Flinchites

The Flinchites is an internal nickname for a spacetime technology faction whose true name is unknown. They are associated with Ty Betteridge, Kasimieras Burzina, and Felix.

Mike's first encounter with the Flinchites was when their on-the-ground operatives, known as "boots," appeared in Mike's cabin at O.V.E.R. and severely injured him. They also went after Chance and Shadow but were unable to obtain information about the device they were after.

Mike later managed to capture a Flinchite and interrogate him for information. This individual revealed that the Flinchites are trying to "recreate" Flinch and that their organization has a low opinion of Ryan.

The Flinchites have created an unknown number of iterations of Mike and Edgar for the purpose of research into potential medical uses of consolidation.

The Flinchites also demonstrate an advanced capacity to track objects and people moving through time and space, internally named "tracing." This led Michael to seek out their assistance in order to determine the identity of Mustardseed. This technology was damaged by Ryan's attack on the compound, during which he duplicated the Flinchites' computer servers within the same room as the originals. Cole provided code seemingly to help undo some of this damage.

The Flinchite Compound
The Flinchites operate out of a large compound in Latvia. This compound has been described as spacious, minimalist, and overall "professional," and is located at the edge of a forest. Notably, the compound contains a building with no doors or windows, identified by Michael and Riga Mike as a "transport quarantine room," as well as an unspecified number of rooms containing iterations of Mike, Michael, and Edgar.