Category:S.C.O.R.P.I.O.

S.C.O.R.P.I.O. (Strategic Command Objective for Research, Protection and Interdictive Operations) is an extra-governmental intelligence and security organization formed and financed by multiple governments and having specialized international jurisdictions to meet the rising storm of exceptional threats beyond the usual scope of normal law enforcement and military forces. SCORPIO is dedicated to protecting the nations and peoples of Earth from terrorists and all technologically-advanced, extraterrestrial, psionic, superhuman, occult, paranormal and supernatural menaces, often assisting Paragon's many "super" groups and such organizations as The Vanguard, The Midnight Squad and Longbow in apprehending threats to national security and world peace.

SCORPIO's base of operations is located in Paragon City, considered by many to be the 'heart of the storm' due to it's dramatic escalation of metahuman activity in the past several years, but there are also regional offices in all the major cities of the free world (as well as a few secret bases and 'safe houses' in unfriendly nations). Although most of SCORPIO’s operations are indeed covert, the organization’s existence is known but unadvertised to general public. SCORPIO even maintains semi-public offices in several cities.

The identities of the organization’s founders have never been revealed. SCORPIO’s first public Executive Director however was billionaire inventor Stephen Singer, who resigned amidst controversy to form the famed 'Alpha Watch' strike team. An executive board of directors (known only as "The Nine") now acts as an 'Oversight Committee' on the long-term scale - creating and implementing policy, guiding SCORPIO's philosophy and goals - while the day-to-day business of running the agency and it's field operations have been assigned to a new Executive Director and four Divisional Captains who act as the 'face' of SCORPIO in world-wide law enforcement and Intelligence communities.

DIVISIONS
• Divisions take the place of rank in this SG. All have the same permissions with the RPed exception of Operatives due to the presence of recruits and deniable Agents.
• The four divisions (+ one subdivision) of SCORPIO are:

• SPEC-OPS
  Rank Structure: Captain, Lieutenant, Tech Sergeant, Specialist
  Uniforms: Mandatory
  This division is comprised of weaponed Field Agents and mighty Power-Armor Agents... a loosely run team of highly trained ordinary (for the most part) men and women, all of whom could captain their own team but choose to work as a collective towards SCORPIO's stated goals of protecting the world from terrorist and 'extra-human' threats. Since Spec-Ops Agents are mostly specially-selected 'normal' humans trained for handling and mitigating meta-human, arcane and extraterrestrial threats (which has earned them the nickname "cape-killers" in the criminal underground), Spec-Ops remains more secretive in it's operations and can be at times somewhat more ruthless in it's field duties. Despite it's reputation, the team is normally mainly focused on organizations such as Arachnos, The Council, The Malta Group, Nemesis and Sky Raiders.
  

• PSI-OPS
  Rank Structure: Captain, Lieutenant
  Uniforms: Mandatory
  Built on the foundation of the late Jason Ferman's 'Psi-Corps', this division was created to identify and protect telepaths, but also to defend humanity from all threats of a telepathic or other para-psychological nature. All Psi-Ops Agents are themselves endowed with psionic abilities. In some ways more militant than Spec-Ops Agents. Mysterious, smart and often spookily serene, their demeanor belies the raging invisible war of the mind... escalating due to the recent proliferation of psi-talented individuals. While benevolent and nurturing to new and/or inexperienced psionic people and entities, they rain down complete hell upon those psi-talented individuals with ill intent... zero tolerance. They also serve as SCORPIO's psychoanalyzers, profilers and trackers.
  

• ARCANE-OPS
  Rank Structure: Captain, Lieutenant
  Uniforms: Optional
  Not terribly militaristic at all, this division's ranks maintain the services of noted arcane researchers and specialists, as well as several supernatural persons (witches, sorcerors, mystics) and entities (vampires, monsters, golems, fae, demons) who have been given basic SCORPIO Agent training. Arcane-Ops works in the shadows to police their own kind, and stem the rising tide of arcane-based evil in Paragon. Tasked with protecting the world from the occult, paranormal and supernatural through research, investigation and intervention. He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done. - Leonardo Da Vinci
  

• META-OPS
  Rank Structure: Captain, Lieutenant
  Uniforms: Conditional (based on character theme)
  This is a strike force consisting of meta-human (super beings) Agents specializing in the nullification of meta-human menaces, though they have proved invaluable in battle against any type of foe. Powerful, spirited, honorable and often fun, these are the guys everyone wants to be around. There is little here that resembles any sort of militaristic order until the action begins, when all follow their field commander, playing their parts and kicking the hell out of anything that gets in their way. They are the muscle of SCORPIO... raw, unyielding power... and they make for great PR as well.
  

• OPERATIVES
  Rank Structure: Director
  Uniforms: Conditional (based on operative type)
  This sub-division is comprised of independent Agents who primarily work alone, whether they are highly trained ordinary men and women, psi-talented individuals, arcane researchers and specialists, supernatural persons or gifted meta-humans. There are four general types of Operative:
  • Special Agents: Official, SCORPIO-associated field agents who work with autonomy, answering only to Director Slayton.
  • Operatives: Those loosely associated with SCORPIO, as in those on loan from another agency (such as the CIA or SIS) or work-for-hire talent.
  • Trainees: Recruits who haven't completed their SCORPIO training and/or have yet to be assigned to a division.
  • Covert Agents: Those not officially associated with SCORPIO ... unconnected operatives on SCORPIO's payroll who have the freedom to eliminate any threat they perceive in any manner they see fit. Such operatives are covered by "plausible deniability" - the operative is given directives and as much intel as deemed appropriate about the job, though not through the normal chain of command, so that the orders are never recorded. This way, if the agent is captured or killed, SCORPIO and it's backers can claim that he was a rogue agent, acting without official orders or permission.

SITE
• We have an ever-growing + multifunctional GuildPortal website, home to Stories, OpenRP, Pics, IC + OOC Discussion, Event Scheduliing, Information + general chatter.

BASE
• We also have an ever-growing + multifunctional themed base. Plenty of 'porters, storage and RP space, all used with great frequency. Each Division has it's own section and offices.

COALITIONS
• SCORPIO is very proud to be in a closed coalition with The Codex codenamed "The Blackout Initiative". Groups seeking a coalition should contact leaders in both organizations.

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