TRU-9
In the depths of Fort Resonance, far from the corridors where weapons are calibrated and tactical routes are plotted, there is a place where silence is not absence but preparation. This is where TRU-9 works—four individuals whose battlefield is language, culture, and the intangible webs of meaning that hold societies together. They are the Myth-Weavers, the bridge between Fort Resonance’s operational force and the civilizations they encounter through the Leyweb.
Unlike the pulse navigators or breach response teams, TRU-9’s role begins before a word is spoken. They are deployed to worlds where the stakes are not defined by weapons fire, but by a misunderstood gesture, a mistranslated glyph, or a broken cultural ritual. Their goal is not to impose, but to understand—because in the arena of first impressions, the wrong word can fracture a fragile future.
TRU-9’s work demands patience that can outlast tension, and insight that can turn a cultural deadlock into a dialogue. They study for months before missions, parsing fragments of symbolic patterns, reconstructing languages from incomplete data, and rehearsing ceremonial acts whose meanings are buried under centuries of tradition. When they step into the field, they bring with them not only their own skills, but the weight of Fort Resonance’s hope for peaceful contact and deep understanding.
Every member of TRU-9 carries a part of the story—mythology, linguistics, social patterns, or tonal resonance—woven together into a net strong enough to catch meaning before it slips away.
Dr. Teyla Sorin — “Mythos”
Teyla Sorin leads TRU-9 with a composure earned through decades of listening more than speaking. Standing tall in memory-thread robes, her presence alone sets a tone of respect in any chamber, human or alien. Her eyes seem to hold centuries of history, and in many ways, they do—her mind is an archive of civilizations, their myths, their rites, and their hidden truths.
She approaches every culture as a puzzle worth solving, and every myth as a veiled truth waiting to be revealed. Whether deciphering an ancient ritual performed beneath a resonant moon or translating a dream-encoded prophecy, Teyla treats the work with reverence. She has been known to settle disputes not through negotiation, but by telling a species’ own creation story back to them, perfectly aligned to their tonal patterns, as if she had been present at the beginning.
Lt. Varek Thul — “Script”
Varek Thul lives and breathes the written word—even if that word has been dead for millennia. Gaunt and perpetually ink-stained, his skin is marked by sigils from nineteen extinct languages, a testament to his lifelong devotion to syntax and grammar. He carries with him a portable lexicon studio, capable of cataloguing and analyzing any writing system he encounters in the field.
Varek’s brilliance lies not only in translation, but in reconstruction. Presented with scattered fragments of a language, he can rebuild its grammar from scratch, finding connections others overlook. It is not uncommon for him to enter a linguistic fugue, muttering reconstructed words to himself for hours, refining each syllable until it resonates with perfect meaning.
Spec. Henn Vara — “Thread”
Henn Vara sees patterns where others see chaos. Her notebooks—covered in spirals, loops, and intricate geometric sketches—are less art than maps of meaning. Through these, she decodes the invisible frameworks of ritual, behavior, and societal structure that guide a culture’s choices.
Her gift is more than observation; it is embodiment. Henn can step into an alien community and, without speaking their language, mirror their rituals closely enough to earn trust. This capacity has allowed TRU-9 to penetrate guarded societies without triggering suspicion, giving them a vantage point no other unit could hope to achieve.
Cpl. Eran Solvik — “Echo”
Eran Solvik is the recorder of the unspoken. Using a neural-capture headset, he translates the emotional subtext in alien speech into clear, structured intent. His forearms are wrapped in pulse-dampening bands to ensure his own presence does not distort the readings, allowing him to capture communication in its purest form.
Quiet and methodical, Eran often lets his transcripts speak for him. His work has turned moments of potential hostility into breakthroughs of mutual understanding, revealing not just what was said, but the deeper truth of why it was said.