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'''Treadstone Industries''' is a Louisiana-based company, whose primary focus is research and development in various engineering fields. Treadstone also boasts subsidiaries connected with weapons development, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research, consumer electronics, shipping, entertainment services, retail, and various other industry sectors. While primarily providing consumer goods, the company holds a modest number of government contracts in the US and abroad.
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The '''Excalibur''' team has it's origins during the Second World War.
  
The Los Angeles offices are located in [[Treadstone Tower]] is a highly modern building in the downtown area, and a major hub for business along the West Coast of the United States, and in Asia and the Pacific. Treadstone also owns [[El Toro]], a former Marine Corps Air Station located in Orange County. El Toro's runways are used as a private field for company aircraft, while it's hangars and other buildings have been converted into warehouses, and off-site laboratories for Applied Sciences.
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Britain's first team of "superhumans" was known as [[Special Wing]]. Embedded within the Royal Air Force, these individuals - many of whom were mutants - carried out [[Operation Pelius]], an effort to use individuals with superhuman abilities to combat the Third Reich, and to proactively combat the Nazi's eugenics programs.
  
Off the books, the company has also invested in more proactive measures to prevent acts of mutant-powered terrorism, in the form of a paramilitary group nicknamed '''X-Force'''. A more covert and mutant-sympathetic alternative to the likes of [[Vanguard]] and [[Jericho]], X-Force pairs military veterans with heroic mutants; it also has unofficial ties through some members with a branch of British intelligence.
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Though Special Wing was disbanded in 1947, it was ultimately succeeded during the Cold War by [[Operation Damocles]]; similar in principle to Operation Pelius, but focusing on superhuman threats from the Soviet Union, and on home soil. During the nineties however, this organisation was also disbanded, with the Security Service (MI5) establishing [[Section 13]] to monitor Britain's ongoing mutant population.
  
== Branches ==
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Following an increase in mutant activity during the early part of the 21st Century however, the British government approached [[Nathan Godfrey]] - a former Damocles operative - and requested that he research the possibility of establishing a new Mutant Division for the government: something that, given the naming convention of previous groups, the [[Harold Lackland|Deputy Prime Minister]] described as "pulling the sword from the stone".
  
* '''Applied Sciences''' - based just outside of LA, Applied Sciences focuses on research into mutant abilities: not into the genetics that cause them, but instead into the science that makes those abilities possible. It is hoped that a working understanding will lead to the development of new technologies that will benefit society; or that will provide non-lethal countermeasures and containment for more dangerous individuals with the mutant gene. Applied Sciences is based in Treadstone Tower, but makes extensive use of off-site facilities at [[El Toro]].
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The efforts to create a Mutant Division were abandoned after a string of riots and terror attacks however, for which mutants were blamed. Expelling mutants entirely from the government and the military, the "Special Weapons, Operations, and Reconnaissance Division" ([[S.W.O.R.D]]) was established instead; SWORD and other elements of the British Army were tasked with assisting regional police forces in maintaining law and order.
  
* '''Business Process''' - an illusive division within the company; no one seems to know what it's role is, but are content to simply ignore that fact in the interests of not seeming ignorant. In truth it exists only for audit purposes, providing a cover for employees and spending dedicated exclusively to X-Force.
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Nathan Godfrey and his associates felt that SWORD was not only an inappropriate course of action; but also an ineffective one. In order to protect Great Britain from threats that they felt SWORD would be unable to handle, they banded together as "Excalibur", and began engaging in unsanctioned crime fighting activities.
  
 
== Current Members ==
 
== Current Members ==
  
* [[Nathan Godfrey]] - Royal Navy, MI5; Regeneration, Hydrokinesis
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* [[Nathan Godfrey]] - Royal Navy, MI5. <small>Regeneration, Hydrokinesis.</small>
  
=== Applied Sciences ===
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=== Field Team ===
* [["John"]] - Royal Air Force; Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Stamina
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* [[John Lester]] - Royal Air Force. <small>Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Stamina.</small>
* [[]] - Scientist, MI5; Constructs
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* [[]] - Scientist, MI5. <small>Constructs.</small>
  
* [[Jace Harriman]] - Civilian; Attractive Telekinesis
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* [[Jace Harriman]] - Civilian. <small>Attractive Telekinesis.</small>
* [[Tom Lankey]] - Civilian; Accelerated Healing, Increased Strength
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* [[Tom Lankey]] - Civilian. <small>Accelerated Healing, Increased Strength.</small>
* [[Jack Niven]] - Civilian; Energy Absorption and Release
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* [[Jack Niven]] - Civilian. <small>Energy Absorption and Release.</small>
* [[Suzie Quinn]] - Civilian; Telepathy, Precognition, Telekinesis
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* [[Susie Quinn]] - Civilian. <small>Telepathy, Precognition, Telekinesis.</small>
* [[]] - Civilian; Intangibility, Teleportation
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* [[]] - Civilian. <small>Intangibility, Teleportation.</small>
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=== Other Associates ===
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* [[Stephanie Harriman]] - Civilian. <small>No mutation.</small>
  
 
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[[Category:Mutants, Unite Groups]]

Latest revision as of 03:24, 20 April 2012

Excalibur
Excalibur.jpg


Name
Excalibur
Purpose
To protect the United Kingdom
(whether it likes it or not)
Headquarters
Branches
-
Affiliation
Independent
Members
See Below










The Excalibur team has it's origins during the Second World War.

Britain's first team of "superhumans" was known as Special Wing. Embedded within the Royal Air Force, these individuals - many of whom were mutants - carried out Operation Pelius, an effort to use individuals with superhuman abilities to combat the Third Reich, and to proactively combat the Nazi's eugenics programs.

Though Special Wing was disbanded in 1947, it was ultimately succeeded during the Cold War by Operation Damocles; similar in principle to Operation Pelius, but focusing on superhuman threats from the Soviet Union, and on home soil. During the nineties however, this organisation was also disbanded, with the Security Service (MI5) establishing Section 13 to monitor Britain's ongoing mutant population.

Following an increase in mutant activity during the early part of the 21st Century however, the British government approached Nathan Godfrey - a former Damocles operative - and requested that he research the possibility of establishing a new Mutant Division for the government: something that, given the naming convention of previous groups, the Deputy Prime Minister described as "pulling the sword from the stone".

The efforts to create a Mutant Division were abandoned after a string of riots and terror attacks however, for which mutants were blamed. Expelling mutants entirely from the government and the military, the "Special Weapons, Operations, and Reconnaissance Division" (S.W.O.R.D) was established instead; SWORD and other elements of the British Army were tasked with assisting regional police forces in maintaining law and order.

Nathan Godfrey and his associates felt that SWORD was not only an inappropriate course of action; but also an ineffective one. In order to protect Great Britain from threats that they felt SWORD would be unable to handle, they banded together as "Excalibur", and began engaging in unsanctioned crime fighting activities.

Current Members

Field Team

  • John Lester - Royal Air Force. Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Stamina.
  • [[]] - Scientist, MI5. Constructs.
  • Jace Harriman - Civilian. Attractive Telekinesis.
  • Tom Lankey - Civilian. Accelerated Healing, Increased Strength.
  • Jack Niven - Civilian. Energy Absorption and Release.
  • Susie Quinn - Civilian. Telepathy, Precognition, Telekinesis.
  • [[]] - Civilian. Intangibility, Teleportation.

Other Associates