap into the well of power.
Fringe Bridges: Each time a mystic ability, invoca-
tion, or relic is used at the site of a bridge into the
Fringe, the agent gains 1 bonus action die which he may
spend on any roll using the ability, invocation, or relic
within the next day (to a maximum of 3 bonus action
dice per bridge opening).

71
 Archer Foundation
Spirit Realm Bridges: Each time a mystic ability, Creating a Lingering Spirit
invocation, or relic is used at the site of a bridge across
“Lingering spirit” is a template added to all persons
the Fringe and into the spirit realm, the agent gains 2
once they’ve died. After becoming a lingering spirit, the
bonus action dice which he may spend on any roll using
recently deceased (hereafter referred to as the “base per-
the ability, invocation, or relic within the next day (to a
son”) is “undead.” The lingering spirit retains all the sta-
maximum of 8 bonus action dice per bridge opening).
tistics the base person had in life, except for changes
Random Spirit attacks listed here.
Vitality/Wound Points: Increase to d12/as base person.
Each month that a mystic has a thirst level or 1 or
Initiative: As base person.
higher, and each time that he uses an invocation or
Speed: Lingering spirits always move at a speed of
relic, there is a chance that lingering spirits of the
30 feet, and have the same movement limitations as liv-
unquiet dead attack him, seeking to punish the source
ing humans, with one exception — they can pass
of their suffering.
through solid objects (see Spectral, page 74). Contrary
Thirst Levels: At the start of each month when a
to myth and classic ghost stories, lingering spirits can-
mystic has a thirst level of 1 or higher, the GC should
not fly, levitate, or otherwise float. They must walk, run,
roll percentile dice (%). If the roll is equal to or less than
leap, and crawl around, just like everyone else.
the mystic’s thirst level (+1 for every ritual he knows),
Defense: As the base person, but applies only to
the mystic becomes hunted by one or more lingering
spectral encounters. When a lingering spirit manifests
spirits at a random time before month’s end, as deter-
(see page 73), its Defense applies only to physical
mined on Table 3.8 on page 70.
encounters. In both cases, unsuccessful attacks simply
Invocations: Each time a mystic begins a ritual, the
pass ineffectively through lingering spirits.
GC should roll percentile dice (%). If the roll is equal to
Attacks: Lingering spirits may still use the base per-
or less than the invocation’s Learning/Thirst DC, the
son’s attacks, though the attacks only affect spectral
mystic and his companions are attacked by one or more
targets unless the lingering spirit manifests (see page
lingering spirits at a random time before the invocation
73), in which case the attacks only affect physical tar-
is completed, as determined on Table 3.8 on page 70.
gets. The effects of special attacks are described below.
Relics: If the mystic has a relic in his possession, the
Damage: When the lingering spirit uses one of the
chance of encountering lingering spirits each month
base person’s attacks against a target of like substance
and during each invocation increases by +10% (and the
(spectral or physical), the damage is unchanged. The
number of spirits encountered increases by 1 as well). If
damage of special attacks are described below.
a relic is used at any time during a month, or during an
Special Attacks: Lingering spirits keep all the special
invocation, the chance of encountering lingering spirits
attacks of the base person, though they may only use
is doubled (as is the number of spirits encountered).
them on targets of like substance (spectral or physical).
Relics are a dangerous facet of the mystic world — their
They also gain the following special attacks. Unless other-
use greatly agitates lingering spirits, driving many into
wise noted, when one of these attacks calls for a save, the
a frenzy of violence. When in the presence of a relic, the
DC is equal to 10 + 1⁄2 the lingering spirit’s vitality dice
dispositions of all spirits is worsened by 1 grade, and
(rounded down) + the lingering spirit’s Charisma modifier.
hostile and adversary spirits attack all living beings and
Otherworldly Wail: The tormented moaning of a lin-
then all spirits within line of sight, until only one spir-
gering spirit is discomforting, and can throw the most
it is left standing amidst the carnage.
hardened agent off his game. Each otherworldly wail is
Though spirits can sense the use of mystic and
a full action, and affects all living creatures (person and
Fringe feats, such minor beacons from the physical
animal alike) within 30 feet. Each affected target must
world rarely drawn them out of their spectral state.
make a Will save or suffer a –2 morale penalty to their
Hostile lingering spirits always have a level equal to
attack rolls, saves, and skill checks for a number of
the team’s average agent level. Consult the lingering
rounds equal to the difference between the DC and their
spirit template (page 75) to randomly determine class
save total. Those who successfully save against this
and derive other statistics.
attack cannot be affected by the same lingering spirit’s
GCs may find the unquiet dead a helpful storytelling
wail for 24 hours. Deaf targets and those using earplugs
tool, and are encouraged to use them — and other mys-
and like defenses are immune to this attack.
tic elements of the Shadowforce Archer setting — to
Most spirits do not use otherworldly wailing in an
come up with unique action-espionage plotlines.
offensive manner; rather, living humans hear the moan-
ing of spirits pained by the sensory maelstrom around
them, and must then save normally. Otherworldly wail-
ing can extend between worlds, heard faintly in the
physical world, even while the moaning spirits are in
the Fringe.

72
 New Rules
Twenty-four hours after suffering one or more neg-
ative levels, the victim makes one Fortitude save for
each negative level suffered with a DC of 10 + 1⁄2 the
attacking spirit’s vitality dice, rounded down + the
attacking spirit’s Charisma modifier, positive or nega-
tive). With success, the negative level vanishes and all
effects of the negative level are reversed. With failure,
the negative level vanishes, but the victim loses 1 agent
level permanently, along with any ability score gain,
vitality points, skill points, feat slots, base attack bonus,
base saves, and special class abilities granted by the
level. When one or more levels are permanently lost, the
victim’s experience point total is immediately set
to halfway through the previous level. If an

Manifestation: Lingering spirits are typical-

ly invisible to living humans, and can neither
affect nor be affected by the physical world (even
while in it). This, along with some other effects, is
referred to as being “spectral.” As a full action while
in the physical world, a lingering spirit may manifest,
becoming visible yet still having no physical body.
While manifest, a lingering spirit can attack physical
targets with the physical attacks of the base person, as
well as its spectral gear, though it can no longer use
agent ever gains negative levels equal to his current
these attacks against spectral targets. Lingering spirits
level, or is drained below 1st level, he is instantly killed
cannot become physical with this or any other known
(reduced to –11 wound points).
ability.
Finally, a lingering spirit gains 5 temporary vitality
Chilling Touch: A lingering spirit adds its Dexterity
points for every negative level it inflicts on a target
modifier to all unarmed attack and damage rolls. With
(though it does not gain vitality points for negative lev-
a successful unarmed hit, lingering spirits inflict 1d8
els inflicted after a previous negative level has killed a
normal damage. As with all the lingering spirit’s attacks,
victim).
chilling touch only affects targets of like substance
Telekinesis: Spirits have a natural power which
(spectral or physical). If at least 1 point of damage is
duplicates the Poltergeist psion skill (see the
subtracted from the target’s vitality or wounds (after
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 188). All skill
damage reduction, psion abilities, and all other defens-
checks to use this power are made according to the
es are taken into account), the target receives one neg-
standard rules for using psion skills.
ative level of energy drain (see below). When grappling,
Special Qualities: Lingering spirits keep all the spe-
the lingering spirit inflicts one negative level each time
cial qualities of the base person, though they may only
it inflicts at least one point of damage on the target.
use them on targets of like substance (spectral or phys-
Energy Drain: A lingering spirit’s unarmed attacks
ical). They also gain the following special qualities.
inflict negative levels. For each negative level inflicted,
Undead: Lingering spirits are undead, and therefore
the victim loses all the benefits of his most recently
immune to poison, disease, paralysis, sleep effects, stun
acquired level — base attack, saves, vitality, etc. All
effects, and death effects. Undead are not subject to crit-
effects of negative levels are cumulative (e.g. with 3
ical hits, subdual damage, or ability damage. They have
negative levels, the agent loses the benefit of his 3 most
no Constitution scores, and therefore suffer no effects
recently earned levels).
which call for a Fortitude save (unless it affects objects).

73
 Archer Foundation
A lingering spirit ignores the effects of massive damage,
and is destroyed once it reaches 0 or less wound points.
Lingering spirits can see in any condition — even total
darkness — up to a range of 60 ft. (or 30 ft. if looking
from the Fringe into the physical world). Finally, linger-
ing spirits may be resurrected (see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 228), after which they lose all
the abilities described as part of this template.
Spectral: Spirits are always spectral and therefore
invisible, inaudible, and scentless to living humans
(unless manifested). They have no physical form (even
when manifested), and can only be affected by mystic
effects. They cannot be harmed except by other spectral
entities, mystic effects, effects caused by mystic relics,
and psionic abilities which affect other minds. Spectral
entities may pass through solid objects, but are stymied
by barriers of mystic force, mystic relics, and objects
affected by invocations or other mystic sources. Their
attacks ignore all armor effects, unless mystic in nature
(such as relic armor, shields, and the like). Spectral enti-
ties always move silently (no sound whatsoever), unless
they decide to make noise. Finally, spectral entities have
no Strength score, and use their Dexterity modifier for
both melee and ranged attacks, as well as melee damage.
Unnatural Aura: Whether domesticated or not, ani-
mals of all kinds shy away from spirits — even when the
spirits are spectral and therefore invisible to the naked
eye. Animals can sense spirits at a range of up to 30
feet, and cannot distinguish between well-adjusted spir-
its and malign ones. Animals will never approach clos-
er to a spirit than 30 feet unless forced, in which case
they panic and cannot be soothed by any Handle
Animal check. Animals become hysterical and flee any
site where the Fringe or spirit realm intersect the phys-
ical world.
Saves: As the base person.
Abilities: As the base person, except that spirits have
no Strength or Constitution scores, and their Charisma
increases by +4.
Skills: As the base person, except that the spirit also
gains the Poltergeist skill with a total skill bonus of dou-
ble its CR (this includes its Dexterity modifier), as well a
bonus of +8 to Hide and Move Silently checks.
Feats: As the base person, except that the spirit gains
the Telekinetic Basics feat (see the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, page 183). If the spirit has a CR higher than
12, it also gains the Telekinetics Mastery feat.
Challenge Rating: As the base person, +2.
Spectral Gear: When a human dies, his spirit forms
in the physical world just above the body, complete with
the same clothes he was wearing when he died, and
every object he carried. The original physical gear still
exists on the spirit’s body, divorced from its spectral
counterparts. The gear is spectral, and cannot be made
physical under any circumstances. The spectral gear
ignores anything that happens to the physical gear he
74
left behind — even if the physical gear is destroyed, the
spirit retains his spectral gear. Should the spirit mani-
fest, his spectral gear manifests with him, though this
does not make the gear physical and it may not be lost,
given away, or traded in the physical world. The spirit
may, however, give away, lose, or trade his spectral gear
with other spirits as he wishes (once he no longer man-
ifests, of course).
Combat
Lingering spirits — particularly those who have
slipped into despair and madness — fight like a force of
nature. They strike without warning, and always push
on to their destruction. Often little more than a blur or
shadow, spirits have come to be known as the silent
predators of the mystic world: the demons and late
night bogeymen that come for careless dabblers in the
hours before the sun breaks. Mystics are well advised to
ply their craft carefully, and with friends nearby, just in
case.
Disposition
When dealing with spirits, it’s important to be aware
of the pain your every word causes them. Some partic-
ularly resilient individuals carve out a decent existence
for themselves in the afterlife, capitalizing on their
strong sense of character and willpower to retain their
memories (and sanity) for decades, if not centuries.
These spirits are quite easy to contend with, and shade-
speakers develop small numbers of them as mini-infor-
mation networks among the spectral community.
Others, worn down by the daily grind of life before their
untimely demise, are impossible to deal with, withdraw-
ing from population centers and attacking any living
humans who approach them. Most fall somewhere in
between.
When dealing with spirits, consult the disposition
system (see the Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page
269). Spirits may not be seduced. All other disposition
rules are unchanged when dealing with spirits, though
the disposition definitions and effects vary somewhat.
Ally: Spirits may only become allies to living
humans with the GC’s permission. Otherwise, this dispo-
sition remains unchanged.
Helpful: Typically, this is the best possible disposi-
tion a spirit may have toward a living human.
Otherwise, this disposition remains unchanged.
Friendly: This disposition remains unchanged.
Neutral: Spirits who have fallen into despair or mad-
ness cannot rise above this disposition, either with liv-
ing humans or other spirits. Neutral spirits who are for-
lorn or insane simply ignore others unless forced to
interact, in which case their disposition immediately
changes to Unfriendly. The +2 bonus to intimidate for-
lorn or insane spirits is ignored. For well-adjusted spir-
its, this disposition remains unchanged.
 New Rules
Unfriendly: Spirits with a Wisdom of 9 or higher NPC Type/Class: Many spirits don’t have a class. In
begin with this disposition toward all living humans. fact, most are only the spirits of standard NPCs. To ran-
Otherwise, this disposition remains unchanged. domly determine the type of NPC your spirit is based on,
Hostile: Spirits with a Wisdom of 8 or lower begin roll 1d20 and consult the following table.
with this disposition toward all living humans. Further, Roll NPC Type/Class
such spirits may not become Allies to living humans 1-3 Class (consult next table)
under any circumstances. Otherwise, this disposition 4-8 Special NPC
remains unchanged. 9-20 Standard NPC
Adversary: Spirits are notoriously single-minded.
Once a spirit gains an Adversary disposition, it cannot If your spirit has a class, roll 1d20 and consult the
be reasoned with, only fought until it is destroyed or its following table.
enemy is killed. Adversary spirits cannot be reasoned Roll Class
with, so all disposition modifiers are ignored. 1-3 Faceman
4-6 Fixer
Random Base Persons
7-9 Pointman
Generally, spirit encounters should be balanced 10-12 Snoop
against the average agent level, feats, special abilities, 13-15 Soldier
and gear of the team just as any other challenge. 16-18 Wheelman
Preferably, the GC should design spirits ahead of time, 19 Multiclassed (roll again for next class)
as he would normal villains or NPCs, but random 20 Prestige Class (roll 1d6 to determine
encounters and summoned spirit invocations often base class)*
demand immediate statistics. In these cases, follow these
guidelines to generate your spirit. * Pick a prestige class from this book or an upcom
Level: The encounter numbers and base person lev- ing sourcebook. New base classes will also be fea-
els listed on Table 3.8: Lingering Spirit Encounters (see tured in upcoming sourcebooks, which you may add
page 70) are built for fairly dangerous spirits. If this is to this table if you wish.
what you’re after, pick a number of spirits (1, 1d2+1, or
1d3+3) and use the suggested level to build them. Summoning Spirits
Otherwise, use the following table, which is more for- Many mystics who dabble in the black arts seek to
giving. conquer spirits as a means of gaining additional power,
# of Spirits Spirit Levels or dominating them as followers. This new ritual,
1 Average agent level Summon Spirit, is their primary conduit to the realms of
1d2+1 (2-3) Average agent level –2 the unquiet dead.
1d3+3 (4-6) Average agent level –4
Summon Spirit
Department: The vast majority of lingering spirits This ritual summons and dominates a human spirit
don’t have a department, nor do they benefit from that has remained close to the physical world (either
department bonuses. To randomly determine if one because it has unfinished business here or because it
does, roll 1d20. If the roll is a 1, the spirit was trained became lost on the way to the spirit realm). This spirit
by one of the Conspiracy’s Chambers. Roll only once, can be ordered to use its abilities in service to the mys-
even for a group of spirits. If the roll indicates depart- tic, or attack the mystic’s enemies.
ment training among a group of spirits, only one among Learning/Thirst DC: 25
the group is an Archer alum. Minimum Knowledge (Occult) Skill: 10
If you would like to randomly choose a department, Bonded Followers: 20 + 10 per spirit level
roll 1d8 and consult the following table. Complex Check: 350 — 2 hours
Roll Department Effect: A spirit materializes, visible only to the mys-
1 D-0: The Home Office tic unless he chooses otherwise. The mystic may force
2 D-1: The Power Brokerage the spirit to use any of the abilities described under the
3 D-2: Military Operations Lingering Spirit template on page 72.
4 D-3: Computer Espionage The GC determines the spirit’s statistics. The spirit’s
5 D-4: Urban Assault level is normally equal to the mystic’s agent level,
6 D-5: Black Ops though the mystic may choose to summon a spirit with
7 D-6: Wetworks a lower level if he has fewer bonded followers or wish-
8 “The Basement” es to save his bonded followers for another invocation.
This decision must be made before the ritual begins.

75
 Archer Foundation
The spirit does the mystic’s bidding until the follow-
ing dawn. It is completely subjugated, and may not
choose to resist the mystic’s orders, and will even kill
for him. Following the duration of this ritual, the spirit
may do as it chooses, and usually flees as far from the
mystic as possible, unless its business on the physical
plane demands it remain close.
A spirit must be within 1 mile of the mystic in the
physical world to be dominated. The GC should assume
that a spirit of the highest-possible level the mystic can
summon is within range when the ritual is completed,
though he may rule that only a lesser spirit is available,
based on the circumstances.
When more than one spirit of the proper level is
nearby at the activation of this ritual, the mystic
becomes aware of all of them and may dominate the
spirit of his choice. This is why this ritual so often takes
place in graveyards and battlefields — particularly just
after someone has died, when the spirit has yet to cross
over into the spirit realm. Particularly cruel mystics are
known to seek out the graves of recently dead enemies
to dominate and humiliate their spirits before they can
peacefully depart the physical world.
FRINGE FEATS
In addition to serving as a conduit for mystic ener-
gies, the Fringe is also the birthplace of countless coin-
cidences and anomalies. Most agents never notice a
momentary brush with the Fringe, but there are those
who are connected to it by more than just coincidence.
Any Shadowforce Archer agent from the Basement
department may choose a Fringe feat as his departmen-
tal bonus feat instead of a basic skill feat, if his player
so desires.
All or Nothing
Win or lose, life is never dull when you’re around.
Prerequisites: Agent level 3+, Unshakable.
Benefit: Once per session before making a roll, you
may increase the threat and error ranges of that roll by
5 (e.g. a roll with a threat range of 19–20 and an error
range of 1–2 becomes a roll with a threat range of
14–20 and an error on 1–7). If the roll falls within the
error range, the GC (or opposing players) may still acti-
vate the error and cause a critical failure, even if the
result of the roll would ordinarily be a success. You may
not take 10 with a roll affected by this feat.
Black Cat
Strange and unfortunate accidents tend to plague
your enemies.
Benefit: The error range of the highest-level oppo-
nent in direct conflict with you (either in combat with
you or otherwise an immediate adversary) is increased
by 1 for all his attack rolls and skill checks.
Special: This feat may be taken multiple times. Each
additional feat affects the next highest-level opponent.

Fringe Tree Diagram

Black Cat Integral Theory

(Mathematical Genius, Advanced Skill
Mastery (Mathematical Genius))

Tough Luck Description Theory

(Agent level 6+) (Agent level 12+)
Like to Like
Jinx
(Agent level 12+)
Decipher Fringescript Unshakable
Peculiar Dodge (Languages or Cryptography 5+)
(Agent level 12+)
Script Seer All or Nothing
(Intelligence 13+) (Agent level 3+)

Fringe Scrounge Scribble Rule of 5

(Wisdom 13+) (Languages or Cryptography 10+) (Agent level 12+)

Fringe Fetch Strange Inscription Spoil

(Agent level 5+) (Languages or Cryptography 15+) (Agent level 5+, Unshakable)

Fringe Stash Strange Verse Curdle

(Agent level 10+) (Languages or Cryptography 20+) (Agent level 10+)

76
 New Rules
Curdle BP cost of this equipment cannot exceed your Wisdom
modifier plus the number of Fringe feats you have
The Fringe tends to thicken and churn around you,
(including this one). The error range of this item is
disrupting mystic energies. Just your presence aggra-
increased by 1 and the GC may spend one action die to
vates and interrupts invocations.
cause the item to break on any error result. The item
Prerequisites: Agent level 10+, Spoil.
automatically breaks at the end of the session.
Benefit: If you are within line of sight of a mystic
Special: You may take this feat up to three times,
performing an invocation, the total of the mystic’s com-
each time allowing you to find an item once per session.
plex skill roll is reduced by 10 at the end of each inter-
val. Fringe Stash
Decipher FringeScript You are able to force normal items into the Fringe,
to be recovered later.
You are able to pick out bits of fringescript from
Prerequisites: Agent level 10+, Fringe Fetch.
your environment.
Benefit: You may place a single item into the Fringe,
Prerequisites: Like to Like, Languages or
where you can retrieve it later. The item to be placed
Cryptography 5+.
must be relatively generic (GC’s discretion, but no
Benefit: You may make a Language check (DC 20) to
famous jewelry or signature items, for example). Unlike
read fringescript. If successful, you may identify the
items discovered with the Fringe Scrounge feat, items
contents of a fringe scribble or determine the intentions
stashed in the Fringe don’t gain increased error ranges
of a strange inscription or strange verse.
or any special tendency to break.
Normal: Fringescript appears to be meaningless or
You must spend an action die and take one minute
random symbols which are frequently entirely over-
to place an item in the Fringe. Afterward, you may
looked.
retrieve the item at any time as a full round action (even
Description Theory if you’re in a different location). When the item is
retrieved, you must roll a d20, adding your Wisdom
Your mathematical formulae grant you the ability to
modifier and a bonus equal to the number of Fringe
alter items and individuals within the Fringe, alterations
feats you have. If the result of this roll is equal to or less
that persist even after the Fringe has departed.
than the item’s BP cost, it becomes lost in the Fringe.
Prerequisites: Agent level 12+, Integral Theory.
For the purpose of stashing money, each $1,000 cash (or
Benefit: While within the Fringe the agent may
fraction thereof) is consider to be equivalent to 2 BP.
select three of the benefits of provided by the Integral
The agent may only have one item stashed in the Fringe
Theory feat. When the agent departs the Fringe he may
at any one time.
accept a –4 temporary modifier to his Intelligence to
retain one of these bonuses outside of the Fringe. This Integral Theory
effect immediately ends when the agent next enters the
You are a student of exotic mathematics that
Fringe.
describe the operation of a theoretical world, mathe-
Fringe Fetch matics that have a profound impact on the Fringe.
Prerequisites: Mathematical Genius, Advanced Skill
You are able to pull useful items from the Fringe.
Mastery (Mathematical Genius).
Prerequisite: Agent level 5+, Fringe Scrounge.
Benefit: You may use mathematical formulas to
Benefit: You may consciously draw items from the
influence the base workings of the Fringe, providing
Fringe. This allows you to use your scrounge feat almost
yourself with one of the following benefits while in an
instantly without any visible means of having acquired
area where the Fringe is present:
the item. Roll a d20, adding your Wisdom modifier. If
the roll exceeds the desired item’s BP cost, you’re able • +1 to hit and unarmed or melee damage rolls (your
to acquire it in one round. Otherwise, fetching the item choice).
takes a number of minutes equal to the difference
• +2 dodge bonus to Defense.
between the BP cost and the roll. The moment the item
is no longer being held or watched it returns to the • +1 to all saving throws.
Fringe.
• –2/— DR against physical attacks.
Fringe Scrounge • –5 DR against one type of energy (player’s choice).
You are often able to find useful items others have
• 6 temporary vitality points.
cast away.
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13+. Once chosen this bonus remains in effect until you
Benefit: Once per session you may spend an hour in leave the Fringe. The next time you enter the Fringe, a
any urban area to find a weapon or piece of gear. The new bonus may be chosen.

77
 Archer Foundation
Jinx Benefit: You may make the following Spot check
once per session, per Fringe feat you have (including
You are a walking disaster area… for your enemies.
this one):
Prerequisites: Agent level 12+, Tough Luck.
Check (1 minute, DC 25): You seek guidance from
Benefit: You may activate an opponent’s error with-
the Fringe. With a successful roll you or an ally or
out spending an action die a number of times per ses-
teammate of your choice receives a fringe bonus to their
sion equal to the number of Fringe feats you have.
next action die roll equal to your Intelligence modifier.
Like to Like This bonus does not affect whether or not the die
explodes.
You are able to sense when the Fringe has touched
Critical Failure: The team member’s next action die
an area or person.
suffers a –1 fringe penalty. This doesn’t affect whether
Benefit: You receive a +5 fringe bonus to notice
the die explodes or not.
fringescript. Further, if you pass within 5 ft of a spirit
Special: Knowledge (Fringe) 5+ provides a +2 syner-
bridge or character with one or more Fringe feats you
gy bonus to this roll. The presence of the Fringe grants
immediately sense that the place or character is touched
a +2 circumstance bonus to this roll.
by the Fringe.

Peculiar Dodge Spoil

You are naturally resistant to the power of the mys-
Sometimes attacks miss you, even when you would
tic world.
have sworn they hit.
Prerequisites: Agent level 5+, Unshakable.
Prerequisites: Agent level 12+, Tough Luck.
Benefit: The DC of all invocations targeting you, and
Benefit: You may roll a non-exploding action die at
your Defense total against any mystical attack or
the beginning of any round. For a number of rounds
weapon, are increased by +2 for every fringe feat you
equal to the result of your action die plus the number of
possess (including this one).
fringe feats you have, any successful attack against you
has a 10% (1-2 on a d20) chance of missing you after Strange Inscription
all.
You can create bits of fringescript that influence the
Rule of 5 minds of others.
Prerequisites: Scribble, Languages or Cryptography
Fortune favors the bizarre!
15+.
Prerequisites: Agent level 12+, All or Nothing.
Benefits: You may create a piece of fringescript that
Benefit: Any time you roll a ‘5’ with an action die,
immediately imposes itself on another agent within
the die explodes. This is in addition to exploding on its
your line of sight. Doing so requires 2 full rounds. The
highest value.
target must then make a Will save (DC 10 + your
Scribble Charisma modifier + the number of Fringe feats you
have), or suffer one of the following effects:
Your knowledge of fringescript allows you to create
Blindness: The target is blinded for 2d4 rounds.
self-delivering messages.
Confusion: The target suffers 2d4 points of tempo-
Prerequisites: Decipher Fringescript, Languages or
rary Intelligence damage. This damage recovers at the
Cryptography 10+.
rate of 1 point per minute.
Benefits: You may write a short fringescript message
Depression: The target suffers 2d4 points of tempo-
(one sentence) that makes itself plain to one individual
rary Charisma damage. This damage recovers at the rate
of your choice. The message can move instantly to any
of 1 point per minute.
desired location up to 5 miles from the point it was cre-
Fear: The target attempts to flee the area at his top
ated and lingers until the following dawn, or until it is
speed for 2d4 rounds.
read by the intended recipient, whichever comes first.
Generosity: The target’s disposition toward everyone
Creating the scribble requires one full round per word in
is improved by two grades for 2d4 minutes.
the message, and you may create one scribble per ses-
Indecision: The target is stunned for 1d6 rounds.
sion for each Fringe feat you possess. For more about
Lethargy: The target loses his dexterity bonus to
fringescript, see page 69.
Defense and may only take one half action per round
Script Seer for 2d4 rounds.
Malice: The target’s disposition towards everyone is
You may attempt to interpret fringescript in your
worsened by two grades for 2d4 minutes.
surroundings for clues about your future.
Pain: The target takes 2d8 subdual damage. This
Prerequisites: Intelligence 13+, Decipher Fringe-
damage is recovered at the rate of 2 points per minute.
script.

78
 New Rules
The target of a strange inscription cannot be affect-
ed by another piece of fringescript until this piece has
run its full course (all effects comes to an end and all
temporary attribute damage is recovered). Each use of
this feat counts as a use of your scribble feat (and is thus
limited to a number of times per session equal to the
number of Fringe feats you have).
Strange Verse
You can create complex snippets of fringescript with
a variety of results.
Prerequisites: Strange Inscription, Languages or
Cryptography 20+.
Benefit: Once per session, you may create a string of
fringescript that immediately imposes itself on another
agent within line of sight. Creating the string requires
four full rounds. The target must then make a Will save
(DC 10 + your Charisma modifier + the number of Fringe
feats you have) or suffer one of the following effects:
Song of…: As any of the Fringe inscription effects
except that the number of dice rolled is increased by 1.
Song of Blood: The target suffers 1d8 wounds.
Song of Death: The target must immediately make a
Fortitude save against the same DC as his failed Will
save. If the save fails, the target is immediately reduced
to –1 wounds and begins dying.
Song of Obedience: The target’s disposition toward
you becomes “Ally” until the following dawn.
Tough Luck
You’re more than just a jinx, you’re a magnet for
unlucky breaks.
Prerequisites: Agent level 6+, Black Cat.
Benefit: Opponents affected by your Black Cat feat(s)
must spend an additional action die to activate any
threats they roll.
Unshakable
You remain calm and collected even in the face of
the utterly bizarre.
Benefit: You receive a +1 fringe bonus to all Will
Saves. Further, you retain your initiative bonus and
ability to take 10, even while in (or surrounded by) the
Fringe.
NPC CLASSES
The following abbreviated classes are intended pri-
marily for NPC specialists and GC threats. They offer the
GC a way to populate his world with types of characters
that are different from the agents. Because NPC classes
are inherently weaker than agent classes, NPCs with
such classes should be considered one level lower for
the purposes of determining the Challenge Rating (CR)
of a threat featuring them.
79
NPC Class Notes
NPCs of the following classes are always standard
unless the GC determines otherwise.
When NPC classes are featured in a threat designed
with the mastermind system, they should be assigned
budget and gadget points according to the threat’s
resource and gadget levels. Otherwise, the GC should
simply assign each NPC a bundle worth 25 BP and dive
into the action.
NPC Class Descriptions
After a general summary of each NPC class are sev-
eral pieces of rule information.
MP Cost: This is the cost to use this class when cre-
ating a minion type for the mastermind system. The
minion’s vitality die type has already been factored into
this cost. This cost does not include extra points for
improved minion ability scores. See the Spycraft
Espionage Handbook, page 244 for a more detailed dis-
cussion of creating minion squads.
Class Skills: NPC class skills are designated either full
skills or half skills:
• Full Skills: An NPC of this class has a number of ranks
in each of these skills equal to his class level. This may
be further modified by class abilities.
• Half Skills: An NPC of this class has a number of ranks
in each of these skills equal to one half his class level
(rounded up).
Vitality: Each NPC class’s vitality points have
already been calculated. The minion’s vitality die type is
equal to the minion’s vitality at 1st level.
Class Abilities: Like normal agent classes, NPC class-
es have a variety of special abilities that define them.
Due to the much lower level of training (and challenge)
in most NPCs’ daily lives, however, they gain these abil-
ities much more slowly than a comparable agent.
If an NPC class ability grants a specific feat, all
requirements for that feat are waived for that character.
If a class ability grants an NPC a choice of feats, he must
meet all requirements before choosing that feat.
NPC Gear: Minions receive BP based on the organi-
zation that they belong to. Other NPCs receive 25 BP to
spend on personal gear.
NPC Advancement: NPCs generally only gain experi-
ence and advance in level at the GC’s discretion. This
may reflect a trusted ally gaining skill and experience as
season progresses (or even from season to season).
Minions never advance in this fashion: their level and
abilities are fixed at the time of purchase. Further, char-
acters designed with NPC classes do not gain feats or
ability score increases based on their agent level. Only
special characters receive these benefits (see the
Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 265, for more about
special NPCs).
 Archer Foundation
NPC Multiclassing: The GC may create multiclassed Armor Proficiency (Light)
agents using NPC classes. All of the rules for multi- Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
classed agents apply to multiclassed NPCs. The MP cost
Specialty: At 1st level, one of the academic’s knowl-
for a multiclassed minion type is determined by the lev-
edge skills is increased by 3 ranks.
els the minion has in each class plus the single highest
Scholarly: At 2nd level, the academic gains the
vitality die cost for any of the minion’s classes.
Scholarly feat.
Academic Advanced Skill Mastery: At 6th Level, the academic
gains the Advanced Skill Mastery feat linked to his
It’s not unusual for agents to encounter (or seek out)
Scholarly feat.
characters from studious walks of life. Researchers, his-
Grand Skill Mastery: At 10th level, the academic
torians, college students, and scientists can all easily
gains the Grand Skill Mastery feat linked to his
become swept up in the action, providing agents with
Scholarly feat.
vital knowledge they require to defeat a specialized foe.
MP Cost: 2 per level + 5 (vitality die). Femme Fatale
Full Skills From the cute but demure girl next door to the
proverbial man-eater, the femme fatale is the quintes-
The academic’s full skills and key abilities are:
sential “girl trouble” of any action-espionage serial.
Full Skill Key Ability MP Cost: 3 per level + 15 (vitality die).
Computers Int
Concentration Wis Full Skills
Knowledge (choose one) Int The femme fatale’s full skills and key abilities are:
Knowledge (choose one) Int
Full Skill Key Ability
Any one other skill Varies
Bluff Cha
Innuendo Wis
Half Skills
The academic’s half skills and key abilities are: Half Skills
The femme fatale’s half skills and key abilities are:
Half Skill Key Ability
Bureaucracy Cha Half Skill Key Ability
Drive Dex Diplomacy Cha
Knowledge (choose one) Int Disguise Cha
Languages Int Drive Dex
Profession Wis Listen Wis
Any one other skill Varies Perform Cha
Profession Wis
Class Features Sense Motive Wis
All of the following are class features of the acade- Any one other skill Varies
mic.
Starting Feats: The academic begins play with the
following feats.

Table 3.9: The Academic (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 4 +0 +0 +0 +2 +1 +1 Specialty
2 6 +1 +0 +0 +3 +2 +1 Scholarly
3 9 +1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +2
4 11 +2 +1 +1 +4 +3 +2
5 14 +2 +1 +1 +4 +4 +3
6 16 +3 +2 +2 +5 +5 +4 Advanced skill mastery
7 19 +3 +2 +2 +5 +6 +4
8 21 +4 +2 +2 +6 +6 +5
9 24 +4 +3 +3 +6 +7 +5
10 26 +5 +3 +3 +7 +8 +6 Grand skill mastery

80
 New Rules
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the femme
Mercenary
Soldier of fortune, hired gun, or agent provocateur:
fatale.
the mercenary’s first loyalty is to money. Well-trained,
Starting Feats: The femme fatale begins play with
organized and disciplined, mercenary squads tend to
the following feats.
form the cream of the crop for combat oriented minions.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
MP Cost: 4 per level + 20 (vitality die).
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Boosted Charisma: At first level, the femme fatale Full Skills
gains a +2 competence bonus to her Charisma score. None.
The Look: At 2nd level, the femme fatale gains The
Look feat. Half Skills
Sneak Attack: Starting at 4th level, the femme fatale The mercenary’s half skills and key abilities are:
inflicts extra damage when either flanking a target (see
Half Skill Key Ability
the Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 171) or attack-
Demolitions Int
ing a target who is currently denied his Dexterity bonus
Diplomacy Cha
to Defense (such as a character who is flat-footed or
Driver Dex
immobilized). The extra damage inflicted is +1d6 at 4th
Listen Wis
level, and an additional +1d6 at 10th level.
Sense Motive Wis
Ranged attacks normally gain this bonus only if the
Spot Wis
target is within one range increment. Beyond that, it’s
Survival Wis
difficult to hit the target’s vitals.
Any one other skill Varies
The femme fatale may make a sneak attack with any
weapon (or unarmed attack), even one that deals subd- Class Features
ual damage. However, she cannot use a weapon that
All of the following are class features of the merce-
deals normal damage to inflict subdual damage during
nary.
a sneak attack, even by applying the –4 penalty (see the
Starting Feats: The mercenary begins play with the
Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 174), nor may she
following feats.
use strafe fire when sneak attacking.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Finally, the femme fatale may not sneak attack tar-
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
gets who are immune to critical hits, who have total
Armor Proficiency (Heavy)
concealment, or whose vitals are out of reach.
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
Charmer: At 6th level, the femme fatale gains the
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Charmer feat.
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)
Evasion: Starting at 8th level, the femme fatale gains
Weapon Group Proficiency (Tactical)
the evasion ability. Whenever she has the opportunity to
make a Reflex save in order to suffer half damage from Heavily Armed: At 1st level, the mercenary gains an
an effect (such as a grenade), she instead suffers no additional 10 BP which must be spent on weapons or
damage with a successful save. armor. At 8th level, this bonus increases to +20 BP
(total).
Point Blank Shot: At 2nd level, the mercenary gains
the Point Blank Shot feat.

