The first half of 2015 was newsworthy, to say the very least.

The very first of what was to be called kaiju wasted no time, appearing in the early hours of the first day of the year. Party-goers in the tiny seaside hamlet of Buff Bay in Jamaica could hardly believe their eyes when what looked like a prehistoric trilobite, a full fifteen feet long, crawled from the water and tore apart a dog. The creature's rampage scarcely lasted twenty minutes before officers of the Jamaica Constabulary Force killed it with a fusillade of rifle rounds. The new year started with a sensational story, zoologists expressing joy over what they considered a singular, once-in-a-lifetime find.

As it turned out, there was nothing singular about it.

As the new year went on, the reports started becoming more and more frequent. more reliable. Stories that would once have been relegated to fringe blogs were covered by mainstream journalists. The creatures were as varied as the locations they were seen. Pilots in Greenland reported spending hours over the taiga tracking a huge wolf, twenty-five feet at the shoulder, before running low on fuel and having no choice but to return to their airfield. Tourists on a cruise off the coast of Madagascar submitted dozens of photos and videos of an undulating snake-like creature, as long as the ship on which they traveled. Australian backpackers were unsettled to discover footprints the length of a car stretching through the Outback. A hairy, bipedal creature, something like a cross between a bear and an ape and standing thirty feet tall, demolished a remote ski lodge in the Italian Alps, killing three, before being dispatched by sustained machine gun fire.

Finally, on March 31, 2015, the unthinkable happened. The city of Naha, capital of Okinawa, fell under attack. A 130 foot lizard-like creature, something like a gigantic salamander, crawled ashore and cut a swath of destruction through downtown, collapsing entire buildings with careless flicks of the tail and crushing vehicles underfoot. Confusion and looting reigned, and despite the heroic efforts of local authorities, the populace had no clear instructions or plans. JSDF fighters, scrambling from Naha Air Base, finally managed to kill the creature in an airstrike. The death toll was confirmed at 96, with over a thousand injured- general consensus was this was light compared to what might have been.

Something had to be done.

The United Nations Security Council convened, and in a closed-doors session hammered out the details for the newest multinational agency. The United Nations Kaiju Research and Combat Initiative (UNKRCI) was by far one of the most ambitious bodies created by the UN. Member nations donated both scientific talent and military units to the new program, intended to function as a highly mobile "fire brigade" responding to the appearance of potentially threatening giant monsters. With permanent headquarters in Geneva, the command staff and scientific advisers were ready to deploy at a moment's notice, accompanied by at least a battalion of member-donated combat troops. Eschewing the blue helmet of other UN operations, unfairly associated with inaction and failure by the world press, the UN instead issued eye-catching white gloves to soldiers, airmen, and sailors serving with the UNKRCI.

The media liked the white gloves, and projected the name onto the organization as a whole.

Now, the period of waiting has begun. The scientists of the White Gloves long for specimens to research, the military men long for action, all of them long for a success to put to their name in order to receive increased funding and some modicum of respect. Right now, many view the White Gloves as nothing more than a waste of time and effort, a laughable obstacle to the real work of fighting giant monsters- more of which are reported each week, with occasional minor attacks on humans. Sooner or later, though, they know a member nation will request their deployment and the chance will come to test their mettle against a gigantic and deadly menace.

This is the story of the men and woman of the White Gloves.

Name: Self-explanatory.

Rank: What rank have they attained in their service?

Nationality/ Branch of Service: I would like to see a number of different countries represented. Not to say there cannot be duplicates, though. By branch of service, by the way, I mean Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Gendarmerie, or whatever military force they represent.

Gender: I don't need to explain this to you.

Age: Or this.

Personality: Not looking for a big Freudian profile, just a paragraph or two that helps to explain they way they act, think, and interact with others.

Brief Bio: Two or three paragraphs about this person's life prior to ending up with the White Gloves. What has influenced their personality? How do they feel about the coming of kaiju? How has their career gone and what have they specialized in? Are they a capable soldier, or did they get this job to get them far away from their home country? I welcome all sorts of details.

Name: Your character's name.

Occupation: What your character does. Try to be specific, ie, I would prefer to see "biologist" rather than just "scientist". There are plenty of non-scientific fields that would be useful as well- linguists, doctors, disaster relief specialists, and diplomats come to mind.

Nationality: Again, I would love to see plenty of different countries represented.

Gender: Your character's gender.

Age: Self-explanatory.

Alma Mater: Where a character went to school can say a lot about them, after all, there's a difference between some backwoods provincial college and studying abroad, though both can easily be just as competent.

Personality: Not looking for a big Freudian profile, just a paragraph or two that helps to explain they way they act, think, and interact with others.

Brief Bio: Two or three paragraphs about this person's life prior to ending up with the White Gloves. What has influenced their personality? How do they feel about the coming of kaiju? How has their career gone and what have they specialized in? Are they a capable professional, or a crackpot who was given this job to get them far away from their home country? I welcome all sorts of details.

It also has the tagline "Death from Above" painted over any military symbols on the tail. the words "No Brown M&M's" is painted under the pilots canopy

Name: Marius van Eyck

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Nationality/ Branch of Service: Dutch, Korps Mariniers (Netherlands Marine Corps)

Gender: Male

Age: 41

Personality: Van Eyck has often been accused of being a humorless mission-oriented workaholic, which he will readily admit is true. An impatient man, he demands the best from his colleagues and those under his command, and has been known to be something of a micromanager. However, even his harshest critics note he is not unfair- he would never ask someone to do something he wouldn't be willing to do himself. He greatly appreciates hard work and makes sure to reward success. Despite his outward bluntness, Marius does care deeply about the people around him.

Brief Bio: Marius van Eyck was born in Utrecht, the son of a wealthy banker who had proudly served in the Korean War. His veteran father encouraged him to join the military after college, and van Eyck obeyed, passing the rigorous training needed to become an officer in the Dutch Marines. A rapid reaction force, the Dutch Marines were expected to be on the ground and fighting within 48 hours of being ordered out- anywhere in the world, under any conditions or environment. Finding himself to be well-suited to leadership, Marius van Eyck slowly but surely rose through the ranks throughout two tours in Afghanistan, as well as in UN Peacekeeping missions in Syria and the Central African Republic.

Van Eyck was as horrified as anyone else by the rise of kaiju, particularly the tragedy in Okinawa and the butchering of military pilots in the skies over Iraq. He petitioned his commanders to be seconded to the newly formed UNKRCI, arguing that his combat experience and knowledge of how to quickly deploy troops in a foreign country would make him an invaluable asset to the multinational effort. To his delight, his superiors agreed, with his previous UN experience helping to win approval from the Security Council. Marius van Eyck is fiercely proud to be a field officer for this new group, and hopes to be worthy of his responsibilities.

Other: Van Eyck speaks Dutch, English, and French, as well as a smattering of Pashto and some Arabic he picked up on previous deployments. No brown M&Ms (if you have to do it I should too).