Emergency Control Organisation [ECO] / HAVENSEC

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SPRS // DOSSIER // SECURITY4+ LIMITED, HIGHLY CLASSIFIED

AUTHOR :: STAFFORD, ALEXANDER – UEE COMBAT AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE

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I propose this file to be kept secret until we need it disclosed to anyone. This group may seem at the first layer somewhat idle and not a major threat, but their ability to make their way onboard any ship and either hijack, or simply stow themselves away could easily make this file disappear. Just my advice.

In the year 2935, Space, as we well know, was still relatively unsafe, even more so than it is to this day. Pilots of skill were vital, particularly for cargo and it quickly became a common sight for a simple cargoship to be flanked with four to five separate ships operating in a security convoy. These ships were often provided by numerous security companies that had taken the new frontier as their new business plan. It was around this time that the name SPRS first started occuring. They were not, necessarily, the most well known of the security companies, but their history, or that which I have been able to uncover, is stellar and unique. From what I am able to gather, their complete origin lies somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean on Earth. They seem to have lived, or based themselves from a small Oil Rig that had dug all the resources from the area and was then abandoned by the mining corporation. After some digging, I found that this location was chosen as it was in between the USA and Europe, allowing quick transit to key location across the globe.

It’s first gathered documents, dug into from old Earth intelligence groups implied that its’ members were largely brought in from discharged members of the UKSF (SAS, SBS and SRR/SRS) the USSF (SEALs, Delta, Rangers) and other stellar groups from across the globe, including intelligence members and figures from forces including the Mossad. Interestingly, it seems that while Michael Hammond was still working as the head of MI5, his name was on numerous papers found within one of this communities police raided vessels (It should be noted that the police report very shortly after being compiled, was lost, and this is only said from the memory of one of the police officers who recorded it in a private Journal that was eventually published. It’s so far unproven). They were tasked, typically, as a PMSC, supplying security or military facilities and personnel to those willing to pay. Their performance here was stellar, and they typically liked to strike from vehicles, before disembarking, and cleaning up with their forces firsthand skill.

There was a long length of time that all files seemed to have died down, up until a while after space travel became accessable to those whom could afford it. It seemed that the SPRS, or as it was known then, Haven Security, were one of those groups. They pioneered the creation of a combat ship that was fast, defensive, and had the space for men to be deployed to boarding or extra-hull combat. Officially, they provided basic security and recovery to those groups in dire need. Unofficially and unproven, it seemed that some supply ships, never the ships Havensec were hired to defend- notably, were raided, with their entire passenger groups onboard killed, and key cargo or information was taken before the ship itself was left to be lost in space. Only a few of these lost ships seem to be accounted for, others may well still be travelling, empty. I have no proof or solid evidence to imply that this was the work of HavenSec, but it’s a pretty good chance that somebody had information that whatever was being carried was worth a lot, and sold this information to HavenSec- before HavenSec decided they could do with it. Of course this could be pirates, or the work of any of the security groups around at the time, but it almost seemed to fit their MO of efficiency.

HavenSec’s activities continued much like this for a long period of time. Providing security and safety to those who could afford it, providing facilities for corporations to train- or providing, unofficially, a sword for hire. They provided security for a number of large orbital stations or planetary based cities, and thus both had access to a large pool of recruits, credits and space for holding. HavenSec pioneered the idea of, rather than smuggling weapons into a city where it was illegal and thus risky to store firearms- they’d harbour a ship just outside of the areas jurisdiction, loaded with weaponry, so that if anybody needed access to anything illegal, or to store anything illegal, for a price, they could. These “Floating Armouries” were vital both in HavenSecs growth- and it’s downfall.

