Venture Command (A new kind of game)

Ander's Family Cybernetics and Robotics;

Faction Bio;

Ander's Family Cybernetics and Robotics was founded in 2063 in Belfast by Douglas Ander as Ander's Family Cybernetics. The family run cybernetics clinic did fairly well, developing, building and installing cybernetic augments and replacement limbs. The company was able to expand to two additional locations in Belfast and allowed Douglas to experiment with drone and robot programming on the side.

2074 brought the Irish-British war, and with it came a rapidly rising demand for replacement limbs. AFC's profits skyrocketed, propelling the company to become the largest cybernetics manufacturer in the British Isles. When the war ended in 2080 both Ireland and the United Kingdom were devastated, nuclear fallout, residual bioweapons and chemical weapon runoff had turned huge swaths of the countryside into uninhabitable wastelands. Seeing an opportunity where most saw tragedy, Douglas took a break from the cybernetics business to focus on robotics development, with the help of his son Christopher he was able to build upon his previous experiments and in 2081 unveiled the first generation SMART Drone. The SMART system was and is a uniquely capable logic engine, allowing a drone to function virtually autonomously without the need for constant oversight and command tweaking. This invention allowed drones programmed to clean up fallout and residue from Bio and Chemical weapons to simply be released into affected areas from a safe distance and allowed to clean up the mess without requiring Human pilots or controllers. Demand for SMART Drones catapulted Ander's family cybernetics business into the largest drone and robotics company in the world. Renamed Ander's Family Cybernetics and Robotics Douglas's company was able to effectively strong arm the Irish and British governments into signing over Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man to his company in 2085, tragically later that year Douglas was killed when an experimental powercore his son Christopher had designed for a new generation of drones exploded.

Control of the company passed to Christopher Ander, Christopher blamed himself for his father's death and swore to achieve everything his father had dreamed of and more. Pushing the company hard he was able to achieve much, from developing dozens of advanced drone designs to becoming the world's leading manufacturer of general electronic goods to the AFCR Jupiter Lunar Project. His dream of creating a true AI led to dozens of advanced Drone programs, though he was never able to achieve his dream of a true AI before his death in 2113

Control of the company then passed to Emily Ander, the ambitious woman has spent the past two years pushing the company even harder than her father did, determined to be only the best, produce only the best products and hire only the best employees. A bit of careful politicking and the economic strength of being a world leader in three fields gave AFCR a distinct advantage when the Orion colonization project was announced, allowing them to secure one of the first contracts.

Faction Sheet;

1: Ander's Family Cybernetics and Robotics

2: 16 Economy, 8 Political, 7 Military

3: United Kingdom

4: 23rd of March, 2063

5: Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, /AFCR Jupiter Lunar Project

6;

COMPANY CEO
Name: Emily Ander

Gender: Female

Age: 37

Appearance: 5'11, Shoulder length blonde hair, piercing green eyes, still youthful complexion.

Bio: More widely known as "That Bitch" to the people who have the supreme displeasure of meeting with her on a regular basis, Emily Ander is cold, calculating and ruthless. The granddaughter of company founder Douglas Ander brooks neither failure nor excuses, her drive to succeed has propelled her grandfather's company to heights the man never could have dreamed of, and shows no sign of slowing down yet.

MISSION COMMANDER
Name: James Ander

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Appearance: 5'10, Short black hair, soft blue eyes, haggard and overworked, perpetual stubble.

Bio: The younger brother of Emily Ander, James is an overworked corporate public relations spokesman turned overworked corporate mission commander. A charismatic and generally kind and decent person, James is as popular with his employees as he is despised by his sister. He genuinely wants nothing to do with his family's business but does his best to temper his sister's ambitions.

ADMINISTRATOR
Name: Stuart Michaels

Gender: Male

Age: 30

Appearance: 5'8, brown hair, blue eyes, constantly looks worried.

Always dressed in a blazer and tie.

