[Shadowrun] Forensics and Serial Murder
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:13 am
[OOC:What follows is an in character guess at what the world might hold in 2063.]
Imagine the advances in Forensic techniques and that defines what the modern serial killer would need to overcome.
Medium also comes into play. No longer is a serial killer limited to the one dimensional physical world. He now has the virtual world of the matrix and the mysterious world of Astral space, and all of its many planes. Even the task of physically killing some one changes witht he concept of drones and drone technology.
The fracturing of the Nation state is the serial killers ally, no longer do nations effectively communicate in a friendly manner. National borders aren't as well defined, and lack proper maintainence. Astral projection renders the idea of physical borders useless in many cases.
No longer does the FBI communicate or share its data with those nation states that the UCAS might consider hostile-and the birth of Megacorporations and their extraterritorality add a dimension of complexity to all investigations.
The birth of the Metaraces completely changed the way traditional investigators defined serial killer and profiled them. race hate is alive and well in 2063.
Lone Star Security Services has a single serial killer orientated task force that works full time, and only on Serial Murder cases, which aren't as profitable, but still high profile enough to make the Star spend the credit.
Knight Errant spends much more on investigating Serial Murders, taking an almost personal intrest in how the cases play out. Rumors abound of Damien Knight taking a personal intrest in the outcome of several cases, and that he has at times personally toured crime scenes and talked with investigators about the status of the crimes.
By far a Large in the UCAS the FBI handles the vast majority of serial murder investigations, rotating investigators every six months whther they want to be rotated or not.
The FBI also has the worlds premiere serial murder program at their Quantico Academy, which they opened to select outside candidates in 2057.
Internationally Atzlan also maintains an a well equipped well trained team of serial murder investigators, but little public information is available on what sort of cases they handle or how. Rumors in the law enforcement community claim that the Azzies are heavy in their use of Shamanic magic during investigations.
The Pueblo Corporate Council maintains the worlds premiere Matrix Serial Crimes Unit, known as Team 12. Team 12 has been immensely succesful in the last five years it has operated in tracking and capturing matrix criminals.
So far international cooperation has kept the Pueblos from having too much jurisdictional difficulties, but don't expect that cooperation to last, especially if it ever comes down to relying on Megacooperations for any help.
The Corporate Council has put a lot of heavy PR time into Team 12 and have offered their services in at least two dozen cases.
Speaking of Corporations, at least two corporations, other than those mentioned above, have some assetts in the serial murder division.
Mitsuhama and specifically Pentacle has subcontracted several of its laboratories to Law Enforcement agencies across the world for Forensic Thaumaturgical Research and Analysis.
They are very selective about which cases they take, and who they do business with.
Wuxing also subcontracts service to several agencies, but as of yet utilizes only one lab. Wuxing has recently released several studies on Geomantic Magic and Forensic Science.
Now lets turn our eyes to individual case studies....
Imagine the advances in Forensic techniques and that defines what the modern serial killer would need to overcome.
Medium also comes into play. No longer is a serial killer limited to the one dimensional physical world. He now has the virtual world of the matrix and the mysterious world of Astral space, and all of its many planes. Even the task of physically killing some one changes witht he concept of drones and drone technology.
The fracturing of the Nation state is the serial killers ally, no longer do nations effectively communicate in a friendly manner. National borders aren't as well defined, and lack proper maintainence. Astral projection renders the idea of physical borders useless in many cases.
No longer does the FBI communicate or share its data with those nation states that the UCAS might consider hostile-and the birth of Megacorporations and their extraterritorality add a dimension of complexity to all investigations.
The birth of the Metaraces completely changed the way traditional investigators defined serial killer and profiled them. race hate is alive and well in 2063.
Lone Star Security Services has a single serial killer orientated task force that works full time, and only on Serial Murder cases, which aren't as profitable, but still high profile enough to make the Star spend the credit.
Knight Errant spends much more on investigating Serial Murders, taking an almost personal intrest in how the cases play out. Rumors abound of Damien Knight taking a personal intrest in the outcome of several cases, and that he has at times personally toured crime scenes and talked with investigators about the status of the crimes.
By far a Large in the UCAS the FBI handles the vast majority of serial murder investigations, rotating investigators every six months whther they want to be rotated or not.
The FBI also has the worlds premiere serial murder program at their Quantico Academy, which they opened to select outside candidates in 2057.
Internationally Atzlan also maintains an a well equipped well trained team of serial murder investigators, but little public information is available on what sort of cases they handle or how. Rumors in the law enforcement community claim that the Azzies are heavy in their use of Shamanic magic during investigations.
The Pueblo Corporate Council maintains the worlds premiere Matrix Serial Crimes Unit, known as Team 12. Team 12 has been immensely succesful in the last five years it has operated in tracking and capturing matrix criminals.
So far international cooperation has kept the Pueblos from having too much jurisdictional difficulties, but don't expect that cooperation to last, especially if it ever comes down to relying on Megacooperations for any help.
The Corporate Council has put a lot of heavy PR time into Team 12 and have offered their services in at least two dozen cases.
Speaking of Corporations, at least two corporations, other than those mentioned above, have some assetts in the serial murder division.
Mitsuhama and specifically Pentacle has subcontracted several of its laboratories to Law Enforcement agencies across the world for Forensic Thaumaturgical Research and Analysis.
They are very selective about which cases they take, and who they do business with.
Wuxing also subcontracts service to several agencies, but as of yet utilizes only one lab. Wuxing has recently released several studies on Geomantic Magic and Forensic Science.
Now lets turn our eyes to individual case studies....