Richard Baltimore

CIA (formerly)
 KGB (formerly; double-agent)
 Kingship

**Richard Baltimore** is the current Superintendent of Kingship. Born in Grand Rapids, Richard always dreamt about accomplishing big things.

## Biography

### Military Career

#### **Cold War**

He joined the Untied States Army in early 1981, and was selected for the United States Army Special Forces, being one of the only African-Americans in his group. He was assigned to the 2nd Special Forces Group (A). Sometime between 1982 and 1984, he was enlisted in the CIA. In 1985, he took part in an operation to help arm Sunni Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the Kandahar Province. During this operation, the CIA were discovered, and this led to a major battle in the province involving the Russians, and the American-Mujahideen forces. The American-Mujahideen forces won the battle, and the CIA were able to escape.

#### Hunt for Leoncio Guzmán

Later on in 1985, Baltimore took place in an operation a find a man named Leoncio Guzmán, who supported Soviet spies and Nazis-on-the-run from the safety of Venezuela. Baltimore assisted in determening Guzman's location. The CIA eventually pinned it down to a safehouse in northern Caracas. During the raid on the house, Richard Baltimore was nearly killed by a grenade thrown by Guzmán, however was able to dodge it in time. He chased the man down, and then shot the man with a CZ75.

After the assassination, Baltimore saw little direct action, however acted as a intelligence officer. In 1986, Baltimore was sent to assist UNITA during the Angolan Civil War in order to ally with a man who had information pertaining to the location of an important Russian defector. The man was Elijah Rasende. Baltimore was sent to Bandeira along with fellow CIA agent, and friend of Richard, George P. Walker, commanded an operation to siege a MPLA camp. the operation was a success, and the camp was destroyed. Rasende, aware of the CIA's intentions, refused to give any information pertaining to the defector. Baltimore then tackled the man, and nearly pulled out his knife, however the nearby UNITA soldiers aimed at him, along with the rest of the CIA team. Rasende then gave the information, pointing to a soviet boat named the Endurance (Russian: Выносливость) in the South Atlantic Ocean.

The boat was sieged sometime in mid-1986, and the defector was saved. However, a few days later, the defector, known as Yevgeni, died of the poisoned food he ate while being held captive, denying the CIA information that might have led to an early end of the Cold War.

#### **Post-Cold War**

*Main Article: 1993 Venezuelan hostage crisis*

Baltimore's final operation was another operation in Caracas. In 1993, he was sent to save American hostages being held in the US embassy in Caracas. The perpetrators were the Organization for the Prosperity of Venezuela, an extremist organization opposed to Venezuelan-American relations. His team was sent to free the hostages. Baltimore, alongside his squad, saved 43 out of 49 of the hostages.

#### **Formation of Kingship**

In 1994, Baltimore expressed his concern about the threat of global terrorism, and proposed the idea of a organization with the sole purpose of quelling said terrorism. He suggested that various special forces from various "trustworthy" states be recruited, and that the organization be designated *Kingship*.

After the suggestion was handed over to the President of the United States, the president suggested this to NATO, and NATO ultimately allowed the creation of Kingship. Richard Baltimore was voted in as the Superintendent of Kingship.