Team Triassic

Team Triassic (often referred to simply as Triassic) is an organization in the Advancerverse. The team's stated goal is to revert the Earth to its prehistoric state, thus bringing back the time of the dinosaurs. Projects undertaken by Triassic include the revival of, and experimentation on, prehistoric Pokémon, and the development of highly dangerous chemical substances and combat drugs. The team was disbanded after a violent skirmish atop Mount Coronet, but the true reason for the disbandment is disputed. Law enforcement agencies have referred to the organization as "paleo-terrorists".

Founding and Goals
"Reverting the planet to its prehistoric state is the best answer to the chaos on our planet. A simpler world means simpler worries, worries that are more easily solved."


 * Excerpt from Mack Rexel's personal writings

Team Triassic was founded by Dr. Mack Rexel, a celebrated paleontologist, philanthropist, and founder of biomedical research company Rexel BioTech. Rexel, despite his company developing modern and beneficial technologies, was concerned by the continuation of societal ills facing the planet despite the ongoing march of technology. He reasoned that a simpler world was the answer, and his fascination with extinct genera led him to focus on the dinosaur era.

Triassic's end goal was reversion of the planet to the state it was in during the Mesozoic era. The name Triassic was selected for the team's moniker due to its alliteration and distinction, although the team never specified which geological period it intended to revive.

Insignia and Uniform
The Triassic emblem is a three-toed foot, resembling that of a real-life Velociraptor. The insignia is generally a bone-white colour, superimposed on a dark background. Triassic personnel generally wore a patch with the insignia somewhere on their uniform.

Uniforms varied depending on rank and specialty. Grunts wore black shirts with desert-camouflage patterned pants; the Triassic insignia was over the left breast, while rank insignia was on the right sleeve. Rank was denoted by stylized lines, reminiscent of claw marks.

Technical personnel generally wore more civilian attire under an off-white lab coat, with insignia in similar areas to their Grunt counterparts, except that patches denoting a specialty area replaced rank insignia. Administrators wore grey jackets over standard Grunt uniforms, with one Triassic insignia on the left breast and a larger one on the back of the jacket.

Organizational Structure
Dr. Rexel was considered the team's Boss, although he played a very passive role, reasoning that his public image as a philanthropist was a key part of limiting suspicion. He did occasionally inspect the organization's work and facilities, but generally only as a means of determining what progress had been made.

Below Rexel were several Administrators, who were responsible for overseeing the actual work done by the organization. They also oversaw training and advancement, promoting those Grunts who proved themselves deserving. One of these Administrators would play a major role in the team's operations, and assumed de facto leader status by the time the organization was disbanded.

Below the admins were technical personnel, who performed day-to-day operations.Of particular note were Scientists and Chemists: the former group performed fossil revivals and experiments, while the latter developed serums and chemicals to test on the revived creatures. Other technical personnel included Researchers, who visited museums and other historical sites to gather information related to their work, and Archivists, who collected and safeguarded their colleagues' writings and notes.

Below the technical personnel were the Grunts, who were classified depending on their field. Grunts were organized in a manner similar to a paramilitary organization, ranked from Grunt (the lowest rank) to Captain. The Grunts performed more mundane tasks than the technical personnel; they filled roles as security guards, enforcers, and even committed raids on scientific facilities in the organization's later years. Grunts were rarely involved with more intricate or technical matters, although a Grunt had the option of training in a specific technical area if they demonstrated sufficient prowess.

The organization did not operate as a division of Rexel BioTech, but as its own distinct entity. Much of its funding was discreet and off the books, but somehow kept within the bounds of legality. An army of lawyers and accountants was maintained by the team's much-derided and secretive legal division and dedicated solely to the purpose of keeping the nature of the organization's funding out of the public eye and misdirecting the authorities.

Facilities
The team maintained test facilities in five regions. They were typically placed in remote or low-traffic areas, and were heavily defended. Each region had a main facility and occasionally a substation in a similar part of the region. All facilities are considered to be officially abandoned. An [X] indicates that the facility has been reported destroyed.

Oceanspray Island (Kanto) [X]
At its beginning, Triassic used Oceanspray, a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Fuchsia, as a base of operations and research facility. The now-mainstream cloning technology used in various areas was reverse-engineered from stolen prototypes developed by legitimate actors. Following the Oceanspray Island Incident, most of Triassic's equipment was either moved or rendered inoperable, and the island was abandoned and destroyed.

