Terrans

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

@Terrans Added. Hope that works.

@PatientBean

Accepted, welcome aboard.

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

Thinking about joining up here - what post length and frequency are you hoping for?

@CassidyTheButch

Post length is dependent on what you need to convey. I don’t mind three sentences posts if that’s what you need to move your character forward. If you want a wall of text go ahead.

As for frequency. IRL happens and this isn’t our jobs. I don’t mind leave of absences. Though long stretches might risk the death of characters in tragic and/or funny deaths as needed.

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

@Terrans Want me to add that to the sheet or just state why?

@PatientBean

Just add to the sheet please.

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

Hope you are still accepting

PR Specialist To The Stars

Name: Imogen Crestworthy

Age: 36

Appearance:

Imogen

Nationality: British/German

Branch: Concealment Team

Role/Occupation: Public Relations Specialist

Skills: Crisis Management, Negotiations, Social Media Proficiency, Media Relations, Research and Strategizing, Persuasion

Speaks English, German, French, Russian, and Mandarin

Weaknesses: Headstrong and doesn't back down easily, even when wrong. Suffers from panic attacks triggered by enclosed spaces. Does not trust easily.

Background/Biography: Imogen's career fell into her lap when her family, she at the age of 17, found themselves embroiled in a controversy regarding the treatment of staff and whispers of fraud and embezzlement. Imogen did not discount the rumors, but having grown up in a luxurious lifestyle, she did not want to give it up so easily. Using the power of words, she rallied her family, utilizing tools like social media, to empower herself and rise above the threats. The dirt-slingers were met with criticism and hatred so vitriolic that they moved countries. Realizing the potential she held, Imogen pursued a career in public relations.

Imogen started off working at a PR firm, quickly rising through the ranks as she used her skill set to cover up parliament members carrying off affairs, hiding unwanted pregnancies, and keeping the minister's reputation squeaky clean despite his penchant for unsavory sex practices. Imogen's name was synonymous with "dirty dealings cleaned up nicely." Imogogen even used her skills internationally, covering up widespread conspiracies and making powerful world leaders look like children's book authors.

Imogen attained a reputation for getting things done quickly and efficiently, making her a valued employee for anyone looking to ensure the work they do stays out of the public eye.

@PatientBean

We indeed still are accepting. I just need a reason for why they decided to come work for Acheron. Given that the field is pretty unsavory even by usual PR standards.

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

Have you discussed wip

Application:

My Hider

Name: Enzo Wagner. “Grande”

Age: 35

Appearance: Dark hair, 6’8 270 pounds, built like a concrete bunker that spent its time at the gym. Aka Jack Reacher. Massive chest, keeps fit and regularly bench press

Bright blue eyes, with a tattoo of my little pony as a knight in college as a drunken bet in college.

Nationality: Luxembourg

Branch: Field Research, ICT, civil engineering and demolitions theory / explosives. Speaks English, German, Italian and French.

Role/Occupation: as above.

Skills: ICT, Civil and structural engineering, demolition and explosives. Trained marksman but civilian trained vs military. Strong has won multiple amateur strong man and other events. Trained classical wrestler.

Weaknesses:

Low doors / confined spaces.
Afraid of spiders.
Limited military training, mostly civilian and corporate training.
May like explosives a little too much.
Prone to over-planning.
Gear limitations. Due to being built like heracles, you cannot just use a kit someone else has potentially.
Short sighted. need reading glasses for close up work.

Background/Biography:

Recruited from another company and hired to fill in after a previous specialist was lost on a mission. The previous one was killed in a mission when the building fell on them after a gas line detonated in the basement from an electrical short.

Born in Luxembourg he was part of a small family and played a lot of sports, joining the greek style wrestling team and learning to use his massive size as an advantage, work his balance, and control.

In college he found his vibe and went from being muscular to being a behemoth of a man adding 80 some pounds of solid muscle while achieving a 4.0 GPA from NYU, scoring high in his class rank and getting a visa job with a number of corporate disaster control companies.

Becoming a US citizen alongside where he was born to unlock more career opportunities. Became a skilled civilian rifle man among other things, though he struggled to find something he could use at first.

