Patriot

"I try to live by a simple rule: a team that trusts is a team that triumphs."

- Jeffrey Mace

Jeffrey Mace is an Inhuman and the Director of the espionage and law-enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D.. He is the successor of Phil Coulson and was named director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after the organization was to be legitimized again.

Appointment
"You said we needed a new face, and now that Steve Rogers went AWOL, you wanted a hero." "I said the new director should be a powered person the public could trust, and they came up with you." "And now you're stuck with me."

- Jeffrey Mace and Phil Coulson

In light of the Sokovia Accords and with S.H.I.E.L.D. legitimized again, the organization needed a new director to be the public face since the world believed that Phil Coulson was dead. Coulson requested from President Matthew Ellis that he be succeeded by a person with superpowers who would be considered trustworthy by the public; but since Steve Rogers was missing, Jeffrey Mace, an Inhuman who had undergone Terrigenesis during the Inhuman Outbreak, was chosen instead.

First Orders
Director Mace sent Agents Alphonso Mackenzie and Phil Coulson to capture the resigned agent Daisy Johnson now known as the vigilante Quake whose activities as a vigilante put her into conflict with her old friends in S.H.I.E.L.D.

During the first months in his new role, Mace also appointed Jemma Simmons as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, being one of her most trusted advisors. Also, as part of his moves to separate Coulson's former inner circle, Mace assigned Agent Melinda May the task of creating, training and leading a specialist strike team. After Quake ran from Coulson once again, Mace pulled him and Mackenzie from the pursuit, convinced that Coulson was letting Quake escape. Later, when Mace learned that Coulson and Mackenzie continued to chase Quake, he asked to speak with Coulson once he returns to the Playground.

Meeting with Coulson
To be added

S.H.I.E.L.D. Tour
To be added

Powers
"You are a monster." "I prefer the term "Inhuman"."

- Melinda May and Jeffrey Mace

Jeffrey Mace is an Inhuman who achieved his genetic potential after undergoing Terrigenesis, gaining superhuman powers.
 * Superhuman Strength: Jeffery Mace was strong enough to easily subdue Melinda May, lift her by the neck off the ground with one arm, and walk her over to a wall to knock her head against it and render her unconscious without visible effort.
 * Superhuman Durability: Mace was able to withstand Melinda May's attacks without even being moved. Once May resorted to hitting him with a lamp, he recoiled from the blow, but it caused no injury.

Allies

 * President Matthew Ellis
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Phil Coulson - Subordinate and Predecessor
 * Leo Fitz - Subordinate
 * Jemma Simmons - Subordinate and Confidant
 * Alphonso Mackenzie - Subordinate
 * Davis - Subordinate
 * Yo-Yo Rodriguez - Subordinate
 * Nathanson - Subordinate
 * May's Team - Subordinates
 * Piper
 * Prince

Enemies

 * Daisy Johnson/Quake
 * Melinda May - Subordinate turned Enemy

Trivia

 * In the comics, Jeffrey Mace was a journalist from the Daily Bugle that fought under the costumed identity of Patriot in World War II. He also became the third individual to hold the identity of Captain America, before retiring in 1949 and later dying of cancer. Jeffrey Mace is also the uncle-by-marriage of Thaddeus Ross.

Appearances

 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Season Three
 * Ascension (mentioned)
 * Season Four
 * The Ghost (mentioned)
 * Meet the New Boss
 * Uprising