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The
infamous "men in black" are the judges, juries, and executioners
of the Matrix. They haunt the dreams and nightmares of every Free Mind. They
are death incarnate to anyone who opposes them.
Agents are free-willed, self-aware AIs. They are as capable of thought and emotion as any human. They possess strength, speed, and stamina greater than any human being, and greater than almost all Free Minds. They are smart, determined, and relentless. If you see an Agent, run like your life depends on it. It does.
Unlike most machines, Agents exist without any of their own hardware. Instead, they "run" on human minds still hardwired to the Matrix. Because of this, any unfreed human is a potential Agent. When an Agent is injured, the damage is suffered by its host mind. When killed, an Agent simply "reloads" onto another mind, completely refreshed.
Agents work on a wide variety of assignments, though most track and kill Resistance operatives in the Matrix. Many work alone, but can team up in small groups for especially complex or challenging missions. They have legitimate, if ambiguous, authority over all government agencies, including the military and the police. Via small earphones, they are in constant communication with AIs outside the Matrix; they can order searches, Sentinel strikes, and changes to the Matrix at any time.
(Agents should have maximum ratings in all physical statistics. They should have at least average mental stats, and below average social stats. They have a Zen rating 3, but their "There Is No Spoon" power is covered by their ability to request changes to the Matrix. They should also have maximum ratings in all combat, hacking, and technical skills. Don't worry about play balance; there guys are supposed to be too powerful!)
Agent Lee
Lee is more extroverted than most agents, especially considering that his assignments deal predominately with asian populations. He finds the stimulation-rich environments of the Matrix invigorating and spends an unusual amount of time enjoying human diversions. He loves few things more than the thrill of the chase; the more dangerous the target, the bigger the thrill. He is known among Resistance fighters for carrying 2-6 handguns at all times. (That's right, this is the Chow Yun-Fat character.) If you find yourself being pursued by agent Lee, you know you've done something that seriously pissed off someone important...
Agent Doe
Decades of hunting and killing humans have left this program with a very human problem: a serious psychological disorder. Specifically, it has become a homicidal sadist, a serial killer. The machines are well aware that Doe regularly abducts humans still connected to the Matrix and tortures them to death. However, his track record as a Resistance-hunter is so impressive that a few mutilated humans are considered a fair price to pay for his services. Any Free Minds who cross agent Doe are likely to be taken alive and tortured, not for information, but simply for Doe's amusement...
Agent X
This paranoid program sees itself as a custodian of the humans under its jurisdiction and perceives its primary objective as keeping them docile and happy. It does not approve of the inhumane tactics employed by many other agents. On occasion, it has even gone so far as to help Free Minds escape another agent, though its intent is not so much to help the humans as to discredit and thwart the other agent. If the PCs are loosing badly to one of the agents described above, agent X may very well show up and give them a chance to escape. He also make an excellent informant; make sure to play up his ability to mysteriously disappear (by moving out of the host body he was using to talk to the PCs).