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The Front Door

Very few humans apply for a job that guarantees losing your soul to an alien spirit of hate and destruction, so Pentex uses its most familiar tools — money and lies.

Pentex subsidiaries advertise their benign-sounding positions, and armies of lawyers, accountants, administrators and other corporate drones all responded to ‘position available’ advertisements.

Pentex, via its subsidiaries, has a corporate army of recruiters and talent spotters always looking for fresh meat for the grinder. Every recruiter specializes in a different area, and few recruiters understand the truth of what the eager new employees are agreeing to. Fewer would really care if they did — the bonus for every recruit far outweighs their conscience.

Janice Maloney works in a recruitment office for Secure Employment Solutions, matching applicants’ skills with the right kind of employment. Ms. Maloney knows within minutes when the right candidate walks through the door, and she ensures they get fast-tracked into the next ‘security officer’ training program.

Stephanie Batiste is well known in the professional football scouting circles. While other talent scouts look for the next big thing, Stephanie looks for the next big injury; other scouts pass tips to her because she’s no threat to their interests. Stephanie walks in with the checkbook, offering a signing bonus and a new goal to kids with crushed dreams.

Colonel Jack Bowman keeps his finger on the pulse of every branch of service and has a generous expense account. His friends think of him when a soldier doesn’t quite meet the standards for promotion or washes out of special forces training. Jack’s there to help manage them into the first stage of a glorious new civilian life.

Bob Pullman volunteers in a soup van that feeds the city’s homeless. He knows the desperate street people and they recognize him as someone they can trust. He offers a second chance and the promise of something more than they’ve ever experienced before.