Bio: A lifelong company man, Stuart is both a skilled administrator and a man vastly over his head. He obsessively worries over every small detail on every task he is assigned. His obsessive micromanagement and fear of failure has made him unpopular with his subordinates. His tendency to down his fear and obsessiveness in cheap beer nearly cost him his role in the colony mission, leading him to swear off alcohol all together and pursue a wide variety of other stress relievers with little success.

When he is particularly agitated, he is prone to going to the sites personally to make sure everything is working out exactly as planned.

COMMAND: AFCR SECURITY FORCE

Name: Colonel Byran McKliny

Gender: Male

Age: 54

Appearance: 6'0, Closely shaved red hair, meticulously maintained mustache, hard brown eyes.

Bio: A middle aged former soldier, Byran served a stint in the Irish Ranger Wing during the Irish-British war where he lost his legs and had them replaced with a cybernetic enhancement. After his discharge he signed on with the rapidly expanding AFCR corporation and has since risen to a comfortable position of senior security commander. He mostly leaves the day to day affairs to his subordinates, only getting involved when absolutely necessary which leaves him time to pursue his hobbies, namely wooden ship models and trophy hunting. Despite his laziness he is a skilled and talented individual; and in the cases when he does go into battle, he often commands from the air. If he must fight, he prefers to go into combat in his personal APE suit, callsign "Irish Rover."

-COMMAND: INFANTRY
Name: Major Yekaterina Yevseyev

Gender: Female

Age: 32

Appearance: 5'5, brown hair tied tightly in bun, brown eyes, perpetually scowling, has never been seen without Blue Beret.

Bio: The highest ranking infantrymen and second highest ranking soldier on the Alpha Centauri mission, at first glance it can be difficult to see why everyone is afraid of the diminutive Russian woman, until she opens her mouth. The veteran VDV soldier is possessed of harsh and booming voice and the will to use it. She can generally be located just be following the echoes of her shouting down errant subordinates. When she isn't exercising her lungs she enjoys putting cocky soldiers flat on their backs in the sparring rooms and drinking others under their tables. She has been Colonel McKliny's second in command for about five years, the Colonel is extremely fond of the woman, and dotes on her like a favored daughter, much to her chagrin. As a commemoration of their dual assignment to the colony mission the Colonel gifted her a model of the Goto Predestinatsia in a bottle. The Colonel is also the only person in the galaxy she allows to call her Kaytusha. She has a heated, if more or less friendly rivalry with Major Ben-Tov.

COMMAND: AFCRSF AIR WING
Name: Major Gabriel Ben-Tov

Gender: Male

Age: 29

Appearance: 5'7, close cropped brown hair, brown eyes.

Bio: A former combat pilot and defectee of the Israeli special forces Unit 669, Gabriel is a soft spoken and detached individual. He generally only speaks when he has something important to say and is very reluctant to speak of what led him to defect from Israel. Rumors of his involvement in the Israel-Iran War abound. Chiefly in charge of the company's aerial drones and transports.

COMMANDER: NAVAL WING
Name: Major Jack Colins

Gender: Male

Age: 35

Appearance: 5'11, shaved head, blue eyes, african american.

Bio: A jaded and bitter former member of the US Navy SEALs, Jack pushes himself and his men hard. He oversees the company's naval assets.

CHIEF ENGINEER
Name: Conner Adams

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Appearance: 6'2, long red hair, green eyes, always smiling.

Bio: A happy go lucky engineering prodigy from America, Conner won a scholarship to help design a series of improvements for the AFCR Jupiter Lunar Project when he was 19. He has spent the past 7 years implementing and managing that project. He is a rather carefree individual, always happy and cheery.

HEAD-SCI DEPT
Name: Dr Alan Richards

Gender: Male

Age: 58

Appearance: 5'5, thin white hair, blue eyes, friendly.

Bio: An aging and somewhat eccentric man, Dr Richards was chosen to lead the science branch of the colony mission for a simple reason, he is a certified genius. One of the most brilliant minds in the world Dr Richards is easily bored and spends much of his time finding new ways to entertain himself.

