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BLACK SPIRAL DANCERS

When Black Spiral Dancers want to lead a First Team — and Spirals never accept anything except alpha position — Pentex acquiesces. The werewolves are often stronger and faster than an Assault Team fomor.

The situation is far from ideal for the com­ pany. Pentex prefers using Spirals for missions requiring elite specialists, and to keep them separated from First Teams as much as possible. First Teams believe Black Spiral Dancers are the pinnacle of the Wyrm’s troops — proof that not all werewolves deny the truth of the world. Unfortunately, Black Spirals are usually somewhat less awe-inspiring in reality. Their instability and capriciousness is hard to predict and difficult to control.

Black Spiral Dancers view First Teams as can­ non fodder for whatever goal they’ve set. When the werewolves ask for a First Team it’s because they need expendable resources to protect the pack. Pentex finds it almost impossible to guess how much the werewolf-enhanced mission will cost the company, but gives the Dancers what they need, quietly closing the personnel files of the unlucky First Team and preparing to relocate troops to fill the expected vacancies.

In doing so, Pentex once again invests in the future, strengthening the werewolves’ depen­ dency on the company and shifting the balance of power further in Pentex’s favor.

In the unlikely event that any members of the First Team survive, they’re often damaged enough to only be fit to take on an instructor’s role — or a padded cell. Those few who remain both physically capable and sane after backing up a Black Spiral Dancer are in high demand as elite solidiers of the Wyrm.