News Files - The Light
What is the Light?
The Light are an organized confederation of influencers, agents, and freelancers, with the Shadow Council being the leadership. Generally speaking, it's rank and file handle field work behind the scenes, rarely operating in the open so as to not draw the attention of rivals or those who seek to maintain the status quo, and their various Councilors have the option to remain anonymous on the Council. They have Enforcers, Agents, and freelancers. The person in the leadership role of L1 typically passes orders down via the Head of Enforcers rather than personally, to maintain a layer of separation in case of capture. With the secretive nature of the organization, their main base of operations -the Nexus of the Light- is well hidden by bleeding edge technology and mystical wards, and situated at the eastern edge of Brazilian waters, leased under a shell company and listed as 'abandoned'. From this Nexus, the Light have access to a combined magical/scientific travel network with endpoints at stations around the world, with a Hub in the main base. The Light has one station in each of the main cities where they operate, but not all locations on the planet. The portals can only travel from station to hub and back. This hub is only accessible by those with the codes and knowledge of it, and with a field generation device designed to withstand the pressures of travel within. (This device serves no other purpose outside travel and does not give a built-in shield on the grid itself.) See +group Light
What does the Light want?
Short term, the Shadow Council seeks to consolidate and unify the Earth under their control. A task that will likely take generations to accomplish. Using any means necessary, they see the United Nations as weak and useless fragmentation of self-interest, and SHIELD as a stagnated bully who refuse to allow the world to progress. Long term, the Council seeks galactic domination, with Earth as the center of their Confederation.
What does the public know about the Light?
Generally speaking, the public knows nothing of the Light, and the Council works to keep it that way. Investigators are discredited or redirected towards rival interests in an attempt to turn potential enemies against one another, instead of on them. One day the Light will go public, whether it is by their hand or others. For now, they use their talent for information control to minimize that.
What is the purpose of the light Out of Character (OOC)?
The purpose of the Light is to facilitate villain RP and long term plots, and a support network for old and new players to find interesting scenes, especially against heroes who want to fight against more than a villain of the week sort of thing.
What do I do to join?
Joining is as simple as having a reputation of some sort IC to bring you to the attention of the Shadow Council and contacting the current Group OOC leader about recruitment. We welcome everyone interested in advancing the Lights interests, from casual to hardcore plot runners. As of now, if you're a neutral or villainous character looking for organized villain RP, just page or mail the OOC leader to discuss details.