The Unusual Investigations of Kenneth Spencer and Robin Thorne

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Sasha Merlo (AD of Task Forces, Site-64)
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RE: UIU Agents Spencer & Thorne
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Director,

As per your request, here is my finalized report about Agents Spencer and Thorne. It should provide a comprehensive summary of the intel provided by FID and DoA, complemented by some of my own observations from working with the two agents in the past. Additionally, I took the liberty of reaching out to my counterpart in the UIU for additional information; he agreed to share several of the Bureau's files regarding the duo as part of a larger information exchange (see my earlier memo about Op. Dyson Spotter for details). I've gone ahead and included these files as an addendum to my original report.

Finally, because it's pretty obvious why you're asking about these two, I'll repeat my recommendation from the conclusion of the report.

> While Kenneth Spencer and Robin Thorne are among the Bureau's most competent and qualified field agents with experience in paranormal affairs, and despite both possessing a familiarity with the Foundation and its methods, I cannot recommend that any efforts be made to recruit either of them. This recommendation is based largely on an analysis of the detrimental effect such a move would cause to the operational capabilities of the Unusual Incidents Unit, potentially compromising the mission of JTF Delta-3 and hindering the pursuit of Foundation interests within the Three Portlands LoI.

I trust you'll make the right call. _

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++ Quid Pro Quo

When the Foundation's Agent Sasha Merlo offers the UIU a gift, Thorne finds themself hard pressed to return the favor.

* **[[[Vital Signs]]]** -- A clandestine meeting in a coffee shop, an excursion to a library outside of space, and an illegal search of the headquarters of a community leader. How far will Thorne go to repay a favor? //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[Circumstances]]]** -- A poor performance, a daemonic pact, and a leap of faith. What is the cost of repaying a favor, and is it worth it? //Written by GreenWolf//

++ The Three Portlands Bomber

When a cryptic bomb threat mysteriously appears in Three Portlands, Spencer and Thorne are forced to team-up with the Foundation's Agent Green to locate the bomber.

* **[[[permanent-waves| Permanent Waves]]]** -- A pair of UIU agents and a chain-smoker hunt for a bomb that might not even exist in the weirdest city not in this world. Just a typical week in Three Portlands. //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[a-farewell-to-kings| A Farewell To Kings]]]** -- Their investigation into the identity of the Three Portlands Bomber takes the trio to Backdoor SoHo, where they find themselves caught up in a deadly chase. //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[moving-pictures| Moving Pictures]]]** -- The hunt for the Three Portlands Bomber culminates in a climactic wizard duel in a museum of illegal art. //Written by GreenWolf//

++ The Body Electric

When an assassination attempt on an American congressman reveals him to be an android, Spencer and Thorne pursue the conspiracy back to its source -- Vincent Anderson.

* **[[[eagle-eye|The Eagle's Eye]]]** -- Androids are infiltrating Congress, and there's only one obvious suspect. Thorne and Spencer know that Vincent Anderson is responsible, but can they prove it? //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[falcon-flight|The Falcon's Flight]]]** -- The law has finally caught up with Vincent Anderson. All that's left is to catch him. //Written by GreenWolf//
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++ Down Time

When Thorne takes some vacation time, both Spencer and Thorne find themselves involved in unexpected misadventures.

* **The Unusual Vacation of Nemo and Robin Thorne** -- 
* **Spencer and Shaw in the Case of the Shaq Saker** -- 
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++ Other Investigations

* **[[[Portland Vice]]]** -- A Foundation mage and her partner investigate a Seance Dust ring based out of Three Portlands, with some help from the UIU. //Written by Jacob Conwell//
* **[[[a-dark-forsaken-candle|A Dark, Forsaken Candle]]]** -- When wizards from the ICSUT Portlands Class of 2014 start turning up dead, Thorne is forced to team up with a former classmate, now estranged after joining the Foundation. //Written by Jacob Conwell//
* **[[[the-blackbird-and-the-falcon| The Blackbird and The Falcon]]]** -- Anderson Robotics has operated with near impunity for decades, out of reach of the Foundation and too powerful for the UIU to tackle. But that's about to change. //Written by Jacob Conwell//
* **[[[end-of-line-hub|End of Line]]]** -- @@[@@//Divergent Canon//@@]@@ -- Although his company is gone, Anderson still has another trick up his sleeve. JTF Delta-3 intends to make it his last. //Written by Jacob Conwell//

++ Related Files

* **[[[florence-thorne-hub|The Phoenix, The Nightingale, and The Magpies]]]** -- The mother of Robin Thorne was a decorated UIU agent, a powerful battlemage, and the founder of the Mobile Occult Operations Team. But before she was Florence Thorne, she was Florence Elsinger, the flaming sword of the Foundation and the spearhead of MTF Delta-3 ("Solomon's Hand"). //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[When Parallel Lines Diverge]]]** -- Two UIU agents find themselves going in the same direction along different paths. //Written by Jacob Conwell and GreenWolf//
* **[[[three-portlands-hub|UIU Location Dossier — "Three Portlands"]]]** -- The City of Three Portlands is an independent city-state under American hegemony, the largest paranormal enclave of North America, and one of the most populous locations entirely concealed behind the Veil. //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[paramax|UIU Location Dossier — "Paramax"]]]** -- The United States Penitentiary, Paranormal ADX, is an administrative maximum security federal prison designed and constructed to contain inmates of a paranormal or occult nature, from which there has never been a successful escape. //Written by GreenWolf//
* **[[[Anderson Robotics Hub]]]** -- Anderson Robotics is a Three Portlands paratech firm specializing in the development and sale of anomalous robots, androids, artificial intelligence, computer programs, and cybernetics. //Written by Jacob Conwell//

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Kenneth Spencer
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01/12/1984
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**Operational Role:** Kenneth Spencer is a senior Special Agent assigned to the Three Portlands field office, where he has significant administrative and operational responsibilities. He is the lead investigative agent on most cases originating in Three Portlands, and functions as the commander of UIU/Foundation Joint Task Force Delta-3 ("Organic Free Trade") during operations within the city.

