The Predator Initiative

The Predator Initiative was instigated and authorized by Vice Admiral Richard Felso, designation **Handler**, in the year 2038 shortly before his promotion into The Council Of Twelve after the closure of the Corvus Project in October 2044.  The purpose of this Initiative is to eliminate any current or potential enemy of the Atlas Coalition within controlled regions.  The initiative is centered around a black-operations warrior, code name: **Hunter**. Each iteration of Hunter shall be assigned a secondary code name after their termination to clarify unofficial records.  This operator is to receive no assistance or support from the Atlas Defense Force besides basic ballistic weaponry.  If the opportunity is presented, Hunter will be portrayed as a righteous vigilante in order to gain public support.  However, should Hunter be caught, they shall not be shown any mercy or special consideration.  Hunter will be supplied with the unique armament **Aethra** to aid them on their contracts. Hunter will be overseen by **[REDACTED]** designation **Leash.**

### Selection Process

The Predator Initiative primarily recruits from disgraced spec-ops units who still retain loyalty to the Atlas Coalition, provided that their crime is not too severe. The most prominent exception is the recruitment of promising recruits that are from suspicions origins. Recruits are then put through rigorous and extreme training regiments, hammering them into a hardened specialist. They are then put through vigorous and torturous testing to prove they are both capable and completely loyal to the Atlas Coalition. It is only then that they are given the Armament Aethra.

### Armament: Aethra

The Aethra Armament given to Hunter is a high-tech helmet used to assign and aid during the contracts. It opens many more options to Hunter than the standard (Spec-ops Armour) helmet, as Hunter will be active in more diverse environments than the defense force's soldiers.

The lower half of the helmet is a fitted carbon-fiber mask, with in-built breathing apparatus with 30 minutes oxygen for the wearer. The upper half of the mask resembles a virtual reality headset painted a matte yellow with an LED triangle split into three segments on the front.

Aethra has the following functions:

-Contract Dossier

-Thermal Vision

-Flash Shielded N.V.G.'s

-H.U.D. that binds to a maximum of two ranged weapons and a melee weapon, giving calculated trajectories and predicted injuries

The Contract Dossier or CD, gives Hunter their current target's identity and any information authorized by Handler. The weapons bound to H.U.D. gain a total of +3 to the to hit roll or the damage roll, decided by Hunter beforehand.

### Terra Ferrum

Terra Ferrum is Hunter's base of operations located in Howard Beach, Queens, New York. Terra Ferrum is only accessible by submerged piping disguised as old sewage pipes. Traps are laid along this piping so that any humanoid figure not bearing an activated Aethra is brutally slaughtered.

Hunter is given accommodating living quarters, letting them live comfortably while not preparing for or on contracts. A bed, toilet, shower and small kitchenette are all contained within the rear third of Terra Ferrum. There is a cabinet that is restocked by an automaton.

On the right side of the room, there are three lockers containing sets of light, medium and heavy armor alongside an empty power armor station. On the left wall is a weapon rack, designated for small and medium ranged and melee arms. Beside which sits another variant of weapon rack specified for large and oversized weapons. Workbenches are located in the center of the room, along with the tools required to modify most ranged weapons.

Current stored weapons:

-10mm Pistol

-10mm Pistol

-.44 Revolver

-.44 Revolver

-Light SMG

-Heavy SMG

-Combat Shotgun

-Combat Shotgun

-Combat Rifle

-Combat Rifle

-Sniper Rifle

-Sniper Rifle

-RPG-7

### Termination

The final stage of the Predator Initiative is the termination of the current Hunter. There are two types of Failures attributed to Hunter. A Critical Failure is meaning for immediate termination of Hunter. Critical Failures are:

-The inability to finish a contract within the specified time

-Being caught by the Police or the Atlas Defense Force

-Being caught by the target or their associates

-Being killed during the contract

-Finishing a contract in a method that is not the specified means detailed in the contract

Failures range in severity, many may build up to the termination of Hunter. Hunter is not advised of their failures, nor of the consequences of them until they reach the criteria for termination.

When a Hunter is terminated, Aethra disables all of its features except for the active camera and the environmental regulators, and The Atlas Defense Force are notified of their position. If Hunter is captured by Atlas, they are fast-tracked though the legal system before either their execution or their imprisonment. If they are imprisoned however, within the first week of their confinement they are given the 'Silent Discharge' sometime during the night. If they mistakenly return to Terra Ferrum, they are torn apart by traps.

Regardless of Hunter's method of death, Aethra is recovered either by political pressure or a Spec-Ops 'clean up' unit, and passed onto the next Hunter.