Kate is a young hotshot detective & smartass firecracker. Her gift
for investigation, sharp intuition and even sharper tongue make
her one of the best detectives on the forcebut, a fierce temper
also makes her one of the most dangerous as well.
Kate's older, more experienced parter is and ex soldier and martial
arts expert. Calm, rational, and very cool under pressure, Mike
is an oddball foil for Kate. Where she's the fire, he's the ice.
But, despite their contrasting natures, they make an extraordinary
team.
Alfonse is a miscreant accountant who specializes in doing 'laundry'.
He's also Kate & Mike's favorite pushover informant. Every time
he gets a new job, they haul him in. But, he always walksprobably
because he talks. Alot. Yet, somehow he manages to evade his former
employers.
A new stoolie pal of Alfonse. Currently a employed as a gopher for
a group calling itself 'Antonio'. He's a hard-ass, but he's too
young to realize what he's gotten himself involved inor who
he's up against.
A quiet, reserved, and very talented South Side detective who also
happens to be one of Kate & Mike's arch-rivals. A fan of playing
by the book, he often calls the shots despite moaning and groaning
from Vince. He also grew up on the South Side, so he knows what
to expect from that part of town.
Ed's loudmouthed partner, while full of bravado and street-smarts,
lacks Kate's intuition. Luckily, Ed usually bails him out when he
gets in to trouble. Currently, he's got a score to settle with Kate
in a war to see who can sneak the best 'gotcha' on the other's dry-erase
without being caught.
A brilliant Medical Examiner and resident forensics expert in Kate
& Mike's district. She's a no-nonsense kind of gal with a good
heart, but an underdeveloped sense of humor. Because of this, she
regards Kate as an accident waiting to happen, while the detective
thinks Gina's a sourpuss.
This small-time gangster and gun-runner is 'Antonio's' heavy in
Chinatown. He's higher up on the food chain than Frankie and totes
enough firepower to prove it.
Kate and Mikes boss. He was once a hotshot like them and he
sympathizes with them once in awhile. But he recognizes some of
the crap he and his partner used to pull, and on those occasions,
hes merciless.
Original Paradigm Shift art and story Copyright 2001 Dirk
I. Tiede
Paradigm Shift, its characters and their distinctive likenesses TM and Copyright
Dirk I. Tiede
Used on ModernTales by permission of the author.