Team Castor

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In 2173, the first Cascade of 600 Sleepers (many but not all the 100s) awoke in Malmö, and broke into two teams. Team Pollux ventured south to take Bunker 16 and secure the 200s. Meanwhile, Team Castor went into northern Germany to begin rebuilding society, and locate and destroy Exalt.

After finding ample water, base camp "12/9-17/21-01" was established, which would later become Liqua. Team Castor then broke into smaller teams who ventured throughout Europe on various missions:

1. Unknown missions in France.
2. Britain, to locate RG caches and safeguard the 300s in London.
3. To establish a presence in Mobilis.

The remainder built future Liqua by subjugating local Clans. About this time the Sleepers come into contact with the Chroniclers, still suffering from the loss of Cologne in 2148. An alliance was struck, an exchange of information for protection, through which the Sleepers discovered Exalt's occupation by the Nameless Tribe.

The Liqua sect of Team Castor decided to observe and probe Exalt for weaknesses. Time and again, their implanted agents failed, as the Grindworks removed any prior memetic programming on those who entered it. During this period, Free Spirit Daimondal (a mole planted among Team Castor by Gerome Getrell), slipped away to approach the high priests of Exalt. In time, he was invited to enter and explore the Grindworks, a momentous task for which he needed assistance. Daimondal began luring several Palers away from Mobilis and Liqua.

Sometime later, a religious sect led by Messiah Rebus invaded Liqua, demanding that the Sleepers cut ties with the Chroniclers. A temporary peace treaty was signed, expelling the tech cult. This treaty would eventually lay the foundation for modern Liqua, though the city lost prestige long before Exalt turned hostile.

Events imply that any surviving members of Team Castor are in hiding. Their former allies, the Chroniclers, enacted the Shutter program to hunt and destroy their kind. Several were enlisted by Cultrin during the City Wars. The last Sleeper in Liqua was executed in 2411, sold by his own people to Argyre. Splinter factions of Team Castor fared little better. Those in Mobilis were slaughtered by Cultrin's army during the City Wars. The team who went to Britain likely encountered the Vulture's Pictons.

## Legacy

Team Castor was responsible for founding what would become Liqua. Daimondal would go on to have great influence on Exalt, freeing Enceph, Trice and Cultrin, who were responsible for the City Wars.

In 2598, Fragment Apex notes a connection between Mobilis and the Archivists of Praha. He also mentions communications between the 100s and the Spitalians. The Fragment speculates that a bioengineering project between these groups may have resulted in the creation of the Phosphorites and the Cockroach Clan.

## References

**Katharsys.** p. 272. *“Sleepers: System Failure”*
**Justitian: The Righteous Fist.** p. 68. *“Liqua: Like a Comet”*
**Exalters.** p. 10. *“Dead on Arrival”*
**Primal Punk.** p. 347. *“Year 2148”*
**Primal Punk.** p. 348. *“Year 2482: The City Wars”*
**Justitian: The Righteous Fist.** *“Fingerprints of the Gods”*