Belltower Associates

The Belltower Group is an umbrella organization of private military contractors that provide mercenary forces and/or a security solution. It is currently headed by Oscar Freetown, who intends to continue monopolizing the private security sector. Belltower's history is rather diverse, going through both rises and declines but nonetheless keeping afloat. As of 2240, it is the largest security company to date, with several branch-offs. It offers close protection, security consulting, enemy talk-downs, private security, security monitoring and devices/emplacements, rapid response units, and monetary and prisoner transport.

Members of the company have a high sense of loyalty to each other, including a high sense of morale. Operations are generally conducted by individual units who work well amongst themselves. However, if one unit fires upon another unit in line work, then they stay devoted and reluctantly take down the opposition.

The company was formed in 2097 by Roger St. John-Ffolkes, who was a British Army officer. Its life began as a security consulting organization and close protection agency, serving many companies as it grew in popularity in Europe over the next decade. In 2114, its future as a security company evolved after the Tidewater International scandal. The previous leader in private security was caught dealing with Afghan insurgents, leading to the company to be shunned and immediately disbanded. Belltower filled the role that Bluewater left unmanned and set a new standard for security businesses. The company and its subdivisions grew rapidly and considerably and became one of the Inner Colonies' largest security companies after the Interplanetary War.

In 2119, Belltower started Plan Infinity, their own augmented employees program. Under it, they offered their soldiers and allies immediate augmentation support and deferred payment for every employee under the terms that they stayed loyal to the organization. In addition to this, Belltower also recruits personnel in various ways, from military cutbacks and standard recruitment drives to recruiting defeated adversaries. It also includes former police officers and several high-profile former criminals.

The 2120s led to the company's largest growth it had ever seen, as it was hired by some nations as a mercenary force during the Domus Diaspora and the Interplanetary War. In 2128, Roger St. John-Ffolkes stepped down as leader after the end of the war, giving ownership to his 2 sons, Andrew and Luther. By 2130, the organization provides personal security for high-ranking officials in almost every country on Earth and many colonies.

It had become apparent to Andrew St. John-Ffolkes that they needed to keep up with colonial demand. Hiring a popular company by the name of the Santeau Group, he asked them to construct arms manufacturing plants on Earth, Mars, and in the Jovian Moons to monopolize on providing arms and security to anything under the guise it would help. However, he also provided weaponry to ex-Koslovics and ex-Friedens, stirring up more controversy and splinter warfare. Luther St. John-Ffolkes opposed Andrew's move and hired a group of their own mercenaries to kill Andrew. The attack failed and ended up falling in on him, leading to Andrew personally drowning his brother in the Caribbean Sea.

The company was headed by Andrew until 2143, where authorities had evidence concluding that he had been the one to kill his brother, not a rogue agent or third party. He was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. A power vacuum subsequently occurred, resulting in an oligarchic leadership and a disarray in ranks. It wasn't until 15 years later in 2158 that a consistent production happened and a sufficient leadership headed the company. Their largest production wing to date, the Tarvos Arms & Security Australia, was built in 2160 in northwestern Australia around the remains of Kimbolton, Western Australia.

In 2194, workers in the Australian company's facility went on strike after they cited supposed poor working conditions, although the resulting court case found that it was a hoax and a cover-up for a money-laundering workers union. The facility leader, Roland Backsen, was brought down on charges several years later after murdering 9 workers with a bomb inside a vacuum tube. A power vacuum was avoided, with a heavily-respected member rising to leadership. The leader's son, Oscar Freetown, came to lead Belltower Associates after the old leader in 2219 and has headed the organization ever since.

The company HQ is located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico on planet Earth. The headquarters is a skyscraper near the middle of the city of Merida. Belltower also owns and operates many large bunkers in undisclosed locations to house their security hardware and offloads. Key facilities include a Maritime Base in Texas, United States and a training facility in Bangalore, India (so close to the himalayas i can taste it). They hold offices on Earth in Australia, China, India, Kenya, England, France, Germany, Czechia, Belarus, Georgia, and the United States. Similarly, they also hold office in most nations off of Earth.

