KORPS

*KORPS is revealed. While we continue to pursue our true secret objective, there is no sense in hiding the rest of the organisation. Unleash them!*

- The Mastermind to The Crime Minister in Trojan KORPS.

## Overview

KORPS is the criminal organisation featuring in MI High after the events of The Fall of SKUL. Corpse is the name given to a dead body, KORPS is named after that and each of it's divisions is named after a body part/function. The identity of the first in command, The Mastermind is never revealed, while the identity of the second in command, The Crime Minister is revealed.

In the bunker, an old MI9 war room beneath MI9 HQ, a large board with different KORPS division and their relationships was seen during Trojan KORPS.

In The Mayze, when the team entered an old KORPS base The Mayze, Tom noted that the bottom floor was about 0.5 miles underground and he was not even sure if it was the bottom. As each level of the Mayze was operated by a different division of KORPS, it is implied that there are many different divisions, at least before and during the war.

Various KORPS division leaders signed in at the end of Trojan KORPS, after The Mastermind admitted to The Crime Minister that there is not sense in hiding the rest of the organisation and ordered her to unleash them. However, most of their voices were scrambled together, so it is unsure as to what most of their names were. It is also not known how many divisions of KORPS there are, as only a few have been seen or discussed in detail, but (based on the number of KORPS division leaders that signed in at the end of Trojan KORPS) it can be assumed that there are at least twelve KORPS division. It is unknown how many KORPS divisions existed during the war but, based on the events of various episodes, there were at least eight.

## History

KORPS is an organisation that Frank, Stella and MI9 went to war with over 10 years ago. A full scale secret world war broke out between MI9 and KORPS and both sides fought across the globe. Frank was the commander of the team in the final battle with KORPS. It resulted in the death of his team and Frank was the only victim to get out alive when he had to destroy KORPS' Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (IBM). However, the KORPS leadership survived and, after staying in hiding for over 10 years, they rose to power again in The Fall of SKUL.

In Frankenstein and The Beginning, it was revealed that KORPS existed before World War II and their science division STERNUM was working on a super-soldier program that was later abandoned.

In The Last Stand, The Heart, KORPS' supercomputer, is destroyed.

## Bases

* The main KORPS HQ is regularly seen, with The Crime Minister often sitting in her chair talking to The Mastermind.
* One Flew Over the Budgie's Cage: Parts of the main KORPS base that was stormed by MI9 during the final assault is seen briefly in Frank's flashback dream.
* The Mayze: Keri Summers leads the team to an old KORPS base called The Mayze. Each level of The Mayze was run by a different division of KORPS and many of KORPS' divisions were either seen or mentioned in this episode. Frank mentions that the last M.I.9 team that was sent to find The Mayze vanished 12 years ago, the body of one of the missing agents was found by Keri near the exit. Tom was unable to scan beyond the floor located 0.5 miles beneath the surface.
* Frankenstein, The Beginning: another abandoned KORPS base is found under St Hearts. STERNUM ran a project attempting to create super-soldiers during WWII, but the project was abandoned and the base sealed in 1941. The entrance hatch was initially found by Roly when he was putting a wind gauge into the school garden. Aneisha and Tom drew him away from it and later investigated with Dan, Keri and Frank. After the events of the episode, the base was resealed by M.I.9 and the team was ordered to stay away. Stella found a classified file about the base at M.I.9 HQ, but she did not have clearance to access the file. She has promised to look further into it. Frank and the team hacked the file.
* The Shadow Games:  Alexis von Hades leads the M.I.9 team to the base and later orders an evacuation.
* The Beginning: the KORPS base is damaged when a laser malfunctions.
* The Problem Probe: a temporary base was used to torture Mandy and create an android copy of her.

## Agents

### Active

* Alexis von Hades: KORPS' Shadow Master, his sister Hyperia von Hades was one of the MI9 agents killed in the KORPS assault mission over 10 years ago. KORPS believed he was a traitor, deposed him and attempted to assassinate him. He then turned to MI9 for help and was broken out of a prison in Uttland (Prison Break).
* Linus Currie: Replaced Steinberg as Scientist General of STERNUM and saved The Mastermind after the events of The Final Endgame. He'd been tasked with securing the last two successful clones of The Mastermind. He was trapped by M.I.9 in The Mayze, an old KORPS base. He somehow escaped and appeared in The Beginning.