MINING FOREMAN
Name: Andrew Campbell

Gender: Male

Age: 34

Appearance: 5'9, short brown hair, green eyes, burly.

Bio: A thick and burly Scotsman, Andrew Campbell is one of the most problematic individuals the company has ever hired. He is utterly convinced of the superiority of his own plans and ideas, company orders be damned. He is stubborn, argumantive and uncooperative. The company tolerates this behavior because he is one of the best mine foremen in history.

HEAD OF SPACE NAVAL
Name: Commodore William Laybourne

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Appearance: 6'0, short grey hair, brown eyes.

Bio: Commodore Laybourne is an experienced astronaut, formerly the head of the AFCR intrastellar transport fleet he was reassigned to lead the exploration fleet by virtue of his four decades of service aboard company starships. He is a friendly and agreeable man who is well liked by the men under his command.

This sometimes translates into taking unnecessary liberties to ensure the safety of his men.

UN WARFARE OVERSEER
Major Samantha Drang

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Appearance: 5'5, shoulder-length black hair, Asian features

Bio

A relatively inexperienced officer, Drang has been assigned to the AFCR expedition bu the United Nations Joint Command simply because she has the best track record of any major permanently or semi-permanently attached to the UN when it comes to dealing with corporate bigwigs. Granted, her negotiation is usually done from behind the barrel of a gun, but her stint in corporate control has prepared her well for this mission. She was also chosen because she has a doctorate in social and cultural anthropology, in case there are any sentient species on the planet, she will expect to be brought along to first formal contact.

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-1;

Name: Ground Combat SMART Drone (GCSD) Mk VII, "Phalanx"
Unit Role: Heavy combat drone.
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: The most popular Ground Combat Drone in the world, the Phalanx is used by everyone from national police forces to PMC and even UN Peacekeepers call upon the Phalanx for heavy fire support in combat zones. A wide range of usable weapons and equipment suitable for nearly every combat scenario coupled with the famous AFCR SMART system allows the Phalanx to perform roles ranging from heavy fire support to riot control to facility defense.

Weapons and Equipment;

-Kopis 20 mm Autocannon: Large caliber, high rate of fire conventional firearm.

-Dory 70 mm rocket pod: 70 mm rockets held in pods of four, HE, HEAT, Incendiary and Continuous-rod munition choices, can be fired in unguided or laser designated modes, Continuous-rod munitions use Active Radar Homing to track air-targets.

-Xiphos 40 mm Revolving Grenade Launcher: Semiautomatic grenade launcher, HE, Frag, Incendiary and Smoke munitions.

-Kontos Magnetic Firing Weapon: Long range support version of the AFCR MFW, semiautomatic coilgun, extreme range, fires 9 inch metal spikes.

-Xyston Magnetic Firing Weapon: Heavy support version of the AFCR MFW, fully automatic coilgun, fires 6 inch metal spikes.

-Makhaira High Energy Weapon: Experimental distruptor-coilgun based on the Kontos MFW, fires 9 inch metal spikes rather than standard bolts, limited armor penetration capability.

-Cerberus Flamethrower: Liquid fuel flamethrower.


-Hoplon Active Protection System: Back mounted Point Defense System, equipped with flares, chaff, radar jammer and static broadcaster, mounted on all Mk VII's as standard.

Unit Size: 8 Drones.
Slots: 2

-2;
Name: AFCR Combat Commandos
Unit Role: Combat Infantry
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: The elite of the elite, AFCRCC troops are one of the most prestigious and secretive private military forces in the world. All applicants are required to have a minimum of five years of experience with a special forces unit such as the SAS, SEALs, ARW, VDV or an equivalent force. Applicants are trained on the AFCR Jupiter Lunar Project amid highly secretive conditions. What is publicly known about them is that they are extraordinarily well paid, well equipped, well trained, and heavily augmented with cybernetics.

