Protection Specialist

The job is getting people out of situations that are going to kill them if they stay. Sometimes the thing that's going to kill them is a threat. Sometimes it's a system. The approach differs. The urgency doesn't.

Favored Save: Speed Save (+1D to Speed + Acrobatics rolls)

Power Access: Mediumship or Glamourist (optional). Protection Specialists who are practitioners, particularly Glamourist practitioners, find their tradition directly applicable to passage operations. Concealment, misdirection, and the capacity to make a client appear unremarkable are operationally valuable. Mediumship access is less common but particularly useful for Haunt-lineage Specialists.

Starting Resources: Safe Harbor credentials (genuine nonprofit identification, functional for mundane institutional access), personal weapon (legal and concealed), secure communication protocols for chapter contact, and standing access to Safe Harbor's regional network of safe locations.

Lineage Affinity: Haunt, Faeborn. Human specialists form a significant portion of the working population. Dhampir specialists exist and are particularly effective in cases involving Dhampir or vampire community members.

Progression Track: Protection Specialist

Stage 1 (10 XP), Field Qualified
  The Specialist has managed enough cases to have a developed sense of
  what a situation needs before it becomes a crisis.
  - Extraction Protocol: The Specialist has a reliable framework for moving
    a client from a compromised location to a secure one. In extraction
    scenarios, the Specialist may reroll one failed Speed or Wit roll per
    scene (take the second result).
  - Safe House Access: The Specialist has standing access to Safe Harbor's
    regional safe house network; they know which locations are currently
    available and how to access them without creating an external record.

Stage 2 (25 XP), Senior Specialist
  The Specialist has built the community relationships that make the
  organization's work possible.
  - Community Network: The Specialist has genuine relationships in at least
    two hidden-world community groups (lineage communities, supernatural
    community organizations). These contacts provide advance warning of
    situations developing in their community and occasionally provide
    direct assistance in extractions or protective operations.
  - Cover Identity: Safe Harbor maintains a set of prepared documentation
    packages for clients who need new identities. At Stage 2, the Specialist
    can access these packages for clients without going through the national
    coordinating body, the regional chapter trusts their judgment on when
    a package is needed.

Stage 3 (50 XP), Chapter Coordinator
  The Specialist has become the person the chapter relies on for the
  situations nobody else knows how to handle.
  - Last Resort Access: The Specialist knows the locations of their region's
    last-resort safe houses, the ones that don't appear in accessible records.
    Using them is a significant decision; the Specialist has the authority
    to make it.
  - Network Authority: The Specialist can call on the full Safe Harbor
    chapter's resources for an active case, personnel, safe houses, community
    liaison contacts, legal support, without escalating to the national
    coordinating body. The chapter trusts their assessment of when the full
    weight of the organization is needed.