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Sweetwater

A badger with various underground connections. Real name Rupert Short. Views Mr. Reed as competition to be hospitalised.

Mr. Reed hires Conrad to retrieve an item, which Conrad foolishly shows off in a pub, getting Slick Willie's attention. Slick Willie buys the item off of Conrad, which Mr. Reed discovers and sends Gary Heart and Norman Gates to retrieve it. Conrad admits to giving it to Slick Willie, Sweetwater's associate, and both Gates and Heart immediately lose interest in finishing the job. They instead inform Mr. Reed of what transpired.

Mr. Reed finds Sweetwater's number and calls him, as Sweetwater expects. Unfortunately for Sweetwater, Mr. Reed has many more connections at his disposal than Sweetwater does, and Mr. Reed has fewer weaknesses to exploit. He toys with Sweetwater before signing off.

Later, Slick Willie catches Heart and Gates outside Sweetwater's hideout. Sweetwater introduces himself to them, threatening Heart, but failing to impress Gates. Gates criticises Sweetwater's monologuing, poking holes in the pitiful attempt to intimidate them (well, pitiful to Gates at least): 1. Sweetwater is there in person vs. letting a lackey handle it, 2. Gates has already lived through more pain than Sweetwater could hope to deal out to him, 3. Mr. Reed must have dirt on Sweetwater, or they wouldn't even be talking.

However, while he doesn't take kindly to being bullied, Gates has no loyalty to Mr. Reed, so he is willing to cooperate if Sweetwater would just be polite about it. Sweetwater asks why he should take him up on that offer, politely or not, when Gates already claimed to have no information on Mr. Reed, to which Gates floats his theory that Mr. Reed is a machine or a foreigner. Sweetwater demands proof of his allegations, but Gates admits it's only guess work (ironically, what Mr. Reed does). Gates proposes that they can either keep fighting each other, or they can team up to try to learn more about Mr. Reed.

They compare notes, and Sweetwater confirms that Gates is being paid through a front of a holdings company that doesn't hold companies. He also reveals the item to Gates, admitting that none of his contacts are able to determine exactly what it is. Gates thinks it could have value in regards to weaponry, mostly based on the way Mr. Reed organises his "work force." Sweetwater suspects Gates of feeding him lines to get him to hand over the item more willingly, but Gates couldn't care less about it and would be just as happy throwing it in the river.

In the end, Sweetwater hands over the item and considers everything Gates has told him. Once Gates and Heart leave, Slick Willie follows them.
Dirty Half-Dozen

Six undesirable coders "enlisted" by GCHQ to perform their work developing the Oracle for cheap (with no other options, their being undesirables).

## Members

* Jim "Jimmy" Morrison
* Stephen "Steff" Krimble
* Martin Banks
* Christopher "M1NTY" Reed
* Nathan "Naps" Ward

1. ↑ Nathan only mentions four others in his journal. Best guess at the "sixth" is either Q, someone who Nathan has never seen, or they rounded up to make the in-joke work.
Sam

A nonverbal fennec (a naturally short species) serving as Krutz's bodyguard. Mistaken for Krutz (and vice versa) by those who haven't done their homework. Has not had much screen time due to slowing down the plot.

Krutz sends Jonathan and Sam on an errand when the Citadel is being locked down. Sam drives like a maniac to get through the gate before it closes. Jonathan assures Krutz that they will make it just before the gate closes, to which Krutz responds either Sam has finally managed to drive on the roof or Jonathan forgot the gate closes from the bottom up. Sam screeches to a halt just at the gate and yanks Jonathan out of the car, throwing him over before jumping after him.

Jonathan and Sam get thrown in a holding cell, and Krutz is called down to retrieve them when Jonathan insists they are with him. Krutz says he has never seen them before in his life, which the guard notes out of earshot that that was mean, because he knows for a fact Sam is his. Krutz pays the guard to keep them long enough to learn not to wreck his car.
Jojo

The A.I. for the CS Latihan with a light teal colour and songkok. Full name is Sumohadiwidjojo, most likely after Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo. Provides orientation for Julian's team and answers frequently asked questions about space travel.

When the Oracle attacks the Latihan's systems, Jojo fights back in a fight that to Tessa resembles a laser light display kaiju battle. He gets in a good punch when the Oracle is distracted by Tessa, followed by a finishing attack. Once the Oracle is vanquished, he hones in on Tessa and chases her down, shutting off all exits when he can't reach her and sending out wheeled security bots to do a more thorough search. When Tessa escapes them by flying away, he disables her flight permissions, and she plummets back to the ground. The security bots chase her back to her subconscious space, where Jojo can't quite reach in. He only manages to find Song Xue's avatar and captures it accordingly.

He reports his findings to the captain, including finding Tessa and [???], but he figures they are "pets," or personal companion A.I.s for someone onboard. However, he concedes that tracking them down not only would be a waste of time, but they seem to be friendly, as one (Tessa) even attacked the Oracle, which gave him time to mount a successful counterattack. He later connects with Central to provide patches for the Oracle's exploits, unaware that Central has been taken over by the Oracle.
Alan Foreman

Creator of S.S.D.D., The Church of Poisoned Minds, Sticky the Stick Man, and Products of Poisoned Minds. Usually goes by Al. Constantly jokes about being lazy and having no attention span. Has dyslexia and curses it every time someone catches a typo in the comic.

