Information on individuals spotted operating within the Sunnydale region, or whom are otherwise relevant to operations within the Sunnydale region. Where relevant, this section also provides information on relevant organizations whose members are documented herein.
Active-duty employees of the OSI, and those participating in the OSI Academy at Sunnydale, California.
Command Division is responsible for administration, whether of personnel, equipment, supplies, or research directives. Also referred to as Coordination Division, as their duties range from direct control of site operations to mundane supply and warehouse management. Command Division is traditionally divided into departments. All functions of Command Division are on a regional-or-higher level unless otherwise listed.
Administrative Department is responsible for exactly what you'd think – making sure that efforts are being properly coordinated amongst all departments and divisions, and keeping up relations with their government backers. The Head of the Administrative Department is, effectively, the Head of the OSI. Even administrative assistants for this department require extensive security clearances.
Resources Department is responsible for handling human, nonhuman, and other resources and appropriately allocating them. Whether you need an APC full of Initiative grunts with flamethrowers, a specialist who can speak Swahili, or a place for a demon to find a job, Resources Department handles it. Resources Department is responsible for maintaining regional budgets and supply lines, and for transferring material and personnel between offices.
Practically any transfer request on file has at least been rubber-stamped by an office clerk in the Resources Department, and practically any yearly budget request on file has been scrutinized by an accountant of the Resources Department. Traditionally, a small staff of Resources Department personnel are assigned to every major location to act as go-betweens and to handle approvals or denials of major requisitions.
Resources Department is also called upon to handle mundane problems such as building planning, acquisitions, hiring of personnel for cover businesses, and other details.
Internals Department has the unpopular job of keeping an eye on the OSI to make sure that its operatives are behaving themselves - an internal police, of sorts. Internals Department operatives are highly paranoid and watchful - in part, because they are never entirely sure they're not under observation themselves. In most cases, an Internals Department officer in your area means big trouble.
Servator Division is most directly responsible for supernatural threat management. They are generally trained in field operations, and are responsible for handling isolated HST threat instances. Servator Division is also responsible for managing The Slayer Initiative, directing the activities of The Slayer and of potential future Slayers to best benefit humankind.
Servator does have subdivisions for classification purposes, but as a rule, Servators are organized by location; in most cases, Servator rank structure consists of Chief of Operations, Assistant Chief of Operations, Servator to the Slayer (if present), Servators, Slayer, and Potentials.
Initiative Division is responsible for organized military reaction to HST threats, including reconnaissance, detainment, termination, and special operations. Initiative units have a team designation, which determines their overall mission function; however, Initiative units may be required to provide support for any operation, including field and base operations and emergency situations. Initiative units are organized into teams to handle specific mission requirements.
Alpha Team is the first-strike team, responsible for providing direct reconnaissance and target engagement. Members of Alpha Team actively patrol Sunnydale due to its high hazard level.
Operatives include:
Beta Team is traditionally assigned to recovery operations, particularly in providing extraction or rescue of operatives in field operations.
Delta Team is responsible for capturing and bringing in wild HSTs for analysis or interrogation purposes. In Sunnydale, Delta Team is specifically assigned to pick up and transport HSTs incapacitated during field operations (usually by Alpha Team or Servator).
Epsilon Team is responsible for providing base security for OSI operations, including in Research and Servator installations. In addition to defending against traditional civilian threats, Epsilon also focuses on dealing with HST invasion or escape scenarios.
Omega Team is the special operations division, and there are generally a very limited number assigned to each OSI outpost. A full Omega Team, when present, consists of two support members, five main members, and one team leader. When less than a full team is operating in a vicinity, Omega Team members usually go by assigned colors.
Operatives include:
Research Division is responsible for RAID - research, analysis, implementation, and documentation - within the OSI organization. In effect, Research Division collates reports from all units, manages and distributes this information as necessary, and conducts ongoing research into developing more effective anti-HST tactics and equipment, as well as into improving performance of OSI operatives across the board. Research Division is organized by department.
