The Suits

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<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <header>Information</header> <label>Alignment</label> <label>Leader(s)</label> <label>Leader(s)</label> <label>Allies</label> <label>Allies</label> <label>Status</label> <label>Location</label> <label>First Appearance</label> <header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label> </infobox> The Suits are a group of parahumans from the United Kingdom and Europe.<ref name="27.2">Extinction 27.2</ref>

Goals & Methods

They presented themselves to the public as an elite group that was "hipper, cooler and more effective" than the King's Men. However, they were actually barely treading water as a group, in terms of funding and membership. Having lost several important members to Endbringers, well before They started attacking more often. Further their Merchandise had failed to catch on and depended on the financial assistance of the PRT.<ref name="27.2" />

Their operations mostly covered Western Europe, although they had some involvement in the Middle East.<ref name="SB1">Western Europe primarily. Once you get into Eastern Europe you get into a different kind of cape politics (keeping in mind that things shifted dramatically after Behemoth burned oil fields in two separate attacks). They do have involvement in the Middle East. - Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>

Members

Name
King of Swords
Ace of Swords<ref>Weaver dice</ref>
Four of Swords
Ten of Swords
Queen of Swords
King of Cups
Queen of Wands
Knave of Hearts
Knave of Clubs

The Suits managed different duties, classifying capes into groups for public service, fighting, intrigue, fast response and watching for malfeasance in other areas of the public. They wore costumes stylized after different card suits from the Italian and French decks – heart, club, spade, diamond, sword, wand, coin and cup.<ref name="27.2c1"> Real thing. In the Minor Arcana (Tarot Cards), the Latin suits are wand/baton/club/staff, coin/pentacles/disk/ring, cups and swords. Those suits, in turn, were converted to club, diamond, heart and spade in the French edition. - Comment by Wildbow on Extinction 27.2</ref> Each group has a specific focus and a hierarchy, topped by Knave, Queen and with King at the very top.<ref name="PRT48">► World News: Cutting the Deck? A Divide in Suits.
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UK-European parahuman organization ‘The Suits’ may be facing some restructuring with recent roster changes and conflicts that followed the disastrous attacks in December 2011. ​
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The Suits have traditionally been divided into sub-groups, named after the suits of Spade, Diamond, Club, Heart, Sword, Coin, Wand, and Cup. Each group has a specific focus, ranging from general patrols to public relations or dealing with more abstract crises, and each group has a hierarchy, topped by Knave, Queen and with King at the very top.​
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In the December attack, the leadership of Heart, Sword, Wand and Cup were all killed or left in a state where they were unable to maintain their positions. The influx of new members with new positions has unbalanced the group, introducing a number of new ideas and practices that conflict with the old guard. The King of Spade’s attempts to step in and regulate the actions of the Knave of Sword’s groups caused the very public conflict BNN wrote about last month. This may have encouraged the divide.
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Matters weren’t helped by the fact that the groups of Heart and Cup have traditionally maintained the strongest connections to the public and public relations, and the more established, senior factions now have few options at their disposal in reaching out or correcting assumptions, which may impact funding.​
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Things have now reached a climax, with open talk of dissolution of two or more of the new factions. The Knave of Hearts has openly stated that she may reach out to the more beleaguered and understaffed United States Protectorate team, who are already suffering from a public relations standpoint. Should the members join, it’s likely they will establish themselves in the East Coast, which may enable or encourage a shuffling of members between all present teams, expanding any team already prepared to staff new parahumans. It is not yet known if the Suits will set up new teams or reduce its roster.​
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In a statement, the Knave of Hearts said...​ - Department Sixty Four, PRT Quest thread i p48</ref><ref name="SB1" />

The Swords were focused on providing a fast response to crisis. They're the first answer to A and S class threats and their members generally lean offensive.

The Spades focus on peacekeeping via force and often work on lowering crime rates and dismantling gangs. They're often deployed to cities with high rates of villainy to help local heroes organize into an effective force.

The Wands are a suit with a broad focus. They're the problem solvers, cape researchers, and the ones to answer short-term crisis that aren't a matter of offense, economics, or inter-group. They are otherwise supplementary and utility focused, assisting other groups with tinkers, movers, and investigators.

