Zachariah Byrne

Chesterfield Act Registry of the Expressive Database

File #29 Oct 2020 00:59

Summary

Name Zachariah Darren Byrne Aliases Status Registered Expressive (Class A/B/C Kinetic) (LE) Ability Thermal Conduction Gender Male Birthdate August 4, 1972 Age 48 Height 6' 1" Build Athletic Eyes Blue Hair Brown/white Residence Washington K.C. Bay Ridge Employment US Secret Service SESA Field Agent, Fort Jay Parents Logan Byrne (Father) Sandra Byrne (Mother) Siblings Nathaniel Byrne (Brother) Allison Byrne (Sister in law) Marital Status Single Children None First Scene Pink Slip Last Scene Profile Special Agent Byrne has served in the United States Secret Service since 2009, serving the Petrelli, Mitchell, and Praeger administrations. He was a deputy US marshal from 1994–2009, serving as a member of the Special Operations Group until 1998, when he took a position in the Office of Protective Operations, providing personal security for the deputy attorney general and secretary of education. He currently alternates between protective detail and teaching for the Department of Defense’s new Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the new Secret Service Academy in the Washington, K.C. area.

portrayed by Anson Mount

Background

Zachariah was born August 4, 1972 in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.

1994	Hired by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) as a deputy US marshal
1995	USMS Special Operations Group (SOG) volunteer. He operated in emergency tactical team actions across the country.
1998	Promoted to Office of Protective Operations (OPO) Investigator.
	Collaborated on investigations, and had a discrete on-and-off sexual relationship, with FBI agent Christine Dowe. This was a purely utilitarian relationship and never strayed into the area of romance.
	Worked with Christine Dowe to track down a serial killer who escaped from prison, but the case was never solved. A deputy US marshal and friend of Byrne’s was killed during the investigation, eventually driving Byrne to seek a new career in the USSS.
2006	Byrne was in the country, on protective detail for the secretary of education during a personal visit. The news was swiftly followed by an emergency relocation and lockdown. Days were spent waiting for another bomb, or for the command to return to duty arrived. The bomb resulted in fundamental changes regarding continuity of power and emergency government operations, skills he had not had a chance to refine until now.
2007	The revelation of the existence of the Evolved came as a shock, but it was the country’s steady march to systemic oppression that worried Byrne the most. He and other deputy US marshals began theorising, off the clock, how they might hypothetically help fugitive Evolved.
2009	Hired by the United States Secret Service (USSS) as a special agent.
2011	Disgusted by the US response to the Evolved, he began using his top secret clearance and USMS witness protection contacts to foil raids and get fugitive Evolved to safety.
2012	Was discovered and ordered executed, killed both executioners when his ability manifested, and fled. He joined the resistance, and worked with many of the people who would become Praeger’s cabinet.
2015	Testified in the Albany trials against former high-ranking government and military officials to whom he provided protection in 2012. Reinstated to the Secret Service, serving in protective details to fill the ranks while teaching on and off at the Department of Defense’s new Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the new Secret Service Academy in the Washington, K.C. area.
2020	Assigned to the protective detail of presidential candidate Joshua Harding and his running mate Christine Dowe, a special request on Harding’s part at the suggestion of his running mate.

Psych Profile

Zachariah Byrne has a warm, professional demeanor whenever interacting with someone as a part of his duties, and can represent the service with dignity to the highest levels of government. Outside of work he is friendly but reserved. He has a strong moral compass, and can let it guide his actions easily.

Evolved Ability

Thermal Conduction

Byrne can conduct heat from one target to another with touch. He is immune to a touched object’s extreme temperatures as long as he maintains effort to use the Conduct Heat talent. Heat transference can cause frost to form, or steam to rise from, a target of this ability.

