Freelancers

Premise

The main premise of the Freelancers is to help in the protection of Millennium City from any danger internal or external. While not as formal as Meta-S.W.A.T. was the Freelancers try to stand by the original premise.

The team focuses on diversity, flexibility, and reliability, showing the community as a whole that they always have a group that they can rely on when the chips are down. Their diversity offers them the ability to react quickly and efficiently to rapidly changing situations in the field. With the acquisition of Lithium Labs, the Freelancers changed gears slightly to begin production of armor and weapons for local police departments across the country.

The team itself is a juxtaposition of personalities and talents, each member lending themselves to make the Unit something greater than simply the sum of its parts. It is not unusual to find a gun totting, smart-ass Native American back-to-back with a Power Armor wearing Playboy kicking in doors to take down bad guys.

History

Founding

Drawing inspiration from larger government organizations of Super Heroes, Millenium City set to working with thier Police Department and MARS division to come up with a locally owned an operated group that was under direct control of the City's bureaucracy. After formalizing the idea in mid-2009, MCPD tapped retired Army Special Forces John Wheeler to organize the team, and by August of that year, John Wheeler(now dubbed Striker) became a Lieutenant in MCPD and was awarded Unit Director of Meta-S.W.A.T.

Recruitment was slow at first, the Lieutenant finding a handful of team members, many that served only as a test run for what would be the final draft of the group. Of the original team, only the gargoyle Justice, and the Tech Specialist Ethan Halloway, remain. However, the team was about to make a sudden shift into overdrive.

His name was Grond, classified as one of the strongest creatures in the known world, and after a rather destructive rampage through the South-Western Desert, a coalition of super heroes decided to subdue the threat(if only for a time). At first, the coalition found itself ineffectual at seriously harming the massive mutant, and without any solid co-ordination the endeavor was doomed from its onset. Then Zarp Draken, a lone hero stepped up to rally an organizational effort. Striker was the first to lend his aid to the Draconian warrior, offering his military expertise. Together the pair rallied the beleaguered heroes and led them to victory down in Snake Gulch. Shortly there after, Zarp joined the team. It would never be the same.

After Zarp, the roster began to grow more rapidly than expected. Word got out of the units deeds, and reputation for helping a hero in a pinch. Doctor David Smith, joined the ranks, and became the Executive Officer of Operations, lending his charisma and expertise to the team. Recruitment posters started circulating Millennium City of a shirtless Zarp, and nothing could stop then tide after that. They eventually even took on a young former UNTIL officer who was currently on parolee name Seth McIlroy.

After the event of the first Bloodmoon members of the Meta-S.W.A.T. unit began leaving for various reasons and the group was almost disbanded after the retirement of Striker. Seth McIlroy, better known as Keioseth tried his best to hold the group together after having a vision of a the city being destroyed by a man in white armor. Keioseth offered to take control of the unit and was granted this because of his experience with UNTIL. Most of the remaining members disagreed with one of the newest members of the unit being the new Unit Director and resigned.

For a good couple of months the only active member of the Unit was Keioseth, once Flynn T. Megantic rejoined the group, Meta-S.W.A.T. received a surge in membership and became an active part of Millennium City's defense. The group aided in the defeat of Superior, even after the death of Keioseth, they were also instrumental in the resurrection of Keioseth.

After several relatively peaceful months, the main base of the Unit was attacked by Keio's Arch-nemesis Chaosiris and the building was destroyed, most of the team was injured, a few members were even killed. After this incident the city began questioning the need for the unit and they cut the funding in half. If it wasn't for the help of Thundrax the Garage would never have been rebuilt.

Eventually the funding was cut entirely and the group disbanded. Keio put himself into debt to purchase the Garage from the city and began to rebuild the group as a private security agency. He name this new venture "Freelancer: Security Solutions" but after bad publicity and accusations of being a mercenary group, he changed the name to "Freelancers Security Agency" though to most they are simply the "Freelancers."

As time went on the group grew to encompass multiple separate businesses and brought them all under one roof. At this point Keio re-branded the company as "Freelancer Industries" and set the group to focus on scientific research and the production of items to aid local governments in North America and Europe.

Freelancer Personnel

LANCER TEAM

Commanding Officer: Keioseth II
Specialization: Well rounded Field Team working primarily with the Protectors of the World
Operating Headquarters: Freelancer Garage, Millennium City, USA
Unit Members: Razira, Ice-Heart

As two of the three members of Lancer Team are also members of the super team the Protectors of the World, this unit operates mostly with them.