Joining the company as a contractor, the need was that the pay was good and it would help him send some money back home to help the family keep the farm in their family for another generation.

Recently back from a short time off duty wounded on a previous operation where however wildly inaccurate due to lack of military training, managed to man handle and walk fire a 100 pound 14.5mm machine gun to help his team extract with their wounded and got caught in shrapnel from a bad radio call and a fuel tank that got caught up in the fire fight.

He was not sure what came over him, but he had to help his team and afterwards was unable to work out why he would decide to reenact a scene more like the Terminator.

@PrinceAlexus

Accepted Welcome to the team.

Application

Just a Medical Doctor Nothing to See Here

Name: Dr. Soraya Mansour
Age: 41
Appearance: 5'5", Dark hair, Dark eyes, slight but athletic build, tan complexion.
Nationality: French/Lebanese (?)
Branch: Research
Role/Occupation: Forensic Pathologist

Skills: Medical Doctor, Forensic Pathology Specialist, Multiple Languages: (Fluent Languages: Arabic, French, English, Farsi), Medical Contacts, Vehicle Proficiency, Tradecraft, Surveillance-Countersurveillance, Deep Cover Management, Intelligence Services Contacts, Small Team Covert Assassination Training, Covert Poisoning.

Weaknesses: Compound PTSD from conflict zone trauma care, hypervigilance/paranoia, inability to sustain relationships, identity fragmentation.

Background/Biography:
Soraya Mansour was 18 when she arrived in France on a Lebanese student visa on an earned scholarship. Graduating from the French system around 25 years old, she did her residency for 2 years, and was fast-tracked for dual-French citizenship before taking on charity conflict zone medicine in Lebanon.

Around this point Soraya was approached by French Intelligence(DGSE) and her life plan became more complicated than it already was, because she was immediately forced to report the contact to her handler in Tel Aviv: fully expecting her next communication to involve arrangements for her extraction, and an ignominious end to her work via a discrete flight back to Tel Aviv.

This was Mossad protocol after all

But Ronit Eitan - her real name - was not just any Mossad, she was a Caesarea agent; Ktzinet Mivtzaim. And the response she received was that too many assets had already been invested into her legend and that anyways: DGSE resources and cover could compliment her work.

Over the next several years Soraya served in medical adjacent roles where her work as a doctor and forensic pathologist put her in contact with several militant groups and Persons of Interest, providing medical treatment as well as investigating suspicious deaths, chemical weapons use, and identifying remains all over troubled regions. By all accounts she was a competent, direct, and respected medical professional: and an excellent DGSE asset.

That all ended about two years ago DGSE got wind that one of their assets may have been engaged as a member of a Mossad Kidon cell tied to several naturally attributed deaths of persons of interest. The deaths were never officially attributed to unnatural causes, but DGSE analysts assessed “High” confidence that Soraya had put at least two flagged cases in the ground herself: though the precise agent or pathogen employed was never identified.

The matter was quietly covered up between Paris and Tel Aviv, but Soraya’s security clearance for further charity work was pulled and she found herself out of a job.

The option to return to Tel Aviv was floated but by this point Ranit had spent almost two decades working and living as Dr. Soraya Mansour. Acheron Recovery Services, however, seemed the perfect ‘retirement’ for a DGSE asset whose cover had been blown and Paris agreed to back putting her out to pasture there with Acheron: who needed someone with expertise to examine… special cases.

Her background to Acheron is just that. A Lebanese born naturalized French medical doctor who'd operated in conflict zones as a DSGE fieldwork asset until her cover was compromised.

Certainly not the profile of anyone involved in wetwork.

@Tesserach

Accepted, suggest switching to Concealment for the skillset.

Paradise Lost

John

There was a saying somewhere. John racked his brain for what it was; the exact words eluding him. His mind churning as he leaned further into the partially dissembled engine cowling. A haphazardly arrayed formation of parts from his shuttle and the missing colony ship's shuttle (from the bay the assault shuttle now occupied) lay on the deck around the disabled engine.

