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 TIBERIUS
CRANE
Tiberius Crane is the latest addition to the C.R.O.S.S.
organization. A Swiss National, Crane entered the Swiss Army and eventually applied for a
tour of duty in the SwissGuard at the Vatican. It was during
this time, that a terrorist attack occurred on one fateful Easter
Sunday. A bus load of explosives killed eleven tourists and
four Swiss Guardsmen. Tiberius was mortally wounded and if
not for the interference of Cardinal James McDonald he wouldn’t have
survived the night. James McDonald is the secret benefactor
of C.R.O.S.S. and he had Tiberius moved to C.R.O.S.S.’s underground
Medical Division. There he was given a new life as a cyborg
agent for C.R.O.S.S.
Tiberius only remembers spotty parts of his life before the terrorist
attack and so focuses more on his future. As he adjusted to
the significant changes to his body, he was visited often by Cardinal
McDonald and they grew to have a father-son type of
relationship. Tiberius became very religious under McDonald’s
care and goes to confessional every morning.
After significant training, Tiberius began field work and
was wildly successful. Whether the mission was simply to
bring supplies into remote parts of the world, or to engage enemies in
a war torn land, Tiberius welcomed the challenge.
Tiberius knows he was given a second chance. Now he devotes
himself to the Church and protecting humanity from evil.
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ANDROMEDA “ANDE”
STARLING
Ande
is the lead engineer for he Cybernetics Research Division within
C.R.O.S.S. Many of her hardware and software designs were
used in
C.R.O.S.S.’s cyborg agents over the last few years. The
culmination of that work now comprises virtually all of the artificial
components in her latest cyborg project, Tiberius Crane.
Agent
Crane has been so successful in the fieldthat C.R.O.S.S.’s Vatican
benefactor, James McDonald, wants details on why Tiberius has such a
high survival rate compared to previous cyborg agents. Ande
has
been sent back into a field operations role until she can determine
those details.
Ande’s
technical education is hard to pin down, but a very difficult senior
year in High School seems to point to why she dove so behind a
keyboard. Ande was the leader of her High School’s
cheerleader
squad and was most likely to be homecoming queen. That was until
her father was named on an indictment for embezzlement and committed
suicide. Just after that, Ande fell out of public view and joined an
underground party scene that led her to the company of hard-partying
hackers. It was these outcasts that helper her learn hercraft as
a hacker, coder and hardware inventor.
A
few years later, Ande resurfaced in London and her cheerleader
appearance was replaced by tattoos and Goth clothing. She
began a
career at MI6 in the cyber-terrorism division. They
overlooked
her appearance due to her abilities and she was very successful with
MI6 for a number of years. Suddenly, she was fired when her
operations work allegedly resulted in six MI6 agents being killed. She
bounced back with a lab position within C.R.O.S.S. in their weapons
division. She quickly grew to her prominent role in the
Cybernetics Division.
Ande
has a wildly sarcastic personality that often can reduce the stress
level of a moment, but is also used as a defense mechanism to protect
her when she needs it. She is most at home creating in the
lab
and she abhors field work (likely due to her MI6 debacle).
This
current field assignment can cause her sarcasm to be more cruel than
humorous. She will not let anyone get close to her and the
more
stress she is under the faster her temper will raise unleashing her icy
wit.
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MARCHENKO
Marchenko grew up during WWII and as a teen became vastly interested in the security of his
nation and joined the Soviet Army. He worked in counter intelligence and moved swiftly
through the ranks. He received the rank of Colonel-General before being offered a job in
the KGB. This is where he really wanted to be and handled massive amounts of
sensitive material. His contributions to cold war espionage was well regarded.
When it became evident that the U.S.S.R was to fall, he began squirreling away hundreds of reams of secret documents and computer files to hidden locations. He gained personal
copies of numerous U.S technology projects from WWII going forward. He also acquired copies of all of the heinous data collected during Hitler’s prominent years. Marchenko's crimes became clear when the KGB was disbanded, but he had already disappeared with all of these secrets. Marchenko has so much intelligence that it has taken years to leverage all of his stolen data into a viable plan. Over time, he has built labs into abandoned Soviet installations all over Russia. Paying his staff with embezzled KGB money he
now has a brain trust of loyal Russian scientists hanging on his every word.
Marchenko sees himself ruling much of Europe and Asia from his seat of power in
Moscow. He feels he sits on a gold mine of raw materials and with just a bit of honing he can use the gifts of technology, paranormal powers and political knowledge to be the most powerful Russian ruler ever.
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ASENA
 Asena is an immortal She-wolf that gave birth to the
ancient Turks in the 6th Century. Over the centuries,
Asena lost her followers to Muslim beliefs. Then in
the 1960s, Alparslan Turkes, began researching the
old myths with the intention of using some of those
concepts to fuel a new radical group. This is
when he uncovered Asena's mountain den and
returned Asena to vibrate life again. Using
Asena as a symbol of the unity of the ancient
Turkish values and their modern needs, he
founded the Grey Wolves.
Asena empowered the movement and as the
success of the Grey Wolves continued her
power returned. She is now the leader of the
Grey Wolves, but remains only visible to
members of the order, letting others handle the
political arm of the rganization.
Not much is known about Asena's abilities
but most believe she can shape change
between woman and a massive wolf. Myth
tells that she can hand this talent down to
her followers.
Asena's mission is to convert Turkey
into a massive army to do her bidding.
The Wolves are responsible for the
deaths of many Turkish nationals that
disagree with their views and also
have also begun a violent mission to
stop Western religion from
continuing its crawl across Europe.
In short, Asena has created a very
violent and radical following that
threatens the safety of the free world.
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