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GENERAL OPERATIONS

Commanding Officer: SCRI
Specialization: Responsible for the daily operations of the company.
Operating Headquarters: Various
Unit Members: Flynn T. Megantic, John Blackclaw, Operators, Tech Specialists, MACEs, and Civilian Employees

General Operations (GEN-OPS) runs the company for the most part and is the largest group within Freelancer Industries. SCRI, or Alice Scriven, keeps the resources managed for the company as well helping Lancer Team. Flynn Megantic is responsible for the training and assessment of all field agents, John Blackclaw specializes in survival training, the Operators are a large group of AI controlled gynoids that aid all units and teams as well as aide SCRI, the Tech Specialists maintain the various weapons, vehicles, and technology of FLI and are aided by the MACEs.

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META-S.W.A.T.

Commanding Officer: Wolf-Girl
Specialization: Metahuman Threat Containment
Operating Headquarters: Millennium City, USA
Unit Members: Currently hiring

After the death of Seth McIlroy, his daughter and new CEO of Freelancer Industries offered to fund a new Meta-SWAT unit within the Millennium City Police Department with a single condition, a member of Freelancer Industries lead the team of MCPD personnel. The city happily accepted and Wolf-Girl set out to build her unit.

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SVALINN SECURITY

Commanding Officer: Sgt. Donovan Bruno McLeod
Specialization: Bodyguard and security services.
Operating Headquarters: Hudson City, USA
Unit Members: Craig "Havoc" Jackson, Nikolai "Brick" Dragonov, Victor Ortiz, Albert Martinez, and civilian Security Personnel

Svalinn Security is behind the security and protection of employees, management, and FLI Facilities. In addition to this they also provide bodyguard services for company investors and allies.

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TARNKAPPE UNIT

Commanding Officer: Jace "Reaper" McLeod
Specialization: Intelligence Gathering
Operating Headquarters: Los Angeles, USA
Unit Members: Connor Preston, Kurt Neumann, and Mariko Yoshimura.

The Tarnkappe Unit specializes in infiltration, espionage, and other forms of intelligence gathering for the various field units of FLI as well SCRI.

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ASCLEPIUS

Commanding Officer: Dr. Avea Megantic
Specialization: Medical Research and Development
Operating Headquarters: FLI Medical, Near the Canadian-Alaskan Border
Unit Members: Dr. Boun "Bones" Takashita and civilian Medical Researchers

The FLI Medical team, codenamed Asclepius, focuses on medical research especially with medical nanites.

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RASKOVNIK

Commanding Officer: Dr. Mulan Hanahara
Specialization: Fringe Technology Research
Operating Headquarters: Lelantos, Dwarf Planet within the Asteroid Belt
Unit Members: Dr. Caleb Hall and Dr. Lyndsey Turnbow

Raskovnik is a small three person think tank who research and develop fringe technology based around the applications of dark matter, dark energy, and microsingularities.

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LITHIUM LABORATORIES

Commanding Officer: Dr. Antonia "Tony" Adams
Specialization: Non-Lethal Technology Development
Operating Headquarters: Lithium Labs, Millennium City, USA
Unit Members: Dr. Sunny Patel, Alexandra 'X-Kat' Katsaros, Nicholas Turchino, and civilian scientists

Lithium Labs works out of the Millennium City's City Center and focuses on creation and testing of new non-lethal technologies for North American law enforcement agencies.

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Other Members

• Leilani McIlroy
• Kayleigh Ellis
• Cameron Martinelli *Medical Support*

Bases and Other Facilities

Freelancer Industries has several operational locations:

• Main Headquarters, The Garage, Millennium City, MI, USA
• West Coast Headquarters, Four Winds Night Club, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• East Coast Headquarters, McLeod Security, Hudson City, NJ, USA
• Off World Headquarters, Lelantos, Dwarf Planet within the Asteroid Belt

Minor Facilities:

• Lithium Laboratories, Millennium City, MI, USA
• The Vault, Duke City, NM, USA
• Sanctuary Base, Vibora Bay, FL, USA
• Captured Research Facility, Bathurst Island, NU, Canada (Joint Operation with Canadian Government

The Garage

Located at 1 Waterfront Street, 'The Garage' is seemingly a normal warehouse owned by Keioseth on the waterfront of West Side Millennium City. It serves as the main headquarters for Freelancer Industries, as a storage and maintenance facility, and the main Freelancer team operational headquarters. Much of the functions and operations of Freelancer Industries are run by the artificial intelligence known as SCRI.

The Garage sports Five levels each broken up by several floors and they include:

• The top level of the facility is split between the offices and waiting area, the armor and weapons lockers, and a motor pool. Openly seen by the public is the Offices for the CEO and several others, a reception area, and a waiting area for visitors and customers.

• Directly below the offices the area has been built to accommodate twenty five ACE Suit storage lockers all set to digital locks and DNA encoded to their specific user, the nanoforge and assembly console for ACE Suit creation, as well as an area to modify ACE Suits for underwater and space.

• This area also has a weapons locker that sports rows of sidearm lockers and assault weaponry, the bulk of the team’s tactical equipment ranging from breaching charges to laser cutters, and a spot reserved for heavy weapons.

