The Overseers

**Terrority:** | * United States
* England
* France
* Australia
 **Creation Date:** | April 2021

**The Overseers** is a registered gang. It was created in April of 2021. They recruit young adults (typically aged 18 to 24, 16 for computer specialists) to "take out societal waste when the system fails to do so."

## History

Founded in 1975 in San Fierro, founder Rick Melvin came from a wealthy family, but instead of spending his money for selfish reasons, took it upon himself to start a community center for underprivileged teens. Shortly before proper planning for the youth center began, Rick's father was brutally murdered by two teenagers. The teens were tried for his murder but since they had powerful connections themselves, they were able to get off with minimal punishment. Enraged at this, Rick abandoned his original youth center idea and vowed to seek revenge.

After months of non-stop research and surveillance, he was able to track down the two teens that killed his father and returned the favor. Because of his continuous research, he was effectively able to get away with the murders and to the public, the teenagers simply vanished. This gave Rick an idea. He decided to rethink his youth center idea and instead settled on a private organization which recruits young adults to help investigate unsolved crimes/unjust outcomes.

In the early years of The Overseers, the recruits would be the ones to research the crimes and Rick himself would go out and take out the criminals. That was until 1977 when he broke his leg after one altercation with a criminal. He realized he would need a lot more help if he wanted to "take out the trash", and so his organization was repurposed once again to recruit both young adults who can do extensive research, and those who are familiar with hand-to-hand combat. This is a format that has gone largely unchanged to this day.

This organization would soon be called The Overseers after going unnamed for most of its early life. Young adults would join The Overseers either through general recruitment or by connections, and would be compensated well for their work. By 1978, The Overseers had already recruited over 3,000 members along the West Coast and by 1980, over 10,000 members country-wide. By the early 1990s, operations have spread to many other parts of the world including but not limited to England, France, Australia, and even Japan.

In a way, Rick's original mission statement is still evident in his reworked idea: to keep young adults out of trouble and making sure there is none. As years went on and The Overseers got bigger, certain communities grew concerned about the organization and would deem their practices "unethical." Despite this, The Overseers have remained active with little to no risk of going defunct. In 1994, Rick had a son named Francis and planned for him to take over The Overseers when he was old enough. This ended up being exactly the case because by 2014, at the age of 20, Francis took over the organization after his father stepped down.

By 2017, things took a turn for the worse. A man named Jeff Turner killed Rick and successfully framed Francis for the murder, thus sending him to prison. Jeff would then go on to silently take over The Overseers and would gradually but effectively drive the organization down the path of corruption. Agents would be assigned to target certain people threatening to expose political figures, millionaires, and basically anyone with influence under the guise that they're "untrustworthy".

Many of the agents were confused with this sudden change of direction but what would come next made matters even worse. Jeff took notice when the agents began asking too many questions and decided to up their salaries to counteract this. This caused a huge divide within the agent lineup. Half would conform and take the better pay, and the other half used their better judgement and would go rogue.

Jade Willick was part of the latter half. Many agents then ended up abandoning The Overseers, but their departure has only accelerated the organization's corruption. Because the remaining agents received a pay raise, that meant they would have to work even harder. The agents would be exposed to countless hours of exercise, strict diets, and non-stop training. These unethical practices made for the strongest assassins in the organization's history, but also the most mentally unstable, as these new wave assassins were more prone to snapping under pressure.

By 2022, The Overseers have completely strayed from their original purpose and have effectively become part of the problem they were originally fighting against.

## Known Members

* David Palmer
* Jason Hale
* Jade Willick
* Irene McGuffin
* Kate May
* Kyle Pickett
* Logan Kennedy
* Ramona Wexler
* Oswald Gardner

## Trivia

* Throughout its history, The Overseers has had a vast amount of professional assassins, but only a few were given the title of "Top Emissary" for either their most effective ways of killing or for how many criminals they've eliminated since they have begun.
* Starting in 1987, The Overseers introduced a partner system. Two agents would be assigned to one another to reduce the risk of failure during their missions.
* As well as the partner system being implemented, a loaner vehicle system was also introduced. If agents did not have their own personal vehicles, The Overseers would provide one to the agents for as long as they are affiliated with the organization. These systems have remained unchanged even after the organization's change in management.