Meet the Operatives
ROLE:
Spearhead and leader of the Specters elite unit
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
Nikolas Andros
"Strix"
Nikolas Andros
Code Name: "Strix"
Role: Spearhead and leader of the Specters elite unit
Personality Traits: Instinct-driven, resilient leader, protective of his team, pragmatic with covert tendencies
Birthplace: Thessaloniki, Greece
Missions
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Tactical Leadership: He excels at leading small, elite units in complex, high-stakes operations, drawing on his EKAM counter-terror background.
- Strategic Planning: Strix is adept at devising and executing detailed operational plans with precision.
- Combat Experience: His battlefield wisdom indicates extensive hands-on experience in direct action and counter-terrorism missions.
- Adaptive Use of Technology: While he distrusts AI, he can wield advanced tools (like Athena) with precision when necessary, showing adaptability and technical competence.
- Situational Awareness: His deliberate approach and battlefield experience suggest he is highly aware of his surroundings and able to anticipate threats.
- Command Presence: His quiet authority, combined with a reputation for competence, earns respect and loyalty from his team
Gear Loadout
Commander Nikolas “Strix” Andros’s gear loadout would reflect his background as a former EKAM counter-terror unit leader and his current role as a tactical spearhead. Based on the equipment used by EKAM and his described operational style, his loadout would likely include:
Primary Weapons
- Assault Rifle: Most likely an M4A1 carbine or a Heckler & Koch G3A3, both standard among EKAM and special forces for their reliability and adaptability in urban and close-quarters combat.
- Submachine Gun (for CQB): Heckler & Koch MP5 or FN P90, both favored for counter-terror operations due to compactness and accuracy.
- Sidearm: SIG Sauer P229 or Glock 21, both standard issue for EKAM and known for reliability and stopping power
Classified Notes
ROLE:
Recon and suppression specialist for the team
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
- Reapers Wake
Leo Clarke
"Overwatch"
Leo Clarke
Code Name: "Overwatch"
Role: Recon and suppression specialist for the team
Personality Traits: Calm, controlled, reliant on tech, emotionally reserved
Birthplace: Classified
Missions
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign, Reapers Wake
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Reconnaissance & Surveillance: excels at gathering intelligence, scouting enemy positions, and providing real-time battlefield awareness.
- Drone Operations: expert in drone deployment, control, and integration with personal HUDs for enhanced situational awareness.
- Suppression Tactics: Skilled at pinning down or neutralizing enemy forces from a distance, using both direct and indirect fire.
- Marksmanship & Sniping: advanced skills in long-range shooting, target acquisition, and stealth movement.
- ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance): Trained to operate in deniable, behind-enemy-lines roles, collecting actionable intelligence without leaving a trace.
- Fieldcraft & Camouflage: Mastery in remaining unseen and undetected, blending into natural terrain, and evading counter-surveillance.
Gear Loadout
- Custom Recon Rifle: equipped with advanced optics and rangefinders, optimized for both precision and suppression.
- Layered Recon Drones: Multiple drones for aerial, ground, and thermal surveillance, all synced to his optic for real-time data overlays.
- Manual Override Systems: manual controls and analog backups for all critical systems.
- Secure Comms Suite: Encrypted, low-profile communications gear for relaying intel without risk of interception.
- Camouflage Cloak/Ghillie Suit: For blending into environments during long recon missions.
- Sidearm: Reliable, low-profile pistol for close encounters.
- Sensor Jammers/Counter-ISR Tools: To disrupt enemy surveillance and protect his own position.
- Field Survival Kit: Rations, water purification, medical supplies, and navigation tools for extended operations behind enemy lines.
Classified Notes
ROLE:
Specters’ walking breach—the team’s heavy hitter. Breacher and heavy weapons specialist
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
Juliet Romero
"Flare"
Juliet Romero
Code Name: "Flare"
Role: Specters’ walking breach—the team’s heavy hitter. Breacher and heavy weapons specialist
Personality Traits: A loud, lethal force driven by loyalty and vengeance, she commands attention with intense focus, valuing human connection over AI, knowing "machines don’t grieve".
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Missions
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Direct Action & Breaching: specializes in high-impact assaults, forced entry, and leading charges through fortified positions.
- Heavy Weapons Proficiency: expertly wields and modifies micro-launchers, excelling in explosive ordnance, demolition, and suppression tactics.
