Editing Corporate Team (section)

==History==
===Background===
Corporate teams are especially common in [[San Francisco]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/63w7ey/san_franciscobay_area_capes/ San Francisco/Bay Area capes, Reddit]</ref> [[Lightslinger]] was a member of a corporate team called '''Eminent''' there prior to joining the [[Protectorate]].<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Swjz8BZZNE4bq6lTkHanTK4sJ-K_xVlFudxA16mYjH4/edit#heading=h.5rrzcxqt95aq&#x20; PRT Quest (Anchorage)]</ref>
===Story Start===
Two rival corporate teams attended the [[Battle against Leviathan]].<ref>I looked away from Eidolon, to check out the rest of the crowd.  There were a few other unofficial teams of heroes, including Haven, the Christian team from the bible belt, and two teams with corporate sponsorship that were being very careful to not interact with one another.  Some sort of bitter rivalry, there. - [[Extermination 8.1]]</ref> Several members of a corporate team, possibly the same one, indicated that they had fought Endbringers before when Legend asked.<ref>Legend called out, "Capes!  If you have faced an Endbringer before, stand!"<br><br>I watched as the rest of the Protectorate, about a third of the out-of-town Wards, Bambina, half of a commercially sponsored cape team and the Travelers stood. - [[Extermination 8.2]]</ref> [[Team Reach]] was another Corporate hero team.<ref name=":2">[A18 11:29:35] <strong>Cap: </strong>is Reach still a thing?<br>[A18 11:29:56] Moonsong: I consider the others friends and teammates.<br>[A18 11:30:11] Moonsong: I consider myself a member of Reach<br>[A18 11:30:33] '''Cap:''' I get that<br>[A18 11:30:35] '''Cap:''' doesn’t answer my question<br>[A18 11:30:40] '''Cap:''' will it carry on?  what happens?<br>[A18 11:43:50] Moonsong: It won’t. I don’t think so anyway. There’s a lot of hero teams out there and its hard for a sponsored team to get traction even without people feeling betrayed. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/glow-worm-p-2/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref><!-- ===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]=== -->
===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
One of the corporate teams that showed up in Brockton Bay later attended the battle at [[New Delhi]].<ref>People were stepping out, stretching, meeting others and talking.  Almost all of them were from the Protectorate and the Wards.  Others included Haven, a villain group I didn't recognize, and one of the corporate teams I'd seen before the Leviathan fight. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/drone-23-5/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.5]]</ref> 
===[[Timeskip]]===
[[Puma]] was sponsored by his namesake company, a member of corporate team '''Midas''' located in [[Phoenix]].<ref>One month ago, Puma, the head of Phoenix sponsored hero team ‘Midas’, was outed as having ties to a notorious villainess, causing some controversy. Now, it seems, Puma is fighting back, threatening to name others who had ties to the same outfit.<br><br>The urge to fight back may have to do with the loss of his namesake sponsorship. Puma is used to living large, sporting ‘bling’ in addition to the company logos, making no secret of his extravagant lifestyle, often seen with multiple women and the best cars. As interviews wind down and attention moves elsewhere, Puma may be seeking to hold on to his status and income, alluding to a possible book deal detailing his childhood. - [[PRT: Department Sixty-Four|Department Sixty Four]], [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14346137 PRT Quest thread ii p54]</ref>

The Corporate team '''Goldenrod''' dealt with a major scandal from one of their premiere heroes [[Unicorn IV]].<ref>It was the word on the street before it even hit the news. PRT containment vans traveling down back roads to the Birdcage were interrupted before they could reach their destination.  Not the most unusual thing in the world on its own, but this was something special.  Four containment vans, eight capes, and four additional vans with foam sprayers were assaulted.  This was a convoy of a sort that happen once every one or two years, bringing in the really dangerous birdcage-bound, where extra security is mandated.<br><br>The convoy and guards were disabled, the occupants of the vans freed.  The rescuers, breakout specialists, were summarily killed or taken hostage, and the four occupants of the vans have apparently banded together.  They’ve headed into a town of about thirty thousand people: Helena, MN.<br><br>The Kill Order was signed in record time. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Mj6LykIKPlkaMg3uDbjBKHEkBJVNvX8bH7RRp-IFes/edit WD Helena], document by Wildbow.</ref>

During the Summer of 2012 a new corporate cape team called '''Lodestar''' was incorporated in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a alternative to a PRT Department being set up there.<ref>The 72nd largest city in the US, not due to receive a PRT office until 2016, Lincoln Nebraska hosts a total of two hundred and seventy-seven thousand people.<br><br>With the PRT having undergone a massive schism, members leaving established departments en masse, and early whispers in Anchorage suggesting that the newest departments are not doing as well as they could, some of the corporate teams have merged to form Lodestar, establishing themselves as an entity in Lincoln, with the purpose of serving as a stopgap or alternate PRT department.  If Lodestar is a success, the PRT will not need to set up shop in Lincoln.<br><br>It’s a divisive decision.  One that some call dangerous.  Even if they’re undeniably heroes, their top brass being independents and corporate capes with a good track record, the fact that they’re operating as a corporate entity without government oversight makes some uneasy.<br><br>The founding event took place in Lincoln, a series of messages crop up on various parahuman related message boards.  News media mentions the story until it is quashed by authorities.<br><br>There’s a bounty.  Take down the top members of Lodestar.<br><br>This takes place in the summer of 2012 (timeskip), after five attempts were made and failed.  Now, things seem quiet enough for Lodestar to go to work.  Their gathered heroes are being dispatched across the city and to neighboring regions.  Their guard is as lowered as it’s been since the bounty was offered. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vRKExsX2sR6ogK2FPwKelrZOFR_fMSfk9N8j3R3jqW4/edit WD Lincoln], document by Wildbow.</ref> Things don't go well.
===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
Following the [[End of the World]] the team [[Auzure]] trod over old ground.