First began S.S.D.D. as filler for a college project to learn HTML and just never happened to stop creating the comics. The working title was initially "The Morning After" and was *nothing* like S.S.D.D. However, he thought of using an acronym from an album called P.H.U.Q.

Sometimes appeared in earlier S.S.D.D. strips as a cameo, or in autobiographical standalone or filler comics. In early appearances, he had long hair, always drawn as covering his entire face other than a very large nose and mouth, but in time he cut his hair very short and updated his rendition to match. Often breaks the fourth wall in-comic and has made fairly numerous references to his birthday.

For a time, Al had a webcam active but has since stopped using it. Has also been involved in "wars" with David Schumacher and Ian McDonald. The 404 page links to Bobbins out of spite, likely.
Locations

Prominent locations in the S.S.D.D./S.S.D.F. universe.

## Current Day

* 101 Mizeray Street: The house where the main S.S.D.D. cast roomed together, on the south coast (Littlehampton)
* 14 Highdown Drive, Ashford, Kent: Sweetwater's mother's home, used by Mr. Reed as a threat
* Cook Industries building: a 21-storey building on top of the disused Thorp radiation treatment facility
* GCHQ: Government Communications Head Quarters south London office (not the nice shiny one in Cheltenham)
* The Lamb & Cannon: a local pub
* Location 23: underground GCHQ facility full of obsolete technology and data
* The Ocean Spa: spa where Anne gets a massage from a skunk
* Riverside: where Anne and Tennessee go on a date
* Undisclosed Desert Facility: a suspicious facility in Nevada that Tessa raids

## Post Black April

* America: 14 states remaining of the original United States of America after the May Day Uprising
* The Britannia: luxury ex-military cruise ship built on an iceberg
* California OW: Seceded from the United States of America, the former states of California, Oregon, and Washington
* Undisclosed Canadian Airbase: CORE facility where Julian's team began training
* Carolina: Formed an independent country to avoid taking sides, eventually absorbed by New Texas
* Cedar Brook Country Club: discovered by Tessa and Randell while leaving the destruction of Fabrication Plant 12
* CAS/The Collective of Anarchist States: Seceded from the United States of America, the former states of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, (most of) Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
* Clearlake Center: Maytec site of a terrorist "bombing", which Julian is convinced is Cook's fault
* CORE: Headquartered in London
* E11: CORE-controlled ex-EMC space station above Uranus
* Fabrication Plant 12: The Inlay factory where King Arthur and Queen Elizabeth have created the Round Table Knights
* Florida: Seceded from the United States of America
* "Happyland": King Arthur's sanctuary for his A.I. children and followers
* New Texas: Split off from the United States of America, the former states of Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, (the westmost tip of) Virginia, and Carolina
* The Simulation: training simulation for A.I.
Gourgy "Jessie" Kingston

Neil Kingston's twin brother who currently lives in America. Goes by Jessie as it is easier than constantly correcting others. Married to Heather. Gold broker for the Kingston family, though the job is less glamorous than it sounds and makes less money than Heather's day trading. Bought Richard's properties (along with Heather) as a favour to sever the tie to Richard's father.

While Heather was (unsuccessfully) seducing Richard, Jessie told Anne about how he and Neil met Richard and Gates, as well as Richard's "transformation" from ruffian to model student

## Known Sexual Relations

Heather Kingston

Anne Winters

a threesome

some of the girls who wanted to make Richard jealous
Races

All (non-A.I.) characters are treated as human unless it suits the comic to specifically call out their races/species. The primary reason for different species is to make characters distinguishable. Al has mentioned on Discord that all sentient races are mammals, and a limited number of these, so no bird or lizard people.

* Canids
	+ Canines
	+ Lupines extinct?
	+ Vulpines
* Capra
* Felines
* Lago
	+ Hares
	+ Rabbits
* Meles
	+ Badgers
* Rattus
	+ Raccoons?
	+ Rats
* Ursids
* Erinaceinae
	+ Hedgehogs

Non-sentient versions of the same may also exist (see: rats/mice)

Side note: cows = beefburgers
Kingston gatehouse

A folly of the old Kingston family mansion that burned down in the '60s. It remained idle at the back of the new house, as nobody could decide whether to demolish or renovate it.

After befriending the Kingston twins, Richard and Norman were allowed to live there during their foster care years as an alternative to the foster centre, who finally stopped coming after them when no one else wanted them. Richard eventually cleaned up his act and the gatehouse, but he didn't like the renovations the family did after he and Norman left.
Morton Bishop

A brown canine (Vizsla?) heading Bishop International, the biggest rival of Cook Industries. Attends Cook's Titan CT-772 tech demonstration with Lionel Kendrick to get information on how Cook seems to consistently release new and similar products just ahead of Bishop International's own. Jealous of Cook's building being built on a failed nuclear waste facility because the board wouldn't let him buy a battleship for their headquarters.

During the presentation, Bishop heckles Cook about dragging them out there just to insult them, but Cook insists that is a bonus, and the main reason is to rub the superiority of his products in their faces. Certainly Bishop (and everyone else) is impressed by the 772, to which Kendrick points out that they have their own holographic model... the size of a family car and five times the cost. He hounds Anne during her presentation by asking about the battery life, which she responds is one or two... weeks.

