Officially, other organizations are to be treated with neutrality.
In fact, Chessmen see themselves as a sort of clean-up crew for
other agencies who fail in their jobs. The FBI,
PRIMUS, and UNTIL are regarded
as bunglers who might be able to do a decent job if they could
get past their own red tape. Starguard International is a valuable
but anonymous ally and some of the weapons which fill the Chessmen
arsenal were designed by Starguard. Rumor has it that Doctor Quest,
founder of Starguard, is a Player. This is a Pawn rumor.
PRIMUS and UNTIL are beginning to become aware of Chessmen,
but they have only rudimentary knowledge at this point, based
on garbled accounts of agents.
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