PRIMAL Inception (18 page)

EQUIPMENT

PRIMAL operatives are issued with a range of customized equipment to give them an edge over adversaries. Usually procured and modified by Mitch, he is given a near-unlimited budget to ensure operatives have the very latest technology. I’ll briefly cover some of PRIMAL’s signature equipment. You can find more details on equipment, weapons, and vehicles in the PRIMAL intel database
here
.

iPRIMAL.
All operatives are issued with an iPRIMAL, a smartphone or tablet with advanced capabilities to support clandestine operations. It appears to be a regular device but a hidden menu accesses bespoke capabilities including: duress mode, stealth surveillance which enables audio, visual, and location tracking, self-destruct, and fire support integration into PRIMAL’s air, direct, and indirect weapon systems.

When the iPRIMAL is not available other devices may be issued. For instance in PRIMAL Fury when Bishop and Saneh infiltrate a human-trafficking syndicate they anticipate their phones will be confiscated. Saneh deploys with an iPod that functions as a tracking device and duress beacon. Bishop is issued with Ray-Ban glasses that contain a miniature camera. The purpose of the glasses was to capture images of persons of interest for future targeting.

Fig. 16 – CAT suit concept, illustrated by
Marc Lee

CAT Suit.
PRIMAL operatives favor stealth and guile when neutralizing their enemies however high-intensity combat is sometimes unavoidable. When a team is anticipating combat at close quarters they have access to the latest in protective wear and night vision. Usually used by the Critical Assault Team, the ‘CAT Suit’ consists of carbon nanotube and graphene armor that provides lightweight, full body protection. The full-face helmet also contains a respirator and enhances the senses with integrated night vision and active hearing protection. A heads-up-display (HUD) inside the helmet is used to aim firearms when linked to a digital sight. Additionally the HUD displays information from the iPRIMAL including the location of other operatives, maps, and feeds from remote cameras or UAVs.

Drones
. Ever since I employed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or ‘drones’ in Afghanistan they’ve been a technology I’ve followed closely. Drones feature heavily in PRIMAL. In PRIMAL Unleashed disposable Sentry drones are launched from the Pain Train. PRIMAL Vengeance sees a customized Switchblade ‘suicide drone’ being used in a surveillance and attack role. In PRIMAL Fury a quadcopter maps an enemy building which enables the building of a 3D model for planning purposes. Mitch modifies a toy quadcopter in PRIMAL Reckoning and uses it to hack a computer network.

Fig. 17 – Switchblade ‘suicide drone’

FUTURE

So what does the future hold for PRIMAL? As you can see from the covers above, PRIMAL Reckoning is not the last PRIMAL story. There will always be injustice, and corruption that needs to be dealt with. Expect more original weapon and equipment concepts. Fresh operatives will be recruited as the PRIMAL team takes casualties. And as always there is the threat of discovery by government intelligence agencies, or any number of PRIMAL’s adversaries.

If you’ve got any ideas I’m keen to hear them. Whether you’ve got a particular group of douche-bags in mind that no one is holding accountable, or there’s some trick piece of kit that PRIMAL needs to know about, flick me an
email
and I’ll see what I can do.

AUTHOR’S FINAL WORDS

I hope you found at least some of the PRIMAL Compendium interesting. If you want to read a bit more about the PRIMAL world, remember you can check out the intel database on my website
here
. I’ll keep updating it as new books come out.

Finally, I want to thank Marc Lee for his awesome artwork. You can find his Facebook Page
here
.

JS