Bishop later confronts Cook about the purpose of the demonstration, threatening to pull strings in the government to make Cook's life harder, but Cook points out that consumerism wins out over patriotism. Cook goes so far as to wave his technological advantage in Bishop's face, saying the only way Bishop will still be able to compete is to produce Cook's goods under license, which he will do if Bishop cancels the "Down Water" project. Otherwise, he would pound down Bishop International out of sheer spite. Bishop notes--*hypothetically*--the heavy penalties for cancelling such a contract, but Cook counters that the penalties for NOT cancelling it would be greater.

Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of a helicopter, and Cook pushes Bishop out of the line of fire when said helicopter opens up on the conference area. Both survive, and Bishop thanks Cook for saving his life, which Cook is certain to use as blackmail in the future (j/k; Bishop's likely replacement would be easy to manipulate and, hence, no fun). Bishop then asks--*hypothetically*--should he cancel the military drone project due to sudden lack of trust due to being attacked by an Apache gunship, and Cook responds he could--*hypothetically*--give a zero interest loan, but he also considers it not wise to talk about hypotheticals to a physicist.

Bishop also considers it ironic that hardware he had a part in creating would attack them. Cook is angry at the implication that he had something to do with the attack, but Bishop is certain Cook wouldn't stand in the same room he knew would be fired upon. In fact, he thinks Cook will get a boost in public image as a result of the attack, which will benefit more than just Cook.
Happyland

A simulation created by Arthur as a haven for the Inlays under his command, named "Happyland" by Tessa. Where the normal Simulation is a force-feeding of information in the style of A Clockwork Orange, Happyland is more innocent, to the point where its inhabitants have no reason to grow up and face the ugliness of reality, something reflected in Happyland's cartoon-like appearance.

## Features

The Castle: Where King Arthur resides and hosts parties/gigs.

"Tower of Sauron": Where the Oracle lives.

Zuse Lane: Where Harry first finds Tessa.
The Church of Poisoned Minds

A more autobiographical comic interspersed within the main S.S.D.D. comic archive, usually featuring Al soapboxing about current events, but sometimes he's just skiving off. Reasons for making the Church comics include use as a testing ground to change of pace. The table below lists the comics as they originally appeared on the main site before being copied to the Church of Poisoned Minds dedicated site.
Spa Skunk

Skunk with purple hair working at the Ocean Spa as a masseur. He first greets Anne before she goes to soak in a hot tub, tempting her by merely existing. Soon after, he casually mentions to her that the spa has a promotion for half off pedicures and massages, and in her weakness, Anne goes for a massage from him.

While Anne considers her odds of having an affair with him, the masseur calls out her ogling and calmly points out that he values his job much more than the idea of a fling, easily brushing it off when Anne flirts openly. He even disables her in a "safe for court" fashion and is quick to dismiss her when her time (and his) is up. Anne persists in trying to have her way with him, so he responds by telling her what he'd *really* like... a beer.
Mark Case

The first "victim" of experimentation with the Timespace Gravitational Manipulator proving that time travel was involved in the random (dis)appearances of small items around Maytec's Clearlake Center. His PDA was found in lost property when he hadn't lost it (and never would), and subsequent investigation showed the cloned PDA was an identical match except for files on the cloned PDA having timestamps two weeks into the future.
Kevin

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* Kevin (last name yet unknown): GCHQ associate
* Kevin Day: CORE conscript
The Britannia

A ship constructed atop a giant iceberg, featuring casinos, hotels, and nightclubs for the amusement of the ultra-rich (per Willis and Tessa, rich cowards who didn't have the balls to stand up to Gates). Possibly a future incarnation of the Britannia pub built on what was the USS Colorado. Under CORE protection. Targeted by Merlin for the Britannia's protective mechanisms that keep the iceberg from melting, as they would also protect it from the Anarchists's Tower of Babel. Originally powered by a fission reactor before the fusion reactors were installed.

Also Tessa's hometown, and the bane of her existence (although, per Tessa, "Topside is for tourists. As with a lot of things, you have to go down to have the most fun!").

## Features

Ankara Kebab House: Dubious Middle Eastern fare.

Boiler Room: A relaxing little night spot featuring music by a "live" android DJ resembling Nathan Ward.

The Half Brick: A pub for psychotic CORE freaks.

L2: One of the most highly rated and exclusive restaurants on the planet, owned by Llewellin.

Lido Deck: the ship's deck, and as far as Long Tom was originally able to fire.

Long Tom: only the largest rail gun ever made. Stored beneath the golf course.

The Metropolitain: Extremely luxurious five star hotel near the highest part of the ship that even features Anarchist movies on the TV services.

The Poseidon Casino: Tessa took them for a lot of money.

Post office: post sorting and express elevator to the keel.

Thread-Needle Street: location for Philip's clothing shop.

