Name: The Invictus.
Other Names: The Invicta, Unconquerable Ones, The PMC, Da Vicz.
Founder: Alexius Androcles.
Leader(s): Fatin "Stryfe" Alfarsi (Commander-In-Chief), Mary "Phinx" Munroe (Second-In-Command)
Date Founded: The 1600s (Original). Early 1960s (Current). Various incarnations and splinter factions over the years.
Relationships:
- Aschen Empire: Hostile.
- Terran National Government: Friendly; employed by.
- The Shade Dominion: Friendly.
- Lochlyn Haley's Jupiter Corporation: Hostile.
Custodis Branches:
- The Custodis Custos: When you need soldiers, bodyguards, escorts, or fighters for any occasion chances are they come from the Custodis Custos when the Invictus are hired. The Custodis Custos makes up nearly all of the Invictus' combat forces and are usually on the frontlines of war or other combat assignments,
- The Custodis Benevolentia: Stryfe's personal squad of soldiers and warriors. They are said to be made up of some of the best warriors throughout the Multiverse and are said to prefer melee over ranged weapons. They are best known for a strict rule which prohibits them from killing their enemy.
- The Custodis Caeleste: The Custodis Caeleste are a team of elite soldiers and fighters specializing in combat against and the capture of supernatural threats and beings. This branch has no one leader, but answer to Phinx on most occasions. They are replacing the Custodis Carmen, a similar team that defected a year prior.
- The Custodis Medicus: The doctors and surgeons of the Invictus and the PMC, they are also medics in battle and know how to hold their own in combat. Many of the other Custodis branches has at least five in the field with them.
- The Custodis Veritas: They handle the intelligence side of the Invictus. Providing the Invictus with intelligence on their enemies and other people of interest. As well as for locations and mission briefings. They consist only of a race of beings known as Misery Angels.
- The Custodis Lamia: Known for their witchcraft inspired approach to combat, they are made up witches, sorcerers, warlocks, and necromancers. They have been dubbed, "The Coven" by most. They are one of the most secretive branches of the Invictus.
- The Custodis Vita: This Custodis group earned their name because they preserve the history of the Invictus and it's members. Anything of merit is written down by them. There isn't much they can't tell you about the Invictus and all those part of the organization. They also protect the Invictus' history from enemies.
- The Custodis Umbra: The assassins of the Invictus. They are one of the only Custodis branches that are made up of members with duties with other branches within the Invictus.
- The Custodis Belua: The Custodis Belua have a purpose known only to the Veritas and higher ranked officers of the Invictus. Rumors say that they conduct experiments on members of the Invictus in order to make super-soldiers, others say that they are in charge of keeping a monster, or several, locked up and under control until use in combat.
Other Branches:
Research and Development: Ran by Dr. Sonia Hughes, the Invictus R&D branch finds themselves responsible for providing the Invictus with weapons, armor, medicine, and other gear. Being independent from governments, Invictus R&D funds their own scientific expeditions to bring to the larger scientific community.
The Enforcers: An Invictus branch made of the most sturdy members of the group. The Enforcers are the security branch of the Invictus. They are handpicked by Mary Munroe.
The Pack: An elite team of shapeshifting soldiers who are known for their brutal efficiency and ability to hunt down even the most elusive of men and women. They are usually tasked with security and covert assaults. They are the Invictus equivalent of a black operations team.
The Eastern Block: While not an official team, the Eastern Block is made of Invictus soldiers and members hailing from Eastern Europe, West Asia and Russia. They also consist of those from certain areas in south Europe like Bosnia and areas such as Greece.
Team Ripper: Made up of entirely members of the Invictus' Custodis Benevolentia, Team Ripper oversees and assists Anodyne in all of her duties as a member of the Invictus and now as a member of the Terran Militia. They were chosen for being able to connect and relate to Anodyne much easier than everyone else, and for their adherence to using words to diffuse a situation before fighting.
