2 members
Shadow Company / DKGS
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Security -
Freelancing
Most species
Bare their teeth
As a threat
As a display
Of aggression
Of leadership
It is a reminder
That those
Clenched jaws
Can and will
Open your
Yielding throat
I want you to think of this the next time we smile
History
The Genesis of the Void: A History of Shadow Company
The true origin of Shadow Company is not recorded in any UEE archive. There are no founding documents, no public ceremonies, and no names attached to its inception. Instead, its history is a collection of whispers, corrupted black-box recordings, and the terrified accounts of those who survived the “Missing Minutes” of galactic history.
The “Ghost Wing” Theory (Post-Vanduul War)
The most persistent legend claims the Company was born from the 303rd Stealth Reconnaissance Squadron, a specialized UEE unit officially listed as “Lost in Transit” during the Fall of Virgil.
Military records state the squadron’s carrier was swallowed by a collapsing jump point. However, black-market data-brokers suggest the unit didn’t die. They were abandoned—left as bait by High Command to mask a tactical retreat. Betrayed by the empire they swore to protect, the survivors stripped their hulls of UEE markings, jury-rigged their stealth systems, and vanished into the “Black” between systems. They didn’t come home; they became the thing that hunts in the dark.
The Era of the Silent Cull
In the decades that followed, the Company transitioned from a vengeful remnant into a galactic phantom. They began to appear in the margins of history’s greatest disasters:
The Oretani Disappearance: When the jump point to the Oretani system collapsed, cutting off thousands, rumors persisted of a fleet of matte-black ships seen ushering high-value cargo away just moments before the collapse. Some say the Company didn’t just witness the disaster—they orchestrated it for a client. The “Static” Massacres: Dozens of corporate outposts in the fringe systems have been found perfectly intact, oxygen levels normal, power running—but with every living soul gone. No signs of struggle, no signatures on the scanners. Only a lingering, rhythmic static on the comms channels—the “Shadow’s Heartbeat.” The Modern Shadow
Today, Shadow Company has evolved into a multi-generational predator. They have integrated alien technology—salvaged Xi’an thrusters and repurposed Tevarin shielding—to move through UEE space with total impunity. They have no permanent base, no home-world, and no territory. They are a nomadic fortress, a fleet that never stops moving, refueling from the hearts of nebulas and the spoils of their kills.
They have become the “Third Variable” in the verse. When a CEO is assassinated in a high-security penthouse on MicroTech, or a Vanduul Kingship’s core spontaneously destabilizes in deep space, those in the know don’t look for a culprit. They look for the Shadow.
The Only Known Record
The only physical evidence of their history is a single, charred data-slate recovered from a drifting derelict near the Pyro jump point. It contained only one line of decrypted text:
“We were the light that failed. We are the dark that remained.”
Manifesto
The Silent Eclipse: The Shadow Company Manifesto
We are the ghosts in the machine. We are the static between transmissions. While the empires of the galaxy bicker over borders and ideologies, we exist in the cold, dark spaces they are too afraid to chart.
We do not serve a throne, a council, or a god. We serve the Objective.
I. The Creed of the Unseen
To be seen is to be vulnerable. To be known is to be hunted. Shadow Company operates on the principle of the Total Vacuum:
Zero Footprint: We leave no DNA, no digital trail, and no survivors to tell the tale. Tactical Invisibility: Our fleet does not reflect light; it swallows it. We arrive as a whisper and depart as a memory. The Faceless Legion: We are not individuals. We are a singular instrument of kinetic force. II. The Paradox of Might
We believe that the ultimate weapon is useless if the enemy sees it coming, but once the strike begins, it must be absolute. Our philosophy of engagement is Overwhelming Subtlety:
Stealth as the Shield: We infiltrate the impenetrable. Massive Weaponry as the Sword: When the veil is lifted, we do not duel—we erase. We carry the fire of dying stars in our hulls; we do not suppress, we terminate. III. The Mercenary Ethos
We are the galaxy’s necessary evil. We take the contracts that “civilized” worlds lack the stomach to fulfill.
Agnostic Loyalty: Our loyalty is bought, but our silence is guaranteed. Once a contract is signed, the outcome is already written in the stars. The Price of Shadow: We do not accept currency of crumbling empires. We deal in favors, fuel, and the forbidden technology that keeps us ahead of the light. IV. The Final Protocol
If you see the Shadow, it is already too late. If you hear the hum of our reactors, your fate is sealed. We are the hunters who never tire, the predators who never sleep, and the shadow that eventually covers every sun.
“The galaxy is a dark room. We are the things that move within it.”
Charter
The Obsidian Charter: Shadow Company Directive
This Charter is the sole binding agreement for those who have forsaken the light of the UEE to operate within the Shadow. We do not exist to follow the laws of men, but to master the physics of the kill.
I. The Philosophy of the Void
We are the silent variable in every galactic equation. While others fight for territory or recognition, Shadow Company moves for the Objective.
Invisibility is Life: To be tracked is to fail. To be identified is to be purged. The Absolute Strike: We do not engage in dogfights; we execute assassinations. We do not participate in wars; we end them before they are declared. II. Doctrine of Overwhelming Stealth
Our fleet is a paradox—ghosts carrying the fire of gods.
The Cloak: Every hull is a black hole, engineered to swallow heat, light, and radar. We inhabit the “blind spots” of the verse, lurking in the radiation of gas giants and the silence of deep space. The Hammer: When the moment of silence ends, it is replaced by total devastation. We deploy weaponry designed to bypass shields and shatter chassis in a single coordinated pulse. If a target has time to send a distress signal, we have failed. III. The Mercenary Code
We are bound by the Contract, not by morality or the UEE’s “Common Law.”
Unyielding Loyalty: Our only allegiance is to the Company and the current client. Once the UEC is moved, the target’s fate is sealed. The Ghost Protocol: We leave no debris, no data, and no witnesses. We are a myth that leaves only wreckage in its wake. IV. The Price of Membership
To join the Shadow is to vanish from the verse.
Erasure: Your past, your crimes, and your name are scrubbed from every database from Terra to Pyro. The Finality: There is no retirement. There is only the mission, and eventually, the cold embrace of the void. Any breach of silence is met with a total systemic shutdown of the offender—body and ship.
“The stars are many, but the dark between them is infinite. That is where we dwell.”