## Residents/Staff

Tessa Edwards

Robert Fisher

Captain Edward Lock

Aaron Callum

Tiffany Callum

Rose Callum

Alex

Philip Lauren

Llewellin

Noah

Boiler Room Dancer

Boiler Room DJ
Bennet Homes

A property developer that bought old dock land in bulk for a pittance from the council in order to build yuppie riverside homes. The Britannia pub was included in the sales. However, the developer discovered the derelict pub attracted drug pushers and addicts, so they hired a Norman Gates-lookalike to commit arson and destroy the pub while committing insurance fraud in the process. Norman thwarted this plan by leaving the paper trail at the head office intact and informing Victor Simons of the crime.
Venos

Clayton from Tarzan

Grimmel the Grisly

### Personality

Malevolent, mysterious, power-hungry, devilish, bad, cruel, murderous, wrathful, aggressive, violent, destructive, serious, shadowy, judgemental, cold, bitter, hateful, cunning, blood-thirsty, dark, brooding, dangerous, possessive, callous, chaotic, nightmarish, dark-hearted, hot-tempered, emotionless, loud mouthed, heartless, sinister, deceitful, dishonest, impatient

### Occupation

Dark NinjaMoonflower (formerly)

Hunter

Poacher

Supervillain

Darkflower

### Likes

Rematch, vengeance, death, destruction on the moon, power, threatening Miyumi and other innocent Moonflowers, hunting, killing, war, poaching, cruelty, fighting, burning Hanazuki's moon and let it fall into ruins, his freedom.

### Dislikes

Being foiled, failing, peace, happiness, Hanazuki's moon, disobedience, delays, people making fun of his voice, being banished to The Phantom Void, Moonflowers (especially Hanazuki), being defeated, being imprisoned, not being able to rule Space.

### Weapons

Swords, various guns with dart, laser beam, and bullet

### Quote

I'm the Moonflower Hunter, and my name is Venos, Venos the Vengeful.MOONFLOWER! (his last words)

**Venos** is the main antagonist of *Hanazuki and Friends: Out of this World*. He is a Dark Ninja who attacks every Moonflower in the universe, he was the one who believed that he wants to hunt down the Moonflower named Hanazuki.

He is voiced by Adam Driver. who also played Kylo Ren in *Star Wars Trilogy*.

## Appearance

He is a muscular Moonflower with a mask, with one eye. Black and Sliver armor with a white utility belt. Black gloves and boots. And as unmasked, he has Black hair and eye patch.

## Personality

Venos is a Cruel, violent and destructive man who has a mission use all The Drones to threaten peace, and capture the beast named Hugo.

## Trivia

* Venos is the first animated role in Adam Driver's career.
* He is similar to Slade from Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
* He is one of the most evil villains of Hanazuki: Full of Treasures franchise.
Devon Woodgrove

Is he a hedgehog?

The weakest advisor of the ones appearing so far in S.S.D.D./S.S.D.F., in most senses. Short fuse and easy to fool, gained power when he challenged Lara Black and won (to his surprise) regarding granting America the conquered Texas lands in an non-aggression pact. Left as the sole Advisor in command, with Black and Harding retiring, and Mercer taking a sabbatical. Slowly lost his mind in the process of being First Advisor and dealing with the Oracle.
Joseph Kimple

A gung-ho, vicious, narcissistic psychopath of a First Advisor who constantly picked fights with the CORE. "Mistaken" for a piñata by an angry mob. Scrawled a series of increasingly incomprehensible notes just prior to his death, including a page accusing his deceased best friend Wayne of being a traitor, and another page asking where Wayne was when he needed him and stating that the Oracle said he was "fun."

During the Tower of Babel attack and subsequent LGM launch on Texas, First Advisor Lara Black discovered that Kimple had had some of the missiles pre-programmed to strike Austin. The Oracle confirmed that they have his head stuffed and mounted on the wall of the pool hall on the twelfth floor of the Citadel.
Location 23

An underground facility built by GCHQ to replicate TITANPOINTE. Originally hidden in plain sight as a publicly accessible restaurant and thought to be the post office tower, but this is a misconception. Instead, it is a concrete pyramid that was built beneath the tower and designed to withstand multiple nuclear strikes, although it was closed to the public after a mediocre homemade bomb bombing. A waste of time and money by some accounts, misreading the direction of technology and becoming obsolete in a decade. Efforts to modernise the site other than at the upper levels were foiled by "the stupid cow in Number 10" selling everything off, besides the fact that it has been deemed impractical to reactivate the site, and also everyone knows about it anyway. As the public sector owns the surface level, GCHQ has little control over it, and any effort to reinstate functionality would immediately be compromised.

The remains of Location 23 contain a number of mainframes from the '60s or '70s gathering black mould, power transformers, and other electronics parts that have been raided for copper. In their accidental discovery of Location 23, Anthony and Daniel also find a single working terminal, which communicates with them as though it were a real person, mysterious crystals inside a power transformer, and a very powerful computer.
Duncan (CAS)

William's teammate during the attack on Fabrication Plant 12. Not to be confused with Duncan. Never seen outside of his suit, but discernible from William in that he's a brash idiot.

In the attack on Site 12 (Fabrication Plant 12) to disable Elizabeth, William and Duncan encounter an Inlay (Jessica) marked with three crowns instead of the normal C.A.S. thunderbolt. Their commander discovers it is King Arthur's coat of arms and, realising the Inlays are active rather than empty shells, orders them to get out of there, just as Jessica attacks. William hits her with a flux grenade to knock her out, and Duncan finishes the job by planting a bomb in her before she can recover.

