“She didn’t grow up in the life. But the life was always waiting for her.”

Name: Nellie Branscomb Age: 22 Status: Active hunter Specialization: Classified Affiliation: Unknown First Appearance: Supernatural Legacy, Vol. 1

No one knew Dean Winchester had a daughter. Not even him.

Raised far from the road and salt circles, Nellie grew up with more questions than answers—and something strange inside her she couldn’t explain. When a search for the truth puts her face-to-face with Sam Winchester, buried history begins to rise... and so do the dead.

Now, something old is hunting her. Something powerful. Something familiar.

She doesn’t know what she is yet. But they do.

In the Maverick Hunters, every unit carries importance and their own duties, it is only together that they function as a whole. One such unit is the 2nd Investigative Unit. Distinct from the 3rd Reconnaissance Unit, 2nd follows up on leads, reports, and evidence of Maverick activity.

They’re more bureaucratic than Recon, however, any Hunter death outside of missions usually have them investigate crime scenes themselves. They act along local law enforcement and take over once Maverick activity is determined. They’re closest to the police-like roots the Hunters used to have before militarization set in response to the constant wars.

They tend to work closely with recon, parsing the information that gets sent to them and add to their own information. This data is compiled and sent to Navigation in order to assist other Hunters from different units on missions.

Information wins a war. The side with less to work with is the side that has the most to lose. In the absence of information, one sometimes may need to cross hell itself to for the forbidden fruit of knowledge. This is the creed of 3rd Recon.

Recon is the unit with the highest turnover rate of Hunters, but also one of the lower power units as consequence of needing to stay under the radar. They’re the ones who go into unknown and potentially hostile territory. Their purpose is two-fold:

Verify Maverick influence

Determine extant and exploit information.

Maverick influence is simple enough. Are reploids engaging in illegal terrorist activity? Are they conspiring to overthrow a society or other such heinous crimes? However the next stage is trickier. At times their missions come from tips sent to them from 2nd Investigation.

The extent of influence sometimes involves days long stake-outs with complete radio silence. Each day only adds to the risk of being discovered. It’s during these missions that Hunters prevent some of the worst potential rebellions or set equal footing during one. The information gathered ranges from finding out who funds them, getting names, busting black-market information, to environmental and combat data. If given the opportunity, they will sabotage Maverick intel, but it is not a priority and it ultimately left to other units.

If engaged in combat, a member of 3rd will choose to exfiltrate over fighting. They will only attempt to retire a target if there is no other choice.

Don't be afraid of the dark? What are you, kidding me? Of course you should be afraid of the dark. You know what's out there!

Kinda makes you wonder. Of all the things we've hunted, how many existed just because people believed in them?