'How did it go again?' He thought futilely as he cut away a debris scored section of engine. The edges jagged and impacting. 'Life's path's are numerous as they are unexpected?'

It was a cheesy quote. He remembered the first time he saw it; a book of short stories his tutor had given him. Colorful images with moral tales for a more innocent time. Back then he had wondered at the absurdity of it. His father had told a young John what his purpose would be. His place in the grand scheme of things. Where he would start and end.

Now here he was. Family and friends dead. Fleeing his homeworld for the notion of a fresh start somewhere. Working on a spaceframe he had help perfect with none of the parts he needed off-hand.

The unappealing screech of metal resounded as John he pulled the culprit, a piece of debris, from where it had impacted a heat exchange. He sighed as he looked over the index finger size junk of jagged metal.

The debris had threaded two different needles. Through a gap in armor and an intake to disable the engine. Impossible luck that had led to John spending his waking off-hours in this bay. Trying to repair and jury-rig the engine. A task that was about on par with nudging a colony ship along with minimal training.

The clomp of approaching boots had John give a resigned sigh; the pilot wiggling his way out of the engine's inner to see who intruded into his brief and small domain. The pilot having donned a fresh flightsuit from his shuttle's locker; the green jumpsuit pulled to his waist. A necessary move given the coating of grease and carbon that clung to his face and limbs. The pilot finally pulling himself out to crouch just above the engine's access port; surveying the shuttle bay's visitor.

@Pragia12

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

The War Criminal

Name: Stephen Stokes (born Viktor Bakalli)
Age: 50
Nationality: Yugoslavian - Kosovan - Ethnically Albanian
Branch: Field Research
Role/Occupation: Mission Supervisor & EOD
Skills: Expert at mine clearance, seasoned combat veteran, expert driver, combat first-aid experience, guerilla warfare expert, knowledge of criminal operations, ties to the south Slavic underworld, basic rotary aircraft operation ability. Speaks fluent English with a slight unplaceable accent. Fluent Albanian speaker. Passable Serbo-Croat language speaker. Flawless eyesight. Generally intelligent, broad knowledge based, quick learner.
Weaknesses: Pacemaker, double knee replacement, mild hearing loss, fear of explosives, currently living under a false identity, wanted by the Hague for atrocities in the early 2000s. Deep prejudice against Serbians.

Background/Biography: Stephen was born into conflict. Facing ethnic violence from birth radicalised him and he turned to Kosovan nationalism. At age 15 he joined the KLA and participated in the initial raids against the occupying Serbian police. Despite losing many friends, and much of his family he survived this tumultuous time. After the official end of the war, he continued to stoke the flames of insurgency on the Kosovan border, inciting violence against Serbian 'peacekeeping' forces. These activities and various incidents of killing Serbian settlers resulted in drawing the attention of international law enforcement. As the insurgency wound down in 2003, most of the key players in the insurgency were either killed or taken prisoner. Viktor was fortunate to escape the hangman by exploiting ties within the extensive Albanian criminal underworld. After establishing a new identity and escaping the Balkans via sea journey, he established himself for a decade in the UK, earning a place in Excalibur International as a grunt technician, due to his experience handling explosives. During this fruitful decade he managed to rise to a middling rank by nature of him surviving (that's the way the money goes in DC). Stephen has lived a life surrounded by better and more heroic men. But as he has discovered, the best men aren't the men that survive. In 2015 he defected from Excalibur on amicable terms and was taken in by Acheron in a trade deal. Excalibur was happy to be rid of him, as paper pushers within the organisation had noticed irregularities within Stephen's paperwork and realised the people investigating Viktor Bakalli weren't far behind. The clandestine transfer to Acheron's US offices have thrown the team off of his trail for sometime. Since 2015 Stephen has been acting in Acheron mainly as a training officer, with only occasional mission deployments. Due to the nature of his existence, it is unrealistic for him to ever lead a normal civilian life. For him to maintain his liberty it is imperative he lives in the shadows. DC is one of the few industries that he can operate within. His loyalty is ensured by the quiet understanding of who he really is, and what he is running from. His continued operational usefulness ensures his safety within the bowels of Silent Mountain.

