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Quite directly named after the Greek Myth; a group of extremists hellbent on interstellar travel by any means necessary that on several occasions have flown far too close to the sun. Uncaring of how quickly their downfall could be if it means the slightest taste of the freedom they so crave or groundbreaking progress for the next group. Records have all been fudged, law suits have been dropped mysteriously, all surrounding the questionable lengths and data that comes out of the lab’s experimentation with human genetics to both endure radiation found in space as well as the feasibility of cryo sleep.
They function primarily in the dark. Underground. Facading as something else entirely. Sleep studies, nutritional products in experimentation stages put out on the street at universities. The occasional internship with promise of an exceptional resume for those looking to move on to organizations like NASA.
ICARUS’ primary crew of engineers, scientists and directors all guise under your every day activists. Preying on young intelligent minds just as eager to make a difference that don’t realize they’re nothing but batteries in an energy sapping machine.
While not exactly villains, in general, they are selfish, extreme, not good people.
Kayn, being of CLOSE to human origin and not of Earth was a jackpot. Director Soleil won his trust over by sheer luck, an incredible mix of well timed bluffing and very sly data siphoning from CRES, and convinced him to not only engineer for them but assist in testings on the account they had the materials to “ fix his planar shifter. “ His only way home.
Weeks turning to months, however, and the co-operation becoming significantly more forced, was enough for Kayn to do his own sneaking. All it took was one string of searches to know the lab was hiding MUCH MORE than what he needed to go home.
That same nosing around, knowing the demeanor of the literal space-mech, and what information she had scavenged from his AI was enough to put Kayn as a TARGET. One Director Soleil would rather be eliminated, than simply on the run if it came to it. ( But Kayn is good at that. Running. Tearing out seams as he goes, making ruckus on the run, like a kid draging a stick across a chain link fence. )
Verse wise, in current ALT - MAIN, he’s laid low enough for the CHASE to slow down. Soleil believes he thinks he’s out numbered, playing a survival game. In reality, he’s a coyote lurking after a fox. Waiting, watching. Looking for that one spark to light that would start a raging wild fire.