significant npcs in wtd 1.0r :: hecaton special operations

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HECATON SPECIAL OPERATIONS Not a single person in Taskforce Valkyrie doesn’t know about the conspiracy’s glorious history, particularly the historical records and accounts from the conspiracy’s precursor in the HECATON Special Operations Unit. Named for the many-armed monster both because of what it symbolizes and because they wanted to do homage to the Unit’s “mascot” Brigade, HECATON made the Taskforce what it is today, right down to the values that the conspiracy is supposed to uphold. Once the conspiracy within Taskforce Valkyrie’s conspiracy, operating in secret within their own organization with the express goal of reforming Taskforce Valkyrie before the end of 2012. HECATON is the actual “head” of the institutional beast that the Taskforce is in tonight's Vigil, comprised of the best that the conspiracy has to offer. Their members are 70% supernatural, and operate off the books. The remaining 30% are Deadwalkers (or secretly Sleepwalkers) who moved things within TFV and the American government for their companions. Joshua Larue's rise as a Malice King, however, marked HECATON's break away from Taskforce Valkyrie following the rising dark within the Vigil, and the corruption within their own ranks. HECATON’s agenda goes far, FAR beyond creating a safe and friendly Vigil for the Americas and any friend to the United States. They’re out to reform their own Taskforce, preparing it for the coming of the New Age – something that is only going to happen after they stop the Apocalypse. They’re out to purify the Vigil, to restore it to what it was meant to be the day that the Dragon decided to form the Methuselah. They’re out to bring an end to this war between the Kings, and the best way that they’ve determined how to act on that is to continue helping Hikaru Shinta and Riley Falner. They plan on doing this at all costs, even if it means fighting their own comrades.

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THE WINGS OF TAFT BASE :: ALECSIS

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ALECSIS Alias: None VIRTUAL WARDEN OF TAFT BASE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONSTRUCT Not exactly a who, but a what – but in this World of Darkness and tonight’s Vigil, who can say that such a distinction is fair? Either way, ALECSIS is an AI construct recently put online within Taft Base by the Science & Technology Division. This is a part of the Taskforce Valkyrie tradition of having a singular super-intelligent entity handle the day-to-day of a power base while serving as CIC and personal assistant to the operatives it’s taking care of. Her appearance was inspired, primarily, by the character of EDI from the Mass Effect trilogy, but there’s a far more interesting story behind her face – or morbid story, depending on who’s asking. PLOT POINTS AS OF 06 OCTOBER 2016 HECATON scientists occasionally base the AIs that they construct on fallen comrades, or HECATON operatives in the past who did admirable work for the conspiracy within the academe or the medical fields, or through their investigations on TFV-controlled soil. ALECSIS, for example, is based off of a beloved Caucasian nurse that sacrificed her own welfare in order to keep as many soldiers of Corregidor Island alive as she could during World War II.

VISUAL USED: CORTANA (HALO 3)