Blackhawk Elite

Following a time honored PMC tradition of buying secondhand or surplus Federation Navy warships and bolting on a ton of extra weapons, engines, and armor, the Blackhawk Elite Mercenary Group takes this to its logical conclusion by rebuilding Federation Navy ships from the ground up with denser hull plating three times as thick, more engines with higher thrust output and finer control, and more hardpoints for attaching weapons.

On top of these improvements comes Blackhawk's unique overhaul of the Federation Navy's forcefield system, modifying the single direction barrier into a shield amplification field. This field both drastically improves the ability of a shield to deflect damage and magnetizes the hull such that small bullets are repelled and hull breaks are magnetically held shut, cutting down on the amount of overall damage. Furthermore, this field can be expanded and manipulated to encompass a large range outside the ship's radius, covering allied ships and granting the same beneficial effects.

Blackhawk's ships are veritable fortresses, impenetrable to all but the strongest of weapons and capable of going toe to toe with Triglav, Talon, and even Herald spacecraft. Blackhawk puts this strength to use every day in the various operations they undertake, from convoy escorts, to planetary protection, to personal guards, to bounty hunting. With a high number of ex-Federation soldiers and a harsh applicant selection program, you can rest assured that Blackhawk will do everything in its very considerable power to get the job done. For the right price, of course. If you want the best of the best, you have to pay to match.

Blackhawk is loathe to sell their ships to non-employees, but if they can find a captain worthy of piloting one, they might be willing to part with it. If you have the credits, that is.

Blackhawk began as a PMC providing military strength protection to those in the Federation who exported goods to neutral space, outside of the safe areas of Federation territory. Run by a mysterious group known only as the "Executives", Blackhawk expanded to stake their own claim out in neutral space. Of course, this space is right next to the Talons, literally 4 jumps away. Blackhawk and the Talons butt heads often, but are evenly matched to the point that systems almost never change hands and the fighting along the four Clover Systems, the DMZ between the two, has been likened to more of a shouting match than a war.

Blackhawk's sovereign space is centered around the capital world of Ysgard. Blackhawk space is known as the "Federation away from the Federation", with a similar governing style and cities that are just as large. But with more guns and a hell of a lot more defensive garrisons. I'm not kidding, if you have the chance drop by Ragnarok, they have Anti-Matter Cannons mounted as POINT DEFENSE.