![]() ![]() The child's father took to calling him "grunto." His mother took to training him. She named him Dexter many an op has argued whether it represents the one bit of humor she's ever displayed. The Mathers avoided disavowal, though they did endure punitive grief to show other ops that no further exceptions to the childbearing policy would get by - at least, until the Mathers experiment produced results. Tempted with this proposal, the Company blinked first. Her and Nolan's genetics combined with a lifetime of training could create a superagent to put even the incredible black ops to shame, she argued. The situation might have gone unsalvaged except for Mia's trump card: she intended to train the child, from birth, to become a black op. Neither backed down from their stated intention to have a child, and Mia was already entering her second trimester. Science op Mia's colossal, no-nonsense intellect and huge telepathic potential had set her apart - though her cold manner and inability to communicate with Greys limited her standing among her fellow active ops and the administration, respectively. Nolan had forged a reputation in the Combat department with his macho charm and knife-across-the-throat tactics. ![]() Both also were valued, veteran agents who graduated from the Academy in 1982. Neither of the Mathers - who had been romantically involved for about two years at the time - could claim this loophole. From day one, ops have been under orders to avoid procreation unless assigned one of the handful of outside secret identities requiring a family as cover. ![]() This, to say the least, violated Company policy. They announced that they planned to have a child. Two of the Company's own black ops, Nolan and Mia Mathers, created one of the stranger crises in 1985. Things often happen that "never could happen," but not all of these originate in the shadowy world of Greys and evil psis. ![]() In its half-century of exploring and destroying the paranormal, the Company has dealt with bizarre circumstances more often than not. Those intending to play characters in A Minor Emergency should not read past The Mission. Game Masters running conspiracy, secret-agent or Mythos campaigns under a different setting or mechanics may be able to adapt it to their needs. This adventure uses the GURPS Black Ops setting. This article originally appeared in Pyramid #28 A Minor Emergency: A GURPS Black Ops Adventure by Gene Seabolt Introduction ![]()
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