Suichiro Tanaka - Administrator of Search and Acquisition Personnel
In his earlier years Mr. Suichiro Tanaka originally worked directly for
Mr. Rugal Barnstein. He was able to use his extensive knowledge of the
martial arts to help Mr. Rugal in acquiring the more reluctant participants
for his "King of Fighters" tournament. During his employment he managed to
convince many a fighter to join the tournament. He enjoyed his job very much
and worked for Mr. Rugal for a number of years, until Mr. Rugal's sudden
disappearance in 1995. Being of the "Great Man" school of thought Mr. Rugal
had made no provisions for a successor, preferring to run his corporation as
though he would remain at the helm permanently. With his disappearance a
power vaccuum resulted that none of the remaining executives were qualified
to fill. Unable to function the organization soon fell under into own weight
and all the employees, including Rugal's own personal secretaries, Vice and
Mature, were forced to find other careers.
Biding his time by taking temporary jobs as a bouncer at the local night
clubs and a security officer for the private security industry Mr. Tanaka
found them all lacking in the adventure and job satisfaction of his former
position. Seeking a career in which he could continue to develop himself and
his skills, as well as provide a sense of fufillment, he heard about and
decided to apply for the "Search and Acquisitions" position being advertised
by the recently opened Chainsman Institute.
Demonstrating his skills in hand to hand combat as well as the expertise
in surveillance, tracking and acquisition he had developed while working for
Mr. Rugal won him the position and he was placed in charge of Gold Team. While
the group was a close knit unit of expert fighters they lacked his skills in
subduing and snaring targets being primarily trained for extreme sanction
operations. Charged with improving their acquisitions training he set to work
at both upgrading their skills and overcoming their inevitable resentment at
taking orders from an outsider.
Being in charge of Gold Team is a challenging role and Mr. Tanaka tries
his best to keep order among them. Originally he was a little apprehensive at
being in charge of this team of women, this was due more to being used to
working alone rather than their gender. Slowly he became more accustomed to
collabarating with the Golds and they learned to respect his skills and
experience, although former Gold Leader Bianca still led the group into action
for the most part with Mr.Tanaka overseeing the operation.
With the subsequent addition of two more agents to the team, Mr.Tanaka
subdivided the group into two sections. The four former Delmos were to handle
most standard acquistion operations, with Gold Leader, Mai and Cammy taking
the more complicated special operations. This division was not a hard and
fast rule as were are occasions where operational requirements meant both
sections worked together. For example during the recapture of the escapee
Brande and the Sailor Senshi Acquisition.
Mr. Tanaka originally preferred working with the newer recruits. This
was partially because he had known them before joining the Institute but
mainly because they were loners looking to become part of a team rather than a
team struggling to accept a new leader. Deputy Gold Leader Bianca initially
resented losing her position as head of the Golds but since Mr. Tanaka left
the original Gold Delmos under her command and let her run their field
operations their authority didn't clash and there was little friction between
them.
Over time the original Golds learned to appreciate the skills of their
newer members and Mai and Cammy learned to work effectively with the others
rather than regard them as a hindrance. By the time that Gold Team gained
their intern, Akira Kazama, all six members were already functioning as a
unified squad. As for Suichiro and Bianca after they were forced to work
together when most of the Team was incapacitated during an incident (whose
details must remain classified) they gained a new respect for one another.
This negated the barriers between them and they now work together without any
problems. So there are no longer any hierarchical conflicts and Gold Team
follows Suichiro Tanaka's lead without qualms. They'd follow him into hell
and I suspect he'd bring them back unscathed.