[101st]Outcast Guard [font=traditional arabic]The Ghosts of Razgriz
[font=segoe script]In The Beginning...
[color=#FFFFFF]The crippled sleeper ship Hispania arrived in Omicron Alpha almost 800 years ago. Its passengers named the planet Malta -- a harsh place of acidic oceans, gray skies, and vast plains covered in a species of tall, thin, orange grass. They later learned that the grass could be rendered into a narcotic substance, that they called Cardamine.
Eventually the Outcasts -- as they came to think of themselves -- began limited exploration of their system. As pilots wandered farther and farther afield in search of resources, many became seriously ill. Upon planetfall, the crews mysteriously recovered.
Doctors were baffled. By chance, they made a genetic scan of a critically ill pilot and made a startling discovery. His genetic codes had been altered. Outcast DNA contained strands identical to that of the orange grasses that covered the planet -- from which Cardamine was derived. Trace amounts were present in everything on the planet, from the air they breathed to the water they drank. Once pilots made lengthier journeys away from Malta, their bodies went into shock, followed by death.
The Outcasts were now truly separated from the rest of humanity -- changed so that they could never expand beyond the planet on which they had landed. They needed the Cardamine now, like air or food or water. But with the origin of the sickness solved, they could at least compensate by carrying supplies of Cardamine with them and resume their exploration of their surrounding systems.
When they encountered the rest of the Houses in the seventh century, a new strategy emerged. The Outcasts would deliver the poison that would rot the other Houses from the inside out and grow rich from the profits of their trade.
Today the Outcasts conduct a lucrative drug-smuggling operation using the network of Jump Holes to escape detection and transport their product into the heart of the House systems. The Outcasts remain relatively few in number; a crash in the birth rate seems to have been another side effect of their genetic modification. Their income has lent itself to a terraforming project that has gradually made the planet much more pleasant.
A new development has been Cryers continued efforts to create a synthetic version of Cardamine that would be approved as a legal medication within Liberty. This poses a direct threat to the Outcasts' source of income. The Atka Research Station, with nearby access to Edge Nebula clouds, is the most immediate threat to the Outcasts. The location of the base within Corsair territory has brought the Outcasts into conflict with their ancient brethren.
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Diplomacy
[font=monotype corsiva]Allied Lane Hackers LH, Liberty Rogues LR
Friendly Golden Chrysanthemums [GC], Mandalorians MM~
Neutral The Angels, Mollys, Bretonian Armed Forces [BAF], Bretonian Police Authority BPA), The IND [IND], Temporary Autonomous Zoners [TAZ], The Keepers Keepers, The Wilde, Borderworld Exports Bowex|, The Junker Congress .:j:., Bundschuh, Volksfront VF), Hellfire Legion [HF], The Legion of the Damned +LE+
Hostile Rheinland Military [RM], Rheinland Federal Police [RFP], Kusari Naval Forces [KNF], The Order| Liberty Navy [LN], Liberty Security Force =LSF=, Liberty Police, Inc. [LPI], Xeno Alliance XA-, Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army SCRA|, Gas Miner's Guild GMG), Harvesters, Black Dragon Society [|].
Actively Warring Colonial Remnant =CR=, The Brotherhood [+], Benitez Family, The Black Sails |Sails
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Zone of Influence
The 101st holds final military and policial jurisdiction within:
New recruits are issued with their copy of the [101st] Ghosts of Razgriz Pilot's Handbook and are ordered to read it as soon as possible. It can also be found here: [101st] Ghosts of Razgriz Pilot's Handbook
[font=traditional arabic]Permissible Craft
Borderworlds Series X "Dagger"
Borderworlds Series CX "Scimitar"
Borderworlds Series Y "Stiletto"
Borderworlds Series Z "Sabre"
Borderworlds Series ZX "Falcata"
Borderworlds Series QX "Switchblade"
Borderworlds Series YX "Dromedary"
Borderworlds Series ST Transport
GRM-3 "Tridente" Gunship (Restricted)
RM-2 Outcast "Storta" Destroyer (Restricted)
Outcast "Sarissa" Battleship (Restricted)
Outcast Dreadnought (Restricted)
[font=traditional arabic]Permissible Weaponry
All Outcast-Produced Weaponry
All Explosive Ordinance
Supernova Antimatter Cannon
Mini-Razor
Civilian Shieldbusters
Weapons Dictated by Individual Roleplay
[color=#ff0000] A.) The 101st have ultimate control of Omicron-85, as it is restricted military airspace directly under their jurisdiction.
B.) All Outcast Commonwealth Recognized factions are granted access to Omicron-85.
C.) All nonaligned Outcast units are granted access to Omicron-85. Such units should not approach Corsica unless granted permission to do so by the on-duty 101st Officer.
D.) All other units should not enter Omicron-85. Doing so is a violation of both military and Council of Don law and can result in summary execution.
E.) All dissenters can shove it.
[font=Segoe Scirpt]Remember: Meredith Harolds, our Beloved Ember
Bernard Fokke, the Duke of Corsica
Esperanza Larez
Mia Bonello, the iron fist of the Nation
Dennis Jameson, the Angel of Death