Weapons and Equipment;

-Ballistic Combat Rifle Mk IX "Thumper": The latest version of the now infamous 15 mm rifle, the BCR Mk I was first deployed in 2090 in response to AFCRCC complaints of insufficient armor penetration capabilities during a UN sanctioned anti-insurgency operation in Russia, to such devastating effectiveness it led to accusations of warcrimes which were never substantiated. The shoulder fired rifle has since become the standard weapon of the AFCRCC. Its internal systems are sheathed in a shock absorbent semisolid gel to absorb recoil. The semiautomatic weapon fires 15 mm Tungsten cored rounds at high velocity, capable of piercing even vehicle grade armor the weapon is utterly devastating against even armored infantry.

-AFCR Magnetic Firing Weapon: The standard side arm of the AFCRCC, the AFCR MFW is a pistol sized automatic coilgun, capable of rapidly firing 3 inch long metal spikes at high velocity. It is typically used for close range combat or against un or lightly armored infantry.

-High Energy Rifle Mk I: A powerful laser weapon, the HER delivers a focused beam of energy on a single point. Capable of flashboiling flesh the weapon is used as an extreme range sniper rifle. The weapon's built in scope is actually a highly advanced computerized targeting system, making these weapons virtually pinpoint accurate even at maximum range.

-AFCR Advanced Combat Armor: The AFCRCC's combat armor is an advanced suit of an anti-ballistic heat-resistant Aramid weave faced with shatter proof metallic plates. The suit features an advanced electronics array that interfaces directly with the user's cybernetics, making the suit like a second skin to the wearer. The suit's sensor array allows the user to see in a wide variety of spectrums, including near infrared and thermographic. The suit is also equipped with a variety of autoinjectors loaded with various adrenal stimulants, antitoxins, antibiotics and even blood plasma that can be administered in the event of injury or exposure. The suit is even capably of temporarily sealing itself from the surrounding environment with an hour's worth of breathable air stored in a small tank. The suit is equipped with a standard HUD display and communications network.

Unit Size: 4 Soldiers.
Slots: 1

-3;
Name: Heavy Warfare SMART Drone Mk III, "Husaria"
Unit Role: Heavy assault and weapons support.
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: Armored like a tank and nearly as big, the Husaria is a towering monstrosity designed for engaging in extreme combat situations. The Mk III is the latest version of the now famous Husaria, featuring a wider array of weapon mounts and improved fire control and SMART systems. One major advantage the Mk III has over its predecessors is that each weapon is controlled by a separate SMART program, allowing each weapon mounted to perform a different role in conjunction with the other two.

Weapons and Equipment;

-Top mount;

-Kopia 75 mm cannon: A 75 mm tank cannon, HEAT, HE, Canister, Incendiary, Smoke and Illumination munitions.

-Kopijka High Energy Weapon: A powerful laser designed to target aerial fighters, attack craft and incoming munitions, including missiles, rockets and shells. Typically used in a defensive or supporting role.

-Nadziak Magnetic Firing Weapon: Arguably the most powerful coilgun ever mounted on a drone. Fires 18 inch metal spikes at practically unheard of velocity.


-Side mount;

-Koncerz 35 mm Autocannon: High rate of fire autocannon, capable of targeting both ground and air targets.

-Estoc 70 mm Rocket Pod: Carries 19 70 mm rockets in a circular launcher, HE, HEAT, Incendiary and Continuous-rod munitions. Continuous-rod Munitions use Active Radar Homing to track air targets.

-Palasz Automatic Grenade Launcher: Heavy support grenade launcher with high rate of fire. HE, Frag, Incendiary and Smoke munitions.

-Szabla High Energy Weapon: Experimental distruptor-coilgun, fires 8 inch metal spikes.

-Rohatyna Rotary Cannon: 8 mm gatling gun, absurdly high rate of fire.

-Karabela Automatic Shotgun: A tri-barreled, fully-automatic, 12-Gauge shotgun. Can fire solid slugs, pellet shot and Dragon's Breath rounds.

