After a tense family BBQ, Goldbug and Ricochet investigate a mysterious company they're both tied to. Meanwhile, Horizon gets more invested in the MLZ, and the Starlings' mistakes start to catch up with them.

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ORG RS0625 - Meliora Group. A research think tank in Lyon Park. Led by Dr. Horace Allsmith (>CIV RE1160), established after the shuddering of Asclepius Medical (>ORG RS0591) in 2023.

• Note: This dossier is incomplete. Can we get someone on this, please? - Bastion.

ORG ER0731 - The Falcons. Known as “Sanctum City’s Greatest Heroes,” a popular superhero team founded in 1994 by Peregrine (>MET SC3651) and Kestrel (>MET SC3652). From 1999 to 2004, they were the assigned Sanctum City Mission Team of the White Peace (>ORG ER0584).

• Current Members: 
  • Kestrel: >MET SC3652
    • Capabilities: Enhanced Hearing, Flight
  • Kraken: >ALI OG0141
    • Capabilities: Shapeshifting (Animals they’ve seen), Waterbreathing
  • Covenant: >MET NY2176
    • Capabilities: 7 Schools of Magic (Binding and Summoning Foci)
• Former Members:
  • Silver Sentinel: >INT BE0031
  • Meteor: >INT MD0514
  • Peregrine: >MET SC3651
• Assigned Handler: >INT BE0031

INT BE0031 - Silver Sentinel. Identity: Stella Sylvestri. Current leader of The Beacons (>ORG IN0093), billionaire inventor, CEO of Sylvestri Systems, former member of The Falcons (>ORG ER0731). Joined The Beacons in 2008 and became their field leader in 2020.

• Capabilities: Engineering (Human-Computer Interactions), Surveillance Drones, Power Suit

INT DF0001 - EMBER. The Executive Monitoring Bureau of Empowered Residents. Initially chartered in 1945 under the Department of Defense. Restructured in 2008 under the Department of Homeland Security.

• Purpose: To catalog, research, regulate, and utilize superpowered US residents in cases of local and national security.
• Note: “To win the superhero arms race,” our founder once said. I think it's fair to say we've won. - V.W.
• Note: I wouldn't be so confident, Director Ward. There are threats everywhere. - D.

ORG ER1834 - Metahuman Liberation Front. Led by Riot Grrrl (>MET SC8314), a collection of young metahumans occupying and destroying public property and violently protesting against EMBER. Organized in the Sunflower District in response to destruction wrought by Menagerie's 03/30/2025 attack on Sanctum City (>EVE XC1086).

• Known Members: Riot Grrrl (>MET SC8314), Fracture (>ALI MI0042), Slipstream (>MET SC8475)
• Note: A clear threat to public safety - Bastion.
• Note: Dealing with it. - V.W.

MET NE2679 - Buzzkill. First documented as a small-time supervillain in Nebraska, Buzzkill moved to Sanctum City sometime between 2004 and 2008 and became Nebulon’s (>MET SC4371) right-hand man. His modus operandi changed from assault and theft to murder and large-scale property damage. He’s been arrested and imprisoned in Fort McHenry three times and has escaped three times.

• Capabilities: Machine Control, Military Training

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Featuring: Violet Blitz, Cecília Gonçalves de Azeredo, Nolan Caile, Audrey Dutcher, Cam Kooken, and Vincent Le

Music and Editing by Violet Blitz

Art by Cecília Gonçalves de Azeredo

Special thanks to Lauren Tan and Mia Taylor

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