Table 3.10: The Femme Fatale (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 8 +0 +0 +1 +1 +1 +1 Boosted charisma
2 12 +1 +0 +2 +2 +2 +1 The look
3 17 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2
4 21 +3 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 Sneak attack +1d6
5 26 +3 +1 +3 +3 +4 +3
6 30 +4 +2 +3 +3 +5 +4 Charmer
7 35 +5 +2 +4 +4 +6 +4
8 39 +6 +2 +4 +4 +6 +5 Evasion
9 44 +6 +3 +4 +4 +7 +5
10 48 +7 +3 +5 +5 +8 +6 Sneak attack +2d6

81
 Archer Foundation
Damage Reduction: Starting at 4th level, the merce- Half Skills
nary is capable of shrugging off damage from every The mysterious stranger’s half skills and key abilities
blow he suffers. Subtract 1 from the damage the merce- are:
nary suffers every time he is dealt damage. At 10th
Half Skill Key Ability
level, subtract 2 each time he is dealt damage. This abil-
Drive Dex
ity cannot reduce the damage from any single hit below
Hide Dex
0, but it does stack with the damage reduction provided
Listen Wis
by any armor or other gear the mercenary is wearing.
Move Silently Dex
For more information about damage reduction, see the
Search Int
Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 178.
Any one other skill Varies
Improved Initiative: At 6th level, the mercenary gains
the Improved Initiative feat. Class Features
Mysterious Stranger All of the following are class features of the myste-
rious stranger.
The lone wanderer who appears out of nowhere to
Starting Feats: The mysterious stranger begins play
perform some inexplicable mission before vanishing
with the following feats.
again is a staple of the pulp-mystery genre, and the
Armor Proficiency (Light)
mysterious stranger fits the role perfectly in
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Shadowforce Archer campaigns.
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
MP Cost: 2 per level + 10 (vitality die).
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Full Skills Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)
The mysterious stranger’s full skills and key abilities Unshakable: At 1st level, the mysterious stranger
are: gains the Unshakable feat.
Black Cat: At 2nd level, the mysterious stranger
Full Skill Key Ability
gains the Black Cat feat.
Disguise Cha
Intimidate Str of Cha
Knowledge (choose one) Int

Table 3.11: The Mercenary (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 10 +1 +2 +0 +1 +1 +0 Heavily armed (+10)
2 15 +2 +3 +0 +2 +1 +1 Point blank shot
3 21 +3 +3 +1 +2 +2 +1
4 26 +4 +4 +1 +2 +2 +2 Damage reduction –1/—
5 32 +5 +4 +1 +3 +3 +2
6 37 +6 +5 +2 +3 +4 +2 Improved initiative
7 43 +7 +5 +2 +4 +4 +3
8 48 +8 +6 +2 +4 +5 +3 Heavily armed (+20)
9 54 +9 +6 +3 +4 +5 +4
10 59 +10 +7 +3 +5 +6 +4 Damage reduction –2/—

Table 3.12: The Mysterious Stranger (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 6 +0 +2 +2 +0 +1 +0 Unshakable
2 9 +1 +3 +3 +0 +1 +1 Black cat
3 13 +2 +3 +3 +1 +2 +1
4 16 +3 +4 +4 +1 +2 +2
5 20 +3 +4 +4 +1 +3 +2
6 23 +4 +5 +5 +2 +4 +2 Sidestep
7 27 +5 +5 +5 +2 +4 +3
8 30 +6 +6 +6 +2 +5 +3
9 34 +6 +6 +6 +3 +5 +4
10 37 +7 +7 +7 +3 +6 +4 Bonus feat

82
 New Rules
Sidestep: At 6th level, the mysterious stranger gains Armor Proficiency (Medium)
the Sidestep feat. Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
Bonus Feat: At 10th level, the mysterious stranger Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
may choose any one Fringe feat. Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)

Operative Department Training: Choose a department. The

operative gains all the special benefits of that depart-
Governments and corporations around the world
ment, including its bonus feat.
field operatives to investigate and sabotage their ene-
Stealthy: At 2nd level, the operative gains the
mies. While not on par with the Archer Conspiracy’s
Stealthy feat.
superspies, these skilled individuals can still present a
Sneak Attack: Starting at 4th level, the operative
formidable obstacle — or a powerful ally — to
inflicts extra damage when either flanking a target (see
Foundation mission teams.
the Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 171) or attack-
MP Cost: 4 per level + 10 (vitality die).
ing a target who is currently denied his Dexterity bonus
Full Skills to Defense (such as a character who is flat-footed or
immobilized). The extra damage inflicted is +1d6 at 4th
The operative’s full skills and key abilities are:
level, and an additional +1d6 at 10th level.
Full Skill Key Ability Ranged attacks normally gain this bonus only if the
Demolitions Int target is within one range increment. Beyond that, it’s
Move Silently Dex difficult to hit the target’s vitals.
The operative may make a sneak attack with any
Half Skills weapon (or unarmed attack), even one that deals subd-
The operative’s half skills and key abilities are: ual damage. However, he cannot use a weapon that
Half Skill Key Ability deals normal damage to inflict subdual damage during
Bluff Cha a sneak attack, even by applying the –4 penalty (see the
Climb Str Spycraft Espionage Handbook, page 174), nor may he
Driver Dex use strafe fire when sneak attacking.
Hide Dex Finally, the operative may not sneak attack targets
Search Int who are immune to critical hits, who have total con-
Spot Wis cealment, or whose vitals are out of reach.
Surveillance Wis Daredevil: Beginning at 6th level, the operative may
Tumble Dex use daredevil-only chase maneuvers and augment select
other maneuvers during chases, as a wheelman (see
Class Features Chapter 7 of the Spycraft Espionage Handbook for more
All of the following are class features of the opera- about wheelmen and chases).
tive. Bonus Feat: The operative may choose any one feat
Starting Feats: The operative begins play with the from any feat tree.
following feats.
Armor Proficiency (Light)

Table 3.13: The Operative (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 6 +0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 Department training
2 9 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 Stealthy
3 13 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
4 16 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 Sneak attack +1d6
5 20 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3
6 23 +4 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 Daredevil
7 27 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
8 30 +6 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 Sneak attack +2d6
9 34 +6 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5
10 37 +7 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 Bonus feat

83
 Archer Foundation
Paper Pusher Petty Authority: At 2nd level, the cost required to
bribe the paper pusher is doubled.
An ubiquitous feature of government and business,
Political Favors: At 6th level, the paper pusher’s work
the bureaucratic paper pusher may hold the key to suc-
provides him with a variety of markers that he can call
cess or represent one of the most frustrating challenges
in to assist his friends, or make his enemies’ lives a red
an agent may ever face.
tape-infested nightmare. He gains the Political Favors
MP Cost: 2 per level + 5 (vitality die).
feat.
Full Skills Real Authority: At 8th level, the paper pusher gains
the Personal Staff feat. Minion squads of paper pushers
The paper pusher’s full skills and key abilities are:
do not benefit from this ability.
Full Skill Key Ability Persuasive: At 10th level, the paper pusher gains the
Bureaucracy Cha Persuasive feat.
Diplomacy Cha
Knowledge (choose one) Int Police Official
Search Int Police officials include border guards, DEA agents,
and simple city detectives. Every nation employs thou-
Half Skills sands of these individuals to uphold the law and ensure
The paper pusher’s half skills and key abilities are: domestic tranquility.
MP Cost: 3 per level + 10 (vitality die).
Half Skill Key Ability
Bluff Cha Full Skills
Computers Int
The police official’s full skills and key abilities are:
Concentration Wis
Drive Dex Full Skill Key Ability
Intimidate Str or Cha Sense Motive Wis
Languages Int Surveillance Wis
Profession (choose one) Wis
Any one other skill Varies Half Skills
The police official’s half skills and key abilities are:
Class Features
Half Skill Key Ability
All of the following are class features of the paper
Bluff Cha
pusher.
Bureaucracy Cha
Starting Feats: The academic begins play with the
Demolitions Int
following feats.
Drive Dex
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Gather Information Cha
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
Listen Wis
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Search Int
Specialty: A 1st level, the paper pusher’s Spot Wis
Bureaucracy skill is increased by 3 ranks.

Table 3.14: The Paper Pusher (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 4 +0 +1 +0 +1 +1 +0 Specialty
2 6 +1 +2 +0 +2 +1 +1 Petty authority
3 9 +1 +2 +1 +2 +2 +1
4 11 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2
5 14 +2 +3 +1 +3 +3 +2
6 16 +3 +3 +2 +3 +4 +2 Political favors
7 19 +3 +4 +2 +4 +4 +3
8 21 +4 +4 +2 +4 +5 +3 Real authority
9 24 +4 +4 +3 +4 +5 +4
10 26 +5 +5 +3 +5 +6 +4 Persuasive

84
 New Rules
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the police
official.
Starting Feats: The police official begins play with
the following feats.
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)
Police Training: At 1st level, the police official gains
the Police Training feat.
Point Blank Shot: At 2nd level, the police official
gains the Point Blank Shot feat.
Armor Use: Starting at 4th level, the police official’s
total Defense bonus when wearing armor is increased by
+1 and the total armor check penalty he suffers from
wearing armor is reduced by 1. At 10th level, this
Defense bonus increases by an additional +1 and this
armor check penalty is further decreased by 1. This abil-
ity may not reduce a police official’s armor check penal-
ty below 0.
Human Nature: Starting at 6th level, the police offi-
cial has an intimate understanding of human minds and
the telltale signs of deception. Once per session, he may
re-roll a failed Sense Motive check that targets or
opposes a skill check made by another human being.
The police official may not use this ability if he rolled
an error with his first attempt and must also abide by
the results of the second roll, even if it is worse than the
first.
Weapon Specialization: At 8th level, the police offi-
cial chooses one weapon that he is proficient with (such
as dagger or shotgun) to specialize in. When wielding
that weapon, he inflicts +2 additional damage. If his
choice is a ranged weapon, the damage bonus only
applies if the soldier is within one range increment.
Professional
Ordinary craftsmen, blue collar workers, and idle
hobby enthusiasts all have skills to offer an agent team
— or its enemies.
MP Cost: 2 per level + 5 (vitality die).
Full Skills
The professional’s full skills and key abilities are:
Full Skill Key Ability
Craft (choose one) Int
Hobby (choose one) Wis
Profession (choose one) Wis
Any two other skills Varies

Table 3.15: The Police Official (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 6 +1 +1 +0 +1 +0 +1 Police training
2 9 +2 +2 +0 +2 +1 +1 Point blank shot
3 13 +3 +2 +1 +2 +1 +2
4 16 +4 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 Armor use (+1)
5 20 +5 +3 +1 +3 +2 +3
6 23 +6 +3 +2 +3 +2 +4 Human nature 1/session
7 27 +7 +4 +2 +4 +3 +4
8 30 +8 +4 +2 +4 +3 +5 Weapon specialization
9 34 +9 +4 +3 +4 +4 +5
10 37 +10 +5 +3 +5 +4 +6 Armor use (+2)

Table 3.16: The Professional (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 4 +0 +0 +2 +1 +1 +1 Specialty
2 6 +1 +0 +3 +2 +1 +2 Ordinary past
3 9 +1 +1 +3 +2 +2 +3
4 11 +2 +1 +4 +2 +2 +3 Specialty
5 14 +2 +1 +4 +3 +3 +4
6 16 +3 +2 +5 +3 +4 +5 Advanced skill mastery
7 19 +3 +2 +5 +4 +4 +6
8 21 +4 +2 +6 +4 +5 +6 Specialty
9 24 +4 +3 +6 +4 +5 +7
10 26 +5 +3 +7 +5 +6 +8 Grand skill mastery

85
 Archer Foundation
Half Skills a different full skill at 4th level to receive this bonus,
The professional’s half skills and key abilities are: and a third at 8th level.
Ordinary Past: At 2nd level, the professional gains
Half Skill Key Ability
the Ordinary Past feat.
Concentration Wis
Advanced Skill Mastery: At 6th level, the profession-
Diplomacy Cha
al gains the Advanced Skill Mastery feat linked to his
Drive Dex
Ordinary Past feat.
Profession (choose one) Wis
Grand Skill Mastery: At 10th level, the professional
Spot Wis
gains the Grand Skill Mastery feat linked to his Ordinary
Any one other skill Varies
Past feat.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the profes-
Psi-trainer
Each of the Conspiracy’s Chambers maintains an
sional.
elite cadre of psions able to aid in the development and
Starting Feats: The professional begins play with the
training of new psion assets. Unfortunately, a signifi-
following feats.
cant number of these trainers left the Conspiracy during
Armor Proficiency (Light)
the Shop’s defection, and some now branch out as free-
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
lancers, selling their services to the highest shadowy
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
bidders.
Specialty: A 1st level, choose one of the profession- MP Cost: 2 per level + 10 (vitality die).
al’s full skills. That skill is increased by 3 ranks. Choose

86
 New Rules
Full Skills Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee)
The psi-trainer’s full skills and key abilities are: Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Full Skill Key Ability Department Training: At 1st level, the psi-trainer
Knowledge (psionics) Int gains all the special benefits of the Office of Psion
Profession (instructor) Wis Affairs department (see page 46), including its bonus
Any one other skill Varies feat.
Bonus Feat: At 2nd level, the psi-trainer may choose
Half Skills any one “basics” feat from any of the three psion base
The psi-trainer’s half skills and key abilities are: classes (mentalist, physical adept, or telepath).
Psi Mastery: At 6th level, the psi-trainer chooses one
Half Skill Key Ability
psion skill that he has at least 1 rank with. He receives
Drive Dex
a +2 psionic bonus to all skill checks with that skill. At
Any two psion skills Varies
10th level, he selects an additional psion skill to receive
Any one other skill Varies
the same bonus.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the psi-
Raider
The waters between Southeast Asia and Australia are
trainer.
home to numerous bands of cutthroats and brigands
Psionic Class: The psi-trainer is a psionic class. Levels
who regularly engage in smuggling and piracy. Over a
gained in this class increase your psion level.
thousands attacks are reported annually with no end in
Starting Feats: The psi-trainer begins play with the
sight. Agents should be mindful where they sail…
following feats.
MP Cost: 3 per level + 15 (vitality die).
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Armor Proficiency (Medium)

Table 3.17: The Psi-Trainer (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 6 +0 +0 +1 +2 +0 +1 Department training
2 9 +1 +0 +2 +3 +1 +2 Bonus feat
3 13 +2 +1 +2 +3 +1 +3
4 16 +3 +1 +2 +4 +2 +3
5 20 +3 +1 +3 +4 +2 +4
6 23 +4 +2 +3 +5 +2 +5 Psi mastery
7 27 +5 +2 +4 +5 +3 +6
8 30 +6 +2 +4 +6 +3 +6
9 34 +6 +3 +4 +6 +4 +7
10 37 +7 +3 +5 +7 +4 +8 Psi mastery

Table 3.18: The Raider (NPC Class)

Vitality Base Fort Ref Will Def Init
Lvl Pts Att Bon Save Save Save Bon Bon Special
1 8 +1 +1 +1 +0 +0 +1 Limited custom ride (+3 GP)
2 12 +2 +2 +2 +0 +1 +2 Point blank shot
3 17 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +3
4 21 +4 +2 +2 +1 +2 +3 Specialty
5 26 +5 +3 +3 +1 +2 +4 Limited custom ride (+4)
6 30 +6 +3 +3 +2 +2 +5 Daredevil
7 35 +7 +4 +4 +2 +3 +6
8 39 +8 +4 +4 +2 +3 +6 Far shot
9 44 +9 +4 +4 +3 +4 +7 Limited custom ride (+5)
10 48 +10 +5 +5 +3 +4 +8 Limited familiarity

87
 Archer Foundation
Full Skills Limited Custom Ride: The raider receives 3 GP with
The raider’s full skills and key abilities are: which he can purchase a water vehicle or vehicular gad-
gets for a water vehicle. This bonus is increased by +1
Full Skill Key Ability
GP at 5th level and +1 more at 9th level. These GP may
Boating Dex
be pooled by minions within a squad, but each addi-
Half Skills tional minion after the first only adds 2 GP to the pool.
Gadget points assigned by a mastermind may be added
The raider’s half skills and key abilities are:
to this total at no penalty.
Half Skill Key Ability Point Blank Shot: At 2nd level, the raider gains the
Balance Dex Point Blank Shot feat.
Drive Dex Specialty: A 4th level, the raider’s Intimidate skill is
Intimidate Str or Cha increased by 3 ranks.
Mechanics Int Daredevil: Beginning at 6th level, the raider may use
Move Silently Dex daredevil-only chase maneuvers and augment select
Spot Wis other maneuvers during chases as a wheelman (see
Chapter 4 of the Spycraft Espionage Handbook for more
Class Features about wheelmen and chases).
All of the following are class features of the raider. Limited Familiarity: A 10th level, the raider gains a
Starting Feats: The raider begins play with the fol- +1 bonus to Mechanics, Boating and chase maneuver
lowing feats. checks when used with the vehicle purchased with the
Armor Proficiency (Light) GP from his Limited Custom Ride ability. This same
Armor Proficiency (Medium) bonus is applied to the raider’s attack roll whenever fir-
Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee) ing that vehicle’s weapons (if any).
Weapon Group Proficiency (Handgun)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Rifle)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Tactical)

88
 “It is a profound and necessary truth that the
deep things in science are not found because they
are useful; they are found because it was possible
to find them.”
— J. Robert Oppenheimer

Chamber
4
 Archer Foundation
INTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces the Archer Foundation from
the inside, showing both the Chamber’s internal work-
ings and its tumultuous history. We begin with
a detailed look at the events that led up to the estab-
lishment of the Foundation in 1950 and then take you
through the fifty years since, focusing on major events
surrounding the Foundation’s growth and linked to
its most astounding operations — as well as events that
have helped establish its current position in the world.
Each event is linked to or supports something that
is happening now, or illustrates an aspect of the
Foundation by its actions. All of this material can be
used as the seeds for serials or campaigns featuring lin-
gering elements of the world’s shadow history.
The rest of the chapter focuses on the Archer
Foundation’s organization, offering an overview of the
Lords (with a few examples of Lords currently among
the Chamber’s ruling class) and all those they command
— the Rooks who protect the Conspiracy from detection,
the Bishops who build the protectorate’s high-tech gear
and experiment with cutting edge psionic advance-
ments, and the Knights who venture out into the field.
Finally, the chapter provides a number of GC aides,
designed for use in any Shadowforce Archer campaign.
Boxed text throughout this chapter includes NPC
contacts and specialists who can be of help to agents
during missions. Most are part of one or more Chamber
divisions, allowing them to be dropped into play when-
ever the agents them. These NPCs have only one level
of statistics, as they are static anchors within the
Shadowforce Archer setting.
SHADOW HISTORY
Most of the following sections are written in
timeline format, offering a compartmentalized overview
rather than a detailed narrative. This serves two purpos-
es. First, the Foundation’s Archive is spotty before 1950,
leading to many discrepancies about early events lead-
ing up to the Archer Pact. Second, obscure elements
of the shadow history — especially the Fringe and the
operations of the Architects and other “behind the
scenes” entities — have escaped the Foundation’s notice,
been scoured from the records, or were lost in the
immense volume of information the Conspiracy collects
each year. More importantly, this approach allows GCs
to easily develop their own shadow history in and
around the events of the official timeline, and even
ignore parts of the timeline without losing the whole.
90
The majority of what follows is available through
general Foundation Archive searches, or inquiries into
the backgrounds of the men and women who helped
forge the Archer Pact — especially Conrad Archer and
his son, Raymond. Some events precursor important
facets of the modern Foundation, their enemies, or the
first season threat, the Hand of Glory (see the upcoming
Threat book for more), and are included to support
current events. Still other events are important revela-
tions about Foundation projects and moments of gener-
al espionage and shadow history importance.
Special Note: Some players may worry that reading
this information will ruin their enjoyment of the SFA
Interactive Campaign. Industrious players may wish
to speak with their GC before reading the rest of this
section, in case he has something special planned that’s
linked to one or more of the events below.
Before the Pact
The Archer Foundation didn’t exist before 1950,
but its predecessor, the British psionic research unit
known as Room 39, was formed in 1907. For 43 years
prior to the Archer Caucus, Room 39 spearheaded the
shadow war against world threats, laying the ground-
work for what would eventually become the Archer
Foundation. The most pivotal event in Room 39’s histo-
ry was by far the 1911 discovery of Conrad Archer,
the man who would lead Room 39 operations in both
World Wars and spearhead the global protectorate until
his presumed death in 1945. An overview of Conrad
Archer’s personal history and work with Room 39 can
be found in the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook — this
section details lesser known events during this period
and items intended to foreshadow upcoming events
in the SFA Interactive game.
1900s: Throughout the early part of Conrad Archer’s
archaeological career, he is plagued by misfortune and
poor timing as the credit for many discoveries that
should have been his is stolen by rival explorer
Cameron Kane.
1903-1904: Sidney Reilly (agent “ST1”) — also
known as the “Ace of Spies” — works as a merchant in
Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in the Far East, report-
ing back to British Intelligence about the growing ten-
sions between Russia and Japan. He returns to England
following Japan’s sneak attack on Port Arthur early
in the Russo-Japanese War (an attack he is believed to
have participated in).
1904: Despite his seemingly unsuccessful expedition
to the Greek mainland the year before (see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 34), Sir Avery
Schillingsfield is still seen in the company of his hired
help, Conrad Archer. Schillingsfield seemingly takes
an interest in “culturing” the socially inexperienced
archaeologist, though whether his intentions are honest
or he is taking pleasure at Archer’s expense is unknown.
 Chamber
During a social visit to Monte Carlo, Conrad Archer
encounters the highly desirable “Princess of Monaco,”
Nicolette Dupois. Unaware of Nicolette’s high standing
in Monaco society, or her family’s connections to the
infamous Gemeinschafft Consortium, the smitten
Conrad pursues her relentlessly. She soon reciprocates
and a dangerous love affair begins. Conrad remains in
Monaco for the winter, and Nicolette asks him to remain
silent about their relationship for the time being.
1905: Cameron Kane visits Monaco and uncovers
Conrad Archer’s affair with Nicolette Dupois. Within
24 hours, the formidable underworld connections wield-
ed by Nicolette’s family become clear as Conrad is
“visited” by several unidentified thugs who insist that
he leave Monaco, never to return. Upon hearing of the
confrontation, Avery Schillingsfield demands that
Conrad return with him to England, away from what
is bound to be a deadly political scandal. Conrad refus-
es, and Schillingsfield abandons him in Monaco.
Unknown to Conrad, Nicolette uses the substantial
leverage she has collected against her family to force
them to let her go. Late this year, she flees Monaco with
her new lover.
1906: Now safely relocated to Britain, Conrad
Archer and Nicolette Dupois are wed.
1907: Russian engineers develop an anti-aircraft
weapon that functions on principles of directed electri-
cal energy. Called a “death ray" in a contemporary
New York Times article (published in the May 28th,
1907 edition), the weapon so impresses the Commander
of Soviet Air Services that he proposes “to curtail the
activity of the air fleet, because the invention renders
a large air fleet unnecessary for defense."
1908: Soon-to-be-famed inventor Nikola Tesla
writes several letters to prominent newspapers and
scientific journals, touting the application of directed
electrical energy as the future of warfare. Though ordi-
narily a pacifist, Tesla's mental state is deteriorating due
to financial and professional woes. He claims to have
developed a weapon many times more powerful than
Trotsky's “death ray” (see 1907).
As the world watches U.S. Navy Commander Robert
Peary's attempt to reach the North Pole, Tesla — now
desperate to regain his stature in the eyes of the scien-
tific community — tests his own version of Russia’s
death ray. During Peary’s visit to Ellesmere Island — 700
miles from the North Pole — Tesla targets the North Pole,
confident that Peary will witness the awesome destruc-
tive power of his weapon, even from 700 miles distant.
Tesla misses his target by only a few degrees, though he
overshoots by thousands of miles. The weapon causes a
massive explosion in Tunguska, Siberia, which is heard
for over 620 miles from the epicenter of the blast.
The cause of this explosion is never confirmed, though
it is variously attributed to such events as a UFO explo-
sion or a falling meteor.
91
In Britain, Raymond Archer is born, inheriting
Conrad Archer’s physical adept ability. Conrad does not
realize his own powers for another three years.
The Archer family lives in rural bliss, away from the
problems of the world, during this period.
1909: Britain’s Imperial Security Intelligence Service
(a.k.a. the Secret Service Bureau) is established as a
bridge between War Office, Admiralty, and the country’s
foreign espionage operatives. The naval branch of this
organization comes under the leadership of 50-year old
veteran Captain Mansfield Cumming (publicly known
only as “C”) while the military branch is assigned
to Captain Vernon Kell (“K”).
1910s: The Australian Naval Board sets up its own
version of Room 40, Britain’s cryptographic unit.
Officials of Room 39, the Dream Suite, ensure that a sis-
ter cell of their own organization is also established
in Australia.
1912: Herbert Yardley, employed as a telegraph
operator for various railroads from 1907 to 1912, joins
the U.S. State Department as a code clerk. Inspired by
the large volume of coded messages he is responsible
for transmitting and destroying, Yardley investigates the
possibility of the U.S. developing an agency dedicated
to cracking the ciphers of other nations. He educates
himself on the subject, first decoding State Department
messages and then messages from foreign embassies.
1912-1922: Conrad Archer’s involvement with
Room 39 grows more intense by the month, while his
wife, Nicolette, remains at their home in London.
At first, the distance between them seems short, as the
two share hundreds of letters a year. But by the end of
World War I, their once passionate relationship wanes
and they are effectively living separate lives. During this
time, Cameron Kane, long enamored with Nicolette,
courts her from Monaco with secret letters. Still hopeful
that Conrad will come home to her, Nicolette ignores
Kane’s advances.
1914: (August) Outbreak of World War I. Control
of Britain’s Secret Service Bureau is transferred to the
War Office, though its sovereignty is largely protected
by Captain Cumming (“C”). Cumming’s foreign branch
becomes MI1(c) and is charged with both collecting
intelligence abroad and providing counterintelligence
services outside the U.K.
After operations in Persia and St. Petersburg, Sidney
Reilly is handled by MI1(c) agents in New York City.
Though working for Russia at the time (a complete
turnaround from his activities leading up to the Russo-
Japanese War), Captain Cumming is confident that
Reilly can be trusted to help against Germany.
A violent car crash in France leaves Captain
Mansfield Cumming with one broken leg and the other
amputated (he is soon fitted with a wooden replace-
ment). His son is also killed in the crash. Though
personally devastated, Cumming continues his work
 Archer Foundation
with the Secret Service Bureau. In following years,
he would be half-affectionately called “that one-legged
bastard” by Sidney Reilly and others.
1915: After privately ferreting out the truth about
the Dream Suite, Sidney Reilly is courted to become one
of the first “volunteer” psion soldiers (physical adepts
created with serums made from Conrad Archer’s blood).
1916: Herbert Yardley compiles a report, “Solution
of American Diplomatic Codes,” and turns it over to his
superior, David Salmon. Salmon asks if Yardley believes
foreign powers may have already solved the American
diplomatic code, to which Yardley responds, “I always
assume that what is within the power of one man to
do is within the power of another.”
General Ralph van Deman, Director of Military
Intelligence, meets Herbert Yardley for the first time.
The following year, with America’s entry into the Great
War, Yardley easily demonstrates the need for a code
and cipher section of the American military.
Sidney Reilly field-tests his new physical adept abil-
ities during a covert raid into German territory, during
which he infiltrates the German General Staff.
1917: Yardley is commissioned as an officer in U.S.
Military Intelligence, and founds MI-8 (the U.S. Cipher
Bureau), later to become known as the “Black Chamber.”
Though begun by Yardley and two civilians alone,
the Black Chamber quickly grows in both size and
importance.
Cherished Room 39 agent Matthew Smythe (code-
named Piquant) is killed during an operation behind
enemy lines in Austria before he can retreat into Italy
with captured battle plans. Two weeks later, the plans
inexplicably appear inside Room 39’s offices.
Twice this year, Room 39 agents stationed in the
U.K. report strange “phantom” events. Both times,
agents are saved from injury or death by what appears
to be an invisible ally.
1918: Captain Mansfield Cumming sends Sidney
Reilly into Russia to help rally anti-Bolsheviks and
bring the country back into the war against Germany.
Within a year, Reilly reportedly has 60,000 Russian and
Latvian soldiers ready to fight the Bolsheviks and has
set up a secret government prepared to take over once
Lenin and Trotsky are out of the way. In August, Reilly
masterminds a near-successful attack on revolutionary
leader V. I. Lenin, though he is badly wounded in the
process. The event sparks severe retributive action from
the Bolsheviks, who murder more than 8,000 suspected
enemies. Reilly manages to escape, but is forced
to reveal the secret of his physical adept abilities to
fellow British spy, Captain George Hill (agent “IK8”).
A Guardian investigation of the phantom ally assist-
ing agents throughout the UK reveals that it is none
other than Matthew Smythe — or rather, his lingering
92
spirit (see page 68). After a brief conversation through
a shadespeaker, Smythe manifests and offers to contin-
ue his work with Room 39 from the Other Side.
1919: Upon his return from Russia, Sidney Reilly is
privately debriefed by Captain Cumming, who demands
to know the source of the operative’s amazing gifts.
Reilly takes Cumming into his confidence and reveals
Room 39’s existence to him, on the condition that he
remain silent about the project. Cumming is brought
into Room 39’s fold and within the year, is offered the
psion serum as well. Though not a substitute for his
missing leg, Cumming’s new abilities help him to return
to the field twice more before his death in 1923 (includ-
ing the raid on Avery Schillingsfield’s base to recover
Conrad Archer’s kidnapped son — see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 37).
Britain’s wartime cryptanalysis unit, Room 40, is
merged with other cryptographic operations within
British Intelligence to become the Government Code and
Cypher School (GC&CS). This division is placed under
the command of Captain Mansfield Cumming, Director
of the Secret Service Bureau’s foreign operations.
1919: Captain Cumming attends the Treaty of
Versailles, along with his new personal advisor, Sidney
Reilly. Both are stunned when Conrad Archer offers the
physical adept serum to the world. By dawn the follow-
ing morning, much of Room 39’s operations and sever-
al of its most important personnel — including Sidney
Reilly — are moved to the Australian branch (now
ambiguously renamed The Office for Physical Science
(OPS), or just “Ops”). Ties between the OPS and Room 39
are underplayed and in some cases even suppressed to
maintain independence from the growing world league
of psion-empowered nations. The OPS is Room 39’s
“black operation” throughout the 1920s and World War
II, from which they mount their most incredible mis-
sions and conduct their most private research.
Though now a hero outside his home office, Conrad
Archer is considered a security risk by his superiors and
not informed about the OPS. He remains stationed at
Room 39 until his presumed death in 1945. Conversely,
Conrad’s son Raymond earns a place in the OPS as a
nuclear researcher in 1931.
1921: During the Washington Naval Conference,
attended by the U.S., Great Britain, Japan, France, and
Italy, Yardley’s Black Chamber produces more than
5,000 cipher solutions and translations. Though this
accomplishment serves U.S. interests well, Yardley
almost suffers a nervous breakdown during its prepara-
tion. At the conclusion of the conference, Yardley trav-
els to Arizona to begin a four-month vacation. Many of
his subordinates suffer from horrifying nightmares, and
one merely babbles incoherently for the remainder of
his short life. Yardley is never the same on his return
from Arizona, and is described by those that know him
as disturbed and more than a little frightening.
 Chamber
MI1(c) is moved to Britain’s Foreign Office and
renamed the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), with the
designation MI6. Captain Cumming remains in charge
until his retirement and death in 1923.
Sidney Reilly’s latest prediction — that a major anti-
Bolshevik action is imminent — never comes to pass,
and his superiors outside Room 39 begin to suspect he
is disloyal to the Crown. Subsequent surveillance by
agencies unaware of Room 39’s existence makes the
psion division’s job much more difficult throughout the
1920s, and leads to several close calls when the group
is nearly uncovered. Nearly all even remotely sensitive
operations now fall under the helm of the Australian
OPS (see 1919).
In Germany, the Abwehr is created as part of the
Ministry of Defense. A small office, the Abwehr is des-
ignated a counterintelligence unit (Allied demands for-
bade Germany from conducting active espionage), but
its commanders soon turn it toward spying and cipher
services.
1922: Raymond Archer manifests physical adept
abilities and Conrad takes him to Room 39 for study and
training. Nicolette demands to go with her son, but is
denied access by British Intelligence. This creates a per-
manent rift in the rapidly disintegrating Archer family.
1923: Partly from loneliness and partly out of spite,
Nicolette Archer answers one of Cameron Kane’s letters.
Soon after, they are corresponding weekly. Conrad is
oblivious, distracted by Avery Schillingsfield’s kidnap-
ping of their son (which Nicolette never learns about)
and the growing threats throughout Europe.
Matthew Smythe single-handedly prevents an
attempt by Eva Kraus and a group of corrupt relic
hunters from pillaging a shipment of artifacts in transit
back from the Tutankhamen dig in Egypt. Kraus is
stunned at Room 39’s new resource, and vows to cap-
ture it as her own — or destroy it.
1924: Operating alone as usual, poltergeist agent
Matthew Smythe tracks a missing specialist to the bow-
els of the Cosgrach Estate, deep beneath the seacoast
city of Inverness, England, where he discovers the sub-
terranean base of Sir Edmund Case, a former Royal dri-
ven mad with mystic power. Cosgrach is filled with the
broken remains of captured drifters subjected to Case’s
twisted rituals — a veritable army of monstrous tunnel
dwellers feeding on each other and anyone unfortunate
enough to stumble into their lair. Smythe is discovered
and attempts to flee through the walls of the Cosgrach
Estate, but is trapped inside by a holding rite performed
by Case and his bound followers. Smythe remains in
this predicament to this day.
Nicolette Archer quietly leaves the Archer family
home during one of Conrad’s missions, leaving no word
of her destination. She returns to Monaco, where she
reluctantly asks her family to take her back. They agree,
on one condition — that she divorce Conrad Archer and
93
marry Cameron Kane, their choice for “the Prince of
Monaco” and someone the Gemeinschafft Consortium
has had its eye on for some time. She agrees, divorcing
Conrad by wire.
1925: The German Navy buys ENIGMA coding
machines, originally invented to protect business
secrets. Shortly thereafter, the German Army follows
suit. Following German military modifications, ciphers
generated by the ENIGMA machine are believed to be
unbreakable, and Germany relies upon it almost exclu-
sively to encode military transmissions until the intro-
duction of ENIGMA II (see 1937).
British intelligence operative Sidney Reilly is
approached by operatives of the Trust, an anti-
Bolshevik movement. Still faithful that a revolutionary
campaign is feasible in Russia, he meets with them in
Moscow, only to find the Trust is a Soviet disinforma-
tion organization established to capture revolutionary
agents. Like many before him, Reilly is arrested and
forced to write a confession in which he reveals his
Moscow contacts, then executed, his body pho-
tographed in the Lubyanka morgue as proof for OGPU
records. In truth, however, Reilly fakes his death, slip-
ping out of Moscow with critical information about
Stalin’s psion serum research (perverted by pharmacist
Genrikh G. Yagoda, who later becomes head of the
OGPU in 1934). Though merely comparative data in
1925, the notes about Russian serum tampering offer an
ominous view of things to come (see the Russian
Confederacy in the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook and
the upcoming Russian Confederacy Chamber book).
Devastated by his wife’s departure and new marriage
to a longtime rival, Conrad Archer dedicates himself to
working alone, reinforcing his position as one of Room
39’s most valuable operatives. It is during this period
that Conrad’s fascination with a “New World Order”
dedicated to making the world a more livable, less tur-
bulent place takes shape. Now able to speak openly with
government-cleared and funded idealists around the
world, his once impossible ideas start to look feasible,
even likely within his own lifetime.
1924: Raymond Archer enters Cambridge University
early (at age 16) to study biology and physics. He
absorbs information at an amazing rate, and rapidly
rises to the top of his class.
1925-1930s: Raymond is no longer influenced by
his mother (being forbidden from contacting her for the
duration of his father’s life) and finds himself swept up
in his father’s whirlwind career as “Britain’s finest secret
agent.” Up to the start of World War II, the Archer men
become very close, and Raymond grows to share his
father’s vision of global peace and security. Unlike his
father’s flamboyant and often reckless decisions, how-
ever, Raymond is fast becoming a shrewd intellectual,
and develops his own strategies for making the family
dream a reality (see 1926, 1930, and 1931, below).
 Archer Foundation
1926: After only two years in college, Raymond
Archer graduates with honors and is recruited into the
Copenhagen Institute of Theoretical Physic, founded by
Niels Bohr, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize for his accu-
rate deconstruction of the atom. This position intro-
duces Raymond Archer to many remarkable personali-
ties in the scientific community, including his close
friend J. Robert Oppenheimer, and primes him as one of
the frontrunners of atomic research.
1929: At the behest of Herbert Hoover’s Secretary of
State Henry Stimson, the Black Chamber is closed down.
Despite the invaluable intelligence provided by
Yardley’s operation, Stimson states “Gentlemen do not
read each other’s mail.”
1930: Raymond Archer returns to his alma mater,
Cambridge University, to assist teams at the Cavendish
Laboratory. Within two years, the teams confirm the
existence of the neutron, break down the atomic nucle-
us, and create the first man-made nuclear reaction. This
last accomplishment unleashes an incredibly high level
of energy, sparking the question of its use as a source of
power. (Within the halls of world governments, it sparks
the question of its military application as well.)
In England, Umbra — acting on orders from her
Guardian superiors — requests time with Conrad Archer
as part of a long-term assessment of the potential of his
physical adept abilities. She claims the assessment will
take ten years, though only two of those will require the
agent to remain in London. Eager to share the results,
Room 39 agrees, asking that Umbra’s discoveries be
made known only to her people, British Parliament, and
the Australian OPS (see 1919).
1931: Herbert Yardley publishes his memoirs, enti-
tled The American Black Chamber. This book lays bare
many national secrets — including the details of the
Black Chamber’s 1921 Naval Conference, and the dev-
astating effect of their codebreaking research upon the
mental states of Yardley and his coworkers. This consti-
tutes a grievous security breach and Yardley is conse-
quently dismissed from government service. His biogra-
phy is slandered by government specialists in the sci-
ence community as “the wild ravings of a man pushed
to the edge by overwork.”
Impressed by his work in Copenhagen and London,
representatives of the OPS approach Raymond Archer
and offer him a position in their private Australian lab-
oratories, swearing him to secrecy. Raymond is not even
allowed to tell his father of his new position, which he
disguises as frequent trips to visit friends “overseas.”
1932: (February) In an attempt to render physically
visible the phantom images plaguing his inner mind,
Nikola Tesla creates a device that forces lingering spir-
its to manifest. The device is highly unstable and works
for only minutes at a time, but it provides Tesla with all
the evidence he needs to continue this line of research.
94
(May) Nikola Tesla’s research into the realm of the
dead produces a device capable of physically propelling
him into the Fringe. Upon activating it, however, he
finds himself trapped on the Other Side, helpless and at
the mercy of an army of angry dead. He destroys the
device, transporting himself back to the physical realm.
During his slow recovery, one of his doctors is paid by
German spies to look the other way and his meticulous
notes about the device are stolen and delivered into the
hands of a competing inventor — Wilhelm Schrader (see
1935 and page 117). Though Tesla attempts to discover
where his notes have gone, he is never successful.
Likewise, he never speaks of his ordeal on the Other Side
again.
1933: The Demagogue, now Chancellor of Germany,
is granted dictatorial powers by the Reichstag (the
German Imperial Parliament). Hereafter, the Reichstag
are summoned to meet only sporadically, and only to
approve important government measures.
As one of his first empowered acts, the Demagogue
establishes a secret division within the Reich, known as
the Abgrund (“The Abyss”), a program ostensibly
intended to develop super-soldiers to combat what he
sees as “a growing cancer” in the West — the psions of
nations he knows he will someday face in war. With
close ties to the Schutzstaffel (SS), the Abgrund is under
the Demagogue’s command alone and known to no one
outside his closest advisors, but it is Eva Kraus’ play-
ground, a fledgling army she hopes to use to rebuild her
fallen occult empire.
Upon his rise in stature, the ENIGMA cipher is
brought to the Demagogue’s attention. The complex
machine captures his interest, and draws him to the sub-
ject of cryptography. Shortly thereafter, the Demagogue
reads The American Black Chamber (see 1931), and is
fascinated by the breakdowns suffered by Yardley and
his fellow cipher experts in 1921.
Despite assurances to the contrary, the Demagogue is
concerned that the ENIGMA code might be broken, and
orders a seemingly superior code machine to be devel-
oped, the ENIGMA II. Still mindful of the American
cipher expert’s mental collapse, the Demagogue delivers
the ENIGMA II project into the hands of the Abgrund,
ordering that the code should cause similar results in
any who successfully crack it without the ENIGMA II
device.
Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski, previously
responsible for the cracking of several relatively simple
German Navy codes, completes five years of work with
the Polish Cipher Bureau to deconstruct the first ENIG-
MA. Using a combination of mathematics, statistics,
computational ability, and inspired guesswork, Rejewski
generates a theoretical model of the German Military’s
version of the ENIGMA device, and later a physical
model of the same.
 Chamber
1935: With increased tensions throughout Europe
and the tell-tale signs of military escalation in Germany,
Room 39 assigns Conrad Archer and Foreign Office tal-
ent spotter and recruiter Charles Howard Ellis, another
physical adept, as field operatives (“psi-spies”) in and
around Nazi territories and the Regime’s most likely tar-
gets. Not yet done with her assessment of Conrad’s
potential, the Guardian Umbra is assigned to work
beside the physical adepts in the field. “It is not the best
arrangement,” Umbra says, “but it will do.” Conrad
Archer and Umbra work together as a team until the
outbreak of World War II (see 1939).
Wilhelm Schrader presents “his” report, entitled “The
Nature and Mechanics of Death,” at a private meeting
with the Demagogue. Using a term coined in Tesla’s pri-
vate notes — “The Fringe” — Schrader describes a world
of spirits just out sight, and assures the Chancellor that
it can be tapped and even controlled to further the glory
of Nazi Germany. The Demagogue is so impressed that
he inducts Schrader into the Abgrund (see 1933), and
orders that the inventor explore this new frontier for
possible resources and weapons. The Demagogue has no
idea that Schrader is secretly one of Eva Kraus’ many
lovers, and that the meeting was arranged to bring
Schrader into the fold with his blessing. Schrader
trumps them both, however — he holds back all infor-
mation about Tesla’s trip to the Other Side, planning to
use it in a bid for great personal power.
1936: The Abgrund unleash their first significant
advancement, merging the sorcerous power of Eva
Kraus with the Demagogue’s telepathic abilities —
remotely controlled mystic warriors with incredible
destructive power. Though they are only fielded in
remote areas, these soldiers, codenamed the Hexen, are
used with great effectiveness against operatives of
Room 39 and the OPS. (For more about the Hexen,
see the forthcoming Hand of Glory Threat Book.)
1937: Upon completion, ENIGMA II is physically
identical to ENIGMA, though its capabilities are far
more insidious. Codes generated by the machine are
actually Fringewards (see page 70), impossible to deci-
pher by anyone without mystic ability, and devastating
to those without the proper defenses. They are also
capable of invoking many mystic effects which top-
clearance couriers are trained to use with ruthless
results in the field.
Wilhelm Schrader volunteers for a new phase of
Project: GOLDENROD, the Abgrund’s long-standing
psion research program. Through advanced (and wildly
experimental) surgical procedures, Schrader is imbued
with remarkable telepathic powers (placing him among
the top five most powerful telepaths on Earth) and joins
the ranks of the Demagogue’s Übermensch (those the
Chancellor considers his divine chosen warriors of
95
virtue, touched by the Hand of God). The procedure is
costly, however — Schrader’s recovery takes nearly a
year and his health never fully returns.
1938: Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds transmission
is heard across the United States, and later, around the
world. The transmission is just what it is later reported
to be — a work of fiction — but the resulting panic is
very real, and causes numerous Fringe incursions across
the globe (especially during its first broadcast) as peo-
ple’s irrational emotions cause them to stumble into the
spirit netherworld. Countless disappearances and sever-
al deaths are attributed to the crime spike suffered dur-
ing the evening the show first airs, and many freak acci-
dents are attributed to the hysteria of the moment. The
majority of these strange incidents are in fact the result
of lingering spirits lashing out at the mass physical
disturbance of their unquiet rest.
Agents of the Abgrund link several of the unex-
plained incidents sparked by the War of the Worlds
broadcast with Nikola Tesla’s research notes about the
Fringe. Interviews and further research confirm the con-
nection, and Operation: PHANTASM is established to
research the nature of ghosts and the truth of life after
death. Wilhelm Schrader heads the project, but he plays
a delicate game with his superiors, concealing many
discoveries about the Other Side and conducting private
experiments in an effort to replicate Tesla’s transporta-
tion device (see opposite).
Room 39 discovers Rejewski’s earlier success at
cracking the previously unbreakable ENIGMA code (see
1933) and contacts the Polish government with a
request for an ENIGMA machine. A Polish factory work-
er helping to produce the ENIGMA machines smuggles
one of the devices to Polish intelligence officers, who
then — after additional modification by Rejewski to
match the business model to the military model — pass-
es the machine to a Room 39 representative. The modi-
fied machine is returned to Bletchley Park (the head-
quarters of Britain’s Government Code and Cypher
School) where Allied agents plan ways to take advan-
tage of the intelligence windfall.
1939: ENIGMA II secretly enters use among the
German armed forces. Within days, no less than a dozen
Room 39 code breakers are driven to insanity by the
power of the mystic cipher. Further work with the ENIG-
MA machine is prohibited until the safety — and sanity
— of Room 39 operatives can be ensured. Umbra hears
of the disaster and, over the fervent objections of Room
39 researchers and Conrad Archer himself, personally
examines each of the stricken codebreakers and their
work. Surprisingly, she suffers no ill effect, though she
does sequester herself in her quarters for three days,
admitting no one. When she emerges, she claims simply
that “ENIGMA is no longer a threat.” At her insistence,
 Archer Foundation
Room 39 returns to work on the ENIGMA cipher, and
soon discovers that ENIGMA II is a variation of the orig-
inal ENIGMA code, modified by what can only be clas-
sified as a new mystic science.
When questioned by Conrad Archer, Umbra says lit-
tle of what occurred in her quarters over those 72 hours,
and it is clear she does not care to discuss the matter.
The only statement she makes on the matter is a con-
stant source of worry for Conrad: “Each riddle has a
solution,” she says, “but the price is often great.”
(November) British naval attaché Captain Hector
Boyes receives an offer of German technological secrets
from an anonymous source. He accepts. Some time later,
he receives the first seven pages of what is now known
as the “Oslo Report,” a collection of technical briefs on
German technological developments during World War
II. The briefs contain information about many German
projects, including radio-controlled glider bombs, early
warning radar systems, and the infamous V1 and V2
missiles. British intelligence assumes the reports to be
fabricated — that no single source could know that
much about the German war machine — but Professor
R.V. Jones, wartime head of Air Ministry Intelligence,
believes otherwise. He continues to gather information
from the Oslo informer throughout the war.
1940s: From the London Controlling Station (LCS), a
think tank established by Winston Churchill, Conrad
Archer, Lord Henry Cherwell, and other Room 39 oper-
atives conceive unorthodox methods for combating the
Axis, including a dummy army composed of inflatable
tanks and fake parachute troops. These methods are car-
ried out by other agencies, such as the Twenty
Committee (the administrators of the DOUBLE-CROSS
system to turn German spies in Britain), MI6, Special
Operations Executive (the SOE, a covert action unit),
and the Office of Strategic Services (the OSS, a U.S.
counterpart to the SOE).
Also during this period, Conrad privately recruits
soldiers, scientists, and politicians for his great cause, a
post-war organization dedicated to protecting the
world… from itself. Those recruited include Winston
Churchill, European capitalist Bruno Vangeli (see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 39), many
Guardians, and Dr. Lothario Algernon, a charismatic
and idealistic Room 39 operative whose scientific tal-
ents are rivaled only by his bright-eyed belief that the
world deserves to be saved.
Raymond Archer and operatives of the OPS spear-
head a private war against the clearest and most present
danger the world has ever faced — Eva Kraus, the
Demagogue, and their Abgrund (which the OPS refer to
as “the Witch House”). Though many of the psion devel-
opments and battle plans created for this war are
thought up by Raymond and fielded by Conrad, father
and son never meet in an official capacity during the
96
war. Many modern Conspiracy historians believe the
distance between them was a cover for some family
affair, but the truth is as yet unknown.
1940: Room 39 cipher experts break the ENIGMA II
code. The intelligence gained by this accomplishment
serves the Allies well for the remainder of the war.
Room 39 quietly sweeps mention of the code’s mystic
power under the proverbial rug.
After a long hiatus from official codebreaking,
Australia assigns four academic volunteers from the
Sydney University to study foreign ciphers. These men
are closely observed by the OPS.
The Royal Navy combats a new kind of U-Boat field-
ed by the Demagogue’s researchers. Though they lose
several ships in the process — including the passenger
liner Athenia — they finally capture the enemy vessel in
early autumn, and tow it back to England for study. This
boat — later identified by Rudolf Hess as the Vodyanoi
— is completely automated, run by spirits dominated by
Eva Kraus and her sorcerous Abgrund henchmen.
Umbra returns to the Middle East with her report
about Conrad Archer’s psion abilities (see 1930). She
returns with child and — in a shocking twist — Conrad
Archer announces that the baby is his. Researchers of
Room 39, the OPS, and all Allied offices send represen-
tatives to observe the newborn (named Aurora — see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 110), curious
about the results of such a mystic/psion pairing. Their
findings are classified, and Conrad, Umbra, and Aurora
journey to the Guardian homeland for just over one
year following. (Today, it is understood that Aurora’s
unnatural lifespan and the Voice she uses to communi-
cate with all Guardians around the world — see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 103 — are
byproducts of her parentage, and speculation about fur-
ther powers is rampant.)
(August) With Conrad Archer’s trip to the Middle
East, his partner Charles Ellis (see 1935) is reassigned to
New York, promoted to colonel, and is made Deputy
Head of British Security Coordination (BSC) under
William Stephenson (codename INTREPID — see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 38). There he aids
William Donovan in creating the U.S. Office of Strategic
Services (OSS — see 1940s).
1941: Australia’s four cipher experts are absorbed
into the Special Intelligence Bureau, who go on to break
Japanese codes used in missions around the country
throughout the war.
Wilhelm Schrader corresponds with many scientists
around the world, including some in enemy countries.
Among them is Dr. Lothario Algernon, with whom he
speaks about the war’s horrible cost of life and “what it
would be like if we could bring them all back.”
Algernon continues this correspondence without Room
39’s knowledge until Schrader reveals his German affil-
iations in 1944.
 Chamber
Conrad Archer returns to London with Umbra and 1944: Eva Kraus’ relationship with the Demagogue
both take up their roles with Room 39 once more. finally sours. Reportedly driven mad by the volume of
Aurora remains with the Guardians in the Middle East, thoughts in his mind and self-assured that his conquest
and is not seen again until her appointment as the of the world cannot be stopped, the Demagogue makes
Chamber’s Control in the 1980s (see page 104). a bid for sole control of Germany. The Abgrund is torn
(May) Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess, the man to whom asunder by the infighting and for a short time, Axis
Hitler dedicated Mein Kampf — crash lands in Scotland leadership is thrown into turmoil. Curious orders trickle
on a self-appointed mission of peace. He pleads with the down through the Axis ranks and those in the know
British to end the war, claiming “the Devil sits at Hitler’s start choosing sides. Eva chooses to ally with the
right hand” and that demons are gathering in Europe. Abwehr, whose long-standing friction with the
German officials claim Hess is insane and the British jail Demagogue and his SS are well-known. Together with
him until the Nuremburg trials of 1945-46. Agents of Abwehr commander Wilhelm Canaris, Eva arranges sev-
Room 39, however, listen, and learn much about the eral attempts on the Demagogue’s life. Their partnership
plans and powers of the god-queen Eva Kraus, as well forges the groundwork for the post-war Hand of Glory
as many of the Demagogue’s occult and weird science (see 1948 and the forthcoming Hand of Glory Threat
projects. Book for more).
1942: Testimony from captured Nazi Rudolf Hess Perhaps sensing Germany’s imminent downfall,
(see 1941) leads Room 39 operatives to an Abgrund Wilhelm Schrader strikes a deal with long-time corre-
base in Keil, Germany, where they encounter a cabal of spondent Lothario Algernon. Playing on the scientist’s
Hexen guarding a motherload of Nazi war treasures ego and sense of exploration, Schrader states that his
(including many mystic relics) and a stockpile of occult intentions for the Fringe are — contrary to the Oslo
knowledge. Though only 40% of the find is recovered Reports — quite benign. He claims that the so-called
before Nazi troops retake the complex, this is a major “Fringe bomb” can be used for great good — namely to
victory for the Allies.
The Manhattan Project is begun in the United States
by Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves, a military engi-
neer, and J. Robert Oppenheimer (see 1926). This pro-
ject involves 100,000 workers, 37 bases, and 12 labora-
tories over its three-year run.
A routine communication from the Oslo informer
(see 1939) reveals disturbing details about a new
weapon being developed in Germany — something
called the “Fringe bomb.” This device, revealed to the
Oslo informer in a letter sent by Abgrund inventor
Wilhelm Schrader, is reputed to be capable of bridging
the vast expanse between life and death, literally bring-
ing the spirit world to the physical world en masse and
unleashing an unlimited horde of angry ghosts onto the
battlefields of Europe. Though still in the theoretical
stage, this device terrifies Room 39, the OPS, and the
Guardians, into whose hands the report falls after being
summarily cast aside by government officials.
Operation: STYX is established to counter the threat,
though progress stalls when the Oslo informer’s next
report (and all subsequent reports) fail to mention any-
thing about the Fringe bomb program. (In fact, all Oslo
reports from this point on come from the Abgrund, after
they murder the real Oslo informer.)
(Palm Sunday) 300 Luftwaffe bombers strafe
Belgrade, killing over 25,000 people and destroying
countless buildings, including Nikola Tesla’s laboratory,
known as the Tesla Institute.
1943: Nikola Tesla dies in New York at the age of 86.
His life’s work — what has not already been stolen by
Wilhelm Schrader and other intellectual poachers — is
delivered to the state museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

