Argent Secure Corps

The Argent Secure Corps were Theodore Lind's private security force of henchmen which he used to patrol his facilities and often to act as body guards while on dangerous assignments among other duties.

ASC officers are usually taken from post-military or police stock and must undergo rigorous training and heavy *'mental resistance reinforcement*' before being accepted into ASC ranks.

They had access to a range of weapons and equipment, most of which was designed by Argent, from nondeadly suppression to heavy-artillery and even experimental systems.

While the general public are mostly unaware at the complexity and structure of the ASC, only being aware that he uses bodyguards and lightly-armed nondeadly officers, some individuals and other scientific organisations have labelled these guards as "*supervillain henchmen*", a term that Theo has laughed off in public as "*childishly ridiculous accusations*".

Theo was quoted in saying: "*The ASC provide me with a very secure means of making sure my breakthrough scientific studies and data are not stolen or destroyed by terrorist organisations and espionage agents who wish to steal and monopolise on technologies not yet ready for public use. I am well within my rights to defend my facilities, by international law, with any means I deem necessary. They are permitted to use nondeadly means of defence measures developed by my company, with the ASC being an extension of such.*"

### **Formal Composition**

The ASU was divided into several faculties which specialised in different parts of security for Argent, it's staff and for Theo himself.

#### **Patrol Officer (PO)**

Standard grunts used to secure facilities, patrol in and out of Argent's properties and defend Mr Lind himself if need be; PO's are military trained but are also used for menial tasks such as cleaning up messes. They are usually armed with nondeadly weapons and led by a Commanding Patrol Officer they refer to as 'commander'. They wear Argent's patented impact-resistant Plastetric Armor, usually in white with the ASC logo on the left breastplate.

#### **Commanding Patrol Officer (CPO)**

CPO's command PO units, they are similar to PO's in almost every respect except they have a higher privilege, and can command PO units unquestionably, they wear the same Armor as the standard PO but with a red stripe over the left shoulder.

#### **Maintenance Officer (MaO)**

The standard patrol officer with added knowledge of complex technical aspects to allow on-the-spot maintenance whilst providing the same level of security as a PO, they usually work in pairs or individually and while specialists belong to their own rank, can be commanded by a CPO. They possess a green stripe on the left shoulder.

#### **Medical Officer (MeO)**

A standard PO with a medical specialisation that allows them to perform quick medicine and repair wounds. They wear a blue stripe on their left shoulder.

#### **Heavy Patrol Officer (HPO)**

A much more militant and hard-hitting officer specialising in the use of deadly weapons and explosives. They wear a black stripe on their left shoulder.

#### **Exo-Officer (ExO)**

Heavy officer variant that uses an exoskeletal system to increase their strength and durability and allow them to access a number of experimental weapons and defences.

#### **Personal Security Officer**

Theo's own bodyguards, unlike the standard officer types PSO's often wear suits with hidden armour and use small, concealed firearms.

#### **Drones**

The ACU uses drones for a verity of purposes, to aid in maintenance, extinguishing fires and entering zones where humans cannot or for use as supplements to patrol officers.

#### **Argentechs**

Experimental robots guided by Lady Argent herself, they are expensive but are much more durable and more precise than human officers. Theo, however uses them sparingly.

#### **Synthoids**

Theo has proposed the use of his patented synthetic humanoids to eventually replace the majority of human ASC in the future, but at the moment these synthoids are still in the early, experimental testing stage.