The Ghosts and teams
A/N: The bios are for those who haven't read the first story. Also they have been updated.
Raider Two-Five/Team RADR (Raider)
Team nickname: Airborne Raiders
Name: Raiden Williams
Rank: Sargent
Age: 18
Weapons: M4A1 holographic sights/w grip, M9 Pistol, combat knife and tomahawk
Description: Caucasian with short brown hair and brown eyes.
Bio: Older brother of Alex Williams, they've experienced the ODIN strike on America when they were kids. Ten years later they joined the 82nd Airborne division to help fight the Federation. They soon saved a Ghost spec op from falling to his death and ever since then they've been part of the Ghosts. He is the leader of both his squad and team. Currently in a strong relationship with Yang Xiao Long of Team RWBY.
Name: Alex Williams
Rank: PFC (Private First Class)
Age: 17
Description: Caucasian with blonde hair and pale blue eyes
Weapons: L115 sniper rifle, Vector smg/w red dot sight, P99 Pistol and combat knife
Bio: Younger brother of Raiden, he's the sniper of the squad/team. He's a good shot but is not as good as Greg in Echo squad/Team GRVL. Became bitter to Hispanics after ODIN hit and is now racist to anyone who isn't American except for Rick Grimes.
Name: Derrick Haven
Nickname: Big Brother
Rank: Corporal
Age: 20
Description: Caucasian with black hair and red eyes.
Weapons: FP6 Shotgun/w red dot sight, MP7 smg/w holographic, G18 machine pistol, combat knife
Bio: Orphaned at a young age, Derrick lived on the streets of San Diego, looking in trash cans for food, never knowing his parents. When he became eight, he encountered a retired marine from the army. The marine pitied Derrick and took him in. Derrick was living okay, learning special tactics from the marine. When he became ten, ODIN hit and the marine died while leading Derrick to safety. Derrick was once again alone. When he became 18 he joined the 517th Airborne regiment and did numerous drops in Federation territory. Is the eldest member of the squad/team.
Name: Rick Grimes
Rank: PFC
Age: 17
Description: Korean with black hair covering his left eye and crimson eyes.
Weapons: AMELI light machine gun, P226 pistol, combat knife, Kastet grenade launcher
Bio: Both of his parents were Korean and moved to the United States in fear of North Korea attacking South Korea. His father taught him Taekwondo and various other martial arts. Met Raiden and Alex at a young age and they became fast friends in (mis)adventures. When ODIN hit, his mother was crushed from a fallen building while his dad got injured. Wanting revenge, Rick joined the 101th Airborne division when he was 15. Joined the Ghosts after he took out a Federation outpost by himself. Currently in a relationship with Blake Belladonna from Team RWBY.
Echo squad
Name: Nathaniel Johnston
Age: 30
Rank: First Sergeant
Nickname: Nate
Description: White male with short black hair and brown eyes.
Bio: Served as an Army Ranger for 10 years until being accepted into the Ghosts. During his time as a Ranger, him and his Ranger squad held off and entire Federation battalion while helping evacuate an F.O.B (Forward operating base). He is laid back when not in combat. He acts like a true leader when bullets start flying. Likes to tease the youngest Echo Squad member because of his age. Is the close combat teacher in Beacon.
Weapons: SCAR assault rifle with ACOG scope and silencer. Secondary is a USP Pistol with a tactical knife.
Name: Charlie Hinders
Rank: Corporal
Age: 32
Description: Tall white male with brown hair and green eyes.
Bio: Served in the Marines as EOD for 12 years until chosen by the Ghosts. He is the comedian of Echo Sqaud as well as the gentle giant of the Ghosts. Secretly made a promise to the father of the Echo Squad's rookie to watch over his son's back. He is also one of the few Ghosts who can fight in a Juggernaut suit. Massacred an entire armoured battalion when Greg got injured. Is the explosives instructor at Beacon
Weapons: M60E3 Machine Gun with Grip and a Desert Eagle Pistol.
Name: Logan Somers
Rank: Corporal
Age: 28
Description: White male with short black hair and blue eyes.
Bio: Former Delta Force. Captured by the Federation once seven years ago. Within a month of capture, Somers escapes while killing 39 Federation Soldiers. He is the partner in crime of Charlie Hinders when it involves pranks. Is reckless and laid back but is a good soldier when he's called to action. Is the firing range instructor at Beacon and the news man for the intercom in the mornings.
Weapons: M4A1 with Holographic Sight and Grip. Carries a M9 Pistol.
Team GRVL (Gravel) Leader
Name: Gregory "Greg" Panetta (Greg's mother's family last name) Anderson (Greg's father's family last name)
Age: 17
Rank: Lance Corporal (USMC & Ghost Rank)
Description: Hispanic-Texan (Tejano) male with dark brown hair, tan skin and greyish blue eyes.
Weapons: Custom M21 EBR/ M4A1 hybrid rifle from Beacon, M1911 Pistol with .45 ACP rounds and a M40 sniper rifle
Bio: Former Sniper and Translator for Former Ghost Squad call sign Echo. Now Team Leader of GRVL. Only known living survivor of the ODIN Strike that hit San Antonio, Texas ten years ago. Witnessed most of his family's deaths and his father, Captain Deuce Anderson, died in his arms. He has faced a lot of discrimination because of his Hispanic looks. Currently is in a strong relationship with his fellow teammate and partner, Velvet Scarletina, a female rabbit Faunus.