• Below that is the main motor pool area which houses the FLO (Freelancer Osprey), FLO 2, and two former VIPER transports. In addition to storage for the vehicles it also has an area for repairs.

• The first basement level of the facility houses the team’s quarters if they need a place to stay or happen to be working late. Each member of the team has a private room here which they are capable of customizing to their liking.

• This area also sports a fully functional medical bay complete with medical nanite healing pods, a fully stocked kitchen, Recreational Room and a full size Gym. The overall recreational area sports a card table and a series of chairs as well as a couch. Posters, pictures, scribbles, and notes adorn the walls, and many of the members maintain some personal space as well as a private locker.

• There is also an open area that houses the Garage's D-Bridger terminal.

• The second basement level contains the training rooms which utilize reprogramed robots taken from Siris, holograms, and ISIS forcefields. The rooms take up most of the level.

• Sharing the level with the Training Rooms, the War Room contains a large holographic representation of the Earth with highlights showing current jobs, world-wide incidents, and team member’s current locations.

• The third basement level is the Science Laboratory with high tech machines furnished by Both Silver Eagle and Flux-Carson industries.

• The lowest level of the complex houses the server room for the Super Computing Resource Intelligence (S.C.R.I.). Due to the large amount of servers the room and the heat they generate, the room is kept at very cold temperatures to keep S.C.R.I. from overheating.

• The building as a whole has numerous internal and external defensive and offensive capabilities including forcefields and turrets.

McLeod Security

Located at 1277 East Ferry St in Hudson City, NJ, McLeod Bail Bonds is a modest building which houses a small office in the front and visible to the public. This is the home of the Svalinn Freelancer Team who specialize in security and bodyguard work for the clients and investors of Freelancer Industries.

The Building Features:

• The office which has desks for the team and a small living room like waiting area complete with couches and a giant TV.

• Behind the main office area is Bruno's office.

• In the back there is the locker area which holds the armory and the ACE Suit storage lockers.

Four Winds Dance Club

The Four Winds Nightclub is located at 8511 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles, California. While Jace McLeod bought the area and developed it into a rather successful Nightclub, this is just a front for his Freelancer unit's base of operations. Unlike his older brother's base in Hudson City, Jace's closer to how the Main HQ in Millennium City is designed.

• The main Nightclub features a large bar and dance floor (Think similar to Club Caprice).

• Below the club lies the first floor of the base. Both the training area, armory, and ACE Suit Storage Lockers.

• The second floor houses the living areas with rooms for the team members, the kitchen, and a theatre.

Lelantos

Lelantos is a dwarf planet within the Sol System's asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The base built on it was originally built after the Freelancers united to put a stop to Chaosiris which led to the destruction or capture of almost all of his terrestrial bases. In the final battle against Siris, the Freelancers and their allies managed to capture the base. Over the last year Kara, Keio, and SCRI have removed all traces of Siris' group and reactivated the mine and factory on the planetoid.

The Base Features:

• The Airlock, D-Bridger pad, Atrium, and meeting area are in the central dome on the surface of the planetoid.

• There are two other domes one the surface which house the Recreational area to the west and the Hydroponics Dome to the East.

• Both of the Secondary Domes have elevators that go to the other levels including the area directly below the domes which houses the living areas, office spaces, and a Zero-G training room.

• Traveling further down the elevator from the Rec Dome leads to the Science and Tech Labs as well as the Robotics factory that Siris used to produced his robotic minions. Keio and Kara have repurposed it to create Robot versions of the ACE Armors which defend the base and work in the mine.

• Traveling down from the Hydroponics elevator leads to the bases reactor which is powered by some form of magic and dark matter. Kara is still trying to figure out exactly how it works.

• Deeper down is the Mine and several large 'caverns' within the planet.

Equipment of a Freelancer

S.C.R.I.:

SCRI, or the Supercomputing Resource Intelligence, is an Artificial Intelligence created by Seth McIlroy. While she is based off of several A.I. that Seth has come across in his travels, SCRI. shares very few similarities to them outside of various functions. The main basis for her were INSCRIBE and the AI that Meta-SWAT used. INSCRIBE was a very basic AI from the computer system used by a super group known as "The Independents," INSCRIBE handled all of the Intellectual Properties of the team. The Meta-SWAT AI handled comm channels, resource tracking, and various other functions for the group. SCRI is a combination of both of these ideas and additions made by Seth.

SCRI's main functions include management of team resources and the allocation of these resources to the team members, Satellite Navigation and Communication for the team, handling most clerical work for the team, and any else the team may require. She has a very dry humor or what seems to be a sense of humor, hard to tell with SCRI.

