The Wild Geese is an organization which has existed in its present form since the division of Ireland in the early twentieth century. Members of the Wild Geese consider themselves to be the modern day descendants of the Irish who fled Ireland after the Battle of Boyne and fought in the armies of Europe, primarily with the Spanish against the Dutch, and also with the French. Kevin Armstrong and Darin Falswell

There are few moderates in the Wild Geese, and the inclusion of Moira Rennie Armstrong is a testimony to how well liked her husband is, and to her own skills (see below).

The Wild Geese provides paranormal and high tech mercenaries at a steep cost to those who can afford it. Prices depend on the job and risks involved. Members of the organization are few, and very well paid.

The Wild Geese are usually Irish patriots from the Republic and from Northern Ireland. Often they have been previously active in the IRA. However, members are also recruited from other European and American mercenary groups. The Wild Geese are the top mercenaries in the world.

The role of the Wild Geese in the United States is more limited than it is in Africa or Eastern Europe. The Wild Geese teams here are more likely to be found actually furthering the aims of the organization than earning money for them.

Interestingly, the Wild Geese also serve as commando units for the Irish government (although under the guise of legitimate paramilitary groups). For example, Armstrong's Strike Force led a raid on a British prison which freed over a three hundred political prisoners.

However, they do take jobs. An upcoming mission, which will be lead by Kevin Armstrong, is to recover alien technology which PRIMUS appropriated from a research firm (Star Industries) somewhat unconstitutionally, claiming, of course, "national security." For this recovery, the Wild Geese will receive about $10 million, plus costs. Of that, Armstrong will receive about one million himself. Agents of the Wild Geese are exceptionally well paid. Base salary is about $300,000, with about $100,000 in bonuses each year.

There are no permanent bases, though houses are located for their use in San Francisco, Seattle, Hollywood, San Diego, Chicago, Ft. Worth, New Orleans, St. Louis, Boston, Hudson City, New York City, Miami, and Arlington. These facilities are equipped with training rooms. The teams are on friendly terms, and tend to congregate in one of the mansions purchased for their use when not working. Some members of the Geese have families in Ireland which they visit when they can.

Missions are assigned by government higher-ups or solicited by third parties.

Backgrounds and Character Sheets for selected members of the Wild Geese:

Additional Information:

September 1913
by W.B. Yeats

What need you, being come to sense,
But fumble in a greasy till
And add the halfpence to the pence
And prayer to shivering prayer, until
You have dried the marrow from the bone;
For men were born to pray and save;
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.

Yet they were of a different kind,
The names that stilled your childish play,
They have gone about the world like wind,
But little time had they to pray
For whom the hangman's rope was spun,
And what, God help us, could they save?
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.

Was it for this the wild geese spread
The gray wing upon every tide;
For this that all that blood was shed,
For this Edward Fitzgerald died,
And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,
All that delirium of the brave?
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.


Yet could we turn the years again,
And call those exiles as they were
In all their loneliness and pain,
You'd cry `Some woman's yellow hair
Has maddened every mother's son':
They weighed so lightly what they gave.
But let them be, they're dead and gone,
They're with O'Leary in the grave. 

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