Michael Fox

Name Michael Fox Age Affiliation KCPD Job Policeman Status NPC (Living) @PCs Ally (SP)

Full Name: Michael Seymore Fox
AKA: "Foxy"
Actor: James Badge Dale, Ref: 13 Hours

Concept

Desk-Cop-By-Day, Vigilante-Sidekick-By-Night

Tropes

Cowboy Cop; Muggle Best Friend; Secret Keeper

Details

Key Abilities

Combat-trained in the US Army (Airborne? Rangers?), including a combat tour in the "Sandbox."

Personality

He was always the classic "class-clown"—outgoing, sarcastic, joker/practical-joker. As the Lancer in Raphael's Power Trio, he keeps Rafe from getting "too serious" and/or "too predictable"—always encouraging him to get out there and do something, and maybe have a little fun while he's at it. An impulsive adrenaline-junky, always ready to try something new—bungee-jumping, base-jumping, rock-climbing, etc. He likes video games, guns (shoots regularly), and cars (street-tuners, primarily, but he watches Formula 1 and GT3/sports-car racing). As a policeman, his impulsiveness and (ironically) intolerance of corruption makes him the typical "maverick" in his department. He drinks and smokes, but not to excess. He loves Kit madly, even though she drives him nuts.

Background

Michael was born and raised in the suburbs of Knight City, in an otherwise unremarkable family: two parents, and a younger sister. He spent much of his time with his lifelong friend, Raphael D'Angelo, with whom he intended to join the Army after high school. However, in his sophomore year, Rafe's eyes began to mutate, resulting in vision problems that ultimately disqualified him from military service—Rafe insisted Michael go on without him. Michael spent four years in the Army, stationed in Germany and Georgia, with a combat tour in Southwest-Asia. Nicknamed "Foxy" from the start, he craved the (occasional) thrill of field operations, but the drudgery and bureaucracy that went with it wore down any desire to re-enlist when his term-of-service ended. Hearing of the rising crime rates back home, he returned to Knight City to become a policeman—chasing down bad-guys might calm his craving, while helping make his old neighborhood safer. He started dating Kit soon after he returned—they were perfect for each other, by all accounts—and they married after a year. He should have been happy. But he soon found the KCPD to be little improvement over the Army. Additionally, he found himself at odds with corrupt fellow officers, eventually resulting in his more-or-less permanent reassignment to [desk job] to get him out of their way.

A year ago, Rafe returned from Japan after his martial-arts master had [disappeared/died]. He was a different person, now with secret "special abilities" and a determination to put them to good use. Mike immediately knew that helping his best friend realize his potential might be the best way yet to feed his addiction for action, and maybe do the community some good at the same time.

Supporting Cast

• Kit Fox: wife, bartender.
• [TBD]: supervisor at work.
• Rachel Ritter: coworker.
• [Parents] (Still in KC?)

Kit Fox

Kit Fox

Born: Karen Reeser
Actor: Katherine Waterston, Ref: Alien: Covenant

• Met at Mike's coming-home party
• Bartender, works nights a lot
• Just as nuts as Mike is—why he likes her
• Married 3 years, dated 1 year
• Rafe missed the wedding (in Japan) & hates himself for it
• She bought him the wolf mask for halloween
• Does not (currently) know about the vigilante stuff
• Never met Rafe until he returned, but heard all the stories

Hero-Work

• =Hero instigator, Power Trio #2 (Lancer)
• Occasionally uses a wolf mask on ops. Has a wingsuit for special occasions.
• (Soon) Knows Rafe's hero ID, and can be found at his lair/cave. Does not usually interact directly with Gabriel, but does know of him (does interact with Yuri)

Other Notes

• Occasionally headhunted by PMC outfits
• Gun enthusiast
• Smokes

Traits

Army Training; Expert Driver; Police Training

For the GM

• Will eventually develop a persona of his own for this "side job," using the wolf-mask. After using the wingsuit at least once, the name "Foxbat" will start being used.
• Narrative: In ~15-20 years, will be killed in action, after which Rafe will finally turn a bit dark

Trivia

• Original "Virtual Comics" character (didn't include the married-life, though)