Cerberus Ravager

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Creation

UGY 5315

Design

A single Chalauran prowling around a non-descript fleet ship. Flat black Li'Karan ink is used.

The Ravager Programme is a closely guarded secret by a sizable percentage of the Cerberus Fleet. As such, its members need to be identifiable to each other, without an outsider being able to clock on to them being a part of the programme.

Since the creation of the Ravager Programme in UGY 5315, its members have created a symbol that they can use to identify each other. This symbol is a tattoo. Placement of the tattoo varies; most members will opt to place it on their hip, whilst some are more daring with their tattoo placement and will have it on an area of skin that is typically more exposed to the public eye.

The Design

The tattoo itself is relatively intricate and hard to copy for inexperienced artists. The Ravager Programme actually employs tattoo artists for this exact reason - they are paid extremely well for their services and given a lifetime of benefits that only an actual member of the Cerberus Fleet would see.

Design wise, the tattoo is based on the tattoo that Astrid Ziegler got commissioned a few years after the Terrans made their first relay jump. It depicts a Chalauran mid hunt and prowling around the outside of a ship. The designs for the Cerberus Ravager tattoo tend to be smaller than the original and the ink is a flat black colour, rather than the purple, red and blue combination of the original design.

The History

Astrid Ziegler was less open than her fellow first jumpers about her hatred for the Osiryx Federation. Keeping that secret close to her chest allowed her to thrive as the Cerberus Fleet grew, until eventually she became a General. This meant that she was in an excellent position to begin planting the seeds of the Ravager Programme.

Her tattoo became a symbol to those who shared her views. To them, it meant ‘I see you, I hear your concerns, we will not be ignored or subdued’. Only a handful of people actually got the same tattoo as Astrid Ziegler whilst she was still alive, but once she had passed the tattoo evolved into something else. More and more people began to get the exact same design and eventually, centuries down the line, the Ravager Programme adopted the tattoo.

As the Cerberus Ravager design has become more and more popular with members of the Ravager Programme, it means that the higher ups funding the programme have needed to take extra security measures to keep the tattoo out of the spotlight. They wipe any mention of the symbol from public records and Terra Novus records. They have members of the programme infiltrating the Osiryx Federation on a daily basis, wiping their records clean as well.

“They found Rory this morning. Dead. Outside the old Vegas Lights building.”

“Poor bastard - foul play?”

“Don’t know, don’t care. Strangest thing I read on the report though - you remember that tattoo he was talking about? No trace of it.”

“Shit… think it was the Ravagers?”

“You should know better than to ask a question like that.”

For the most part they have been successful in keeping the purpose of the Cerberus Ravager tattoo a secret. There are those in the Cerberus Fleet who have their suspicions about what the symbol means, but these people are never able to get any concrete proof. These ‘cleaners’ from the programme are extremely good at their jobs - as soon as the design of the Cerberus Ravager pops up in one of their many database scanning algorithms, the cleaners get to work on removing all evidence it ever existed. The tattoo itself is made with Li’Varan ink, a material that is extremely easy to remove via laser removal and leaves almost no trace behind.

The hardest part about keeping the design a secret is when it comes to those who opt to have the design in a less than subtle place. Cleaners are instructed to keep an eye on any members of the programme who opted to have the tattoo on a more visible part of their skin (such as their arms or neck) and those who frequently discuss their dislike for the Osiryx Federation in public areas. Show off too often or voice your dislike too much and these cleaners will make sure that you never make the same mistake again.