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Blacksteel Worldwide (BSW), or Blacksteel (BS) for short, is a Terran organization. It is a Columbian private military company/contractor (PMC) armed with modernized weaponry that has been active across Terra while serving the national interest of the Columbian governemnt.
Background[]
Blacksteel was founded by the legendary veteran "'Clip' Cliff" Rupert after the Columbian war for independence against Victoria long ago who hopes to continue his own military legacy in this newly born nation. For a long time, they served as governmental mercenaries who answered their call to the Federal Government of Columbia and other corporations. However, after the Barron Mine Incident, BS gradually reformed itself from a state-owned enterprise to a private company. At the same time, BS actively engages with other companies across Terra, which eventually earned its name.[1]
Nevertheless, despite its nominal separation and activities as a private company, BS has never fully severed its tie from the Federal Government. The Columbian government still uses BS as a tool to both serve its governmental interests in its homeland and a pawn for its expansionism.[2] To this day, BS has been involved in numerous conflicts in Victoria and Bolívar as part of Columbia's ambition as well as BS's mission to end brutal conflicts.
True to its name, BS is not just an ordinary mercenary company, but one that is fully armed with both modern weapons and modern thoughts. Many of its operators are armed with, surprisingly, expensive, cutting-edge firearms ― a privilege only reserved to the Laterans ― thanks to its Sankta founder who brought said technology to Columbia. Their headquarter, Fort Barron, is their signature state-of-the-art landship that enables BS operators to be mobilize around easily. They answer to any kind of governments or legal entities and will fully serve their interest through wide range of services from escort, security guards, to disaster rescue, some of which requiring them to whitewash heinous crimes.
As experienced handlers in hazardous incidents such as Oripathy pandemic, Blacksteel has a specialized unit known as the Biochemical Protection Response Staff (BPRS). They are tasked to guarantee the safety of all Bio Department operations, as well as dealing with Oripathy cases within the company.[3]
Blacksteel imposes five rules upon its Infected staff:
- Infected are forbidden from teaming up with non-Infected for any combat operation or high risk mission.
- Infected with light cases are allowed to team up with the non-Infected, but they must first request permission from the latter.
- Infected with mild cases are forbidden from joining any team operations, but are allowed to accomplish solo missions.
- Infected with severe cases will see their contract terminated immediately but will receive a decent amount of severance pay.
- All Infected who are still able to work will be given medical treatment by Blacksteel.
However, some regard this policy as a yet another example of exploitative treatment of the Infected, seeking to extract as much work as possible from the Infected before they are no longer of any use. Realistically, the monetary compensation from contract termination could never hope to fully pay for the medical bills of someone suffering from terminal Oripathy. Meanwhile, there are increasing tensions between the Infected and non-Infected members in the company.[4]
Following the Ironforge "leakage" incident in 1095, BS has been actively collaborating in a special partnership with Rhodes Island, which provides treatment for Franka's Oripathic infection in exchange of security and escort services. [4] On the other hand, they were ordered by the Columbian government to close an eye on it as it was actually with a secret weapon program that went haywire.[5]
Notable members[]
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- Janet Longfellow
- Joseph Eyland: Jessica's training instructor[6]
- Thorpe†: An aircraft pilot hired by BSW. The rented aircraft he was piloting was shot down by the Dublinn forces, who would eventually kill him after he sent an S.O.S signal.[7]
- Melanite's father†: A veteran of Blacksteel who retired after losing one of his arm. He was killed in a robbery gone wrong with his wife.[8]
Of the following characters:
- Jessica nominally left BSW out of her refusal to tolerate the company's harsh policies while voluntarily joining the Columbian pioneer team led by Helena and Woodrow as a "punishment." She still retains her connection with her department and Rhodes Island.[9]
- Liskarm has also affirmed her resolve to leave the company in the future to form her own security company.[10]
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