The Clubs are generally focused on support and defense. They're the answer to natural disasters, evacuations, and recovery efforts, but often assist other suits by making front lines tougher or bodyguarding fragile members. They have a strong body of masters, defensive shakers, brutes, and sensory thinkers.

The Cups are the group with the most control over the Suits as a whole. They focus on group liasons and management, including team oversight, tracking gang activity and major figures, identifying priority targets, and overseeing the hiring/firing process. They also focus on Suit relations with other groups and gangs and dabble in espionage. The Cups are primarily masters and strangers.

The Hearts are the central PR wing for the Suits and have a focus on liasons with non-cape groups, such as the police, courts, and media. They are scattered and disparate, operating through a command structure. Individual members are often sent out with specific to enable that team to work most effectively with local bodies. They're also partially investigative, looking into suspicious news/political activity to weed out villains.

The Coins are the highest-level investigators. They focus on the digital sphere, economics and espionage, and work from the top down to identify problems. They're predictive and preventative, and they don't often see field action due to their focus on tracking markets, mapping out activity zones, and predicting problems. There are a few tinkers in the group, but it's primarily thinkers.

The Diamonds are the counterpart to the Coins, taking the cases they've handed off. They're an investigative body focused on cleaning up the aftermath and dealing with economics, the black market, criminal informants, and the like. They many thinkers, but a large chunk of the suit is made up of offensively oriented capes with relevant backgrounds, such as a blaster accountant or an ex-detective striker. <ref>https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1hUWerBTGQdona0f9o_pN0bkfj2jXn4kDyIrTti7s7ew/mobilebasic</ref>

While they did wear more stereotypical hero costuming in the field they were known for wearing formal wear with masks; in the american scene this was typical of villains.<ref name="II5.11">“I’m surprised you came in costumes,” John told us. “I imagined suits and masks.”
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I said. “The aesthetic you’re talking about is a popular villain thing. Ambassadors in Boston, Dark Society down the East coast, there was a group of weapons dealers called the Brokers… And of course the Elite who were the biggest American villain gang. The exception on the hero side would be the Suits, and even they had costumes for serious events where they needed the extra pockets, armor, and everything else.”
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“We wouldn’t want to borrow from the Suits’ look either,” Tristan added. “The members of their team who weren’t the first casualties of Gold Morning were some of the bravest fighters. We respect them too much to plagiarize.” - Excerpt from Shadow 5.11</ref>

History

Formation

Formed out of individuals and duos, early on hurting unit cohesion. The arrival of the Simurgh was a formative experience for the institution.^{[citation needed]} The Suits received assistance and personnel from Cauldron.<ref name="SB2">Absent Cauldron's meddling, there's no PRT for one thing. There's no Suits, no Red Gauntlet, no Elite Sentai group or whatever I called them, no Elite; all groups that Cauldron set up or supported. Groups are formed but can't sustain themselves past tight Undersider-like groups of 5-10 individuals. - Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>

The Timeskip

According to a possible future, there was an attack in December 2011 where the leadership of the Heart, Sword, Wand and Cup were all killed or incapacitated. This led to conflict within the group and some members leaving to join the Protectorate.<ref name="PRT48" /><ref name="PRT54">American news: Some Suits​
Murmurings of the breakdown within EU superteam 'The Suits' have been confirmed, with eighteen superpowered individuals slated to migrate to the US and join the Protectorate...​ - Department Sixty Four, PRT Quest thread i p54</ref><ref>The Suits will not be available for absorption into any teams beyond those our head office has already reached out to. Not anytime soon. Said parahumans are being retrained and made aware of PRT rules, methodology and regulations, patterns, expectations, and are being screened for any possible interference or outside malfeasance, and must thus be monitored closely.​
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However, these parahumans are displacing others, who will be moving to new locations and new teams. - Department Sixty Four,PRT Quest thread i p92</ref><ref>Weld’ Heroes called for unity, the Suits answered that call, sending many members to America to serve, following a schism of their own. - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.8 </ref>

Gold Morning

Took a few licks, unknown if those that participated were those who were not based in the United Kingdom.

Post-Gold Morning

Their actions at the event gave them a respectful reputation.<ref name="II5.11" />

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