@JFK

I'm intrigued to see how this will go.

Accepted, when you move the app to character. Please add an appearance. I forgot to put it in the original app. That one was on me. My apologies.

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

Player Characters

Stephen Stokes, The Old War Criminal

Soraya Mansour, The Mossad Spy with the Corporate Paycheck

Enzo “Grande” Wagner, The IT Guy Who Can Bench His IQ

Imogen Crestworthy, The PR Rep That Lets Us Get Away With Murder

Kedem Girma, Traumatized Seer on a Probationary Trial

Fabio Fazzone, The Make-A-Wish Italian Stallion

Redecker Kreuger, The Bald Leopard

Non-Player Characters

Field Commander Daniel Graves

Name:Daniel Graves

Age: 34

Nationality: American

Appearance: Standing at a lean 6'2"; Daniel Graves typically sports dark hair in an overgrown crew cut and persistent stubble. When he's not wearing his combat glasses; his dull green eyes have always been described as unnerving and piercing. He possesses only two noticeable markings; an Eye of Providence tattooed between his shoulder blades and a old scar on his left forearm from a dimensional warhound's claw.

Branch: Direct Action

Role/Occupation: Silent Mountain Field Commander/ Branch Co-manager

Skills:

Field Command: Graves has a natural knack for the controlled chaos of Damage Control operations. While not infallible; he has the ability to multitask various details needed to keep the operation running despite set-backs and mishaps. Constantly adjusting strategies on the fly to salvage at least a favorable outcome for Acheron.

Combat: Comes with being former Delta Force. Graves started his career as a SAW gunner for 1st SFOD. While his choice of weaponry is often detailed to the contract's situation; he is at home in a firefight as he is in the command center. From hand-to hand to advanced marksmanship; Graves has kept up as much as his current job allows. While his days of kicking in doors may be passing by; Graves isn't afraid to join in when the situation (and casualties) call for it.

Pre-Cognition: A few close calls with dimensional rifts and one unfortunate incident when he was exposed to dimensional energy had Graves develop an ability early on in his Acheron career. He found he was able to predict a probable event a second into the future if he concentrated. Over the years he has learned how to utilize it and the limits of his ability; though it curiously ebbs and flows at random times.

Weaknesses:
Unpredictable Powers: While Grave has figured out how to turn his power on; the power's effect itself itself varies. There are times where he has seen a full hour into the future while others where he has failed to utilize it at all. Graves and Acheron's R&D have yet to isolate the reason behind the strengths and pitfalls of his ability and Graves as such has learned not to rely on it given its randomness.

Burnt-Out: A veteran of Delta Force and Acheron; Graves has seen a lot in his time. While he does his job well; he is beginning to feel the futility of some of his efforts. Given that Acheron's various clients seem intent on repeating the same mistakes over and over; leaving a trail of bodies and destruction that Acheron cleans up at the expense of more bodies on Acheron's part. However, Grave's is a professional; doing a bad job isn't in his blood.

Background/Biography:

Born September 1996 in South Dakota ; Daniel Graves grew up the eldest child of farmers. Growing up on the farm saw Daniel split his attentions between schooling, his mother's insistence, and the farm at his father's. However, an educated career nor that of a farmer appealed to the young Daniel. He wanted to see the world beyond his patch of land and make something of himself that wasn't inherited or done at the cost of schooling. So he took the path most youths in his area did to escape; he enlisted in the Army despite the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the protests of both of his parents.

Graves was initially unnoteworthy in his Army career. A standard infantryman who eventually volunteered for Ranger school for the challenge it presented. His ensuing transfer to the Rangers saw multiple battlefield commendations and a Bronze Star following his first deployment. Riding his successes; he applied and was accepted into 1st SFOD's selection process. Delta Force selection was grueling but Graves managed to survive and earn a billet as a SAW gunner for his first tour with the unit. Graves was found to be dependable and enjoyed a notoriety among the unit for his devotion to accomplishing missions by sometimes extreme means.

