History Characters / Intelligence2014

* AllThereInTheManual: The introduction to each episode mentions that Gabriel has been with Delta Force.

A rogue Chinese Ministry of State Security agent based in Virginia ([[UnreliableNarrator according to an MSS officer in Washington D.C.]]) who masterminded the abduction of Dr. Shenandoah in order to use his next generation microchip into the brain of Mei Chen.

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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Neurosurgeon, computer scientist, electronics engineer, pathologist, and that's only the first five episodes.

A former US Secret Service agent who was permanently transferred to Cyber Command under orders, who was then assigned to protect Gabriel and the very expensive hardware in his head.

* YanksWithTanks: Former Delta Force, serving five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Set up to look like an ArcVillain, maybe even the BigBad, [[spoiler:then shot by Gabriel at the end of the pilot before he was handed back to the MSS.]]

* DeadlyBath: His death in Mexico was arranged by Lillian without the knowledge for her father as "retribution" for kidnapping two American nationals in order to manipulate a government deal between America and Mexico. Lillian's HoneyTrap of an assassin knifes him in the back in his bathtub.

* YanksWithTanks: General Carter's the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Set up to look like an ArcVillain, maybe even the BigBad, [[spoiler:then shot dead by Gabriel at the end of the pilot.]]

* GeniusBruiser: In college, Gabriel had a 3.8 GPA and played three sports in addition to his experience in the military.

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* ActionGirl

* MysteriousPast: Agent Riley Neal has a sealed juvenile file. [[spoiler: It turns out she wasn't actually convicted of anything - only investigated and charged when she killed her abusive stepfather in self-defense after five years of abuse. The file was sealed by request - not because she was convicted, but to keep it off her record so it wouldn't affect her future.]] Ironically, because Gabriel's been forbbiden to open said file, Gabriel takes every slightly illegal action she takes as part of a FormerTeenRebel phase, including auto theft, when she manages to break into a van using a screwdriver.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:In the form of Gabriel putting two in his chest at the end of his first and only appearance.]]

* KarmicDeath: His death in Mexico was arranged by Lillian without the knowledge for her father as "retribution" for kidnapping two American nationals in order to manipulate a government deal between America and Mexico.

* NeverLiveItDown: He and Nelson keep getting reminded that, because of their making a second chip without permission, there is now a chipped agent out there, Mei Chen, beyond Cyber Command's control.

* NeverLiveItDown: He and Shenandoah keep getting reminded that, because of their making a second chip without permission, there is now a chipped agent out there, Mei Chen, beyond Cyber Command's control.

!!General Greg Carter

* AFatherToHisMen[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Towards Cyber Command. She's protective of all under her employ, pays attention to their input, will go to bat for them with her superiors if she has to, and does ''not'' appreciate political maneuverings that put them in jeopardy.

The scientist who developed and maintains the chip.

* {{Expy}}: His personality is quite similar to [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Dr. Phlox]], also played by John Billingsley.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Neurosurgeon, master computer scientist, pathologist, and we're only five episodes into the series.

!! Nelson Cassidy

!! Amos Pembroke

!!Chris Jameson

A rogue Ministry of State Security agent based in Virginia ([[UnreliableNarrator According to a MSS officer in Washington D.C.]]) who masterminded the abduction of Dr. Shenandoah in order to use his next generation microchip into the brain of Mei Chen.

A rogue operative of Chinese Intelligence with [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad affiliations]]. She possesses the same mutation as Gabriel, and in the pilot her organization kidnapped Dr. Cassidy and forced him to implant a modified version into her.

* DarkActionGirl: A rogue Chinese Intelligence operative, qualifying her even before she was implanted with a chip.

* KilledOffForReal: His death in Mexico was arranged by Lillian without the knowledge for her father as "retribution" for kidnapping two American nationals in order to manipulate a government deal between America and Mexico.

* [[spoiler:CrazyPrepared]]: [[spoiler:The only reason why he did the covert WMD program was to prepare vaccines from the convict's own antibodies.]]
* [[spoiler:MotiveRant]]: [[spoiler:Gives one while being apprehended by Cyber Command tac teams.]]
* [[spoiler:PraetorianGuard]]: [[spoiler:Has a loyal group of black ops agents in Austin in order to destroy traces of evidence of his involvement with Vick's escape, which also includes disposing of Gabriel and Riley. "Patient Zero" suggests that they could be black ops agents recruited from the American military.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]: [[spoiler:Insists that he did the program in order to defend American lives from a potential WMD attack.]]
* YanksWithTanks: General Carter's the head of the [=DIA=].

A rogue Ministry of State Security ([[UnreliableNarrator According to a MSS officer in Washington D.C.]]) who masterminded the abduction of Dr. Shenandoah in order to use his next generation microchip into the brain of Mei Chen.

* [[spoiler:CrazyPrepared]]: [[spoiler:The only reason why he did the covert WMD program was to prepares vaccines from the convict's own antibodies.]]

* [[spoiler:MotiveRant]: [[spoiler:Gives one while being apprehended by Cyber Command tac teams.]]

!!Mei Chen [-(Creator/GraceHuang)-]

A former US Secret Service agent assigned to protect Gabriel and the very expensive hardware in his head.

A rogue Ministry of State Security ([[UnrealiableNarrator According to a MSS officer in Washington D.C.]]) who masterminded the abduction of Dr. Shenandoah in order to use his next generation microchip into the brain of Mei Chen.

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The computer engineer who developed and maintains the chip.

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!! Gabriel Vaughn
* {{Badass}}
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: Chip aside, Gabriel is wholly human. The rest of his skills and abilities are from being a former Delta Force operator.

!! Riley Neil

!! Lillian Strand

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Towards Cyber Command.

!! Dr. Shenandoah Cassidy

!!Jin Cong

!!Mei Chen
* EvilCounterpart: To Gabriel

!!Hector Villareal

* YanksWithTanks: Former [[ModernDayRambo Delta Force]], serving five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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!! Dr. Shenandoah Cassidy
* CoolOldGuy
* GadgeteerGenius: Invented the chip that's in Vaughn's head.

* DaChief: She runs an intelligence department rather than a police precinct but has much the same relationship with Vaughn and Neil