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The United Mercenary Forces of the Backrooms

Description

The United Mercenary Forces of the Backrooms, or The UMFB, is a group that was originally organized by a US Marine Unit that disappeared into the Backrooms in 1995. The unit pronounced KIA (Killed In Action) after they lost contact with their superiors in the Frontrooms, although, they weren't dead. Many wanderers have joined since then, and they are trained and armed. This group has a main base (Sector Alpha) set up in Level 394, which is used to produce weapons for the group. The UMFB has around 300 members, making it a relatively large group, and it is still gaining members as time goes on. These new members are given food and a machete, as guns are extremely hard to come by. They're usually friendly, but they will respond with deadly force if attacked.

Motives/Objectives

The UMFB's main goal is to make the Backrooms a safer place, in general, and get rich while doing it. This is done through regular patrols of normally safe levels, at the expense of the colonies within, which is usually most of the reason why these levels are 'safe'. The UMFB also supports MEG by helping to guard those scouting new levels, in exchange for supplies and equipment. They also protect main bases of other groups, such as MEG, the Backroom Colonists and the Backroom Explorers, for a fee of course.

Research

As this group is helping to drive off entities, they learned what will, and will not, kill certain entities. For example, research has shown that Smilers can be killed with higher firepower - such as a shotgun - but are near impossible to kill with weaker weapons such as a scrap machete (the main weapon of the UMFB), or a bow. This kind of research helps to increase the survival rate of wanderers and make the Backrooms a little bit safer. Also, it kinda lines their pockets.

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