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- | ===== CNTRP ===== | + | ====== CNTRP ====== |
- | ==== Known Members ==== | + | A new agency formed specifically to deal with the various preternaturals. Constructed after the werewolves went public. |
+ | ===== Identified | ||
- | ^ | + | ^ |
- | ^ Combined Nonhuman and Transhuman Relations Provisors | + | ^ Combined Nonhuman and Transhuman Relations Provisors |
- | | | + | |left | |
- | |left | + | |
- | | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | + | |
- | ====Renegade Cantrip Agents==== | + | =====Renegade Cantrip Agents===== |
+ | ^ Renegade | ||
+ | |left | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Renegade Trippers==== | ||
* unhappy with the limited power given them to combat the scary werewolves and suddenly scarier fae decided to go off on their own< | * unhappy with the limited power given them to combat the scary werewolves and suddenly scarier fae decided to go off on their own< | ||
* needed a really big event to turn the tide of public opinion in their favor - decided to murder a popular anti-fae senator | * needed a really big event to turn the tide of public opinion in their favor - decided to murder a popular anti-fae senator | ||
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* they might be hired by someone who supported their vision and Cantrip would hire another person with the same attitudes< | * they might be hired by someone who supported their vision and Cantrip would hire another person with the same attitudes< | ||
* end result would be the enemy prospered and the wolves would lose | * end result would be the enemy prospered and the wolves would lose | ||
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===== Mercy Thompson Series ===== | ===== Mercy Thompson Series ===== | ||
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* Cantrip doesn' | * Cantrip doesn' | ||
* Cantrip has been a dumping ground for the screwups for yearsFB-144 | * Cantrip has been a dumping ground for the screwups for yearsFB-144 | ||
- | * | + | * unhappy with the limited power given them to combat the scary werewolves and suddenly scarier fae decided to go off on their own< |
- | + | * needed a really big event to turn the tide of public opinion in their favor - decided to murder a popular anti-fae senator | |
+ | * want the right to shoot werewolves and fae on sight | ||
+ | * had contacts but not the money to hire mercenaries< | ||
+ | * tired of having to call the cavalry because they can't have their own army< | ||
+ | * they needed to die because the justice system would only slap the wrists of whoever was in command< | ||
+ | * they might be hired by someone who supported their vision and Cantrip would hire another person with the same attitudes< | ||
+ | * end result would be the enemy prospered and the wolves would lose | ||
- | Cantrip was dangerous. There were people in Cantrip who would love to see supernaturnals just disappear, maybe into Guantanamo Bay—there were rumors, unsubstantiated, | + | ====Bone Crossed==== |
- | Under the Humanity Act that established CNTRP the discretionary detention provisions in the Patriot Act. They can detain any supernatural indefinitely as a possible terroristNB | + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]] |
- | * Blackwood sells his stun gun to ... certain government agencies who want to question prisoners without showing any harm. It’s a lot hotter than anything Taser makes. Not legal for the civilian marketBC- | + | * government require fae to register |
+ | ==== Night Broken ==== | ||
+ | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | ||
+ | * Cantrip was dangerous. There were people in Cantrip who would love to see supernaturnals just disappear, maybe into Guantanamo Bay—there were rumors, unsubstantiated, | ||
+ | * there were good people in CNTRP too but a growing number of incidents indicated that the good agents were in a minority< | ||
+ | * without assurance that there was magic afoot, Cantrip doesn' | ||
+ | * attempted to detain Mercy; claiming she was a potential thread to public safety, and wanted to bring her in as a murder suspect with supernatural powers that made her too dangerous to be incarcerated in the usual ways< | ||
+ | * Under the Humanity Act that established CNTRP the discretionary detention provisions in the Patriot Act. They can detain any supernatural indefinitely as a possible terrorist< | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fire Touched ==== | ||
+ | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | ||
+ | * anything paranormal belongs to Cantrip< | ||
+ | * the director of Cantrip called to complain to Adam about lack of cooperation< | ||
+ | * Cantrip admitted to placing illegal tracking equipment on the Mercy and Adam's personal vehicle< | ||
===== Alpha & Omega Series ===== | ===== Alpha & Omega Series ===== | ||
==== Fair Game ==== | ==== Fair Game ==== | ||
- | Though funded and authorized by the government, their role was “to collect and share information about nonhuman and altered-human groups and individuals, | + | [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #3: [[Fair Game]] |
- | They had two main offices, one on either coast, and otherwise seemed | + | * They pronounced it “Cantrip.” Nick called |
- | Cantrip, as it was an even newer agency than Homeland Security, having come into being when the werewolves outed themselvesFG | + | * an agency formed specifically |
- | an agency formed specifically to deal with the various preternaturalsFG-32 | + | * tended |
- | tended to have more chair sitters than the FBI didFG-52 | + | * less skilled than FBI field agents; no situational awareness and made no effort |
- | Les Heuter was the poster child for CantripFG-57 | + | |
- | people | + | |
- | came into being when the werewolves outed themselvesFG-57 | + | * the Marrok |
- | funded and authorized by the government, their role was "to collect and share information about nonhuman and altered-human groups and individuals", | + | * Charles thinks they may be threat so he has files on a lot of their people< |
- | they have two main offices, on on either | + | |
- | they travel around the country to concern themselves mostly in criminal cases that involved fae, werewolves, or anything else that looked odd to themFG-57 | + | |
- | they have no authority to arrest or detain anyoneFG-57 | + | |
- | one of the government agencies required to go armed at all times - and they carried guns with silver | + | |
- | not required to have the same weapons training as the FBIFG-145 | + | |
- | they have a fae database that lists full and half-blood | + | |
- | Cantrip takes a lot of Quantico graduates who don't get on with the FBIFG-152 | + | |
- | it's less time-consuming than the FBI or Homeland Security, and it pays better than most police departments; | + | * fringe benefit to working with Cantrip or the other smaller enforcement agencies in the government is that on one ever thinks to file on them with the Freedom of Information Act(FOIA)< |
- | the new agency | + | * just when you think they are professionals they pull some weird stunt< |
+ | * who else would join an agency like Cantrip except for people who are afraid of the dark< | ||
+ | * Cantrip takes a lot of Quantico graduates who don't get on with the FBI< | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Cantrip' | ||
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+ | ==== Fair Game ==== | ||
+ | [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #4: [[Dead Heat]] | ||
+ | * the federal | ||
+ | * have an office in the greater Phoenix area< | ||
+ | * Bran now views them as a danger< | ||
+ | * Charles has extensive files on Cantrip< | ||
+ | * Cantrip seemed | ||
+ | * why would someone who didn't want to believe in magic become an agent of Cantrip?< | ||
+ | * is in charge of anything that looks as though magic is involved< | ||
+ | * in a land where the police didn't believe in the supernatural, | ||
+ | * supposed to be experts in the supernatural< | ||
+ | * in Cantrip, ' | ||
+ | * Cantrip | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Wild Sign ==== | ||
+ | [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]] | ||
+ | * Cantrip archives< | ||
+ | * has been fed information about werewolves from various groups - some of them supernatural hate groups like Bright Future or the John Lauren Society< | ||
+ | * some comes from other supernatural groups< | ||
+ | * witch informant provided the equivalent of a biology textbook; her information is classified and only the very top echelon of Cantrip has access to it< | ||
+ | * a vampire was an informant until he killed two agents; | ||
+ | * Charles hacked into the Cantrip database< | ||
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