**Background & Biography:** Born in Portland, Maine, Kenneth Spencer lived a relatively normal life, and was unaware of the paranormal before joining the Unusual Incidents Unit. The oldest son of a federal prosecutor and a Coast Guard officer, he was encouraged from a young age to pursue a career in law enforcement. He attended the University of Southern Maine, where he played baseball, graduating in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in forensic science.

Kenneth Spencer joined the FBI in 2007, operating as a Special Agent out of the Boston field office for 3 years, until an encounter with a reality bender prompted his transfer to the UIU in 2010. Initially assigned to the Unit's New England field division, he played an active role in containing the fallout from a failed Foundation sting operation against the anartist group known as Are We Cool Yet. He was subsequently reassigned to the Three Portland's field office in early 2014, where he currently remains.
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Robin Thorne
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10/27/1990
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**Irregularity Cross-reference:** American, Human, Special Agent, Three Portlands, Unusual Incidents Unit, Wizard

**Capabilities:** Robin Thorne is a wizard with moderate thaumaturgical powers. Specializing in ritual casting and incantations, they are by their own admission comparatively poor at evocation, due to both a lack of skill and raw power. To compensate for this deficiency, they rely extensively on a set of enchanted charms of their own devising, which serve to supplement their abilities and allow them to hold their own in what would otherwise be disadvantageous confrontations. Since 2016, they have also retained the services of a familiar, which is avian in form and assists them in crime scene analysis.

**Operational Role:** Robin Thorne is a Special Agent assigned to the Three Portlands field office as an investigative thaumaturge, where their abilities are used for analyzing crime scenes, locating witnesses and suspects, and neutralizing occult hazards. While not a member of the Unit's Mobile Occult Operations Team, they may be consulted as an occult specialist in situations where a full MOOT deployment is unwarranted.

**Background & Biography:** Born in Three Portlands, Robin Thorne is a lifelong resident of that city, and a native of the paranormal world. An only child, Robin was raised by their mother, Florence Thorne (aka Florence Elsinger), a Special Agent of the Unusual Incidents Unit and a former Foundation containment specialist who played an instrumental role in the formation of MOOT. A powerful thaumaturge in her own right, Florence instructed Robin in the basics of thaumaturgy, and encouraged their ambitions to follow in her footsteps by joining the UIU.

In 2008, Florence Thorne was killed in action during operations against the Lighthouse Mafia, leaving Robin Thorne an orphan at the age of 17. Still intent on joining the UIU, Robin enrolled at the Three Portlands campus of the ICSUT on a UIU scholarship, where they studied forensic thaumatology and modern ritual frameworks. Upon completing their studies in 2012, they joined the UIU as a consultant, working as a forensic analyst in the Three Portlands field office before applying and being accepted as a Special Agent in 2013.
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**Irregularity Cross-reference:** Abnormal Anatomy, Catlike, Genetic Engineering, Parahuman, Special Agent, Test Subject, Three Portlands, Unusual Incidents Unit

**Capabilities:** Renee Morin is a human-offshoot parahuman with abnormal anatomy of a catlike nature. The differences from baseline human biology are largely aesthetic in nature, and do not confer significantly different capabilities; her auditory acuity and night vision are slightly above the human norm, and she possesses retractable claws in place of fingernails.

**Administrative Note:** Due to the circumstances of her origin, Renee Morin has been exempted from normal age-related regulations. For purposes such as calculating retirement eligibility, she is to be treated as if she were 23 at the time she joined the Bureau.

**Operational Role:** Renee Morin is a Special Agent permanently assigned to the Three Portlands field office as an irregular investigator and parahuman spokesperson. As one of the more visibly parahuman irregular agents employed by the Unit, she is an important participant in community outreach efforts in Three Portlands. She is also the primary spokesperson for the Unit's campaign against parahuman trafficking, and has done several PSAs where she has discussed her own experience as a trafficking victim.

**Background & Biography:** Renee Morin is the result of illegal human genetic experiments performed by ex-Prometheus Labs researcher Dr. Sundar Abelen at the behest of Quebecois multimillionaire Bastien Lachance and in association with Marshall, Carter and Dark. She was artificially conceived and grown //in vitro//, and was subjected to embryonic genetic alterations to give her certain feline morphological features, namely ears and a tail; her original genome also contained a deliberate defect to induce accelerated aging, which was removed using thaumaturgic genome alternation when she reached sexual maturity. One of a number of humans with animal attributes created by Dr. Abelen, Renee would have been trafficked and sexually exploited; however, in 2004 a UIU task force led by Florence Thorne arrested Dr. Abelen and ended his experiments before this could happen.

Following her rescue by the UIU, Renee Morin was placed into the care of Virginia Kartal, a retired UIU Special Agent living in Three Portlands. After several years of adjustment and tutoring, she received her high school equivalency certification in 2009 and enrolled in Three Portlands Community College. Following her graduation from TPCC in 2013, she joined the Unit's Three Portlands field office as an irregular Special Agent.
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