The Starlings: 01 - Welcome to Sanctum City

RESTRICTED ACCESS: CONFIDENTIAL FILES

User ID: Dispatch INT XS0452

Clearance: EMBER 5

Reason: Director of the Department of Exit Strategies

Accessing Files

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LOC US0051 - Sanctum City. Formerly known as Washington, DC, the city officially gained statehood in 1974. Due to the presence of EMBER and RESCUE (>ORG NG0043), Sanctum City has an abnormally high concentration of metahuman and alien residents.

EVE XC0122 - Mican Occupation. Commonly known as The Eclipse, a global occupation of Earth by Mican aliens (>ALI PR0005), empowered by advanced technology and regenerating corpses. Final victory secured due to EMBER’s advancements in power-source neutralization (>TEC IN2674). Lasted from 2000 to 2008. 

• EMBER agents lost in action: >INT AG3851
• Other metahumans lost in action: >MET GL5062
• Advancements due to Mican technology: >TEC MI0001

ALI OR0152 - Menagerie. The greatest warrior of Isolde (>ALI OR0012), a planet destroyed by the Micans. In 2015, he came to Earth to prove his supremacy against those who defeated the Micans and restore his lost pride (>EVE XC0186). He killed two White Peace (>ORG ER0584) members, the metahumans Seraph (>MET GL1052) and Bluestreak (>MET GL1864), and escaped from Earth without being apprehended.

• Capabilities: Power Appropriation (upon killing), Flight, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed, Nuclear Resistance, Magic Nullification
• Note: Enhanced Speed is stolen from Bluestreak, he moved exactly the speed of sound: which means it varies with temperature and pressure. Use this! - S.S.

ORG ER0731 - The Falcons. Known as “Sanctum City’s Greatest Heroes,” a popular superhero team founded in 1994 by Peregrine (>MET SC3651) and Kestrel (>MET SC3652). From 1999 to 2004, they were the White Peace's (>ORG ER0584) Sanctum City Mission Team.

• Current Members: 
  • Kestrel: >MET SC3652
  • Kraken: >ALI OG0141
  • Covenant: >MET NY2176
• Former Members:
  • Silver Sentinel: >INT BE0031
  • Meteor: >INT MD0514
  • Peregrine: >MET SC3651
• Assigned Handler: >INT BE0031

ORG IN0093 - The Beacons. EMBER’s primary public strike team. Secondary objective of promoting EMBER to the public.

• Current Members: 
  • Silver Sentinel: >INT BE0031
  • Bastion: >INT BE0029
  • Torch: >INT BE 0032
• Assigned Handler: >INT PA0042
• Note: With all due respect, this description is dog water. Who writes these?? - Torch

ORG ER1639 - The Starlings. A team formed 02/02/2025 as a subsidiary of The Falcons (>ORG ER0731). Five team members, all ages 16-19. They have an online video series through Pulse (>ORG OM0132) where they show their activities to the public. May be in breach of the Ordinance on Video Documentation (>ORD VD0085).

• Members: 
  • Peregrine 2: >MET SC6941
  • Horizon: >MET SC6986
  • Goldbug: >INT XS4284
  • Ricochet: >MET SC8459
  • D-Man: >MET SC8465
• Assigned Handler: >INT MM2195
• Note: I’ll keep an eye on them personally. Handler, do not engage. - S.S.

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Art by Cecília Gonçalves de Azeredo

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