-Rarog Heavy Flame Thrower: An impressively, ludicrously, insanely, moronically, astoundingly, absolutely nonsensically, destructive weapon, 8 liquid fuel flamethrowers combining into one massive gout of flame. Highly restricted for obvious reasons.


-Active Protection System;

-Szyszak Active Protection System: Built in Point Defense System, equipped with Flares, Chaff, Radar Jammer and Static Broadcaster softkill measures, as well as a last-ditch laser hardkill measure. Standard on all Mk III's.

Slots: 8

-4;
Name:  Uhlan Armored Multi-Role Exosuit
Unit Role: Combination industrial heavy lifter and assault armor.
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: AFCR's variant of the iconic APE, the Uhlan is rarely deployed in combat by AFCR, regulated primarily to industrial duties. When they are deployed they take the role of a medium assault vehicle, being to the slower Husaria what AFCRCC teams are to Phalanx squads. Allowing the drones to absorb enemy fire and hold their attention while the faster Uhlan's flank or outmaneuver their opponents.

Weapons and Equipment: The Uhlan AMRE is designed to use modified versions of the Husaria's arsenal, noted as being for use by the AMRE by attaching the acronym to the end of the weapon name, such as the Kopia 75 mm cannon AMRE or Szyszak APS AMRE.

Slots: 3

-5;
Name: AFCR Tactical Support Cannon
Unit Role: Light artillery support
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: A 75 mm artillery cannon on a mobile platform, used for long range fire support in protracted engagements.

Weapons and Equipment;
-75 mm Tactical Support Cannon: A 75 mm artillery cannon. HE, Canister, Incendiary, Smoke, Airburst and a unique Disruptor shell munitions available.

Slots: 4

-6;
Name: Aerial Support Smart Drone Mk X, "Reiter"
Unit Role: Airborne Close Support Drone.
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: The premier close support drone in the world, the Reiter ASSD is a highly maneuverable low atmospheric drone optimized for close air support.

Weapons and Equipment;

-Reiterpistole Guided Missile pods: 22 70 mm missiles, HE, HEAT, Incendiary and Continuous-rod munitions. Uses laser guidance to track targets. Standard weapon of the Mk X.

-Reitschwert 20 mm Autocannon: Optional chin-mounted autocannon.


-Kurass Active Protection System: Built-in APS with flares, chaff, radar jammer and static emitter softkill measures and last-ditch laser hardkill measure.

Slots: 3

-7;
Name: AFCR Advanced Atmospheric Transport Chopper
Unit Role: Rapid aerial transport.
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: A transport chopper designed to rapidly move squads of AFCRCC units or Phalanx drones around. Holds up to 8 men or drones.

Weapons and Equipment;

Active Protection System with flares, chaff, radar jammer, static emitter and laser.

Slots: 4

-8;
Name: AFCR Tactical Support Transport Mk II, "Ocelotl"
Unit Role: Combat APC
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: The AFCR TST Mk II, otherwise known as the "Ocelotl", is a rugged and reliable all terrain troop transport used to allow AFCRCC teams rapid ground transport and fire support. Holds 4 soldiers.

Weapons and Equipment;

-75 mm Macuahuitl Cannon: 75 mm tank cannon, HE, HEAT, Canister, Incendiary and Smoke munitions.

-Atlatl Magnetic Firing Weapon: A powerful coilgun, fires 18 inch long metal spikes.

-Yaomitl 35 mm Autocannon: High rate of fire conventional autocannon.

-Tepoztopilli Rotary Cannon: 8 mm chaingun. Absurdly high rate of fire.

-Tlaximaltepoztli Heavy Flamethrower: Four liquid fuel flamethrowers combining into a single jet of fire. Heavily restricted.

-Tlacalhuazcuahuitl Automatic Grenade Launcher: High rate of fire support weapon, HE, Frag, Incendiary and Smoke Munitions.

