[quote=@Eddie Brock]
This may be a stupid question, but I am a stupid man and bad at reading between the lines:

What [i]is[/i] Vanguard? Is it a private corporation, a government agency, an independent group (a la the Avengers or Justice League)? I just wanna make sure before I go namedropping organizations that I actually have a good handle on what's around in the setting.
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It's our version of SHIELD... we really need to add it to the OP