### Associated with MI9

* Kloe (B.9.2.K.L.0.E.7): A clone of The Mastermind, trained by SKUL and later thrown out. Was arrested by MI9 in Inheritance and taken to an MI9 hospital in the hope of reversing the genetic damage done to her.
* Zoe (V.9.5.Z.0.E.6): A clone of The Mastermind, trained by SKUL and recruited by MI9. She was thought to be the successful clone, but was later revealed to be a failure.
* Keri Summers (J.4.5.K.3.R.1): A clone of The Mastermind, given special treatment by KORPS to make her a successful clone, lived in KORPS base the Mayze on the STERNUM level, thrown out as it was believed that she was a failed clone, adopted by a normal family, rescued from KORPS agents by Dan, Aneisha and Tom, helped them find the Mayze, later recruited by M.I.9 during The Mayze as Zoe's replacement.
* Libi (J.6.3.L.1.B.1): A clone of The Mastermind, given special treatment by KORPS to make her a successful clone, lived and worked in KORPS base the Mayze on the STERNUM level, continued working for KORPS after Keri was thrown out, not knowing her true purpose until she was taken from the base by M.I.9 and adopted out under an M.I.9 protection program to hide her from KORPS.

### Arrested

* Bobby Bleach: KORPS operative, arrested by MI9 in The Germinator. Was sentenced to community service, as he helped MI9.
* Grand Master: ex KORPS captain, arrested by MI9 in The Fall of SKUL.
* Janus: KORPS agent, famous Boldovian folk singer and thought to be an MI9 informant. He was arrested by MI9 in Mission: Incredible.
* Nick Tesla: ex STERNUM operative, imprisoned by KORPS with his colleagues after an accident at STERNUM's heavy extranium reactor caused them all to age by many years and registered as their own grandparents. He was seen in The Final Endgame, when he gave the location of the heavy extranium reactor to the MI High team.
* Dr Retentive: Head of NEOKORTEX, she was arrested by MI9 in One Flew Over the Budgie's Cage.
* The Crime Minister: Second in command of KORPS, assumed dead after final M.I.9 assault over ten years ago, survived and stayed hidden for over ten years until KORPS rose to power again during The Fall of SKUL, survived the events of The Final Endgame, arrested in The Last Stand.
* Hamish Campbell: in charge of the KORTEX/M.I.9 project, arrested in The Last Stand.
* Mike Stern: KORTEX agent, arrested in The Last Stand.

### Dead

* Edwin Grosse: Head of KLAVIKLE, punished by KORPS for his failure in Grosse Encounters. However, this was an impersonator. The real Edwin Grosse died of old age.
* Dr Steinberg: Scientist General of STERNUM, killed by electrocution in The Final Endgame.
* The Mastermind: Head of KORPS, assumed dead after final M.I.9 assault over 10 years ago, survived and stayed hidden for over 10 years until KORPS rose to power again during The Fall of SKUL, survived the events of The Final Endgame, died in The Last Stand.
* Walter M Dainbridge: STERNUM scientist, worked in the STERNUM base under St Hearts's during World War 2, was murdered by Agent Walker in 1941 after she was the test subject for STERNUM's super-soldier project, seen during Frankenstein.
* Agent Walker: STERNUM agent, worked in the STERNUM base under St Hearts's during WWII, was the original test subject for STERNUM's super-soldier program. He was murdered STERNUM scientist Walter Dainbridge after losing her mind, seen during Frankenstein.

## Divisions

### EARDRUM

* EARDRUM's purpose is unknown. It is seen in HQ during Series 7.
* EARDRUM's namesake is the eardrum, which transmits sound in the air to the ear.

### FIST

* FIST's purpose is unknown. It is seen in HQ during Series 7.
* FIST's namesake is a fist, an action that has the fingers curled into the palm and the thumb retracted, displaying the knuckles.

### KLAVIKLE

* KLAVIKLE's purpose in unknown. It was mentioned in Grosse Encounters.
* KLAVIKLE's namesake is the clavicle, or the collarbone, a long bone between the scapula and the sternum that makes up part of the shoulder.

