Grimm Control Program

*Not to be confused with The Program, Chapter 8 of The OMEGA Subject (Revised)*

> "*If humans and faunus alike are going to survive, then we must better understand our enemy. And what better way is there to do that than recruit them to our cause?*"—Doctor W. Valkoinen, giving a speech at a GCPRG orientation

## Members

### Notable Members

Arthur WattsMoreel Gris

Sia Argent

### Former Members

Serap Verzand

The **Grimm Control Program (GCP)** is a secretive, planet-spanning organization privately funded by several wealthy sponsors, including but not limited to Jacques Schnee.

The GCP uses a variety of organic and inorganic soldiers, aerial drones, and vehicles in their mission to capture, study, and experiment on the Creatures of Grimm.

Despite their air of secrecy, the GCP is not hiding anything they would deem immoral. They refuse human experimentation and ensure that captured Grimm are regularly exercised to prevent their untimely demise. Tests are also conducted in environments deemed safe by the Security Committee. The only times humans take part in tests are for bonding Subjects with Handlers.

## History

The Grimm Control Program was first proposed by Arthur Watts as a fallback for Salem should her plans in Vale not pan out. Following her agreement to it, Watts used one of his few remaining contacts in Atlas as a proxy to gather sponsors willing to fund the organization. Several years before the events of *The OMEGA Subject*, the first Station was constructed in Atlas, called OLYMPUS. There, Grimm were captured and studied. Following the construction of another Station in Mistral called YGGDRASIL, the first of several Initiatives was proposed, simply titled the Subject Initiative.

After it was implemented, captured Grimm that showed "promise" were experimented on by a team of doctors, engineers, and surgeons. The most notable of these surgeons is none other than Arthur Watts himself. He joined the GCP shortly before the Subject Initiative, and served as its most influential backer. Following his acceptance, Watts began work on serums and strategies that could permanently augment the Grimm being experimented on. Without his Red Matter Growth Stimulant (RMGS) or his augmentation serums, the GCP would never have gotten off the ground.

The first Subject, designated ALPHA, was a Solitas Beowolf. Following the success of her training and her debut to the sponsors in a private setting, Jacques Schnee commissioned for a second Subject to be produced. With the unveiling and auctioning of the BETA, funding for the GCP increased as faith was built in their promise of augmenting the most powerful Grimm ever seen. With the increase in funding came more staff, better equipment and training, faster research, and the construction of two additional Stations.

## Technology

The Grimm Control Program, over the course of its life, purchased military equipment and developed its own share of automatons and vehicles.

### Automatons

The Atlesian Knight-130 (AK-130) is a bipedal drone with rotary cannons built into its arms. It was developed by the Atlesian military to serve as security and to replace organic soldiers on battlefields. However, the Grimm Control Program uses the AK-130 as a support unit to strengthen squads made up of organic soldiers.

The Atlesian Knight-135 (AK-135) is another bipedal drone, though its rotary cannons are replaced with a riot shield and a blade. The AK-135 is deployed mainly in testing environments for its Subjects.

The Atlesian Paladin-290 is a mechanized walker that can be piloted manually and remotely controlled. The Paladin is deployed mainly in testing stronger and older Subjects, though in the event of a breach, they are used to divert and contain Rogue Subjects.

The Spider Droid is a prototypal mechanized walker similar to the Paladin, but is entirely autonomous like its Knight cousins. It is only used when testing exceedingly powerful or intelligent Subjects. Of all the 24 Subjects, it has only been used in testing by 5: NU, OMICRON, PI, TAU, and OMEGA.

### Ground Vehicles

The Grimm Capture Vehicle (GCV) is a modular transport that left development shortly after the conclusion of the Subject Initiative. It was designed as a vehicle to transport both humans and Grimm with relative ease and comfort. The standard GCV has four wheels and comes outiftted with detachable propellers (for travel over small bodies of water) and engines (for limited hover and flight capabilities). Located on the sides are deployable floats as well. Mounted on the top is a dual-barreled Dust-loaded autocannon chambered in 30mm used for defense, and located on six different hardpoints are tranquilizers. Three are mounted on the front, and three are on the back. Like the autocannon, they are mounted on turrets.
The GCV also has specialized models designed explicitly for airborne or waterborne travel, named the A-GCV (Aerial Grimm Capture Vehicle) and N-GCV (Naval Grimm Capture Vehicle).

The Heavy Grimm Capture Vehicle (H-GCV) is an up-scaled version of the standard GCV, and lacks any specialized models or additional terrain functionality. It has heavier and more durable armor, an extra pair of wheels, a larger troop bay, and eight total tranquilizers. In addition, the double-barreled autocannon is replaced with a tri-barreled minigun chambered in 20mm. It is better suited for combat support and carrying heavier or more dangerous Grimm than the standard GCV.