Suddenly, in 2933 HavenSec seemed to have been infiltrated from within, and large shows of gunfire and explosions were reported from all over the HavenSec protected space and floating armouries can be seen to explode even from planetside. Suddenly, HavenSecs contracting slowed significantly and nobody declared themselves proudly to be either a citizen, recruit or contractor from their company- and no survivors wished to tell their tale, bar a few. Accounts vary, but what seemed to happen was that Havensec had grown too large, and simply too profitable, that within the company there was signs of borderline fanatacism for the org. These members took matters into their own hands- and anyone they deemed not loyal to Havensecs cause, were summarily punished by these fanatics. Obviously an awful PR move, and one the company seems to want to quickly forget.

HavenSec fell off of the radar that year, following the incident, and a couple years later, in 2935, some of its Officers re-emerged, and Havensec, to a degree- returned. They largely named themselves after their efficiency, UKSF heritage and their preferred method of combat- or so I can assume-, and thus was born the Special Raiding Squadron. The group, in its origin, were simply lost soldiers whom were well trained, efficient, but had no ship or place to call home. They pioneered and perfected the method that including sneaking onto a ship while others were either boarding, or while it was unattended, hiding themselves onboard, and waiting until the ship had travelled outside of safe space to requisition the ship, cargo or crew. This is how their fleet, and their men were funded at their beginning. No loans, no payments, simply forced repossession. No footage seems to have survived from the ships, however there were, when I pushed some stations hard enough for their files, some video footage of a known officer of the group, boarding a cargo ship from its unattended cargobay, before an hour passed and the designated pilot and crew got on board. Normally, this wouldn’t be a large issue, however a very similar vessel arrived next week, with a fresh datasystem, manned only by the Officer and his comrades. No leads were pursued and no security threat seemed to have been perceived. Other footage found seems to show a group of pirates entering a raided station, only for members of the SPRS to quickly move from a position lodged under the landing pad behind them, and hijack their ship before they had known what had happened, eventually leading to the pirates arrest once they were forced to fire a distress signal.

Since then, the SPRS seem to have done some security and investigative work, and their name, once more, seems to be recognized by some. I have no information on their fleet strength, their combat efficiency, or any illegal corners they may have cut, but I do know that if their history is true, the crew of the SPRS could very well be a threat, if their deeds weren’t so damned ambiguous. I cannot tell if they are simply a group of pirates, smugglers, adrenaline junkies or an efficient and professional PMC- or even if, indeed, they’re all of the above.

I should also note that the SPRS is really only just a sector of Havensec- albeit the most visible one. Havensec seems to be larger than just the Raiding squadron, and the company seems to be gradually reviving itself.

Signing off, Alexander Stafford of the UEE Combat and Threat Intelligence Service

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ATTACHED FILE :: HAVENSEC UPDATE, BREAKTHROUGH, 2948

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Captain Chapman, there’s an issue, one which I don’t like the look of.

I’ve found very little new on the SPRS- they’ve largely taken to bounty-hunting and escort runs recently, staying on the right side of the law-but I’ve found some significantly interesting things on the old Havensec.

The times under the Messer lineage were maybe our strongest years, but also out most questionable, and I’ve got a bad feeling that Havensec were often involved in some of the earlier atrocities directly, or were asked to advise on certain questionable matters- in a similar way that Aegis were sometimes outsourced some of the clearly illegal ship modification jobs- I believe Havensec was outsourced some of the illegal roles, ranging from terrorism, to kidnapping, to false-flag operations- and I think they were integral, in some way, to the Atrocity at Jata. Clearly, unless they had aliens in their ranks, they couldn’t have flown the ships necessary to have done the bombings- or indeed to have access to said ships- rather, I think they intentionally passed key information that was passed quietly from the UEE, to Havensec, across to the alien assault force, and then worked on weakening the defences around Jata, in the buildup to the assault.

I could be wrong- but I’ve a feeling that Havensec once operated under Aegis’ banner, particularly in some dark times, and some of the ‘issues’ of our past may, to some degree, have had their hand in the affairs. I guess we just have to hope that the new iteration doesn’t follow the same route.