Celebrities in your T2k-Universe

[B.T.]

We had some thoughts about James Blunt, the Pope and King Charles III., here on the board. Has anyone of you introduced "people of interest" as NPCs in one of your games?

These could be entertainers/artits, caught behind the frontline during an United Service Organizations (USO) engagement, totally surprised by the starting of the nukes.
Or maybe a former Rock- or Moviestar, who joined the forces during WW III (You remember Lance Carter from The stomach Turns, mentioned in the "Contacts"-paragraph of Ver 2.n?).
Or maybe a well-known journalist, who had been reporting about the war, who just could not get back home.

Right at the moment, I think about the possibilities, to let my players stumble upon a former "celebrity", who now sits in Poland, not knowing, what to do, or where to go.

I think, such a character could be used for different reasons. If it works, such a person could be a perfect "comic relief". Or the person could be used for adding a little more "depth". Or it could lead to some unusual encounter with no relevance, but still be "Quite Interesting" (as in: "Hey, buddy, you remember that Stephen Frye guy, we encountered in Lüneburg? That was one weired situation!"). But such an incident could provide the background for a new adventure: The former CNN team, that still wants to work as journalists, may need help, to get from village A to settlement B, with the help from friendly NATO soldiers!

As a GM I've made the experience, that most players like the incorporation of well-known persons, no matter, if those persons are real life persons or fictitous characters (In a Call of Cthullhu adventure we made friends with Houdini, as an example. In a nother one, some of the characters met Batman.).

So, fellow members: Have you experiences with "people of interest" in T2k? Did such characters occur in one of your campaigns? Which characters were these?