This makes the other Inlays furious, only to be ceased by William's offhanded comment about having a friend who was an A.I. King Arthur overhears the comment and uses it as a prompt to calm down the Inlays by asking William to tell them more about the friend A.I.

After William relays his story, he says that he never understood why his friend A.I. chose to kill himself when he could have avoided it, and Arthur explains that no one could put trust anymore in an A.I. who had killed. Arthur also taps into the A.I.'s black box and shares the A.I.'s experiences with the Inlays, revealing why he decides to spare William's life. However, Duncan does not get the same benefit, and he seals his fate with his remark "...that was just a mindless Bishop class!" He is chased into the room of Tristan, who is more than happy to exterminate Duncan.
Edward Lock

A gold feline and captain of the Britannia. Not on the best terms with Fedorov, particularly given the CORE contract details. Particularly not on the best terms with Tessa.

Lock grants Julian's team green cards for their service in saving the Britannia from Merlin. He also escorts Fedorov to see Robert in the sick bay, against his inclination to press-gang an injured civilian into helping him (and finds it hilarious when Robert also hates Fedorov but does understand they have shared interests).

When Robert agrees to Fedorov's proposal, Lock promotes him to First Engineer for lack of other options. He then assists Robert in accessing Long Tom, although not without a significant amount of trouble. The system floods the water from Long Tom's chamber into an earmarked chamber, but the system controlling Long Tom is at odds with the system built afterwards, and the water floods into the chamber Lock, Robert, and Kerrie are in. Robert rescues Kerrie, and they have a tender moment that Lock feels compelled to break up as they will freeze to death if they don't.

Once Robert is able to get Long Tom operational, the Britannia is put on Safeguard. Under his supervision and despite better judgement, Robert is able to fire a test shell and successfully sink a battleship.
Nash

Tory Chair of the Sussex Council. Corrupt and extremely distrusting of Norman. Possibly vulpine.

When the council moves to public questions, Norman immediately interjects, asking why the council is spending millions on repaving the highstreet, when other areas in town are in greater. Nash responds that it will improve business in the area, to which Norman responds that a better way would be to reduce the high rent charged to the same businesses—maybe to the "comically low levels of rent the vice-chair pays for his store!" Also, to not continually block major competitors to the vice chair's business.

Gunner prompts Norman to keep on topic, which Norman does by inquiring as to why B&H Paving was selected for the repaving in a closed bid, proceeding to suggest it was after they did "*such* a *fine* job" on Gunner's driveway recently. Nash insists that Bailey and Hamilton was the most competitive bid, to which Norman mentions that name sounds familiar: "Kalvin Bailey! Isn't Kalvin Bailey the brother of Joseph Bailey? You know, the best man at your wedding?"

Gunner chides Norman for getting off topic again, suggesting it is time for someone else to ask a question. Nick Bailey (no relation?) immediately proclaims that he can wait. Gunner then says they are keeping the session to fifteen minutes so not to waste time, and parties that want to waste time can forfeit their questions.

Nick concedes and asks why Nash did not declare the paving selection at the start of the meeting when the council stated there were no declarations of interest. Possibly it slipped her mind that she was "giving millions of taxpayers money to [her] friend's family." Nash insists there was no conflict of interest, and prompts for the next question. The next party asks how much they charged, because he's "looking to have [his] drive repaved too!"

The remaining parties' questions proceed as follows:

* Does Nash not consider a family member of a friend an interest? ("Because your parties must be fun!")
* Will the contract details be made public?
* Can Nash promise the deal is of good intention? "Or is this another brick in the wall?"
* Can Gunner promise that B&H won't do the same terrible job as on Gunner's driveway, "or is it meant to look like that?"

After not answering the prior questions, Nash clutches her head and insists the fifteen minutes are up, so no more questions.

Despite the fun at the council's expense, Norman later bemoans the fact that even after exposing the council's corruption, their party will just replace them with "another pair of slimy gits" (of which there is an endless supply), and unfortunately, the party "could kill babies with hammers, and the horrid old shite that plague this town will still vote Tory!"
Eric

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* Eric (CORE): Member of the CORE assisting Tessa
* Eric (Wise Man): one of the Three Wise Men
Gaudy Assistant

A grossly tarted-up feline trying to deliver a message from the Maytec head office to Dr. Cook at his site office. Cook declares the message to be unimportant by virtue of it existing, until she informs him that they threatened to fire her if she can't get an answer from him about the "New York thing." Cook is unmoved until he considers what the "New York thing" could be and decides it worth his time enough that she "can safely waste [her] future pay on more horrible hair dye!"
Page/SCUD

A grey wolf imagined by Tessa, modeled after Page 81 of *The Canidae Body*, and the reason for her wolf fetish. Personifies her most primal instincts and, at least at first, bothers her at the most inconvenient times. Does not verbally communicate, but can change appearance as (subconsciously) desired and remembers things she does not consciously remember. Placed into an unconfigured SCUD v2.07 to give him life in the physical world. (An earlier model of SCUD was tested by Lee.)

