Capricorn Station (SAINT Unit)

The following Star Army Intelligence personnel are assigned to Capricorn Star Fortress on the spaceborne Senti megastructure Shurista. They are collectively designated as “Capricorn Station” in accordance with internal SAINT nomenclature. They are NPCs directed by the SAINT manager, Ametheliana.

Capricorn Station was created in YE 44 as a clandestine activities office following the installation of the Zodiac-Class Star Fortress Capricorn into the Shurista megastructure. Its personnel exist to collect information from aboard Shurista and provide intelligence support for Star Army units in the region when local fleet intelligence proves insufficient. The black hulled Midori-Class Scout Ship, YSS Geoid, is assigned to scouting duty out of Star Army docks on Shurista and works closely with the soldiers of Capricorn Station.

Twelve Star Army soldiers make up the SAINT unit called Capricorn Station. They only wear their black paneled uniforms when working at their secure offices or for other private Star Army functions, and otherwise maintain cover identities when acting overtly in public spaces.

Taii Leopold Fritz is an Intelligence Officer serving as the chief of Capricorn Station. He is a pale, freckled Minkan with unusually large hands and a diamond shaped face marked with the beginnings of crow's feet wrinkles beneath his brown eyes. Leopold has blonde hair that is speckled with silver. The minor signs of aging shown on his face were artificially bio-engineered for his body, which is only four years old, to suit his true age of 53.

Leopold is a deeply inquisitive researcher who seems most comfortable when diving into new information. He is an effective manager and is ultimately responsible for intelligence processed by Capricorn Station and delivered to SAINT's Executive Intelligence Directorate.

These Star Army Intelligence Analysts make up Capricorn Station's analysis office. Although they are not operatives, they are sometimes tasked with collecting information in the field on Shurista:

• Shoi Naoki Yamaji heads up Capricorn Station's day-to-day intelligence analysis operations. He is a Minkan with blond hair and icy blue eyes.
• Nitô Heisho Iekami Izumi is a Nekovalkyrja, Type 33 analyst. Her bright blue hair has mauve tips that match her eyes, and she has a bubbly personality.
• Ittô Hei Nakaya Ryota is a Minkan intelligence analyst with black hair and brown eyes. Having only ever been assigned to posts outside of the Yamataian core systems, he has an adventurous and fun-loving way about him but is nonetheless dedicated to his profession.
• Santô Hei Anna Maclachlan is a junior Minkan intelligence analyst. A mousey young woman of Nepleslian descent, Anna has curled, ruddy brown hair and dark blue eyes.
• Jôtô Hei Sato Kazuhiro is a SAINT Information Warfare Specialist. This Minkan has been an information technology whiz since his youth, and works more extra duty shifts than anyone else assigned to Capricorn Station. He loves foreign cultures, which he mostly consumes through the lens of their computer games.

These Star Army Intelligence Operatives are assigned to clandestine duty on Shurista, and report directly to the Station Chief:

• Jôtô Heisho Hokkaido Umeki is an NH-33S (Stealth) with light grey skin and a cute face. She has green hair and bright orange eyes. Everyone recognizes her as very friendly and helpful, but Station Chief Fritz knows her personality is a well-constructed farce.
• Joto Heisho Takahara Naoto is an NH-33S who has a sharp, severe look in her gunmetal silver eyes. She has slightly tanned skin and black hair. Naoto has top scores in marksmanship, and has never missed her target.

These soldiers from SAINT's Research, Investigations, Supply, and Extraction directorate are attached as specialists to Capricorn Station's mission. All three of the Logistics Liaison Office soldiers double as extra security for Capricorn Station's offices, and frequently train alongside the unit's operatives.

• Shoi Akechi Tatsuko is a Hera Group Science Operative. She is a grave looking Minkan with dark circles under her purple eyes who has pale skin and black hair she wears in a bun.
• Jôtô Heisho Fukuyama Fumie is a Nekovalkyrja, Type 33A is a Star Army Cargo and Supply Specialist working under the authorization of SAINT's Logistics Liaison Office. Despite having orange hair and yellow eyes, she is more straightforward than she is fiery, and enjoys lifting heavy things with her underlings both on and off duty.
• Santô Hei Kohmi Momo is another Type 33A Nekovalkyrja Cargo and Supply soldier working to keep Capricorn Station's personnel comfortably quartered. She has pink hair with green eyes, and smiles a lot more than her jovial comrades, Fumie and John. Momo thinks of herself as a secret agent because of her assignment to a SAINT unit even though she doesn't know anything at all about stealth or intelligence gathering.
• Santo Hei John Turkeyhawk was born in Funky City on Planet Nepleslia, and was known for his brawn even among the gangers of his apartment block. Since joining the Star Army and getting assigned to the secretive Logistics Liaison's Office, he has transferred into Minkan body. Although he's maintained his impressive physique through the change and is a tall man who towers over his fellow supply clerks, he tends to be on the receiving end of their playful bullying and takes it in stride. John has sandy brown hair and green eyes. He keeps a childhood scar on his left cheek and makes sure to enjoy a tanning lamp after working out so that he doesn't get pasty from service on a spacecraft.

This unit operates out of a secret office facility attached to a restricted access dock berthing¹⁾ within the Star Army base complex on Capricorn Star Fortress. The small facility includes a barracks and logistical support services.

The YSS Geoid is a Midori-Class Scout Ship painted in black livery. This YOMI²⁾ ship is assigned to reconnaissance and survey duties in the Lonely Expanse, and operates out of the SAINT dock attached to Capricorn Station's offices. The operatives and analysts of Capricorn Station work closely with the YSS Geoid and often serve as a first point of processing and analysis for information the ship collects. It is commanded by Taii Myoga Mamoru.

raz created this article on 2023/08/30 15:30 with additional material provided by Ametheliana. It was approved³⁾ by Demibear on 2023/08/30 23:38.