Alright, gang! Here it is. It’s finally all come together and I’m super excited to get started.
Thanks to each of you for the effort you’ve put in so far. Let’s have fun with this!
I’ve put together a Google Doc with the prologue, some visuals/moodboards, my CS and the assignments. It’s something we can build on and expand as we go but the first two assignments are lined up and ready for you guys to take a look at.
I figured we’d start by each of us posting our finished Character Sheets below by way of introduction. Then I’ll kick off the IC with a starter post shortly ^^
Is everyone happy with discussing nitty gritty in the OOC here? When it comes to RPing side characters, I think we can each get involved as little or as much as we’d like? But the plot will likely demand quite a bit of dabbling with side characters. Long as we all feel comfy doing that?
Anyway, let’s drop our Character Sheets and get going! I’ve been chomping at the bit, honestly ^^
Credentials: Graduated with top honors at Cambridge University with a BA in Psychological and Behavioral Sciences MPhil in Criminology as part of a 10-month research program MSt in Applied Criminology, Penology, and Management
Employment History: Two years during school as a secretary, promoted to HR and remained for two more years Three years as Criminal Intelligence Analyst for Metropolitan Police Intelligence Officer for MI5, promoted to Internal Security and Vetting Agent
Congratulations, you are formally invited to attend a face-to-face interview with RR branch Director Erin Delaney-Rayner. Upon careful review of each prospective candidate, you’ve been hand-picked and selected for the final interview stage.
Please attend the below location @ 13:00, 15/01/26.
27 Seymour Street, London, W1H 7EJ.
Please note this email will be unavailable to view exactly 60 seconds post monitored viewing. We encourage candidates to memorise the aforementioned address.
Your discretion is both advised and appreciated.
We look forward to meeting you,
RR Administrative
“Afternoon. Director Erin Delaney-Rayner. Pleasure’s all mine. I won’t waste our time with pleasantries nor will I be wasting breath on company benefits, bleating some brainwashing bullshit about how this is your second chance... We both know there’s no dental insurance or gym memberships for Rogue Row Recruits. Frankly, we’ve barely got a functioning Nespresso Machine.
I’ll start by thanking you for your time and consideration, Agent. It’s not easy for any of us being here. Deputy General and I spent an unnerving amount of time scouring the database for… Well… Agents like you.
The brief is simple. MET’s in the shit. Deeply. We’re the rescue squad. Buck stops with us now. Guess the squeaky clean ain’t cleaning up. Funny that… We’ll be working entirely out of this miserable office building with no access to MI5 resources nor staff nor a working boiler. It’s just us. But I’m getting ahead of myself. And anyway, you read the Info Pack we couriered, right? Disposed of it as instructed, yes? Good.
Let’s start with the elephant in the room, shall we? Tell me about why you’re at Rogue Row and not at HQ?
"Ha, funny that. I could easily sit here and suggest it was all the upper echelons, or it was that twat-face, pardon my French, Rupert, who somehow pulled the wool over everyone's eyes when I knew he was nothing more than a pretty face and rose-tinted words, but we both know when they want you out, you're out. What did they call it? 'Not being a team player,' I think was tossed around. Guess that's part of why I am here. The other is because I didn't, nor will I, stay quiet about it. But I need a paycheck and I miss the work."
Alright. That tracks with what I’ve got on file… Want to tell me why you’re willing to drop back into the Field? Sure you’ve got the minerals this time?
"I've spent years doing my job and doing it well. Call it love of King and country, call it loyalty, call it punching in for a paycheck, but I was damn good at my job. Not going to lie down and let them screw me over. So yeah, I have the stones."
When you were based at MI5, what was your speciality? And when in your career did it transpire that this was where your talents would reside?
"I've always had a knack for reading people. Had it ever since I was a little girl and our neighbors were interested in...let's say 'other avenues'. What my parents called 'quirky' I called an intense need for investigation and discovering secrets that many didn't want found out. I could never sit idly by and move on. When I felt that itch, I needed to know. Law enforcement made sense then, but I wanted more than driving around and picking up drunk and disorderlies or stopping tavern brawls. When I was recruited into MI5, I finally felt like the puzzle pieces that were my life were finally filling in (edges first, of course). While I was trained to be an agent, my skill-set served them better in ensuring the internal avenues of MI5 were working as needed. After all, they are nothing without the people they employ. If there's one bad seed, the entire crop is dead."
