Squad Four
Contingency Initiative Elimination Squad Four was an offense based team lead by Squad Leader Mirage to complete operations that range from assassination, assault, infantry, and war campaigns internally as well as externally for New Ulysses. The Squad consists of several members each with a unique skillset. All members are highly ranked in terms of destructive capability, and have been internationally targeted as infamous terrorists to the nation.
The Squad, along with its parent organization, was disbanded after a large number of its members were killed off by Black Legion Outer Shadow Yuyan Danny "The Transplant" Zheng.
Members
THE MIRAGE
"You will never surpass me. Because I've truly seen darkness in its face. One that was powerful enough to open the eyes of the most naive member of the Realmwatch Collective."
- Squad Leader Mirage to Squad Leader Dismantler
Function: Squad Leader
Real Name: Matthew Lam (formerly, Matthew Vistara)
Codename: The Mirage (formerly, The Vision)
Status: Unknown
Cause of Status: Incapacitated by Aelienne "The Firebird"
Realmwatch Bounty: $20,000,000
Description: According to the leader of the Contingency Initiative, Taras Pax, Mirage is the most complete and perfect operative to the organization. Cunning, intelligent, and extremely powerful, Mirage's combat potency is rated the highest, with very few people being able to match his fighting style, much less surpass it. Considered the Contingency Initiative's "Loki", Mirage's reputation is one of the major contributing factors to the fact that Squad Four has been considered the strongest squad in the organization.
Biography: Matthew Vistara was originally a Realmwatch Operative, serving under the Stormwatch Brigade under the codename Vision. Despite lacking the combat ability required for Realmwatch's operatives, Vistara compensated through his fierce work ethic and strategy planning as Stormwatch's tactician. Using his Dogma of Prophecy, Vision would frequently record his premonitions in a diary, for the team to assess during mission planning. In an effort to aim for Squad Leader of Stormwatch, Vistara struck up a rivalry with fellow operative Joseph "Guardian" Greziak. However, despite the amount of effort Vistara put into improving himself as an operative, all this would be shadowed by Greziak's incredible raw natural talent, popularity, and power, having inherited Vala's Strength, which vastly eclipsed Vistara's Dogma for Prophecy. It is unknown what the circumstances were, but it is said that on one fateful night, Vistara was involved in an incident which costed him his life. Dying and on the verge of death, Vistara was picked up by Taras Pax, and was recruited into the Contingency Initiative, in which his body was subjected to intense training beyond his physical limits. Unlocking two additional Dogma Levels, Vistara underwent a transformation, awakening his dormant talent not as a full frontal fighter as Greziak was, but rather a deceptive tactical combatant, Vistara abandoned his surname and changed his name to Matthew Lam, adopting the codename Mirage after his new fighting style. Working up the ranks, Matthew has now become one of Contingency Initiative's most dangerous operatives, with both his intellect as Vision and his strength as Mirage.
THE PINPOINT ANARCHIST
THE WENDIGO
"The souls of these men writhe inside corrupt, depraved bodies, suffering and in so much pain. But not for long. I love them; they feed me and nourish me. Isn't a death with a purpose better than a life of worthlessness? In a way, I'm setting them free, my little adorable souls, free from them, to be a part of me forever!"
- Wendigo
Function: Assassin
Real Name: Whitney Sonia Houndstooth
Codename: The Wendigo
Status: Dead
Cause of Status: Terminated by Yuyan Danny "Transplant" Zheng
Realmwatch Bounty: $1,600,000
Description: Whitney "Wendigo" Houndstooth is Squad Four's assassin, focused on infiltration, deception, and killing. Houndstooth's strength lies in her incredibly agility, having spent a life as a gymnast prior to working under Mirage, as well as her ability to seduce her victims, lowering their defenses before sending them to an early and gruesome death. Wendigo has been shown to be able to outmaneuver and outpace her targets even when they are armed, dodging bullets with ease, before pouncing on her prey. One of the most brutal and violent members of Squad Four, Houndstooth kills her victims by either absorbing their lifeforce, adding to her own and strengthening her body, or killing them outright with her incredibly sharp fangs, biting and tearing away at their flesh like a canine.
