"My Father had always said this to me when i was a young man whenever i felt that there wasn't anything worthwhile in even the smallest things, those words were "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" and after all these years, it seems that those words rang true, as the minister of this group, I vow to take these words and use them as our members of the Ministry to explore what's beyond our limited world."
— Minister Isaac Lockerton, 1st minister of MIORAN
Description
The MIORAN (MInistry Of Realm ANomalies) is a relatively small but experienced organization within the backrooms, being founded in the 1970's under the British Government after multiple reports of people all over the country simply vanishing or "clipping" out of existence regardless of location and person. Originally dismissed by local police forces.
Throughout the years and with more proof of this unusual phenomena being prevalent with more cases popping up was a clear sign that this was no mere kidnapping act. In response, the NCA established the group originally as a specialized covert police force before being transferred to the Ministry of Defence along side with a newly founded MinSo (Ministry of Scientific Occurrences) under an exercise codenamed "Project ALBIOS" which the primary goal was to understand if there was anything beyond the real world.
The first reports of members of the exercise had successfully reached the backrooms, arriving at several lower levels while some have reached other uncharted levels, despite their unusual surroundings, the first members of the group were still able to retain communications with the real world or known more commonly as the "frontrooms". With these results, members of the first expedition were then instructed to set up outposts for the time being.
After the conclusion of the ALBIOS exercise with it's results showing that "frontrooms" communicative equipment can work in the backrooms, the Ministry of Defence created the MIORAN group to further explore and understand the backrooms.
As of now, the organization currently has around 23,000 members working in the backrooms, scattered around in outposts of various sizes.
Prime Directive
MIORAN's prime directive is abbreviated as "ICE" which is shortened for "Investigate, Contain, Evaluate". What's known about the group is that they've been working to explore the backrooms more in-depth along with the idea of containing the backrooms as to prevent further "clipping" incidents in the frontrooms.
Roles
MIORAN have several roles for their members regardless of group size, the aim for MIORAN's divisions are to have equal parts of armed units along with researches and logistical workers.
Below are the noted roles for members :
- ARES (Armed Recon/Explorative Scouts) : Operating as the Eyes and Ears of MIORAN's presence in the backrooms, ARES are scouts who excel in exploration and reconnaissance within the many levels the group explores, typically given rations to last them around a week outside of any nearby outpost and armed usually with a sidearm being typically a pistol designed to withstand the rigors of the backrooms.
- ODIN (Outpost Defence INfantry) : Acting as the guards of the outposts set up by MIORAN, ODIN are guards that are tasked with warding off entities and hostile wanderers/groups, due to this, members of the ODIN role are typically well armed compared to their ARES peers, usually equipped with rifles, personal defense weapons and shotguns.
- RELI (Research Experimental Logistics Informants) : Compared to the armed ARES and ODIN members, RELIs work as the researchers, broadcasters and logistics workers within the MIORAN outposts, typically working on further expanding their knowledge on the backrooms along with providing supplies to outposts, rarely RELI members are seen outside of outposts unless they have acquired information of anything that peaks their interest, usually accompanied with ARES members as a form of protection.
Outposts & Colonies
MIORAN had managed to set up several Outposts and Colonies within the backrooms ever since Project ALBIOS in the 1970's, meaning that they have a foothold within the backrooms despite their smaller presence in comparison to the M.E.G.