Roy Cooling

Overview

Roy Cooling
Zone	Talos Island
Enemy Groups	The Family Sky Raiders Malta Operatives Rogue Paragon Police
Badges	Helping Hands Badge No One Left Behind

Roy Cooling is a hero contact in Talos Island.

Introductions

Information

FBSA Agent

Roy Cooling is one of the top agents within the FBSA. He served for many years in the Marine Corps before being honorably discharged for valor in the field. He was recruited by the FBSA to help regulate super-powered affairs in Paragon City and to also do field work when need be.

Initial Contact

Well hey there, fella. I don't believe I've seen you around these parts too much. Name is Roy Cooling. I heard from the higher ups you're recently registered with the help of good 'ol Steven Sheridan.

Doesen't exactly say here where you're from, which makes me mighty curious as to what your origins are.

• I'm from Praetoria

Praetoria? That's real interesting, kid. Now, you don't need to worry about me thinking you're the devil's right hand, pal. I know there's plenty of you folks from over yonder who want to give us good people of Primal Earth a hand, so I'm not going to try and stop you.

Truth of the matter is that we're in a heap of trouble right now with that Emperor Cole trying to invade us, as I'm well sure you're well aware of. What I'm about to tell you is classified top secret. Not even the PPD or Longbow know about this.

We've got word that Cole's invading armies have ways to disable our medi-porters. Now, I don't think I need to tell you how out of hand this here thing could get if heroes start being wiped out in the streets. However, them folks at Medi-Corp have a solution to Cole and his plan to whole-sale slaughter all of us good folks in Primal Earth.

We've just got one small problem with all that.

• What is the problem?

Well, being from Praetoria, you're probably not aware of this little controversia brewin' around these parts. See, only registered super-powered heroes receive medi porters. This here has gotten a lotta normal folks pretty upset, seeing at how they feel this technology should be given to everyone. Now, that would be done if there weren't a lot of risks involved in it, which I won't get into right now.

Anyway, knowing that, Medi-Port Tech announced recently that they're upgrading those medi-porters to be 'more responsive'. 'Course they're already as responsive as they're going to get. It's mainly the upgrade to make sure those Praetorians can't blast through our systems. The public got into an uproar and formed a group called the Citizens for Medi-Porters. They started protestin' this action left and right. Now, we in the FBSA weren't too worried about it, until recently, when the finished tech to improve the medi-porters went missing.

Now, I assume you can see the problem we've got in our hands. Without that tech, your buddies in Praetoria are gonna march in here and zap down any super who isn't some sorta immortal or regeneration folk. That's why I'm here, and why I'm requesting your help, Character. We're going to track down this missing tech before things get out of hand. Are you ready?

• I'm ready. What's our first lead?

• It doesen't matter. I'm here to help

Missing text

Greeting

• We've got ourselves a situation to handle, Character.

• Hold on, Character. Got the wife on my other phone. One second.

No, look, I probably won't be back for dinner. I really need to get going, I'm sorry.

Sorry, Character. Let's get to work.

• Hold on, Character. Got the wife on my other phone. One second.

Yes, honey, look, I've got to go.

Sorry, Character. Let's get to work.

• Hold on, Character. Got the wife on my other phone. One second.

I'm just saying, he had every right to punch the kid in the face. Why should our child get in trouble for defending himself? Look, I've got Character here, I need to call you back.

Sorry, Character, had a little trouble with our boy at school. Let's get to work.

Too Busy

Missing Too Busy Dialogue

No More Missions

Missing No More Missions Dialogue

Story Arc

Bad People, Good Intentions

Souvenir

Souvenir: Prototype Medi-Porter

Lucas Zanella, president of Medi-Corp, sent you this prototype medi-porter as thanks for your help in his rescue. This medi-porter was the alpha version of the ones currently used by heroes. It reminds you of an adventure you call...

Bad People, Good Intentions

It all began when Roy Cooling, an agent of the FBSA, requested your help with a delicate situation. The medi.porter technology was being upgraded to pretect the heroes against the Praetorians, but this upgrade sent the public into an uproar. What was worse was that the technology had gone missing. PPD Sergeant Stanfield told Roy that a member of The Family had the technology. You went in and investigated the Family warehouse, only to discover everything but the medi-port technology. You returned to Roy, who believed that Stanfeld may have set you both up.

