OverWatch Galactic Research Organization

The **OverWatch Galactic Research Organization**is the main scientific research wing of the **5th Army** and sub-division of the Coalition Prevention, that is jointly owned by the Union of the Interior and Union of Energy. The organization aims to advance the world of science and to better understand the universe on a reality scale. Its secondary role is to aide the 5th Army's military by conducting research for potential weapons. The organization has thousands of outposts across the LANIAKEA supercluster, it's main laboratory is situated in the central province of District 3.

## Organization

The organization was as formed after several smaller research organs funded by the government fused into one larger organization roughly twenty years before the surgance of the Resistance Initiative. The organization became jointly owned by the Union of the Interior's Coaltion Prevention agency as a way to guarantee the scientific monopaly for the government, and the Union of Energy to fund research for nuclear weapons and energy related research.

Its main goal was to advance research, to better understand how the universe works. In recent times however, it has deprived into funding the military with weapons of mass-destruction; it has been that way since Doctor Colress was assigned as director and head researcher.

The organization is headed by Secretary Ardennus Minthor of the Coaltion Prevention.

### Weapons development

Out of every research branches, the weapons development branch is the most heavily funded. It's main goal is to research weapons to better advance the 5th Army's military. It's been through many breakthroughs, most notably towards Ender Crystal technology. The Weapons development branch has been responsible for producing weapons of mass-destruction such as the Planet-Killer.

### Biotech branch

The biotech branch is responsible of researching biotechnology. It, along with the weapons development branch, provides equipments to the military. The biotech branch has been responsible for producing weaponized chemicals and chimera weapons, such as IX-Z and FEAR Proto.

### Anomalous Committee

The anomalous committee are responsible for researching anomalous properties and-or entities for better understanding. Branch sites are located throughout Sector B.

### Transportations and Advance Travelling Methods

This branch is responsible for all research relating to transportation. It is mainly comprised of an engineering division that constructs safe travels for and means of transportation for the government, such as ships and cruisers. They've been mentioned to have researched the Hantai-Class cruisers and tested a prototype that was eventually destroyed. The branch also researches in local teleportation, and mainly experiments on utilisation of travelling by using methods of transporting through pockets of space, such as the VOID and the OutSide.

## History

### Pre-Phase 1

The OWGRO was organized after the passing of a senate bill to fuse several smaller research oragans owned by various branches of the government, under the umbrella of Coalition Prevention agency in a campaign to unify science and research. It was jointly owned by the Energy Union and promptly became one of its top funders. Around the year 1985, a human male by the name of Otto Colress was picked up by the 5th Army while he was in federal custody, he managed to find a hole in the 5th Army's magnetic cloaking device that hid the entire 5th Army civilization from Earth. Colress and his subordinate, Alexei Utgoff, were hired after displaying immense intellectual skills in science. At some point after that, Colress was appointed Director and head researcher of the entire branch, appointing his subordinate as deputy director and senior researcher as well.

One of the detention facilities that the OWGRO used for containment, Facility CHROMA, had trouble containing a demi-demon named Ilgoth - who was in the body of a young male named Ryan. After it breached containment, prison inmates and personnel alike were killed in a massacre, Doctor Colress was forced to accept its neutralization after Administrator X had placed the order.

It has been mentioned that the OWGRO wanted to experiment and research some of Naofa Niro's weapons, however the latter refused to consent to it.

Administrator Y organized a think tank called the Y Initiative some time before the rise of the Four Horsemen, as means of licensing patents for certain projects.

### Phase 1

The OWGRO had developed a new type of firearm that Commander Fox and Epsilon-2 was authorized to use, which were prototypes of GOD-Slayer. After success of the test during the first Resquis raid, along with the development of another project, the OWGRO started raising demands for ender crystals.

### Phase 2

Doctor Colress campaigned for the OWGRO to test newly developed weapons and utilities in Sector C, which in the end got the approval from the ruling council. One of their first tests was in the Cassius region, where a prototype of the Hantai-Class cruiser was experimented by the Octet Naval Base, under the supervision of ISF-Shogun Lott Torin, who placed Vice Admiral Bly Mott in charge of commanding the prototype. The ship ended up being damaged by Famine, and as a result of the Admiral's carelessness and arrogance. The OWGRO commissioned a reaping operation of an ender crystal farm in the Resquis region, at the request of doctor Colress. The project that was in development under the Y Initiative was finally revealed at last: the Planet-Killer, a mega dreadnought capable of destroying a planet. Doctor Colress and Alexei both lead the project, and the former attended the experimentation event in the Cassius region. The experiment was intercepted however by the Resistance Initiative however, yet it was still able to demonstrate its prowress. Doctor Colress attended the joint summit between the Ruling Council and the Joint Staff of Sector C, where he was accompanied by the Secratary of the OWGRO, Ardennus Minthor.

### Phase 3

Doctor Utgoff had been leading a project under the request of Marshal Crest: the Maksur Advanced Class airstriker project, that was initially tested at the SFC's C-Yard 4. The project was coordinated by Crest, but was secretly a cooperation between him and A.T.L.A.S. corporation. The testing was intercepted by the Resistance, sending a squad to destroy the compound on 1209-C in Cassius region, and Doctor Utgoff decided to postpone the project since the date of operation: DAY-BREAK was far too close.

### Phase 4

With the outbreak of the second civil war, the OWGRO worked hard on developing weapons for the 5th Army. Doctor Colress reallocated the budget of the OWGRO, and began funding the weapons development branch the most. Doctor Utgoff produced a new line of ammunition called "Artificial Ac-Round Mk I", a .50 caliber bullet with its cell structure being similar to Aura cells. It was used by Naval Command 2nd Lieutenant Niall Artimus during the battle of 9107-C. The OWGRO's hub facility in Sector B, Facility SIGMA, was plundered by the Resistance, and as a result - doctor Colress requested a counter raid from the military. It escelated when a goliath of a creature by the name of Subject OMEGA-Q breached containment. In the end, the SIGMA-Warhead obliterated the sublevels of facility SIGMA.

### Phase 5

Ichor Seraphim had been kidnapped and locked up in the main labs at District 3. Doctor Colress and Alexei Utgoff led a team of researches in the biotech labs to produce weapons and equipments based on Ichor's genetics. A group of Resistnace members raided the lab, and as a result they freed Ichor and left, leaving the laboratory crippled.

## Members

### Current members

* Ardennus Minthor - Secretary of the OWGRO
* Otto Colress, Phd - Director and Head researcher
* Alexei Utgoff - Deputy director and Senior researcher
* Rumi Hess - Senior researcher
* Lyle Brindley - Associate researcher
* Andilles - Engineer
* Gohan - Technician

### Former members

* Raj Dewan
* Zacharias