Name: Randi Jackson
Age: 17
Rank: None (Huntress)
Description: Tan skinned female with long brown hair and green eyes
Weapons: Two pistols named Maria and Claudia. Same design as M1911.
Bio: Born in the same neighborhood as Leland, Randi was more tomboyish than any other girl in the area. Her mother and father worked as guards for the Schnee Dust Company, getting their daughter into one of the most prestigious academies with enough money earned through out their lives. Randi met Weiss there before transferring to Signal, reuniting with Leland. She has a major crush on the pyromaniac who is unable to notice much to her dismay.
Name: Velvet Scarletina
Age: 17
Rank: None (Huntress)
Description: White skinned brunette Rabbit Faunus with long brown hair and brown eyes
Weapons: P90 SMG (Greg gave it to her to be able to feel comfortable that she isn't completely unarmed) and her mage magic (Unknown at this time)
Bio: Velvet is one of the few Faunus that are able to make it into Beacon Academy. During the initiation, Velvet was nearly killed when she was cornered by a group of Beowolves. That's when Greg saved her and the two met for the first time. After being declared as partners and assigned with Leland and Randi as Team GRVL, Velvet and Greg are pretty much the perfect match for each other. With Greg around, no bigots have bothered her again, especially when Greg broke both of Cardin's legs during a duel without being armed with a weapon. This one fight scene will be added into a short story soon either under MarineRecon's profile or Assassin's Mentor.
Name: Leland "Boom-Boom" Batista
Age: 17
Rank: None (Hunter)
Description: White male with Brown hair and blue eyes.
Weapons: A specialized Assault Rifle designed like an M4A1 with an Holographic Sight and taped 45 round magazines called Lead-Storm.
Bio: Born in a rough neighborhood near a mining facility, Batista's father was a war veteran as well as the Schnee Dust Company's top demolitions expert. His father earned enough money to get Leland enrolled into Signal, but not before teaching his son about using, disarming, and creating explosives. He graduated with flying colors and earned his spot into Beacon alongside his childhood friend Randi. He was given the nickname "Boom-Boom" due to his love of explosives as well as being the only one crazy enough to use them.
Prologue
The year was 2005. After the Middle East was drained dry of oil and ravaged by conflict almost a decade ago, a new superpower raised in South America with a lust for domination and resources. Within years, South America and Central America were united under a militaristic government called the Federation. However after the United States of America stepped in and managed to hold them off from invading the southern part of the US, both countries came to a truce which many Americans hoped the Federation would respect and honor. The Federation, filled with the lust of becoming a more powerful super nation and gaining more resources, did not honor it for long. It was then in 2015 that the Federation pulled off the biggest attack against the United States that left 23 million American innocents dead within a few hours. The Federation violated the truce by taking over a US orbital defense space station, called ODIN, and fired missiles at cities in the southern west states that bordered with the Federation-controlled Mexico. However further attacks on more cities were prevented by the surviving ODIN astronauts, who sacrificed themselves by destroying ODIN. Still it was far too late. After ODIN, the Federation began to invade the US through the areas ODIN had struck. However they met fierce resistance from United States Armed Forces, stopping their advance from moving further.
Ten years later in 2025, the Federation increases its attacks in order to gain more territory. However they have been hindered by groups of United States Special Forces operatives that use stealth and fear against the Federation inside its own lines. These operatives are the best weapon in fighting off the Federation that are so skilled and deadly that the enemy refers to them by their group's name. These men and women are called Ghosts. Within a few months in 2025, the efforts and success of the Ghosts have turned the tide in this war. The Federation has been ousted off of US soil and now the Americans are taking the fight into Federation territories. The biggest success in this new campaign is the capture of the Federation city and capital, Rio de Janerio. However there was a loss among the Ghosts. Two teams, Raider-Two-Five and Echo Squad, were assigned different missions during the battle. Raider's was to destroy a weapons factor that was holding suspected dirty bombs, but when disaster struck, they sacrificed themselves by blowing them up manually. As for Echo Squad, their loss was different. The mission they were given was to capture and destroy an experimental weapons developing facility while downloading all the data they could get. They were never heard off again. The facility was destroyed before any other units could it. No one knows what had become of Echo Squad, but the Ghosts would remember them alongside with Raider-Two-Five. These two teams would be written in US History books and be remembered in the memorial.
However for Echo and Raider Teams, their story may be over on Earth, but they had entered their new legacy in a new world, in a place called Vytal. This place was new start for these two teams. Well for all of Raider and the youngest one in Echo Squad. Here is where in the place of Echo and Raider Squads are two new teams at a academy, called Beacon, that teaches young people from all over Vytal to become a Hunter or Huntress, the defenders of the innocent from evil monsters called Grimm. These two teams were now known as Team RADR (Raider) and Team GRVL (Gravel). To the Ghosts, it was an escape from conflict and a new way to help defend others. However, unknown to them, enemies will always catch up with you and they will bring warfare with them. However Vytal will be working together against this new threat as they begin what will be known as the United Offensive.