The Savage Six
Ferronauts are often efficient and uncompromising but there is one crew that is so mean-spirited and gung-ho that they are having a hard time finding work for themselves even in the cutthroat world of S'aue politics and trade.
This crew is known as the Savage Six.
A few of the members became fast friends during incarceration, and it is in the penitentiary of Whirlington that all six of them were gathered for the first time. They quickly came up with a plan to break out of the facility and they successfully did so mere weeks into their sentences, destroying an entire wing of the building and also several of the guards in the process.
Once free, the group went on to fight in the arenas for a time, which gave them a certain untouchability as, through a loophole in their contracts, they were considered employees of the arena proprietors. Said proprietors in turn made the claim that their fights were providing entertainment for the masses and therefore could count as civil service and as such the six were, technically, serving their sentence.
The Savage Six is still a crew that mostly fights in the arenas because of their volatile nature that makes potential employers reluctant to hire them for mercenary work.
The Six believe that might makes right and that as long as there is something for them to gain, no method is off the table in the pursuit of said gain. Ironically, this attitude is the primary reason the group finds less work than they would by showing some professional restraint.
The Savage Six are proof that the S'aue are entirely capable of being really quite bad people even without being part of the Somatic Collective.
The brains of the operation, or at least he would like to think so.
One is a cruel schemer who makes sure that the rest of the Six fall in line when push comes to shove.
The only female of the group, Two is a vindictive and petty sociopath that delights in destruction.
Truth be told, even the other five are somewhat wary of her.
Silent and brooding, Three is an assassin through and through.
Unlike his comrades, Three detests unnecessary destruction, thinking it sloppy work to destroy anything but the target.
A brutish and massive S'aue, Four is the muscle of the group.
Capable of ramming through concrete walls, Four can and will crush you.
The reconnaissance specialist of the group.
If there is something to know about a job, target or place, Five will find it out.
A maniac and a sadist, Six is the attack dog.
He wears a magnetic emotional dampener band around his head that One can activate if he goes too far off the rails.
This crew is known as the Savage Six.
History
The Savage Six was not formed in a way that is usual for ferronaut crews. Instead, the six members gradually found eachother during contracts, often butting heads against eachother when they had contradicting mission directives.A few of the members became fast friends during incarceration, and it is in the penitentiary of Whirlington that all six of them were gathered for the first time. They quickly came up with a plan to break out of the facility and they successfully did so mere weeks into their sentences, destroying an entire wing of the building and also several of the guards in the process.
Once free, the group went on to fight in the arenas for a time, which gave them a certain untouchability as, through a loophole in their contracts, they were considered employees of the arena proprietors. Said proprietors in turn made the claim that their fights were providing entertainment for the masses and therefore could count as civil service and as such the six were, technically, serving their sentence.
The Savage Six is still a crew that mostly fights in the arenas because of their volatile nature that makes potential employers reluctant to hire them for mercenary work.
Methods
The Savage Six live up to their name, often completing their jobs with reckless abandon and plentiful collateral damage, both to personnel and property.The Six believe that might makes right and that as long as there is something for them to gain, no method is off the table in the pursuit of said gain. Ironically, this attitude is the primary reason the group finds less work than they would by showing some professional restraint.
The Savage Six are proof that the S'aue are entirely capable of being really quite bad people even without being part of the Somatic Collective.
Members
One
by Midjourney
One is a cruel schemer who makes sure that the rest of the Six fall in line when push comes to shove.
Two
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Truth be told, even the other five are somewhat wary of her.
Three
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Unlike his comrades, Three detests unnecessary destruction, thinking it sloppy work to destroy anything but the target.
Four
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Capable of ramming through concrete walls, Four can and will crush you.
Five
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If there is something to know about a job, target or place, Five will find it out.
Six
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He wears a magnetic emotional dampener band around his head that One can activate if he goes too far off the rails.
No day like payday
What do you think, kneecaps or teeth?–Six to Two, referring to what to break next on the poor sod they are interrogating
by Midjourney
I mean....they might be (they are. They 100% are) utterly off the rails unhinged. They might be (absolutely) bastards. They most certainly are criminals. However distastefully as that might be, one likely cannot argue to much about their effectiveness. So long as One can keep some level of target permanence and priority in the minds and actions of the rest, the skill sets and dispositions read like a group who, come hell, highwater, or a lot of dead bodies, will get shit done. And dark as it might be, there is at least a modicum of professional respect that might deserve. Well written, an interesting little group, certainly one I shall need to keep in mind, and as such I shall be tucking this in my collection :)