Jasper Sitwell (agentsitwell) wrote in thedoorway, @ 2014-06-13 22:21:00 |
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Agents of SHIELD:
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Director Nick Fury. Director Fury was shot last night, and succumbed to his wounds at 01:03 EST.
It is impossible to imagine SHIELD over the past four decades without also imagining Nick Fury. Director Fury was a principled man of unparalleled talent for espionage. Reinhard Gehlen of the BND once said that if Nick Fury had been born ten years earlier, the Cold War would have ended 25 years sooner and it's believable. Director Fury stood as a titan over the field of modern intelligence. But Director Fury liked to say that a man could only accomplish great things when he realized he was a part of something bigger than himself. Director Fury took an active role in the recruitment, education, and personal mentoring of countless agents and played a personal hand in the development and maturation of many of SHIELD's successes in recent years, including publicly, the Avengers Initiative.
He will be impossible to ever truly replace.
However, SHIELD must move forward. The World Security Council and SHIELD leadership have named Secretary of Defense, Alexander Pierce of the Triskelion as Interim Director of SHIELD pending appointment of a permanent Director.
For further details, and a brief biography of Secretary Pierce, please refer to memo A643-22. As always, consider this communication to be privileged information until such time that a public announcement of a new Director has been made.