You next went to a conference between the Citizens for Medi-Porters and Medi-Corp to find Sergeant Stanfeld. Lucas Zanella was kidnapped by Sergeant Stanfeld and a group of Rogue PPD who were bringing him to the conference. You arrested Stanfeld and brought him to the Talos Island precint for questioning. It was there that you revealed to him the true nature of the 'upgrade' to the medi-porters. Horrified, Stanfeld confessed the location of the missing technology, but admited he did not know where Lucas Zanella was being held.

You went out to a cargo ship to retrieve the stolen technology, only to find it sunken and under attack by the Sky Raiders! You defeated the Sky Raiders and recovered the technology. You also discovered who ordered the Rogue PPD to steal the technology: Lawrence Harken, the leader of the Citizens for Medi-Porters! What's more, you found a red herring on a Sky Raider, claiming they were working for the Family.

Ray Cooling told you he would look into who the Sky Raiders were really working for. Meanwhile, you had to find Lawrence Harken, and fast; the Rogue PPD put out a broadcast that they would kill Lucas Zanella if the medi-porter technology was not delivered to them. You went to the office of Lawrence Harken to find out where they were holding Zanella. You found the location off of a Rogue PPD, but also walked into the middle of the group, 'ending' their alliance with Harken by trying to blow up the office building!

Afterwards, you went to the warehouse where Zanella was being held with a group of reliable SWAT to arrest Sarget Feldman, the man behind the Rogue PPD, and retrieve Lucas Zanella. When you arrived, you saw a Sky Raider taunt Feldman and teleport away. After arresting Feldman, you were told by a Sky Raider named Colonel Ford that they now had Zanella and were actually going to kill him if they didn't get the technology. Feldman also revealed to you who was behind the Sky Raiders: The Malta organization!

You and Roy went to the Sky Raiders base to rescue Lucas Zanella and arrest the man known only as 'Peter', Malta's liaison to the Sky Raiders. It was a large assault, but Roy managed to get Zanella out safely, while you fought your way through numerous Sky Raiders, Captain Castillo, and even a Malta Zeus Titan to bring in the man known as Peter.

With Zanella back safely, along with the technology, the upgrades to the medi-porters could finally be finished. Zanella made a promise that medi-porters would be given to the elderly and extremely sick population of Paragon City. It's one step closer to giving the people what they want, but you can't help but wonder how many other Lawrence Harkens and Sergeant Feldmans there are out there: people who are willing to go to extreme, even horrifying lengths to 'help' the people of Paragon City.

Are you one of them?

Part One: Everything and Nothing

We've got ourselves a possible lead with the help of a Sergeant Stanfeld in the PPD. Stanfeld and his squad have been working tirelessly to track down where we might find the medi-porter technology. He says that we might be able to make this an open and shut case before it gets too out of control, but we'll see just how easy that'll be.

Stanfeld believes that a number of the Family named Louie Dogger is behind the theft of the device. Now, Dogger has a rapsheet longer than my kid's Christmas' list, but the PPD are having a hell of a time tracking him down. Luckily for us, Stanfeld and his boys have it on good word that Donner is coming in from an operation in Striga Isle to handle something personally in Talos.

That's where I come in, I imagine. Where will Dogger be?

Right nearby in a warehouse down by the docks. Now, I suspect that this might be as open and shut as Stanfeld says, but it could just be my old age getting the best of me.. My wife always tells me that I'm the kind of person who sees the glass as half empty, but I prefer my glasses to be full or empty, nothing in the middle.

We've got a limited window of opportunity to bust Dogger and get the location of the tech out of him. If we miss this, he'll get back to Striga and out to foreign waters. You've got to get into that warehouse and get to Dogger!

Mission Objective(s)

You knocked out two guards before they could warn the others inside of your presence

• Bring in Louie Dogger
  • Find Louie Dogger

You discovered that the Family had no connection at all to the medi-port theft!

Enemies

The Family

Notable NPCs

• Louie Dogger (The Family Underboss) (Boss)

Family Thugs Dialogue

Before combat:

Family 1: You know if Louie finished his business in Striga?

Family 2: Yeah, supposedly he was tryin' to strike a deal with the Raiders, but they said they don't work for no 'low class scum' like us. Nerve of 'em, eh?

Combat start:

Family 1: A hero?! What're you doin' here?!

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Family 1: Got word from the boys over in the Isles about some issues they're havin' in Sharkhead.
Family 2: Let'em have the issues, we got enough to handle over here.

