Core Rulebook
Detectives are usually veterans of their organization (such as the police, city watch, marshals, space command, and so on) with extensive experience. Some detectives are freelance sleuths whose uncanny ability to see the truth comes from personal training combined with an underlying talent for noticing clues that others miss.
Motive: Solve the crime
Health: 12
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (4 points)
Movement: Short
Modifications: Tasks relating to perception, intuition, initiative, and detecting falsehoods as level 6
Combat: Detectives prefer to outwit their foes rather than engage in a straight-up fight. Even then, most conflicts occur in a place and time of the detective's choosing, preferably in the presence of their allies. A detective can deduce weaknesses of their enemies (if any) and exploit them in combat.
Interaction: Some detectives are insufferable know-it-alls. Others have learned that humility is also a useful tool for getting answers from people.
Use: To the PCs, detectives can be obstacles (a detective is on their trail), allies (a detective helps them assemble clues), or both, but the sleuths are rarely a way for the characters to hand off responsibility for accomplishing a hard task.
Loot: Aside from their weapons, most detectives have currency equivalent to a very expensive item and a cypher.
GM Intrusion: The detective intuits the character's next attack and moves perfectly so that an ally of the character takes the attack instead. GM Intrusion: The master detective reveals the perfect piece of knowledge or item to defeat the character’s ploy, having earlier deduced what the character was going to do.