Spy Bio

Carlos Estanza

Summary

You're the leader of an up-and-coming crime syndicate in Dallas. You plan to replace the Romanos as the local mob. Right now, you mostly do mercenary work for whoever will pay you.

Goals

History

You've always been the trouble-maker. You went from running in gangs to running them. You've gone to jail twice (once for possession; once for assault), but you played nice and got paroled quickly. Now, you're tired of the small time; you're ready for the big leagues. The Dallas crime scene has been controlled by the Romano family since the 1950's. It's time for some new blood. The Romano Godfather, Lorenzo, is getting old. His control is slipping, and new factions are starting to emerge. The Gustavo twins were doing pretty well with their underground casinos, but they got shut down by the cops. You picked up the pieces of their organization and founded your own syndicate.

In the end, you plan to replace the Romanos, but you need to get established. You've built a certain economic base on drug smuggling - an area the Romanos have generally turned their noses up at. Now, you're ready to start branching out. You're looking for partners to deal with, but it's been hard going. You've been lucky enough to get a lot of work from Winston Maru, a local businessman. He pays you to handle shipments of illegal goods, a bit of protection, and the occasional hit. He's been a real godsend as far as the bottom line goes, but you're worried he might start thinking you're an employee rather than an independent contractor. It probably wouldn't hurt to tell him "no" a couple of times.

Another great source of income has been Lorenzo, Jr. of all people. It seems he's on the outs with his Family, and he needs some outside support. Mostly, he tips you off about deals his siblings are orchestrating, you bust in and rip everything off, and you split the profits. Just last week, he tipped you to a shipment of high-quality paper destined to become counterfeit money. You raided his brother's warehouse and took it all. Now, if you could just find somebody to buy it, you'd be in good shape.

Things have been busy recently. Maru had hired you to play enforcer at some meeting he's taking this weekend. Basically, he just wants you to stand around and look tough - easy money. [Note: "Today" is Saturday, so "yesterday" means Friday.] Yesterday, though, he got all excited and started taking out contracts left and right. He paid top dollar for you to nail no less than four people on short notice. Even better, two of them were Romanos!

The first one was just some cousin of the Family's. You sent Umbar and Forsythe to take care of him. Umbar called in later and said they jumped the guy outside a local club. They made it look like a mugging and stuffed him in a dumpster.

The big one, though, was no less than Emilio Romano, one of the two founders of the Family. Those guys almost never leave the Family compound, so you weren't sure how to nail him. Finally, after gritting your teeth, you took a chance on asking Junior for help. Junior hates most of his relatives, so you were finally able to talk him into giving you the access card to one of the back entrances. You strolled right in and popped the guy, just like that! The contract said to do Emilio in and destroy any documents he had on him. The trouble was, his office was FULL of junk. Finally, you smashed the computer and set fire to the place. That was a mistake because the fire alarms went off and the whole place went nuts. You and Felicia barely made it out of the building.

The other two contracts have been a little more trouble. You've got to find some guy in the park this morning. You're supposed to nail him and whoever he happens to be meeting with. What a mess. Maru really had a bug up his ass, though, because you held him up for a fortune!

Role-Playing Tips

Estanza is ruthless, easily excitable, and prone to nastiness. He's out to carve himself an empire, and nobody had better get in his way. When he's feeling up and in control, he's suave, cool, and very full of himself. When he gets frustrated, people get hurt.

You're willing to play nice to get what you want, but don't let anybody give you any crap. Most especially, watch out for people who want to take you over and make you work for them. You'll work WITH, but never FOR. Keep an eye out for any established powers you can make a deal with. If you can play middleman to a lot of big syndicates, you'll get big just ferrying stuff back and forth.

In general, you quite like the members of your gang. Some people make rude jokes about your collecting a harem, but you tend to shoot these people. Only you get to make jokes about your harem. As long as they remember that you're the boss, you even let them think for themselves. What more could a good subordinate ask for?

People You Know

Lorenzo Romano, the head of the Romano family
Everyone says he used to be a major bad-ass, but now he's just an old man. Rumor has it he's planning to retire soon. So long, Grandpa!

Lorenzo Romano, Jr., the eldest Romano kid
Junior's the oldest of old Lorenzo's kids, but he's managed to piss off most of his elders in the Family. Go figure; he's way too arrogant and disorganized. He thinks he's using you to get at his Family, and that's just fine so long as you're making a profit. If he's planning to double-cross you, though, he's going to learn that's a mistake.

Vittoria Romano, Junior's sister
She apparently runs the Romanos' books for them. Accounting, paperwork, and crap like that. No wonder the Family's going down. You can't get all hidebound like that.

Danny Romano, Junior's brother
The only one of the kids to ever do time, the word on the street is that Danny's a loser.

Emilio Romano, a corpse
About a million years ago, he apparently helped Lorenzo found the Family. He didn't seem so tough when you shot him last night.

Luigi Romano, a corpse
Some relation of the Romanos. Whatever the reason, Maru paid you to have him disposed of. Tough breaks, kid.

Gunther Patmos, Junior's lieutenant
Some bruno Junior takes with him everywhere. He thinks he's a tough guy. As long as he keeps his trap shut, though, you don't care what he thinks.

Gina Umbar, your lieutenant
Gina is your right-hand man (so to speak). She's good with a plan, she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, and best of all, she knows who's in charge. When you need an idea, she's usually there to chime in, but once you make up your mind, she knows to clam up and do what she's told.

Christina Forsythe, one of your minions
Christina came to you after the Gustavo twins got busted. She's not too quick with ideas, but she's good at taking orders. Sometimes, that's just what you need.

Felicia Blank, another minion
She was a friend of Forsythe's from the Gustavo casino, and Forsythe introduced her a few weeks after she joined up. She's not very proactive, but with a firm boot in her ass, she can work pretty well.

Winston Maru, a businessman
Maru runs some big shipping company, and he's thrown a lot of work your way over the past year. The only problem is that he seems to be getting ideas about being in charge. He may need reminding that you take jobs... not orders.

Your First Meet

You'll be looking for the targets of that contract. However, your team needs to get assembled first. You should meet one of the gods at 0900 at the Aroma's coffee shop. It is located in a strip mall at the NE corner of Beltline and Prestonwood (just east of the Prestonwood mall).

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Last modified: Fri Apr 24 08:00:24 CDT 1998