### Aerial Vehicles

The Bullhead is the standard aerial transport for the Grimm Control Program, though it has a new paint scheme and has the symbol of the GCP painted onto its doors in comparison to the standard Atlesian Bullhead. It settles on a solid, light blue paint scheme, with exception to a black circle surrounding the logos imprinted on the doors.

The Rhino Grimm Transport Craft is a larger and bulkier upgrade to the Bullhead. Its curves have been roughened to angles, and its troop bay has been both extended and widened. Due to this extra weight, the Rhino has an extra pair of VTOL engines. A rear entry hatch was also added to allow easier entry for non-Grimm passengers.

### Naval Vehicles

Unlike the Atlesian Military, the GCP has a balanced air and sea navy. The Humpback Support Ship is a 165-meter long sea vessel used solely by the YGGDRASIL Station in Mistral. It comes equipped with two Bullhead-sized landing pads, two 130mm Dust-loaded cannons, and three 30mm Dust-loaded anti-air cannons. Also onboard are hand carried tranquilizer weapons. On the stern is a series of net launchers capable of capturing a Sea Feilong.

## Organization

The Grimm Control Program is a massive organization. As such, it requires a strict ruling structure to keep everything working at top efficiency. The following is a hierarchical list of each division of the GCP, from highest rank to lowest.

### Grimm Control Council

Commonly abbreviated to the "Council" or "GCC", the Grimm Control Council is made up of the leaders of the Grimm Control Program: a group of ex-military leaders, disgruntled researchers, scientists called unethical by Atlas but forward-thinking by the Program, and lesser known politicians. It is not entirely known why they were chosen to lead, be it their conviction to lead humanity into a peaceful future or a natural charm that swayed the other founding members of the Program. Though their methods may seem unorthodox, deplorable, or other such words to the general masses, the Council truly wants nothing more than a guarantee of humanity's survival. Contrary to its name, the Council is actually two groups. One is a much larger, democratic group actually referred to as the Council. The other half, however, is a selection of ten individuals known as the Overseers. At the top of the chain of command, it is the Overseers that give orders to the Board and the Committee and construct new Stations. Nothing happens without the Overseers' permission or knowledge.

### Grimm Control Program Security Administrator

Commonly abbreviated to the "GCPSA", "SA", "Security Administrator", or "Administrator", this is the individual in charge of everything in the GCP dealing with safety, security, secrecy, and logistics. The Security Administrator is personally elected to the position by the Council after being vetted from a list of respected members of the Security Committee. With how young the Program is, only one person has held the position. It is the Administrator's job to, among other things: Approve appointments made by the Board, schedule meetings of the Security Committee, screen possible future members of the Security Committee, approve security and safety guidelines for the GCP, coordinate resource movements, and take charge of the relocation of a Station.

### Grimm Control Program Security Committee

Commonly abbreviated to the "GCPSC", "Security Committee", "Committee", or "SecCom", the Committee plays a more vital role in the GCP than other branches. The Committee screens all future employees of the Program, advises the Security Administrator, helps with logistics, record-keeping, and maintaining secrecy, and sends orders from the Council to the Board. The Committee is mostly made up of ex-military personnel, and almost always intelligence officers.

### Grimm Control Program Board of Directors

Commonly abbreviated to the "GCPBD", "Board", "Board of Directors", or "Directors", the Board is made up of the overseers of each of the Stations. They are appointed to their position through a vote by SecCom and approved by both the Administrator and the Councl. Their job is to hire Security Coordinators for their Stations, approve appointments to their individual committees of the Security Coordination Office, screen potential Subjects, gather resources for their capture, trials, and augmentation, seek out potential future members of the Program, and send orders from the Committee to their relative Stations.

### Grimm Control Program Security Coordination Office

Commonly abbreviated to the "GCPSCO", "SCO", or "Security Coordination Office", the SCO is a collection of independent committees, each tied to a different Station. Each committee is made up of a board, an Atlesian Specialist serving as the Security Coordinator, and an Officer that serves under them. Their jobs are to oversee the security of the Station they're posted at, hire GCPSEC personnel, and authorize Self-Destruct, Purge, and Evacuation protocols.

### Grimm Control Program Security Staff

Commonly abbreviated to the "GCPSS", "Security", "Security Staff", or "GCPSEC", the Security Staff is one of the larger branches of the GCP, and serve as its sword, shield, mouth, and eyes. They patrol the halls of Stations, watch cameras, man vehicles, and capture Subjects. Following the Takedown Initiative, they also conduct periodic raids on White Fang holdouts. In comparison to the standard Atlesian soldier, they receive more specialized and advanced training, especially in the realm of Grimm studies: their psychology, anatomy, physiology, and ultimately how to work with them. Their uniform is also a recolored variant of Atlesian armor, being painted and dyed in a solid light blue color scheme. On their chests is "GCPSEC" in bold, white letters, and on their foreheads is the logo of the Grimm Control Program, also in white. Much like Atlesian soldiers, however, they have coloring to indicate station or rank.