His recruitment to Acheron however was by an unfortunate set of cirumstances. While home on leave to try and mend things with his parents; a pseudoscience/occult group going rogue from a dimensional research outfit tried to open a rift in the Graves' family field. The beings that emerged quickly slaughtered their summoners and began a rampage through the county. Casualties and chaos ensued. Acheron, alerted by the research group (and under contract), deployed to close the breach. The breach was eventually closed after two days of fighting and clean-up operations. Follow on sweeps found Daniel Graves barricaded in the remains of his childhood home's' basement; the mauled bodies of his parents accompanied by a multitude of dead dimensional intruders killed by his own hand.

Initially, the shell shocked Graves was taken in for damage assessment and containment. Once his background came to light; the supervisor on scene offered him a job instead of handing him to a Containment Team. Still in shock, Graves accepted, and found himself being slotted into Direct Action. Lucky turns of events and several contracts saw Graves rise in both rank and infamy within the company; with his pre-cognition powers cementing his standing. Graves eventually found himself among the rare ranks of Direct Action personnel who survived more then five years. This plus his unusual abilities gave him a high standing in the company that saw him take on the role of one of Acheron's Field Commanders. Several contracts as a commander have cemented Graves' status and eventually earned his promotion to Co-Manager of the new Silent Mountain expansion.

A prestigious assignment to be sure. One that allows a lot of room for one to climb....and fall. Probably could have done without his ex-wife being the Co-Manager though.

Field Contract Advisor Samantha Norr

Name:Samantha Norr

Age: 37

Nationality: American-Greek

Appearance: A lithe 5’10”; Samantha Norr possesses the build of a distance swimmer. Her ever tan complexion and black hair come from her Greek mother; while her dark blue eyes and high cheekbones are from her father. Has a slash scar across her collarbone from an unfortunate brush with a cloned dinosaur.

Branch: Concealment Team

Role/Occupation: Silent Mountain Field Contract Advisor/ Branch Co-manager

Skills:

Corporate Upbringing: The third generation of Norr to work in Acheron. Samantha is familiar with the growth and direction of the company since her grandfather founded the company. As such she has many contacts within the company and among the similar entities Acheron is nominally allied with. Making her rather entrenched against typical corporate maneuvering.

Well-Rounded Training: Norr’s pedigree would imply rapid promotions and choice postings. Instead, her grandfather ( and father) insist she learn like they did. Performing various jobs across Acheron to understand the complexities of running the company. At the moment she is on the tail end of her training circuit; having just finished a run (rather disastrous) with Direct Action.

Weaknesses:
Nepotism: Norr received little favors from her family in her career short of her initial onboarding. However, optics and opinions still surround the latest Norr. Causing her to try and work harder to prove that she belongs in Acheron on merit. To mixed results.

Sub-Par Combat: While receiving the same standard combat training all members of Acheron receive. Norr has never taken to the field lessons they imparted. Indeed, even with the comprehensive training in her stint at Direct Action, she was almost killed twice on the three missions she participated in.

Background/Biography:

Born September 1993; Samantha Norr was the surprise child of Zachariah and Althea Norr. The youngest child of three; she was however the one who took most notice in her father’s work at Acheron. Often, skipping school to watch the inner workings of the company facility in upstate New York.

Her father allowed her to see most without censure; even logging onto helmet cameras for his daughter to peruse while he worked. Though this changed after the Flagstaff Incident ( a rather dark day for Acheron’s history) and a teenaged Samantha was pushed to more academic endeavors. A jaunt on a swim team and a sterling academic record saw a journey to Harvard for a masters in Economics on a scholarship( not that she needed it).

With a degree in hand; Samantha was given the interview for Acheron. While expecting some position within management; her father (and grandfather) laid the news on her. A spot in management would be hers. She just had to do the grunt work to understand the complexities of a DC Entity. She took the news with shocked acceptance and went off to her first position.

Her first job being a warehouse supervisor for the Miami branch. By the end of her tenure she had increased operations and efficiency by over a third. A trend that would follow her as she jumped across the country form job to job. Until her stint in Direct Action. Two close calls and a scar saw Direct Action as the only black mark on an otherwise spotless record.