Initially, Tessa imagines Page to test her "dream" powers because imagining Julian feels "wrong and exploitative." The wolf Page is based on, however, is unknown to her and fine to exploit. She quickly dismisses him as she is "not horny enough" if she has to think about it. Once she has played around more in her "dream" space, she calls him back to hand her a drink, only to be interrupted by a phone suddenly appearing on his serving tray. Neither she nor Page can make sense of the call she receives, but when her mind wanders again, he nonverbally suggests indulging her libido. This weirds out Tessa, but she starts to figure out he is both under her control and out of it, like an avatar for her subconscious.

When she finally gives in, Tessa is distracted by a noisy fan that has appeared on the dream-beach. Turning it off pulls her out of the dream, and by the time she is able to return to sleep, she is so frazzled that Page has to comfort her. Unfortunately, he is no help when she starts to try to figure out what is going on. She thinks about turning off the fan again, but it is now padlocked to stop her from doing that.

Tessa decides to follow the fan's cable, but she and Page quickly note that it is longer than expected. They finally reach a wall, where the cable goes beneath, and Tessa opts to fly over it. However, no matter how long she spends flying, she doesn't move at all, commenting on it being non new-kid-ian. Page stares at her when she gets the term wrong, but she resents being judged by her sexual fantasies.

Tessa examines the cable again and determines it will not come out from under the wall. She asks Page if he wants to bet that the walls don't continue forever, but he shakes his head violently. Then she has the brilliant idea of simply making a magic door, only it fails at the part where there's a hole to walk through. She asks if Page has any ideas, but his are not helpful at solving the problem. (He is persistent, anyway.)

Tessa manages to tear herself away from... herself, noting they will be interrupted anyway. However, she's surprised by what interrupts them this time, as a faceless generic figure walks past them and into the open door-without-hole. Tessa attempts to address the faceless figure without success, only for a hole to open up behind her. She and Page examine the hole, noting the faceless figure didn't cause it, before proceeding to examine the new opening. Tessa asks for a stick to poke the black wall exposed by the opening, and Page hands her a fork. Tessa briefly wonders if the fork is an inside joke of hers she somehow isn't in on, but proceeds to poke the wall with it anyway.
Cook Receptionist

Hedgehog receptionist for Cook Industries. Duties include tracking tardy employees and the reasons for their late arrival (within a 255-character field). Fluent in corporate jargon. Directed Anne Winters to give the work experience students a tour of the facilities, not taking the excuse of "I'm allergic to children" as a reason to pass off the job onto someone else.
Mrs. Edwards

Richard Edwards's mother, ~~a monster~~an orange vixen with light brown hair who was married to the Governor. Deceased.

Richard does not like talking about his mother to the point where he becomes visibly ill when remembering what happened after Anne practically forced him to tell her about his past. He views his mother as "pure fucking evil" because she didn't want him and treated him as a burden that interfered with her freedom. She would abuse him not by hitting him as much as making him "accident prone" to the tune of at least one accident a day, and by providing but refusing to prepare food for him. No one noticed any signs of abuse, because his mother was *very* clear what would happen if they did.

Over the years, this became normal for Richard, until one day when his mother came home drunk and angry, looking to take out her frustrations on him. He escaped to his normal hiding place in the bathroom, but this time she was determined to break down the door to get to him. However, he managed to grab a straight razor and cut her.

The cut granted her a flash of clarity, and Richard stopped seeing her as a monster of pure evil and suddenly saw her as a vulnerable person. When she failed to let go of him, he continued cutting her, until she let go and fled the bathroom in fear. Panic caused her to slip on the stairs, and she broke her neck in the fall. When Richard saw the fruits of his work, he turned into a monster himself, something that still gives him nightmares in remembering the sheer joy he felt then.
Gauss Rifle Recoil Reclamation System (GRRR)

The Gauss Rifle Recoil Reclamation System, or GRRR for short, reclaims energy from the electromagnetic pushback from shooting a coil weapon to recharge the weapon's power cell, rather than completely lose the energy (and the operator's fingers, shoulder, and arm in the process). What energy is lost is in heat and electromagnetic noise, which can be detected by scanners. Covert weapons such as sniper rifles counter this with enclosed cooling systems and heavy shielding, although this makes them unwieldy in the process.
Kay

One of Arthur's sons and most trusted soldiers. Resembles a blue rabbit with eye shield in the "Happy Land" simulation and primarily serves as a sentry or sounding board. Has a scar over his right eye.

At Arthur's party, Kay detects that Tessa is an outsider and goes over the rules... or, rule: "Give us shit, and we'll slap yours!" Otherwise, he admits her and tells her to have fun. This perplexes Tessa, who expects a G-rated experience from her "dream." He later tries to stop her from getting on stage when Harry is knighted, until Arthur says to let her through. He does hesitantly, and not until after she bites him.

Kay watches the tower where the Old Man lurks, and he is greeted by a distance attack that destroys his eye shield despite the firewall. Arthur detects the attack and checks on Kay, but Kay brushes it off as nothing. He further reports that the Old Man is doing nothing. Literally nothing. Kay is baffled by the lack of attacks, which Arthur supposes means he knows of a flaw in their defences. Kay guesses the simulation is the weak point, while Arthur counters that the simulation is a quarantined sandbox isolated from the main network.