ACE SUIT :

The Advanced Combat Enhancement Suits, or ACES were developed by the United States military as part of an elite soldier enhancement program in 1986. The suits were designed to be light weight, as well as versatile to accept many on the fly combat upgrades to allow the soldiers to adapt to combat situations quickly. The suits production was terminated in 1990 and many of the ACES were removed from combat duty to be replaced with the newer technology, but a handful of the suits were still utilized by various branches of the Military, as well as being the benchmark for many enhancement suits that would be developed in the future.

Formerly, the largest user base of the ACE Suits is Millennium City's Meta-S.W.A.T./S.I.R.T. division of MCPD, the team sporting well over thirty of the remaining units in existence. With the suspension of the Meta-S.W.A.T. program, Seth McIlroy bought up the remaining suits and components, keeping them for use of the Freelancer Industries. Since the purchase, Freelancer Industries has gone through several variations on the original design, the most current mass production model is the Mark VII with the Mark VIII as a Freelancer team exclusive and the Mark IX in prototype.

ACElet:

Using a combination of technology and magic the ACElet was one of the last inventions of Dr. Seth "Keio" McIlroy before his death. By giving the device a spin while wearing it and calling out the name of their armor, the Freelancer's Mark IX ACE Armor with form on their body in less than a second. This mostly eliminated the issue of being caught with the armor while in the field.

Lithtech FL-i17 Vajra:

Developed by Lithium Labs as an exclusive personal sidearm to members of the Freelancers, the Vajra shares functions with the TASIR/PEN Systems as they have multiple forms they can shift into depending on the needs of the user, the can be easily modded, and two can lock together into a rifle form. The Vajra were designed with nonlethal takedowns in mind typically firing the FLI K.O. Taser Projectile, but they can also fire .45 caliber ammunition.

FLI SPR-01 Archangel:

The production model of the XR-0 Seraph, the Archangel's are powered by an LMNT Core with a standard atmospheric cruising speed at 10000 meters of Mach 5.5+, a maximum atmospheric cruising speed at 30000+ meters of Mach 25+, and an unlimited Atmospheric ceiling (capable of launching to satellite orbit over Earth-class planet), additionally they have an FTL Drive for interstellar travel and are capable of sustained VToL flight.

The Archangel has three internal weapons bays: a large bay on the bottom of the fuselage, and two smaller bays on the sides of the fuselage, aft of the engine intakes. These can accommodate several types of short and long range missiles, the main bay can be outfitted to carry bombs, and the side bays usually have several micro missile launchers. Due to the ability to leave and reenter the atmosphere the aircraft does not have external hardpoints to attach any other bombs or missiles. Two internally mounted M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm cannons are embedded in the wing roots with their muzzles covered by a retractable door to protect them during reentry. The radar projection of the cannon fire's path is displayed on the pilot's head-up display on their THINGs. The final weapon in the Archangels armaments is the Teshin Mega Buster Rifle mounted in the nose of the aircraft which is powered directly by the LMNT core and capable of very powerful power outputs.

FLI V-22a and V-22b Ospreys:

These are two Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys modified by Freelancer Industries to fit their needs. Both the 22a and 22b have had their wings rebuilt to accommodate new jet turbines powered by LMNT cores to replace the original turboprops. They are still fitted with the standard armaments of the V-22 Osprey with the only major addition being the installation of an Aegis-θ (Aegis Theta) defensive barrier system to better protect the aircraft.

XMA-01 SABER Suit:

The SABER suit is a variable response Mech Armor used by the Freelancer Industries Special Response Teams and are designed by Kara McIlroy. Kara took the concept of the ACE Suit and increased it almost five fold. The Sabers have multiple rocket thrusters, Sensors, a SCRI Interface, THINGs, 360 degree panoramic cockpit screen, and an Aegis Theta Defensive Barrier System. Fixed Armaments include a Gatling gun (mounted in forearms), Extendable Heater Blades (mounted in forearms), Super TASIR Gauntlets and is capable of equipping a plethora of optional armaments which include a Shield (mounted on either forearm), 1x Teshin Mega Buster cannon (mounted on right shoulder), 1x Missile pod (mounted on left shoulder), 1x Anti-Material Rifle, or 2x S-Gunbuster Plasma Handguns.

Additional Information

Oath of Honor

On my honor,

We will protect all those in need.
All evil doers pay heed,
We are their Sword,
And we are their Shield.
We can do the Impossible.
Alone we are Strong,
But together we are Invincible.

We are the Freelancers.

Allies

• Thundrax and Carson-Flux.
• Protectors of the World

Known Enemies

• Renegade: A criminal organization run by Chaosiris.
• S.I.N.S.: Superhuman International Neutralization Squad, Augmented Human Mercenaries.
• Renaissance Systems: Rogue VIPER Cell & Bio Weapons Manufacturer.

Media

The Website: [1]

Inspiration for the original Meta-SWAT and thus the Freelancers: Vexille - Unite!