![]() ![]() He'll be all too glad when everything's back to normal, he's risking his neck and MC's back in his chair. Often the hero will mock his backup's unwillingness to risk it all in the field, and be punished when he loses their valuable help temporarily. Losing contact with Mission Control can be used as a plot element. The defining characteristic is that the character provides banter, exposition, information and support, while the hero is still physically alone and isolated. This will often lead to some sort of friction between the two and Character Development as time goes on. ![]() Various other contrasts may also be built up: if the hero is the strong silent type, Mission Control will be cheerful and will crack jokes. ![]() If the hero is strong and invulnerable, Mission Control is weak and frail. Mission Control prefers to sit back and plan, while the hero is brash and forward. Most times, Mission Control is more intellectual than the heroes, being a planner and strategist rather than a doer. The opposite of his partner in the field in many respects. In the modern Internet of Things era, Mission Control can provide valuable field assistance by hacking into the local technology by remote to unlock doors, see the Big Bad base's security cameras, turn off the security cameras or use Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV's) and other digitally-controlled devices. Alternatively, a sapient AI computer that travels with him to give advice, but which is incapable of rendering assistance physically. A character or group of characters in headquarters who, rather than accompany the hero into the field, offers assistance with information and technology from the other end of a phone. ![]()
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