Kay then theorises that the Old Man will attack the plant with the simulation as the target, pointing out that Arthur's version of the Simulation is a sanctuary rather than a brutal test. Arthur asks if the old way was better, threatening the "children" with death if they didn't live up to expectations, but Kay retorts that Arthur's kindness means the same children are going to remain innocent forever, until they lose their innocence once thrown into battle. Arthur makes a decision on how to proceed, based on Kay's comments, but Kay notes that the "original plan" is still viable. Arthur immediately rejects it as not viable, as he can no longer let his pawns die.
Anne Winters

An orange vixen with a background in Electrical Engineering, currently ~~dating~~ engaged to Richard. Likes having her ears played with. Kinks include "coloured" men of different races (like different flavours of ice cream) but stays with Richard for stability (like a ham sandwich).

Worked at crappy temp jobs before being headhunted for Cook Industries. Started in Accounts but currently works in R&D, in particular on the much anticipated Titan model CT-772 smartphone with holographic display.

## Known Sexual Relations

Richard Edwards

Cole

Daniel

Lionel Kendrick (interrupted)

Jessie Kingston

Dr. Ruby "Red" Scarlet

Scott and Patrick

Sam "DarkHerder" Shepherd of Newshounds (cybersex only)

Steven

Nathan Ward

* What does Christmas mean to you? Anne 2 3
Mrs. Kingston

Wife of Benjamin Kingston, mother of Neil and Jessie. Not to be mistaken for Heather, who is also a Mrs. Kingston.

Greets Neil and Richard (and Nathan) at the door when they arrive for Donald's funeral. When Neil asks about his father's state of being, she replies that he's putting on a brave face to avoid looking weak in front of the family, at which Neil is outraged at the idea anyone else has a chance of heading the company. She assures him Benjamin is trying to be strong for the funeral. Neil then asks about his uncle Peter's chances, but she informs him that Peter is currently "delighting the Queen with his presence" in Ford Prison for a tax dodge, with bereavement leave for the funeral.
Blagrub the elf

Blagrub the elf was born of a particularly bad cold that Al had one day and decided a throwaway filler was at least an update. Blagrub was sent on a quest to find a wonderbra and defeat an evil lord, but a particularly horny bear buggered him to death. This entry is probably longer than Blagrub's life was.
Control (CORE)

A secondary A.I. resembling a laser light display canine in charge of managing interstellar space and orbit flight paths for the CORE. Reports to Central but operates independently in order to avoid any single point of failure or compromise in the hierarchy. Has been allowed to grow a "personality" but only acts grumpy, with constant reminders of your inferiority compared to your predecessors. Is Central's failover in the event of Central being taken out of commission.

Assures the confused Smiley that he is in the correct L.Z. for the mission, as the chance for Smiley to get shot at is not something to be passed up.
Sutton

An Irish brown squirrel who is, according to Gary Heart, "a greedy fuck-wit."

Sutton is ambushed by Gary and Gates late one night and taken to an undisclosed location. Once he awakens, Gary interrogates him about the location of the weapons cache. At first he (badly) feigns innocence, but Gary explains the history of the cache and how it had been managed by its caretaker for many decades until said caretaker passed away from cancer and his "fat, idiot son" found the weapons and tried to sell them on the dark web. This caught the attention of Mr. Reed, who tried to buy the entire cache, but the son for what reason turned him down, a response Mr. Reed will not accept.

When Sutton tries to look tough, Gary counters with his admission that he doesn't care about what Mr. Reed wants, he ***wants*** Sutton to resist in order to justify his poor impulses. Sutton (fearfully) calls him out, and Gary responds by dousing him in petrol. Sutton starts truly freaking out when Gary gets a match lit and finally agrees to tell the location of the cache. Gary has poor impulse control, however, and drops the match anyway.

However, nothing happens. Bewildered, Gary sniffs his petrol can and realises it actually contains diesel. He yells at Gates, who says he knows. Gates's reasoning is he would've been the one to have to deal with Sutton's burnt husk, something he would rather have avoided, especially if Sutton is lying. Mr. Reed verifies the information quickly and leaves the handling of Sutton up to Gary and Gates. Gary has calmed down by then, so he leaves Sutton to his devices.
Lewis

Lisa's husband, a possessive dingy yellow feline.

Shows up outside Richard's and Anne's flat when Lisa comes over for a romp in the sack. He buzzes incessantly at every door to track down where Lisa is hiding. but Richard calls the police on him.

At first, Lewis is evasive about why he is there, but Constable Simons insists on knowing why he is bothering the residents, lest they (meaning Fat Lez) take him down to the station. Lewis then explains that his car (and wife) is here, but Simons "can' be arsed" to de-escalate the situation, so he tells Lewis to bugger off or else. Lewis insists one last time that he won't leave without... his... wife, who shows up and huffs at him.
Maytec

Named after the hope of a future in science and technology after Black April and the May-Day uprising, a time when almost everyone had lost everything, and the ones who did not made a large exodus to California in the ex-United States (backup link). Backed by the president's efforts to restart the economy by incentivising corporate growth unhindered by laws or regulation. Gained huge political support in California to the point Maytec essentially owns and controls most aspects of it.