Alright. That’s what I thought. Your file speaks volumes but I really like to hear straight from the horses mouth. Now… This branch is going to be a fucked-up hybrid of Major Crimes, Anti-Terrorism and Specialised Surveillance/Reconnaissance… Are you prepared to be spread so thin you can barely sleep? Barely eat? We’re going to be living and breathing this, this shit right here. Are you prepared to make the sacrifices necessary for the assignment?
"Truth be told, I haven't had a decent night's sleep for years now, so that's just par for the course, isn't it? I need to be back in. If I don't, they win. That and I don't have much else going on."
Says here you were one of MI5s most coveted agents… Seems everyone at HQ wanted a slice of you then no one would touch you with a fucking barge pole. What’s going to hold you back from being the biggest regret they’ve ever had?
"I won't lie, there's plenty of people I would love nothing more than to stick it to. The doubters, the haters, the ones who swept in and took what I found and made it their own, but I am also not stupid enough to think I could easily do so without fallback. Despite it all, I still enjoy the job, know I am good at it, and know that without the efforts, the country and the world could be in danger. So if I need to swallow my pride and eat a delicious bag of crow along with a decent cup of tea, then I will do so. I may break a mirror or a dish in the process, but I know a guy who can replace them easily."
Great. Perfect. Thanks so much for your time today. That’ll be all. I’ll be in touch. Fix the Nespresso Machine on your way out, if you can.
Height & Build: 5’6”, slim, unassuming build; practical posture rather than imposing
Credentials: GMC-registered forensic pathologist; postgraduate qualifications in forensic pathology and injury pattern analysis; Home Office–approved consultant for sensitive and intelligence-adjacent post-mortems
Employment History: NHS Forensic Pathology Services Home Office Consultant (custody deaths, sensitive fatalities) Intelligence and Counter-Terror advisory post-mortems
Job Title @ Rogue Row: Forensic Pathologist & Victimology Consultant
Undesirable Traits: Refuses to soften conclusions, struggles with institutional compromise, carries moral fatigue beneath a pleasant exterior
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• R O G U E R O W I N T E R V I E W •
Dear Dr. Elinor Price,
Congratulations, you are formally invited to attend a face-to-face interview with RR branch Director Erin Delaney-Rayner. Upon careful review of each prospective candidate, you’ve been hand-picked and selected for the final interview stage.
Please attend the below location @ 13:00, 15/01/26.
27 Seymour Street, London, W1H 7EJ.
Please note this email will be unavailable to view exactly 60 seconds post monitored viewing. We encourage candidates to memorise the aforementioned address.
Your discretion is both advised and appreciated.
We look forward to meeting you,
RR Administrative
“Afternoon. Director Erin Delaney-Rayner. Pleasure’s all mine. I won’t waste our time with pleasantries nor will I be wasting breath on company benefits, bleating some brainwashing bullshit about how this is your second chance... We both know there’s no dental insurance or gym memberships for Rogue Row Recruits. Frankly, we’ve barely got a functioning Nespresso Machine.
I’ll start by thanking you for your time and consideration, Agent. It’s not easy for any of us being here. Deputy General and I spent an unnerving amount of time scouring the database for… Well… Agents like you.
The brief is simple. MET’s in the shit. Deeply. We’re the rescue squad. Buck stops with us now. Guess the squeaky clean ain’t cleaning up. Funny that… We’ll be working entirely out of this miserable office building with no access to MI5 resources nor staff nor a working boiler. It’s just us. But I’m getting ahead of myself. And anyway, you read the Info Pack we couriered, right? Disposed of it as instructed, yes? Good.
Let’s start with the elephant in the room, shall we? Tell me about why you’re at Rogue Row and not at HQ?
- Because I submitted a post-mortem report that didn’t change when the surrounding circumstances became uncomfortable. I was asked to review it. I did. I was asked to reframe it. I couldn’t. The findings were accurate. That didn’t stop being true.
Alright. That tracks with what I’ve got on file… Want to tell me why you’re willing to drop back into the Field? Sure you’ve got the minerals this time?
- I don’t think the work was ever the issue. I liked the work. I still do. What I struggled with was being asked to treat evidence as negotiable. Rogue Row sounds like it values function over appearances. That matters to me.
When you were based at MI5, what was your speciality? And when in your career did it transpire that this was where your talents would reside?
- Custody deaths and sensitive post-mortems cases that arrived with explanations already attached. I became very familiar with separating what the body demonstrated from what people hoped it would suggest.
Alright. That’s what I thought. Your file speaks volumes but I really like to hear straight from the horses mouth. Now… This branch is going to be a fucked-up hybrid of Major Crimes, Anti-Terrorism and Specialised Surveillance/Reconnaissance… Are you prepared to be spread so thin you can barely sleep? Barely eat? We’re going to be living and breathing this, this shit right here. Are you prepared to make the sacrifices necessary for the assignment?
