First Team

Overview
First Teams Pentex controls. It devours. It can and does employ fomori who come across its path, and the constant spiritual degradation of its human employees makes them attractive candidates for hungry Banes. But Pentex wants more. It wants to serve the Wyrm and get rich doing so. It doesn’t just want whatever it can find - it wants to create the strongest, fastest, and most controllable fomor possible. This is where the long, multi-segmented First Team recruitment, training and corruption program comes in. Welcome to the elite.

The First Teams Even the most thorough Pentex brainwashing can’t remove the very human instinct to prefer the company of similar people. Human and fomori troops would prefer to mix with their own — the humans feel an unconscious repulsion from the ‘mutants’, while the fomori know the ‘squishies’ are forever ignorant of the fomor experience. Pentex doesn’t care about these preferences. It builds First Teams based on statistical data, mission requirements and available resources. Most First Teams include both humans and formori. Exceptions exist — VIP protection details that can’t be exposed as supernatural may be entirely human, while brutal heavy assaults against the most fortified enemy may call for only the toughest fomori. Troops shift between teams and can be reassigned with little notice, especially in high casualty areas. Despite this, most First Teams have a semi-permanent roster and a sense of camaraderie develops between teammates, especially after saving each other a few times. Experienced Teams with a good success record may have consistent membership — barring casualties — but no Team should be complacent. Upper management will occasionally tear teams apart just for the small satisfaction of inflicting misery on others. Every First Team has a corporate designation and purpose according to organizational charts. Most teams go wherever Pentex sends them and follow whatever orders they’re given. General purpose First Teams fulfil a variety of roles including direct combat, sabotage, or VIP protection. Most troops never progress beyond generalist duties, but those who show ability in specific areas may be chosen for additional training to join one of Pentex’s more specialized First Teams.