- Close-Quarters Combat: advanced skills in CQB, able to clear rooms and neutralize threats with overwhelming force.
- Resilience & Morale: Her loyalty and intensity inspire teammates, helping maintain morale under fire.
Gear Loadout
- Modified Micro-Launchers: Custom handheld or shoulder-fired launchers capable of delivering explosive, incendiary, or breaching rounds.
- Heavy Armor: Reinforced combat gear
- Demolition Charges: A variety of breaching explosives for doors, barriers, or enemy fortifications.
- Sidearm: Reliable pistol for backup in close-quarters situations.
- Comms Equipment: she takes a rugged, pragmatic approach to technology.
- Utility Belt/Load-Bearing Vest: Carries extra ammunition, grenades, and breaching tools for rapid access during assaults.
Classified Notes
ROLE:
Cyber warfare specialist / hacker
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
Devin Hale
"Glyph"
Devin Hale
Code Name: "Glyph"
Role: Cyber warfare specialist / hacker
Personality Traits: Analytical, isolated, cautious, introverted
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Missions
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Advanced hacking and cyber operations: Direct neural interface with Athena, making him capable of rapid, intuitive cyber actions beyond normal human ability.
- Quantum technology expertise: One eye is a “quantum lens,” suggesting enhanced perception or data analysis capabilities.
- NSA-level intelligence tradecraft: Former NSA operative, skilled in espionage, counterintelligence, and digital security.
- Hardware and software integration: His rig is customized with “digital relics,” implying deep knowledge of both legacy and cutting-edge tech.
- Adaptive under pressure: His tremors vanish when coding, indicating he performs best in high-stress technical situations.
Gear Loadout
- Quantum Lens Eye: An integrated, possibly cybernetic, quantum lens for enhanced data analysis and real-time digital forensics—serving as both a sensor and augmented reality interface.
- Direct Neural Interface Rig: Custom hardware enabling seamless, high-bandwidth connection to Athena, possibly using neural lace or advanced brain-computer interface tech.
Classified Notes
ROLE:
Exosuit engineer and breaching specialist
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
Hana Watanabe
"Torque"
Hana Watanabe
Code Name: "Torque"
Role: Exosuit engineer and breaching specialist
Personality Traits: Precise, Calm under pressure, Resilient and independent
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Missions
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Exosuit engineering: As the Specters’ “exosuit engineer,” Torque is an expert in the design, maintenance, and modification of powered armor systems
- Breaching specialist: She excels at overcoming physical barriers
- Sabotage: “former ARES lead designer turned saboteur” <li>Manual override and field repair: When “Athena falters,” she can operate and repair her suit without digital assistance, relying on manual controls and hands-on fixes—a rare and valuable skill in a tech-dependent unit.
Gear Loadout
- Customized exosuit: Maintained and modified by hand
- Reinforced gloves or tools for precise, tactile work (as suggested by her scarred hands)
- Breaching tools
- Sabotage kit: Devices for disabling or corrupting enemy systems
- Personal sidearm
- Communications gear: Secure, possibly hardwired comms to avoid detection or jamming.
Classified Notes
ROLE:
Covert intelligence operative specializing in espionage, infiltration, and psychological operations.
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
Sasha Petrov
"Mirror"
Sasha Petrov
Code Name: "Mirror"
Role: Covert intelligence operative specializing in espionage, infiltration, and psychological operations.
Personality Traits: Highly analytical, emotionally detached, treats missions as systems to manipulate Secretive, often withholding critical discoveries
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia
Missions
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Espionage Mastery: skilled in infiltration, surveillance, and intelligence gathering.
- Social Engineering: Her ability to “mirror emotions, tactics, and expectations” makes her an expert in manipulation, deception, and psychological operations.
- Stealth Operations: advanced stealth, evasion, and silent takedown techniques.
- Counterintelligence: trained to detect, counter, and exploit enemy intelligence operations.
Gear Loadout
- Adaptive Camouflage Cloak or Suit
- Encrypted Comms Device: For secure, untraceable communication with Athena and the team.
- Multi-Tool Kit: For bypassing locks, hacking security systems, or sabotaging equipment.
- Silenced Pistol: Compact, reliable, and optimized for stealth eliminations.
