NPCs and Key Characters:
[hider=Lt Col Bitterns]
Name:  Peter Bitterns, Commanding Officer (Lieutenant Colonel, US Army).
Age:  46.
Hair:  Black (graying).
Eyes:  Brown.
Weight:  190 pounds.
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Bio:   Bitterns had a distinguished career in the US army, enlisting at 21 and becoming an officer 8 years later.  He has served in several conflicts and wars and was distinguished, both in combat as a fighter, and as a leader issuing orders and commands.  Eventually he was selected to fight in Delta Force and worked with other FBI and CIA units operating at various capacities.  

Bitterns is hardnosed and direct and while it may seem some times that he isn’t attached to those who serve under him, it’s very much the opposite.  He will go to great lengths to support and do what he can to support his men and women, but will also be the first to bring down the metaphorical hammer if necessary.  

Bitterns has worked with government agencies on most every continent and was selected to lead Operation 8 because of his understanding about both what was going on in the world and what was expected.  The governments who put together Operation 8 have almost no hand on what happens and are not briefed on what is happening, what is going to happen, and why whatever has happened DID happen.  Any communications between Bitterns and agents “never happened” and even if Bitterns is given instructions urging, or even ordering him to take action, it is done at his discretion.  [/hider]


[hider=Lt Col Myong]Name:  Edi Myong, Executive Officer (Lieutenant Colonel, South Korean Army).
Age:  42.
Hair:  Black.
Eyes:  Brown.
Weight:  180 pounds.
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Bio:  Edi is a fierce man who is passionate about what he does.  This is something of a family tradition as his family has been a part of the South Korean military since its founding and was actually fighting against North Korea and China since before the split of Korea into two parts.  His father was an enlisted member of the South Korean navy and met his mother early in his first enlistment as she was a dental technician who worked on the base.   Edi was a handful, constantly getting into fights and trouble with the law.  At one point, while his father was on a year long deployment, it was decided that it was necessary to send Edi to his uncle’s in Japan.  He was there for just over a year at the age of 14 and it changed his life immediately.  His Uncle and Aunt had a lot more time to be active in his life and at that age, it was exactly what Edi needed and was lacking at home.

The year of regimented and scheduled life worked wonders and it was not long after that Edi decided to also join the military, but unlike his father, he joined the Army.  Early in his army career, which started as a comms operator, he worked with local and federal police to fight terrorism and organized crime.  Additionally, he served in 2 combat tours outside of the country, one to Iraq and the other to Kosovo.  A large reason for his success is he had no family, no direct family that is, to side track his focus and motivation.

Not long after that, he decided to jump up into the ranks of officers, and about that time, his father ended his own military service to due several injuries that he received while active.  He would serve as an operations officer throughout his career from then on out, often working with and reporting to civilians and politicians, so he learned to play that game early on.  While tact and political correctness were a big part of climbing the rank system in many places in the west, in South Korea, results spoke.  It wasn’t until recently that things started to shift and get more politically orientated and Edi was feeling the heat from this, so it was a timely blessing when he was approached about potentially helping to run Operation 8, which he accepted.[/hider]