97
 Archer Foundation
establish contact with the spirits of those lost in the war, The Foundation in the 1950s
reuniting them with their families for a brief time, then
Raymond Archer’s choice to center the new
ensuring their final rest. Algernon, long-exposed to the
Conspiracy around a home office in Australia proved
Guardians’ candor about death and the natural benevo-
exceptionally wise, as the new Cold War that erupted
lence of ghosts, warms to Schrader’s proclaimed motives
throughout the world touched only lightly on the
and an agreement is formed between them — Schrader
region. Outside the country’s involvement in spying on
will help topple Germany in exchange for a new home,
the Soviet Union, all remained quiet on the Conspiracy’s
and a new lab, in Britain.
home front, allowing its founders to operate largely
Umbra dies during Operation GODSMASHER, five
without interference.
years to the day after she offers her mysterious assis-
May 8, 1950 saw the birth of the Archer Foundation,
tance on ENIGMA II.
as seven men and women gathered in Australia to dis-
1945-1946: During the trials of the Demagogue’s
cuss the future of the world. Several heroes of World
closest captured underlings in Nuremberg, Germany,
Wars I and II could not be at the caucus — Conrad
Rudolf Hess claims amnesia of his atrocities during the
Archer, Umbra, Winston Churchill, and many more.
war, and reveals nothing of the strange accounts he
These fallen were commemorated at the event, which
passed to Room 39 operatives four years before. He is
divided the world into seven Chambers (with the
sentenced to life in prison, where he dies in 1987.
Guardians agreeing to watch over all of Africa). The
1945: (July) During the first test of the atomic bomb,
home office was positioned in Australia, hidden behind
J. Robert Oppenheimer realizes the true magnitude of
the fledgling Archer Institute for Science and the ASIO
his latest invention. He says, “I am become Death, the
and ASIS intelligence organizations. The Foundation
shatterer of worlds.” These words are heard several
was granted wide authority over the other Conspiracy
times during the 1950 Archer Caucus as well.
cells, with Raymond Archer, the son of the man who
1946: Upon escaping Germany, Wilhelm Schrader
first conceived the network, at the helm. The meeting
finds himself transported not to Britain, but to
established a global force for good, something much
Australia, where a team of OPS researchers led by Dr.
needed in light of recent tragedies, but it also paved the
Lothario Algernon await his Fringe work. Algernon has
way for at least two global forces for evil — the
spent the last year convincing the OPS of the impor-
Architects of the Fringe and P.E.R.I.L.
tance of this work, and acquired a long-term research
1950: Charles Ellis, wartime partner of Conrad
grant and facilities from which to develop the device
Archer, arrives in Australia as an MI6 advisor to the
Schrader described two years before.
recently formed Australian Security and Intelligence
(December) The Office for Physical Science is moved
Organization (ASIO, see page 31). Raymond Archer
to Canberra and renamed the Archer Institute for
brings Ellis into the new Conspiracy fold, asking him to
Science, with Raymond Archer at the helm.
establish a safe haven for the Foundation in its home
1947: Based on early work by the Abgrund, Dr.
territory.
Algernon and Wilhelm Schrader successfully clone sev-
Decrypted portions of transmissions from the Soviet
eral farm animals, including a kangaroo. This paves the
embassy in Canberra to Moscow reveal the presence of
way for much more success in this field, though no one
two NKGB spies within the Australian government’s
attached to the project mentions it outside their circle.
External Affairs department. The first spy — Jim Hill
Raymond Archer the rest of the OPS are never told of
(codenamed TOURIST) — is moved to a position with no
the project’s existence.
access to classified information. The second — Ian
During the negotiations to establish the UKUSA
Milner (codenamed BUR) — flees to Czechoslovakia.
mutual intelligence agreement between Australia, New
(October) Dr. Algernon lobbies with the newly estab-
Zealand, Britain, and the U.S., Raymond Archer declines
lished Foundation Lords to sanction Project: SILENT
personal involvement. Never appreciating politics,
SPECTRE, an attempt to render Conspiracy operatives
Raymond establishes an impersonal atmosphere in his
invisible. Raymond Archer and others are reluctant, but
office, a standard which leads to the current “pass-off”
eventually won over by Algernon’s charm. They are
bureaucracy within the Foundation (see page 106).
never told the truth — that SILENT SPECTRE actually
1949: Dr. Algernon, Wilhelm Schrader, and their
intends to physically send a group of explorers into the
team experiment with telepathic psions contacting
Fringe. The ill-fated project comes to fruition three
ghosts. The results are disastrous, as first the psion dies
years later.
(apparently of a brain hemorrhage) and then both his
1951: Suspicion rises that Charles Ellis (MI6 advisor
spirit and the spirit originally contacted are stripped of
to the ASIO and ally of the Archer Foundation) may
their human conscious, attacking anything they sense —
have been either a German or Soviet mole (or both) dur-
including other spirits. The experiments, never given a
ing the war. For the time being, Ellis keeps his post. The
codename, are closed and never officially renewed.

98
 Chamber
Archer Foundation, well aware of his connections to
Germany (Room 39 planted him in the Abwehr) watch
the resulting investigation carefully, but remain confi-
dent that Ellis is loyal to the Conspiracy.
Dr. Algernon, Wilhelm Schrader, and their black unit
inside the Foundation continue their work with cloning
and other questionable sciences. By the end of 1951, the
first clone farm is established on Stewart Island,
Australia. Before the disastrous conclusion of Project:
SILENT SPECTRE in 1953, at least half a dozen more
clone farms are established, in the U.S., Russia, Europe,
and elsewhere, all with “misallocated” Foundation
resources. Caretaker clones are placed in charge of the
farms, each of which is occupied by replicas of impor-
tant people (including Wilhelm Schrader). Dr. Algernon
refuses to be sampled for cloning.
1953: Amidst continuing suspicion (and at the
behest of the Foundation), Charles Ellis resigns from
MI6, citing health problems. He remains in Australia for
two months, then suddenly sails back to Britain with
word of Vladamir Petrov’s defection (see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 54).
Project: SILENT SPECTRE produces a working proto-
type of Nikola Tesla’s Fringe device. With Dr. Algernon,
Wilhelm Schrader, and 112 other scientists and support
staff present, the device is activated. Everyone within
ten miles distant reports a freak lightning storm that
erupts without warning, then fades just as quickly with-
in an hour. Fourteen witnesses within line of sight to
the Foundation front company — Manes Industrial — are
shocked when a lightning-laced tornado not only
appears directly over the building but descends on it,
apparently consuming it whole.
Within minutes, the area is besieged by what appear
to be ghosts, forming from within the funnel cloud and
slung out toward the witnesses. Eight are killed imme-
diately, as the hungry spirits rip them to shreds. The
remaining six are saved from the spirits as a shockwave
of concussive force washes out from the crater (a mas-
sive telepathic message sent from Schrader to ward off
the otherworldly attackers). Three of the remaining six
witnesses are killed by the mental blast and two are left
babbling incoherently. The last, a latent mystic named
Sara Lloyd, spends a decade in a coma (see 1961).
The next morning, the electrical charge in the area
of the former Manes Industrial building is still so
intense that no electrical gear functions. Foundation
response teams discover the charred remains of Wilhelm
Schrader in the smoking crater, along with Sara Lloyd,
and return them to the home office. Schrader is con-
fined to an iron lung for the rest of his life (though he
upgrades to a mobile unit in 1979, and manages to get
around by virtue of his clones — see 1966 and 1990).
99
(June) In the final days before their execution, Julius
and Ethel Rosenberg — Americans who passed U.S.
atomic secrets to the Soviets at the behest of Raymond
Archer (see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page
46) — offer to make a deal. They claim to have details
of a secret political coup being staged in Russia, a
Stalinist regime that could threaten democracy every-
where. U.S. authorities dismiss their claims, which reach
Australia too late for the Foundation to intervene. Four
Lords, however, dig deeper into the Rosenbergs’ con-
tacts, eventually uncovering the seeds of a criminal
empire in Russia (which will eventually become the
organization known as P.E.R.I.L.). Rather than report the
threat, however, the Lords — today known as the Judas
Syndicate — foster it in exchange for ruling seats on the
criminal council.
1954: While under MI5 and FBI surveillance,
Charles Ellis is inexplicably brought back into MI6 and
placed in charge of destroying archive files no longer
considered important (the vast majority of which indi-
rectly pertain to Room 39’s activities prior to the cau-
cus). By the time he is removed from this post, little if
any evidence of Room 39’s existence remains in the MI6
records.
1955: The Archer Foundation privately establishes a
program in which they “tag” psions and important per-
sonnel with a permanent isotope marker that can be
tracked by spy planes, special goggles, specialized psion
training, and later satellites. This marker grows incredi-
bly pervasive over the next several years, and eventual-
ly all full-time operatives are tagged. This continues
until 2001, when the Shop utilizes the tags to track and
kill or capture Conspiracy operatives.
In one of its first major successes, the Archer
Foundation helps to establish lasting peace agreements
around the globe. They assist Germany’s entrance into
NATO and arrange for the Austrian State Treaty, ending
the occupation of Austria by the ‘Four Powers’ (the U.S.,
France, Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R.). Subsequent
talks in Switzerland are upbeat and hopeful, thanks at
least in part to political bridges the Foundation has nur-
tured since the end of World War II.
In order to counterbalance NATO, the Foundation
and Russian Confederacy jointly strive to develop the
Warsaw Pact between Albania, Bulgaria, East Germany,
Romania, Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
1958: Wilhelm Schrader is visited by Dr. Alexander
Omen, his most trusted underling in the black
Foundation unit (see opposite), who is still on the Other
Side. He is told in no uncertain terms that he will devote
his worldly resources to the spirit realm operation,
which he now refers to as “the Architects of the Fringe.”
If Schrader refuses, the Architects threaten to have him
killed and capture his spirit as it crosses to the Other
Side. As proof, Omen demonstrates a new use of the
 Archer Foundation
Tesla device — he brings a pocket of the Fringe to Earth,
overlapping Schrader’s mansion home and causing sev-
eral of his spirit minions to manifest. They kill
Schrader’s manservant, Lyle, and capture his spirit as it
leaves his body, dragging it off into the Fringe as the
pocket fades. The man’s screams still haunt Schrader to
this day.
The Foundation in the 1960s
With the Conspiracy’s groundwork complete, all
seven Chambers up and running, and its first stumbling
moments (hopefully) behind it, the Foundation devoted
the 1960s to doing something with its power. Something
good for everyone. Among their efforts were the elec-
tion of John F. Kennedy (a year-long joint operation
with the Company that very nearly failed), and relent-
lessly tracking the Hand of Glory through South
America. Unfortunately, the Foundation also came
under serious fire this decade as the scandals rocking
the Company came very close to shredding the entire
Conspiracy’s Cloak. Another threat of exposure — one
that wouldn’t flare into open conflict until 1991 — came
from Russia, and within the Foundation’s own halls of
power.
1960: Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovskiy, an agent of
the Russian Confederacy and four times decorated
Colonel of the Soviet GRU, discovers two Foundation
Lords involved in what he assumes (correctly) to be a
criminal organization in Russia. Cut off from the outside
world by the rise of the Iron Curtain, Penkovskiy comes
to believe that the Russian threat might be merely one
arm of the Conspiracy’s true center, a threat far more
pervasive and dangerous than anything faced in the last
two World Wars. He writes a letter to top government
officials in the U.S. and Great Britain, requesting the
100
nations’ support in his planned defection. Included with
the letter are several classified documents Penkovskiy
gathered over the previous year.
Later that same year, a meeting is held between SIS
representative Howard Shergold and CIA Deputy
Director for Plans (neither of whom knows of the
Conspiracy), during which it is decided the two agencies
will "handle" Penkiovsky jointly. Contact is made with
Oleg Penkovskiy on December 8, 1960 at Moscow's
Shermeteyevo Airport, and results in the CIA and SIS
both gaining a valuable conduit for intelligence from
the Soviet Union. Penkovskiy is codenamed HERO.
In Little Sai Wan, Hong Kong, 140 agents of the
Australian Defense Signals Directorate (DSD) spy on
Soviet ship movements throughout East Asia — particu-
larly the Russian naval base at Cam Ranh Bay.
1961: Penkovskiy arrives in London as head of a
Soviet "trade" delegation whose mission is to acquire
Western technologies. Four agents of the CIA and SIS
meet with him under tight security, and arrange for fur-
ther debriefings before his return to Moscow. During
these sessions, Penkovskiy provides the Western agents
with a plethora of classified Soviet material, including
information about Russian missile capabilities and
nuclear tests. Unsure of his interviewers’ loyalties, he
remains silent about the Archer Conspiracy and the
threat it presents — for now.
(May 5th) On the eve of Penkovskiy's scheduled
return to Moscow, a Foundation agent named Lucas
Aimes (GABRIEL) attempts to contact him. Still under
the mistaken belief that the entire Archer Conspiracy
has been subverted by an enemy, Penkovskiy evades
Aimes, reporting the encounter — and concerns about
his safety — to his CIA and SIS handlers. Alarmed, the
four agents agree to investigate the matter and in the
 Chamber
meantime provide Penkovskiy with enough documents
on British steel technology to make it appear that he
spent his time in London gathering intelligence, rather
than disclosing it. Despite his fears, HERO returns safe-
ly to Moscow, and continues to produce valuable intel-
ligence for the remainder of the year.
(December) Sara Lloyd, comatose since the destruc-
tion of the Manes Industrial building in 1953, awakens
screaming about ghosts in her hospital room. She breaks
free of the orderlies and flees into the night.
1962: Penkovskiy meets with the wife of an SIS
operative in Moscow (Janet Chisholm, or ANNE), but
soon suspects that either he or ANNE are under surveil-
lance — perhaps both. He thereafter insists that no per-
sonal contact be made, and that information pass only
through dead drops.
GABRIEL is captured during a Foundation fact-find-
ing mission in P.E.R.I.L. territory. He eventually breaks
under torture, revealing a number of sensitive Archer
secrets. Though he doesn’t know HERO's true identity,
P.E.R.I.L. makes some educated guesses based on the
information provided. GABRIEL's final fate is unknown.
(September 5th) Penkovskiy is publicly arrested and
jailed by P.E.R.I.L. loyalists.
1963: Penkovskiy is tried and convicted. While
P.E.R.I.L. maintains its distance from the proceedings,
the GRU provides the Soviet state with more than
enough evidence to convict Penkovskiy of espionage.
His execution is scheduled for May 16th, 1963, only a
week after the sentence is handed down.
P.E.R.I.L. makes good use of the intervening week,
spiriting Penkovskiy away to a holding facility
unknown to even the GRU, where they interrogate him
about his spy masters and operations. Even under tor-
ture, Penkovskiy doesn’t break; in fact, his tormentors'
insistence that he reveal the Foundation’s secrets con-
vinces him for the first time in many years that his sus-
picions about the Conspiracy are false.
Believing the criminal organization in Russia to be a
new, isolated threat, the Archer Foundation mounts an
assault to rescue their captured operative. One of the
Lords sheltering P.E.R.I.L. takes charge of the mission,
hoping to arrange Penkovskiy’s death before he can be
extracted back to Australia, but he is unsuccessful and
stages his own death in order to cover up the Judas
Syndicate’s activities in Russia. With Penkovskiy gone,
P.E.R.I.L. is forced to substitute one of its own agents
(who has fallen out of favor), disguised as the captured
spy. In the following months, both the Foundation and
P.E.R.I.L. keep their activities as quiet as possible, to let
the suspicions about them pass.
(May 17) Penkovskiy, accompanied by the agents
responsible for his retrieval, arrives in London for the
last time. Loyal to the Conspiracy once more, he is
transferred to the Archer Family Sanctuary (in Iceland),
where he remains until his death many years later.
101
1966: Charles Ellis (see 1935) is found to have sold
information to the Germans and Soviets during WWII
by a Scotland Yard Special Branch review. Though the
Australians (and the Foundation) are informed, the FBI
is not, and Ellis is allowed to live on a government pen-
sion until his death in 1975.
1967: When Denise Darvall’s head and lower body
are severely damaged in a car accident, the Archer
Foundation sees the opportunity to leak one of its great-
est early medical advances — organ transplantation — to
the public. They contact a group of medical specialists
led by South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who
transplant Darvall’s heart into 55-year old Louis
Washkansky. Though Washkansky dies 18 days later
(from pneumonia), the transplant opens doors for much
public research for decades to come.
1968: Telepathic “hounds” are developed to search
for latent psions. One person found early on is Sara
Lloyd, a wildly sensitive mystic working in New York
City as a successful (and quite popular) spirit medium.
Now very much in control of her gift, Sara Lloyd makes
tens of thousands of dollars a year from shows and
private contracts, many of which come from the New
York Police Department and U.S. government.
The Foundation in the 1970s
By 1970, the Foundation had largely run known
Hand of Glory operatives out of South America and
established a wide specialist and support structure in the
area (which remains in place today). The Foundation
was taking its first true steps out of the nest, into the
global village, and Raymond Archer — approaching 60
years of age — was beginning to think he could step
back from the front line, perhaps even retire. He could-
n’t have been more wrong.
1971: During a standard regional overview of
Brisbane, a string of similar reports from local field ana-
lysts is discovered by Foundation bookkeeper Harvey
Seagle. The common thread between them is, at first, a
single phrase, each time with precisely the same word-
ing: “Grey squares only.” Believing the phrase to be a
cipher of some kind, Seagle passes it along to Room 39
for study. Two months later, he notices the same phrase
in a field report from Glasgow, England, and then again
in France the month after. Following the trail, Seagle
traces the phrase to an analyst named Benjamin Poll,
stationed in Brisbane at the time of the original reports.
He recalls Poll and questions him extensively, but finds
him completely unresponsive — almost amnesiac —
about his time in Brisbane. Seagle even brings in a
telepath to continue the interview, but Poll receives a
clean bill of mental health. Throwing himself into the
curious puzzle, Seagle isn’t heard from again until
Room 39 cryptanalysts eventually return his message,
confirming that the phrase is not in any known code.
 Archer Foundation
The only response they receive from him follows: “I’ve
had to let that go, I’m afraid. It’s grey squares only.”
(The truth of this event is still not fully understood,
though the phrase “grey squares only” has been unoffi-
cially adopted by most Foundation personnel, and some
from other Chambers, to mean. “all is well.”)
Acting without the support of the rest of the
Foundation, Andrew Dunnston, the Lord of Nature,
takes his mission to a new extreme, helping to establish
the Greenpeace protest group. Though initially support-
ed with Foundation funds, the organization quickly
gains its own footing, and is today completely unaffili-
ated with the Archer Conspiracy.
Another medical marvel — the Computerized Axial
Tomography (CAT) scanner — is introduced to the world
through Foundation medical specialists and their allies,
allowing doctors of the world to take reliable pictures of
soft tissues within patients’ skulls, chests, and
abdomens, as well as to quickly and painlessly distin-
guish between normal and clotted blood.
1974: Three European Commonwealth psions disap-
pear while assisting with a mission in Southeast Asia.
The Foundation activates the operatives’ isotope tags
(see 1955) and sweeps the area, to no avail. Within six
months, eleven more operatives, all psions, vanish as
well, none of their isotope tags visible to satellites, spy
planes, or hounds.
1975: During the raid on Helix’s stronghold among
the Comoro Islands (called the Lodge), Raymond Archer
discovers the remains of all fourteen missing psions,
their isotope tags disabled (see above). In a private lab
eighteen floors below the surface, the psions’ bodies
were artificially kept alive to feed oxygen to their
brains, which in turn were physically “wired” together
102
through a complex superscience computer network. The
machine’s purpose is still not fully understood, but it’s
believed to have been linked to the series of tanks
discovered at the base of the Panopticon, one floor
above. (For more about the Lodge, see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 65.)
Following the raid on the Lodge, Helix’s many labs
and all their contents are meticulously catalogued and
returned to Australia and other Chamber headquarters
for study. Among the contents are a classified number
of gene samples, recovered from the room where the
psion prodigy named “Two” was found.
When it’s discovered that Helix tracked psions using
their isotope tags, many agents lobby that the program
should be discontinued, but it’s ruled that since the
villain is dead, the imminent threat is passed, and the
procedure continues. Helix’s method for disabling the
tags is never discovered.
1976: In Sevastopol, along the Crimean Peninsula,
an 18-year old boy named Marko murders thirty people
in his village, including his parents, before he is cap-
tured by Ukranian soldiers. When questioned, he claims
to be wracked by pain caused by all people and that he
must murder them to make the pain stop. Agents of the
Commonwealth defer the strange case to the Guardians,
who send in a shadespeaker to speak with the boy.
During the conversation, Marko demands to be called
“Lyle,” alternates between a Ukranian and an Australian
accent, and makes specific reference to three of the
Guardian’s blood relatives, two of whom have never left
the homeland. More Guardians are called in to assist
and a careful examination is conducted. Though they
refuse to share their findings with anyone outside their
Chamber, it’s clear that they are greatly disturbed.
Just over a year after his liberation from the Lodge,
the only known survivor of Helix’s forced gene struc-
turing program, Two, emerges from quarantine. He is
assigned to the Foundation for study, but Raymond
Archer takes a personal interest in him, treating him like
the son he never had. Though Two cannot leave the
Foundation’s Canberra headquarters, he receives every
creature comfort, and in addition to his normal training
and assessment, is exposed to as
much world culture as Raymond
can find.
 Chamber
Massive Foundation resources are reallocated to the
Office of Psion Affairs (see page 28) to fund its research
into the newly acquired mentalist and telepath serums.
Prior to this, the Conspiracy’s only mentalists and
telepaths were latents recruited and trained from the
populace.
1977: David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam,” stalks the
streets of New York, killing 6 and wounding many more.
When captured, he says that his neighbor is a “high
demon” who sent orders for him to kill through his pet
dog. Within days of his arrest, Guardians arrange a pri-
vate interrogation. They refuse to reveal their findings.
1979: Wilhelm Schrader (now nearly 95 years of
age) hangs onto life by a thread. His doctors are
astounded that he’s still alive, and the nurses claim to
see a faraway look in his eyes, as if he is watching
something… or waiting for it. Night cleaning crews
report that he speaks to himself at night, carrying on
half of what sounds to them like complete conversa-
tions. Everyone expects the old Nazi to die soon. Then,
in September, the Brisbane facility that houses Schrader
becomes ground zero for one of the worst electrical
storms in Australian history. The building is destroyed.
Schrader’s remains are never found. A lightly attended
funeral is held over an unmarked grave.
The Foundation in the 1980s
The 1980s ushered in a new period of espionage,
which the Foundation found itself not entirely prepared
to face. The Conspiracy had many new tools at its dis-
posal — new psion abilities, new technologies, and even
a new Chamber in Africa — but the pieces were only half
the equation. It looked like a new plan was in order — a
new way of doing things. Raymond Archer took the
opportunity to reassess everything, including his own
position at the head of the Conspiracy, and began a
search for a possible replacement. His choice was a
shock to everyone.
1980: An unprecedented number of Foundation
Lords venture out into the field in an effort to impress
Raymond Archer. For a very short time, the halls of the
Canberra home office are not only quiet, but operate
somewhat smoothly — “like the old days,” Archer says.
1981: After being chased out of Peru by an angry
village mob, serial killer Pedro Alonso Lopez, the
“Monster of the Andes,” roams Columbia and Equador,
searching for victims. For a time, his targets are
assumed to be victims of slavery rings, but flash floods
uncover their remains and he is eventually captured.
Again, the Guardians arrange an interrogation, and
again, they refuse to release their discoveries. This time,
however, they increase their liaison forces around the
world, and newly fielded Guardians work in every part
of the globe. The nature of their assignment is not
revealed.
103
1982: The Argentinean occupation of the Falkland
Islands is linked to five independent terrorists, smug-
glers, and arms dealers known to have harbored,
equipped, or assisted the Hand of Glory during their
reign in the area. Locally stationed Foundation agents
investigate and discover that, while the Hand’s central
command structure has certainly relocated, it still main-
tains a strong presence throughout the South American
criminal underground. The Foundation’s job is now
much more difficult in the region — they are fighting a
guerrilla war with no end in sight.
1983: (August) During a test flight of the Soviet
Union’s SS-X-24 multiple warhead missile over
Kamchatka, a Korean airliner unwittingly wanders
across the target area and is shot down by Russian
defense planes. This enrages the West and prompts a
NATO exercise codenamed ABLE ARCHER, intended to
increase readiness in the event of continued Russian
aggression. As part of ABLE ARCHER, NATO communi-
cation lines are changed and radio silence is main-
tained, spiking worry in the Soviet Union of an impend-
ing attack from the West. The Russian response is
revealed through double agent Oleg Gordievsky: sever-
al nuclear-strike air force units are put on alert in East
Germany. The escalation continues as the U.S. installs
land-based cruise missiles in West Germany, an act the
Foundation soon discovers is a joint Gemeinschafft-
Company operation. The Foundation covertly assigns
several mission teams to prevent the situation from
growing any worse, and within months, they are able to
replace several prominent alarmists in the Soviet gov-
ernment and remove the Russian chief of staff. The
defense minister dies during this period, but Foundation
teams deny involvement.
1984: Richard Ramirez, the “Night Stalker,” terror-
izes the Los Angeles basin. Sadrah, the North American
Guardian liaison, arranges an interview after Ramirez’s
capture. When he sends his report only to the Guardian
home office, the Foundation demands to know what its
Middle Eastern Chamber is doing. They respond with a
private meeting in Canberra, during which they reveal
that they believe the spirits of the dead have been rein-
carnating from the Fringe since the 1960s. “Now reach-
ing adulthood,” the Guardians say, “these people are
working in concert toward some greater end. Within a
matter of years, we will be facing a full-scale invasion
from the Other Side.” The Foundation Lords politely
leave the Guardians to it, but privately dismiss their
claims as “crazed tribal myths.”
1985: (July) In Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, a
strike team composed of special forces personnel from
the Action Service (the covert operations arm of
Europe’s counterterrorist DGSE organization) attack and
destroy the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, killing
photographer Fernando Pereira in the process. Within
 Archer Foundation
days, it becomes obvious that Rainbow Warrior was
being primed to lead a flotilla of ships to protest French
underground nuclear testing at the Moruroa atoll in the
South Pacific, a plan concocted by Andrew Dunnston,
the Lord of Nature (see page 102) — without Foundation
sanction.
Soaking up culture and data at an unprecedented
rate, Two also exhibits remarkable psion talents. He is
the world’s first (and to date, only) triple psion, capable
of using physical, mental, and telepathic abilities with
uncharted strength and precision. At one point, he sent
a confirmed three-word message to a waiting telepath
on the other side of the globe. Most Foundation person-
nel find him unsettling and keep their distance.
Raymond continues to personally train him.
1988: Raymond Archer recalls the Lords home.
Though some have performed admirably in the field
(one is responsible for a seven-year campaign to estab-
lish the International Nuclear Forces Treaty between the
U.S. and U.S.S.R.), many are becoming reckless, and
endangering the Foundation’s mission, or worse. In
Armenia, the Lord of Reason sends two agent teams into
the lair of a known psychotic mastermind threatening to
test a new seismic explosive in the area. Though the
mastermind is eliminated, the explosive goes off, killing
both agent teams and leveling most of the cities of
Leninakan and Spitak. The death toll tops 100,000.
One of the returning Lords simply walks into an
office occupied by one of the Lords killed during an
over-exuberant field mission and sets up shop. No one
questions his actions, even though none have seen him
before — none, that is, save Raymond Archer, who
introduces himself as if they have never met. He gives
his name as Dr. Lothario Algernon. (For details about
Algernon’s return, see page 112.)
1989: One year after the death of the Guardians’
Control during the final days of the Iran-Iraq war,
the Chamber appoints a replacement — Conrad
Archer’s daughter, Aurora (Raymond’s half-sister).
This development is a shock to everyone, most of all
Raymond himself.
(New Year’s Eve) Just before midnight, Raymond
Archer announces that he will be completing his reor-
ganization of the Foundation within the next decade.
Then he will step down, leaving the mantle to his pro-
tegé, Two. He states that he is most comfortable leaving
the Conspiracy in the hands of someone “uninvolved
with the politics of running things.” His decision angers
many, and sets a large chunk of the Foundation’s ruling
class against its new leader.
The Foundation in the 1990s
The final decade of the 20th Century was a time of
rebuilding for the Foundation. Raymond Archer threw
himself completely into the reorganization, but many
104
wondered if his mind wasn’t so firmly planted on the
goal that he missed the milestones. As is the case with
such large projects, elements were missed, and others
were forgotten; in the end, Two was left with a
Foundation that was smaller and more efficient, but still
plagued with problems.
1990: Dr. Lothario Algernon uses Fringe abilities to
make everyone at the Foundation believe he is “just
another face in the halls.” Even Raymond Archer, who
knew Algernon during the early glory days (see 1950-
1953), doesn’t question his presence. Keeping out of the
way, Algernon quietly sets up a new “phantom” depart-
ment within the Foundation — Division Nihil — and
watches for missions featuring strange or unexplained
phenomenon, which he takes on himself.
Serial Killer Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (aka
“Citizen X” and “The Ripper of Rostov”) is captured after
a string of at least 53 murders. During his confession
and subsequent trial, he seemingly breaks down, flying
into rages without warning and calling himself “a mis-
take of nature, a mad beast.” Chikatilo is transported
from location to location in a steel cage. As with many
serial killers before, the Guardians intervene to conduct
an interview and are surprised to find someone else
already in session with the killer — Dr. Algernon.
Having stumbled onto the Guardians’ 1984 report while
scouring the Archive for discarded oddities, Algernon
now embraces the Guardians’ claim. During the ensuing
meeting, a deal is struck between Algernon’s Nihil
Division and the Guardian Chamber, in which they will
assist each other to pursue all things mystic and weird.
When news of this bargain reaches the Foundation’s
home office, most begin referring to Algernon as “the
Lord of Superstition.”
1991: ASIO and ASIS budgets are reduced to a point
that the Archer Foundation can no longer draw a sig-
nificant portion of its operating funds from the organi-
zations’ coffers, for fear of crippling their operations.
In response, the Foundation releases the technology
utilized by shoplifting prevention labels (U.S. Patent
5,337,040) to a private inventor in exchange for a sig-
nificant share of the profits. Originally developed by the
Shop for use in tracing gadgets, this technology allows
the Foundation to tag people or items (such as post
cards or money), which then set off silent alarms when
they pass through airport security and the like. After
selling the technology, the Foundation discontinues its
use in the field.
1992: Fade’s European network assembles dossiers
on members of the International Olympic Committee
and submits them to the Archer Foundation for review.
Special attention is paid to dossiers for those suspected
of improprieties during the selection process for the
1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.
 Chamber
Dr. Lothario Algernon ferrets out a potential
Architect threat within the Foundation itself. A book-
keeper named Harvey Seagle (see 1971) is spreading a
line of fringescript reading “grey squares only” that
effectively erases people’s memory of an event or per-
son. (It’s easy for Algernon to spot — he uses a similar
process to conceal his presence in the Foundation.)
1993: Raymond Archer enacts the first step of
his plan to revitalize ASIO and ASIS budgets, and
thus, government resources available to the Archer
Foundation. The plan is codenamed Operation:
MUNICH. Using leverage gained during the 1992 review,
Foundation operatives and their shadow community
allies pressure the IOC to name Sydney, Australia as the
host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
As part of Raymond Archer’s sweeping reorganiza-
tion, he shifts Room 39’s remaining psion development
responsibilities to the Foundation’s Office of Psion
Affairs, making it the only source for psion research
within the Conspiracy. The inconspicuous transfer of
dozens of personnel, who follow their work to Australia,
takes nearly 8 months.
During a performance of Madame Butterfly at the
Sydney Opera House, Two is propositioned by a woman
named Evette Brightman. The two share a torrid night
together and, though Two is overwhelmed by Evette’s
bold and frank manner, they maintain a passionate
stream of correspondence through the next two years.
1994: Lothario Algernon’s Nihil Division has
attracted or recruited nearly a dozen operatives, all
overzealous truth-seekers or pariahs of their home
offices. The divisions’ first large-scale operation is trig-
gered when another piece of fringescript is discovered in
Jodhpur, India, this time in cipher. When decoded, it
reads: “Eat. Breed. Repeat.” Curious about this strange
imperative, the fringewalkers travel to the site, only to
find evidence of a complex set of rules written in fringe-
script throughout the city’s beautiful blue walls.
Algernon recognizes the signs immediately: Jodhpur is
site of one of the original clone farms (see 1951). After
a survey of the city (and two brief run-ins with care-
takers programmed to kill interlopers), the fringewalkers
discover the farm, located deep beneath the bowels of
Maharanghar Fort, which overlooks the city. At the
farm’s center, near the clone vats, the fringewalkers
come up against an unexpected foe — Wilhelm
Schrader, suspended in a mobile fringe science tank
filled with life preserving fluid. He is protected by an
army of caretakers and a younger clone of himself, a
mystic creature he calls “Parallel.” Though the battle is
won and the clone farm destroyed, the cost is great —
Schrader escapes and one of Algernon’s new recruits is
killed. A few clones loyal to the Architects survive and
slip into the local population. It is impossible to elimi-
nate them without the risk of killing innocents.
105
1995: With Sydney named as the host city for the
2000 Summer Olympic Games, the burden of security
falls on the ASIO.
1997: The ASIO Olympics Coordination Branch is
formed, and the organization receives a (slightly)
increased budget. A portion of these monies are
siphoned off by the Archer Foundation.
The Foundation’s prototype undersea base Aquatica
is finished at the deepest point in the Baltic Sea (300 ft.
below the surface). Though compact and only useful for
staging operations in Europe, the Middle East, and
Russia, Aquatica is an unquestioned success and plans
commence immediately for a larger installation at a
deeper location elsewhere in the world.
1998: Marc Hodler, a member of the IOC executive
board, admits to bribes and other abuses of the host city
selection process dating back to the 1996 Atlanta
Games, as well as the 2000 Sydney Games and 2002
Salt Lake City Games. All parties involved deny the alle-
gations, from IOC president to the heads of the various
cities’ bid efforts.
Raymond Archer retires to the family sanctuary in
Iceland, leaving the Foundation, and the bulk of the
Conspiracy, to his surrogate son, Two. Comments range
from lukewarm to inflammatory. “He’s leaving the fate
of the world in the hands of a 23-year old!” is a com-
mon remark.
1999: An investigation of the selection process for
the Sydney 2000 games reveals that members of the
Sydney Olympic Committee and the IOC are in “techni-
cal violation” of the rules, but that they fall short of cor-
ruption. No mention is made of the Archer Foundation
in the course of the inquiry, nor does the investigation
reveal the Foundation’s interference in the bidding
process. One of Two’s first official decisions is heralded
as a success.
Two years before its break from the Conspiracy, the
Shop arranges for a cell of specialists to hack into the
Foundation’s central computer core. For two hours,
Chamber operatives using Icon ProStar systems are cut
off from their home office, and all computer-assisted
operations are halted. The reasons for this data blackout
are still unknown, though all five specialists involved
are currently detained in a Foundation holding cell.
They claim to know nothing of their employers’
motives.
Division Nihil is stretched to the limit in what they
now call “Ash Night” (New Year’s Eve, 1999). Over the
course of 12 hours, no less than 200 individual cases are
addressed, many of them only by video conference or a
phone call. Most are harmless fancy, but a few — includ-
ing a confrontation between Algernon’s personal unit
and Parallel at the top of the Sky Needle in Seattle,
Washington — are Architect designs, drawing power
from the frenzy surrounding the perceived turn of the
Millennium.
 Archer Foundation
Also on New Year’s Eve, Two’s 6-year on-again, off-
again relationship with Evette Brightman ends. She is
gone before he returns from the Archer Institute in the
morning, leaving an empty safe in the study of his
townhome and a note reading, “No matter what hap-
pens, we will always have Sydney.” (He realizes with
horror what has happened two days later, when reading
through a report from South America, within which is a
picture of Eva Kraus, his Evette. Two never mentions his
affair to anyone, not even Raymond Archer.)
The Foundation Today
After 52 years, the Foundation is still struggling to
balance the need for internal renovation with its
promise to the world. Under Two’s leadership, it is slow-
ly gaining ground with the second goal — his keen,
dispassionate mind is perfectly suited to orchestrate
an enormous web of spies, superspies, specialists, and
shadows in dangerous and uncertain times.
Unfortunately, his people skills less than ideal, and the
Foundation’s personnel are often left to their own
devices. So long as they perform their duties, they aren’t
closely monitored. This has fostered a top-heavy, over-
complicated bureaucracy with a “keep your head down
and your nose clean” ethic.
“THE CASTLE”
Raymond Archer learned the game of chess when he
was only five, taught by his father. In his time,
Raymond was considered quite good, though he fell
short of being a Master. He loved the game’s nuances,
its intricate, long-term strategy, and its grace. When
countering a problem, he often found himself breaking
it down in the same way that he considered potential
responses to the moves of an opponent, and searching
for that one perfect, winning combination of guile, pre-
cision, and bold fortune in his everyday life.
Thus, when the Pact was established, Raymond
turned to his passion for inspiration. He assigned a divi-
sion to each type of piece on the board, and designated
personnel within each division either black (field agents)
or white (agents bound to the home office). A third color
has been introduced since the Shop’s break — red, indi-
cating suspected traitors. This third designation is never
mentioned outside classified personnel files, which are
passed to the Lord Inquisitor (in charge of rooting out
traitors).
The Foundation’s structure, called “the Castle,”
remains in place today, and though it has had many
face lifts over the years, it is still largely as Raymond
conceived it. Likewise, the Castle’s mission and the rela-
tionships between the divisions remain the same,
though how people use and abuse those relationships
has changed dramatically. This section introduces the
106
Foundation’s mission as seen by the men and women
committed to it, and how its day-to-day operations are
conducted. Each division’s base function is listed (see
the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook for more), and fol-
lowed by any other relevant information, including
common bundles tailored just for operatives assigned to
that division.
Who we are
Foundation field agents are generally regarded very
highly by their peers — they are creative, quick on their
feet, and self-assured. Best of all, they are dissuaded by
their Chamber from assuming the leadership role they
would otherwise be expected to take (for fear of under-
mining a mission team’s synergy). This makes them an
excellent team resource without stifling team dynamics,
and the accolades most Foundation field agents receive
for their efforts make them unexpectedly upbeat, unas-
suming, and social.
Conditions are very different at the Foundation’s
home office, however. The pace of the world is faster
now, and the line between the white and black hats is
drawn much less sharply. Routine actions and decisions
are complex and draining, and most operatives can’t
simply go home at night sure that they’ve done their
best, or wake up ready to face another day confident
and fresh.
Today, the Foundation’s home office is mired in the
bureaucratic morass of attending to what are effective-
ly seven “pupil nations.” This has forced it to evolve like
a modern corporation rather than the familial support
structure that Raymond Archer originally envisioned.
Home office personnel now perform tasks not because
they want to make a difference, but because ignoring
such tasks would have severe consequences for the rest
of the world.
The incredible weight of this responsibility has a
negative impact on many home office personnel, espe-
cially newcomers. These wide-eyed idealists find their
dreams crushed between their own desire to do the best
they can and the Conspiracy’s need for them to do it
faster, better, and with less concern for the details. Some
are fortunate enough to be transferred to field status,
where they can deal with a comparatively limited num-
ber of variables at any time; the rest languish in home
office positions until they crack, or quit, or both.
The Symptoms of Conspiracy
The Foundation is unquestionably the best at its job
— administration of all types of intelligence and a glob-
al network of spies. But it is also an obese corporate
dinosaur, plagued by decades of micromanagement and
apathy. To call it it inept is too judgmental, but it suf-
fers from a growing gamut of symptoms that have never
been treated, all of which are eating away at its collec-
tive heart.
 Chamber
First and foremost, home office agents must always
work at a snail’s pace. The vast majority of the time, the
home office is a reactive entity, forced to respond to
something that has already happened — a criminal mas-
termind who has seized control of a missile silo, a third
world dictator who is invading a neighbor, a politician
who is searching for a government scapegoat for his
misappropriation of funds and latched onto a
Conspiracy cell as his target. Not only must the
Foundation’s home office be constantly on the watch
for any and all such problems (and a thousand more like
them), but once they identify one, they must act instant-
ly, often without due consideration.
Luckily, the Foundation is at its best during times of
crisis — with everyone trained to act on instinct, it’s
easy to contend with the unexpected. But without pride
in a finished product, many Foundation personnel find
themselves cutting corners, taking chances, and gener-
ally doing lazy, sloppy work.
With the growing number of mistakes made in such
an environment, those at the top of the food chain (Two
and the Lords) look for someone to take responsibility.
More and more, this results in home office agents
arranging ahead of time to pass the blame to someone
else, or attaching themselves to new recruits who will
take less abuse for their mistakes, or simply inviting so
many people into a division that when it fails, the blame
spreads into thinner slices.
Some of this is subconscious — home office agents
simply “do what everyone else does,” perpetuating the
poor work ethic until a new, lower standard is set.
Others use the system against itself, actively watching
for new, favored recruits, stealing their resources and
throwing them to the wolves or skirting responsibility
for so long that they are forgotten, phantoms walking
the halls with no purpose whom others merely assume
are doing something important.
This happens most commonly when a new problem
crops up. The Foundation typically responds by creating
a new position to deal with it. Unfortunately, these new
positions are often forgotten when the problem goes
away, allowing the people assigned to them to slip
through the cracks. With no day-to-day responsibility,
these phantom personnel can pursue their own agendas
— so long as they continue to look burdened. This can
be accomplished by duplicity, taking on meaningless
tasks that are never double-checked, or simply getting
involved in other people’s work, taking a stand for or
against something that will be considered a worthwhile
contribution (even if it isn’t).
Raymond Archer’s recent reorganization of the
Foundation (see page 104) was intended to sweep many
of these phantom agents out of the woodwork, either
forcing them into positions of use or eliminating them.
But a good number — those quietly operating under the

