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2. Support Personnel " Military

Name: Morgan Decker Albright Aliases: Ass Tickler (unofficial " unknown to owner) Affiliation(s): Unified Tangian Republic Army " Hunters Corp Administration Rank: Captain License: Unlicensed " Hunter Handler (Class A3 and below) Status: Alive Bio Blurb: Hailing from an impoverished home in Tandes, Cpt. Albright is a generally strict and by the books soldier with some latent management skills. Current handler of Class A3 Hunters and below, particularly in charge of hunters assigned to the Rhy'Din sovereign region which is considered a terminal assignment. Divorced once but currently married with a son.

Name: Ivera Ulston Trang Aliases: Ice Queen Affiliation(s): Unified Tangian Republic Army " Purity and Discipline Rank: Colonel License: Unlicensed " Hunter Purity and Discipline Status: Alive Bio Blurb: A military leader noted for their aggressive and rapid advancement through the commissioned ranks. A hard, no nonsense woman known for their rather frigid demeanor. Has one black mark in their record being a close, and once intimate, relationship with the hunter Elitia Turner though they have worked to distance themselves from such having filed charges against the hunter in past.

Name: Alexander Romanii Aliases: Gallows Affiliation(s): Unified Tangian Republic Army " Hunters Corp Administration Unified Tangian Republic Army " Purity and Discipline Rank: Colonel License: Unlicensed " Hunter Handler (Class S1 and below) Status: Alive Bio Blurb: Known for their very conservative views they are an ardent supporter of the purity mandates and as such are assigned special license as well as problem hunters to handle.

Name: Glen Morten Callahan Aliases: Quack, Head Doc, Multiple other derogatory terms for Psychiatrist Affiliation(s): Unified Tangian Republic Army " Hunters Corp Allied Support Services U.T.R.A. Vis Mallert Veteran's Affairs Hospital " Psychiatry Wing Rank: Major Title(s): DOM Arcane Pharmacology MD Psychiatry Status: Alive Bio Blurb:

Name: Donald Turain Bell Aliases: Doom Bell (former) Affiliation(s): Unified Tangian Republic Army " Hunters Corp Science, Research, and Development Extreme Esoteric Science Public Work Program (unindentured) Title(s): PhD in Biomedical Engineering MD in Biomechanical Integration Bio Blurb:

Name: Fletcher Kimball Burns Aliases: Affiliation(s): Unified Tangian Republic Army " Hunters Corp Science, Research, and Development Extreme Esoteric Science Public Work Program (unindentured) Title(s): Bio Blurb: Personal Biomedical Supporter for 2Lt. Elodie Dubois Spencer.

4. Terminology

Tang: A terrestrial world not of this dimension that's larger than Earth with a slightly higher gravity and longer day/night cycles. Is orbited by three moons (Idris, Vang, and Deyrma) and in turn orbits the star Syrl. Time is split differently with days being thirty hours long, weeks having eight days, and years being fifty three weeks long divided into thirteen months.

Beyond such obvious differences though it has a climate much like Earth's with a greater biodiversity that most academics attribute to the magic that permeates the world. With nine primary land masses the nation of Tanga sits on the northwestern end of the Breyard continent and is framed on three sides by mountain ranges leading to a host of different environments and thus different races and cultures. Due to a fissure of magic formed between the Taj Mountains and the Derak syl Varna badlands there is a stable transdimensional conduits that connect Tang to the dimension and world of Rhy'Din.

Mage: Any individual who has a natural ability to manipulate the magical ether that permeates the world, thus being able to willfully instigate phenomenon beyond the normal scope. A talent that was universal to all at varies degree's ages ago; nowadays only select members of a populace show any sort of latent talent for such any more with a broader scope having a sub-manifesting ability and the rest being completely unable to wield or manipulate ether in any manner. For human's only about 15 - 20% of the populace have the latent ability to freely manipulate magical forces with ~40-60% with varying degree's of talent manipulating magic in any shape or way.

The discrepancy between amount of populace to amount of power said populace is capable of wielding has lead to a lot of fear about mages among the general populace as well as many policies to try and control mages and prevent them from usurping others rights. This has lead to no shortage of contempt but is deemed a necessary evil less the nation falls to social Darwinism.

To achieve this all members of society undergo magic potentiation screening at the age of five to determine whether someone is capable of manipulating magic. If so they are taken away to magic academies spread across Tanga for education and training to suppress their abilities ('bound' mages) until such time that they are of age to determine whether they'll continue as a bound mage or learn to use their abilities in civil service according to the law ('true' mages.) Regardless all individuals of magic potential are documented and tracked leading to some stigmatization and discrimination.

Extreme Esoteric Scientist: Called 'madsci's or 'sparked' for short these are individuals who do not have an ability to use or manipulate magic but have an ability to see the ether and understand the workings of the arcane universe. It is believed that this ability to understand the magical world but not actually be able to interact or manipulate such causes a 'hunger' in the individual which drives them towards the goals that they seek to accomplish which are usually beyond the means of normal science or the confines of the non-magical universe.

