Earth Corps
The Earth Corps are an organization that features in Inhumanoids.
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History
The Earth Corps was an organization that operated on Earth in the modern age. It consisted of a group of scientists that investigated strange discoveries on the planet.
The specialized geological research team was originally assembled as a government-funded coalition of brilliant scientists dedicated to exploring subterranean anomalies and managing deep-crust excavation projects. Operating out of their advanced mobile laboratories, the core group consisted of Dr. Herman "Herc" Armstrong, Dr. Derek Bright, Dr. Edward "Auger" Augutter, and Dr. Jonathan Slattery. Their routine subterranean mapping mission took a catastrophic turn in the Big Sur wilderness when they unearthed a massive, ancient monolith of amber containing a towering, skeletal abomination known as D'Compose. Unbeknownst to the scientists, this creature belonged to a prehistoric race of subterranean horrors called the Inhumanoids, who had been sealed beneath the planet's crust for millennia. When a corrupt corporate executive deliberately sabotaged the containment to free the monsters for his own gain, the team’s scientific mandate immediately shattered. Realizing the surface world faced complete annihilation from these eldritch threats, the group rapidly repurposed their deep-earth industrial excavation suits into combat gear, forming a desperate defensive front to lock the monsters back beneath the Earth.
Overview
In appearance, the small assembly of subterranean defenders resembled a rugged team of specialized industrial engineers and field scientists rather than a traditional military unit or a caped superhero alliance. They functioned as a tightly coordinated, highly focused tactical division that brought together disparate technical disciplines, including archeology, structural mechanics, advanced chemistry, and electronic engineering, under a shared banner of environmental preservation. Despite the sheer, nightmarish scale of the giant monsters they faced, the researchers maintained a disciplined, analytical focus, utilizing logic and battlefield coordination to counter ancient magic and physical brute force. Their immediate objective focused entirely on monitoring subterranean fault lines, intercepting monster incursions before they reached heavily populated surface cities, and securing ancient artifacts hidden in deep caves. To achieve this, they deployed heavily armored exploration vehicles and established localized subterranean base camps, forming crucial survival alliances with helpful, elemental cave-dwelling species known as the Mutores. Their ultimate goal shifted toward permanently sealing the primary Inhumanoid leaders back within their respective elemental prisons, ensuring that the planet's core remained stable and protected from ancient evil. Regarding their clothing and costumes, the operators wore massive, bulky exo-suits designed for high-pressure subterranean environments, which heavily contrasted with the sleek, lightweight fabric uniforms of standard military branches. Their visual aesthetic relied on thick protective plating painted in bold, distinguishing individual color schemes—including vibrant oranges, deep purples, and industrial greens—complete with tinted dome helmets and integrated chest-mounted spotlights to pierce the pitch-black darkness of the deep underworld.
The operators of this heavy-rescue engineering team demonstrated a specialized suite of advanced excavation technologies and heavy-armor survival capabilities during their defensive operations against the subterranean forces. They exhibited the Exo-Suit system, a specialized framework of hyper-durable power armor that granted the wearer immunity to extreme tectonic pressures, boiling volcanic heat, and toxic underground gas pockets while navigating deep caverns. For defense, they utilized reinforced titanium chest plating and heavy boots designed to withstand collapsing rock faces and neutralize the immense physical strikes delivered by giant monsters during subterranean combat. They displayed highly specialized, heavy-duty industrial tools integrated directly into their armor's arm assemblies, including Herc Armstrong's high-tensile grappling winch used for rapid vertical ascension and Derek Bright's massive mechanical treads designed to tear through solid bedrock. Their offensive and defensive capabilities included Edward Augutter’s heavy power-drills capable of grinding through subterranean stone structures and Jonathan Slattery's specialized chemical spray cannon, which could project quick-freezing compounds to immobilize hostile organisms. Some members also demonstrated advanced logistical and engineering expertise, modifying standard deep-core mining vehicles into heavily armored tactical transports capable of operating thousands of miles beneath the Earth's surface without losing engine power. Beyond physical combat, the group showed high-level geological analysis and tactical puzzle-solving, using specialized seismic sensors to track underground monster movements, crafting targeted chemical countermeasures to neutralize alien spores, and utilizing ancient structural archives to activate prehistoric sealing mechanisms.
They created a number of specialist equipment that included:
- Terrascout :
- Trappeur :
Members
- Herman Armstrong :
- Derek Ericson Bright :
- Edward Augutter :
- Johnathon Martin Slattery :
- Sandra Shore :
- Anatoly Kiev :
- Brad J. Armbruster :
Notes
- The Earth Corps were created by Flint Dille where they featured in the setting of the Inhumanoids universe.
Appearances
- Inhumanoids: (1986)
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