### Grimm Control Program Research Group

Commonly abbreviated to the "GCPRG" or "Research Group", the Research Group is the largest branch of the GCP. It is made up entirely of engineers, technicians, scientists, researchers, archivists, and doctors. Their jobs are varied, but typically range from maintenance, research, study, and experimentation to designing, building, archiving, and treating wounds. Without them, the GCP would never have become a reality.

### Grimm Security Force

Commonly abbreviated to the "GSF" or "Grimm Troops", the Grimm Security Force is a branch fo the GCP made up entirely of Subjects and Handlers. A Handler is a specially trained member of GCPSEC that works almost exclusively with Subjects, and it is a Handler's job to partner with a Subject and monitor them both in the field and within a Station. The standard Handler uniform is a light blue re-colorization of the coats and caps worn by Solitas Rangers.
It is also possible for members of the Security Coordination Office to become Handlers, as shown by Sia Argent being both the Security Coordinator for AVALON and the OMEGA Subject's Handler.

## Stations

The Stations are massive complexes built by the Grimm Control Program for the sole purpose of capturing, researching, and experimenting on Grimm in addition to storing all of their assets. Each Station is divided into three distinct sections: Communications, S&D, and the GCRE. Communications consists of a CCT relay tower, and is typically located near the center of the Station. The tower provides secure connections to other Stations and to the headquarters located in Atlas. S&D, shorthand for Storage and Distribution, is a collection of garages and warehouses used for storing assets, vehicles, and automata, and is also the site where forces are gathered and sent out. The last section of the Station is also the largest: the GCRE. An acronym for Grimm Control, Research, and Experimentation, the GCRE is a series of connected labs, cells, massive testing areas, personnel quarters, and offices. In total, each Station is equipped with twelve Testing Areas for Subjects.

### OLYMPUS

OLYMPUS was located on the easternmost point of Solitas, far from the hustle and bustle of Atlas' capital. It was the first of the Stations constructed, and the first to be destroyed. OLYMPUS was also the site of the first Rogue Subject, the OMICRON, and the main protagonist titular character of *The OMEGA Subject*, the OMEGA.

### YGGDRASIL

YGGDRASIL is the second of the Stations, built along the coast on the "neck" of Anima. It is the only Station capable of holding waterborne Grimm such as the Sea Feilong, and naval assets such as the Humpback Support Ship. It also does not follow the general box shape other Stations do, instead travelling along the coast and letting it determine its long, narrow shape. Its Testing Areas are split between six built on land and six built into the coast to allow waterborne Grimm to swim.

### AVALON

AVALON is the third of the Stations, built a short distance outside the ruins of Mountain Glenn. Due to its close proximity to the doomed expansion, it has the largest GCRE of any of the Stations and the biggest population of Grimm.

### ZERZURA

ZERZURA is the fourth of the Stations, and sits on the eastern edge of the Vacuan desert. Despite its great size, it has the smallest population of all the Stations due to the hostile climate and the relatively low population of Vacuo.

## Initiatives

The Initiatives are massive, Program-wide projects or guidelines. They can be proposed by anyone in the GCP, but only a certain amount of endorsements can get it into a meeting of the Council. Then, the GCC may discuss it and, in a simple majority, pass it. After it goes through the Council, it reaches the Overseers. There, the proposer defends their Initiative and the Security Administrator joins the Overseers to deliberate. The following is a list of the Initiatives, in chronological order of proposal.

### Subject Initiative

The Subject Initiative was the first Initiative, proposed by none other than Arthur Watts himself. This Initiative asked the GCP to consider augmenting Grimm into "super-Grimm", capable of sentient or near-sentient thought, simple emotions, and cooperation with humans and faunus. In a near-unanimous vote, the Council agreed to fund his Initiative.

### Separation of Powers Initiative

The Separation of Powers Initiative was the second Initiative, proposed by Specialist Sia Argent. It called for a separate branch of GCPSEC to be created: the Grimm Security Force. Infighting inside GCPSEC over whether Grimm outranked human soldiers led her to believe the best solution was to create a separate branch for Subjects to serve under, with human or faunus Handlers holding the actual rank. In its vote, it met unanimous approval.

### Takedown Initiative

The Takedown Initiative was the fourth Initiative, proposed by Johnathan Grey. It called for the GCP to break secrecy and target White Fang assets and operations. Using joint GSF-GCPSEC task forces, operators were given full discretion in reconnoitering, sabotaging, raiding, and otherwise disrupting White Fang movements while keeping their identities and allegiances secret. An effect of this Initiative also called for the recombining of the GSF and GCPSEC into GCPSEC/GSF. While both GCPSEC and the GSF would remain their own separate branches of the GCP as a whole, they were akin to two sides of the same coin. Despite heavy controversy inside the Program, it eventually reached the Council and weathered several lengthy debates. Its vote was the closest in GCP history, being 6-4. This was also only one of two Initiatives where the SA did not have a vote.