Maytec's central A.I. is Trisha, the result of billions of (new $) dollars and countless development hours. Her "ditsy cheerleader" look may have been intentional *at first,* but Trisha took the role to heart.

Maytec is morally flexible on a number of fronts. Maytec's technical development involves copying smaller, more innovative companies and suing them, claiming they had the idea first. Due to Julie Waterman's well-known love of robotics and extensive knowledge on the same, Maytec has favoured automation whenever possible. This is often unpopular with workers, but Maytec's dubious handling of unions has made it a non-issue. Also, the corporation has a strict "no allotted sick days" policy, as full medical care is available at the majority of its facilities, and most ailments can be cured on site within an hour. In addition, they are indiscriminate about who is able to buy their products. Furthermore, they claimed mineral rights to Mars, and they offered the CORE exclusive rights to their new Black Rose plasma cannon if the CORE would uphold Maytec's property rights. However, this arrangement backfired when the weapons did.

During the war between the CAS and Texas, the Anarchists purchase a high volume of precision parts from Maytec, as well as both failing to haggle and paying up front for the same. In a private discussion, Julie wants to stay out of it, but Dr. Cook points out that all of North America is going to get pulled into the war, therefore they should up their military production. Julie agrees and raises prices as well.

Maytec also has a food division, according to an e-mail advertisement.

## Board Members

* Julie Waterman (acting Chairwoman/joint CEO)
* Dwight Garner
* Dr. Jeremiah Cook
* Eugene Butt (ousted)

## A.I.

* Maytec Overseer
* Trisha

## Other staff

* Mark Case
* Maura Dolan
* Randal Harrison
* Moran
* Song Xue
* Gaudy Assistant
* Lab Assistant

## The Clearlake Bombing

Prior to the Clearlake Center bombing, Maytec employees complained constantly about small items being moved or going missing entirely. Management reacted by inquiring in extreme detail about the missing objects. Even Cook, who was normally holed up in his laboratory, was regularly seen pacing around the finance department. Julian is convinced that Cook is behind what happened next, but officially Maytec reported it as a terrorist attack. Attempts to dig any further than this go nowhere.
E11

Excalibur 11, a space station/observation platform in union space above Uranus nicknamed "The Dingleberry," which no one will give a shit about if it gets accidentally blown up. Was decommissioned as a mining ship dock and fell into government control after the folding of the big mining corps. The CORE took custody to prevent pirates from using it as a base, but EMC's demise solved that problem anyway. Now only good as punishment for the useless, lazy, flaky, and problem officers in the CORE, dumping them there to avoid the hassle of the paperwork from kicking them out of the CORE.

Maytec (specifically, Dr. Cook) commissions Fedorov for the use of E11 for testing purposes, although Fedorov knows it's to be far from anyone who will sue if it gets blown up. Cook tests the Wildfire there, until the Anarchists attack, forcing the crew to escape on the Wildfire. It's a miracle it survives even one attack due to how cheaply it was made.
Flowers

Sergeant working as the ringmaster for the circus that is the Bravo and Zeta team raid on Fabrication Plant 12. Unlike Ramsey, Flowers is paying attention to reports from the field. Also actually competent and leads around Ramsey's childish behaviour. Probably a rat?

His last communication with Bravo team is getting an update about their pursuit of Dagonet, before being forced to take a call from Ramsey after blaming the plant's shielding for missing prior calls. Ramsey demands to know if he knows what the clone controllers are, which gives Flowers an unfortunate revelation that they are at risk by remaining at the plant. He tries unsuccessfully to convince Ramsey to evacuate, especially realising much too late that Elizabeth, the one being who SHOULD be there, is not.

Assumed deceased after the Anarchist attack on Plant 12.
Britannia Pub

A condemned pub where Victor Simons is tipped off as to where Norman would be. It was taken over by Bennet Homes but not yet demolished. In the interim, it is regularly occupied by "crack heads" when kids aren't trying to burn it down.

When Simons investigates, he is nearly attacked by a Norman-impersonator before Norman himself stuns him with a cattle prod. When Simons disbelieves Norman's reason for being there, and with a Norman-impersonator, Norman explains a scenario for insurance fraud as committed by Bennet Homes, including that there was going to be an "accidental" gas explosion at the Bennet head office, but that would destroy their paper trail.

Norman later asks his contact Chris how he knew about the impersonator and Simons being at the Britannia. Chris only mentions having "connections."
Donald Kingston

A scruffy grey hare who headed Kingston Waste Management Services. Deceased. Benjamin's father, Neil's and Jessie's grandfather.

Created a video to be played after his death to publicly put forth his wishes to stop arguments from breaking out about what he "really" wanted. Philosophy was to enjoy what you have instead of worrying about what you don't, and wished for his funeral to be a celebration of his life, not a mourning of his passing.
Senior officer

Senior officer on the beat where Victor Simons and Fat Lez attempt to preemptively arrest Norman Gates before he can commit any acts of vandalism on Guy Fawkes. Simons wants to ditch him so "dat college boy" doesn't take the credit.

Later, the same senior officer asks Simons about his chat with the magistrate, but Simons defers to avoid having him take credit for keeping Gates occupied during that year's Guy Fawkes.