Ironically it was here she met Daniel Graves. Graves being her team leader at the time and the one who saved her the second near death experience. The two marrying in the aftermath of her transfer to Field Research.

Acheron however, not being a conducive environment for relationships. The pair separated in a mutual divorce three years later. With Graves taking a promotion to Field Commander while Norr finally got a promised slot at management. Not realizing her sought after co-manager position was alongside her ex.

But a decade of work wasn’t going to be undone by a thing as simple as personal problems. Norr wouldn’t allow that to happen.

In The Black (A Clean-Up Crew RP)

In The Black

Welcome,
You have obviously passed our many vigorous background checks and qualifications to be here today. Here of course being a member of Acheron Recovery Services; one of the premier members of our field. Not only that, you have been selected along with many of your peers to staff the latest branch of ARS. Built out of a decommissioned US Air Force base and abandoned missile silo complex; Silent Mountain, Montana is our latest and greatest facility in our strive to deliver our product. Excellent consumer protection.

Now while you should have received several materials covering our company and its work. I pride myself on thoroughness. So allow me to reiterate the purpose of our new branch. Many corporations and government agencies constantly partake in various experiments and test in efforts to push the boundaries of the known. However, sometimes they push too hard. Or maybe someone gets too squeamish. Or perhaps they should have sprung for a stronger lock on the cage containing the dimensional warhound.

Whatever the reason; accidents happen. Rather then throw more resources, time, and lives, trying to contain these incidents; we are instead called. For a competitive fee at varying levels of coverage; Acheron Recovery Services handles the containment, disposal and clean-up of whatever mishap might have occurred. With our wide roster of specialist and personnel we are more then capable of proving ourselves in any situation. And it shows.

We are one of the youngest entities in our business and we have already bought out our previous North American competitor, Sandstorm Consulting. Of course our efficiency is well noted by several competitors who are jealous of our success. Something that has led to less then cordial relations on occasions when interests or contracts conflicted.

But don't worry about that. Acheron is the top of the business for a reason.

And I know you will continue to contribute to that reason.

Signed,
Samantha Norr
Acheron Recovery Services HR Director; Silent Mountain Branch

About

Welcome to In the Black.

Here you take the part of an employee of a sizable damage control agency. They employ everyone from soldiers to submariners; mechanical engineers to herbalists, neurosurgeons to archeologists. They are prepared for anything because they respond to anything. As long as the client's policy is paid and the checks clear; Acheron will deploy.

Whether your back at base crunching the numbers on the latest zombie virus, garroting a plucky whistleblowing reporter, plundering an Egyptian tomb or battling a psychic super soldier; Acheron has a use for you. Of course these scenarios are dangerous. Casualties are high. But the paycheck for those that survive is tempting.

That being said. Acheron isn't the only game in town. The world has a host of like minded groups and entities who provide the same services; all that's different is the branding of the helicopters that fast rope the commandos in. Conflicts tends to arise often in the field when two groups tend to clash; some more then others given proximity of their "established" territories.

As of recent; a downtick in business has led to an increase in conflict of remaining contracts. Whether this is a temporary dry spell or the beginning of a corporate shadow war are unknown.

All that is known is that the industry is at its most dangerous.

But you know what they say. Great risk means even greater reward. Good luck.

The World

Welcome to the world of Damage Control (DC) in the year 2030. Its a cutthroat, dangerous game played in the shadows that has grown more hazardous as of late.

Pharmaceutical and bioengineering corporations have recently unlocked more secrets of gene sequencing and manipulation. Causing an upheaval in the bioweapon market with the sudden influx of tailored weapons and viruses. Of course the development of those weapons have had their own snags. The past three years saw a two hundred percent increase in deployment for all DC agencies for such incidents. With Acheron most noticeably having to firebomb one town in Arizona to contain a mispackaged leak of one such agent.