Aside from their legal activies, Belltower also manages a comprehensive smuggling industry. They cooperate with other businesses as well. Corporate clients task them with organized crime, human trafficking, and goods and weapons smuggling, along with its legal activities (basically they employ the legal activities in their smuggling jobs by using them as cover). They also carry out black operations through their specially-enhanced teams and personnel, as well as supporting rogue cells and corrupt allies. As they are devoted to their mission, they will fire upon other units with opposing jobs.

[Handguns]

• Zenith CA-40 - Semi-auto/Full-auto | Ammo: Brass Royals 10mm Ammunition | Att: Suppressor, Laser Sight, Optics

• Zenith ZAP - Semi-Auto | Ammo: Bobson Synthetics Zenith Dart (Nonlethal, obviously) | Att: Laser Sight

• Diamondback .357 - Semi-auto | Ammo: .357 Magnum Special/Kaiga Ltd. .357 | Att: Laser Sight, Optics
  

[Sub-Machine Guns]

• Hurricane TMP-18 - Semi-auto/Full-auto | Ammo: 9x19mm | Att: Target-Seeking Flechette, Suppressor, Laser Sight, Optics
  

[Rifles]

• FR-27 Sanction Flechette Rifle - Semi-auto/Full-auto | Ammo: .303 | Att: Target-Seeking Flechette, Suppressor, Laser Sight, Optics

• SB-762 Battle Rifle - Semi-auto/Full-auto | Ammo: Osprey GmbH 7.62x51mm | Att: Optics, Laser Sight

• LS-66 Sabre Direct Energy Rifle - | Full-auto (laser) | Ammo: LINA Cells | Att: Optics

• Hi-NRG Plasma Lance - Semi-auto/3-round burst | Ammo: DPF Capsules | Att: N/A

• Longsword II 203 Eraser - Semi-auto | Ammo: Synergies .416 caliber Ultrasonic | Att: Laser Sight, Optics

• Longsword Whisperhead SERSR - Semi-auto | Ammo: Synergies .416 caliber Ultrasonic | Att: Laser Sight, Optics (internally suppressed)

• TRQ 203-C Longsword - Semi-Auto | Ammo: Kaiga Ltd. Hypo-dyne PPS Dart | Att: Optics, Laser Sight (internally suppressed)

• PAX-22 Tranq Rifle - Single Fire | Ammo: Kaiga Ltd. "Tranquilizer Darts" | Att: Optics (internally suppressed)
  

[Shotguns]

• Widowmaker TX Tech-1 Devastator - Full-auto | Ammo: Kaiga Ltd. 12-Gauge Buckshot | Att: Laser Sight, Suppressor

• Widowmaker TX - Semi-auto | Ammo: Kaiga Ltd. 12-Gauge | Att: Laser Sight, Suppressor, Optics (not as severe as above, so add a scope)
  

[Light Machine Guns]

• M404 Machine Gun - Full-auto | Ammo: 5.56x45
  

[Explosive Weapons]

• Pulsed Energy Projection System - Single Fire | Ammo: P.E.P.S Energy Pack | Att: Optics

• 329-Series Man-Portable Rocket System - Single Fire | Ammo: HE Smart-Rocket | Att: Optics (already heat-seeking)

• Linebacker G-87 Multiple Shot Grenade Launcher - Semi-auto | Ammo: 40x46mm HE | Att: N/A (optics built in)
  

[Explosives]

• Shok-Tac V.5 Concussion Grenade

• Pulsar Type E Electromag Grenade [EMP]

• KSA-Type Smoke Deployment

• M1-A Fragmentation Grenade

• Riot Captor Spray [Tear Gas]

• M-28 Utility Remote-Detonated Explosive Device (m28 ur-ded)

• GZ-1/Mark 87 Tactical Munition Mine (Can be used for any of the above grenades)
  

[Melee/Augmentations]

• Cybernetic Arm Prosthesis - Nanoblade

• TESLA (wrist/hand aug that allows you to incapacitate enemies)

• Typhoon - "The Typhoon Explosive System is a series of interlinked and electromagnetic launchers installed throughout the body and connected to a target processor installed at the base of the user's spine. When activated, the launchers simultaneously eject a volley of liquid crystal elastomer projectiles in a targeted 360-degree arc. The projectiles can be configured either to a lethal explosive or a non-lethal concussive blast."