TRU-7
When the alarms in Fort Resonance shift from the steady amber of alert readiness to the searing red of breach protocol, one name is whispered in the command corridors — TRU-7. Known as the Fort’s uncompromising strike force, they are deployed only when a resonance threat has already crossed the point of negotiation or mitigation. If TRU-7 is on the move, something has slipped its containment — and it must be stopped before it destabilizes the Leyweb or spreads beyond recovery.
Unlike the survey and exploration units that chart new worlds and anomalies, TRU-7 operates in the shadows of chaos. They are called to hostile sites where protocols have failed, where phenomena breach their chambers, where resonance entities and unstable pulse events threaten to ripple uncontrollably. The unit’s defining philosophy is cold, clear, and etched into their operation orders: containment first, survival second. Every member understands the stakes — hesitation can mean the difference between an isolated incident and a system-wide cascade failure.
Formed from veterans of collapse zones, crisis suppression teams, and resonance hazard response specialists, TRU-7 trains relentlessly in simulated breach scenarios. Their drills are not rehearsals but reenactments of past disasters, repeated until response is reflex. Their equipment is customized for destructive precision and fast-acting sealant protocols, blending lethal force with field-engineered containment systems.
Where others might see fear in the breach, TRU-7 sees only the work to be done. They are not reckless, but neither are they gentle. They arrive like a controlled detonation — deliberate, targeted, and absolute. When the breach is sealed and the dust settles, there are rarely questions about whether TRU-7 succeeded. There is only silence, and the knowledge that something dangerous no longer walks the corridors of the Leyweb.
Capt. Mira Fen – “Purge”
Capt. Mira Fen is the embodiment of TRU-7’s doctrine — decisive, unflinching, and utterly committed to containment above all else. Her career began in the Oural Collapse Zone, where entire districts fell to cascading resonance fractures. There, she learned the unforgiving reality of breach management: you don’t save everything, and you don’t waste time trying. The scars along her right cheek are relics of those days, earned in an encounter with a lattice entity that burned silver into her armor and nearly breached her helm. Now, her amber tactical goggles are as much a symbol of her resolve as they are a practical tool, shielding her from both the blinding light of active breaches and the memories of the lives she couldn’t save.
Within TRU-7, Fen operates with a precision that borders on the surgical. Her orders are clipped and absolute, designed to cut through chaos like a scalpel. She deploys her team in patterns that both contain the threat and seal off escape vectors, often placing herself in the highest-risk position to buy her squad the seconds they need to close a breach. Though she commands with brutal efficiency, those who’ve served under her know she carries every operation with her afterward — cataloging every loss, every near miss. Fen’s moral clarity is not kindness; it is a hard-edged compass that ensures the greater whole survives, even if the cost is steep.
Lt. Oro Navic – “Snare”
Oro Navic is the net that closes around the impossible. Tall and almost spider-like in his movement, he specializes in kinetic and resonant entrapment systems that immobilize threats mid-action. His multi-range tracker eye — a faint green glow under low light — constantly scans for movement vectors and resonance distortions, allowing him to launch his tether systems with unerring accuracy. Oro’s custom wrist-mounted webcasters are tuned to interact with both physical mass and phase-shifted entities, making them invaluable during multi-spectrum breaches. In TRU-7’s operations, Oro is often the first to engage, locking down the breach subject before it can escalate or scatter.
Despite his role, Oro is not a showman. He moves with a quiet deliberation, speaking only to confirm target capture or request recalibration. In the field, his calm is contagious — the kind of stillness that settles even in the middle of screaming alarms and pulsing hazard lights. Those who’ve trained with him know his traps are more than tools; they are calculated gambits that take into account not only the physics of the target but the psychology of the moment. When Oro deploys, escape becomes a statistical impossibility. If he’s aiming at you, you’re not going anywhere — and in TRU-7’s line of work, that can mean the difference between sealing a breach and losing an entire sector.
Spec. Rina Sol – “Cauter”
Rina Sol is the Fort’s most accomplished breach sealer, a reputation built not on speed, but on absolute permanence. Her approach to containment is hands-on, working with a suite of custom-built pulse cauterization tools that she alone calibrates. Compact and physically unassuming, Rina is often underestimated until the breach begins to scream — a sound she meets with unshaken focus and burn-resistant gloves already in place. The soot on her cheeks isn’t for effect; it’s the residue of hundreds of sealed ruptures where she stood her ground long after others had evacuated.
In TRU-7, Rina is the final act. Once the threat is neutralized or immobilized, she steps into the breach zone and begins the process of sealing it for good. Her work involves stabilizing volatile harmonic edges, neutralizing phase bleed, and hard-locking dimensional rifts so they cannot reopen without a complete rekey from Fort Resonance. She hums softly while working — a habit that unnerves some and reassures others. For Rina, the hum is a mental anchor, a reminder of the rhythm of precision required to close the gap between disaster and safety. When she says a breach is sealed, the Fort doesn’t question it.
Cpl. Jorr Talvek – “Maul”
Jorr Talvek is TRU-7’s blunt instrument, a towering figure encased in reinforced black carapace plating, shock coils glowing faintly along his forearms. His voice, filtered through a modulator, is as inhuman as his presence — a deliberate intimidation factor when facing resonance entities that may respond to perceived threat. Before joining TRU-7, Jorr fought in underground pararesonant gladiator circuits, where survival meant adapting to unpredictable and often monstrous opponents. That history left him with both the skillset and the mindset to confront whatever comes through a breach, no matter how alien or hostile.
Jorr’s role in breach operations is as straightforward as it is critical: he is the enforcer who ensures that once a threat is engaged, it cannot fight back. Whether through overwhelming physical force, shock-induced paralysis, or targeted armor overrides, Jorr is the wall between the danger and the rest of his team. The tally marks etched into his forearm guard are not boasts but records — each one a breach neutralized, a threat ended. He doesn’t dwell on the morality of his work; his measure of success is whether the Fort survives to fight another day. In TRU-7’s brutal calculus, Maul’s presence is often the deciding factor between an incident and a catastrophe.