Subject: So, let me get this straight...
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Posted on: 2014-06-15 00:20:00 UTC

You're creating a character, just to kill him off so that you can have a trio of DMS agents?

I think you're missing the point. Butler serves no purpose as far as I can see, and trio's of agents happen in the PPC, sure it's rare but it happens so why not just go with them at the start, or have one pair at the start with a third agent join them later (see below where I go off on a tangent). You're still effectively trying to get permission for four characters, and that's not including Plank if you try and get him in from the start as well. The way forward ( that I see) is using less agents, not more.

I get that you want to bring in four or five characters. But, to me at least you still seem like you're trying to cram them all in from the start. If I'm reading this right, and feel free to correct me if I'm not, but you want 3 agents in the DMS, 1 in the DIA and 1 in DMSE&R, yes?
If I were you I'd start out with a pair of Agents, seeing as they're together in your post, let's go with Ellis and Wells, try and get permission with them and just them, forget about any extra story plots you have in our head for now. Then once you have permission go through a few mission and introduce Bessie as a Recruit who Wells and Ellis get the 'joy' of training, go through a few more missions and bring in an interlude, or find a mission, that'd neatly link you into the DMSE&R and Plank (assuming you still want him by then), and all the way along drop little hints, nothing big about you building up the start of a plot. Now maybe wait a mission or two more, have another interlude with Plank and maybe introduce Moore into this one as well. Add more of the plot in and then wait a small while, building it up more and more until you have your climax.
By this point in time you'll have several missions under your belt and you should have been with the PPC for a decent amount of time, you'll know how to write the missions, what could happen, what could not and generally be in a better position for your big plot than you currently are, if at that point you do indeed want to continue writing that plot at all.

You can take or leave as much or as little of what I've written as you want, I'm just trying to throw some ideas around that could help you. But I think the crucial thing is that everyone (or pretty much everyone) starts in the PPC with one team of agents in one department. So just give it a whirl, and add in more characters and more of your story as time goes on, don't worry about any grand plot at first, just do what the DMS do best, spork stories and kill Sues.

Storme Hawk

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