Eddie Striker

Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies and the king and the queen of the prom, riding around with the car top down and the radio on. Nobody looked any finer, or was more of a hit at the parkway diner. They married straight out of high school in July of '75, despite the deeply uncharitable warnings of their friends. They started to fight when the money got tight, and they just didn't count on the tears. They got a divorce as a matter of course and they parted the closest of friends.

Eddie bounced from job to job for a few years - mechanic, electrician - before enrolling at the police academy and becoming one of New York's Finest. He met his second wife, Suzanne, and worked his way up from beat cop to detective, then up to sergeant, then got busted down to beat cop for being such a loose cannon, and then worked his way back up to detective again. He was a dedicated investigator and passionate about justice, but pouring all his heart into his work didn't leave much for Suzanne. Eddie became fixated on the cover-up of a murder that he had traced cunk back to the lieutenant governor. He was sure they had gotten the wrong guy, that the perp in custody had confessed to take the fall for someone higher up on the food chain, but he couldn't prove it. A month after Suzanne left him, he ran into that slime-ball lieutenant governor at a fancy gala, got into a verbal alteration that escalated.

In short, Eddie decked him. He's been on suspension ever since, feeling frustrated and adrift. When his favorite nephew Alex won that video game tournament, it cheered up Eddie more than he would admit. After all, he did give Alex his very first console, so he's partially responsible for the win. So of course when Alex asked him to come along as chaperone to the exclusive Apex Vector launch party that was part of his prize, he agreed. He didn't realize at the time that Brenda, who he hadn't heard from in years, had become the head of PR for Apex Vector. She called him to confirm the travel arrangements, and when he heard her voice it unleashed a flood of emotions.

Goals
Rekindle your old flame

Protect your nephew

See justice done

Item: Handcuffs
Can be used on a willing or incapacitated character. That character is unable to use any items or abilities that involve manipulating objects until unlocked.

Item: Handcuff Key
unlocks handcuffs

Item: Bottle of white/red/rose (circle one)
Eddie tried to remember Brenda's favorite to bring as a gift.

Ability: Haymaker

Your wild bare-knuckle swing briefly knocks out the target. They are incapacitated for a count of 10.

Ability: Tough Son of a Bitch

During the game, you can ignore the effect of one item or ability, one time.

Ability: MacGuyver

Your old partner taught you a few useful tricks about resourcefulness. You may use Assorted Supplies to repair a broken item or to disable a mechanism. Each use of this ability uses up one Assorted Supplies item card.