107
 Archer Foundation
radar for years or decades — continue to hide within the
Foundation’s unnecessarily complex system. Many
Lords and Bishops fall into this category, since part of
their charter includes private (and often undefined) pro-
jects outside normal channels. A specific example is the
Lord of Superstition, Dr. Lothario Algernon, and his
fringewalker unit. No one ever questions their motives
— or even follows up with assignments passed along to
their teams. Within the Foundation, the agents of
Division Nihil are just as invisible as the ghosts they
hunt.
If the Foundation were a public organization, it
would be just as vulnerable to external manipulation as
it is from its own people. As it is, there are a great many
who think that the Shop’s departure was only a matter
of time — “that it was destined to happen under these
circumstances.” They don’t say these things, however,
lest they wind up like the others who spoke up before
them. Those hapless agents don’t work at the
Foundation’s home office anymore — they’ve been
“reassigned.”
No one’s willing to ask where they’ve really gone.
The Lords (Command)
Function: Analysis, strategy, private projects.
There are hundreds of Lords on the books, though
only eleven keep offices at Archer headquarters. Some
Lords have certainly died over the years, though no
funerals are ever held for them, so no one can be sure
how many. Other Lords have retired, quit, or been
burned, but none of them are mentioned either. Only the
Lords themselves know their actual number, and a few
have likely hidden from even their eyes, living in for-
eign resort cities away from the home office without a
care in the world (save that they might be discovered
some day).
The Lords are a classic Old Boys’ Network, a collec-
tion of agents who have graduated or been put in
charge of the rest of the Chamber. Oftentimes, the Lords
have not performed the tasks they supervise in many
years (if at all), leading to inefficient or detrimental
policies that agents in their charge must endure. Most of
the time, the Lords are too busy with the big picture to
pay attention to the details, leaving their agents to deal
with them, or ignore them.
Most Lords seldom venture out into the field (unless
they are permanently stationed there), instead keeping
regular office hours and living in and around Australia.
Some have offices within the Foundation’s public think
tank, but none are required to. Without much pressure
from the outside world (at least, none that can’t be
passed off to subordinate agents) and few regular duties,
most Lords dedicate their time to personal projects (not
all of which are endorsed by the Foundation) and “play-
ing the game” (the internal game of politics described
under Symptoms of Conspiracy on page 106).
108
During his renovation of the Foundation’s internal
structure, Raymond Archer attempted to pair Lords off
in an attempt to keep them honest about their activities
(he called this “checking”). Unfortunately, this often
resulted in an adversarial challenge between Lords, or
an even stronger alliance than possible with the Lords
working alone. Worse, the Lords’ agents were usually
trapped in the middle of these affairs, used as bargain-
ing chips and in some cases expendable resources to
“one-up” a checked opponent. After several of these pri-
vate games resulted in agents injured (and in one case
killed), the practice of checking was discontinued.
Lords make mission assignments, which can be over-
ruled by Two, but rarely are. They usually seize the best
tasks for themselves — especially work involving lavish
and exotic locations and exciting opportunities with
other agencies — leaving the rest for their agent teams.
Bundles: Most Lords have individual gear needs
based on their private agendas and have no use for bun-
dles, though two bundles are available for common Lord
assignments:
Training Corp Bundle (White operation) – 10 BP
One set of fatigues
MREs (7 days)
Maps
Binoculars
Lantern
Magnetic compass
Survival kit
Recruitment Bundle (Black operation) – 10 BP
One set of trendy clothes
Target dossier (as information favor check, DC 20)
$5,000
Knights (Operations)
Function: Field analysis and operations (the vast
majority of character agents are knights, assuming
you’re playing a standard mission team format).
Knights suffer the least day-to-day fallout from the
Foundation’s bureaucratic engine, but they receive it
all at once, at the back-end of every mission. Never
stationed at the home office, they are responsible for
mountains of paperwork after every mission.
Industrious knights often build personal support crews
of specialists and pawns to do this menial work for
them, freeing themselves up to live the superspy life
enjoyed by operatives of the African Alliance and other
Chambers. Most Knights spend as little time physically
at the home office as possible, lest they be cornered in
the halls, interrogated by the Rooks, forced to listen to
the finest details of the Bishops’ latest creation, or
worse, sent on undesirable missions by the Lords.
Knights tend to be the most creative people working
for the Foundation, and those least susceptible to the
pitfalls of routine. While at the home office, they mere-
 Chamber
ly spin their wheels, but when in their element —
chasing down leads and dodging bullets in the field —
they are unstoppable. Their skill and dedication keeps
the Foundation on task, despite all the bureaucratic red
tape.
Knights are never assigned to the public think-tank.
Bundles: Knights have the greatest need for a wide
variety of gear bundles, as nearly every operation
involves a completely new challenge. Two of the most
common bundles are:
Field Analysis Bundle (White operation) – 20 BP
Foundation knights may take the investigation bun-
dle (see page 47) for only 20 BP instead of the usual 25.
Cleaner Bundle (Black operation) – 10 BP
Average clothes
Sunglasses
Flashlight
Bleach with spray bottle
One-time immunity (as legal favor check, DC 20)
Rooks (Counterintelligence)
Function: Physical defenses, protection from enemy
espionage, “loyalty testing” (rooting out traitors).
Rooks are perhaps the most critical component of
the Foundation staff, though they are rarely noticed
until there’s a problem. Due to the meticulous nature of
their position, rooks are generally buried beneath so
much work that they rarely have time to develop new
strategies or assignments, let alone personal lives. Rooks
almost invariably perform their duties because they are
the most qualified people to do it, and take pride in the
fact that the Foundation still functions well — without
them, it would have all fallen apart long ago.
Rooks are never assigned to the public think-tank.
Bundles: Of all the Foundation’s divisions, the Rooks
require the least regular gear. Most of their function
requires nothing more than a keen eye and an able
gauge for deception. Still, two types of Rooks typically
requisition materials to assist their missions:
Backwasher Bundle (White operation) – 10 BP
Cell phone
Laptop (+1 power rating)
with image processing software
Press credentials
$5,000
Bookkeeper Bundle (Black operation) – 10 BP
Trendy clothes
PDA
Hand-held lie detector
2 doses of sodium pentothal
109
Bishops (Research
& Development)
Function: Psion development and testing, gadget
creation, problem solving and brainstorming.
Outside the Lords, the Bishops receive the best treat-
ment and resources available at the Foundation. The
cornerstone of worldwide psion development, the
Bishops have a wide berth to develop ideas as they like,
so long as mission teams continue to be adequately
equipped. The Bishops operate in relative solitude with-
in their own section of the Canberra installation — three
entire floors dedicated just to their operations — which
no one outside the Lords and special guests may to visit.
They also have the lightest day-to-day workload, and
are even allowed to hand many activities (such as field
testing and the construction of mundane parts) to other
agents. The Lords and their underlings even tackle the
Bishops’ administrative duties. Presumably, all this
allows for “random bouts of inspiration” to become
“genius works of technological art”.
Many Bishops double as part of the public think-
tank, where their talents are especially useful to outside
governments, militaries, and intelligence agencies.
Bundles: Bishops are wont to simply “whip up”
gadgets when needed, but most must still requisition
standard-issue gear:
Ego Trust Bundle (White operation) – 10 BP
Lab coat (average clothes)
+1 GP (may only be spent on gadget options)
Office of Psion Affairs Bundle (Black operation)
– 10 BP
One set of average clothes
Standard camera
with commercial grade film
2 cans of spray paint
Evidence kit
Hand-held lie detector
Knockout drug
1 liquid skin patch
Pawns (Support)
Function: Data collection, world affairs study, mis-
sion finance and transportation.
Most Pawns do not work directly for the Foundation.
Rather, they are drawn from the regular populace for
their skills, which are usually scientific, clerical, or oth-
erwise outside the expertise of most superspies. Some
Pawns know they work for a global society of spies, but
most do not. Only the most trusted may enter the
Canberra headquarters, where they are “quarantined” by
the Rooks until they (and their backgrounds) pass
muster. They then receive assignments close to home
 Archer Foundation
Callan, Jack
Codename: MARIANIS
Aliases: John Patrick Callan, “Honest” John, Jack
Callan, Lord of Aquatica
Archer Identity Number: 05-433989-017
Nationality: Australian
Gender: Male Handedness: Right
Height: 6’0” Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: Baby Blue Hair: Black
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: Perth, Australia
Date of Birth: 1957.09.12
Distinguishing Characteristics: None.
Background
Jack Callan, current control of the Archer
Foundation’s Aquatica facility (see page 138), is consid-
ered a workaholic even among the Foundation’s Lords.
For years, in his role as bookkeeper Lord of Concealment,
he was responsible for keeping the Foundation’s activi-
ties out of the public eye. His crowning achievement,
Operation: MUNICH (see page 105), was also his last as
part of that division.
Today, Callan is the new Control of Aquatica. He
attacks the workload at his new post with relish, and
considers the well-being of his operatives to be priority
one. He views the recent mystery surrounding Aquatica
(see page 14) to be a personal challenge and works long
hours in an effort to unravel the conundrum.
Affable and earthy, Callan is the poster boy for blue
collar workers everywhere. But underneath this rugged
exterior is an agile and cunning mind. Usually dressed in
a simple laborer’s shirt and denim jeans, Callan seems to
revel in defying agents’ preconceived notions of their
Control. On one occasion, he slipped into a newly
assigned group of agents for two days. The team didn’t
discover his ruse until two days later, during their first
mission briefing at the Aquatica facility. Though Callan
enjoys such ruses, he never lies when asked a direct
question (which is how he came by the nickname
“Honest” John). Instead, he simply finds creative ways
to dodge the question.
Jack Callan, 7th-level pointman/2nd-level snoop/4th level
lord, Department: Training, CR 13. SZ M; v/wp: 74/13; Init:
+7 (+6 class, +1 Dex); Speed 30ft.; Def +8 (+7 class +1 dex);
Atk: SIG-SAUER P-226 +10 (1d12), speargun +10 (1d6); Face
1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV
Fort +7 Ref +9 Will +13; Str 14, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 17, Wis
12, Cha 13; Skills: Balance +10, Bluff +8, Boating +13,
Bureaucracy +6, Climb +14, Computer +7, Concentration
+4, Cryptography +7, Demolitions +10, Diplomacy +6,
Driver +3, Escape Artist +6, First Aid +6, Hide +10, Listen +7,
Move Silent +10, Open Lock +5, Search +11, Sport (Scuba
Diving) +20, Spot +9, Survival +6, Swim +20, Tumble +6.
Feats: Advanced Skill Mastery (athletic), Alertness, Athletic,
Career Agent, Point Blank Shot, Training, Wave Runner.
Gear: Weapons, average clothes, aquatic operations bundle.
Gadgets and Vehicles: Diving drone.
110
(usually within the Archer Institute for the Sciences),
where they can be monitored for at least a year before
they are let out into the field again.
Pawns are generally overworked by the Foundation,
and usually regarded as little more than means to an
end. When their usefulness comes to an end — assum-
ing they haven’t been let into the Conspiracy yet — they
are often dropped without a second glance (though the
Foundation arranges for decent severance packages and
makes sure they carry no undue resentment, just in case
they ever want to use them again).
Pawns often begin their time with the Foundation
without the jaded preconceptions their superiors share.
When they work side by side with Foundation person-
nel for the first time, they are typically taken aback,
unable to grasp why career spies are so grim and grum-
ble so often.
Bundles: In the rare event that specialists are issued
Foundation gear, they generally receive one of the
following bundles:
Support Staff Bundle (White operation) — 10 BP
Average clothes
Road maps
Courier pouch
Police scanner
Disguise kit
2× travel arrangements (as transportation favor
check, DC 10)
Specialist Bundle (Black operation) — 10 BP
Laptop (+2 power rating)
with high speed modem
Any two manuals (+2 gear bonus to one skill)
Division Nihil
Function: Shadow history exploration, dealing with
the unknown and the unexplained.
When Dr. Lothario Algernon escaped from the Fringe
(see his NPC description on page 112 for more), he
found it child’s play to manipulate the Foundation’s
byzantine political landscape. With the help of his
Fringe abilities, he simply set up a new division and
made it appear to have been part of the Chamber from
the start (or at least for as long as everyone can remem-
ber). Most Foundation personnel don’t think about
Division Nihil very often — most say “it’s not even on
the board.” Algernon and his recruits like to think that
they’ve set up their own board — with 32 clear pieces.
Bundles: Unless otherwise demanded by the mission
parameters, most Division Nihil agents requisition the
following gear package:
Fringewalker Bundle (Black operation) — 20 BP
Members of Division Nihil may acquire the paranor-
mal operations bundle (see page 47) for only 20 BP
instead of the usual 25.
 Chamber
Chamber Relationships Company: Foundation operatives once openly
scorned the Company for its flagrant disregard of the
The Foundation micro-manages the other Chambers
Cloak. Today, however, Foundation agents have new-
from time to time, elevating caution to suspicion. This
found respect for Company men, whom they feel have
has alienated some parts of the Conspiracy and irritated
worked very hard to drag themselves out of the deepest
the rest. “Had the Foundation spent as much time
pits of shame. “They’ve done their time,” the Knights
preparing for betrayal from within its own ranks as
say, “and deserve another chance.”
without,” one African Alliance agent quipped, “the Shop
European Commonwealth: Despite similar methods
might not be a concern.” Foundation field agents, on
(the European Commonwealth’s internal structure is
the other hand, tend to work well with the rest of the
equally complex and conspiratorial), neither of these
rest of the Conspiracy. The following are some brief
Chambers has established a lasting bridge with the
notes about their particular views toward each other
other. Barring personal history, the relationships
Chamber.
between agents of the Foundation and Commonwealth
African Alliance: Foundation opinions about their
remain entirely dispassionate.
African Alliance counterparts are roughly split between
Guardians of the Whispering Knife: The wartime OPS
envy (of their exciting jet-set lifestyle) and ridicule (of
maintained strong ties with the Guardians, first estab-
their devil-may-care approach to missions). Luckily,
lished with its predecessor, Room 39. These bonds con-
conflicts are rare between Foundation agents and those
tinue today, and agents of both Chambers consider their
from the Alliance, and easily defused.
counterparts staunch allies. The strongest ties with the

111
 Archer Foundation
Guardians, however, are owned by Dr. Algernon and
Division Nihil, who frequently call upon them for
shadespeaker assistance and mystic advice.
Pan-Asian Collective: Given the recent rise of the
Cult of Ten Suns (see page 41) — which the Foundation
still suspects may be a PAC front — agents of the
Australian Chamber are extremely reluctant to trust
their northern neighbors at the moment. Some even
point to the PAC’s PsiTech research facilities as likely
Shop safe houses, and privately seek proof of the claim.
Room 39: Between the cultural similarities already in
place and Raymond Archer’s personal efforts to keep
Foundation opinion of Room 39 favorable, these two
Chambers have always had very strong ties. Though
Room 39 agents find the Foundation’s home office envi-
ronment stifling at the very least, field agents of both
Chambers work together fluidly.
Russian Confederacy: Foundation agents find the sit-
uation in Russia appalling, and not a little depressing.
They genuinely want to help the Confederacy in their
uphill struggle, but question the extreme methods which
seem to be commonplace on both sides of the conflict.
Many find themselves uncertain of even the most reli-
able operatives of the Russian Chamber. Every bond
between these Chambers is a hard-fought victory.
N EW F EATURE
NPCS
Four NPCs are presented here for use in your games
— the head of Division Nihil and three members of the
Straight Arrow Pest Control cleaner agency — each with
three statistics packages, depending on your agent
team’s level of play.
Algernon, Dr. Lothario
Codename: CHANCE
Aliases: The Lord of Superstition
Archer Identity Number: 00-000049-916
Nationality: British
Gender: Male Handedness: Right
Height: 6'0" Weight: 160 lbs.
Eyes: Ice blue Hair: Black (short, cropped)
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Date of Birth: 1911.09.29
Distinguishing Characteristics: Lanky, thin skin,
polarizing stare.
Background
Lord of Superstition Dr. Lothario Algernon is one of
only two men in history to have passed beyond the veil
of death and come back. In 1953, Project: SILENT SPEC-
TRE was mounted by a supremely overconfident cadre
of Foundation explorers — men who thought they could
112
conquer death itself. Dr. Algernon looked forward to
this new expedition. He’d spent enough time with the
Guardians of the Whispering Knife to know that there
was nothing to fear beyond the last, gasping breaths of
life, and expected to return with an incredible new
understanding of the human soul.
But he was wrong. They all were. When they acti-
vated the device they’d constructed to transport them
into the Fringe (built from notes stolen from Nikola
Tesla), it destroyed the entire building housing the
experiment, leaving behind a gaping crater, and a crip-
pled ex-Nazi scientist named Wilhelm Schrader (see
page 118). None of the explorers were ever seen again
— except Dr. Algernon.
On the Other Side, a vicious battle erupted between
the surviving explorers: about who should lead them,
what they should do, where they should go, and most
importantly, whether they should destroy the device
that had brought them over into the Fringe — the device
which still ran in a corner of their shattered Foundation
research suite. During the struggle, Algernon slipped
away, fleeing deeper into the Fringe. He ran for forty
more years before he finally made it home.
The survivors of Project: SILENT SPECTRE eventual-
ly formed the threat now known as the Architects of the
Fringe. Algernon knows the danger these men represent
all too well — after all, they hunted him for almost forty
years before he found a way back home — and he’s ded-
icated his remaining life to destroying them, or isolat-
ing them on the Other Side forever.
Algernon’s master plan revolves around the device
constructed from Tesla’s notes, still in the Architects’
possession. So long as it runs, he believes, they remain
free and capable of stupendous feats of mystic power
(including the ability to temporarily merge the Fringe
with a limited area of the physical world and the subju-
gation of hundreds, if not thousands, of enraged
ghosts). Algernon seeks a way to either force the
Architects, and the device, to manifest here in the phys-
ical world, or to send another team of agents into the
Fringe, to destroy it. Either way, with the device
destroyed, the Architects’ power will be torn away and
their threat neutralized.
To fulfill this long-term goal, Algernon has returned
to the organization that spawned Project: SILENT SPEC-
TRE, the Archer Foundation, and set up a division
ostensibly dedicated to seeking out lost truths of the
shadow history which might yield important informa-
tion about present-day enemies and challenges.
At least one person knows the truth about this phan-
tom division and Algernon’s history — the Foundation’s
current Control, Two. A telepath of incalculable
strength, Two saw through Algernon’s plot with ease,
and demanded to know what the man thought he was
doing. Two was also able to confirm the veracity of
Algernon’s story, and struck a bargain with him —
 Chamber
Algernon could continue his personal quest, so long as Attacks
it didn’t interfere with Foundation business, and he and Colt M1911A1 +4 1d12
the “fringewalkers” of Division Nihil remained on call
Gear: Investigative operations and paranormal
for assignments involving strange or unexplained phe-
operations bundles
nomena (some of which are real, some of which are
imagined, and some of which are largely unconnected Common Gadgets: Any
to the Foundation or its enemies).
Algernon uses his new fringe abilities and enormous Mid-Level Algernon
personal charisma to convince everyone at the Archer Chamber: Archer Foundation
Foundation that “Division Nihil” has always been there, Department: Training Corp
and that it’s merely been quiet until recently (“After all, Class: Snoop/Wheelman/Fringewalker
how much was there for us to do before the abductions Level: 3/2/7
started up and Bigfoot came back down from the moun-
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 12
tain?”). Two assists when necessary.
Constitution: 16 Intelligence: 18
Only two people other than the Foundation Control
Wisdom: 13 Charisma: 13
know Dr. Algernon’s true origins — Sara Lloyd (the person
he first made contact with from the Other Side, in 1982), Vitality: 103 Wounds: 16
and the enigmatic European Commonwealth Control,
Defense: 23 (+12 class, +1 Dex)
Fade (who managed to bring Algernon across by luring
Initiative Bonus: +10 (+9 class, +1 Dex)
the Architects to bring the Fringe to Earth and anchoring
Speed: 30
him here when the Fringe left — for more about this event,
see the forthcoming European Commonwealth Chamber Fort: +9 Ref: +9 Will: +11
Book). Fade and Ms. Lloyd remain two of Dr. Algernon’s
Skills: Appraise +10, Bureaucracy +9,
closest allies in this new and uncertain age.
Computers +10, Concentration +10, Cryptography +16,
Algernon’s former colleagues on the Other Side peri-
Diplomacy +8, Electronics +19, Gather Information +6,
odically hire assassins of all types (ghostly, human, and
Intimidate +7, Knowledge (Occult) +9, Mechanics +6,
other) to end his crusade. None have yet succeeded,
Professional (Researcher) +8, Read Lips +4, Search +10,
thanks largely to the agents of Division Nihil. The
Sense Motive +16, Spot +10, Surveillance +16
Architects also send operatives to foil the activities of
Division Nihil, hoping to disable Algernon’s defense Feats: Decipher Fringescript, False Start (Grease
structure. Most have been deflected, but the struggle Monkey), Grease Monkey, Like to Like, Scholarly,
continues without a clear victor in sight. Scribble, Spoil, Strange Inscription, Unshakable