Seafoam Island Test Site (Kanto)
The Seafoam Islands originally housed Triassic's Kanto substation. After the Oceanspray disaster, the bulk of Triassic's cloning equipment was moved to Seafoam. Most test subjects were revived and brought under control at this facility before it was decommissioned.

This test site also contained an information repository, which included base formulas for most of Triassic's behavioural and combat serums, including Aggression Factor Z-3. Despite being incorrectly reported as destroyed, The Admin retained control of the facility's surveillance system, and a one-man raid on the island precipitated Triassic's resurgence.

Route 44 Test Site (Johto)
The Route 44 site included a vast data archive and pharmaceutical testing facility. During the IDEA Crisis, the site was reclaimed and used as a launching point for Triassic's occupation of Mahogany Town.

Route 107 Test Site (Hoenn) [X]
This test site had more stolen equipment, this time from Devon Corporation, which was used to test more refined cloning methods. Route 107 was chosen for being relatively out of the way, but supply issues and an increased danger of escaped test subjects led to the early destruction of the site. It was rumoured that the equipment used at this facility might be shipped to the Sea Mauville facility, but heavy environmental scrutiny prevented the move.

Route 206 Test Site (Sinnoh)
As the Triassic operation in Sinnoh began, they set their sights on the cycle route between Eterna and Oreburgh Cities, using natural terrain barriers and the infrequency of foot travel to mask their presence. They used this facility to develop their original atmospheric reversion technology, which was later put to use during the Red Sky Incident.

Route 6 Test Site (Unova)
A small band of Triassic personnel pushed into Unova during the Red Sky Incident, intending to establish a research base and hold out until their main force arrived. Due to the distance between Unova and the other regions, very little equipment made it to the facility before Triassic was disbanded.

Planned Kalos facility
Construction of a facility in the Kalos region was entirely dependent on the success of Triassic's atmospheric reversion scheme, but their defeat during the Red Sky Incident put an end to any future expansion.

Experimental Projects
As a fundamental part of its operations, Triassic performed heavy-duty biological, pharmaceutical and technological research.

Fossil Revival
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Pharmaceutical Research
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Developmental serums
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Combat drugs
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Technology
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Incidents
Triassic have been involved in several dangerous incidents that have nearly resulted in its operations being exposed. Some of the later incidents involved James and his friends, both before and after he officially joined the Advancers.

Oceanspray Island Incident
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Project Background
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Escape of test subjects
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Investigation and aftermath
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Red Sky Incident
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Background
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Discovery of Triassic hideout
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Skirmish on Mount Coronet
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Aftermath
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Disbandment
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Dispute over disbandment motivation
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A Defiant Remnant
Unbeknownst to law enforcement agencies and others, the remaining Admin had re-established operations at Triassic's Seafoam Island test site, maintaining consistent surveillance of the area. When James Enfield raided the site during a tour through Kanto's Battle Frontier, his presence was detected and his theft of crucial data files discovered. As a means of tracking and defeating the intruder once and for all, the Admin summoned his two enforcers and used several physical enhancement drugs on them to increase their size and strength. He then ordered them to recover the stolen data drive, and they began their pursuit.

Skirmish at the Battle Tower
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Rebuilding an Army
While in the process of chasing several ultimately failed leads on extra-dimensional phenomena, the Admin began rebuilding his forces to take back their decommissioned test sites. He made Burke and Murray responsible for contacting former Triassic members while he investigated various disturbances.

Once the army was of sufficient size, they moved on the Route 44 facility and reclaimed it, taking back control of the infrastructure and subduing the hostile prehistoric creatures that roamed the area. The site became the organization's de facto headquarters, a base of operations from which they could launch further expeditions and continue their long-delayed research.

Occupation
In the town of Mahogany, an abandoned Team Rocket facility provided a focal point for Triassic's plans. The facility had once housed a modified radio antenna, from which disruptive signals were beamed to the Lake of Rage in an effort to force the native Magikarp to evolve. With the proper adjustments, the antenna could be used to trigger an atmospheric reversion, identical to that attempted in Sinnoh.

In order to utilize the equipment without interference, the Admin realized that he had to take control of the town first. Since the various actors who could stop him were engaged in a high-profile conflict elsewhere, he ordered an immediate invasion, which succeeded almost instantly. The invasion army began constructing barricades and other fortifications around the town, with the heaviest defenses concentrated around the Team Rocket base.

IDEA Crisis
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Final Stand
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