Night Shift

Player Characters

The NeoPD Special Operations Bureau.  Of the four original player characters, three have now moved on.

Current Roster:

• Lieutenant Therius, a Nubian Centaur who transferred from Nova Roma three years ago.  A seasoned veteran with versatile powers.
• Detective Johnny Mortis, an investigator from beyond the grave.  He knows the guilty.  Now if he can just prove it...
• Detective Eulalia Segama, an uplifted orang-utang with a taste for tasteful if conservative clothing, fine books, and science.  The forensics specialist.
• Detective Specialist Katie "Nitro" Landsen, hazardous materials and explosives expert on a personal quest to find her father's killer.
• Detective Mike "Vorpal Tree Frog" Parker, just recently promoted and not too long out of Police Academy, whose specialty is teleportation.

Guest Appearances:

• Ruby Blouse, a young intern from the Academy who has on occasion assisted the S.O.B. team.
• Dr. Marvin Minsky, robotic engineer and detective at Precinct 9 who helped the SOB team capture the Caligulator.

Past Team Members:

• Detective Sergeant Maxwell "Prometheus" Fisher, a hot-headed investigator with mastery over fire.
• Officer Angelina Knight, a vampire clinging to her humanity (it helps that, these days, she can just buy blood at the blood bank!)  The team's occult specialist.
• Officer Skip Sparkypants, a pixie with an affinity for electricity and electronics, and can also project illusions.

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Non-Player Characters

For characters appearing in the original graphic novels, see Jessie Nevins' Top Ten Who's Who and Alan Moore Portal: Top Ten.  Listed below are characters appearing in the game so far.