Thousand Mountain Records: A music company owned by the Invictus in order to give members of the Invictus and other talented individuals a chance at a peaceful life. The company doesn't specialize in one or few genres of music, they are known for encouraging the melding of each.
Uniform And Colors: The Invictus do not have one uniform, allowing each of their members to wear whatever makes them more comfortable or effective in and out of combat situations. In order to identify each other they often sport the colors red and black or orange and black as well as the Invictus logo. Members who aren't fans of those colors sport their own with a modified Invictus logo matching their preferred colors.
Despite this, members of the Invictus are still given the option of wearing a standard operations uniform which usually consists of black fatigues or a black jumpsuits, a combat vest, and sometimes body armor.
Members of the Invictus are also encouraged to don personal patches and insignia on their uniforms and clothing. The patches and insignia are meant to showcase different things about members. Including their religion, likes, specialties, or specific branch within the organization.
Weapons:
Despite this, members of the Invictus are still given the option of wearing a standard operations uniform which usually consists of black fatigues or a black jumpsuits, a combat vest, and sometimes body armor.
Members of the Invictus are also encouraged to don personal patches and insignia on their uniforms and clothing. The patches and insignia are meant to showcase different things about members. Including their religion, likes, specialties, or specific branch within the organization.
Weapons:
The weapons used by the Invictus are varied as they tend to purchase weapons or trade them for services. They range from assault rifles and shotguns, to swords and explosives. Energy weapons are finding themselves to become more common among the Invictus, ICON-made weapons are also increasing in popularity among their more firearm loving members.
Developing their own weapons has become a steady process, mostly due to the need for many unconventional weapons in their line of work that aren't suited for battlefields. Specializing in guerrilla warfare, the Invictus have different needs that only they can fulfill militarily.
Ground Combat Vehicles (All Heavily Modified):
- IAV Stryker. (100 in use)
- Leopard 2. (100 in use)
- GTK Boxer. (115 in use)
- VAB. (230 in use)
- VBCI. (210 in use)
- Antonov An-225 Mriya. (156 in use)
- Antonov An-124 Ruslan. (130 in use)
- Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. (150 owned, 120 in use)
Space Combat Vehicles
- Ripper-class Gunship. (198 owned, 170 in use)
- Titan-class Gunship. (200 owned, 175 in use)
- Lucien-class Gunship. (170 owned, 165 in use)
Various smaller or personal ships in use. Numbered in the thousands.
Spacecraft Weaponry
Invictus weaponry on spacecrafts is very basic and straightforward. Turrets, missiles, directed energy weapons, and advanced shielding for space combat and elements. Kinetic rounds fired from Invictus craft is made from several metals and other more rare elements to form a new, extremely strong, alloy. Materials identified as being used to create the shells and rounds include tungsten, aggregated hyperdiamond, steel, and iron.
Invictus spacecraft make use of several forms of shielding at once to maximize protection from energy and magic based weapon, something the scientists within the Invictus called Aegis. Official name is unknown. Listed below are the more innovative, and destructive, of the weapons in use by the Invictus.
- The Hose: The Hose is an energy based weapon located on all Invictus spacecraft in various sizes, resulting in various amounts of damage according to size and ship. It earned it's name for being a directed beam of energy that can be fired at an enemy and sustained for long periods of time dependent on power available in the ship. The energy can also be fired like a projectile. It's goal is too completely overload or bypass shielding, cutting through an enemy craft's hull like butter. It's effects on land and buildings is more devastating than on ships.
- Gravity Well: A gravity well projector is an apparatus used to create interdiction fields. By simulating the gravity shadow of a planet or other celestial body, often called a gravity well, a ship's travel through hyperspace could be halted or their jump to hyperspace could be rendered impossible within the simulated gravity shadow. These generally large gravity well generators were most often used to counteract hit-and-run tactics and pin outmaneuvered or outnumbered enemies in place.
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