Martin Kell:

He is the mind behind the Black Sun, the elusive Watchman. He leads parallel lives: one as the leader of the Insurrection, and one as Spymaster within the Imperial Intelligence Bureau. As Spymaster, he gathers information and covers up the tracks of the Insurrection whenever possible. He has many allies and strings to pull, yet he keeps his head low and does his job within the Bureau with terrifying efficiency. He has all the pieces in play and yet still manages to hide in plain sight feigning loyalty to the Emperor. Many Black Sun members within the Empire are under his control as soldiers and body guards, and they continue to do their jobs and follow imperial command, oblivious to the fact that Martin is the Watchman. Martin is smart, cunning, meticulous and extremely careful. He knows his enemies very well and can read them like a book; after all, he has lived as a loyal servant for many years.

James Langerhan:

He is Martin’s friend and closest supporter. An Admiral in the Imperial navy, he was convinced by Martin in the past to join his crusade against the Empire. Martin then began trying to convince his fleet and his men covertly: a slow painstaking process, yet it was done. As an Imperial fleet that was now part of the Black Sun, they knew their job within the Empire and carried them out as the corruption spread, while the Empire remained blind to the presence of a rot growing from within, too distracted by the more public view of the Black Sun. James knew Martin was cunning, but never to the full extent, for he was terrified to know his full potential. He had already established the basis of a small nation from within the Empire without it ever knowing, while James himself was promoted the Rank of Admiral for his services after hunting down and destroying rebel fleets, a massive irony considering he is in one now, unbeknownst to the people and his comrades.

Kurt Macer:

He is an economist and an entrepreneur, having ownership of three companies that build arms, vehicles, and ships, as well as other companies inside the Empire. MacerIndustries.Inc has its grip around powerplants, misc. production of goods, agriculture, and water. He made his living from the ground up and is protected behind a wall of lawyers, but Martin got to him, see Kurt isn’t an honest business man, he makes the rest of his money by secretly shipping weapons to the highest bidders, this time however the bid was his freedom and security, Martin investigated him, and found evidence of illicit trade, Martin said “You help me, and all of this is evidence goes down the drain.” Needless to say Macer agreed. But Macer is no fool, he was privy to at least a part of Martin’s plan, he knows he’s seceding from the Empire, Macer knew that he’d become the sole industrial power within this new nation the prospects of which made him an eager supporter, he bought some PMC forces in order to bolster his ‘security force’ when in reality he was recruiting men for the Black Sun, Martin took note, and told Macer to lay low, and so he did, excusing the excessive amounts of PMC’s as an extra security measure when delivering military munitions, ships, and vehicles.

The Black Sun is grouped into two separate divisions differing by level of exposure.

GROUND CAPABILITY

-Frontliners: these people are the active part of the Insurrection, the ones who carry out raids by the order of The Watchman. Although they are loyal to a point, and they are usually underequipped, they will use whatever they can get their hands on, including Xeno Weaponry.

-Insiders: this is the tier the Empire does not know about yet. They gather intelligence and are the sleeper cells within the Empire, ready to let loose. They are waiting for the day they become active, no more taking orders from the Empire.

NAVAL CAPABILITY

-Frontliner Navy: they don’t possess many ships and they take what they can get: Xeno ships, salvaged ships, and stolen ships. It’s a small navy, a hodgepodge of imperial ships and Xeno ships, but nevertheless a navy that’s capable of raiding and salvaging enemy supply lines and battle groups.

-Insider Navy: this is the one that the Empire does not know about. They are the ship captains and crews of Imperial naval operations that support the Black Sun, among them including Mercenary ships that use older versions of Imperial ships, though highly modified to compete with current versions of Imperial mainstay battleships.