<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br/>Where: Simport City Harbor<br/>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br/>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br/>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12716374#msg12716374">Quote from: Guancyto on 18-10-2016, 02:55:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"That's all the top-level bullshit, though," Auxilia said to Darclight about the Weatherman, "what I mean is, what was he <em>like</em>? He's really dedicated, sure, but is he the sort of person who would or could mastermind something like that? You're proposing that someone maybe arranged the death of a superhero spymaster, definitely stole their identity, and is controlling or manipulating a giant fuckoff laserstar into setting free the supervillains of the world. There were months between Retirement, Ghost's death, and Zohar's appearance; that suggests a lot of premeditation and planning. And he's not super, and he hasn't catapulted back to prominence as a result of this, at least as far as I know. You're the one bringing back Stormwatch. What would <em>he</em> have to gain from it?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">"Hmmm..." </tt>Darclight did think it over.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Your timeline suggests four months between Retirement and Ghost's death, and then the two months after that to learn about and somehow get Zohar here.  As for masterminding the whole thing...here's what I have.  The Weatherman is definitely smart, but he's not capable of operating on a level even <em>close</em> to what Stormwatch Black is capable of.  Hell, he's not even on my level when it comes to the spy game.  So masterminding the death of Ghost?  Unless he managed to get in with the Chinese MSS - their spy service - and done a lot of field training, not possible.  Stealing his identity?  Definitely possible.  The Weatherman managed to get his MBA in his spare time, not an easy feat, and could cite even obscure business regulations from time to time that companies with a whole team of lawyers had forgotten about.  It wouldn't be from the usual angles, but he would know how to do that.  As for manipulate Zohar...if Zohar's got a god complex, <em>I</em> could manipulate him pretty easily.  That said, Hillery did tend to have ego problems from time to time.  That's one reason why, well, you'll see.  Having to kowtow and be the Renfield to Zohar is not something that could come easily to him, but I think it's at least a possibility, if a remoter one.</tt>"<br/><br/>So, one definite no, one definite yes, and one<em>maybe kinda</em>.  That did not quite add up in Darclight's head.<tt class="bbc_tt">"As for what he would have to gain...the immediate answer is a place back aboard Stormwatch, as the Weatherman again.  However, that's presuming that A: I would contact him for serving as the Weatherman, and B: he would be willing to take the job again.  For A, I actually want Cassidy for our new Weatherman.  She's calm, she's collected, hell, she once had to face down Motormaster when he tried to raid an Uber vehicle depot.  Now, Hillery may <em>think</em> I'll tap him, but that's probably after he convinced himself he's the best possible person for the job - which I don't agree with.  I was there for his entire tenure, and while he did a solid job, he had drawbacks, ones I don't think exist with Cassidy.  As for B...B would actually suggest he's <em>not</em> going to try and get back aboard Stormwatch, but instead form his own team.  B is that I think he realized in the latter half of his time there that being Weatherman is not all it's cracked up to be.  You aren't the leader of Stormwatch, you're it's unpowered liaison with the rest of the world.  Hillery would have input, but he wouldn't be in overall command, having a team of heroes to call his own.  I fully plan on having the old leadership model being used, even if I don't bring back the team system.  He would be the one token non-super at the table."</tt><br/><br/>Darclight did have to reconsider it, now that he had really though through the matter.<tt class="bbc_tt">"There may be something I'm not thinking of, but this isn't adding up...there's something else that bothers me, too.  Our mutual friend was the one who put us on your trail in the first place.  If he knows - or could have thought of the possibility - that you did what you did with Ghost, then why tell us about you?  It's shooting himself in the foot."</tt>