The Heimdall Society was originally formed by a group of students at University of California, Berkeley during the height of the Vietnam War. It was a student protest group who were very low key, supporting the larger and more vocal groups on the Berkeley campus. After the United States withdrew its troops from that region, most of the vociferous groups also disbanded, however the Society continued on after its members had graduated and moved into various career fields.
The Heimdall Society charter was officially drafted by five members from the original Cal Berkeley group and graduated and went on to careers in the defense & science industries, with two of the members moving on to work at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The Society mostly kept in touch with each other, treating it more for social contacts than for protests and demonstrations. During the 1980’s, those five original members decided to return to their roots, but instead of protesting war they decided to become a defense industry watchdog group. Given their positions, they were in good places to observe the doings of American defense contractors and played pivotal parts in directing investigators to potential leaks and actual dirtyhanded engineers.
Investing wisely and recruiting other like-minded individuals, the Society grew strong but kept itself off the national stage by working more as back-room informants than attention grabbing. During the heyday of the 90’s stock surge, they saw their portfolios and personal fortunes grow by leaps and bounds. By this time, they now had the capital to affect real change in world security. Then when approached by friendly congressmen with the idea of funding the Omega Sector, the Society agreed and set into motion their plans to help make the world safer.
Officially, the Heimdall Society is a not-for-profit organization that lobbies Congress for changes in the way defense contracts are assigned and how those contractors go about selling technology and arms to other nations. They have friendly relations with many senators on the both the Armed Service and Foreign Relations committees as well as friends in many of the top national defense companies. All of the information contained in this document is fictional. No such agency or actions exist to the best of my knowledge. Any coincidences to persons, alive or dead, organizations, and events are just that. A coincidence. This is meant for a Role-Playing Game set in Alderac Entertainment Group’s Spycraft setting. Any further information regarding that game can be found at www.spycraftrpg.com.