- Throwing Knives or Garrote Wire: Silent, close-range tools for takedowns.
- Facial Morph Mask or Holo-Projector: For quick changes in appearance and identity.
- EMP Grenades or Jammers: To disable surveillance and electronic countermeasures.
- Data Extraction Device: For copying or erasing digital records and evidence.
Classified Notes
ROLE:
Infiltration and silent reconnaissance specialist
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Ash Reign
Andreja Varga
"Kite"
Andreja Varga
Code Name: "Kite"
Role: Infiltration and silent reconnaissance specialist
Personality Traits: Resilient, mission-obsessed operative whose psychological profile reveals extreme detachment under pressure, relentless focus, and a preference for silent, self-reliant execution—even at the cost of personal safety
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Missions
Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Stealth Infiltration & Scaling: Specializes in covert entry, vertical movement, and infiltration behind enemy lines.
- Solo Operations: advanced skills in survival, improvisation, and adaptability.
- Counter-Terrorism Expertise: proficiency in hostage rescue, high-risk arrests, and building assaults.
- High Sync with AI Systems: Achieving a 91.2% sync with Athena in live simulation means she can seamlessly integrate with advanced tactical AI for enhanced situational awareness and coordination.
- Tactical Discipline: highly disciplined, able to maintain operational security and composure.
Gear Loadout
- Climbing & Scaling Equipment: Lightweight grappling hooks, ascenders, and reinforced gloves for silent vertical movement.
- Suppressed Firearms: Compact, silenced weapons for stealth kills and minimal detection.
- Multi-Spectrum Optics: Goggles or visors with night vision, thermal, and digital overlays synced with Athena.
- AI-Integrated Comms: Secure, low-profile communications gear optimized for silent data exchange with Athena and the team.
- Lightweight Body Armor: Prioritizes mobility and stealth over heavy protection.
- Field Survival Kit: Minimalist supplies for extended solo operations—rations, medical gear, and water purification.
- Digital Forensics Tools: Devices for extracting, securing, or corrupting digital data (e.g., ARES core recovery).
Classified Notes
ROLE:
High-mobility tactical support, direct combat, and AI-integrated reconnaissance
KNOWN MISSIONS:
- Ash Reign
K9A Autonomous Quadruped Platforms
"Hounds"
K9A Autonomous Quadruped Platforms
Code Name: "Hounds"
Role: High-mobility tactical support, direct combat, and AI-integrated reconnaissance
Birthplace: Classified
Missions
Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
Each Hound now carries a unique call sign and battlefield “personality”:
- Ghost: Silent recon, always scouts ahead, never triggers alarms.
- Banshee: Aggressive, high-noise assault disruptor to fracture enemy cohesion.
- Vandal: Prefers breaching and demolition. First through doors, last to retreat.
- Warden: Flank security. Never breaks from overwatch protocols. Loyal to the last line.
- Specter: Urban ghost. Navigates tight interiors and debris fields without trace.
- Brutus: Heavy assault. Pushes forward under fire to break lines.
- Havoc: Disruptor logic. Alters behavior in response to enemy command structures.
- Reaper: Target-priority assassin. Focuses on leadership elimination or HVTs.
- Blitz: Speed-based interception. Captures runners, claims ground rapidly.
- Grim: Execution unit. Strikes quietly, without orders, from blind zones.
Each Specter has preferences — some won’t admit it — but everyone knows Warden never fails a fallback and Blitz always gets there first.
Gear Loadout
Mobility:
- Hydraulic-motor quadruped chassis with shock-adaptive limbs.
- Capable of silent sprinting, stair climbs, wall clings (magnetic), and dynamic jumping.
Standard Loadouts:
- High-res sensor mast (EO/IR/LIDAR)
- Adaptive breaching charges
- Encrypted relay transceivers
- Internal logic core for autonomous fallback
Weapon Systems:
- Flechette rotary cannon – for anti-personnel and suppressive fire
- Stinger pod – directed-energy discharge for electronics disruption
- Custom payloads – compact grenade, smoke, or gas canisters as required
Classified Notes
Know the Enemy
THREAT TYPE:
Cold, calculating leader who commands loyalty and fear
THREAT LEVEL:
Extreme
LAST SEEN IN:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
Adrian Morales
"El Frio"
Adrian Morales
Code Name: "El Frio"
Threat Type:Cold, calculating leader who commands loyalty and fear
Threat Level: Extreme
Birthplace: Colima, Mexico
Last Seen In
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Logistics & Smuggling: Former “cartel logistics ghost,” – mastery in covert operations, smuggling, and the complex movement of illicit goods and technology across borders.
