Name:
Beth Davies
Position: Special Agent in Charge
Base: Detached duty, Portland, OR
DOB: 2/24/75
SSN: 573-86-3419
Height: 5’10
Weight: 135
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Report filed by: Agent Marc MacGowan
Subject
History
Elizabeth (“Beth”) Davies has PRIMUS in her blood. Her father
was one of the very first assault agents, and her mother still is a PRIMUS
attorney. Beth’s earliest memories, of her father in his armor and
walking the cool, air-conditioned hallways of the St. Louis PRIMUS base
with her mother on a rare visit, are her most cherished.
In 1985, when Beth was ten, DEMON attacked the St. Louis PRIMUS base.
Beth’s father was among those killed. Though her mother transferred
to Seattle, hoping the change would be good for Beth’s emotional
recover, it was not long afterwards that Beth decided that when she was
old enough, she would pick up her father’s mantle and defend America
from the dangerous legions of power-mad paranormals.
Always an athletic child, Beth pushed herself in soccer and in martial arts. By the time she entered college at seventeen, her trophies covered every available shelf in her mother’s home.
Beth
attended the University of Washington and graduated magna cum laude with
a degree in engineering, just as her father had. But to her mother’s
shock, Beth didn’t look for an ordinary job -- instead,
she joined PRIMUS. The background check was a mere formality; Beth’s
credentials were perfect. PRIMUS recruiting agents knew what Beth did:
the child of a Cyberline-tolerant person is 99% guaranteed to be Cyberline
tolerant, too.
Beth was among the one percent who wasn’t compatible with the process.
She was crushed. She hadn’t wanted to become an intelligence agent,
to rest on her laurels while others did the fighting for her. She wanted
to avenge her father. How could she do that as an Intelligence Operative?
Still, she wasn’t going to back out now. PRIMUS was PRIMUS, and
she knew it was her calling. She breezed through the Intelligence training;
paranormal law was something she’d grown up hearing about over the
dinner table. When she graduated from the Academy, she was given her first
choice of assignment, and she went back to Seattle.
Quickly she achieved a reputation as a gutsy risk-taker among the Intelligence
Agents. A less talented woman would have gotten herself killed, but Beth
continued to push herself, earning commendations and awards. In 2000,
she was named Agent of the Year.
When PRIMUS told Beth she was to be their liaison to the newly formed
Portland Hero Team, Beth was shocked and horrified. She thought of it
as a demotion, that the Base Commander in Seattle didn’t think she
was doing her job. Only after persuading her that it was an honor -- and
not an insult -- did Beth take the job. [And, for that matter, after
they promised her experimental gadgets. Why don’t we have these
in Washington? -- Agent MacGowan]
Personality/Motivation
Though she will modestly call herself an “ordinary” Intelligence
Agent, Beth is anything but. She continues to push herself physically
and take unnecessary risks. She’s not in it for glory though she
relishes the attention her exploits have brought her but for the satisfaction
she gets in knowing she’s saved the day.
In a lot of ways, Beth Davies is a naïve young woman. She never rebelled,
not even as a teenager, and she believes completely in the mission of
PRIMUS. She thinks all paranormals, even heroes, will eventually show
their true, selfish colors.
Beth has little experience with men, and doesn’t socialize much
with other agents. [Trust me, I tried -- Agent MacGowan]
Powers/Tactics
What Beth doesn’t know is that she IS Cyberline tolerant. But when
her mother learned of her intention – to join PRIMUS as an assault
agent – she pulled strings in the organization. It’s a mark
of how powerful Rose Davies is that she succeeded in convincing the agent-hungry
agency to lie to Beth. (She’d thought her daughter would give up
on the PRIMUS dream and live a normal life, but she ought to have known
better.) The secret is only known by Rose Davies and one or two members
of the medical team at the PRIMUS Academy.
If Beth learned the secret, she likely wouldn’t rest until she went
through the Cyberline process – and it would also likely destroy
her relationship with her mother.
Beth’s VPP is for her PRIMUS gadgets and vehicles.
Beth is brave, but she’s not stupid. She will try to disable opponents
at range before closing with them in a hand-to-hand setting. [That’s
my kind of girl – Agent MacGowan ]
Appearance
Beth is a pretty young woman, tall and willowy, with long brown hair and
eyes. Her ordinary “blank” expression is a very intense, and
sometimes troubled, look. [And she looks really good in short skirts
-- Agent MacGowan]