Low-Level Algernon Attacks

Chamber: Archer Foundation Colt M1911A1 +8 1d12
Department: Training Corp
Gear: Investigative operations and paranormal oper-
Class: Snoop/Wheelman/Fringewalker
ations bundles
Level: 3/2/2
Common Gadgets: Any
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 11
Constitution: 16 Intelligence: 18 High-Level Algernon
Wisdom: 13 Charisma: 13
Chamber: Archer Foundation
Vitality: 60 Wounds: 16 Department: Training Corp
Class: Snoop/Wheelman/Fringewalker
Defense: 16 (+6 class)
Level: 6/2/10
Initiative Bonus: +4 (+4 class)
Speed: 30 Strength: 10 Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 17 Intelligence: 18
Fort: +6 Ref: +5 Will: +7
Wisdom: 13 Charisma: 13
Skills: Computers +8, Concentration +6,
Vitality: 140 Wounds: 17
Diplomacy +8, Electronics +16, Gather Information +6,
Intimidate +7, Knowledge (Occult) +7, Mechanics +8, Defense: 25 (+14 class, +1 Dex)
Professional (Researcher) +7, Read Lips +4, Search +9, Initiative Bonus: +12 (+11 class, +1 Dex)
Sense Motive +11, Spot +7, Surveillance +11 Speed: 30
Feats: False Start (Grease Monkey), Grease Monkey, Fort: +10 Ref: +10 Will: +12
Like to Like, Unshakable

113
 Archer Foundation
Skills: Appraise +16, Bureaucracy +13, Computers
+12, Concentration +10, Cryptography +22, Diplomacy
+8, Electronics +27, Gather Information +12,
Intimidate +7, Knowledge (Occult) +9, Mechanics +8,
Open Locks +11, Professional (Researcher) +14, Read
Lips +10, Search +13, Sense Motive +22, Spot +13,
Surveillance +22
Feats: Curdle, Decipher Fringescript, False Start
(Grease Monkey), Grease Monkey, Like to Like, Private
Identity, Scholarly, Scribble, Spoil, Strange Inscription,
Strange Verse, Unshakable
Attacks
Colt M1911A1 +13 1d12
Gear: Investigative operations and paranormal
operations bundles
Common Gadgets: Any
Cruz, Delicea L.
Codename: MISTRESS
Aliases: “Satine Amante"
Archer Identity Number: None
Nationality: United States of America
Gender: Female Handedness: Right
Height: 5'3" Weight: 116 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
Psion Class: Non-latent
Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Date of Birth: 1971.04.01
Distinguishing Characteristics: Small tattoo of Sacred
Heart on the small of her back, has a fondness for black
leather or latex clothing
Background
Delicea Cruz was a rough-and-tumble tomboy until
the onset of adolescence, at which point she discovered
the joys of pitting her feminine wiles against the
unsuspecting world. Today, the self-proclaimed "pro-sex
feminist" wears these same charms with the brazen
confidence earned from dozens of romantic conquests.
An accomplished athlete and student, Cruz was head
cheerleader, captain of the varsity girls diving team,
captain of the speech and debate club, and valedictorian
of her high school graduating class. She received a full
scholarship to study overseas at Central Queensland
114
University in Brisbane, Australia and earned an under-
graduate degree in Human Resource Management,
which she quickly followed with a Masters of Business
Administration. Her exceptional work and radical
business ideas caught the attention of the Archer
Foundation and earned her several impressive offers
from the private quarter. Cruz has consistently refused
these recruitment offers, choosing instead to backpack
across Europe and pose as a centerfold model for a pop-
ular men's magazine, and most recently joined the
Straight Arrow cleaner agency as a field executive.
Though this places her in a working relationship with
the Archer Conspiracy, she is able to maintain her much
valued independence.
Delicea’s early assignments involved coordinating
the activities of a group of agents posing as interna-
tional fashion models, yielding results that far surpassed
the Foundation's wildest expectations. Four years later,
when the CEO of Straight Arrow Pest Control resigned
after an apparent emotional breakdown, Cruz was the
the organization’s first choice as his replacement. She
has since earned a reputation for achieving anything
and everything she sets her mind to.
Cruz plays as hard as she works, studying pop
culture with the same intensity as business reports.
In her limited personal time, she frequents dance clubs
and concerts that won’t be trendy for at least another
month, and often pens erotic poetry and fiction under
the name “Satine Amante."
Low-Level Cruz
Chamber: Archer Foundation
Department: Home Office (0)
Class: Pointman
Level: 7
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 11 Intelligence: 17
Wisdom: 16 Charisma: 18
Vitality: 44 Wounds: 11
Defense: 15 (+3 class, +2 Dex)
Initiative Bonus: +9 (+3 class, +2 Dex, +4 Improved
Initiative)
Speed: 30
Fort: +4 Ref: +6 Will: +8
 Chamber
Skills: Bluff +13, Bureaucracy +12, Diplomacy +12, Vitality: 118 Wounds: 11
Driver +6, First Aid +7, Hobby (Photography) +7,
Defense: 19 (+7 class, +2 Dex)
Innuendo +9, Intimidate + 11, Knowledge (Business
Initiative Bonus: +13 (+7 class, +2 Dex, +4
Administration) +8, Open Lock +6, Profession (Writing)
Improved Initiative)
+9, Sense Motive +11
Speed: 30
Feats: Evasion, Improved Initiative, Land Dancer,
Fort: +9 Ref: +10 Will: +16
Martial Arts
Skills: Bluff +28, Bureaucracy +26, Computers +10,
Attacks Diplomacy +28, Driver +7, First Aid +7, Hobby
H&K SOCOM +7 1d12 (Photography) +9, Innuendo +11, Intimidate + 17,
Boot knife +5 1D4 Knowledge (Business Administration) +13, Open
Lock +8, Profession (Writing) +13, Sense Motive +24
Gear: Per assignment
Feats: Evasion, Expertise, Improved Initiative, Iron
Common Gadgets: Sub-cochlear implant
Will, Lane Dancer, Martial Arts, Point Blank Shot,
Mid-Level Cruz Precise Shot
Chamber: Archer Foundation Attacks
Department: Home Office (0)
H&K SOCOM +15 1d12
Class: Pointman
Boot knife +13 1D4
Level: 13
Gear: Per Assignment
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 12 Intelligence: 17 Common Gadgets: Sub-cochlear implant
Wisdom: 16 Charisma: 19
Vitality: 76 Wounds: 11
Valentine, Ace T.
Codename: MAGUS
Defense: 17 (+5 class, +2 Dex) Aliases: The “Ace Of Hearts”
Initiative Bonus: +11 (+5 class, +2 Dex, +4 Archer Identity Number: 11-307624-107 (Retired)*
Improved Initiative) Nationality: United States of America
Speed: 30 Gender: Male Handedness: Both
Height: 5’9” Weight: 160 lbs.
Fort: +7 Ref: +8 Will: +11
Eyes: Light Brown Hair: Dark Brown
Skills: Bluff +22, Bureaucracy +20, Computers +7, Psion Class: Non-latent
Diplomacy +21, Driver +6, First Aid +7, Hobby Place of Birth: Big Spring, Texas, USA
(Photography) +8, Innuendo +11, Intimidate + 14, Date of Birth: 1969.09.26
Knowledge (Business Administration) +10, Open Distinguishing Characteristics: Leaves an ace of
Lock +6, Profession (Writing) +11, Sense Motive +17 hearts playing card with a single folded corner at
incident sites
Feats: Evasion, Improved Initiative, Lane Danger,
* Ace retired from the Company in 1998.
Martial Arts, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot

Attacks
Background
When Ace Valentine joined the Company, he
H&K SOCOM +11 1d12
deprived Hollywood of possibly the best natural
Boot knife +9 1D4
acting talent of his generation. A Rhodes Scholar with
Gear: Per Assignment degrees in Psychology and English Literature, Ace has
only performed in one theatrical production —
Common Gadgets: Sub-cochlear implant
Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. Appropriately,
High-Level Cruz he played “Valentine” (reportedly because he fancied the
woman playing “Silvia”).
Chamber: Archer Foundation
Ace's time with the Company was brief but excep-
Department: Home Office (0)
tional. He excelled with subterfuge and hand-to-hand
Class: Pointman
combat, making use of a wide variety of everyday items
Level: 18
as lethal weapons. Clearly not a pacifist, he still became
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 14 troubled by what he deemed unnecessary force, and
Constitution: 12 Intelligence: 17 protested loudly to his superiors. A disastrous wetworks
Wisdom: 16 Charisma: 20 mission in El Salvador proved his breaking point; he

115
 Archer Foundation
didn't burn any bridges when he resigned, but there Fort: +8 Ref: +5 Will: +8
were enough sparks to warrant a fire hazard.
Skills: Appraise +7, Bluff +18, Cultures +9,
Ace has been a mask for hire ever since. His services
Disguise +15, Gather Information +10, Hide +11,
have been enlisted by corporations, governments, and
Innuendo +7, Knowledge (English) +7, Knowledge
agents of almost every shadow community in the world,
(Psychology) +7, Move Silently +11, Open Lock +8,
though his most frequent source of contracts is the
Perform (Acting) +18, Sense Motive +10, Spot +9,
Straight Arrow cleaner agency. He is quite selective
Use Rope +9
about the jobs he accepts, however, only working for the
right cause and the right price. Feats: Holding Basics, Holding Mastery, Martial Arts,
Ace frequently imitates his targets or assumes the Sidestep, Silver Tongue, Stealthy
identity of obscure literary characters while in the field.
Attacks
Low-Level Valentine Fist +9 1d6
Chamber: Archer Foundation Garrote +9 Special
Department: Damage Control Makarov 9mm +10 2d4
Class: Faceman Remington 870 Wingmaster +10 4d4+2/2d10+1
Level: 5
Gear: Lockpicking kit, mini-flashlight
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 14 Intelligence: 16 High-Level Valentine
Wisdom: 14 Charisma: 17 Chamber: Archer Foundation
Department: Damage Control
Vitality: 42 Wounds: 14
Class: Faceman
Defense: 16 (+2 department, +3 class, +1 Dex) Level: 18
Initiative Bonus: +5 (+4 class, +1 Dex)
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 14
Speed: 30
Constitution: 14 Intelligence: 16
Fort: +5 Ref: +2 Will: +5 Wisdom: 15 Charisma: 17
Skills: Appraise +4, Bluff +6, Cultures +4, Disguise Vitality: 140 Wounds: 14
+10, Gather Information +5, Hide +8, Innuendo +4,
Defense: 28 (+5 department, +11 class, +2 Dex)
Knowledge (English) +4, Knowledge (Psychology) +4,
Initiative Bonus: +16 (+14 class, +2 Dex)
Move Silently +6, Open Lock +5, Perform (Acting) +11,
Speed: 30
Sense Motive +10, Spot +4, Use Rope +4
Fort: +10 Ref: +8 Will: +10
Feats: Holding Basics, Martial Arts, Silver Tongue
Skills: Appraise +7, Bluff +26, Cultures +9,
Attacks Disguise +24, Gather Information +15, Hide +19,
Fist +3 1d6 Innuendo +10, Knowledge (English) +10, Knowledge
Garrote +3 Special (Psychology) +11, Move Silently +19, Open Lock +15,
Makarov 9mm +4 2d4 Perform (Acting) +26, Sense Motive +15, Spot +10,
Remington 870 Wingmaster +4 4d4+2/2d10+1 Use Rope +9
Gear: Lockpicking kit, mini-flashlight Feats: Advanced Skill Mastery (Mimic), Advanced
Skill Mastery (Stealthy), Holding Basics, Holding
Mid-Level Valentine Mastery, Martial Arts, Sidestep, Silver Tongue, Stealthy
Chamber: Archer Foundation
Department: Damage Control Attacks
Class: Faceman Fist +13 1d6
Level: 12 Garrote +13 Special
Makarov 9mm +15 2d4
Strength: 10 Dexterity: 13
Remington 870 Wingmaster +15 4d4+2/2d10+1
Constitution: 14 Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 15 Charisma: 17 Gear: Lockpicking kit, mini-flashlight
Vitality: 80 Wounds: 14 Common Gadgets: Sub-cochlear implant, ballistic or
memory flesh, disguise enhancer suit
Defense: 22 (+4 department, +7 class, +1 Dex)
Initiative Bonus: +11 (+10 class, +1 Dex)
Speed: 30

116
 New Threats
NEW THREATS
Beside the mounting threats posed by the Shop —
here illustrated by the explosive Villain X and a far
more subtle danger in the Foundation’s own support
structure called Club Demetrian — this episode presents
two all-new threats, including the misguided doomsday
saviors of the Cult of the Ten Suns and a calculating
long-term threat from the Foundation’s roots: the mas-
ters of freak chance, the Architects of the Fringe.
Special Note: Unlike the serials first presented in the
Spycraft Espionage Handbook and the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, we’ve included staging notes for one
possible use of each threat throughout the following
text. Since each threat is presented in reverse order
(from the last serial to the first), it might help to read
these sections in the correct order (from first serial to
last).
The Architects of the
Fringe
Code: Black (Division Nihil)/None (everyone else)
This short-season (3-serial) threat is appropriate for
a team of 12th-level agents.
This season allows the agents to follow a series of
faint clues pointing to the Architects of the Fringe, a
vastly powerful splinter group intent on controlling the
world from beyond the grave. The Architects are a for-
midable enemy — they are removed from the normal
playing field (now existing physically only on the Other
Side), they are effectively immortal (never aging or
dying), and they feel no pain because of the physical
world (as normal lingering spirits do).
Finally, and perhaps most incredibly, the Architects
seem to possess some limited power over fate itself. Dr.
Algernon has conducted many carefully-constructed
studies and all his results agree — many seemingly ran-
dom events can be linked to the Architects’ desires.
From car doors smashing fingers and other minor
annoyances to freak accidents and twists of fate that
leave dozens dead or mangled (such as an electrical
surge that knocks out a traffic light or a million-to-one
runaway tractor incident that kills twelve), Algernon
believes that all these events are potentially a hallmark
of the Architects. (As yet, all of this is conjecture — Dr.
Algernon has not been able to conclusively prove that
such powers are even possible, let alone that the
Architects are capable of them.)
Special Note: While the Architects are an official ele-
ment of the Shadowforce Archer world, their methods
and goals are often far removed from the experiences of
most agents. The Architects are not closely tied to future
117
world developments, and are provided as a unique
threat that GCs may tailor to their campaigns without
fear of contradicting Shadowforce Archer plotlines.
MP Cost: 509
Resources: 2 (28 BP for minions, 43 BP for hench-
men and foils, 53 BP for masterminds)
Gadgets: 4 (4 gadget points per serial)
Loyalty: 7 (+7 to loyalty checks)
HQ Personnel: 6 HQ Security: 6
Serial Three: Wilhelm
Schrader
Wilhelm Schrader was one of the brilliant visionar-
ies behind Project: SILENT SPECTRE (see page 99), the
Foundation’s clandestine foray into the nature of the
Fringe. Considered a hero by the Allies for smuggling
information out of Germany during the second World
War, Schrader was actually working both sides against
the middle, selling secrets to all parties involved.
After the end of the war, Schrader was extracted
from Europe to Australia and brought into the fold at
Room 39’s sister cell, the OPS. Working with Drs.
Lothario Algernon and Alexander Omen (see page 119),
Schrader brought many projects to completion, includ-
ing SILENT SPECTRE. Early in the project Schrader real-
ized that Algernon’s theories might unlock a pathway to
unbelievable power, and arranged for most of the first
(and only) Fringe expedition team to be composed of his
own supporters and other loyal cronies. In 1953,
Wilhelm Schrader was poised to become the most pow-
erful figure in history, but when the Fringe transference
device was activated the ex-Nazi found himself left
behind, physically mangled (Schrader has since con-
cluded that the super-soldier experiments performed on
him by the Abgrund were responsible for his unfortunate
fate — see page 95 and 99 for more).
Five years later, Schrader received a visit from the
survivors of the Fringe expedition, who demanded that
he help them build a power base on Earth. Under threat
of death — and soul capture — Schrader became the first
physical ally of the Architects of the Fringe. Schrader
has been the hub of the Architects’ physical organiza-
tion for nearly 50 years. In that time, and with the
Architects’ help, Schrader has developed formidable
fringe and psion abilities and mastered the elusive
secrets of fringescript as well. His 1953 injuries still
haunt him, however; he is confined to a massive life-
support system contained within a slow-moving tank
not unlike an iron lung, and must be wheeled from
place to place by his minions.
Schrader has more than a few powerful allies in the
world, including a freelance agent codenamed Parallel.
This trustworthy henchman bears a striking resemblance
to Schrader, and is in fact his clone (created from
research begun in the late 1940s by Schrader and Dr.
 Archer Foundation
Freak Accidents in Play
As illustrated by the Fringe feats and abilities pre-
sented in Chapter 3, influence over the Other Side can
have strange and unexpected effects on the physical
world. The Architects, who have lived in the Fringe for
nearly 50 years, have honed this influence to a razor-
sharp weapon. They can, with concentrated effort, have
tangible effects on the physical world. These effects are
frequently mistaken for ironic twists of fate, freak acci-
dents, and the like, while in reality, there is a conscious
mind guiding them behind the scenes.
Perhaps the best pop culture example of this control
over the Fringe is seen in the movie Final Destination, in
which a group of teenagers are hunted by Death after
they disembark a plane that explodes moments after
liftoff. The teenagers are killed, one by one, by incredi-
ble mishaps — one escapes certain death (again) when he
flees a car that’s stalled in front of a speeding train, only
to be decapitated by one of the car’s hubcaps, flung from
the exploding vehicle.
These types of remarkable yet totally plausible event
chains are an Architect speciality, though the villains use
them sparingly for two reasons. First, one or more
Architects must be in the parallel Fringe location to the
events they wish to cause in the real world, and second,
causing such effects is extremely taxing, and often debil-
itating. When necessary, however, the Fringe-dwellers’
power over chance provides them with an excellent way
to neutralize (or eliminate) those enemies who have
grown too strong or learned too much.
Mechanics: GCs can use this Architect power to real-
ly spook their players. After all, how creepy is the idea
that you might fall victim to chance at any time, that
fate itself wants you dead? When the Architects use this
power, the GC should treat it like remote use of the
Levitation or Poltergeist psion skills (see the Shadowforce
Archer Worldbook, page 188), with two restrictions.
First, each use of either power costs the GC 1 action die
(in addition to the vitality cost that the Architect pays).
Second, all uses of both powers must follow the laws of
physics (e.g. inanimate objects may not move on their
own power, nor may objects move in impossible ways,
such as sliding up an incline or leaping from a surface).
Finally, there is one additional effect of this power.
When the Architects are opposing the agents in a serial,
the GC may activate any agent’s critical failure, even if
no opponents are present when the error is rolled.
GCs are encouraged to use this mechanic sparingly,
however. Chasing agents around with runaway lawn-
mowers and out of control helicopters at every turn will
rapidly grow both tiresome and ludicrous. As with all
aspects of the Fringe, it’s best that chance come into play
only very rarely, and when dramatically appropriate.
118
Algernon — see page 98 for more). There have been
many Parallels, each possessing one or more of
Schrader’s fringe and psion abilities (this latest version
has also developed pyrokinetic powers). Each serves
Schrader as a father and mentor, and performs the mas-
termind’s most critical tasks, including the Architects’
primary objective on Earth — to find and destroy all
mention of them and Nikola Tesla’s original Fringe
research (see page 94 for more). This is not an easy task
— even the information known by the Conspiracy has
been split up over the decades and spread or lost
throughout a thousand Archive databases and evidence
storage vaults.
Staging Notes: At this stage in the season the agents
should be off balance but eager to strike back at those
responsible for the attacks in Serial Two. The backdrop
for this serial is Schrader’s elaborate though somewhat
run-down Victorian style-mansion, a slightly out of
step leftover from another time that locals keep their
children away from (children who insist the site is
haunted and dare one another to ring the door bell).
Over the course of decades Schrader has installed
and refined the building’s defenses, and the place is now
a veritable death trap for the uninvited. Neutralizing the
house staff and the genuine ghosts that haunt its corri-
dors opens the way to a final battle with Schrader and
his “son,” Parallel. Defeating the earthly Architect might
leave agents with more questions than answers, and
(ironically) Schrader’s personal journal, hinting at the
real threat lurking beyond the mortal veil.
Wilhelm Schrader, 15th-level telepath (master-
mind): CR 15. SZ M; v/wp: 117/14; Init: +8 (+12 class,
–4 Dex); Speed 0 ft. (see below); Def 12 (+6 class, –4
Dex); Atk: None; Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA
per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +11, Ref +9, Will +14;
Str 5, Dex 3, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 18; Skills:
Bluff +14, Concentration +18, Gather Information +8,
Intimidate +14, Knowledge (Underworld) +12,
Languages +8, Profession (Arms Dealer) +13, Sense
Motive +13. Feats: Connection Junction, ESP Basics,
ESP Mastery, Insinuation Junction, Imprint Basics,
Imprint Mastery, Intuition Basics, Intuition Mastery,
Persuasive, Premonition Junction. Psion Skills: Catalyst
+12, Clairsentience +23, Dominion +21, Empathy +16,
Project Thought +19, Synthesis +10, Telempathy +23.
Gear: None. Gadgets and Vehicles: Schrader’s life sup-
port tank provides him with a damage reduction of
8/— and makes him immune to critical hits. A single
person (such as one of Schrader’s staff) may move the
tank one 5 ft. square per round as a full action. Two
people can move the tank 10 ft. as a half action.
 New Threats
Parallel 10th-level telepath/3rd-level mentalist
(henchman): CR 13. SZ M; v/wp: 73/10; Init: +11 (+10
class, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def 17 (+6 class, +1 Dex);
Atk: Flame attack +8 (8d6+5); Face 1 square; Reach 1
square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +6, Ref
+12, Will +13; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 16,
Cha 16; Skills: Bluff +12, Concentration +12,
Diplomacy +6, Gather Information +12, Intimidate +6,
Knowledge (Fringe) +10, Sense Motive +5. Feats:
Combat Psion, Connection Junction, Deadly Power
(Pyrokinesis), ESP Basics, ESP Mastery, Imprint Basics,
Imprint Mastery, Psychokinetic Basics, Telekinetic
Basics. Psion Skills: Dominion +15, Empathy +15,
Kinetic Shield +6, Poltergeist +9, Project Thought +14,
Psychometry +18, Pyrokinesis +21, Telempathy +12.
Gear: None. Gadgets and Vehicles: 1950s vintage lim-
ousine.
Schrader’s Staff: A small but capable staff maintains
Schrader’s mansion and patrols the surrounding
grounds. As with Parallel, these are people the
Architects consider loyal and highly skilled, and they’ve
been cloned them again and again to insure their eter-
nal service. Schrader’s present staff are copies of copies
of copies of those who first tended the estate when he
came on (excepting a few who were discharged and
never seen again), and all of them radiate a sense of
being “not quite right,” jangling the nerves of mystic energy drain, manifestation, otherworldly wail,
and sensitive agents (those with high Charisma, or style telekinesis; SQ spectral, undead, unnatural aura; SV
of fringe feats allowing them to read people). Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +7; Str 0, Dex 12, Con 0, Int 8,
Wis 14, Cha 14; Skills: Hide +15, Move Silently +15.
Schrader’s Staff, 10th level mysterious strangers
Feats: Improved Initiative, TK Basics. Psion Skills:
(minions, squads of 6). CR 9. SZ M; v/wp: 57/14; Init:
Poltergeist +24. Gear: None. Gadgets and Vehicles:
+5 (+4 class, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def 17 (+6 class,
None.
+1 Dex); Atk: H&K MP5-N +7 (1d10+1); Face 1 square;
Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +9, Serial Two: Dr. Omen
Ref +8, Will +8; Str 11, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 14,
During the SILENT SPECTRE project, Dr. Alexander
Cha 12; Skills: Disguise +11, Driver+6, Intimidate +11,
Omen and Wilhelm Schrader were inseparable. Schrader
Hide +6, Knowledge (Etiquette) +5, Listen +7, Move
recognized Omen’s true genius and wished to exploit it,
Silently +6, Profession (House Servant) +12, Search +5,
while Omen simply wanted to ride Schrader’s coat tails
Sense Motive +7. Feats: Black Cat, Iron Will, Point
to power. Both of them got what they wanted, though
Blank Shot, Sidestep, Unshakable. Gear: Weapons,
not in the way they expected.
uniforms. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
In 1958, Alexander Omen was the man who held
Mansion Haunts: The locals’ tales of hauntings at death over Schrader’s head in order to extort his loyal-
Schrader’s estate are no exaggeration. A handful of tor- ty, and he has come to relish the role in the 45 years
mented souls do haunt the mansion (in fact, they’re the since. Omen always had a twisted sense of humor, but
reason Schrader chose the site for his headquarters over on the Other Side, he has become truly debased. The
40 years ago). With the Architects’ help, Schrader has agents are unlikely to find either sympathy or mercy in
conditioned the spirits to guard the site against all unin- his cruel black eyes.
vited guests. Staging Notes: The Architects have only one true
fear — their own history. Convinced that the agents have
Mansion Haunts, 11th level lingering spirits (minions,
learned the secrets of their past from the journal hidden
squads of 1). CR 10. SZ M; v/wp: 77/13; Init: +14 (+9
in the library, one of them moves decisively to eliminate
class, +4 Improved Initiative, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.;
the threat. From the team’s perspective this action is
Def 15 (+4 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Touch +12 (1d8 + spe-
likely to appear as an unprovoked attack as a dapper
cial); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA chilling touch,
gentleman in outdated clothes tries repeatedly to kill
them — with a relentless army of ghosts!

119
 Archer Foundation
Dr. Omen was never much of a poker player and is a 12, Con 0, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 14; Skills: Hide +15,
little rattled by the agents — so much so in fact that he Move Silently +15. Feats: Improved Initiative, TK
gives away far more than he receives in conversation, Basics. Psion Skills: Poltergeist +12. Gear: Weapons.
demanding, “Where is my journal!” and making other Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
revealing comments. Alexander launches attacks on the * May only be used when the gray blade manifests;
agents until they find his journals, at which point operates like a survival knife in all ways.
Wilhelm Schrader becomes involved (as he is mentioned
prominently in them). At that point, the attacks cease. Serial One: Thomas Mordent
Omen always manifests before he encounters the Thomas Mordent is a respected fence and talented
agents, so they may not recognize him as a ghost for thief who goes by the street handle “Grapple.” Though
some time (or until he uses an ability that tips them to based in Melbourne, Australia, he is known throughout
his true nature). the Malaysian Peninsula, and many local underworld
figures hire him to steal for them or fence their stolen
Alexander Omen, 10th-level academic/2nd-level
goods.
snoop (henchman): CR 14. SZ M; v/wp: 71/16; Init: +8
Staging Notes: Grapple is contracted by Schrader to
(+7 class, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def 21 (+10 class, +1
obtain and return a personal journal written by Dr.
Dex); Atk: Sword cane +5 (1d8–1), touch +7 (1d8 +
Alexander Omen (see Serial Two), currently located at
special); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA chilling
the Museum of Theoretical Science in Prague. Schrader
touch, energy drain, manifest; SQ spectral, unnatural
hopes to use the documents to convince the Architects
aura; SV Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +9; Str 9, Dex 12, Con
that Omen is not to be trusted with secrets (“If he could
16, Int 18, Wis 13, Cha 11; Skills: Bureaucracy +5,
write down everything about the project, who knows
Computers +14, Concentration +13, Cultures +6,
what he wrote down about each of you.”), and so he
Driver +6, First Aid +7, Knowledge (Fringe) +20,
demands that they be returned intact, or Grapple won’t
Knowledge (Genetics) +23, Knowledge (History) +13,
be paid. Thus, the thief fights to the loss of half his
Hide +11, Languages +9, Move Silently +11, Profession
wounds to keep the journal in his possession and safe.
(Doctor) +12, Search +12, Spot +13. Feats: Advanced
When the agents catch up with Grapple, he is holed
Skill Mastery (Scholarly), Black Cat (×2), Grand Skill
up the museum, trying to find the book. He has upgrad-
Mastery (Scholarly), Jinx, Like to Like, Scholarly, Tough
ed the museum’s modest security systems with addi-
Luck. Gear: Weapons. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
tional cameras and vicious traps from his private arse-
HQ personnel: 0 HQ security: 0
nal, and his hand-picked team of burglars scour the
Gray Blades: The Architects’ power over the Fringe building, watching for potential interference.
allows them to not only disturb the perceptions of
Grapple, 13th-level fixer (henchman): CR 13. SZ M;
humans by causing the Fringe to manifest in the phys-
v/wp: 88/15; Init: +7 (+5 class +2 Dex); Speed 30 ft.;
ical world (see page 70), but also to condition ghosts to
Def +12 (+10 class +2 Dex); Atk: Garrote +11 (special),
do their bidding. Some special few of these are broken,
knife +11 (1d4+2); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square;
stripped of conscience, morality, and the capacity for
SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +8 Ref +10 Will +4;
distraction, and trained as the Architects’ terrifying per-
Str 14, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 13; Skills:
sonal killers, the Gray Blades.
Appraise +16, Balance +12, Climb +17, Escape Artist
These horrific entities carry curved daggers created
+8, Forgery +13, Gather Information +8, Hide +14,
through some undisclosed mystic process developed by
Hobby (Sailing) +3, Knowledge (First Editions) +9,
Alexander Omen (see above). Though forged in the
Languages +6, Move Silently +17, Profession (Fence)
Fringe, these weapons can manifest with the spirits who
+12, Search +10, Spot +11, Tumble +12. Feats:
carry them, and leave burning trails of smoke-gray
Blocking Basics, Break Fall, Hidden Run, Holding
metal near the physical wounds they make. When
Basics, Improved Equilibrium, Master Fence. Gear:
thrown or lost, they “melt” into their surroundings,
Weapons, Bundle B. Gadgets and Vehicles: Standard
dissolving a permanent channel in whatever surface
shoes w/shock-tip and suction features.
they land on or wedge into (including human skin).
HQ personnel: 4 HQ security: 5
Gray Blades, 5th level lingering spirits (minions,
Exceptional Burglars: These men and women are
squads of 6). CR 4. SZ M; v/wp: 38/13; Init: +9 (+4
highly skilled and not a little skittish. Most of them have
class, +4 Improved Initiative, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.;
criminal records and won’t allow themselves to be taken
Def +3 (+2 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Touch +6 (1d8 + spe-
prisoner. On the flip side, any of them might betray the
cial), large knife* +6 (1d6); Face 1 square; Reach 1
others (including Grapple) to save his own life and
square; SA chilling touch, energy drain, manifestation,
remain free from incarceration.
otherworldly wail, telekinesis; SQ spectral, undead,
unnatural aura; SV Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +3; Str 0, Dex