As such they strive to produce phenomena via science which resembles or even uses magic where they themselves cannot. This is achieved by the ability to hyper focus on what topics come to prominence with them rather than any sort of innate intelligence. This focus driven by 'the hunger'; however, is considered to be what causes the disconnection from society and the moral apathy that's usually prominent in 'unchained' madsci's (those not regulated by medication and therapy.)

As for what causes madscism it is thought that there are three primary requirements. The first is an ability to understand the ether but not be able to actually manipulate it which causes 'the hunger.' Second is a set of predefined traits that makes one more prone to cascading to their spark rather than weathering through it (such as natural amoralism, a manipulative nature, a keen intellect, a keen ability ot solve problems, etc.) And lastly would be some event that 'sparks' the potential madsci, setting off the cascade that drives more and more to their line of thought. This is usually some sort of traumatic experience though the true mechanics of such is poorly understood given the broad reasons for a person to spark at one point but not at others. Regardless it is easy to determine who has the potential to become a madsci but nearly impossible to accurately determine who will actually spark until after this event has occurred and the changes in their cognition are enough so as to cause outward changes in the persons personality or behaviors.

Unified Tangian Republic Army (U.T.R.A.): The army branch of military service for the Unified Tanga Republic, a federated republic on the planet of Tang. It is the service branch geared towards land based military doctrine primarily focused on armored, infantry, and specialty units as well as the utilization of advance technology and arcane power for military supremacy.

Arcane and Extreme Esoteric Science Hunters Corp A special forces branch of the U.T.R.A. specializing in unique equipment, tactics, and personnel developed and trained for the purpose of combating arcane and mystical like threats and phenomenon. Most notable for their 'Hunter' program which develops and supports specialty soldiers taken from non-potential stock that are then augmented to be able to use arcane techniques to combat metahumans and monster.

Due to the expertise and nature of threat that is handled by this corp it is one of the few military branches that both serve a military and civilian mission augmenting law enforcement and providing support for arcane divisions.

Hunters: Soldiers produced by the Hunter's Corp that are developed specifically to contend with individuals both human, demi-human, and non-human super powered by either esoteric science technology or magic. These individuals are essentially normal humans that have been modified and augmented with technology and arcane knowledge so as to be highly durable, resilient, and able to manipulate magical forces. They are thus able to wield magic like a mage while not actually being born a mage. It is this durability, developed ability, and the knowledge that is passed on to them which grants them a higher success rate in dealing with powered individuals than normal soldiers.

Much like a special forces group those who become hunters volunteer for this particular branch where they are tested to see if they have the potential to manipulate or understand the ether. Without this basis of a sub-manifestation of arcane ability candidates would be unable to be modified so as to actually be able to manifest magical abilities. Once this ability is confirmed the prospective hunter spends a year in academy being physically and academically trained and tested to endure the rigors of being a hunter. Passing all such they are finally modified via augmentations and spend the second year training and learning how to use their new-found abilities. It is during this time that they are classed for what roles they will undertake and to which division they will practice such.

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Support Biomedical Technologist

Support Arcane Technologist

Hunters License Hunters are licensed depending upon years of experience, education, competency reviews, physical conditioning, and aptitude testing. Licenses are divided into three parts for each respective field of threat that a hunter must have competency in: mages, extreme esoteric science, and monsters.

The MAGE field being the primary threat that hunters are utilized against has the most divisions of rank. Experience, education, competency, and aptitude testing are used for deciding ranking in this field. Within this field there are 2 primary divisions with vastly different tactical roles with each sub-divided further into 4 ranks of ascending order.

Support: AAA < AA < A(A1) < A2

Support division hunters work in units of no less than 4 members typically providing logistical and background support to Assault division hunters as well as augmenting normal infantry against potential abnormal threats. They are less powerful and less capable but are far easier to develop and maintain for multiple duties.

Assault: A3 < S1 < S2 < S3

Assault division hunters are the spearhead of any hunt operations conducting themselves as commandos or the heads of multiple support squadrons. They are typically classified as equal in power and capability to mages and thus are heavily monitored for corruption.

The EXTREME ESOTERIC SCIENCE field is the second license of importance typically governed more by experience and education than aptitude or competence though there are limitations that can arise due to latent 'spark' potential. This class is divided into 3 categories:

1B < 2B < 3B

The last field of license is for MONSTER ranking. This field is typically dependent on physical conditioning (both natural and augmentation ability) as well as education. This class is divided into 3 classes based on testing:

1C < 2C < 3C

As well as the above fields there are also many different sub-licenses and limits that can augment any of the 3 principle fields making this a robust system for quickly identifying hunters abilities especially when considering assignments for utilization.

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