-Huitzauhqui High Energy Weapon: Experimental Distruptor-coilgun. Fires 8 inch metal spikes.

-Macuahuitzoctil Automatic Shotgun: Tri-barreled, fully automatic 12 gauge shotgun. Can fire solid slugs, pellet shot and Dragon's Breath rounds.

-Tlacochtli 70 mm Guided Missile Pods: 11 70 mm laser guided missiles. HE, HEAT, Incendiary and Continuous-rod munitions.

-Quauhololli Magnetic Firing Weapon: Automatic coilgun, fires 8 inch metal spikes.

-Tematlatl High Energy Weapon: A high power laser focused through a top of the line magnification array.


-Cuacalalatli Active Protection System: Built-in APS with flares, chaff, radar jammer and static emitter softkill measures and last-ditch laser hardkill measure.

Slots: 3

-9;
Name: AFCR Oceanic Research Defense Ship
Unit Role: Seaborne operations defense.
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: A destroyer class vessel, the ORDS is notable mainly for making extensive use of SMART Drone programs in performing various computer assisted tasks. It is typically used to provide escorts for AFCR research ships.

Weapons and Equipment;

-Main gun: Coilgun, fires 16 inch metal spikes.

-Secondary guns: Automatic Coilguns, fire 8 inch metal spikes.

-APS: Fore and Aft mounted flare, chaff, radar jammers, static emitters, laser and EMPs.

-Drone wing: 3 Reiter ASSD Mk IXs.

Slots: 45

-10;
Name: Landsknecht Heavy Assault Commandos
Unit Role: Heavy Assault Infantry
Unit Appearance;

Unit Description: The elite of the elite, the AFCR Landsknecht Heavy Assault Commandos are quite possibly the most secretive (para)military force in the world. The subject of no end of internet conspiracy theories, all that is publicly known about them is that they exist. Rumors of combat strength to training regimen details and equipment range from the improbable to the absurd.

******************UN Security Access Level Alpha-0 Only******************************

The Landsknecht Heavy Assault Commandos are something even we have little knowledge of, Ander's Family Cybernetics and Robotics has been very careful to minimize how much is known about this unit even beyond their normal standards. What we do know about them is that they are elite veteran soldiers in a paramilitary force comprised entirely of elite veterans. UN required demonstrations of their weapons and equipment have shown them to possibly be the most well armed and best trained military force in the world. In the event UN forces are ever confronted with LHAC forces the safest course of action is to get as far away from them as possible and wait for air or armored support.

Weapons and Equipment;

-Landsknecht Heavy Assault Armor: Carbon-fiber nanoweave plated with carbon-fiber-reinforced-polymer plating. Virtually impenetrable to conventional small arms and explosives. Hydraulically assisted joints. Extensive internal electronics system interfaces with user's cybernetics.

-Ballistic Defense Shield: A shield of solid armor plating seemingly ripped straight from an armored vehicle's front plate. Impossible to lift without mechanical assistance. Nearly impenetrable to anything short of a major anti-tank weapon.

-Zweihander Assault Shotgun: Automatic 12 gauge combat shotgun, fires armor piercing slugs, wide spread pellets or dragon's breath rounds. Recoil would level anyone not wearing Landsknecht HAA if they attempted to fire it one handed.

-Hellebarde Assault Handcannon: A 15 mm pistol, recoil is capable of breaking the wrist of an unarmored user.

-Partisan Assault Launcher: Short range combat rocket launcher, HE, HEAT and Incendiary munitions.

-Kreigsmesser Assault Launcher: Tri-barreled, semiautomatic grenade launcher, fires HE, Frag, Incendiary and Smoke munitions.

-Katzbalger Autocannon: 30 mm autocannon, used as a light machine gun.

Unit Size: 4
Slots: 2

Mission sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O46L1IoCL4W_Qy-rwOped7OxXj6JtyRfTfhkLv-w3Ig/edit?usp=sharing