Massanet was recruited into the Watchers out of L'Université de Paris Nanterre in 1977. He graduated from the Watcher Academy in 1978 with a class rank of 14 from a class of 90. From 1978 to 1979, he served as an historian before receiving his first and only field assignment: 1980 - 1982 Franciose Mouchoutte As of 1982, however, he was assigned as an investigator responsible for confirming suspected Immortals. From 1989 he was placed in charge of Special Operations. It was he, therefore, that Adam Pierson turned to during the search for MacLeod after the Dark Quickening.