The Engineering Department is responsible for developing new equipment against the HST threat - weapons, armor, vehicles, communications, sensors, and other areas of development. This includes researching existing developments in technology in order to quickly put them to best use in OSI operations, inventing new developments to increase anti-HST capability, and testing these developments before issuing them to front-line units.
Medical Department is primarily responsible for treating injuries sustained by OSI personnel (and in some cases, particularly when relating to HST presence, civilians). Medical Division also conducts research into bioenhancement programs and developments, and has had moderate success in developing a number of bio-support agents.
A lesser known, but equally important, aspect of Medical Department involves the study of HSTs themselves - through analysis, physical examination, or dissection as necessary.
Medical Department is also called in when it is necessary to identify unusual causes of death, particularly when HST involvement is suspected, and to handle most any other problem in which study of living (or once-living) entities is necessary.
Occult Studies Department is responsible for research, analysis, implementation, and documentation specifically as it relates to items of magical, demonic, or otherwise paranormal nature not covered by the Medical or Engineering Departments. Due to their extensive knowledge base, they also tend to be the first responders to help requests involving other esoteric information (translating Sumerian runes, whether they're magical or not, for instance).
Transcription Department is responsible for the acquisition, categorization, and documentation of existent books of lore. To prevent problems resulting from this process, all Transcription Division operations are performed in an isolated, heavily secured server environment disconnected from the main network.
Although the more hazardous aspects of Transcription Department are well-known (it is rumored that department turnover is particularly high amongst spellcheckers there), Transcription Department actually works to transcribe all manner of literature and information, including handwritten notes, textbooks, and other information resources that can later be called upon as necessary.
Intelligence Analysis Department (usually referred to as IAD) is responsible for handling incoming data (reports, videos, transcripted materials, and otherwise) and inserting it into OSI's Distributed Intelligence Network; they are also responsible for analysing data on file and comparing it to reported evidence (for example, identifying demons in the field based on reports), forming predictive models for potential HST hazards, and providing concise documentation on any subject deemed necessary, whether the blueprints of a building, the habits of a Nyarlha demon, or the proper way to plant and grow corn.
Operatives include:
Field Research Department is generally responsible for conducting research on a broad variety of topics in the field; many of their operatives began work in other departments and transferred to Field Research to get out of the stuffy laboratory. Field Research operatives frequently accompany Initiative teams when the need for on-site support is present, study ongoing environmental conditions (such as the Hellmouth), and provide supporting roles for Initiative and Servator activities within hostile areas. Field Research is considered an excellent precursor to service in the Servator division.
Rehabilitation Department is responsible for attempting to convert hostiles (whether inhuman or otherwise) with ideal skillsets into assets for the OSI. This department is also responsible for handling the observation of nonhumans who are not deemed 'hostile'; the rehabilitation of humans with paranormal abilities who have endangered others; and for providing care and treatment to those who require more long-term care than typically handled by Medical Department.
Academy Division is responsible for developing and training future operatives. Within the Sunnydale area, the Academy is intended to induct those with promise or awareness of HSTs early, to keep HST alarmism to a minimum. Students at the Academy study the basics of demonology, combat training, weapons training, and general awareness, with other classes depending on the student's skills and eventual division assignment.
As with any school, the Academy has teachers and administrators to give classwork, instruct students, and provide object lessons. These teachers are often drawn from other departments, and as such are not typically included under the classification of 'OSI-A'.
However, there are those who are members of the Academy faculty without having other OSI experience or classification. Usually, these are specialists in a particular narrow focus, or HSTs who have agreed to assist in the education of others, or lecturers on particular topics that may or may not relate to the OSI's overall goals. As such, these individuals are included in OSI-A classification systems if they are long-term members of the faculty or staff.
The students of OSI-A division are often recruited for specific skills or aptitudes, or inducted after seeing things that can't be reliably forgotten or erased. As a result, the Academy tends to teach classes to people of nearly all ages. In OSI-Sunnydale, the typical student age tends to be between 14 and 27, although exceptional cases may occur. Note: Potentials (of OSI-S) are also commonly Academy students, but retain their OSI-S classification until the age of 19, when the probability of becoming the Slayer becomes nonrelevant.