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Family 1: I was there when them Sky Raiders insulted us. Nerve of those guys, sayin' we ain't good enough for 'em.
Family 2: Whatever, they'll come callin' back when they ain't got any money to power those fancy weapons of them.

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Before combat:

Family 1: We get that shipment of dyne movin' to the Trolls?

Family 2: Yeah, don't worry, we got that taken care of. It ain't gonna be a problem.

Combat start:

Family 1: We got some hero trouble here, ice'em!

Louie Dogger Dialogue

Before combat: I ain't liking staying here for too long, let's make this quick.
Combat start:

I knew someone was gonna rat us out. Too bad you ain't gonna make it outta here alive, 'hero'!

You think you can cross the Family? You must either be really brave, or really dumb!

At 75% Life: Why don'tcha just make it like a good hero and walk away from this?
At 50% Life: Just back off! What do you want?! Money?!
At 25% Life: Okay... okay, hold on! I'll talk, I'll talk! Whatever you wanna know!

Louie Dogger

Debriefing

Look, just stop, alright?! I ain't cut out for this sorta rough actin'. I'll tell you everything you wanna know! Where we got the dyne, what the deals are, you wanna know it, you got it!

You can see the fear in Louie's eyes. It looks like for all his bark, he had no bite. He appears to be willing to tell you anything you need to know about the Family.

Where's the medi-port technology that you stole?

W-what? We didn't steal no medi-port tech! N-now hold on! I'm tellin' you the truth here! I just wanna get outta this easy, alright?

Louie begins to ramble on about various operations he was involved in. The list is fairly long, but none of it involves the medi-porter technology. You notice in the surrounding area a few explosives.

We were gonna toast this warehouse once we got all the dyne in here out, leave no evidence! Look, Character, you gotta protect me! Take me to prison, whatever, but you gotta make sure those guys don't try to kill me! I told you everythin' you wanna know, can't ya just do me one favor and keep me alive?!

• Alright, I'll make sure you're safe, but only to receive your due justice.
  

R-right! Just make sure they don't kill me!

Stay down!

Ambush! We got ourselves a hero and a rat!
You ain't gonna live through this, Louie! We'll make sure of it!
Always knew you were nothing but a rat, Louie!

After talking to Louie you will be ambushed by three waves of Family thugs

Louie Dogger's Thanks

Louie Dogger thanked you before you arrested him. You can see why the Family was very careful about the PPD finding him; Louie caved and told you everything the moment things began to look bad for him.

• Not today, Louie. I'm going to set this warehouse to blow up you and all your drugs!

Missing text

Debriefing

Good work on bringing in Louie Dogger, kiddo. He's in the Talos precint right now for further questioning about other Family operations. It's a bad sign, however, that he knows nothing about the medi-port theft.

Stanfeld assured me that we would find our missing tech in that warehouse... the fact that we found the exact opposite makes me think that there might just be something rotten going on with Stanfeld...

Part Two: The Times Are Changing

I get the distinct feeling that Stanfeld was lying to us, Character. That's just me, however, but I always tend to jump to the worst-case scenario. My wife says it's pessimism, but I say it's being prepared.

Whatever the case, we need to meet with Stanfeld and get us some answers. Either the intel he got was wrong, or he has some sort of reason to lead us on a wild goose chase.

I spoke with detective Rico down at the Talos precint who told me that Stanfeld is supposed to playing guard duty at a conference going on today. Remember the Citizens for Medi-Porters? Their leader, a man named Lawrence Harken, and some of the other higher-ups, are supposed to meet with the president of Medi-Corp, Lucas Zanella. Lucas is going there to try to come to some sort of middle ground and appease the group without being able to give them what they want. Pretty tall order, don't you think?

Possibly. Where is the conference taking place?

It's happening in a nearby office building. It should be simple enough. All you need to do is go there and meet with Stanfeld. Find out what went wrong, and be prepared for him to dodge any of your questions. You might need to put a little force behind your questioning to get Stanfeld to reveal what's going on.

You've got the FBSA's approval to do what needs to be done within reason. When you find out what's going on, give me a ring and we'll figure out our next step.