- I won’t pretend that’s ideal. But I’ve learned that tiredness fades. Compromise tends to linger.
Says here you were one of MI5s most coveted agents… Seems everyone at HQ wanted a slice of you then no one would touch you with a fucking barge pole. What’s going to hold you back from being the biggest regret they’ve ever had?
- Nothing, if you’re expecting me to lie. Everything, if you aren’t.
Great. Perfect. Thanks so much for your time today. That’ll be all. I’ll be in touch. Fix the Nespresso Machine on your way out, if you can.
- I did notice the Nespresso machine on the way in. If it’s the descaling light, that’s an easy fix.
To most - Erin To family - Maevey (in honour of her grandmother, her namesake) To ex-colleagues - Rayner / Rayn
Age: 35
Height & Build: 5ft8 / Athletic Build
Credentials:
Cambridge University Graduate - BSc in Psychology followed by her Doctorate. It was upon applying to the Foreign Office post-grad that MI5 intercepted Erin’s application and encouraged her to defer her expertise to the Secret Service.
A colourful history in various Intelligence Agent roles @ MI5. Entered MI5 at Intelligence Agent level, quickly progressing to Senior Intelligence roles specialising in Threat Assessment and Risk Management, Strategic Communications and Influence, Interrogation and Interview Techniques & Behavioural Science and Profiling.
Erin quickly garnered quite the reputation in the office, her record studded with success. She was most celebrated for her infiltration and consequential stifle of many IRA operations, thanks to her Irish heritage. It was just 3 years ago when Erin became associated with a group of MI5 whistleblowers. A preventable tragedy where the service allowed a junior agent to take the fall, covering up their clumsy involvement, left a handful of Senior Agents outraged. Erin included. That junior agent later died under suspicious circumstances, triggering the whistleblowers to jump into action. Despite not actioning this directly, Erin was bunched in with the agents determined to expose the service’s shortcomings and was consequentially pushed out. She did not go quietly, spearheading her own story of the infamous Agent Rayner’s catastrophic temper.
Integrity - Proud, Unwavering, Moral, Honourable. Erin can only bend the rules so much. Her moral compass is strong and often leads her away from the covertly duplicitous nature of the job.
Perceptive - Observant, Empathetic, Calculating, Discerning and Astute. Erin’s dream of becoming a Therapist quickly dissolved post-grad. But her ability to read, diagnose and treat remains. She has a knack for sensing character, quickly ascertaining someone’s behavioural profile.
Indomitable - Not easily swayed, influenced or coerced. She’s the definition of a powerhouse. Was always destined for a Leadership role.
Undesirable Traits:
Obsessive - Relentless in her pursuit of the objective. Erin has lost many nights sleep, friends, family members and hours to her unwavering dedication. But it always dances the line of committed and obsessive. This makes her a challenging leader as she, unrealistically, expects the same dedication from her colleagues.
Stubborn - When certain, she can be dismissive of alternatives. Though mostly under control at this stage in her life, Erin will die on the hill if it comes to it.
Domineering - Has a history of becoming imposing when hyper-focused on objectives. Previous colleagues have struggled with the iron fist with which she leads. When the stakes are high, Erin’s grip of the reigns tightens and she likes to pull the strings.
@PatientBean Wasn't sure if Avalon had already entered the building? Didn't want to make assumptions, so sorry if Ellie's completely ignored her.
Can’t rush the good stuff, Byte!
It’s looking like it’ll be just us 3 for RR so far. Though I’m open to new additions along the way… The other potentials have gone cold so we’ll just carry on amongst ourselves ^^
Yeah, exactly. We might pick up some new additions but for now, how do you guys feel about doubling up? Playing some side characters etc. Just to flesh out Rogue Row a little?
So I apologize for the confusion, but I had Avalon go in and get settled, so she is inside the building. She just hasn't met with anyone yet as I wanted to wait for everyone to get there.
I think there’s a huge gap for someone in Digital Ops. There’ll be so much computer-based research, hacking, observations etc that are more technology focused. We could simply faze them in, perhaps on a consultancy basis, when RR needs extra support in that arena.
Plus, just a standard Intelligence Agent to flesh out the team. We’ve each got our specialities but I think the team could do with another body to bounce off of! Maybe a Junior Intelligence Agent too?
If we each double up with one of these, just as side-characters, I think it could really add to the story and the believability. 3 of us is a bit small for a department!