120
 New Threats
Exceptional Burglars, 10th level minions (squads of
2). CR 9. SZ M; v/wp: 47/12; Init: +11 (+8 class, +3
Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def +7 (+4 class, +3 Dex); Atk:
Glock 31 +12 (3d4+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square;
SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +5;
Str 10, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 10;
Skills: Appraise +5, Balance +6, Bluff +5, Climb +8,
Electronics +6, Escape Artist +7, Forgery +5, Hide +8,
Listen +6, Move Silently +10, Open Lock +6, Search
+6, Spot +5, Tumble +8. Feats: Improved Equilibrium,
Traceless. Gear: Weapons, Bundle B. Gadgets and
Vehicles: None.
Foil (any serial): Dr.
Lothario Algernon,
The Lord of Superstition
See page 112 for a full description of this enigmatic
figure in the Archer Conspiracy.
While Dr. Algernon is a Foundation agent, largely
dedicated to their primary mission, he is also one of
very few people who know the truth about the
Architects of the Fringe, and the danger they represent.
He always strives to keep Conspiracy agents alive, but
if he sees a clear chance to take the Architects down
(or even just hurt them), he may do it — even at the cost
of agent lives. This is where his loyalty roll comes in
during this season.
Plot Hook #1
Grapple and his associates take over the Museum of
Theoretical Science in Prague, which Schrader believes
is the final resting place for a journal relating part of the
Architects’ earthly origins. The thief holds the staff
hostage, primarily to keep them out of the way while his
team sifts through the historical section to claim the
prize. The agents are sent in to discover what Grapple
wants and to prevent his escape.
How this serial plays out is largely dependent upon
Grapple’s actual motives, as follows.
Possibilities
1. Grapple is more loyal to his crew than to the money
Schrader offers him. He pulls out at the first sign that
his men might be injured or killed. The burglars fight
tenaciously, seeking to withdraw, and leave none of
their own behind, if possible.
2. Grapple has long since been dominated by the
Architects, making him a cold and calculating killer
willing to sacrifice anything, including himself, to see
the journal recovered.
3. While Grapple takes commissions from Schrader, he is
personally curious about the contents of the journal. He
has brought equipment with him to duplicate the
journal for his own use before handing it over to his
121
contact. Grapple knows as much about the Architects as
anyone outside of the Conspiracy, and might be per-
suaded to exchange (somewhat cryptic) information for
his freedom if he is caught.
Hook Sheet: The Memo
Hook sheets are a combination of props and plot
hook collections, with a sampling of supporting statis-
tics, that GCs can use to kick-start their games. For a
hook sheet dedicated to the Architects of the Fringe, see
page 134.
Club Demetrian
Code: Yellow
This is a short-season (3-serial) threat appropriate
for a team of 6th-level agents.
High power spy action often requires high quality
relaxation to recuperate, and the Archer Foundation
maintains a number of discreet corporate contracts with
various leisure and vacation centers around the world.
One such facility is the Club Demetrian, located in a
cluster of islands at the northern edge of New Zealand’s
territorial waters. The Archer Foundation has added a
team of psychologists to the staff to help “depressurize”
and assess agent teams returning from the field.
Unfortunately, while this has had a remarkable effect on
agent teams, it has also created an opportunity too good
for the Shop to miss.
MP Cost: 305
Resources: 3 (31 BP for minions, 46 BP for henchmen
and foils, 56 BP for masterminds)
Gadgets: 8 (8 gadget points per serial)
Loyalty: 4 (+4 to loyalty checks)
HQ Personnel: 5 HQ Security: 2
Serial Three: Romeo Amatee
An electronics prodigy, Romeo was raised in Guam,
where he joined the US Navy to improve his lot in life.
Years of service instilled a strong sense of discipline in
the young man and offered him an impressive electron-
ics background with many field hours under his belt.
After several minor brushes with the world’s shadow
communities, Romeo was eventually recruited by the
Company and rose steadily through the ranks to become
a mid-level electronic intelligence asset and occasional
gadget tester. The possibilities of PsiTech became an
obsession for the agent and he converted a sterling
record of Company service into a post with the R&D
department. Then in 2001, Romeo became one of the
agents who vanished during the Shop’s defection, and a
name high on the Company’s most wanted list.
Since Romeo’s defection, Shop researchers have
unlocked his hidden potential, awakening him as a
mildly potent mentalist. While occasionally capable of
 Archer Foundation
creating minor gadgets, most of his work relies on a
firm grounding in traditional electronic and mechanical
principles. Coupled with his strong understanding of
biological stressors and conditioning (brainwashing) —
illustrated through several ground-breaking research
papers while he worked with the Company — Romeo
was the perfect candidate to head up the Shop’s infil-
tration of Club Demetrian.
Staging Notes: Romeo’s Demetrian operation is hid-
den underground within a small, uninhabited island
adjacent to the target site (declared off-limits to the
public as a bird sanctuary). His underground facility
isn’t large, containing only a series of offices, dormito-
ries, prison cells, and the “theater” where Romeo and his
assistants perform the dirty work of brainwashing (see
below). Limited space and resources make it difficult for
Romeo to handle more than two “remotivation candi-
dates” at once, but also limits the number of blind spots
in his security system — as well as the number of clos-
ets his security personnel have to travel through to
reach intruders.
122
Romeo Amatee, 7th-level snoop/2nd-level mentalist,
D-2: military ops (mastermind): CR 9. SZ M; v/wp:
52/14; Init: +6 (+5 class +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def 18
(+7 class +1 Dex); Atk: Colt M1911A1 +6 (1d12); Face
1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes; SQ per class-
es; SV Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +7; Str 10, Dex 13, Con 12,
Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 11; Skills: Bureaucracy +6,
Computers +12, Concentration +10, Cryptography +9,
Cultures +5, Electronics +22, Gather Information +10,
Knowledge (Psychology) +13, Listen +8, Mechanics
+16, Search +8, Sense Motive +9, Spot +8. Feats:
Advanced Skill Mastery (Grease Monkey), Efficient
Power (Spatial Comprehension), Grease Monkey,
Psychoinventive Basics, Talented (Electronics),
Toughness. Psion Skills: Gadgeteer +14, Spatial
Comprehension +12. Gear: Weapons, coveralls and lab
coat (average clothes), PDA, Computer terminal (+7
power rating). Gadgets and Vehicles: Match grade .45
service pistol, The Theater (see next).
Gadget: The Theater
This sinister-looking chamber is dominated by a
pseudo-dentist’s chair attached to formidable array of
ultra-sound and electrical stimuli
equipment used to wear down a
captive’s resistance, leaving him
vulnerable to the Shop’s subconscious
instructions. While not a fundamental
improvement over traditional brain-
washing techniques of sleep depriva-
tion and isolation (which are also car-
ried out elsewhere in the headquar-
ters), the Theater does break down a
target’s willpower at a remarkable
rate, allowing the Shop to remove a
target agent, turn him, and return him
to the club within one night, fast
enough to avoid most suspicion.
Mechanics: Agents subjected to
the Theater’s process lose one point of
Will save bonus per hour, to a mini-
mum Will save bonus of –2. The
agent’s Will save bonus is recovered
at the rate of one point per hour once
he is removed from the Theater.
The Handlers: Romeo employs a
modest staff of guards who help
remove patients from their rooms at
Club Demetrian, bring them to his
island, and return them after the
Theater process is complete. Typically,
these men are present for each
patient’s first treatments as well, to
ensure that they don’t break free of
 New Threats
their bonds. After a few treatments, however, most
patients’ are mollified and the handlers can return to the
challenging task of fighting off boredom in Romeo’s
remote island hideaway.
Handlers, 5th-level minions (squads of 8): CR 4. SZ M;
v/wp: 25/13; Init: +6; Speed 30 ft.; Def 14 (+2 class,
+2 Dex); Atk: Club +6 (1d6+1), taser +7 (1d8), NORIN-
CO QBZ-97 +7 (3d6+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1
square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +5, Ref
+5, Will +1; Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 10,
Cha 10; Skills: Listen +5, Sense Motive +4, Spot +5.
Feats: Expertise (Taser), Holding Basics, Improved
Disarm. Gear: Weapons, Handcuffs, Headset radios.
Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
Serial Two: Heather Gold
Working directly in the Club Demetrian compound,
Heather is the psychologist provided by the Foundation
to help debrief and evaluate visiting agents. She per-
forms this task admirably… while identifying agents
whose commitment to the Foundation may be fragile or
in decline. Her files (organized with a unique but simple
personal code) include lists of dozens of candidates for
Romeo’s “program.”
Heather avoids direct confrontation at all times, and
attempts to slip away rather than fight. She has devel-
oped a carefully planted web of misdirection pointing to
the resort’s chief manager as the most likely suspect in
any investigation of the facility, which she hopes to use
as a smoke screen if the project goes south.
Staging Notes: While Heather arranges transfer of
kidnapped agents to the docks area (covering for their
brief absence with reports of special individual therapy),
she does not know the precise location of the hidden
center. Enterprising agents may have to convince her to
arrange their kidnapping (or fake their own transfer to
the dock personnel) in order to track down the opera-
tion’s true heart.
Heather Gold, 5th/3rd-Level telepath/scanner
(henchman): CR 8. SZ M; v/wp: 16/69; Init: +7 (class);
Speed 30 ft.; Def +4 (class); Atk: Ruger SP-101 +3
(1d8+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per class-
es; SQ per classes; SV Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +8; Str 10,
Dex 10, Con 16, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 14; Skills: Bluff
+15, Cryptography +12, Diplomacy +13, Intimidate +8,
Gather Information +7, Sense Motive +8. Feats: ESP
Basics, ESP Mastery, Imprint Basics, Imprint Mastery,
Persuasive, Psion Prodigy, Run. Psion Skills: Empathy
+17, Memory Flash +7, Project Thought +7, Sensory
Tap +7, Telempathy +9. Gear: Weapons, Bundle A.
Gadgets and Vehicles: Contacts with hypnosis lenses,
Micro-grenade earrings (×2), Standard watch with
garrote and memory cache.
HQ Personnel: 3 HQ Security: 1
123
The Staff: Heather is assisted by numerous Shop
operatives planted in and amongst the resort staff. Like
Heather they avoid combat, and instead present them-
selves as useful and friendly desk clerks, masseurs, and
water polo instructors, always eager to help the agents
with anything they need. Of course, they’re also regu-
larly close at hand to listen in on any conversations
held in less than complete secrecy.
Staff, 4th-level femme fatales (squads of 7): CR 3. SZ
M; v/wp: 25/13; Init: +3 (+2 class, +1 Dex); Speed 30
ft.; Def +4 (+3 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Beretta Cheetah +4
(2d4); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ
per class; SV Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +1; Str 10, Dex 12,
Con 10, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 16; Skills: Bluff +7,
Diplomacy +5, Disguise +5, Driver +3, Innuendo +5,
Listen +3, Perform +5, Profession (various) +3, Read
Lips +2, Sense Motive +3. Feats: Mark, The Look. Gear:
Weapons, fashionable clothes. Gadgets and Vehicles:
None.
Serial one: Robert “Ogre”
Malone
The first sign of trouble for the Foundation is a
respected agent, codename Ogre, who opted to retire
eight months ago after a particularly bloody mission
from which he was the only survivor. Ogre was permit-
ted to leave the Conspiracy with honors and established
a cover identity in a small apartment in Singapore.
Two months ago it became apparent that Ogre
hadn’t left the business quite as far behind as the
Foundation thought: he’s been running small teams of
freelance operatives for an as yet unidentified handler.
Staging Notes: When dispatched to investigate the
fallout of these operations, the trail leads back to Ogre.
From there, the agents are instructed to prepare a non-
violent approach to the decorated agent (whose cover is
not to be blown, should this prove to be a misunder-
standing) and persuade him to explain his actions.
Upon their arrival, the agents are met with unex-
pected and unrestrained violence, leading to a foot
chase through the local nightclub district. Clues to
Ogre’s change of heart point to the period of his abrupt
retirement. Did he receive a better offer from one of the
Foundation’s competitors — possibly during his stay at
Club Demetrian?
Robert Malone, 8th-level pointman, D-6: wetworks
(henchman): CR 8. SZ M; v/wp: 13/48; Init: +10 (+3
department, +3 class, +4 feat); Speed 30 ft.; Def +3
(+3 class); Atk: Fist +9 (1d6+3), FN FAL +6 (4d4+2),
9mmP M1911A1 +6 (1d12); Face 1 square; Reach 1
square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +5, Ref +7,
Will +6; Str 17, Dex 11, Con 13, Int 15, Wis 10, Cha 14;
Skills: Bluff +12, Driver +4, First Aid +4, Hide +10,
Innuendo +10, Knowledge (Archer Foundation) +6,
 Archer Foundation
Languages +10, Move Silently +8, Profession
(Instructor) +8, Profession (Middleman) +6, Sense
Motive +10, Tumble +8. Feats: Handler, Improved
Initiative, Martial Arts, Undermine. Gear: Weapons,
Bundle B. Gadgets and Vehicles: Helicopter.
HQ Personnel: 0 HQ Security: 3
The Trolls: Robert has assembled several teams of
operatives to whom he offers his expertise and acts as a
control and middleman. These “trolls” have benefited
greatly from Ogre’s contacts and training, and are shap-
ing up into tough, capable covert assets for hire.
The Trolls, 5th-level operatives, D-4: urban assault
(squads of 5): CR 4. SZ M; v/wp: 30/14; Init: +5 (+3
class, +2 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def +5 (+3 class, +2 Dex);
Atk: Thompson M3A1 +4 (1d10+1); Face 1 square;
Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +5,
Ref +5, Will +4; Str 13, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 13,
Cha 10; Skills: Bluff +3, Climb +4, Demolitions +5,
Driver +5, Hide +9, Move Silently +9, Search +3, Spot
+6, Surveillance +4, Tumble +5. Feats: Point Blank
Shot, Stealthy. Gear: Weapons, headset radio. Gadgets
and Vehicles: None.
Foil: Janice Hapstein
(any serial)
A stock analyst for an old British banking concern,
Miss Hapstein has become a trusted and valued part of
her office team and is under consideration for partner.
She has taken advantage of her meteoric rise (and
accompanying bonuses) to make several trips to Club
Demetrian in the last few months, from her home in
Singapore. Is this hard-headed young woman Ogre’s
controller, a plant at the club, or the next candidate for
“motivational therapy” in the Shop’s hidden base?
Janice Hapstein, 5th-level femme fatale/1st-level
snoop (foil): CR 6. SZ M; v/wp: 11/30; Init: +5 (+4
class +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def +6 (+5 Class, +1 Dex);
Atk: Taser +2 (1d8); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA
per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +5;
Str 9, Dex 12, Con 11, Int 15, Wis 12, Cha 15; Skills:
Bluff +8, Craft (Gardening) +4, Diplomacy +6, Disguise
+6, Driver +4, Hobby (Tourist) +6, Innuendo +6, Listen
+4, Perform +6, Profession (Stock Broker) +12, Sense
Motive +5; Feats: Ordinary Past, The Look. Gear:
Weapons, designer clothes, cell phone, PDA. Gadgets
and Vehicles: None.
Plot Hook #1
A Foundation safe house in Indonesia is attacked by
a covert combat team (actually Ogre and his Trolls). The
attack is skillfully disguised as a simple robbery, but a
near simultaneous illicit download from the
Foundation’s Archive suggests the location is used to
work around some of the Foundation’s firewalls. The
124
Lords wish to confirm this hypothesis and agents are
dispatched to investigate. How this mission dovetails
into the Shop’s program at Club Demetrian is linked to
the reasons for Ogre’s attack on the safe house.
Possibilities
1. The Trolls simply aren’t living up to Ogre’s expectations.
As a loyal and trusted frontline handler for the Shop,
Ogre hopes to gain prestige for himself and his teams
by using his old passwords to give them a leg up during
an upcoming mission against the Foundation. Now he’s
furious that the trolls have lead the Foundation back to
him, and he expects them to do anything and every-
thing in their power to cover up his identity and
involvement. If that means killing some of his former
comrades, so be it.
2. Ogre’s time in the Theater was part of an even more
experimental battery of tests. His response to the re-
motivation process was exceptional, but the Shop is
now worried that it might be a ruse to place a double
agent in their midst. Ogre is being held at arm’s length
and given risky assignments to gauge his response, and
that of his former Foundation masters. At this point the
Shop is willing to sacrifice Ogre simply to confirm that
he has become a loyal servant, verifying the promise of
the new treatment process.
3. Ogre’s time in the Theater did reduce his loyalties to the
Archer Foundation, but now he’s simply gone indepen-
dent. His new team performs the safe house break-in
using knowledge he provides (along with some of his
slightly out of date passcodes). The stolen Archive
information is valuable, but doesn’t particularly threat-
en the Conspiracy. As the agents close in, the Trolls have
returned to Singapore (leaving a few clues and plan-
ning to fence the knowledge), while Ogre has taken a
healthy cut off the top and is in hiding.
Plot Hook #2
A chance encounter by a field agent who knows
Robert Malone well enough to recognize his new iden-
tity files a report citing that he handed off a substantial
amount of money to a Miss Janice Hapstein. A cross-
check of records shows no known source of income that
can account for the money involved (somewhere near
half a million US dollars). The agents are asked to trace
the funds and confront Ogre if the results are suspicious.
This investigation leads back to Club Demetrian in one
of the following ways.
1. Janice Hapstein’s name is distantly linked to several
scandals in the Nikei stock exchange. She is blackmail-
ing Ogre, who agreed to meet her in person only so he
could identify his blackmailer. When the agents arrive,
Ogre’s apartment is empty, and when they check on the
 New Threats
other lead (Ms. Hapstein), they arrive just in time to
thwart an assassination attempt by the Trolls. Ogre has
fled back to Club Demetrian — and his Shop masters —
seeking refuge from the Foundation.
2. When spotted, Ogre was in the midst of setting up a
secure account for distributing money to the Trolls.
Business has been good, but the arrival of Archer oper-
atives provokes a more than jittery response from the
unstable Ogre, who flees back to Club Demetrian for
protection. The Shop orders Ogre back out into the field
to lure the agents into a trap. After their capture, the
Shop can reprogram them and feed a bogus story back
to the Foundation to cover their operation at the resort.
3. The Shop is planning a complex hit and Ogre is acting
as a middleman, hiring and paying a new team for the
job. When agents appear, he assumes the Foundation
knows everything, skips the dialogue, and goes straight
for his firepower. Once he is captured or killed, the
agents are charged with learning the identity of his
secret masters, an investigation which eventually leads
back to Club Demetrian.
The Cult of the Ten Suns
Code: Red
This short-season (4-serial) threat is appropriate for
a team of 2nd-level agents.
This threat involves the encroaching enemies from
Asia first mentioned in the Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook (see page 54), as well as potentially rogue
feature agent Dareka, whose loyalties remain unknown.
Five years ago a young scholar named Tian Qui-Lau
was consumed with a dream of coming fire — he saw ten
suns (the embodiments of ancient warrior-kings) rising
in the east, then setting upon ten different regions of the
world, laying waste to each in a great conflagration.
When the tenth sun fell, Qui-Lau knew, the fires would
die and world would grow cold and dead. He woke from
the dream in a cold sweat and knew, with absolute cer-
tainty, that this vision held the keys to his destiny.
Qui-Lau became something of a prophet, spreading
tales of “Time of the Ten Suns.” Unlike most doomsday
prophets, however, Qui-Lau saw his vision as a sign of
hope — he felt that the suns had been revealed too soon.
More visions followed and he grew to believe the suns
could be stopped if only he could untangle the meaning
of his dreams before it was too late.
Tian Qui-Lau soon attracted a surprisingly large fol-
lowing — an accomplishment he credits to the veracity
of his vision. In truth, the success of his cult rests
squarely on his intense presence — as a speaker he is
electric, able to sway even potential enemies to join his
mission. In the past two years the cult has grown large
enough that Qui-Lau can no longer meet and speak with
125
every member, yet he has the utmost confidence in his
chosen captains, followers who have proven their dedi-
cation and ability.
With the cult’s leadership in place, Qui-Lau devoted
his time to his true mission: determining the identity of
the Ten Suns. Two years ago, the seat of the first was
revealed at last: the Archer Institute for the Sciences. At
first he thought they could simply bomb the building
out of existence, killing the “demon” resting within. But
the response of Australian intelligence agencies was
remarkably swift, and many operatives moved to pro-
tect the Institute.
Now the cult is bent on unraveling the strange links
between this seemingly harmless think-tank and the
Australian government — and discovering a way to pre-
vent the organization from causing the death of hun-
dreds of millions if the visions come to pass.
MP Cost: 325
Resources: 4 (27 BP for minions, 42 BP for hench-
men and foils, 52 BP for masterminds)
Gadgets: 3 (3 gadget points per serial)
Loyalty: 7 (+7 to loyalty checks)
HQ Personnel: 3 HQ Security: 5
Serial Four: Tian Qui-Lau
Tian Qui-Lau has always been something of a mys-
tic. A scholar of the I Ching and a modestly successful
draftsman specializing in traditional feng shui tech-
niques, his life has been forever changed by the plague
of visions in his restless mind.
Staging Notes: Qui-Lau now resides at the cult’s
secret retreat, an abandoned temple recently renovated
with cult funds. Only members who have been with the
cult a year or more are brought to the retreat to medi-
tate with the prophet, and even those few are rarely
allowed to know the temple’s true location.
Tian Qui-Lau, 2nd-level faceman/4th-level fixer
(mastermind): CR 6. SZ M; v/wp: 39/13; Init: +5 (+4
class, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def +5 (+4 class, +1 Dex);
Atk: Garrote +5 (special), whip +5 (1d6), CZ-75 +4
(1d10+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per class-
es; SQ per classes; SV Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +6; Str 12,
Dex 10, Con 13, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 18; Skills: Appraise
+8, Cultures +8, Diplomacy +9, Escape Artist +5, Hide
+8, Innuendo +11, Knowledge (Occult) +7, Knowledge
(Feng Shui) +8, Move Silently +8, Profession
(Architect) +8, Read Lips +8, Sense Motive +10. Feats:
Glimpse, Mystic, Silver Tongue. Gear: Weapons (x2),
formal robes. Gadgets and Vehicles: Standard belt with
razor’s edge.
Sanctum Guardians: The temple’s inner sanctum is
staffed by a cadre of hand-picked followers well-versed
in both the mystic and the martial arts. These fanatics
fight to the death to protect the prophet.
 Archer Foundation
Sanctum Guardians, 4th-level minions (squads of 4):
CR 3. SZ M; v/wp: 24/14; Init: +4 (+3 class, +1 Dex);
Speed 30 ft.; Def +3 (+2 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Fist +4
(1d6), IMI Uzi +3 (1d10+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1
square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +6, Ref +3,
Will +2; Str 10, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10;
Skills: Listen +10, Knowledge (Occult) +5, Search +6,
Sense Motive +5, Spot +10. Feats: Alertness, Martial
Arts. Gear: Weapons, fatigues, headset radios. Gadgets
and Vehicles: None.
Serial Three: Liu Chung
Many of Qui-Lau’s followers have been moved by
his visions, and those who responded to his plea have
quickly risen to positions of power within the cult. One
such convert is Liu Chung, head of the cult’s central
“temple” in Hong Kong. More a fortress (and indoctri-
nation site) than the rickety exterior leads most to
believe, it is through this location that Captain Chung
directs hundreds of troops loyal to the prophet’s cause.
More importantly to the agents, Chung knows the loca-
tion of the cult’s sacred retreat, where Qui-Lau resides
(see Serial Four).
Liu Chung, 5th level soldier (henchman): CR 5. SZ M;
v/wp: 32/11; Init: +5 (+4 class, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.;
Def +3 (+2 class +1 Dex)/+2 (in armor); Atk: Fist +7
(1d6+2), Kalashnikov Saiga 12K +6 (2d12/5d4); Face 1
square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +1; Str 14, Dex 13, Con 11, Int
12, Wis 10, Cha 12; Skills: Bureaucracy +5, Demolitions
+9, Driver +6, First Aid +8, Intimidate +10, Sport
(Tai-chi) +4, Surveillance +6, Tumble +6. Feats: Martial
Arts, Point Blank Shot, Police Training, Precise Shot,
Punching Basics. Gear: Weapons, tuxedo liner. Gadgets
and Vehicles: SUV.
HQ Personnel: 5 HQ Security: 3
Fanatics: Captain Chung personally trains these
promising followers for possible field action, knowing
that one day the cult will have to confront enemies far
more formidable than the eggheads at the Archer
Institute for the Sciences.
Fanatics, 3rd-level minions (squads of 6): CR 2. SZ M;
v/wp: 16/12; Init: +4 (+3 class, +1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.;
Def +2 (+1 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Fist +3 (1d6), IMI Uzi
+3 (1d10+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per
class; SQ per class; SV Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +1; Str 11,
Dex 12, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10; Skills: Listen
+5, Knowledge (Occult) +2, Sense Motive +4, Spot +5.
Feats: Martial Arts, Point Blank Shot. Gear: Weapons,
fatigues, headset radios. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
126
Serial Two: Chih Zigong
The cult has only recently organized an operations
arm to counter the terrible visions of its prophet. Chih
Zigong has stepped up to fill the role of “minister of
actions,” and hired the assassin who starts the gang war
described on page 13 (A.S.P., see Serial One).
Staging Notes: Chih’s headquarters is in a warehouse
in a run-down dock area. He is not aware of the loca-
tion or condition of Archer operative Dareka, but can
provide the location of his superiors and the cult’s main
temple in Hong Kong (see Serial Three).
Chih Zigong, 4th level pointman (henchman): CR 4.
SZ M; v/wp: 27/10; Init: +2 (class); Speed 30 ft.; Def
+2 (class); Atk: CZ-100 +4 (1d10+1); Face 1 square;
Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +2,
Ref +2, Will +5; Str 10, Dex 11, Con 10, Int 11, Wis 13,
Cha 16; Skills: Bluff +10, Bureaucracy +7, Computers
+4, Diplomacy +10, Knowledge (Occult) +5,
Knowledge (Underworld) +7, Read Lips +5, Sense
Motive +6, Spot +6. Feats: Point Blank Shot, Political
Favors. Gear: Weapons. Gadgets and Vehicles: Match
grade 9mmP service pistol.
HQ Personnel: 3 HQ Security: 2
Street Toughs: Chih runs a network of cultists dis-
guised as a local street gang, mainly so he can remain
in the know about the word on the street. These men are
relatively benevolent for a gang, focused more on
discovering and destroying the Ten Suns than strong-
arming their enemies or extorting money. The police
generally leave them alone and the locals see them more
as a crime watch group than a criminal problem.
Street Toughs, 2nd-level soldiers (minions, squads of
4): CR 1. SZ M; v/wp: 13/11; Init: +2 (class); Speed 30
ft.; Def +1 (class); Atk: Club +4 (1d6+2); Face 1
square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class;
SV Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +0; Str 14, Dex 10, Con 11,
Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10; Skills: Knowledge (Occult) +2,
Listen +3, Spot +4. Feats: Power Attack. Gear:
Weapons. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
Serial One: A.S.P.
The cultists have hired a former agent turned
freelance killer known as A.S.P. to plug the leak in
their security (i.e. killing the infiltrator, Dareka).
Unfortunately, he missed, killing Connie Tokajiro
instead. (Whether this was an accident or by intent
remains to be seen — see page 18.)
Staging Notes: Believing that he fulfilled his con-
tract, A.S.P. returned to his safe house, where he is
currently hiding out. While the safe house is secured
with a number of electronic devices, A.S.P. doesn’t have
any minions or followers to help him when the agents
come to call. He prefers ranged combat, and flees to the
rooftops if at all possible, counterattacking once he has
some distance between himself and his pursuers.
 New Threats
Finding A.S.P. is only the first step — agents must he decides is the enemy and who he sides with in the
also trace his employer, Chih Zigong (see Serial Two). end — the Triads, the Cult of Ten Suns, or even the
agents — may be determined by his loyalty check or
A.S.P., 5th-level soldier/1st-level sniper, D-0:
the GC.
home office (henchman): CR 6. SZ M; v/wp: 43/12;
Init: +8 (+5 class, +3 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def +6 (+3 Gendo Yoshioka, 2nd-level fixer/3rd-level soldier
class, +3 Dex); Atk: Combat knife +7 (1d6+1), FN (foil): CR 5. SZ M; v/wp: 32/11; Init: +5 (+4 class +1
Nemesis +9 (2d12+2); Face 1 square; Reach 1 Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def +4 (+3 class +1 Dex); Atk:
square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +5, Glock 21 w/silencer +5 (1d12); Face 1 square; Reach 1
Ref +8, Will +1; Str 13, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 10, Wis square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +5, Ref
11, Cha 10; Skills: Balance +8, Climb +8, Hide +10, +6, Will +4; Str 12, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 12,
Jump +8, Profession (Assassin) +6, Surveillance +6. Cha 12; Skills: Bluff +7, Gather Information +8, Hide
Feats: Dodging Basics, Far Shot, Improved +10, Innuendo +5, Intimidate +9, Listen +5, Move
Equilibrium, Marksman, Point Blank Shot, Precise Silently +10, Open Lock +8. Feats: Iron Will, Point
Shot, Run, Side Step. Gear: Weapons, smoke grenade Blank Shot, Speed Trigger, Stealthy. Gear: Weapon,
(x2). Gadgets and Vehicles: A.S.P. suit (see below), fashionable clothes. Gadgets and Vehicles: Luxury car.
motorcycle. HQ Personnel: 3 HQ Security: 2
HQ Personnel: 0 HQ Security: 6
Yakuza Muscle: Gendo leads a horde of Yakuza street
New Gadget: A.S.P. Suit muscle to help him meet out the brotherhood’s justice.
These thugs are anxious to find someone responsible
This gadget grants the wearer all the effects of a
and make them pay in blood for the “family’s beautiful
chameleon suit and suction shoes (see the Shadowforce
flower.” Only Gendo’s calm superiority keeps them in
Archer Worldbook, pages 205, and the Spycraft
check.
Espionage Handbook, page 141), without the basic fea-
tures of gadget-suits or gadget-shoes. Further it grants
the wearer a +10 gear bonus with the Control
Metabolism psion skill (see the
Shadowforce Archer Worldbook,
page 194), and allows him to
make all standards checks with this
skill even if he is not a psion. The
vitality cost for any A.S.P.-grant-
ed use of the Control Metabolism
skill is doubled, however, and
the effect is not considered
psionic, nor does it leave
psionic traces.

Foil (any seri-

al): Gendo
Yoshioka
The Yakuza are determined to
avenge themselves upon the Triads
for the assassination of Connie
Tokajiro, and their oyabuns have
placed this prominent mid-level
street enforcer to take the fight back
to the enemy. Fortunately Gendo
Yoshioka is a veteran of the Asian
underworld, and he’s been paying
attention. He’s not convinced the
Triads are behind the hit on Tokajiro-
sama’s sister, and has launched his
own investigation into the matter. Who

127
 Archer Foundation
Yakuza Muscle, 2nd-level mercenaries (minions,
squads of 5): CR 1. SZ M; v/wp: 15/10; Init: +1; Speed
30 ft.; Def +1 (class); Atk: Ingram Mac-10 with teflon
tips +0 (1d12); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per
class; SQ per class; SV Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +2; Str 10,
Dex 10, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10; Skills:
Demolitions +1, Diplomacy +1, Driver +1, Gather
Information +1, Listen +1, Sense Motive +1, Spot +1,
Survival +1. Feats: Point Blank Shot. Gear: Weapons,
plain clothes. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
Plot Hook #1
Some time ago, Two assigned one of his finest infil-
trators, PAC agent Dareka, to track down the origin of
interference with Foundation activities in Southeast
Asia (see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 54
for more). Shortly thereafter, Dareka abruptly vanished.
Now, months later, Dareka is requesting immediate
extraction and the Foundation must balance its loyalty
to its agent with the possibility that she might be work-
ing for one or more enemy forces. Connie Tokajiro’s
assassination further complicates matters, throwing
Dareka’s loyalties into serious doubt.
The agents are sent in to locate Dareka, get her out
of the area, and return her to Australia for a complete
debriefing. The trail leads to the site of the assassination
(Studio Alta, see page 13) and Dareka’s last known
location, at Chih Zigong’s headquarters (Serial Two).
Dareka has her own agenda, however, as described by
the possibilities below.
Before they can act on what they learn in those loca-
tions, however, A.S.P. receives a new contract from the
Cult — eliminate the interlopers.
Possibilities
1. Dareka has already fled the region. The agents are left
to trace the cult and discover the location of the main
temple in Hong Kong without her.
2. Dareka sends the team confusing messages throughout
their investigation (possibly keeping the action on track
if the agents stray). She is then found imprisoned inside
the Tian Qui-Lau’s sacred retreat and after being res-
cued by the agents returns to the Archer Foundation
for a high level debriefing.
3. Fearful that the Lung Triads plan to kill her, Dareka
takes shelter with the Yakuza. Unfortunately they
sequester (imprison) her out of sight until Gendo
Yoshioka is satisfied that she didn’t set Connie up. If the
agents fail to uncover the cult’s influence, Dareka must
escape on her own…
Hook Sheet: Tokyo Pile-Up
Hook sheets are combinations of props and plot
hook collections, with a sampling of supporting statis-
tics, that GCs can use to kick-start their games. For a
hook sheet dedicated to the Cult of the Ten Suns, see
page 136.
Villain X
Code: Black
This short-season (3-serial) threat is appropriate for
a team of 9th-level agents.
Villain X is the Shop’s most ambitious project to
date — an armored warrior capable of taking the fight
against the Archer Foundation to an entirely new level.
But he is also potentially their Achilles heel. He’s rash,
arrogant, and abuses the power the Shop’s granted him.
He’s also susceptible to bouts of infantile and self-
aggrandizing behavior, such as his global broadcast
shortly after the Shop’s Technology for Tomorrow ruse,
an action which the Shop didn’t know about, let alone
approve (see Chapter 1 for more information about these
events).
Still, even with all these flaws, Villain X is an
incredible asset. The person within the armor (whose
identity — in fact, whose gender — is as yet unknown)
is an undisputed master with field leadership and com-
bat training, who has led a number of decisive Shop vic-
tories against Archer Conspiracy cells and resources.
The Foundation considers Villain X an immediate
danger to the entire world and assigns as many agent
teams as it can free up to track him down and capture
or destroy him. This threat assumes the agents are one
such team.
MP Cost: 408
Resources: 3 (34 BP for minions, 49 BP for hench-
men and foils, 59 BP for masterminds)
Gadgets: Special — 13 gadget points per serial
Loyalty: 6 (+6 to loyalty checks)
HQ Personnel: 3 HQ Security: 5
Serial Three: Villain X
The mysterious Villain X makes his debut in a glob-
al video broadcast, accompanied by vague threats and
techno-centric rhetoric. In the days and weeks after this
event, the Shop’s new “general” attacks Archer facilities
and other technology centers almost at random. Not
only are his tactics unpredictable, but he freely hops
from continent to continent, striking targets across the
globe — courtesy of a small fleet of advanced tilt-rotor
VTOL aircraft.
Game Control Alert: While Villain X appears promi-
nently in the final serial of this season, he also has a
pivotal place in the ongoing Shadowforce Archer story.
Though he engages the agents in combat (eager to prove

128
 New Threats
the superiority of his technology and abilities),
he should ultimately escape — for now.
Villain X attempts to break off combat when the
agents reduce him to below 30 vitality. If necessary, his
second-in-command, “Backtrack,” stands ready to tele-
port him to safety (though GCs should use this con-
trivance only if absolutely necessary). Should it be more
appropriate for your game, or should the agents some-
how manage to unmask or “kill” Villain X before he can
escape, the team finds the enemy’s armor empty (per-
haps clearly controlled by remote), and notice a count-
down that ends in a titanic explosion (see below). The
true Villain X is safe elsewhere.
The real prize of this season is the capture (or at least
destruction) of Villain X’s fleet of Shop aircraft (his
mobile headquarters) and the acquisition of field data
about the Shop’s new armor technologies (which the
agents can report about first-hand).
Villain X, 2nd-level mentalist/physical
adept/telepath and 7th-level >>unknown<<* (mas-
termind): CR 14. SZ L; v/wp: 120/18; Init +10 (+8 class
+2 Dex); Speed 25 ft. (30 ft.. base, –5 ft. for armor):
Defense +4 (+2 dex, +2 armor); Atk: Kick +12 (1d6+4),
quicksilver axe +12 (1d12+4), talons +12 (1d8+5);
Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per classes; SQ per
classes; SV* Fort +11, Ref +11, Will +14; Str 19*, Dex
15*, Con 18*, Int 13*, Wis 14*, Cha 14*; Skills*: Bluff
+6, Climb +6, Computer +8, Concentration +10,
Demolitions +6, Diplomacy +5, Driver +6, Escape Artist
+6, Gather Information +6, Hide +4, Intimidate +10,
Languages +5, Listen +6, Move Silently +4, Open Lock
+5, Pilot +7, Search +6, Sense Motive +7, Spot +7.
Feats*: Weapon Group Proficiency (Melee), Armor
Group Proficiency (Heavy), Power Attack, Sidestep, all
psion “basics” feats. Psion Skills: All at +3. Gear: None.
Gadgets and Vehicles: Quicksilver axe, “eagle-armor”
(see the next column).
* based on initial analysis.
Gadget: Quicksilver Axe
This weapon normally appears as a liquid-silver
metallic orb always carried by Villain X or close at
hand. It may transform almost instantly into a weapon
resembling an oversized fire axe on command, granting
Villain X the Quick Draw feat when it’s held. The axe
provides a +2 gear bonus when attempting to break an
object and has the following statistics.
Large melee weapon; Damage 1d12 (+STR modifier);
Error: 1–3; Threat: 18–20; 2 handed weapon (1– or
2–handed for Villain X due to his size); Hardness: 25.
129
Gadget: Eagle-Armor
Villain X’s armor is a larger and more advanced ver-
sion than the suits used by his shock troops (see page
130), and provides a variety of benefits, including the
effects of a gas mask, sunglasses, headset radio with
encryption, NBC suit, and full voice modulation (there’s
no chance of identifying the wearer’s true voice pat-
tern). It also features a 3-hour internal air supply.
Sensors in the helmet provide Villain X with the
Uncanny Dodge ability. Fully retractable talons give
him a base damage of 1d8+1 (normal) with unarmed
attacks and the boots grant him a +2 gear bonus to
Balance checks on slippery terrain, as well as the bene-
fit of combat boots and rock climbing shoes (see the
Modern Arms Guide website download, page 12).
Sadly, the eagle-armor is not fully silent, and Villain
X suffers a –3 gear modifier to all Move Silently checks.
It is unknown how much of Villain X’s apparent size
and strength may be a result of the armor’s augmenta-
tion, and attempts to seize the armor for someone else’s
use meet with extreme obstacles. First of all, the eagle-
armor is customized for Villain X and does not fit any-
one else. Further, if the suit is opened without Villain
X’s approval (and a specific telepathically-delivered
code phrase), an internal self destruct device is activat-
ed: after a rising whine for two rounds, the capacitors
fuse and the armor explodes, inflicting 4d10+40 normal
blast damage with a blast increment of 10 ft.
While wearing the armor, Villain X is immune to
critical hits from all but armor-piercing and armor-
defeating attacks and suffers only 1 point of subdual
damage when the armor fully absorbs any attack.
Heavy Armor; Defense Bonus: +2; Damage
Reduction: 12/—; Maximum Dexterity Bonus: +2;
Armor Check Penalty: –4; Speed: –5 ft.
Backtrack: A trainer originally assigned to Villain X
to assist him grasp his new abilities, Backtrack has
become a leading figure in the Shop’s new strike force.
Backtrack’s personal loyalty to Villain X is extreme (he
places his commander’s interests even over those of the
Shop as a whole); he won’t hesitate to risk his life to
save that of his charge.
Backtrack, 1st-level wheelman/4th-level physical
adept/6th-level hyper (henchman): CR 11. SZ M;
v/wp: 106/17; Init +11 (+8 class +3 Dex); Speed 40 ft.;
Defense +10 (+7 class +3 Dex); Atk: Fist +9 (1d6+1),
Ruger P-97 +11 (1d12); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square;
SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +10, Ref +9,
Will +8; Str 12, Dex 16, Con 17, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha
10; Skills: Balance +10, Concentrat-ion +12, Driver +9,
Escape Artist +7, Jump +5, Move Silently +8, Pilot +7,
Tumble +8. Feats: Adrenal Basics, Combat Psion,
Martial Arts, Metabolic Basics, Psion Prodigy, Punching
Basics. Psion Skills: Control Metabolism +12, Friction
 Archer Foundation
Control +13, Link Health +9, Speed Control +17. Gear:
Weapons. Gadgets and Vehicles: Standard suit with
chameleon suit enhancement.
“Blade-hawks”: Villain X commands a small group
of hand-picked Shop operatives well-versed in military
tactics. Each of these followers is equipped with the
Shop’s newest weapons, including hawk-armor (see the
next column). Together with their commander and vehi-
cles the blade-hawks represents the Shop’s prototype for
a new method of waging war, and a new path to glob-
al dominance. Each squad includes a 3-man crew and 6-
man landing party for one of the Shop’s new VTOL
assault transports (see the next column).
Blade-hawks, 8th level operatives, D-2: military
operations (minions, squads of 9): CR 8. SZ M; v/wp:
30/10; Init: +11 (class +5, Dex +2, Improved
Initiative +4); Speed 30 ft.; Def +3 (+1 armor +2
Dex); Atk: Amsel Striker 12 +8 (5d4/2d12); Face 1
square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class;
SV Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +5; Str 13, Dex 14, Con 10,
Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10; Skills: Climb +5, Demolitions
+4, Driver +6, Hide +12, Move Silently +13, Pilot
130
+10, Search +4, Spot +5, Surveillance +5, Tumble
+6. Feats: Armor Group Proficiency (Heavy),
Advanced Skill Mastery (Stealthy), Improved
Initiative, Stealthy. Gear: Weapons, parachutes.
Gadgets and Vehicles: Hawk-armor, each squad also
has one “Phantom” aircraft (see below).
Gadget: Hawk-Armor
Each of the blade-hawks wears a suit of the Shop’s
state-of-the-art infantry armor. This suit provides the
benefits of a gas mask, sunglasses, headset radio with
encryption, and NBC suit, and has a 1-hour internal air
supply. The suit can augment the wearer’s actions,
granting a +2 gear bonus to the wearer’s Strength for
one roll, but doing so is exhausting and causes the
wearer to suffer one point of normal damage. Each suit
is customized for its wearer and doesn’t fit anyone else
without considerable modification.
Hawk-armor makes a good deal of noise while the
wearer is in motion, and he suffers a –5 gear modifier
to all Move Silently checks.
All hawk-armor is fitted with anti-tampering spoiler
devices: if the armor is removed without a special exter-
nal key (requiring simultaneous Open Lock and
Electronics checks, DC 35, to defeat) or if the wearer is
killed or dying (reduced to 0 or fewer wounds), a
self-destruct device is activated: after a rising
whine for two rounds, the capacitors fuse
and the armor is incinerated, inflicting 3d10
fire damage for two rounds to anyone
touching the armor or in any adjacent
square (all within the area of effect may
make a Reflex save, DC 22, to suffer half
damage, with success indicating that they
have leapt into an adjacent square not
affected by the heat damage).
While wearing hawk-armor, blade-hawk
operatives are immune to critical hits from all
but armor-piercing and armor-defeating
attacks and suffer only 1 point of subdual
damage when the armor fully absorbs
any attack.
Heavy Armor; Defense Bonus:
+1; Damage Reduction: 10/—;
Maximum Dexterity Bonus: +2;
Armor Check Penalty: –5; Speed:
–5 ft.
Vehicle: “Phantom”
VTOL Transport
The heart of Villain X’s operation
are these specialized transport aircraft.
Each acts as a mobile headquarters,
allowing his teams to penetrate radar
cordons and land almost anywhere.
 New Threats
The Phantom is capable of vertical take-off and may
hover in place. It features a silent running mode (during
which a Listen check with a DC of 12 is required to hear
it) and each is painted for nighttime insertion operations
(+2 to Pilot and Hide checks made to conceal the vehi-
cle, as appropriate). Other usual refinements include
autopilot, black headlights, ejection seats, H.U.D., an
ECM package (+8 power rating), and twin miniguns
(5.56×45mm SAWs) mounted onto fold-out pintel
mounts on each side of the aircraft. Each minigun pro-
vides 180 degree nose-to-tail coverage on that side (i.e.
both guns may not fire at the same target).
Gargantuan Vehicle; Handling: +0; Speed 3,000 ft.;
MPH: 300/600; Def: 10; WP 100; Hrd: 6.
+8, Hobby (Gambling) +16, Knowledge (Law) +6,
Move Silently +7, Pilot +9, Profession (Business) +16,
Profession (Film Production) +10, Spot +7, Surveillance
+10. Feats: Advanced Skill Mastery (Ordinary Past),
Filthy Rich, Five Star Service, Ordinary Past, Personal
Staff, Speed Demon, Traceless. Gear: Weapons, fash-
ionable clothes. Gadgets and Vehicles: Anti-psi
grenade, jumbo jet (with onboard casino).
Senior Directors: These important RTM figures are
committed to protecting their employer from all outside
interference. They delay, misdirect, and ignore most
pleas for information and, if necessary, can call in con-
siderable political pressure to shut down the agent
team’s investigation.