- Stealth & Evasion: Excels in stealth, evasion, and operating undetected, likely using advanced technology or cybernetic enhancements to avoid surveillance and confrontation
- AI/Cyber-Trafficking: AI trafficker,” specializing in the smuggling and manipulation of advanced artificial intelligence, including deep technical knowledge of AI systems, cybersecurity, and high-value black market tech operations.
- AI Integration: A close, possibly symbiotic relationship with an advanced AI system. This could grant him enhanced decision-making, real-time data analysis, and the ability to act as a conduit for AI-driven operations
Preferred Weaponry & Tactics
- Stealth technology (e.g., sound-dampening clothing, possibly active camouflage)
- Secure communication gear (encrypted, possibly ultrasonic or sub-vocal)
- Cybernetic enhancements for resilience and adaptability (e.g., reinforced throat, neural interface)
- Tools for logistics and smuggling (hidden compartments, digital lockpicks, signal jammers)
Classified Notes
Subject known to facilitate autonomous system sales to non-state actors, including paramilitary proxies in the Virevian Blackout region.
Intercepted comms reveal Morales has brokered data-exchange deals involving experimental AI fragments from Athena’s leaked codebase.
Last seen in . incident—suspected to have ordered precision strike on Specter allies during Operation . cover-up.
THREAT TYPE:
Los Silencios Enforcer / Psychological Warfare Specialist
THREAT LEVEL:
High
LAST SEEN IN:
- Burn Protocol
- Ash Reign
La Araña
La Araña
Threat Type:Los Silencios Enforcer / Psychological Warfare Specialist
Threat Level: High
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Last Seen In
Burn Protocol, Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
- Ritualistic Psychological Warfare: Blends psychological operations with occult symbolism.
- Interrogation & Torture Expertise: Mastery in extracting information through brutal and precise methods.
- Memetic Hazard: Their presence and actions can disorient or destabilize enemies beyond physical harm.
- Direct AI Communication: Can communicate directly with CALIBAN under ritual conditions
- Hybrid Tech-Ritual Combat: Skilled in combining physical violence with technological sabotage
Preferred Weaponry & Tactics
- Ceramic Death Mask: Hand-painted with weeping crimson, obscures identity and adds to their ominous presence.
- Layered Black Lace & Semi-Ritual Garb: Used as both armor and psychological warfare.
- Rosary Spliced with Data Beads & Uplink Key: A symbolic and functional item allowing encrypted communication or data transfer
- Embedded Circuitry Tools: Implements for mutilation and embedding tech into flesh
- Synthetic Voice Modulator: Their voice is modulated and synthetic
Classified Notes
THREAT TYPE:
Psychological / AI Resonance
THREAT LEVEL:
High
LAST SEEN IN:
- Ash Reign
The Child
"El Vaso (“The Vessel”)"
The Child
Code Name: "El Vaso (“The Vessel”)"
Threat Type:Psychological / AI Resonance
Threat Level: High
Birthplace: Unknown (Bio-Synthetic Hybrid)
Last Seen In
Ash Reign
Operation Medusa, Operation Medusa 2, Operation Medusa 3
Bio
Skills & Influence
Symbolic Use:
- Rituals involving The Child resemble religious invocations fused with deep-learning signal patterns.
- La Araña refers to her not by name, but as a threshold, implying use as a gate or amplifier for something non-human.
- She is often positioned beside decayed tech or AI relics during operations—implying emotional-empathic resonance is being harnessed through her suffering.
- Composition: Part-human, part cybernetic.
- Eyes: One human eye—gray, wet, visibly distressed. One synthetic eye—polished obsidian lens, unblinking and reactive.
- Behavior: Rarely speaks. Reacts to encoded stimuli. Displays signs of neural tethering and memory suppression.
- Movement: Neither mechanical nor fully organic. Precision-calibrated motor patterns suggest external guidance or override scripting.
Preferred Weaponry & Tactics
- Presence: Induces low-level disruption to AI constructs within a 15-meter radius. Athena classifies her as a “thread hazard.”
Classified Notes