Of course other threats have increased too. A decade and half prior, a Slavic based corporation attempted to make an interdimensional portal. Events occurred that resulted in the Volkoff Syndicate, Eastern Europe's largest DC agency, shutting down the test after two weeks of fighting in the Urals. However, the experiment both made the notion of interdimensional travel feasible and made the fabric of our dimension thinner. Such occurrences happen with more regularity as of late; with four such incidents occurring within North America alone in the past year. One of which without the prompting of any experiments or tests by those on our side. These breaches have also had the startling effect of giving some individuals powers described as psychic in nature. They run the gamut on practicality and actual power. However, it also opened up another can of worms with the sudden rush of shady corporations and quasi government agencies creating artificial psychics. That led to one incident in the Pacific with an artificially created psychic carving out a brief domain on an island chain.

Then there's the sudden surge in nanomachines and portable reactor technology that have started a boom in robotics and the potential of viable cyborgs. Some of which were more successful then others; with some even retaining services within DC entities. The failures however have led to a rather large uptick in the private sale of anti tank and armor piercing munitions.

These just being an example of the most common threats the various DC companies face. When they're not busy warring with each other that is. The recent boom in potential danger has also sadly seen the downfall of several previously steady customers of various DC entities. With the surviving clients having gobbled up the remains of their failed peers. So while the danger has increased; contracts have gone down as these various corporations and agencies turn to exclusive contracts. Or in some cases, trying to cut costs by training in house DC teams to various degrees of success. However, a DC corporation that has no personnel obviously can't perform a contract; which has led to some of the more ambitious and cutthroat DC's to launch raids on competing contracts or even bases in some cases.

But at least the dental is good.

Acheron Recovery Services

Acheron Recovery Services found humble origins as Acheron Transport. An armored car company in the Midwestern United States. Founded by British expatriate, Gabriel Norr, in July of 1960; the company found moderate success with the casinos of flyover country. Then, as the times grew more turbulent they switched from armored cars to armored limousines. A chance contract saw the company take a small security gig at a then nascent company in the early 1980's. A virus outbreak saw a zombie like infection spread through the facility before Acheron guards put it down. With the Acheron CEO of the time receiving a sizable bonus for his discretion and competence.

This relatively profitable event saw Acheron open a seldom seen door that led into the lucrative and dangerous world of Damage Control. Acheron quickly began to expand its roster as it took contract after contract. Luck and greed helped pull Acheron from a fledgling DC entity to somewhere around mid-tier by the time they switched firmly into their new area; rebranding themselves as Acheron Recovery Services. With an agreement with the then up and coming German Werewolf LTD, the struggling Central American Coyote Protection Inc and the well established Excalibur International in the UK. With these alliances, Acheron quickly rose to challenge Sandstorm Consulting; the then eminent North American contractor of the time. Bidding wars, espionage and the occasional skirmish eventually led Sandstorm Consulting to take a costly contract in New Guinea. That contract proved however a desperate gamble that resulted in the bankruptcy of Sandstorm Consulting. With the resulting buy out's leaving Sandstorm's former assets and contracts within Acheron's ( and it's allies) control.

This has left Acheron with a large area of responsibility. North America for the most part is theirs; with the exception for Northern Canada and Alaska. Which is defiantly held by the Canadian Woodsmen Insurance Company. Central America is an uneasy alliance between Acheron and their erstwhile Guatemalan allies, Coyote Protection. The Pacific is for the most part a free for for all between Acheron, Japan's Sakai Group and Australia's Bushmaster Consulting. The rest of the world Acheron leaves to the various other DC agencies; avoiding creating more enemies and problems then needed.

However, the board is tired of seeing decreased profits. With their recent branch in Montana intended to being a new international response hub; one can see that the status quo is going to tip again.

Silent Mountain (Home Base)

Built in the 70's as part of the Cold War O'Neill Air Force Base consisted of an airfield for the 924th Refueling Squadron and a missile complex under the 375th Strategic Missile Squadron. Neither saw much activity outside the normal before they were mothballed a year after the end of the Cold War. They remained unused until 2021 when Acheron purchased the installation in its entirety.

