PROFILE OF

THE CIRCUS

Known Circus members include:

Thief,Murder,Anarchy,Hate,Destruction,Crime,Fire,Swordsman,Evil,Torturer,Executioner,Killer,Deceit,Poison,

Believed to be a gang of mercenaries available to the highest bidder,these groups of people have little or no morals and no crime is above or below them.At least two groups of Circus members are known with at least four per group.Each Circus member is named after his or her particular talent.Each has its own face make up,believed to be a disguise,similar to Earth clowns.The group involving Thief,Torturer,Deceit and Destruction are known to go as far as wearing full clown costumes as well as leathers.None of this group was ever seen without face make up.

Capable of crimes of intense cruelty and violence,all carried out without emotion,to simple theft a group of Circus members will stop at nothing to fulfil their contract.Using the latest in technology to carry out their crimes they are brilliant in their execution of those crimes.

Reports compiled after Earths' first encounter with the Circus imply their cold expressions during their crime spree hid an intense passion for their work,regardless of how bloody their work was at the time.

FILE UPDATE

Following the mission by the crew of Starcruiser One more information is now available.

The makeup thought to be a disguise is actually a permanent facial disfigurement passed on by a dying Circus member onto another.The race they come from is called the Shawnia (see separate file).If the recipient has the the reptilian Shawnian features they are transformed into a humanoid with the black on white face.The recipient also cannot feel pain and immune to heat and cold.This is thought to enhance the Circus members ability to carry out their missions.However,how this was accomplished is not known.
The function of the Circus is to serve as "the Mafia" of the Shawnia,carrying out political assassinations,unnatural disasters, bombings,poisonings,drug trafficking,theft of top secret equipment,everything the Shawnia wanted to be involved in but could not be seen to be involved.
The active Circus members are based in the massive Hotmetal complex,with the inactive,untransformed members and their families held in camps under the threat of their death as an incentive to the active members.The Circus have their own ships, known as skulkers,three of which help defeat the Shawnian dreadnought when the starcruiser crews assisted their successful rebellion.
Following their escape from Diana and her Shawnian control and the new freedom of their families and their camps,predicted by the prophesy of The Three,the Circus are now able to control their own future.Special TSA ships have been sent to assist their developement.