PAZ

Paz
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex · Undercover Operative / Close-Combat Specialist

Paz is one of Section 9's field operatives, specializing in undercover work, street-level investigation and close combat.

He is particularly skilled with knives, but his real usefulness is how easily he can move through places where a heavily armed Section 9 assault team would attract exactly the wrong kind of attention. Paz handles informants, surveillance and the less glamorous investigative work that often has to happen before the team knows where to strike.

He is quiet enough that the others know more about his reputation than his private life. Paz is known as a womanizer, but even that becomes complicated when 2nd GIG forces him to confront someone who knows him well enough to imitate more than his appearance.

Paz is not one of Section 9's loudest personalities. He does not need to be. His job is often to be the person nobody notices until he is already where he needs to be.
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PAZ THROUGH THE ARCHIVE //

SECTION 9 SPECIALIST DOSSIERS //

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Borma & Paz: The Work Between the Raids

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Cyber Support · Explosives · Undercover Investigation

Borma and Paz spend much of SAC doing the work that makes Section 9 feel like an organization instead of a collection of lead characters.

Borma supports cyber-intelligence work alongside Ishikawa and brings military and explosives experience when an investigation turns toward bombs, weapons or physical evidence.

Paz is better suited to work that requires disappearing into the street. He handles informants, surveillance, undercover investigation and close combat, especially in places where a heavily armed Section 9 team would announce itself immediately.
Why it matters
Neither man needs to dominate an episode to justify being there. Section 9 succeeds because specialists can take over a piece of an investigation without the entire operation having to revolve around the Major.