Kidnapped Scientist: Difference between revisions

An occupational hazard of having a specialized talent in demand is that sometimes "demand" can be taken literally -- a professional such as a scientist or engineer is kidnapped and [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|coerced]] into working for the bad guys, under threat to their life or the lives of their loved ones. Although there should be some obvious inherent risks to letting someone hostile to your plans work so intimately with them, doing things no one else in your organization fully understands, the success rate for this method seems to be pretty high -- at least until the heroes get around to rescuing them.

Note that this is not the same as kidnapping someone for information, using them as a [[MacGuffin]], or having someone [[Made a Slave]] for menial (or sexual) tasks -- but having a professional work intimately with the most delicate aspects of a plan, requiring highly specialized skills.