Scott Guillory
Call Sign: SextonAge: 47 (born January 8th, 1983, Pine Bluff, AR)
Languages: English (native), Spanish (basic), Haitian Creole (pidgin)
Key Skills: Leadership, Persuasion, Scrounging, Small Arms
Key Gear: notebook, radio, expensive 3-Gun competition firearms finally getting real use
Profile:
After the second shot of whiskey, C. Scott Guillory (the "C" is for "Chase," which he abhors) occasionally describes himself as the dwarf hidden in Governor Steve Ralford's chariot, whispering that the emperor, too, is mortal. The truth is a bit more complex than that, but the two men have been close friends (some would say co-conspirators) since they met at high school baseball tryouts. They attended UARK together, hiked and hunted across the Ozarks together, and aided and abetted each other's careers - Ralford in the Marines and later in law and politics, Scott in law enforcement before his election as Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney.
During Ralford's 2022 run for governor, Scott was instrumental in keeping the campaign organized behind the scenes. This set the precedent for his ambiguous position in the Ralford administration. On paper, he was the governor's deputy chief of staff. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's editorial staff described him as "fixer" when they were feeling charitable and "hatchetman" when they took offense to his handling of a major issue. Many of his tasks involved working with local cops and prosecutors and the state auditor's office to bring Ralford's anti-corruption platform to fruition. Little Rock political operators also realized Scott was one of only two people to whom the governor had to listen - and he was marginally more accessible than the first lady.
After the 2027 nuclear strikes, Scott disappeared from public view for more than a year. He resurfaced in early 2029 sporting a couple of mostly-healed bullet wounds and a small entourage of cops and National Guardsmen from Arkansas and Louisiana. Upon his return to Little Rock, he slotted into place as the governor's usual representative in the state emergency operations center, giving Radford one unbiased source of information on the condition of his state (or at least one with known and trusted biases).
In light of his history, outside observers find it surprising that Scott is the civilian co-leader of one of the recovery outreach teams rather than the overall chair of the Governor's Recovery Task Force. More experienced analysts are aware that Scott has never been content to sit in an office when he could be in the field. Since 2029, he's seemed to be looking for something in reports coming in from across the state and what's left of the country.
Appearance:
Scott is a Mark One Model Zero dark-haired, dark-eyed, middle-aged white guy in mostly-decent shape, slimmer than he was a few years ago thanks to the post-apocalyptic weight-loss plan. In a crowd, there's nothing remarkable about him. He's missing the tip of his right ear, there's a bullet crease scar along the inside of his left bicep, and his sixth and seventh ribs show the remains of an entry wound and subsequent surgery, but none of those are particularly noteworthy in 2030.
Fierce self-discipline and a need to be taken seriously outside Arkansas eradicated Scott's southern/Ozark accent long ago. He speaks in generic Middle American television diction with occasional small-town figures of speech and creative profanity calculated for shock value. His well-honed poker face still carries a faint tinge of street cop professional detachment.
Before the war, Scott's self-assigned uniform was a charcoal gray suit. The quality increased commensurately with his career trajectory, as did the selection of neckties, but the basic theme remained the same. In the field, he's switched to lightweight cargo pants and expedition shirts, hiking boots, an Arc'teryx BAC hat with a subdued Razorbacks morale patch, and Oakley Flak 2.0 sunglasses. He also wears a battle belt with his sidearm and two magazines, radio, karambit, trauma kit, a smoke grenade, and illumination. For a planned gunfight, he changes into secondhand ASP olive drab BDUs, a Velocity Systems Scarab plate carrier, and an Ops-Core FAST ballistic helmet. When there's vehicle support, though, he still travels with one gray suit in a cleaner's bag - just in case.