The Order of the Sixteen

The Order of the Sixteen are an organisation dedicated to the protection of OmegaCaste interests.

They represent a small-scale militant force utilised in place of the MegaCorporation backed security and martial firms of Redwater and the Phoenix Corps by those less trusting of the companies, or where further discretion is required.

Appearance
While the colourations administered may vary between owners, the Order of the Sixteen most commonly utilise a standardised armour set comprising of full-coverage VoidVault armour with a hexadecaform FluidMesh helm. Ever-shifting in appearance in response to external stimuli, the weaving network is the source of the colloquial name given to the Order by the LowTiers - the Hexes.

Encased in a shell of exotic materials forged by the robotics giant Corius and rarely seen throughout commonspace in the Hubs, the members of the Order carry with them a great deal of ambiguity spurned by their anonymity. After being sighted at official parades in service as honour guards to high-ranking members of society, new theories on identity and origin invariably spring forth, only to slip from public consciousness with the travail of day-to-day life returning to the forefront.

History
While most HighTier groups and MegaCorportions operated throughout HubSpace do have their own private enforcement divisions, the majority of routine security has been managed by two groups - Redwater and the Phoenix Corps. Comprised primarily of DeltaCaste stock, this monopoly has proved problematic to those more untrusting of the loyalty of those below them, none more so than during the insurrections perpetrated in the name of the P.C.W. some quarter of a century ago. Within a year of accelerated research, development and refinement, the first members of the Order of the Sixteen were unofficially announced to HubSpace during the lead up to the events that would eventually be titled the Scouring of the Socinope Systems.

Since the fall of the People's Confederacy of Worlds, small cohorts remain in the employment of OmegaCaste individuals.