Since then; Acheron has been hard at work modernizing and refurbishing both the airfield and missile base. The airfield hosts the most visible notice of Acheron's presence; an assortment of fixed and rotary wing aircraft that range from surplus Huey's to a next generation tilt-rotor that's set to replace the V-22 Osprey. Its facilities have been modified for Acheron's new purposes. With most of the day to day personnel living in refurbished barracks or newly constructed apartment complexes on the base. Its perimeter is ensured by constant patrols and an automated senor and camera network tied into an array of linked defenses. To the inhabitants of the town; the air base is a newly constructed DoD testing facility for classified avionics; and Acheron works hard to keep that as the perception.

The missile base on the other hand is where the sensitive aspect of Silent Mountain is carried out. Located a twenty minute drive away; the route to the missile base is a single road secured via a checkpoint at the mountain's base and an array of electronic surveillance measures. Built into heavy granite mountains; the missile bases silos and tunnels have been expanded and refurbished to act as the nerve center of this latest branch. The top levels house the barracks and equipment of the direct action portion of Acheron. Next being the R&D labs; responsible for either helping solve current crises or exploiting resolved ones for gain (often under the nose of clients due to vague wording in contracts). Lying below the science and technological heart of the base; lies the prison level for whistleblowers, malcontents and/or the occasional corporate spy awaiting processing. At the bottom of the base; below the command centers, offices and briefing rooms of the branch's leadership; lies the containment vault. A heavily guarded and surveilled portion where the branch can lock up dangerous articles, entities or anything else of dangerous value awaiting for transportation to the company's disposal site in Texas.

It might not be the most glamorous abode. But its home.

Branches:
Specialization is the key to any successful Damage Control Operation. Acheron having broken down itself into three semi-distinct chunks for ease of deployment.

Direct Action:
The doorkickers and frontline troopers of Acheron. First in and last out; Direct Action is where a good chunk of Acheron's work is done. It ranges from the troops fast roping out of helos to the pilots of said aircraft. They are make up a good proportion of Acheron's personnel. That being said it also has the highest attrition rate within the company; with the experienced survivors tending to transfer into management or other branches at the first opportunity. Some like to stay however; whether it be for the thrill or the hazard pay. Direct Action might not be the safest posting in Acheron; but its definitely among the most lucrative.

Field Research:
The brains to Direct Action's brawn; this branch often masterminds the solutions to containment problems incapable of being solved via more ammunition. Ranging in expertise; this branch draws from the main and fringe bodies of known knowledge. Psychics and self-proclaimed sorcerers working alongside the likes of nuclear physicists and roboticists. Usually with the second wave of Acheron to arrive on scene (but not always; Field Research typically has the lowest casualty rate among the company. Though accidents do happen and there have been incidents of R&D taking a turn for the worse in some of Acheron's self-performing research. That, and lowest casualty rate doesn't mean its a minuscule rate.

But the optometry plan for Field Research is the best of the company.

Concealment Teams:
An oddity; Concealment Teams are a mix-mash of personalities and skills. Former international assassins to con men. Hackers, demolitionist experts to pr specialists. Their sole concern being destroying any knowledge of the incident leaking to the public at large. Ranging from straight up assassination to discrediting via social media platforms; the concealment teams have as much leeway as they need to get the job done. Often following, if not in tandem, with Direct Action teams; they focus not on the threat itself but rather making sure no one outside the company or the client know of the threat. Concealment Teams are one of the most critical aspects of Acheron's contracts. As such they are a highly monitored and regulated branch that tends to attract those the company finds reliable (or malleable). It pays to be the best of the best though.

Application:

Name:

Age:

Appearance: (Can be a picture or description.)

Nationality:

Branch: (Direct Action; Field Research ; or Concealment Teams)

Role/Occupation: (No need to get specific unless you want to.)

Skills:

Weaknesses: ( Not needed but it helps make your character feel rounded out)

Background/Biography: ( Two paragraphs minimum please. No need for excessive detail. Just the gist of how they came to be where they are; whether that be valued employee, naive new hire or incidental press ganged survivor).

Lancer [Mechs, Magic, and Intrigue]

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I say you go ahead.

@Wernher

It is done. Perhaps we can have a butting of heads in the next section.