• Detective-Sergeant Agrippa, part of the IAD investigation into Commissioner Ultima's death.  A martial artist from Grand Central.
• Anubis, Egyptian god of death and impromptu guest at Angelina's 250th unbirthday party.
• Eugene Babbage, an officer from Albion who took receipt of the Kelvinator and his parental unit.
• "Blood Rose", a would-be science hero eager to get work at Top Ten
• Brumhild-4, Ferro-American working for Legion of Brooms, the cleaning service for a recently burglarized house.
• "Big Wheels", a ferro-American member of the League of Evil, and suspect in the Stan Hausman murder.
• Deodatus Titus Valerius, "The Caligulator", an escaped criminal from Nova Roma, and Lieutenant Therius's nemesis.
• Philippe de Condé, a vampire and Angelina's current beau.
• Count Pietro Dakoulas, a vampire from the Balkans who claims direct blood lineage to Vlad Drakul; Angelina's Sire.
• Hugh Louis Dewey, of Dewey, Cheetham and Howe.  The Kelvinator's new attorney, taking over for Mr. Metavac.
• Vyolet Duske, mutant undead.  Angelina and Vyolet have been at odds for over forty years, and Vyolet has designs on Angelina's date, Philippe.
• Alexi "Strong" Fanglestein, father of small-time villain Seymour "The Cobra" Fanglestein.
• Mika "Angel of Mercy" Fanglestein, mother of small-time villain Seymour "The Cobra" Fanglestein.
• Seymour "The Cobra" Fanglestein, small-time criminal and arch-enemy of The Mongoose.
• Betty Feldstein, staying with her sister Shirley to help her after the assault.
• Shirley Feldstein, victim of an assault in South Green and rescued by Maxwell Fisher.
• Larry Fischman, of Metavac, Fischman & Goebbels.  Representing Marta "Boots" Wesson.
• Glen Forrest, A.E. "The Green Hunter", husband of Opal Sterling and recent victim of a burglary.  Works at ASTRO Labs.
• Lt. Centurion Nicolaius Furius, Director of the Witness Protection Program on Grand Central.
• Lionel "Duke Smarta Pants" Gidora, Saurian male suspect in the armed robbery of a Harvest Supermarket in Southern Midtown and subsequent fire at a warehouse in Lanchester.
• Herb Gissler, the khaki officer in charge of the Precinct Ten surveillance room
• Lt. Consuela "La Niña" Gonzales, in charge of the precinct's night shift
• Stan Hausman, small-time drug manufacturer who contaminated some Hallowe'en candy; brutally murdered.
• Wilhelm "Dr. Axis" Hausman, a founding architect of Neopoolis; Stan Hausman's grandfather.  Died in 1996.
• Julio Hernandez, a schoolbus driver who accidentally overdosed on Hallowe'en candy tainted with illegal drugs
• Marty Dynamo Toad Jackson, Archie Nemesis' henchman.
• Nestorius "Obsidian Sorcerer" Jones, last suviving member of the 1960s super team, the Neopolis Star Guardians.  (Played by Ossie Davis.)
• Sergeant Jumbotron, the SOB team's main contact at Precinct 9; looks like an old television with green screen, rabbits-ears antennas, and Jacob's ladder effect.
• K-924, "The Kelvinator"'s parental unit
• K-1132 "The Kelvinator", a post-organic mover and shaker in the Neopolis drug market
• "King Galactic", wanted for sexual assault in the Shirley Feldstein case.
• "Komodo", a Saurian member of the League of Evil, and suspect in the Stan Hausman murder.
• Kra-Z Klix, Ferro-American suspect in the armed robbery of a Harvest Supermarket in Southern Midtown and subsequent fire at a warehouse in Lanchester.
• Lady Britannia, a science hero and officer from Albion who acted as backup during the Kelvinator's transfer.
• Lonny "Samurai Engineer" Ma, a techno-geek and witness in the Stan Hausman murder.  Smitten with Officer Knight.
• Robert Malina, District Attorney.
• Officer Mike Metabaron, a burly and surly officer on Parallel 9; Officer Parchesi's partner.
• Gerald Metavac, senior partner at Metavac, Fishman & Goebbels.  "Brain on a drinks trolley" guy, representing the Kelvinator until Hugh Louis Dewey, of Dewey, Cheetham and Howe, took over the case.
• Detective-Sergeant Milo, part of the IAD investigation into Commissioner Ultima's death.  An empath from Grand Central.
• Captain Minerva, in charge of the IAD investigation into Commissioner Ultima's death.  From Grand Central.
• Mongo, driver and proprietor of Mongo's Cab and Meat Delivery Service, perhaps the only cab that ventures into Snowtown.  Drives a big old herse with a cow mounted on the front and FSM bumber sticker.  Mongo is 6'8"; his pet is a 25-lbs rat called Shredney Vashtar.  They listen to NPR in the cab.
• The Mongoose, one of Detective Segama's contacts in the animal rights movement.
• Joan "Livewire" Moriguchi, reporter for the Neopolis Beacon; Detective-Sergeant Maxwell Fisher's girlfriend.
• Doctor "Mortulus" Ramayaranyana, cyber-specialist who treated Senator Valerianus at Decepticonvalescent Hospital on Parallel 9.
• Archie Nemesis, a contact of Detective Johnny Mortis, who organizes illegal or semi-legal streetfights.
• Frank Osmond, Assistant District Attorney.
• Officer Parchesi, an officer of the law on Parallel 9.  His partner is Officer Mike Metabaron.
• Pendragon, a science hero and officer from Albion who acted as backup during the Kelvinator's transfer.
• Rod "Zapper" Politowski, a member of the League of Evil, and suspect in the Stan Hausman murder.
• Yelder Popman, the man who is currently sitting on death row for killing Katie "Nitro" Landsen's father.
• Rachel Pryor, victim of a recent homicide suspected of being the work of the Caligulator.  She lived in Snowtown, working at McRaney's.
• Oliver "Super-Vizor" Puny, inspector with the Neopolis Health Department.
• Lieutenant Retiarius, part of the IAD investigation into Commissioner Ultima's death.  From Grand Central.
• Felicia Riddick, A.E. "Pride Baroness", a Century 25 real estate agent who was selling a house recently burglarized.
• Dwayne Shavins, caucasian male suspect in the armed robbery of a Harvest Supermarket in Southern Midtown and subsequent fire at a warehouse in Lanchester.
• Doctor Shimmerian, a nanite collective working at Decepticonvalescent Hospital on Parallel 9.  Ruby Blouse's progenitor.
• The Sinister Swami, a thin four-armed disheveled bearded man in a loincloth; former champion at Archie Nemesis' streetfights, defeated to within an inch of his life by The Slicer.
• The Slicer, low-key gloved man in a surgical mask and round glasses, showing no affect; new reigning champion at Archie Nemesis' streetfights.
• Raymon Smith, a.k.a. Daybreak Newstar "The Hood" Sitrajanipan, formerly sidekick to small-time villain "The Cobra", now reformed and a cab driver.
• Opal Sterling, A.E. "Countess Metallo", wife of Glen Forrest and recently victim of a burglary.  Works at Power Rings'N'Things.
• Leandra "The Mirror" Strauss, a metamorph who attended Aneglina Knight's unbirthday party.
• "Steely Dan", a ferro-American member of the League of Evil, picked up as a suspect in the Stan Hausman murder.
• Tesla, an officer from Albion who took receipt of the Kelvinator and his parental unit.
• Marta "Boots" Wesson, underage repeat offender
• Leandra "the Mirror" Wiecek, a metamorph who can assume racial traits and looks.  She works in PR at the TransWorld station.
• Father Wiesenstein, priest of the Bavarian Wagnerian Church.  Currently wanted in connection with the Gromolko case.

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