Re: \"Titans\" -Warriors of Virtue
Something I thought we should know follows. As it is, it's slightly sketchy; if any of you feel like adding, deleting, or modifying, go right ahead.
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HOW ONE GETS HIRED FOR COMPANY SPECIAL OPERATIONS
The Company is one of the largest genetic/chemical research and development firms in the world. On its consumer side, it deals with pre-birth and in-womb genetic manipulation, has a line of health products specially formulated to make you look and feel younger, and operates a hospital division working with doctors to develop experimental therapy (to do what? no idea. research required. will get back to you on that.). There are other things, too, but this is all I can think of right now.
That's what the consumers - and most of the world - sees.
The Company also has a separate subdivision, where much of its profits from the health products go. This subdivision works indirectly for the Terran world government in biogenetic weapon development among other things.
Special Operations work for this side of the Company. In real life, they're billed as accountants, computer technicians, mailroom employees, security guards, etc.
They are hired through one way and one way only - through the Security program. The Company's holdings on different planets are quite extensive, and security is tight; occasionally, walking through a Company facility it won't be a surprise to see a few security guards standing by a door every few feet. Selection of Special Ops operatives takes place through the Security program only.
Special Ops employees are contracted, sworn to secrecy, and are asked to sign a Nondisclosure Agreement that gives the government and the company the right to 'take necessary action' if the Special Ops employee voluntarily is forced to or decides to spill any of the Company's carefully-placed beans. A dangerous job, but the rewards for successfully serving the Company in this way are often beyond any security guard's wildest dreams.
There are two divisions in Special Operations. One, Ground Division, operates mostly on planets. Two, Ship Division, operates the Company's research fleet (which, in this sort of day and age, isn't as out of the ordinary as it may sound; fleets of ships have replaced fleets of trucks and FedEx planes.).
Obviously, the Company has extensive training programs. Extensive. Some of them might even be considered brainwashing. Some of them include things like getting your system used to using stims for three or four days straight. Some of them center around shooting galleries. Some of them are sessions where chemical blocks are placed around certain areas in the brain - secrets can go in, but they can't go out. (I want to see if this could be possible, so more research. I think it would be good for the story if something like that could be worked out.)
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I've seen my two original co-conspirators posting around the board... where have you gone?
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In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the grace of God.
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