This section covers demonic, vampiric, and similar entities who, either through their powers, their nature, or their knowledge, are considered important to know and to watch. It also covers members of organizations of note.
Wolfram and Hart is one of the largest demonic corporations currently operating within the American sphere of influence, with satellite operations across the world and offices in most major cities. Wolfram and Hart has recently established offices in Sunnydale, and has made clear their intent to seize the Hellmouth for their own purposes.
Operates out of England, with branch offices in most major countries. Works towards the preservation of the planet and of their own superiority, not necessarily in that order; maintains the attitude that they will outlive most non-apocalyptic calamities and tends to plan accordingly. Uses their own systems of registration for magical talents; tends to frown on open use of powers or involvement of non-inducted personnel. Known to employ special squads to handle rogue Slayers and to induct new personnel or Potentials into their ranks. While the Council of Watchers is officially neutral regarding the OSI, recent actions on their part have marked them for inclusion as hostiles.
No public records exist for COSMO; however, former members claim that COSMO stands for the Committee for the Observation of Supernatural and Mystical Occurrences, a government black-ops organization with similar purposes to the OSI.
Most individuals listed as civilians are humans with no direct (or provable) involvement in supernatural activities on a regular basis, or who are not considered a significant threat. Those who have significant involvement with local supernatural activities may be found in the appropriate section above.
A band of musicians who play to the goth/industrial crowd. Name derives from a common Sunnydale euphemism for vampire attack, used in media reports and occasionally in autopsies conducted in Sunnydale.
(Either Aus has no idea who these people are or where they fit, or hasn't gotten around to categorizing them yet. Why not give him a nudge?)
Anya Jenkins - osi_anya
Ariel Harrington - arielharrington
Carly McDonald - carlymcdonald
Charlotte Kiske - charlottekiske
Chloe Van Warren - chloevanwarren
Cody Aston - clever_mongrel
Cynthia Stone - cynthiastone
Daniel (Oz) Osbourne - oz_fest
Daniel Morgan - hippiehitch
Dave Reider - auschars
David Davis - davidishotter
Delilah Zamora - electricdelilah
Devon Gibson - doomsdayvamp
Dorothy (Dot) Champa - greenthumbchick
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bothwell - lizzie_bothwell
Eliza Morely - eliza_morely
Ethan van Buren - sl_creepy_ethan
Eva Miller - plain_eva
Faith Lehane - dntfckwthfaith
Faustina - faustina_au
Frankee Stone - frankee_stone
Gerald Richardson - silver_or_gold
Gilbert (Gil) McCune - walkingxgil
Grace Emerson - em_grace
Gregory Malone - gritty_as_gold
Harmony Kendal - nikkichars
Helena O'Neil - helenaoneil
Hunter Blackmoon - jasonbeast
Iris Phillips - telekeneticspaz
Jack Delany - thejesschars
Jaide Travers - english_jaide
Jaime Caruthers - nathanchars
James Cohn - myriad_selves
Jason Castigliano - frayed_inside
Joseph Stephenson - thejesschars
Josephine Skylar James - socialiterocker
Kai Bishop - lchars
Kya - creepycheerful
Laili Tse Pryce - sanguinestars
Lexi Wilson - lexiwilison
Lindsey MacDonald - oklahomalawyer
Lucia Rossi - lchars
Mandy Smith - mandysinferno
Martin Grayson - eternalscholar
Meredith (Mere) Delany - band_chicka
Michael Malone - mi_malone
Neely Cole - neely_c
Nicolas Emilio (Nick) Gregor - real_short_fuse
Nikole Masterson - nikolemasterson
Patrick (Pat) McConnell - rockstar_pat
Perdita - perdita_lost
Samantha (Sam) Greene - my_sister_sam
Sherry Marchese - sherrybb
Stephen Winford - guitar_for_hire
Tim Robinson - party_on_dudes
Zephyros Iason Wilder - zephiasonwilder