Warp Squad 16 were an elite squadron of pilots who helped enforce peace across Alliance territory. For as along as there had been an Alliance, there had been a Warp Squad. When a member died or retired, they were quickly replaced with the next best pilot who was waiting in line in the Reformatory. There was always one pilot from each of the sixteen Alliance planets inside Warp Squad, ensuring fair representation for all inside the Alliance.
However, on the 15th of August, the entire Warp Squad went missing. An investigation was launched into their vanishing which has culminated in the revelations found in Wanderers: Genesis.
You can read the results of the findings and interviews that took place here. But in brief, it was determined that Warp Squad 16 were sent out to meet an unknown threat that was devouring the stars. The threat turned out to be an artificially created wormhole. Warp Squad flew too near and became caught in a gravity-field. With no options left, Warp Squad 16 flew into the anomaly itself.
In doing so, the wormhole fractionalised Warp Squad 16 into the Wanderers.
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Codename: Fission
An atomic scientist and the hero of the HyperChem plague. Made the difficult decision to explode the local star in the Teres system, preventing the plague spreading beyond those planets and people.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Cosmo
Renowned epistemologist and philosopher, Cosmo joined Warp Squad as part of his greater voyage for meaning. His theory on cellular organisms arriving here via comets, prior to our evolution, is now widely accepted.
Missing since the 15th of August.
Codename: Aegis
Defence specialist responsible for standardizing the bullet-wave deterrent, now prominent on most major orbitals. Her work in this area helped reduce clone smuggling by 68%.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Chasm
No records exist of Chasm prior to his arrival at the Warp Squad Reformatory. Chasm possesses a unique form of astrakinesis: he whispers to the void and asks it for assistance. The reply is channeled through his being and out into his immediate surroundings. It’s said that Chasm whispers but the void screams.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Hawk
Prior to joining WS16 Hawk was an infamous bounty Hunter working for Eth in the Teres system. Once Hawk tastes a scent, he never gives up the hunt.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Mortis
Terrible guilt used to cripple Mortis after a kill. While surgery did fix the issue, the operation overcorrected, removing too much brain-tissue and absolutely all remorse.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Reef
Infamous Bliss smuggler, Reef was a galactic outlaw only brought down by multiple Warp Squad members working in tandem. Reef's piloting skills were so impressive, they were offered a choice between incarceration and the WSR.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Vizard
When surgical accuracy is preferred to bombs and bullets, Vizard is called upon. This infiltrator and assassin has never shown their face, not even to Warp Squad 16. Vizard has a vast collection of predatory masks to choose between, depending on mood and the mission.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Oracle
A strategic battle planner who possesses short-term precog abilities. Oracle’s mind lingers beyond the edge of time -- he sees a blade fall while others only see it rise.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Halcyon
Halcyon, a gifted healer and medic, once worked in a mega-hospital orbiting Uliah. After the hospital was destroyed by fanatics for the care it provided to clones, Halcyon became disillusioned with his work. He searched for a place where he could provide lasting good and found WS16. Halcyon can heal near-lethal wounds with only a pass of his hand.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Prodigy
The youngest member ever to be accepted into WS16. Prodigy is hyper-intelligent and has already pioneered photonic A.I., as well as theorising how to access the seventh dimension.
Missing since the 15th of August.
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Codename: Formalin
Few Sluds ever leave the hydroponic habitats that lie deep beneath their ocean-soaked world. Formalin however, fascinated by the stars, was always an exception. WS recruitment soon took notice of Formalin cruising through space as smoothly as if it was an ocean.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Siren
Siren followed the song of the stars firstly to WS16, then later — as part of the team — to the outermost areas of explored space. An archaeologist and a dreamer, Siren is not looking for meaning in the universe, she simply wants to witness the beauty it possesses.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Guest
Guest isn’t all that they once were. Clinically dead for an entire day before receiving an experimental nanobot treatment, Guest returned a little different. Beyond human.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Tarlor
Tarlor was a biologist on an exploratory ship, until it was raided by scavengers and the crew slaughtered. Tarlor hid in a Cryopod, surviving the raid, but with no one left alive to wake her. For a million years her ship ambled onwards until it reached alliance territory and Warp Squad found her. She wears her lost solar system as a reminder.
Missing since the 15th of August.
¶ Codename: Selene
Selene was born on Paldana’s second moon to prominent research scientists. Seven years later, her parents were murdered in an anti-cloning terrorist assault. Selene has worked tirelessly to help keep universal peace since, wanting to ensure no other child suffers similar loss.
Missing since the 15th of August.