Telepath Units (Hive England)

*This article is about Hive England's Telepathic Units. For individual unit information, see Category:Telepath Units.*

## Telepath Units

### Purpose

To capture and arrest any "wild bees" set on a path of harming others or harming the Hive. Usually, before a telepath unit goes after a wild bee they have already harmed someone or shown that they are bent on destruction in some fashion.

"Wild Bees" is Amber's term for anyone that is showing detrimental or anti-social behavior that will harm others or the hive.

### Imprints

Everyone assigned to a telepath unit is imprinted about how rare telepaths are and how vital they are to the Hive. Also, that they must be protected at all costs.

Except for the Senior Administrator and the Tactical Commander. Tactical Commander's imprint do stress that a telepath is precious and rare but not stressed to the extent that the others are; otherwise he would be to overwhelmed and never be able to send a telepath out on an emergency run. The Senior Administrator's imprint is meant to be a balancing influence to the Tactical Commanders, they are imprinted with a crippling amount of information why a telepath must be kept safe and cosseted to assist in protecting the telepath from their Tactical Commander.

## Staff

### Senior Administrators

Senior administrators are responsible for staffing and the day to day running of the unit. They are also imprinted as medical doctors and counselors, and are intended to act as replacement parents for the telepath if needed.

Candidates are chosen to be over-protective by nature, and imprinted with a crippling mass of reasons why a telepath must be kept safe and cosseted.

Their primary role is to ensure the mental and physical well being of the telepath, both directly by providing medical treatment and counseling and indirectly by managing the telepath unit to meet the telepath's needs.

They supervise all departments that do not fall under the Operations groups, including Maintenance and Medical, among others.

#### Maintenance

The normal types of maintenance specialists as well as cleaners from all levels. But all maintenance works have to come with a law enforcement imprint. Their actual level is consistent with other law enforcement maintenance workers, not one of the higher levels.

#### Medical

A full medical staff is needed to insure the health and well being of everyone in the unit. Serious injuries may still require someone needed to go to a crictical care unit or a specialist called in. If some is called into the unit to assist, then they have to have already been imprinted with the information about telepath units.

### Tactical Commander

Tactical Commanders are in charge of the actual unit operations.
The operation teams report to the Tactical Commander.

#### Tactical Team

Analyzes the information that liaison provides it for a whole range of early warning signs, such as complaints about unsociable behavior or harassment, patterns of suspicious accidents, or outbreaks of vandalism. If the behavior is not long established then they will arrange for a nosy team to intercept the person and warn them about their behavior.

If the Tactical Commanders decide an area needs checking, the telepath will go out with the Strike team, and identify the target wild bee among all the tame ones.

#### Liaison Team

Collect data and co-ordinate unit operations with the rest of the Hive. Monitors the Hive, feeding information to the tactical team.

Responsible for all communications during emergency and check runs.

If the telepath is going out on a check run or if an incident is in progress, then liaison get data on the area, evacuate bystanders if appropriate, and tell creative lies to cover up what’s happening.

#### Strike Team

**Characteristics of members**:

* Are risk takers and rule breakers
* Are chosen for their ability to adjust rapidly to situations
* Are imprinted with combat abilities and the ability to use anything as a lethal weapon, including their own bodies
* Typically, will have crossed at least four zone bulkheads on their Freedom Day

**Characteristics of Strike Team Leaders**:

* All of the above, plus will have crossed far more significant boundaries on their Freedom Day than just the physical ones between zones.

Strike teams go on emergency runs when there is an active incident, most of the time with the telepath. When the telepath is present, the Strike team will divide into two groups.

* Chase team will go after the target.
* Bodyguard team will keep the telepath safe from trouble.

All of the strike team members are imprinted with the importance of keeping the Telepath safe at all times, but the Strike Team Leader is imprinted a bit more forcefully. The Strike Team leader is also in charge of unit security. There are two strike teams, Alpha and Beta, usually each at 20 people, plus a Deputy for each team.

During the imprint stage, all strike team members are imprinted with other related skills so that they can move into those roles as they become to old or permanent injury that makes it impossible for them to continue as active strike team members.

**Strike Team Distribution**:
A strike team should maintain a minimum of twenty-one people so that if a couple are out for injuries, minimums for a run can be reached.

There is a minimum requirement of twelve people to a strike team's "Chase" team and five to act as the telepath's guards when they are out on a run.

**Scouts**:
If a telepath has mobility issues a couple of scouts are often assigned to the strike team to assist in following a suspect if they get out of telepathic range.

*See also: Scouts and Candidate (Hive Mind 0.75)*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 58-59). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 307). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Borderline (Hive Mind Book 4) (p. 300). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3) (p. 30). Kindle Edition.