It predates the current age and originates from a period where humans, angels, and djinn living in that region weren't on such... hostile terms.

As a species, the Djinn are quite good at keeping records; they rarely forget things.

@Phantomlink959 I've read that. That works.

@Phantomlink959 oh yeah I don't mind if it's okay with them

Looks like we're all agreed then. With that, we can go ahead and get to the next round of missions I believe?

@Phantomlink959@Blueflame@Searat@LightningMaiden
I am going to move everyone to HQ so we can try the team building thing. Speak now if this is a problem. Also if you have ideas for missions let me know.

Fine by me.

Agents being assigned to play incognito bodyguard for a civilian that's being hunted by some flavor of supernatural assassin could be interesting.

@Phantomlink959That would be a little more long term but definitely see the possibilities there.

Could even be a joint effort; one team keeping them alive while another tries to find out who sent it and why so they can stop it.

@Phantomlink959 true. That would give two teams something to do.

@KatherinWinter

Something I've been musing about for a few days and figure I'd suggest, if you wanted to get a better sense of forward momentum for the story you could put together a formal in-universe ranking system for agents (similar to the organizational structures of real world organizations) based on specializations, seniority, and mission clearance ratings.

Not in any way a necessity, just thought it could be fun.

EDIT: for an example, the current CIA organizational chart:


Anything you put together could be simplified of course; BOSA isn't nearly as large of an agency as the CIA.

@Phantomlink959Once I have a better feeling for everyone's levels I can see how that might be useful. Everyone is very much on different levels so they would have different clearance. But right now I am not sure who outranks who.

@KatherinWinter

Some information you can gather from backstories;

For the moment at least Griffin, Rost, and Argus seem to be the highest ranked agents in play.

Rost theoretically holds the highest rank of those three as he is both a field agent with seniority holds a special title as the head of research and development.

Griffin is the most senior agent but holds no known special titles; he is a representative of the vampiric court but that does not seem to hold any specific weight within BOSA other than his presence as an agent being a deterrent of open conflict between the two groups.

Overall I would give Rost and Griffin a tie in term of chain of command with who is considered the most senior agent depending purely on context.

Argus has the roughly same level of seniority as Rost but falls at the bottom of the totem pole for senior agents because he was on working probation for the agency until recently.

I can't pin down when precisely Richard joined but he doesn't seem to be brand new; of the newer agents he is most likely the highest in seniority but has not been with the agency long enough to be trusted as the lead for more complex cases just yet. His prior military experience would make him a candidate for early promotion once he has undergone field evaluation by a more senior agent.

Amaya and Mason are both brand new additions to the agency and thus hold no seniority; they are rookie agents still within what you could call a trial period. They have no prior military or police experience and do not have many skills which would qualify them for specialist titles.

Basically, they're interns.

Astra is a special case as far as seniority goes; though she has only just been activated she was reprogrammed to be loyal to the agency and possesses skills and abilities that could easily earn her a specialist rank to bump her further up the ladder than those with comparable time served.

Digi's characters are new to BOSA but do have prior experience with a comparable organization. Under most circumstances this would put them in the same boat as Richard, but since they have ties to an active organization with which BOSA does not have a treaty or alliance they would likely be placed under the supervision of a trusted individual within the agency to determine whether they are spies or legitimate allies.

By the way I read WAY more military fiction than I probably should.

digi has very little training and control of her powers
Gin, on the other hand, is very experienced despite her age and knows a lot of magic (why so is part of her backstory)

@Phantomlink959some of that makes sense. The rest I will have to ask my husband about. I don't have enough military experience to know. I might be able to get something set up.
@digichiptuneGin couldn't have started training earlier than 6. And most of that would have been elementary mage spells. She wouldn't have started middle level spells until she was about 16. If she was advanced maybe 13. She won't have any battle spells yet. Teenagers are too unpredictable to give access to high level and dangerous spells. Based on your writing. I am saying that she isn't that advanced. And unless you can prove Gin knows what she is doing I am putting her at the low end of mages.

Also I just realized if they're being placed under a mage for training that means Rost is gonna have like four students following him around.

He can probably pawn Amaya off on another agent with powers more similar to hers though; probably Richard or Argus as they're in that same "conduit of raw maagical energy" sort of class.

Mason, once his binding has been put up to the next level, can work with anyone since Rost won't have to constantly monitor it.

No issue here.
Argus, Richard, and Astra are currently in the Bureau compound.

@Phantomlink959Rost doesn't have to take them on if you don't want to. I have mages I can use.

@KatherinWinter

If you've got NPC mages or the like that's fine by me.

@Phantomlink959This would be a character with a sheet. Like Griffin's. I just don't want you to feel like you have to take on everyone.

@KatherinWinter
Ah, right. I getcha.