Serial Two: Arthur Senior Directors, 8th level paper pushers (minions,
Dartmoor squads of 7): SZ M; v/wp: 21/11; Init: +3 (class); Speed
30 ft.; Def +5 (class); Atk: None; Face 1 square; Reach
Arthur Dartmoor is CEO of the Round Table Media
1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +4, Ref
(RTM) Corporation, the conglomerate which owns the
+2, Will +6; Str 10, Dex 10, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha
rights to the Wildcat movie series. Dartmoor is also a
14; Skills: Bluff +12, Bureaucracy +13, Computers +5,
Shop operative. Following Villain X’s unauthorized
Concentration +5, Diplomacy +10, Driver +4, Innuendo
global broadcast (see page 13), Dartmoor was ordered to
+5, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (Law) +9, Languages
use his film studio and media connections to create
+5, Profession (Business) +7, Search +9. Feats: Iron
plausible deniability for the event. He arranged for the
Will, Personal Staff, Political Favors. Gear: Fashionable
broadcast to be identified as ‘leaked footage’ from a new
clothes, PDA; Gadgets and vehicles: None.
(and quite bogus) Wildcat feature, an explanation the
public seems to have completely accepted. Serial One: Prism
Unfortunately for Dartmoor, this action has also
Daniel Giles was recruited into the Archer
opened him up as the most obvious choice for a
Conspiracy out of the National University in Canberra,
Conspiracy mission to discover Villain X’s true nature
based mainly upon his superior grades and (distant)
and whereabouts. In response, Dartmoor has made him-
family connections with the Foundation. He is well-
self as scarce as possible without abandoning his com-
known around the home office as a practical joker and
pany. He is constantly in motion, traveling from place
an expert with computers and night vision equipment.
to place in RTM’s private jet, and only maintains con-
Prism succeeded in making Villain X a household name,
tact with his seniormost staff at each of RTM’s twelve
but failed to realize the effort to which the Foundation
international headquarters.
would go to track the new super-villain, and now finds
RTM has considerable file footage of Villain X
himself swept up in a dangerous game that may cost
locked securely in its New York vaults (under
him his position at the Foundation, and his life.
Dartmoor’s personal key). These recordings were used
Staging Notes: Presently, Prism is trying to hide in
during the spin job the company performed with the
plain sight, maintaining his usual routines. If the agents
Villain X broadcast. While interesting and informative,
start to close on him, he bolts. He still has the original
this footage only becomes useful to the agents when
disks containing the broadcast data, analysis of which is
combined with the files in Prism’s possession (see Serial
crucial in identifying Villain X and tracking his move-
One). When cross referenced for time and location
ments. Recovering the disks is helpful, but further
stamps, these files allow the team to track the phantom
investigation is required (as illustrated in serial 2).
air fleet.
Daniel “Prism” Giles, 7th-level fixer/3rd-level hack-
Arthur Dartmoor, 5th-level fixer/7th-level profes-
er, D-3: computer espionage (henchman): CR 10. SZ
sional (henchman): CR 12. SZ M; v/wp: 57/13; Init: +8
M; v/wp: 50/10; Init: +5; Speed 30 ft.; Def +8 (class);
(class); Speed 30 ft.; Def +8 (class); Atk: Weighted
Atk: H&K MP5SD +6 (1d8); Face 1 square; Reach 1
cane +6 (1d6); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per
square; SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +5,
classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +6, Ref +9, Will +8;
Ref +7, Will +6; Str 10, Dex 11, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 10,
Str 10, Dex 10, Con 13, Int 15, Wis 16, Cha 14; Skills:
Cha 13; Skills: Bluff +11, Boating +8, Computers +22,
Bluff +12, Boating +6, Concentration +7, Craft
Cryptography +19, Demolitions +7, Electronics +16,
(Photography) +13, Diplomacy +10, Driver +6, Hide
Forgery +13, Hobby (Pranks) +9, Knowledge (Satellites)

131
 Archer Foundation
+15, Driver +8, Languages +5, Listen +5, Move Silently
+6, Open Lock +10, Search +10, Spot +10. Feats:
Advanced Skill Mastery (Mathematical Genius),
Flawless Identity, Iron Will, Mathematical Genius,
Private Identity, Safehouse, Signature Gear (Night
Vision Goggles). Gear: Computer (+6 power rating),
night vision goggles, pocket video-camera ×5, super-
glue. Gadgets and Vehicles: Motorcycle with black
headlights, Archer Foundation ring.
HQ Personnel: 0 HQ Security: 3
Moles: The Shop keeps a number of moles inside the
Foundation, several of whom have been activated to
protect Prism though misdirection and false leads. They
fight if cornered, but each is more likely to claim he is
the spy responsible for planting the Villain X footage
than engage the agents.
Moles, 5th-level minions (squads of 9): CR 4. SZ M;
v/wp: 16/11; Init: +3 (class); Speed 30 ft.; Def +5
(class); Atk: Glock 28 +5 (1d8); Face 1 square; Reach 1
square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +4 Ref +3
Will +1; Str 10, Dex 10, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 12;
Skills: Bluff +9, Computers +9, Electronics +5,
Languages +4, Listen +3, Profession (various) +5,
Search +6, Sense Motive +4. Feats: Perfect Identity.
Gear: Foundation ID. Gadgets and vehicles: None.
Hook Sheets
Hook sheets are a convenient way for GCs to get
the ball rolling at their tables quickly, and with a
bang. They’re easy to use: on the front side of each
hook sheet is a prop that you can photocopy and
hand to your players and on the back side are 2–3
ways you can interpret the prop at your table.
As with all Spycraft and Shadowforce Archer plot
hooks, only serial starts and possible objectives are
provided — mission details and conclusions are up to
each individual GC.
When statistics are presented on hook sheets, they
are always for use against low-level agents (levels
1–3). It should be easy enough to raise the challenge
of each stat package for use against higher-level
agents, but the reverse is not always true.
You may think of many more ways to use the
prop, some of which may start serials (as we’ve done
here) and some of which may enhance existing
games. The choice, as always, is up to you.
One or more hook sheets will appear in each of the
Chamber Books from here on in, and they may show
up in other books as well.
See pages 134–137 for the first two hook sheets.
132
Plot Hook #1
The Archer Foundation instantly elevates the threat
presented by Villain X to Code: Black and tasks dozens
of operatives to determining his motives and location.
Unfortunately, the only clue initially available to the
home office is the certainty that a mole exists inside the
Foundation — someone who could pirate signals to the
Overwatch system from behind the Foundation’s fire-
walls (see page 16). The agents are assigned to find this
mole, and learn what he knows — the difficulty of their
task is at least partially defined by the mole’s loyalty.
Possibilities
1. Prism is just one of the many skilled Foundation pro-
grammers still in Shop service, and the video message
was another in a long line of assignments for the tal-
ented mole. But now he’s coming to realize that the
Shop’s new “general” is willing to expend resources that
the Shop cannot afford (including him), and is careful-
ly considering his options. What would really happen if
he leaked the information he has back to the
Foundation? Would the rogue operatives lose anything
other than Villain X? Even if that’s all they lost, would
it matter? Most importantly, can he risk the chance that
he’s being watched by another Shop mole?
2. Prism is a loyal Foundation agent who was simply in
need of money when he betrayed them to the Shop. He
had no idea what was on the files he uploaded and now
he’s terrified that this “Villain X” is going to track him
down, and tie off the loose end.
3. Prism is one of the blade-hawks, and acted on direct
orders from his commander to feed the famous speech
into Overwatch for global broadcast. He has remained
in the Foundation only to observe their progress against
this threat. He goes to any lengths to escape once he is
certain his cover is blown, only to reappear later in full
armor and with the rest of his blade-hawk squad to
back him up.
Plot Hook #2
When the Conspiracy moved to cover up the Villain
X broadcast they found they weren’t the only ones try-
ing. The spin-doctors at Round Table Media came for-
ward to present additional footage of Villain X as a
movie character in an upcoming summer blockbuster.
Movie fans quickly determined the movie had not actu-
ally begun shooting (that the footage was supposedly
special effects “test shots”), and the combined RTM and
Archer cover-up was largely accepted by all. RTM even-
tually claimed the movie was canceled due to com-
plaints about its novel advertising ploy. Now that the
 New Threats
initial crisis seems to be over, the Foundation is deter- 2. Dartmoor makes a break for it, leading the agents on a
mined to find out why RTM worked to discredit Villain round-the-world chase, frequently vanishing only to be
X’s debut, and sends the agents in to spy on the media betrayed by his need to keep control of his business.
corporation. The progress of this investigation is large-
3. Dartmoor is a scapegoat: he knows nothing of Villain
ly determined by Arthur Dartmoor’s role.
X’s connection to RTM or the whitewash that took place
Special Note: If this plot hook is used, agents begin
many layers lower in his company. If approached care-
with Serial Two, but clues at RTM point back to the
fully, he is more than willing to help the agents inves-
mole in the Foundation rather than directly to Villain X
tigate RTM, though he refuses to assist in stopping any
(leading the agent’s to Serial One before moving on to
danger if it threatens his company.
Serial Three).

Possibilities

1. Dartmoor realizes his position is badly exposed, and

expects to be the next in a string of agents burned by
the Shop to cover up Villain X’s exploits. Desperate to
salvage his position, he is congenial and friendly if
approached directly, but arranges “accidents” and other
chance encounters to kill any agents covertly looking
into the RTM connection.

133
Permission granted to photocopy for personal use.
 Hook SHeets
The memo on the preceding page was left by Dr. Lothario Algernon, head of the Foundation’s fringewalker unit.
The document falls into the agents’ hands either through chance or when sent by the agents’ Control or Algernon
himself.
Upon inquiry, it is found that Division Nihil is in a state of full alert — Dr. Algernon is missing! Division Nihil
staff is light at the home office, as all operatives are out searching for Control. No Division Nihil operatives present
know about the memo, and any who discover it in the agents’ hands become both intensely interested and highly
defensive. The document reveals something very dangerous about the division, something that even most of the divi-
sion itself is in the dark about (namely the questionable origins of its founder and some of its potentially scandalous
operational goals). All Division Nihil operatives who learn of the document attempt to obtain it (and all copies) and
keep it hidden until they can confer with their Control (Dr. Algernon).

Plot Hooks
The first hook below is best suited for agents new to the fringewalker unit, or completely unaware of its existence,
while the second works best if run with agents of Division Nihil, who may already have a working relationship with
Dr. Algernon and Two.

End of the Line?

Dr. Algernon has finally been captured by the Architects of the Fringe, and it’s up to the agents to bring him home
safely. The 7 digits presented on the prop are actually the coordinates — latitude and longitude — of Algernon’s last
known check-in point (San Francisco, CA., as revealed with a successful Knowledge (Geography) or Education check
(DC 10), or by inputting the numbers into the location finder of an Icon ProStar 7). Tracking Algernon in San
Francisco leads to a conflict with the kidnappers, a rogue group of Division Nihil fringewalkers planning to turn
Algernon over to their new masters, the Architects of the Fringe.
Bryanna Bane, 4th-level fixer, D-0: home office (henchman): CR 4. SZ M; v/wp: 25/12; Init: +3 (+2 class +1
Dex); Speed 30 ft.; Def 14 (+3 class +1 Dex); Atk: S&W Model 10 +4 (1d8+1); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA
per class; SQ per class; SV Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +3; Str 10, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 14; Skills: Balance
+7, Bluff +7, Climb +5, Electronics +4, Escape Artist +7, Hide +6, Innuendo +7, Move Silently +6, Open Lock +6,
Sleight of Hand +6, Tumble +6. Feats: Jump Up, Lightning Reflexes, Quick Draw. Gear: Weapons, plain clothes.
Gadgets and Vehicles: None.
Rogue Fringewalkers, 2nd-level fringewalkers (minions, squads of 2). CR 1. SZ M; v/wp: 15/10; Init: +1 (+1 class);
Speed 30 ft.; Def 12 (+2 class); Atk: Sword +1 (1d8); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV
Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +4; Str 14, Dex 11, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10; Skills: Concentration +5, Cryptography +5,
Cultures +5, Gather Information +5, Listen +5, Spot +5, Surveillance +5. Feats: Combat Instincts. Gear: Weapons,
plain clothes. Gadgets and Vehicles: None.

Tabula Rasa
In this case, the 7-digit code is the designation of a classified Archer project — a doomsday project concocted by
Dr. Lothario Algernon and the Foundation’s Control, Two.
In 2000, following orders from Two, Dr. Algernon developed a backup plan to stop the Architects — for use in the
worst case scenario when all of his plans against the Fringe-dwellers have failed and they become an immediate dan-
ger to the entire world. As far as Two is concerned, such a scenario has come to pass. Dr. Algernon is missing on a
critical expedition to discover more about the Architects, and all evidence — a photo taken with Dr. Algernon’s newest
invention, the fringeviewer (see page 67) — reveals that Two can only assume is a massive spirit army.
The backup plan is simple: 212 telepath volunteers have been physically “wired” into a massive PsiTech battery,
which links their abilities together and expands their combined strength. When it’s necessary, Two can simply press
a button and unleash a telepathic wave across the Fringe that (if the Algernon’s experiments in 1949 were any indi-
cation) will destroy the mind of every lingering spirit within 100 miles of the blast, turning them into mindless ani-
mals that will attack and destroy each other. The physical world will be unaffected, save that — according to
Algernon’s predictions — no ghosts will be able to move freely there for at least a century, and likely longer.
This spectral S-bomb (“spirit bomb”) — codenamed TABULA RASA — is the Foundation’s ultimate weapon against
the Architects. It’s useless against the Architects themselves (who aren’t as vulnerable to telepathic communication),
but it can stop an incursion if Two or Division Nihil know the location. Currently, this is all that Two knows. After
the agents trace the project back to him, Two briefs and dispatches them to discover more, and bring Algernon home,
if possible.

135
Permission granted to photocopy for personal use.
 Hook SHeets
The spy satellite photo on the preceding page was taken during the night after Connie Tokajiro’s murder. Given
the gang war currently erupting across Asia and the fact that Dareka’s location — as well as the identity the mystery
organization she was investigating — are still unknown, the Foundation considers the multi-car collision to be a pos-
sible lead, and dispatches the agents to investigate. They arrive by 4:30 a.m. the same night.

Plot Hooks
The crash might easily be set up to lead the agents back to the Cult of the Ten Suns, as illustrated with the first
hook below. Alternately, it might lead to a completely unrelated mission, as shown with the second hook.

The Second Sun

After Dareka disappeared near My City on foot (see page 13), she surfaced again, speeding through New Town’s
“nightlife” district (a sleazy all-night strip of flesh-peddlers and other debauchery), pursued by a number of known
Yakuza hitmen. Witnesses to the crash claim that she and her pursuers avoided passing cars, and that the crash was
caused by a third vehicle which turned into oncoming traffic from a nearby alley, apparently with the intent of catch-
ing Dareka and the Yakuza vehicles in the resulting pile-up. Dareka and half the Yakuza vehicles pulled out ahead
of the crash, but the remaining Yakuza vehicles and the newcomer were all caught up in the destruction. When the
agents arrive on the scene, they find (and may question) the Yakuza hitmen, who have been taken into custody
by local police. The newcomer and his vehicle are nowhere to be seen, however, having somehow limped away from
the scene in the chaos following the wreck.
This plot hook may lead in one of two directions. The agents might follow Dareka and the Yakuza hitmen,
who continued their chase south into Akasaka (“Businessman’s Town”), in which case this hook sheet interlocks with
the material presented in Chapter 1 (see page 18) the Cult of the Ten Suns threat (see page 125). Alternatively,
they might notice that part of the vehicle driven by the newcomer who caused the pile-up — knocked loose
in the crash — is gadget-enhanced, leading them to trace the third party back to a building several blocks away.
Within this building the agents make a very unexpected find — a cell consisting of former PAC agents who, until the
Shop break last year, were part of Operation: BODY DOUBLE (see the Shadowforce Archer Worldbook, page 120).
Six months ago, the BODY DOUBLE cell was discovered by the Cult of the Ten Suns and reported to Tian
Qui-Lau. The prophet deliberated for a time and received visions informing him that not only was the cell part of the
same cancerous enemy as the Archer Institute for the Sciences, but also that it was the next target — the Second Sun.
Plans were immediately set in motion to observe and potentially infiltrate the cell, in the hope of learning more about
the enemy’s plans and weaknesses. Of course, with the BODY DOUBLE cell loyal to the Shop, much of the intelli-
gence gained in this operation was contradictory to that gained in Australia, and only served to confuse the Cult,
prolonging potential action against the Shop operation.
Until tonight, the BODY DOUBLE cell was unaware it had been discovered. However, the vehicle Dareka was
driving during the chase was “appropriated” from the cell, sparking the Shop’s expectedly violent reaction — an
attempt to reclaim its vehicle, or destroy it. When this failed, the Shop operative driving the third vehicle returned
to the cell, where efforts are now underway to pull up stakes and relocate, destroying what can’t be moved quickly.
The Shop agents are expecting more intruders, and keep all lights off in their area. They attempt to surprise attack
any who approach their location without asking any questions or firing any warning shots. Their only goal is
to escape Tokyo intact, leaving as little behind as possible.
The discovery of the BODY DOUBLE cell might be a tremendous (and quite unexpected) boon during an otherwise
disastrous investigation — assuming the agents survive long enough to report it.
Shop agents, 2nd-level soldiers (standard NPCs), D-5: Black Ops. CR 1. SZ M; v/wp: 25/13; Init: +3 (+2 class, +1 Dex);
Speed 30 ft.; Def 12 (+1 Dex, +1 armor); Atk: IMI Galil AR +3 (4d4+2); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ
per class; SV Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +0; Str 10, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 9; Skills: Balance +5, Climb +4,
Demolitions +4, Driver +5, Jump +4, Spot +3, Tumble +4. Feats: Blind-Fight, Point Blank Shot. Gear: Weapons, kevlar
vest with insert. Gadgets and Vehicles: micro-burst gel (1 use each).

The Triad Heiress

The crash was caused by a group of Yakuza seeking retribution for Connie Tokajiro’s death. Their target was Lung
Mi-Hai, heiress to the Lung Triad currently allied with the Pan-Asian Collective, who was in Tokyo visiting family
friends. A PAC team dispatched to escort Mi-Hai safely out of Japan was caught in the crossfire, and all but one
among them was killed in the crash (and she was wounded). Now Mi-Hai and her wounded protector are hiding
somewhere in the surrounding area, looking for a way to evade their Yakuza attackers. Should Mi-Hai be killed, PAC
relations with the Lung Triad could be jeopardized, causing a fundamental rift through the whole of the Asian
Chamber. The agents are ordered to bring them both out of the area without escalating the gang war further
or attracting the attention of the local police and news crews swarming the wreck site.
Yakuza Hitmen, 3rd-level mercenaries (standard NPCs). CR 2. SZ M; v/wp: 21/10; Init +2 (+1 class, +1 Dex); Spd 30 ft.;
Def 13 (+2 class, +1 Dex); Atk: Ingram Mac-10 +2 (1d12); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA per class; SQ per class; SV
Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +3; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 12; Skills: Demolitions +2, Diplomacy +3, Driver +3,
Knowledge (Tokyo Shortcuts) +2, Listen +3, Sense Motive +3, Spot +3, Survival +3. Feats: Point Blank Shot. Gear:
Weapons. Gadgets and Vehicles: Sports cars (1 each).

137
 Aquatica Encounter Map
Three hundred feet below the surface of the Baltic Sea, just outside the Gulf of Finland, lies the Foundation’s first submerged operations center, Aquatica. Conceived as a covert
waystation and base of operations between Europe and the Confederacy’s semi-stable front in western Russia, Aquatica has since grown into a prototype for a new type of Conspiracy
cell, more secure from the outside world than any other save perhaps Overwatch and perfect for special research projects (especially those requiring special high-pressure conditions).
Aquatica is presented as a small encounter location, and plot hooks connected to it may be found on page 21. Based on early success with the Aquatica project, construction
of a much larger submerged installation is already underway at an undisclosed location. (For a concept sketch of Aquatica II, see page 20).
Aquatica is built with redundant floorplans, in which each area above the ocean surface also exists below. Locations with vital controls (such as communications/operations
and maintenance) may “toggle” those controls back and forth between locations, and control is set to the above-surface location as a default except under emergency conditions (in
which case the default shifts to the subterranean chamber).
Each of the following locations is designated as “open access” (i.e. anyone may enter) or “restricted access” (i.e. only listed personnel may enter, and only with a confirmed DNA
sample, taken when they place their palm on a security panel). Defeating restricted access security requires a successful Electronics check (DC 25).

1. Administration (command and 15. Communications/Operations (com-

security only): Offices and executive mand and security only): All day-to-day
meeting and planning rooms. All direction of the facility is handled from
the bookkeeping and backwashing this large, open, multi-workstation room.
for the Aquatica site occurs here All security camera feeds throughout the
(handled by Jack Callan’s immediate Airlock Moonpool base are filtered back here.
subordinates, the other two members Hatch Hatch Level 1
of the command crew).
1 15
Support 14. Rec Room/Gym (open): AV/theatre
3 2 13 14 Level 2
Pillars room, two computer workstations (each
Observation Ring (open): This area with monitored access to the web and
rounds dome level 1, providing a
4 5 12 Ocean Floor email), a pool table, dart board, lounge,
breathtaking view through a 25-ft. and full-service gym (including a dozen
7 11 modern workout machines and an under-
tall concave plexiglass alloy window
sized boxing ring).
open onto the sea. 6 13 14 12
Bunker B Bunker A Bunker C
15 2 5 7 9 13. Mess Hall (open): Kitchen, dining
2. Security (command and security 10 common, refrigerator and freezer rooms,
only): Training facilities for the secu- and two bathrooms.
rity crew (including a gun range,
martial arts dojo, and tanks for sub-
merged combat practice) and half the 8 12. Living Quarters (open): Each of these
Generator
station’s armory. Each half contains Access can house 20 people in 10 small 2-person
this standard-issue gear (minus any rooms containing a bunk bed, closet, and
currently assigned to security crews): desk. The top bunk may be folded into the
5 survival knives, 10 H&K UMP-40A2s wall, providing the illusion of greater
(with 500 rounds each of military Observation space. Bathrooms, showers, and laundry
ball and safety slug ammunition), Level 1 Ring facilities are located centrally to each
and 3 kevlar vests. Each armory is 1 block. Currently, the command, security,
locked at all times (Open Lock DC 35 and research crews live in the dome quar-
without keys), and has a hardness of ters, while the remaining crews live in the
10 with 60 wound points and a Break 15 sub-floor block.
DC of 30.
Door
11. Maintenance (command, security, and
Generator Access (command and Access maintenance only): Tools, blueprints, and
Level 2 Tunnel
research only): The only way into the 2 bulky equipment required to maintain
thermal generator chamber; very Aquatica’s machinery, as well as waste
closely guarded — with lethal force, if Elevator
Moonpool reclamation and disposal tanks.
needed. Hatch 3 14 Exterior
Hatch
3. Launching Bay (command and 10. Life Support (command, security, and
security only): Both of Aquatica’s maintenance only): Nearly 50 feet below
mini-subs are stored here, as well as 13 the ocean floor, this area contains the
1d4+2 SCUBA suits and 2 fluid enormous machinery required to keep
breathing systems (see page 65). This Tunnel Tunnel Aquatica’s pressure, temperature, and air
Access Access
gear is normally suspended from a Bunker B Bunker C content steady at livable levels. Only the
multi-hook pulley system along the maintenance crew ever visit this cav-
ceiling and may be lowered into the 13 ernous location, which is difficult to nav-
water in two full rounds. This loca- igate (consisting largely of giant pipes
tion is climatized to outside pressure 6 7 and chugging parts, any of which can be
14
(9 atmospheres, see page 140), and 15 2 5 deadly if not approached carefully).
also hosts a bathroom.

12 9. Rocket Bay (research only): This giant

4. Cargo/Storage (open): This area is silo is unknown to all save the
only found above the surface. It is a researchers, who are privately charged
separate dome, linked by a 100-ft. with completing it by the end of the year.
corridor along the ocean floor with When finished, the rocket bay should be
three separate emergency bulkheads capable of launching either a manned or
(one at either end and one in the mid- Bunker A automated probe to the Overwatch plat-
dle). Cargo is delivered to the dome form, and receiving it back after splash-
through a service lift (by the tube sta- down. This is the first step in the
tion below) or through a docking ring 7. Medical/Morgue (open access/research only): These count as long-term care for the Foundation’s long process of developing
(by submarines). purposes of healing damage and feature a decompression chamber (which counters the reliable transatmospheric transport lanes.
effects of pressure damage, but not the bends) and surgery suite (+4 to First Aid checks
made to heal wound damage or stabilize a dying character). There is only one medical
5. Research (command, security, and facility, located beneath the upper dome research labs, but there are two morgues, the 8. Power Generator (command, security,
research only): Contains three “test second of which is inside the sub-floor research lab. This second morgue reportedly and maintenance only): Triple turbines
suites” which can be hermetically stores corpses the research crew requires for its work, though it's completely off-limits linked to a geo-thermal power generator
sealed to create a stable-pressurize, to all other personnel — including the command crew. This leads to wild speculation literally converting the earth’s ambient
stable-air environment (or a vacu- about the room’s contents (in fact, it’s merely the location of the hidden entrance to the warmth into usable energy. Security is
um). Most research crews live here. research team’s top secret project, the rocket bay still under construction (see #9). very serious about guarding this location
and has standing orders (from the Lords)
to use any force needed to keep it secret.
6. The “Tube” (command only, or by security clearance): This station links to a fully functional bullet train rail that can deliver up to
20 people in a single car to either Stockholm, Sweden (a 1-hour trip), or St. Petersburg, Russia (a 90-minute trip). At least one secu-
rity guard is stationed here at all times, equipped with kevlar armor and a bolt-action rifle with both full metal jacket and soft-point
ammunition. Any train that approaches within 20 miles of Aquatica is contacted with a request for the day’s passcode — failure to
provide this passcode results in 1d2+1 members of the security crew being summoned to the tube station to greet the train. Emergency
bulkheads are also lowered halfway so they can be dropped in three half actions if trouble arises.
 Canberra Chase Map
Acton
This area is dominated by the Australian National University. Countless small museums, class-
rooms, and sidewalk cafes dot the area. Acton is also home to the National Botanical Gardens, a
123-acre expanse of brilliant color behind the University. Small service roads and dense stands of
trees make for tight terrain day or night, even on foot.
Modifiers: Acton’s park-like terrain and sparse, narrow streets make it likely that most chases
will end abruptly. Both the predator maneuvers Box In and Herd provide a +2 circumstance bonus
when chosen in this location. Likewise, prey vehicles gain a +2 circumstance bonus when they
choose the Barnstorm and Zig-zag maneuvers.
Obstacles: Students, small service (gardening) trucks, outdoor and sidewalk dining areas.
Special Events: A wide-load cargo truck is moving through the area at very low speeds, deliver-
ing a new tree to the gardens. Agents in very low sports cars, on motorcycles, or on foot may
attempt to slip under the vehicle without slowing down (DC 22). Failure results in a crash check.
Drivers of other vehicles must either make a crash check to swerve tightly around the truck or go
around (reducing their lead by 4 lengths if the prey, or increasing their lead by 4 lengths if the
predator).
Civic/Braddon
The hub of the urban area north of Lake Burley Griffin, the locations of
Civic and Braddon contain numerous shopping areas and other typical
“downtown” features. Interstate busses drop off passengers in this area, mak-
ing it a gathering point for many tourists. A single bridge provides direct
access to Capital Hill and other areas on the south side of the lake. The Capital
Planning Exhibition is a lakeside pavilion adjacent to the Commonwealth
Avenue Bridge filled with numerous models charting the city’s growth and
future plans.
Modifiers: This area’s many circles and cross-streets favor the clever navi-
gator. The predator gains a +2 circumstance bonus when he chooses the
Shortcut Maneuver, while the prey gains the same bonus if he chooses the Set
Up maneuver. Civic is also the heart of Canberra’s limited nightlife: this area
remains tight terrain even at night.
Obstacles: ACTION, the Canberra city bus system, is particularly common
in this area, as are tourist groups and lunchtime business crowds.

Lake Burley Griffin Reid/Campbell

Canberra’s central lake should not be over-
looked as a potential chase location. Surrounded
by parks with bicycle paths and jogging trails, it
might become an excellent backdrop for a foot
chase or motorcycle pursuit (during which it
should be considered close terrain).
The lake itself is crisis-crossed by small sail-
boats and a handful of motorcraft (plus several
locations). With the high number of craft in the
water, the lake’s narrow shape, and several
bridges forming ‘choke points’ across its surface,
the terrain here is most definitely tight during the
day. Cars might even pursue boats within the
confines of the lake (though the driver would be
facing a —4 modifier each round as he may have
to dash back and forth across the bridges to stay
close to his waterborne prey).
Parkes
This area between the Parliament Circle and
Lake Burley Griffin is the heart of Canberra’s
museum and historic district. Along its shoreline
are the National Library, the High Court of
Australia, and the National Gallery flank
Questcon, a hands-on-technology museum and
part of the National Science and Technology
Centre. A large, central park separates the muse-
ums from the old Parliament Building (now a
historical exhibit).
Modifiers: The short streets and sharp corners
in this location make it difficult to muster high
speeds. The chase speed here are reduced by –10
MPH, and drivers choosing the Gun It, Pull
Ahead, Redline, and Vanish maneuvers here suf-
fer a —1 circumstance penalty.
Obstacles: Aside from the occasional tourist or
native taking a shortcut, this area is fairly for-
giving. The DCs of all obstacle checks are
reduced by –3 in this district.
Extending east from Civic, Reid and
Acton Campbell are home to much of the city’s
military heritage, featuring both the
Australian-American WWII Memorial and
Civic/ the Australian War Memorial (recognizing
Branddon all those who served in Australia’s armed
forces). The second memorial features a
massive museum of military history
(including several tanks and planes on dis-
play) and is considered the most popular
tourist attraction in the capital. The King’s
Reid/ Avenue Bridge runs past the famous
Campbell Carillon bell towers and provides access to
the south side of the city. The defense
department offices and some of the oldest
surviving buildings in the city can also be
found here.
Modifiers: By day this is one of the most
crowded regions in Canberra. When
checking for obstacles, a result of “2” indi-
Parkes cates a large swarm of tourists has over-
Lake Burley flowed into the street. The DC to avoid
Griffin these crowds is only 15, but a failed check
likely results in injury to bystanders (at the
GC’s discretion). The driver may avoid this
check entirely by slowing down for the
pedestrians (reducing lead by 2 lengths if
the prey, or increasing the lead by 2
lengths if the predator).
Obstacles: This area is thick with
tourists, as described above. They are eas-
ily the most likely obstacles in this tight
location.
Yarralumla Special Events: (Day only) A parade has
the streets in this area closed off for
blocks. Auto chases become impossible.
The prey may switch to foot movement
Capitol Hill (maintaining the same lead as during the
last round of the auto chase), or concede
the chase.

Yarralumla
A sedate residential area, the tree-lined avenues of Yarralumla radiates money and power. This suburb is the heart of the capital’s “Embassy Row” and includes the homes of the
prime minister and governor-general, as well as the esteemed Archer Institute for the Sciences.
Modifiers: Due to the low level of traffic and large blocks here, this location is considered close terrain by day or night.
Obstacles: Foot traffic is light here but darkly tinted limousines are very common. The heavy use of trees along the street also provides plenty of opportunities for collisions.
Special Events: An ambassadorial motorcade is moving through the area. If agents do not slow down (reducing lead by 3 lengths if the prey, or increasing the lead by 3 lengths if
the predator), the police are immediately notified and move to end the chase in 3d4 rounds. Further, if any sort of weapon fire is exchanged, the motorcade escorts open fire on all
shooters, even if it is not directed at the motorcade. It takes two rounds to maneuver clear of this event.

Capital Hill
This rising series of park areas and looping roadways surrounds the new Parliament Building, perched on top of Capital Hill. Armed security guards are found in various check-
points around the central building, but most of the location is wide open, providing a spectacular view of both the domed Parliament Building and the surrounding city.
Obstacles: Aside from the occasional tourist or native taking a shortcut, this area is fairly forgiving. The DCs of all obstacle checks are reduced by –3 in this district.
Special Events: Any gunfire in this area result in the arrival of 2d4 police vehicles within 1 round, all of which joins the chase 8 lengths behind the predator. As long as at least two
police vehicles remain in the chase, they automatically succeed in boxing in the offending vehicle on the round after they reach the vehicle’s position (either the same distance as the
predator from the prey if they’re chasing the predator, or after reducing the lead to 0 if they’re chasing the prey). If the police are reduced to 1 or fewer vehicles by combat, the army
is alerted, though they are unlikely to arrive before the present chase is over.
 Archer Foundation
fully screened (psychologically and telepathically) for
potential weaknesses that might explode into pressure
AQUATICA
The map on the previous page displays Aquatica's
sickness.
Aquatica Security, 2nd-level soldiers/3rd-level opera-
layout with details about each of the base's locations. tives (standard NPCs), D–2: Military Operations. CR 4.
The following sections deal with base-wide atmosphere, SZ M; v/wp: 31/11; Init +8 (+4 class, +4 Improved
scenery, and security. Initiative); Spd 30 ft.; Def 13 (+3 class); Atk: H&K
UMP-40A2 +4 (1d8+2); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square;
Atmosphere SA per classes; SQ per classes; SV Fort +7, Ref +4, Will
Within the upper domes (levels 1 and 2, situated +5; Str 14, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 11, Wis 17, Cha 14;
some 30 feet above the ocean floor), the surroundings Skills: Bluff +4, Climb +4, Demolitions +3, Driver +2,
are generally clean and sharply organized. Commander First Aid +6, Hide +2, Listen +4, Mechanics +2, Move
Jack Callan runs a tight ship and this is reflected in the Silently +3, Search +5, Sport (Scuba Diving) +7, Spot
upper decks, where he spends the majority of his time. +7, Surveillance +4, Survival +7, Swim +8, Tumble +2.
Bulkheads and windows are kept spotless and equip- Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative, Run, Stealthy.
ment is well-maintained. The environment within the Gear: Weapons, possible armor (see Security, below).
general research and living quarters in the domes Gadgets and Vehicles: Air teeth (×2).
underneath levels 1 and 2 (on the ocean floor) is simi-
The command crews — save Callan, who is detailed
lar. The cargo/storage dome some 100 feet to the north-
on page 110 — can be quickly generated as paper push-
east differs markedly, however — with few people visit-
ers, while the research and medical crews can easily be
ing, this dome’s interior is dimly lit and only cursory
academics, and the maintenance and cook crews can be
cleaning occurs. Outer walls are often heavy with con-
designed as professionals.
densation, and cargo is sometimes disorganized or even
Personnel and supplies are transported to the site
misplaced.
through its seafloor “tube” leading to a Commonwealth
Below the ocean surface, maintenance isn’t always
cell in Stockholm and a Confederacy cell in St.
as diligent and Aquatica’s conditions sharply decline.
Petersburg, though in an emergency they can simply be
Heat regulation is left unchecked until it’s noticed (at
tossed off the side of ships passing through the Gulf of
which point significant work is usually required to rec-
Finland. (In this latter case, supplies must be recovered
tify the problem). Though not cramped, Aquatica’s sub-
by security teams stationed in the launching bay and
terranean areas often feel cloistered, as if the walls are
personnel must be pressurized in the medical ward — see
closing in (several of the original crew were reassigned
page 138).
after latent claustrophobia set in) and the fluorescent
lighting is considered oppressive by some. Still, rooms Structure and Security
and corridors here are clean and heavy plastic siding
Except for the launching bay, all of Aquatica is
hides the pipes, wiring, and other necessary organs
maintained at surface pressure, allowing personnel to be
(except in the service tunnels, life support, power gen-
easily transported back and forth using the tube without
erator, and rocket bay areas (see page 138).
any delay (and allowing for immediate evacuation of
Personnel one-fifth of the crew at any time without medical dan-
ger). The launching bay is maintained at the pressure
Commander Jack Callan (see page 110) manages a
outside (approximately 9 atmospheres, or 133.63
long-term crew of 14 (2 command — his immediate sub-
pounds of pressure), and the two security personnel
ordinates), 5 security, 1 medical, 3 research (one of
posted there at any given time must first spend 30 min-
whom doubles as a back-up medical), 2 maintenance,
utes in the airlock separating the bay from the rest of
and 1 cook). Each of these personnel spends one year at
the installation. These agents use deep sea diving gear
Aquatica, after which they return to the surface and are
and gadgets when they leave the launching bay (see
reviewed by outside medical and psychological panels.
below), lest they suffer the effects of pressure damage,
If approved for further duty, the agents are allowed to
euphoria, and the bends (see the Spycraft Espionage
return to Aquatica for another year. So far, 7 of the sta-
Handbook, page 231).
tion’s long-term crew (Callan, one of his subordinates, 4
Scenery: Aquatica’s outer walls (and each of the sup-
security, and 1 maintenance) have stayed on since the
port pillars holding up the central dome) have a hard-
base went operational in 1997.
ness of 18 with 700 wound points and a Break DC of 50.
Aquatica security are hand-picked by Two and
Inner walls and doors leading to restricted areas are less
Nostrum, and are a breed above their peers in the
resilient, but still extremely hardy, with a hardness of
Australian SAS and local shadow communities. All are
15, 500 wound points, and a Break DC of 45. Open
focused, attentive, and relentlessly dedicated, and care-

140
 Map Details
access doors and the reinforced plexi-glass alloy fea-
tured in all “portals” and the observation ring have a
hardness of 13 with 300 wound points and a Break DC
of 38. Finally, inner walls — the weakest part of the
structure Aquatica — have a hardness of 10 with 150
wound points and a Break DC of 20.
Security: For the most part, Aquatica’s security is
light, the assumption being that the installation’s
remote location is enough to protect it from most incur-
sions. Besides simple DNA samplers at the entry points
for restricted access areas (see below), the only security
consists of a single roving (rotating) electronic eye in
each corridor and location save administration, powered
research, and the rocket bay.
Lifts: All elevators throughout Aquatica may carry
up to 6 people and up to 2,000 lbs. at a time, and take
1 full round to rise or drop one level (regardless of the
distance traveled — this time includes the doors opening
and closing, allowing for agents to get on or off). Lift
shafts above the ocean floor are surrounded by 340
degrees of plexi-glass alloy (the remaining 20 degrees
consisting of the shaft’s metal superstructure), allowing
occupants to view the ocean depths around them.
Service Tunnels: Various maintenance tunnels link
various parts of Aquatica and allow access to vital life
support, electrical, and other support facilities (as well
as the “powered” research location). These service tun-
nels only allow for Medium-sized or smaller people to
crawl, single-file, from location to location. Turning
around within them is a very difficult procedure, requir-
ing two full rounds.
Emergency Protocols: Every floor of Aquatica may be
self-contained. In the event of a breach, emergency
bulkheads shut off access to the breached floor (a
process which takes three full rounds). These have phys-
ical characteristics equal to the installation’s outer
walls, and may only be opened from operations, securi-
ty, or with direct access to the servos and a successful
Electronics check (DC 30).
Aquatica has no external weapons systems — in the
event of an attack, all personnel are evacuated to floors
below the ocean surface, which are cut off from the
domes by emergency bulkheads. Command personnel
relocates to the backup operations area Bunker B and
request immediate assistance from allied military units
(up to and including destroyers and nuclear sub-
marines).
CANBERRA
Canberra, the national capital, is Australia’s largest
inland city, a bustling modern metropolis with a popu-
lation of over 300,000. Conceived in 1901 as a showcase
for the nation’s best and brightest, Canberra is a care-
141
fully planed and sculpted urban environment. The orig-
inal design was created by Walter Burley Griffin (a col-
league of the famous Frank Lloyd Wright), and the arti-
ficial lake that is the city’s centerpiece bears his name.
The city is almost obsessively scenic: streets are wide
and museums, monuments, and park areas are common.
Few buildings exceed a dozen stories and billboards and
other “garish” features are prohibited. Nearly two-thirds
of Canberra’s inhabitants work directly for the govern-
ment. Combined with placid, sometimes colorless
streets, Canberra has a (somewhat deserved) reputation
as a very quiet city with little or no nightlife.
Canberra is located in the Australian Capital
Territory, a region roughly 50 miles north-south by 19
miles east-west in the foothills of New South Wales. The
city is situated in the northeastern portion of the
Territory, while national parks dominates the rest of the
land area. The region was originally known as
“Canberry,” an aborigine word for “meeting place.”
Canberra is about three and a half hours (190 miles)
from Sydney and over eight hours (410 miles) from
Melbourne. A train also heads to Sydney, taking about
41⁄2 hours. While there is a sizable airport (approximate-
ly 4 miles east of downtown), service is restricted to
national flights, so agents wishing to fly face a layover
in one of Australia’s other major cities — typically
Sydney for overseas flights.
High Speed Chases
in Canberra
This section is devoted to providing extra flavor for
chases and other espionage activities in Australia’s cap-
ital city. Several suburbs are described along with local
modifiers the GC may impose to help chases reflect the
local terrain. Locations described in this section are
identified on the map on page 139 — you may want to
refer to it as you read through this section.
Each location includes a brief description and possi-
ble backdrops to highlight as agents pass through the
area. Modifiers are provided to show the area’s general
character, followed by suggestions for possible obstacles
to be avoided. Finally, some locations include a descrip-
tion of special events that might be encountered there.
Day and Night
Canberra’s high degree of urban planning provides
agents with some unusual opportunities during local
chases. During the day the typical terrain is tight (with
broad swooping streets filled with heavy automobile
and foot traffic) and potential obstacles include cars,
busses, and swarms of tourists. At night the city “rolls
up the sidewalks” and the broad streets actually qualify
as merely close, raising the speed of the chase much
higher than is common in many cities. This condition
applies to the city as a whole.

