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The Doclopedia #781
Scoundrels & Scalawags: The Red Feather Thief
Almost nothing is known about The Red Feather Thief. Male? Female? Young? Not so young? Race? Looks? Nobody knows, except maybe the crew that works with him/her. What is known is that Red Feather has mad criminal skills, plenty of smarts, and some crazy luck. How much luck? Well, he’s robbed the home of the same Mexican drug lord three times in seven years.
And then there’s that habit of leaving a red feather at the scene of each crime. Usually, it’s the only clue the cops get. Sometimes it’s a macaw feather, sometimes it comes from a cardinal or a chicken or some other bird, but it’s always there and it’s always some shade of red. This drives the police and the FBI nuts, which is the point, after all.
Red Feather works with a crew of between 3 and 6 other thieves. They use the latest high tech gear and rehearse the job several times before they “go live”. Most of their jobs are residential, in upscale neighborhoods, but there is always room for the odd warehouse or business, too. At this date, they have pulled off scores in 21 of the 50 states, plus a few in Mexico (see above) and Canada (6 provinces so far).
The Mafia (and a few other criminal organizations) would like to either “recruit” Red Feather or kill her/him. Unfortunately, they not only can’t locate the Master Thief, they keep running afoul of the Feds every time they try. This is not due to any affiliation Red Feather has with the FBI, but more due to some very timely tipoffs members of his crew make. Red Feather knows way more about the doings of organized crime than they know about him. Or her. Whatever.
In his/her spare time, The Red Feather Thief enjoys a wide variety of scholarly and hedonistic pleasures, plus traveling and collecting antique kitchen tools.
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The Doclopedia #782
Scoundrels & Scalawags: Captain Patrick “Bloody Pat” Kelly
Captain Kelly is about 35 years old, pretty good looking and a ruthless foe of all authority. He has death sentences on him by many countries and is quite proud of that fact. He hates the French and Spanish, but as a good Irishman, he reserves most of his hate for England. He has a rather soft spot for the American colonies tho. In fact, he often says he might retire there one day. This doesn’t stop him from robbing their ships when he gets a chance, mind you. Of course, he and his crew often spend big money carousing in various Colony ports, so it kind of evens out.
His ship, the Nightmare, is crewed by as tough a bunch of sailors of both sexes as was ever made. They are loyal to the Captain, but also take great pains not to piss him off. Once a year, the Captain has a huge party for “his lads” during which the food, rum, gambling, women & men are plentiful. One really great party lasted 5 days and took 3 more to recover from.
In his spare time, Bloody Pat likes to nurse hangovers, curse in up to 7 languages and try to remember how many children he has fathered.
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The Doclopedia #783
Scoundrels & Scalawags: The Calaveras Kid
Although his first stagecoach robberies took place near the gold mining areas of Calaveras County, California, the Kid has robbed stages, trains and unwary riders all over Eastern California and Western Nevada. Both Union Pacific and Wells Fargo have rewards out for his capture.
The Calaveras Kid is most well known for his amazing escapes from pursuing posses. His horse has got to be the fastest one alive and the Kid knows exactly what escape route to take every time. He has even gone so far as to construct makeshift bridges across canyons…bridges that collapse after he uses them. Once, he and his horse even escaped by leaping onto a moving train.
The Kid’s big secret is pretty big indeed…he’s not human. He is a robot accidentally sent back in time during a 22nd Century experiment at creating a warp drive for spacecraft. Originally designated PB213-G, the robot soon got the nickname Peebee. His neurotronic brain is capable of learning, making decisions using fuzzy logic and even of simulating emotion. Or so his builders would tell you. Peebee would tell you he is a humanoid intelligence in a biosim body.
Once he figured out that he was about 400 years in the past (and then used some of his repair/improvement nanites to build his horse, Artoo), Peebee decided to live out one of his favorite fantasies: Robin Hood. It took little effort to adapt it to the Wild West, because Peebee was also a big fan of Zorro, too. Soon, The Calaveras Kid was robbing from the rich and giving to the poor and having a grand old time doing it.
In his spare time, Peebee likes hanging out with humans, studying nature and experimenting with altering history. His non-outlaw identity is that of Pete Beales, an artist from back east who draws and paints pictures of landscapes and wildlife. This allows him to be out of town for weeks on end while the Calaveras Kid raises hell.
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