Talents	Effort	Description	Learned From
Conduct Heat	Low	A person can be made hypothermic in 2 seconds (confused or unconscious), dead in 4 seconds, and frozen solid in 8 seconds. The target can be reduced to absolute zero in one minute. Heat conducted from the target can be used to make another person feverish in 2 seconds (confused or unconscious), dead in 4 seconds, or cooked through in 8 seconds. A person will combust in 1 minute. The temperature of 1 cubic meter objects can be reduced or increased an equivalent amount in the same amount of time. Larger objects can produce heat for longer periods of time. It would take 2 minutes to reduce a cubic meter of red-hot steel to room temperature, or 4 minutes to reduce a cubic meter of molten steel. Steel could be heated to those states in an equal amount of time, assuming there is sufficient heat to conduct from an external source.	Self Taught
Obscuring Mist	None	If heat is not conducted to another target, localized fog, mist, or steam may be created, granting concealment to people within the fog. The fog will fill a 10-foot by 10-foot room in 8 seconds. The fog is dispersed by wind.	Self Taught
Thermoregulation	None or Low	Byrne can regulate his body temperature to operate in extreme climates by taking heat from available objects or venting his own body heat to the environment as described above. Byrne can regulate other people’s body temperatures in the same manner, though he must use Low effort and must remain close enough to touch them to repeatedly use this ability in ongoing climate extremes. The symptoms of fever or hypothermia can be removed with this ability, though not the underlying causes of those conditions (assuming they were not caused by the Conduct Heat talent).	Self Taught
Good at Parties	None	Parlor tricks such as chilling a drink or lighting a cigarette or other easily-combustible materials require no effort when performed at normal temperatures.	Self Taught

Limitations and Vulnerabilities
Effect	Description
Availability	Colder people or objects produce less usable heat. Local climate may make fog impossible to generate.
Material Conductivity	Some materials, such as metals, conduct heat more efficiently than others. The time it takes to conduct to or from specific materials may be greater or less than the listed amount.

Effort Key
None	Requires no effort and is a part of Byrne's autonomous functions.
Low	Requires minimal effort and concentration, like walking, holding a conversation, or reading.
Moderate	Requires dedicated concentration. Moderate-effort abilities cannot be used while actively fighting or using another talent with an effort of Moderate or higher.
High	Requires undivided concentration. Cannot do anything other than move slowly or talk in short sentences while using a High effort talent and cannot use other talents that have an effort level of Low or higher.

Appendices

Skills

Physical Fitness	Byrne has kept himself in peak physical condition throughout his life, a requirement for admission to both the USMA and the USSS. He maintains a fitness routine focusing on endurance and aerobics.
Investigations	Investigations are integral to both Byrne’s lifelong careers. Though his primary duties focused on protection, he is trained and practiced in investigations both solo and in collaboration with local and federal investigative bodies.
Special Weapons and Tactics	Byrne is trained in group special tactics from his time in the USMS SOG. He is proficient with the use of ballistic armor, shields, and weaponry including batons, pistols, submachine guns, shotguns, rifles (automatic and scoped). It has been many years since he took part in a tactical operation, but he has kept his firearms skills well honed.
Protective Operations	The focus of much of Byrne’s career has been providing close protection to various government officials in any environment. He is an authority in the field of defensive tactics, protective theory, and maintains up to date knowledge of advances in the field of security.
Security Clearance	Byrne underwent intense background investigations, and has maintained Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance for 22 years.
Surveillance Detection and Avoidance	Byrne can spot and shake a tail easily on foot or by vehicle, and knows where to look for bugs in a room he’s securing.
Advanced Driving Techniques	Byrne can operate a motor vehicle with above-average skill in a variety of emergencies, terrains, and vehicles.
Emergency Medicine	Providing emergency care to injured charges requires Byrne to remain trained in emergency medicine, though he’s less proficient than an average EMT.
Grappling	Since his ability manifested, Byrne has been learning how to best make use of it in a combat scenario. While he is by no means an expert, he can now use his ability in close combat.

Description

Zachariah Byrne is tall, athletic, and has blue eyes and neat brown hair that is steadily turning white. On assignment he wears whatever is required to blend in with the situation, from conservative suits to casual clothing. When teaching he’ll wear a shirt and tie, but not a whole suit. On his off days he generally wears jeans and long-sleeved t-shirts with a jacket. He is always armed with his service weapon and a smaller backup pistol.

Player Alts

Pictures

Byrne's House Barge