Well it's not a lock but it makes perfect sense since his father is "The Creature," and presumably the source of all vampire ill, he's ALMOST as strong, and therefore, probably stronger than all the other BCV's. Especially since he JOINED them, which means he was something else before? But regardless, I know that that doesn't mean he HAS to be, but it stands to reason, and it's a good place to start since he's the BCV we know most about.

I thought the nationally affiliated street gang member should be slightly different from the conventional organized crime gang member.

Gang Member (Hydrophobe)

High Concept: Random Gang Member
Other Aspects: Tough Guy Act, I Got a Posse Nation Wide
Skills:
Good: Weapons
Fair: Intimidation, Athletics
Average: Endurance, Alertness, Stealth
Stunts:
A Piece Means Peace (Intimidation): +2 to Intimidation while holding a weapon.
Strapped Always (Weapons): +1 to Weapons (Guns) and Knowledge (Guns) checks
I’m In (Contacts): +2 to Contacts on goods or info from his gang
Total Refresh Cost:
0 (Pure Mortal)
Refresh Total:
2

Oh, and I TOTALLY modded Sanctophax's Street Thug for this guy. I wanted someone slightly more gun toting, and slightly connected, but still rank and file fodder.

You appear to be making a big assumption...that physical combat logically follows after social.  There are a variety of situations where physical combat isn't really an option.  Perhaps you want something other than death or injury.  (Consider trying to clear an unruly mob from a nightclub before the vamps show up.  Do you really want to attack them?  Convincing them to leave seems a better option.)  Perhaps the current situation prevents you from using force.  (Consider a trial.  

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Molly's trial is a good example.

)  Perhaps your opponent simply outclasses you.  (Pull a gun on the Winter Queen...then roll up a new character because she probably has a new hound.)  Or it could be some combination of those.

Just because social and physical combat may be separate doesn't mean one becomes useless.  It means you use the tool needed for the current job.  

Oh I'm all kinds of aware that that's not how things always go. But you have to admit it is sort of the formula for a game. You chat. You banter. Hell breaks loose. I mean I realize it's an assumption, but come on. Is it really THAT big an assumption? Sure, it'd be nice if games were less formulaic, but hell even Nicodemus says it. "Once the fighting starts there's little room for conversation." Their fights are literally broken into social and physical attacks. Which I realize could be construed as points against me, but when you consider Dresden's final fight in Storm Front, "Hey Vic, it was your wife. She ratted you out." "NOOOOO!" Now, that didn't do anything but sorta distract Vic but it certainly did him some damage and allowed Dresden to deliver the coup de grace. Almost took him out really. And that was CERTAINLY a physical fight all the way to that point. All I'm saying is while I'm making format assumptions that this is how things go, you're making equal assumptions that it's not.

Not to mention the logic of "maneuver maneuver maneuver!" cuts both ways here. If you're that worried that your meaty murder monster has a glass ego then add a stunt or an aspect. I can't totally see something like "Too stupid to care" and having it be pretty neat all around. "Hey! My uncle the Erlking knows I'm here and if I don't make it home for supper he'll be PISSED!" Sorry. The minotaur is too stupid to care. "Hey. You're on fire." Sorry, the minotaur is too stupid to care. "Yeah but he's taking damage every round too right?" Yep. Because he's too stupid to care.

Or "above such mortal concerns." "Keep it up and every signatory of the accords will know you're an oath breaking so and so." The Denarian is above such mortal concerns. "I'm going to do something stupid and rush him to save my best friend." Well you sure surprised the heck outta him because he's above such mortal concerns and didn't see that coming.

Any way, point is, it can go either way.

Well because you can't have skills in everything and you can't be good at everything. That monster may have no social track but you've not got that many points in snark. You put them all in Lore or Guns. But what it DOES do is allow the social skills heavy character some room in the fight with out having to dump some skills in a weapon they can only kinda use just so they have something to do in a fight, which, let's face it, comprises a really good portion of all but the most talkative games.

But the book specifically calls it a social attack and a social defense skill and social damage. That's what it says. I'm not arguing against Fred here, I'm just saying, maneuvers are great and all, but if they were the best thing since sliced bread and were my bread and butter then why do I have social attack and defense skills. Not social skills that oppose each other, mind you, but skills the book specifically labels "Your social attack" and "your social defense"?

I concur that characters could survive a nuke. But not like some of you guys are saying. It's not like the survivors of the bombs absorbed the damage and walked off. They got lucky at being behind cover. You survive a nuke by not being next to it when it goes off, not because you're tougher than the bomb. Yeah, fate points can save you from a nuke. But not by making you bomb proof. By making you run, or make smart decisions or "Hey look! A lead lined refrigerator!" I mean, Indy clearly dropped some SERIOUS points to get that and even I was declaring some hard shenanigans on that one in the theater. And that's a movie which doesn't need to follow rules. But as far as, "The nuke went off but you soaked up the damaged and walked away, you steaming, gooey mutant you." I'm just not cool with that. And if my GM has a monster walk away from a nuke? I may kill him with my dice bag. Just because if I go to the trouble of arranging a nuke attack on a critter, I expect my cleverness to be rewarded. I nuke a monster and it keeps coming I think my character might just save it the trouble and eat a bullet, because really...what else do you THROW? Actually, that's starting to sound dramatically awesome. But still...I'd be a bit pissed.