Part One: At The Conference

Mission Objective(s)

Up ahead you can see members of the protestors speaking very harshly towards a representative from the PPD

• Find Stanfeld at the conference
  • Wait for Stanfeld to arrive

Enemies

• None

Notable NPCs

• Protestor (NPC)
• Protest Leader (NPC)
• ( PPD Sergeant) (NPC)

PPD and Protestors Dialogue

PPD Sergeant: Please remain calm! Mr. Zanella will be-
Protest Leader: We want answers and we want them now! What is taking him so long?!
PPD Sergeant: Look, I assure you that we're doing everything in our power to hurry this process-
Protest Leader: Shouldn't the PPD care about this? Your loved ones are at stake also, you know! I've heard plenty of you don't like this either!
PPD Sergeant: ... Let's just all remain calm until Zanella arrives.

How's it goin', kiddo? Roy here. I've received some disturbing news.

The PPD convoy with Stanfeld and Zanella was attacked moments ago by a group of masked thugs. Zanella and Stanfeld are now missing.

We need you to get into the streets of Talos and see if you can find the two of them!

Part Two: In the Streets of Talos

Mission Objective(s)

• Find Stanfeld at the conference
  • Look for any witnesses who might've seen the President

Enemies

• None

Notable NPCs

• Onlooker (NPC)
• Witness (NPC)
• SWAT Sergeant Russell (Paragon Police Department SWAT Sergeant) (Lieutenant) (Ally)

SWAT Sergeant Russell Dialogue

At the entrance:

Sergeant Russell here.

Cooling has debriefed me on the situation.

I'm here to help you in whatever way I can.

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The witness: I saw everything! Some thugs kidnapped a guy in a suit from the PPD, and it looked like the PPD Sergeant was helping them!
Sergeant Russell: Helping them? I've got a bad feeling about this.

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The witness: They took the guy in the suit into the nearby sewers. I'm getting out of here!
Sergeant Russell: We need to move, Character!

Witness

Briefing

Finally, a hero! I saw everything! I was just driving along when all of a sudden these thugs attacked the PPD van over here, it was horrible!

The odd thing was that the PPD inside of the van didn't put up much of a fight. I've seen them fight a lot harder against criminals, I swear. I saw the thugs take some guy in a suit out. Weirdest thing too is that there was a PPD Sergeant just talking with one of the thugs too. He looked angry. I thought he would've arrested him, but he didn't!

Where did the thugs go?

Into the sewers nearby! Look, if you don't mind, I'm getting out of here. Things are getting too crazy for me in this city.

Alright.

Part Three: The Sewers

Mission Objective(s)

• Find Stanfeld at the conference
  • Track down the assault leader

Lucas Zanella is gone, but you've arrested Sergeant Stanfeld, who helped to kidnap Zanella!

Enemies

Rogue Paragon Police

Notable NPCs

• Assault Leader ( Rogue SWAT Grenadier) (Boss)

Rogue Paragon Police Dialogue

Before combat:

Rogue PPD 1: Is everything set with Zanella?

Rogue PPD 2: It is. We've got everything now, they'll have to listen to our demands.

Combat start:

Rogue PPD 1: We've got company. Don't get in the way, Character, you could never understand how it is for people like us.

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Before combat:

Rogue PPD 1: Doesen't this seem like overkill?

Rogue PPD 2: You tell me. Do you want to leave the lives of your loved ones up to chance?

Combat start:

Rogue PPD 1: I don't want to fight you, Character, but I can't let you stop us!

Rogue PPD 2: Grow a backbone! You're not going to stop us, Character!

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Before combat:

Rogue PPD 1: Get ready for any interference. We can't let anyone jeopardize the operation.

Rogue PPD 2: Roger that.

Combat start:

Rogue PPD 1: We've dealt with your kind before, Character. We can do it again!

Assault Leader Dialogue

Before combat: We've got Zanella in a remote location. Now it's just time to make the demands.
Combat start: Hero interference! You shouldn't have come here!

Assault Leader's True Identity

You removed the mask from the leader of the thugs to discover the man was none other than Sergeant Stanfeld! He refused to say anything to you, insisting that you arrest him and get this process over with.

Debriefing

What happened, Character?

So, Stanfeld helped to kidnap Zanella? I'm betting the other thugs with him were part of the PPD who went rogue. This is a disturbing turn of events, Character. I knew that people were divided on the issue of the medi-porter, but I was hoping this divide wasn't going to affect the police. I can only assume that they're also behind the theft of the device. Argh! Stanfeld told us about Dogger just to buy himself some time!

We might've not gotten Zanella, but we've got Stanfeld. That's going to be a huge blow to this group. They might have the chip and the president, but we've got Stanfeld as our source of information for everything.