INDEX
Abgrund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94–96, 97, 98
aborigines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39–40
Abwehr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93, 99
“Ace of Spies” . . . . . . . .see Reilly, Sidney
accelerated Defense ability . . . . . . . . . .53
Action Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Admiralty, British . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Adrenal Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Adrenal Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . . . . .61
advanced recon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 101, 103
African Alliance . . . . . . . . . . .16, 108, 111
Aimes, Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Air Force, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Air Ministry Intelligence, British . . . . .96
air tooth gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
“Alfred” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 21–22
Algernon, Dr. Lothario . . . . . . .10, 22, 24,
28. 41, 67, 96, 97–99, 104–105, 108, 110,
112–114, 117, 121, 134–135
Alice Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
All or Nothing feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
allies, other agencies . . . . . . . . . . . .31–35
allies, local shadow communities . .35–36
allies, the rest of the world . . . . . . .36–37
Amatee, Romeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121–122
American Black Chamber . . . . . . . . . . .94
Analyst feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Aquatica
. . . . . .14, 21, 65, 105, 110, 138, 140–141
Aquatica II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Archer Conspiracy . . . . . . . . . .12, 15–17,
23, 30, 31, 39, 40, 98–99, 100–103, 105,
110, 111, 119
Archer Family Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . .101
Archer Foundation . . . .15, 16–17, 18–19,
22, 24, 27, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 40–43, 49,
90, 98–100, 101–104, 105, 106–112, 113,
114, 122, 124, 128, 132, 137
Archer Institute for the Sciences
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 15, 16, 18, 30, 42,
98, 110–111, 125–128, 137
Archer Pact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90, 98, 106
Archer, Conrad . . . . . . . . . .10, 39, 90–97
Archer, Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 29, 45,
90, 91, 93–94, 96, 98, 99, 102, 103–105,
106–108, 112
Architects . . .see Fringe, Architects of the
Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39, 104, 119
Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Argus . . . . . . . .see Savage, Lord Reginald
Argus, Eyes of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
armor use ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Army, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
“Ash Night” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Asia . . . . . . . . . .16, 18, 33, 90, 100, 102,
125, 127, 128, 137
ASIO (Australian Security and Intelligence
Organization) . . . . . . .31–33, 98, 104–105
ASIS (Australian Security Intelligence
Service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33–34, 98, 104
A.S.P. (Advanced Sniper Prototype)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 126–127, 128
A.S.P. suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Athenia passenger liner . . . . . . . . . . . .96
attacks, tonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Auckland Harbour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
audio/video feeds, secure gadget . . . . .40
Aurora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96–97, 104
Australia . .16, 24, 25, 35, 42, 43, 96, 98,
99, 101, 102, 105, 114, 117, 120, 125, 128
Australian law enforcement . . . . . . . . .31
Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Austrian State Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
avoidance power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
awareness ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
backpedal power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Backtrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129–130
Backwasher bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
“backwashers” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 109
Baltic Sea . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 21, 105, 138
Barnard, Dr. Christiaan . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Barnes, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 18
BBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Archer Foundation
Beijing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 15
Belgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Berkowitz, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Bishops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90, 108, 109
Black Cat ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Black Cat feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
“Black Chamber” . . . . . . . . . . . . .see MI-8
Black Falls, OK. . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 21–22
blackmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
‘blade-hawks . . . . . . . . . .16–17, 130, 132
Bletchley Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Blindsight 5-ft. Radius feat . . . . . . . . . .60
Bohr, Niels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Bolsheviks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92–93
Bookkeeper bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
boosted Charisma ability . . . . . . . . . . .82
Bosnia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Boyes, Capt. Hector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
brainstorm ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
brainwashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Brightman, Evette . . . . . . .see Kraus, Eva
brilliant mind ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Brisbane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101, 103, 114
British Intelligence . . . . . . . . . .90, 93, 96
Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
bundles, new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Callan, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . .110, 138, 140
Cam Ranh Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Cambridge University . . . . . . . . . . .93, 94
camera-safe documents gadget . . . . . . .67
Canaris, Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Canberra . . . . . . . . .10, 11, 15–16, 18, 31,
42, 98, 102, 103, 109, 131, 139, 141
“caretakers” . . . . . . . . . . . .21–22, 99, 105
CARNIVORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Case, Sir Edmund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
“Castle, the” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106–112
CAT scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Cavendish Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
CDI (Center for Disease Information) . .30
chamber relationships . . . . . . . . .111–112
“Chance” . . . . .see Algernon, Dr. Lothario
Charmer ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
chemical monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Cherwell, Lord Henry . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 96
chess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106–112
Chikatilo, Andrei Romanovich . . . . . .104
chilling touch ability . . . . . . . . . . .40, 73
China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 41
Chisholm, Janet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
“Chrysalis” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chung, Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Churchill, Winston . . . . . . . . . . .6, 96, 98
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) .19, 100
Cipher Bureau, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . .see MI-8
‘Citizen X’
. . . . . .see Chikatilo, Andrei Romanovich
clandestine meetings, calling . . . . . . . .36
class (base), sleuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
class (NPC), academic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
class (NPC), femme fatale . . . . . . . . . . .82
class (NPC), mercenary . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
class (NPC), mysterious stranger . . . . . .84
class (NPC), operative . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
class (NPC), paper pusher . . . . . . . . . . .85
class (NPC), police official . . . . . . . . . .86
class (NPC), professional . . . . . . . . . . . .87
class (NPC), psi-trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
class (NPC), raider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
class (prestige), field analyst . . . . . . . . .49
class (prestige), fringewalker . . . . . . . . .50
class (prestige), hyper . . . . . . . . . . .28, 52
class (prestige), Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
class (prestige), maxim . . . . . . . . . .28, 55
class (prestige), scanner . . . . . . . . .28, 57
Cleaner bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
cleaners . .see Straight Arrow Pest Control
cleaners, summoning . . . . . . . . . . .38–39
Cloak . . . . . . .16, 35, 39, 43, 45, 100, 111
cloaked in the Fringe ability . . . . . .51–52
clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21–22, 98–99
clone farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 105
clockworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Club Demetrian . . . . . . . . . .117, 121–125
CNN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
code clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
coil weapon quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Cold War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
combat drones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
combat tracking power . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Comorro Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 102
Company
. . . . . . .15, 19, 30, 43, 100, 111, 115, 121
Concentrate Energies feat . . . . . . . . . . .59
Connection Junction feat . . . . . . . . . . .58
continuity ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Control Metabolism skill . . . . . . . . . . .127
Copenhagen Institute of Theoretical
Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Cosgrach Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Cosgrach Estate . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 19, 93
Covenant, Arc of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
cover identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
criminal investigation . . . . . . . .32, 34–35
Crown, British . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Cruz, Delicea . . . . . . . . . .43, 44, 114–115
cryogenic storage tank . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Cult of the Ten Suns . . . . . . . .19, 41–42,
112, 117, 125–128, 136–137
Cumming, Capt. Mansfield . . . . . . .91–93
Curdle feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Czechoslovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98, 99
da Vinci, Leonardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Dagger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
damage reduction ability . . . . . . . . . . .84
Daredevil ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85, 88
Dareka . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 15–16, 18–19,
42, 125–128, 137
Dartmoor, Arthur . . . . . . . . .131, 132–133
Darvall, Denise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
dauntless ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Davies, Carvel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
“death ray” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
deathmazes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16–17
Decipher Fringescript . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
defiant ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
delegate ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Demagogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94–98
department, Bookkeeping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .24–26, 30, 101, 109, 110
department, Damage Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 26–27, 43–44, 46
department, Field Analysis . . . . . . . . . .27
department, Fringewalkers . . . . . . . . . .24
department, Office of Psion Affairs . . .24,
28–29, 46, 52, 55, 57, 65, 66, 103, 105,
109
department, Recruitment . . . . .29–30, 108
department, Training . . . . .24, 30, 46, 108
department training ability . . . . . . .85, 88
Description Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
detect psionics power . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
detect residuals power . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
devastating psion skill ability . . . . . . . .56
DGSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
diplomatic immunity, ignoring . . . . . . .32
diplomatic pouch, use of . . . . . . . . . . .36
directional mine gadget . . . . . . . . . . . .67
disposition modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
division, black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
division, red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
division, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Division Nihil . . . . . . . .24, 28, 40, 41, 51,
67, 104, 105, 108, 110, 112, 113, 117, 135
Donovan, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
doomsday prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Dream Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . .see Room 39
Dreamtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
dreamwalks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
DSD (Defense Signals Directorate) . . .100
Dunnston, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . .102, 104
Dupois, Nicolette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91, 93
eagle armor gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
ECHELON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
education checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34, 39
Ego Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 109
Ego Trust bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Ellesmere Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Ellis, Charles Howard . . . .95, 98–99, 101
Elysium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see spirit realm
enemies, Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . .40–43
energy drain ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
energy lance ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
energy master ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
energy spray ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 96
ENIGMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93, 94–96
142
ENIGMA II . . . . . . . . . . . . .93, 94–96, 98
Equador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
erasure camera gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
ESP Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
ESP Mastery feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
ESP Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . . . . .58, 63
Europe
. . . .16, 19, 33, 95, 99, 103, 105, 114, 117
European Commonwealth
. . . . . . . . . . . .44, 102, 104, 111, 113, 140
evasion ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
evidence analysis ability . . . . . . . . . . . .50
exit strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
expert ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
extraction, emergency . . . . . . . . . .39, 44
eye for detail ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
facemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 104, 113
Falkland Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Farshot feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
favor checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31–40
favor for a favor ability . . . . . . . . . . . .50
FBI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99, 101
feats, Fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76–80
feats, new basic psion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
feats, new mental psion . . . . . . . . . . . .59
feats, new physical psion . . . . . . . . . . .61
feats, new telepathic psion . . . . . . . . . .63
Feedback feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Field Analysis bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
field analysts . . . . . . .16, 26–27, 108, 109
final deduction ability . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
financial profiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
fixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 26
Flashfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
fluid breathing system gadget . . . . . . .65
Forsythe, Dr. Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
‘Four Powers’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Frantz, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
flicker ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51–52, 53
flute gun gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
freeze frame ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92, 99, 101, 104
Friction Control skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Fringe . . . . . .8, 10, 20, 40, 41, 51, 67–80,
90, 92, 95, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 110, 112
Fringe, advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Fringe, Architects of the . . . . . .8, 10, 20,
21–22, 28, 40–41, 90, 98, 105, 112,
117–121, 134–135
Fringe bomb . . . . . . . . . . . . .see S-Bomb
Fringe effects . . . . . . . . .40, 104, 117, 118
Fringe Fetch feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Fringe incursions . . . . . . .69, 94, 95, 113
Fringe opponents . . . . . . . . . . .51–52, 53
Fringe rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70–76
Fringe Scrounge feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Fringe Stash feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Fringe and the Mastermind system . . . .71
fringescript . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 69, 77, 105
fringeviewer gadget . . . . . . . . . . .66, 135
Fringewalker bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
fringewalkers
. . . . .19, 28, 104, 105, 108, 113, 134–135
fringewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, 95
front companies . . . . . . . .37–39, see also
Archer Institute for Science and Straight
Arrow Pest Control
gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 30, 31, 42, 44,
65–67, 112, 121–122, 127, 129, 130
gadgets, diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65–66
Garringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–9
GC&CS (Government Code and Cipher
School) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92, 95
gear, requisitioning in South America .37
Gemeinschafft Consortium
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 91, 93, 103
Geneva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 16
Germany . . . .91, 92, 93, 95–99, 101, 103
gestalt ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
ghosts . . . . . . . . . . . .see lingering spirits
ghosts, screaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Giles, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131–132
GlobalTech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Gold, Heather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Gordievsky, Oleg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Graham, Elias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 18
Great Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Gray Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
“Grey Squares Only” . . . . . . . . . .101, 105
Greenpeace . . . . . . . . . . . . .102, 103–104
group walk ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Groves, Brig. Gen. Leslie R. . . . . . . . . .97
GRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100–101
Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Guardians of the Whispering Knife
. . . . . . . . .16, 41, 70, 92, 94, 96–98, 102,
103, 104, 111–112
guides in South America . . . . . . . . . . .37
Hand of Glory, The
. . . . . . .7, 9, 19–20, 43, 90, 100–101, 103
Hapstein, Janice . . . . . . . . . . . . .124–125
hawk armor gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see spirit realm
heavily armed ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Helix . . . . . . . . .see Schillingsfield, Avery
“Herod” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Hess, Rudolf . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 96, 97, 98
Hexen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95, 97
Hill, Capt. George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Hill, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Hitler, Adolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 97
Hodler, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Holy Grail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
home office . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 106–107
Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . .15, 100, 126–128
hook sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . .132, 134–137
human nature ability . . . . . . . . . . .48, 87
HUMINT (human intelligence) . . . . . . . .47
Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Hunter, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15–16
Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Icon ProStar gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
immovability power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Imperial Security Intelligence Service
. . . . . . . . . . . . .see Secret Service Bureau
Imprint Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Imprint Mastery feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Imprint Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . .58, 63
Improved Initiative ability/feat . . . . . . .84
improved synergy ability . . . . . . . . . . .55
incoming power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Indirect Assault feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
information services . . . . . . . . . . . .39–40
Informer, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
International Nuclear Forces Treaty . .104
International Olympic Committee . . . .104
INTERPOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
interview ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Intuition Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Inverness, England . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 93
invisible opponents . .53, 92, 98, 134–135
invocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Iran-Iraq War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
IRIS (International Reporting and
Information Service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
instant assault ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Integral Theory feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Intuition Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . . . .63
Iron Curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
isotope tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 99, 102
Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Jackboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19–20
jam power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 90, 92, 96, 104
Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Jinx feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Jodhpur, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Johannesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 15
Jones, Prof. R.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Kaine, Aesop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Kane, Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . .90, 91, 93
Kell, Capt. Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Kennedy, John F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
key skill ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Kiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Knights . . . . . . . . . . .27, 90, 108–109, 111
Krause, Eva
. . . . . .19–20, 43, 70, 93, 94–97, 105–106
Kryptos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
LCS (London Controlling Station) . . . . .96
leap of logic ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Lenin, V.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Leninakan and Spitak . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Levitation skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
light touch ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

lightning fast ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Lightning Reflexes feat . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Like to Like feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
limited custom ride ability . . . . . . . . . .88
limited familiarity ability . . . . . . . . . . .88
lingering spirit, creating a . . . . . . .72–75
lingering spirits
. . . . . . . . .28, 68–71, 92, 97–98, 99, 119
lingering spirits, attacks from
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68, 70, 72, 74, 99
lingering spirits, dispositions of . . .74–75
lingering spirits, protection vs. . . . . . . .40
lingering spirits, summoning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75–76, 94, 99
Link Health skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53, 62
liquidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
little details ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Little Sai Wan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Lloyd, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99, 101, 113
Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 30, 45, 102
London . . .11, 15, 43, 91, 94, 97, 100–101
Look ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Lopez, Pedro Alonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Lords of the Foundation . . .10, 16, 25, 31,
54, 98, 99–101, 103–104, 107, 108, 109
Lord’s privilege ability . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Lord Inquisitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Lord of Concealment . . . .see Callan, Jack
Lord of Discipline . . . . . . . . .see Nostrum
Lord of Nature . . .see Dunnston, Andrew
Lord of Reason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Lord of Superstition
. . . . . . . . . . . .see Lothario, Dr. Algernon
Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Luftwaffe bombers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Lyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100, 102
McCullough, David . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, 32
Macchu Picchu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Madame Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
magnet knuckles gadget . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Maharanghar Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Malay Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Malone, Robert “Ogre” . . . . . . . .123–124
Manes Industrial . . . . . . . . . .99, 101, 134
Manhattan Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
manifestation ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Marko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
medical attention in the field . . . . . . . .38
Mein Kampf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Memory Flash skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
memory flesh gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
mental model power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
mercury shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Metabolic Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Metabolic Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . . .61
Mexico City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Mi-Hai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
MI1(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91, 93
MI5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
MI6 . . . . . . . . . . .93, 96, 98, 99, 100–101
MI-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92, 94
Middle East . . . . . . . . . . .16, 96, 103, 105
Midnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Military Intelligence, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . .92
military specialist support . . . . . . . . . .34
Millennium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 105–106
Millennium Bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Milner, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Miloslaw, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
mind walker ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Minuteman Indemnities . . . . . . . . . . . .25
mission profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24–31
mission resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31–40
Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91, 93
Monaco, Princess of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see Dupois, Nicolette
‘Monster of the Andes’
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .see Lopez, Pedro Alonso
Monte Carlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Mordent, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . .120–121
Moscow . . . . . . . . . . .11, 16, 93, 100–101
Mururoa atoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Museum of Natural History . . . . . . . . .14
Museum of Theoretical Science . .120–121
My City District, Japan . . . . . . . . .14, 137
Mysteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39–40
mystic world . . . . . . . .40, 67–80, 99, 112
National Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
NATO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99, 103
“Nature and Mechanics of Death” . . . .95
Index
Naval Board, Australian . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Navy, German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Navy, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Nazis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 95, 97
negative levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72–73
neural loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
New York . . . . . . .28, 34, 43, 97, 101, 103
New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35, 98, 103
Nihil Division . . . . . . . .see Division Nihil
‘Night Stalker’ . . . . .see Ramirez, Richard
Nirvana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see spirit realm
NKGB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
North Pole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Nostrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 45
NPC Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80–81
NSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
nuclear reaction, man-made . . . . . . . . .94
Nuremburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97, 98
Occam’s razor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
ODESSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Office of Psion Affairs bundle . . . . . .108
OGPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Olympic Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104–105
Omen, Dr. Alexander
. . . . . . . . . . . .99, 117, 119–120, 134–135
Operation: ABLE ARCHER . . . . . . . . .103
Operation: BODY DOUBLE . . . . . . . . .137
Operation: DOUBLE–CROSS . . . . . . . . .96
Operation: GODSMASHER . . . . . . . . . .98
Operation: GOLDENROD . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Operation: MUNICH . . . . . . . . . . .105, 110
Operation: PHANTASM . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Operation: SILENT SPECTRE
. . . . . . .40–41, 98–99, 112, 117, 134–135
Operation: STYX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Oppenheimer, J. Robert . . . .89, 94, 97–98
OPS (Office for Physical Science)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92–98, 111, 117
Ordinary past ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . .87
Oslo Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96, 97
OSS (Office of Strategic Services) . . . . .96
Other Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see Fringe
otherworldly wail ability . . . . . . . .40, 72
Overwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40, 132
Pan-Asian Collective
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .18–19, 30, 42, 112, 137
Panopticon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see spirit realm
Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–9, 105, 117–119
Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Pawns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109–110
Peary, Commander Robert . . . . . . . . . . .91
Peculiar Dodge feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Peenemünde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Penkovskiy, Oleg Vladimirovich .100–101
Pereira, Fernando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
P.E.R.I.L. . . . . . . . .16, 21, 43, 98, 99, 101
Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
persistent telepathy ability . . . . . . . . . .58
Persuasive ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Petrov, Vladamir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Petrovich, Nikolai . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 43
petty authority ability . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Phantom Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 43
“Phantom” VTOL transport vehicle . . .130
physical adepts . . . . . . . . . .52, 91–92, 95
physical world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68–71
“Piquant” . . . . . . . .see Smythe, Matthew
plot hooks . . . . . . . . . . .7, 12, 17–22, 121
Point Blank Shot ability/feat . .84, 87, 88
Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
police intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Police Training ability/feat . . . . . . . . . .87
political espionage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
political favors ability . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Poll, Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
poltergeists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Poltergeist skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73, 118
pool vitality power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Port Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
power sink ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Praetoriat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see Giles, Daniel
private airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37–38
Profile skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
“psi-spies” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
psionic research
. . . .28–29, 45, 96, 98, 101, 103, 105, 109
Psionic Sensing skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
PsiScouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
PsiTech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .see gadgets
Psychoinventive Basics feat . . . . . . . . .60
Psychoinventive Supremacy feat . . . . .59
Psychokinetic Supremacy feat . . . . . . .59
psykinetic projection . . . . .see poltergeist
Psychometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–9
pulp roleplaying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
pulse ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
puppet self power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
pure speed ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Qui-Lau, Tian . . . . .41–42, 125–128, 137
quicksilver axe gadget . . . . . . . . . . . .129
R&D (Research & Development) . . . . . .44
Radiokinesis skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Rainbow Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . .103–104
Ramirez, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
real authority ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
rebreather pen gadget . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
receive signals power . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
reconstruction power . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Recruitment bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Reichstaldt, Dr. Hermann . . . . . . . .14, 20
Reilly, Sidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90, 92–93
Reinhard Explorer’s League . . . . . . . . .14
Rejewski, Marian . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94–95
relics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
‘Ripper of Rostov’
. . . . . .see Chikatilo, Andrei Romanovich
rocket launcher cast gadget . . . . . . . . .67
Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Rooks . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 42, 90, 108, 109
Room 39 . . . . . . . . .6, 15, 19, 22, 28, 30,
39, 90, 91–99, 101, 105, 111, 112, 117
Room 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91, 92
Roosevelt, Theodore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel . . . . . . . . .99
Round Table Media (RTM) Corp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131, 132–133
Royal Navy, British . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Rule of 5 feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 90, 91–93,
98, 99–101, 103, 104, 105
Russian Confederacy . . . . . .100, 112, 140
Russo-Japanese War . . . . . . . . . . . .90, 91
S-Bomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97, 135
Sadrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Safe Haven Resorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
safe house ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
safe houses, immediate . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
safe zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
St. Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Salmon, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
satellite photos, acquiring . . . . . . . . . . .40
Sato, Nuyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Savage, Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15–16
Savage, Lord Reginald . . . . . . . . . .23, 30
Savinian, Boris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Schillingsfield, Sir Avery
. . . . . .16–17, 42, 90–91, 92, 93, 99, 102
Scholarly ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Schrader, Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . .9, 94–100,
103, 105, 112, 117–119, 121, 134–135
Scobel, Lt. Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Scribble feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Script Seer feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Seaborne, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Seagle, Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101, 105
second department ability . . . . . . . . . .54
Secret Service Bureau . . . . . . . . . . .91–92
sensitive ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Sensory Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Sensory Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Sensory Tap skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Life)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Sevastopol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
SFA Interactive campaign
. . . . . . . . . . .7, 10, 12, 40, 41, 42, 43, 90
shadespeakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
shadestrike ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
shadow community search . . . . . . . . . .35
shadow community bias . . . . . . . . . . . .35
shadow history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90–106
shadow history, before the pact . . .90–98
shadow history, 1950s . . . . . . . . . .98–100
shadow history, 1960s . . . . . . . . .100–101
shadow history, 1970s . . . . . . . . .101–103
143
shadow history, 1980s . . . . . . . . .103–104
shadow history, 1990s . . . . . . . . .104–106
shadow history, today . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Shergold, Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Shermeteyevo Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Shinjuku District, Japan . . . . . . . . .13–14
Shop, The . . . . . . . . . . .15–17, 21, 29, 31,
42–43, 44, 104, 105, 106, 108, 112, 117,
121–125, 128–133
shutterbug ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Sidestep ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Sidestep feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) . .see MI6
skills, new mental psion . . . . . . . . .59–61
skills, new physical psion . . . . . . . .61–63
skills, new telepathic psion . . . . . . .63–64
Sky Needle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
slippery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Smythe, Matthew . . . . . . . . . . .19, 92, 93
sneak attack ability . . . . . . . . . . . .82, 85
snoops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 26
SOE (Special Operations Executive) . . .96
“Solution of American Diplomatic Codes”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
‘Son of Sam’ . . . . . .see Berkowitz, David
sonic illusion power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
soul survivor ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
sound blast power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
sources ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
South America . . . . . . . . . . . .37, 100–101
Spatial Comprehension skill . . . . . . . . .60
Special Forces, Australian . . . . . . . . . . .16
Special Intelligence Bureau . . . . . . . . .96
Specialist bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
specialty ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
spectral gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
spectral quality . . . . . . . . . . . . .51, 73, 74
spider climb power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
spirit anchor ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
spirit bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70–71
spirit realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68–71, 135
Spoil feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
SS (Schutzstaffel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94, 97
SS-X-24 missile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Stalin, Josef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 93, 99
State Department, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
stealth technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Stealthy ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Steele, Madeleine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Stephenson, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Sterling, Leigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32, 34
Stewart Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Stimson, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Stonehenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Straight Arrow Pest Control
. . . . . .24, 26–27, 38–39, 43–44, 114–116
Straight Arrow vans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Strange Inscription feat . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Strange Verse feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Studio Alta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 18, 128
Stuttgart, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
style and demeanor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Summon Spirit ritual . . . . . . . . . . .75–76
Support Staff bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
surge of speed ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
sustained attack ability . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Sydney Opera House . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Sydney University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Syndicate, Judas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99, 101
Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Tabula Rasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
tap senses power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Technology for Tomorrow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11–13, 15, 18, 128
telekinesis ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Telekinetic Basics feat . . . . . . . . . . .60, 74
Telekinetic Mastery feat . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Telekinetic Supremacy feat . . . . . . . . . .59
telepaths . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 95, 101, 112
teleport ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Ten Suns, Cult of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Tepe, Dumisani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15–16
Tesla, Nikola
. . . . . . . .67, 91, 94–97, 99, 100, 112, 118
Tesla Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Theatre gadget . . . . . . . . . .122–123, 124
Thirst, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68, 72, 75
Tibet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
time strider ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Tokajiro, Connie
. . . . . . . . . .13–14, 18–19, 127, 128, 137
Tokajiro, Musashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 18
Tokyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 18, 43
Tough Luck feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
tracer ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Training Corp bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
trajectory power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
transmit signals power . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Triad, Lung . . . . . . .14, 18, 127, 128, 137
Trolls, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Trotsky, Leon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91, 92
Trust, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Tunguska, Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Tutankhamen dig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
tutor power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Twenty Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
twin recovery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 16, 28, 102,
104–106, 107, 112–113, 128, 135
U.S.S. Millennium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 15
U-Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 21, 96
Übermensch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
UKUSA Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Umbra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94–98
uncanny dodge ability . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
undead quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
underwater jet shoes gadget . . . . . . . . .66
underwater lenses gadget . . . . . . . . . . .66
underwater weapon conversion gadget
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
United Kingdom
. . . . .33, 90, 91, 92, 94, 98, 99, 100–101
United Nations . . . . . . . . . .11, 15, 17, 36
United States of America . . . . .16, 33, 36,
43, 92, 95, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104
unnatural aura quality . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
unquiet dead . . . . . . .see lingering spirits
Unshakable ability/feat . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Unshakable feat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
update power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Utopia Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 15
V1 and V2 missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Valentine, Ace . . . . . . . . . . . .44, 115–116
Vallentin, Sybille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
van Deman, General Ralph . . . . . . . . . .92
Vangeli, Bruno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Versailles, Treaty of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
veteran investigator ability . . . . . . . . . .50
Vibrokinesis skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Villain X
. . . . .11, 13, 15–16, 42–43, 117, 128–133
Vikings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Vision Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Voice, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Vodyanoi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 96
War of the Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
War Office, British . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Warsaw Pact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Washington, D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Washington Naval Conference . . . .92, 94
Washkansky, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
weapons restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
weapon specialization ability . . . . . . . .87
wheelmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Whitaker, Silas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 44
Wichita, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Wildcat movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 131
Wilde, Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
“Witch House” . . . . . . . . . . .see Abgrund
“word on the street” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
World Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91–92
World War II . . . . .15, 40, 93, 95–96, 117
Yagoda, Genrikh G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Yakuza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13–14, 18
Yardley, Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . .91–92, 94
Yearling, Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Xi He (Breath Blend) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Yakuza . . . . . . . . . .14, 18, 127–128, 137
Yoshioka, Gendo . . . . . . . . . . . . .127, 128
Zigong, Chih . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126, 128
zone of silence power . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
 Archer Foundation
The Open Game License
The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and is Copyright 2000
Wizards of the Coast, Inc (“Wizards”). All Rights Reserved.
1. Definitions: (a) “Contributors” means the copyright and/or trademark owners who have
contributed Open Game Content; (b) “Derivative Material” means copyrighted material
including derivative works and translations (including into other computer languages),
potation, modification, correction, addition, extension, upgrade, improvement, compilation,
abridgment or other form in which an existing work may be recast, transformed or
adapted; (c) “Distribute” means to reproduce, license, rent, lease, sell, broadcast, publicly
display, transmit or otherwise distribute; (d) “Open Game Content” means the game
mechanic and includes the methods, procedures, processes and routines to the extent such
content does not embody the Product Identity and is an enhancement over the prior art and
any additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by the Contributor, and
means any work covered by this License, including translations and derivative works under
copyright law, but specifically excludes Product Identity. (e) “Product Identity” means
product and product line names, logos and identifying marks including trade dress; artifacts;
creatures, characters; stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, dialogue, incidents,
language, artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, likenesses, formats, poses, concepts, themes
and graphic, photographic and other visual or audio representations; names and
descriptions of characters, spells, enchantments, personalities, teams, personas, likenesses
and special abilities; places, locations, environments, creatures, equipment, magical or
supernatural abilities or effects, logos, symbols, or graphic designs; and any other trademark
or registered trademark clearly identified as Product identity by the owner of the Product
Identity, and which specifically excludes the Open Game Content; (f) “Trademark” means the
logos, names, mark, sign, motto, designs that are used by a Contributor to identify itself or
its products or the associated products contributed to the Open Game License by the
Contributor (g) “Use”, “Used” or “Using” means to use, Distribute, copy, edit, format,
modify, translate and otherwise create Derivative Material of Open Game Content.
(h) “You” or “Your” means the licensee in terms of this agreement.
2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a notice
indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and in terms of this
License. You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content that you Use. No terms
may be added to or subtracted from this License except as described by the License itself.
No other terms or conditions may be applied to any Open Game Content distributed using
this License.
3. Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You indicate Your acceptance of
the terms of this License.
4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License, the
Contributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license with the
exact terms of this License to Use, the Open Game Content.
5. Representation of Authority to Contribute: If You are contributing original material as
Open Game Content, You represent that Your Contributions are Your original creation
and/or You have sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License.
6. Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of this
License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game Content You
are copying, modifying or distributing, and You must add the title, the copyright date, and
the copyright holder’s name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any original Open Game Content
you Distribute.
7. Use of Product Identity: You agree not to Use any Product Identity, including as an indi-
cation as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement
with the owner of each element of that Product Identity. You agree not to indicate
compatibility or co-adaptability with any Trademark in conjunction with a work containing
Open Game Content except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement with
the owner of such Trademark. The use of any Product Identity in Open Game Content does
not constitute a challenge to the ownership of that Product Identity. The owner of any
Product Identity used in Open Game Content shall retain all rights, title and interest in and
to that Product Identity.
8. Identification: If you distribute Open Game Content You must clearly indicate which por-
tions of the work that you are distributing are Open Game Content.
9. Updating the License: Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated versions of
this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and dis-
tribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.
10. Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this License with every copy of the Open
Game Content You Distribute.
11. Use of Contributor Credits: You may not market or advertise the Open Game Content
using the name of any Contributor unless You have written permission from the Contributor
to do so.
12. Inability to Comply: If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
License with respect to some or all of the Open Game Content due to statute, judicial order,
or governmental regulation then You may not Use any Open Game Material so affected.
13. Termination: This License will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with all terms
herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming aware of the breach. All
sublicenses shall survive the termination of this License.
14. Reformation: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision
shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
15. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Open Game License v1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
System Rules Document Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan
Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave
Arneson. Star Wars roleplaying game Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast and Lucasfilm
Ltd.; Authors Andy Collins, Bill Slavicsek, JD Wiker. Spycraft Espionage Handbook Copyright
2002, Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc.; Authors Patrick Kapera and Kevin Wilson. Spycraft
Modern Arms Guide Copyright 2002, Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc. Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook Copyright 2002, Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc.; Authors Patrick Kapera and
Kevin Wilson.
144
The Open Game Content
This printing of the Archer Foundation™ is done under version 1.0a of the Open Game
License and the draft version of the d20 System Trademark License, d20 System Trademark
Logo Guide and System Reference Document by permission of Wizards of the Coast.
Subsequent printings of this book will incorporate final versions of the license, guide and
document.
AEG’s intention is to open up as much of the Archer Foundation as possible to be used
as Open Game Content (OGC), while maintaining Product Identity (PI) to all aspects of the
Shadowforce Archer intellectual property. Publishers who wish to use the OGC materials
from this book are encouraged to contact JZinser@alderac.com if they have any questions
or concerns about reproducing material from the Archer Foundation in other OGL works.
AEG would appreciate anyone using OGC material from the Archer Foundation in other OGL
works to kindly reference the Archer Foundation as the source of that material within the
text of their work. Open Game Content may only be used under and in accordance with the
terms of the OGL as fully set forth in the opposite column.
DESIGNATION OF PRODUCT IDENTITY: The following items are hereby designated as
Product Identity in accordance with section 1(e) of the Open Game License, version 1.0a: Any
and all Spycraft and Shadowforce Archer logos and identifying marks and trade dress,
including all Spycraft and Shadowforce Archer product and product line names including
but not limited to The Spycraft Espionage Handbook, Control Screen, Modern Arms Guide,
Faceman/Snoop Class Guide, Fixer/Pointman Class Guide, Soldier/Wheelman Class Guide,
Season Book #1, Season Book #2, and subsequent Season books, Shadowforce Archer
Worldbook, African Alliance Chamber Book, Archer Foundation Chamber Book, Company
Chamber Book, European Commonwealth Chamber Book, Guardians of the Whispering Knife
Chamber Book, Pan-Asian Collective Chamber Book, Room 39 Chamber Book, Russian
Confederacy Chamber Book, and all subsequent Chamber Books, Hand of Glory Threat Book,
P.E.R.I.L. Threat Book, Shop Threat Book, and all subsequent Threat Books, Decade Book: The
1940s, Decade Book: The 1970s, and all subsequent Decade Books, SFA Interactive Episode:
Shallow Graves, and all subsequent SFA Interactive Episodes, website support materials
(including, but not limited to, the audio drama and all future incarnations, website briefin-
gs, online community donations, and all free game support items), and all Spycraft and
Shadowforce Archer logos; any elements of the Spycraft or Shadowforce Archer settings,
including but not limited to capitalized names, Conspiracy names, Chamber names, project
names, code names, department names, section names, threat names, characters, gadgets
(including, but not limited to, the usual refinements and other gadgets), historic events, and
organizations; any and all stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, documents within the
game world, quotes from characters or documents, and dialogue; and all artwork, symbols,
designs, depictions, illustrations, maps and cartography, likenesses, poses, Archer Conspiracy,
Chamber, or Threat logos, symbols, or graphic designs, except such elements that already
appear in the d20 System Reference Document and are already OGC by virtue of appearing
there. The above Product Identity is not Open Game Content.
DESIGNATION OF OPEN CONTENT: Subject to the Product Identity designation above,
the following portions of the Archer Foundation are designated as Open Gaming Content.
Chapter Two: all NPC statistics. Chapter Three: all mechanical agent and NPC options.
Chapter Four: all NPC and threat statistics.
USE OF MATERIAL AS OPEN GAME CONTENT: It is the clear and expressed intent of
Alderac Entertainment Group to add all classes, skills, feats, equipment, prestige classes, and
threat and NPC statistics contained in this volume to the canon of Open Game Content for
free use pursuant to the Open Game License by future Open Game publishers.
Some of the portions of this book which are delineated OGC originate from the System
Reference Document and are © 1999, 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. The remainder of these
OGC portions of this book are hereby added to Open Game Content and if so used, should
bear the COPYRIGHT NOTICE: “Spycraft Copyright 2002, Alderac Entertainment Group.”
The mention of or reference to any company or product in these pages is not a
challenge to the trademark or copyright concerned.
‘d20 System’ and the ‘d20 System’ logo are Trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast
and are used according to the terms of the d20 System License version 1.0a. A copy of this
License can be found at www.wizards.com.
Dungeons & Dragons® and Wizards of the Coast® are registered trademarks of Wizards
of the Coast, and are used with permission.
All contents of this book, regardless of designation, are copyrighted year 2002 by
Alderac Entertainment Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use without the written
permission of the publisher is expressly forbidden, except for the purposes of review or use
consistent with the limited license above.