The Holy Divers

The **Holy Divers**, is one of the most powerful superhuman naval task forces in NATO. Headed by Ivan Schaeferski, this team of mercenaries specializes in high power and mass destruction. Especially effective against fortified structures and bases. Founded in the 80’s when the Soviet Union tried to get rid of a large number of Extremis virus experiments, they were taken in by NATO and were repurposed into a team with the responsibility shunted onto the mutant Czech military commander as he was the only one who could survive them. All the original members of the team are deceased and new ones are constantly filtered in to replace the fallen soldiers, Schaeferski still regards his unit as his sons and does his best to try and teach them to be productive people despite their highly chaotic tendencies. The members of the Holy Divers unit are paid in room, board, and cannabis. Schaeferski purchases the cannabis from Guy Mitchell who buys and smuggles the plants from their original growers, the Rock Bros, all the way from Montana, USA to Ovtsagrad, Yugoslavia.

## Members:

* Leader & Founder: Capt. Ivan Stevyard Schaeferski “Red Guardian”: Mutant: Crystallokinesis, Crystal Mimicry, Kinetic Energy Absorption, Vibrokinesis. Warship and submarine designer, military commander. 6’9”
* Demolitions “Expert”: Hairball: Extremis virus user: Retractable flaming hair muscle suit hulk form. Former US marine turned CIA agent turned bank robber turned wanted escapee turned super soldier. 5’7” to 8’1”
* Bladed Weapons “Expert”: Orphan Maker: Human cyborg: Power armor; strength, durability, speed, limited electrokinesis, six arms, four high frequency blades, can transform into a helicopter. Unknown past but was severely injured and was brought back with incredible amounts of technological life support technology, turned super soldier. 8’6”
* Stealth “”Expert””: “Red Bone”: Mutant: Detatchable remote controllable plasticine flesh, remote controlled Adamantium skeleton, superheated blood (900 Celsius). Former Mexican-American boarder patrol officer turned murderer turned super soldier. 6’6”
* Communications and “Intelligence” Officer: Docker: Human(?): Former radio announcer turned stroke victim turned secretary at Ovtsagrad. 5’11.9”
* Interrogations Officer: Crank Shaft: Mutant: Extendable prehensile phallic multipurpose tool; grappling hook, flamethrower, acid cutter, “glue” gun, mustard gas sprayer, web shooter, etc, etc. Hawaiian stripper cop turned prison convict turned torture and interrogation technician. 6’4”
* Amphibious Assault Expert: “Bulk Up”: Extremis virus user: Aquatic adapted mermaid minotaur hulk transformation mode. Can breath both fire and pressurized water blasts. Believes in almost every single conspiracy theory known to man. 6’3” - 9’5”
* Scouting Expert: “Fastball”: Mutant, a (mostly) successful genetic experiment to combine the powers of Beast, Blob, Quicksilver, and Banshee. Super strength, super speed, super resilience, super senses, regeneration, sonic scream, rubber body. Former genetic experiment turned moonshiner/illegal alcohol peddler turned prison convict turned super soldier. 5’10”
* Contaminations Expert: ROTtweiler, Extremis virus user: Humanoid dog with a toxic spores breath weapon. Is an extreme daredevil and will eat or attempt dangerous things for extremely small amounts of money. 7’6”
* Getaway Engineer: Croc & Roll: Extremis virus user: Humanoid saltwater crocodile with the ability to spin any part of his body like a drill/helicopter blades, can roll up into an orb and be a spinning wrecking ball. Has no eyes, “sees” via vibrations. Is very bipolar, switching between moments of complete unresponsive inactivity to hyperactivity on a dime. 9’10”
* Unofficial Honorary Member: Guy Mitchell: Quantum entangled human: supernatural luck, rotational energy manipulation. Spends so much time around the Holy Divers, mostly to screw around, swindle, or sell them recreational and performance enhancing drugs, that he is often considered part of the team by many of the members, they tend to get along well, unless it is a matter of money as Guy owes hundreds if not thousands of dollars to each member of the team.
* Unofficial Honorary Member: Green Knight: Mutant: Super Speed, Energy Draining, Regeneration, ESP, Wall Crawling. Hired so frequently by Schaeferski for missions where the main team isn’t applicable that he has developed a love-hate relationship with most of the members of the team, despite the changing ranks.
* Other Unnamed Members: The Holy Divers consists of a good handful of other unlisted members, and many more who were KIA, MIA, or simply “retired” for a number of reasons. Almost all of these members were Extremis virus users and almost all were former convicts.

## Locations:

* Ovtsagrad, Yugoslavia