### KNEECAP

* KNEECAP's purpose is unknown. It is seen in HQ during Series 7.
* KNEECAP's namesake is the kneecap, a thick bone which articulates with the thigh bone and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint.

### KNUCKLE

* KNUCKLE appeared in The Fall of SKUL and appear to be the infantry.
* A knuckle is part of the hand.

### KORTEX

* KORTEX was activated in The Mayze and destroyed in The Last Stand.
* It is concerned with infiltrating MI9 and replacing the leadership with KORPS agents.
* KORTEX's namesake is the cortex, the outermost layer of an organ.

### MUSCLE

* MUSCLE's purpose is unknown. It is seen in HQ during Series 7.
* MUSCLE's namesake is the muscle, a soft tissue that provides movement.

### NEOKORTEX

* NEOKORTEX is KORPS' division for biological research.
* NEOKORTEX made it's first, brief appearance when it was activated at the end of Trojan KORPS and was featured in One Flew Over the Budgie's Cage.
* It existed for a long time before the war.
* NEOKORTEX's namesake is the neocortex, a brain part of mammals, it is part of the cerebral cortex which (in humans) deals with inelegance, memory, thinking, consciousness and language.

### NOSTRIL

* NOSTRIL's purpose is unknown. It was seen in the bunker during Trojan KORPS.
* NOSTRIL's namesake is a nostril, one of the two channels of the nose.

### PELVIS

* PELVIS' purpose is unknown. It was seen in the bunker during Trojan KORPS.
* PELVIS' namesake is the pelvis, a bony structure in the middle of the skeleton that connects the base of the spine to the upper end of the legs.

### SKAPULA

* SKAPULA is KORPS' assassination division.
* Revealed in The Shadow Games, it is the annual host of the Shadow Games, a tournament were the deadliest assassins in the world would fight for the position of Shadow Master, the leader of SKAPULA. It is televised on a secure channel. All competitors wore masks on their faces, but would take them off if they were the victor.
* It's leader is the Shadow Master Alexis von Hades.
* It existed a long time before the war and was mention in Old School and was the main focus in The Shadow Games.
* SKAPULA's namesake is the scapula, or the shoulder blade, the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone).

### SKOTOMA

* SKOTOMA is KORPS' division for stealth robotics. It was seen in The Mayze. Similar robots were seen in The Last Stand.
* SKOTOMA's namesake is scotoma, meaning blind spot.

### SKUL

* SKUL was a division of KORPS led by The Grand Master. In The Fall of SKUL it was destroyed by KORPS. It's original purpose is unknown.
* SKUL's namesake is the skull, a bony structure at the top of the skeleton, in the head, that supports the structure of the face and protects the brain.

### SPINE

* SPINE's purpose is unknown. It is seen in HQ during Series 7.
* SPINE's namesake is the spine, a hard needle shaped bone in the back.

### SPLEEN

* SPLEEN's purpose is unknown. It was seen in the bunker during Trojan KORPS and HQ during Series 7.
* SPLEEN's namesake is the spleen, an organ that filters blood.

### STERNUM

* STERNUM is a major division of KORPS. It is for scientific research and led by the scientist general, which (until recently) was Dr Steinberg. However, he was electrocuted in The Final Endgame. It was in charge of creating all the clones of The Mastermind, as well as putting The Mastermind's consciousness into the clones.
* After Steinberg died, Linus Currie took over.
* It existed a long time before the war.
* STERNUM's namesake is the sternum, or breastbone, a flat bone that lies in the middle front part of the ribs.

### STOMACH

* STOMACH's purpose is unknown. It is seen in HQ during Series 7.
* STOMACH's namesake is the stomach, an organ that digests food.

### TORSO

* TORSO's purpose is unknown.
* Agents from TORSO were seen after The Grand Master's stealth plane crashed in The Fall of SKUL and TORSO agents broke into Vault 12 in Trojan KORPS. It was also seen in the bunker in the same episode.
* TORSO's namesake is the torso, the term used for the part of the body inbetween the neck and the limbs. It includes the chest, abdomen and the pelvis.

### VIZION

* VIZION is KORPS' division for architecture, seen in The Mayze.
* VIZION's namesake is visual perception; the ability to process information contained in visible light resulting in perception, otherwise known as eyesight, sight or vision.