Operation Wendigo

Operation Wendigo was an clandestine operation conducted by Centurion Armament sometime in the early-mid 2010's. Seeing a dead end in the company's current operations, the founder and CEO Erebus Haxon authorized various actions on targeted companies and organizations to enter the private security and military industry.
Using ex-military, law enforcement, and career criminals for the operation, a number of them will be future employees of Centurion Armament.
== Part 1 - Level Up Credit Union ==
Before conducting any legal operations, Centurion Armament required a banking intuition to hide and move it's dirty money as funding for the company's restructure into a private military company. A start up credit union known as Level Up Credit Union; a financial instruction targeted towards those with an interest in video games was a prime candidate for the company's main bank. Using it's existing funding, Centurion Armament buys a large stake in the company, allowing for a potential merger when the rest of Operation Wendigo.
== Part 2 - Valhalla Security Consulting ==
With a proper banking institution at its fingertips, Centurion Armament sets its eyes on Valhalla Security Consulting; a rising private security company that has recently suffered a scandal where the company holds the salaries of its employees if they do not "uphold it's pristine company policy". Setting more fuel to the fire, Centurion Armament orders the assassination of an employee disguised as a hit from the owner. The assassination happened in broad daylight during rush hour, where two gunman murder the employee after the two gunman announce his regards to Valhalla. A media uprising happened as a result and a number of executives were arrested for their alleged involvement, leaving the company in shambles. Centurion Armament then quickly absorbed the rest of the company under their name, collecting valuable manpower and expertise in the private security industry. 
== Part 3 - Group 99 ==
Weeks after the incident, a black hat hacker group known as Group 99 were on the headlines after successfully stealing thousands of bank account details from various wealthy customers from a Pixelarican Bank database leak. The group intendeds to "persuade" the account holders into investing in various new cryptocurrencies, otherwise they will leak details onto the deep web. Having contacts within the group, Centurion Armament sees this as a prime candidate for a series A funding and intends to eliminate members of the group to get their hands on the server containing the details to prevent the group from interfering with their future plans. The main base of operations was located in the Cayman Islands at a warehouse. Using hired mercenaries, the hitsquad murdered almost all of the members to disguise it as a hit by someone on the list. The server was then stolen along with various equipment to be used in the a potential cyber division of Centurion Armament, with those who chose to betray the group given a position.
== Part 4 - The Acquisitions ==
With the company growing, and after successfully retrieving the details of potential "stakeholders" from Group 99. Centurion Armament begins the public side of their operation to expand into the private military industry, putting most of Operation Wendigo on hold. Some of their acquisitions include Defensive Actions Ltd, Urbanwatch, Crown Security, and Vanguard Universal. A few years later, Centurion Armament now has contracts for the governments of the United States, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and even in the civilian market, now rising to become the third biggest private military contractor behind Strategic Defense and Blockwater.
== Part 5 - Strategic Defense Strikes Back ==
Threatening the market that Strategic Defense held onto, the rival company launches its own plans against their new found competitor. During the Tykanlov Civil War, Strategic Defense made deals with various media corporations to smear the image of Haxon and Centurion Armament by covering Centurion Armament's recent deals with the new Tykanlov government and the weapons used by the Tykanlov National Army to suppress several villages housing members of the United Tykanlov Liberation Front. As a result, a media uproar ensued as Centurion Armament forces to back down on its expansion agenda, including cancelling contracts and closing a branch in Russia. Wanting revenge, Haxon reactivates the Operation Wendigo crew for a war against Strategic Defense. Funding various militias to fight against their contractors in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, the various targeted deaths of Strategic Defense contractors reach the business news and their stock receives a sharp decline out of fear of the company losing clients. To prevent a proxy war from happening Centurion Armament plans to takeover Strategic Defense, Haxon orders the headquarters of the company to be raided during after hours, where dozens of security officials where eliminated and almost all of the board of directors held hostage in their board room. Held at gunpoint, Haxon hosts a remote meeting with the board of directors with the CEO; Victor Zhou where he proposes a deal; a merger or Zhou will witness everyone "disappearing under his eyes". Zhou remained resistant to Haxon's threat, in which he orders all select directors to be thrown out of the boardroom's window, where they will plummet to their deaths. After two of his close advisors were thrown out of the window, Zhou still refused to cooperate, until Centurion Armament uploads a slideshow of various critical information about Zhou's family, such as pictures of their schools, their home, and their after school activities, in addition Haxon claims that his wife is also in the building and will also be the ones to be thrown out. Zhou ultimately agrees, and signs a merger form on the condition that his family is safe. Haxon then compliments Zhou on his decision only for his wife; Linda Zhou to walk into the room and sign the document, giving the company to his wife. A betrayed Zhou attempts to fight back, only for Haxon to point out that his agreement was the safety of his family but didn't specify his own safety. Zhou was thrown out of the building, joining his two aides.
== Part 6 - The Short Squeeze ==
Centurion Armament and Strategic Defense successfully merged, allowing Haxon to challenge the final rival in the market; Blockwater. Blockwater has been a major critic of Centurion Armament's rise to power, calling their recent moves as "deeply concerning to the rising market of private security" and urged the Pixelarican government to launch a probe in the company's operations. However, Haxon was still committed to his mission and organizes a short squeeze on social media on Centurion Armament stocks (CARM) to gain support over the internet and to impress potential stakeholders away from Blockwater. The short squeeze was successful, and shareholders saw a 69.420% increase in return.
== Part 7 - Blockwater ==
Blockwater was quick to note on the sudden short squeeze and urged for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to launch probe on the short squeeze. Centurion Armament monitored Blockwater's channels and the Commission is in Blockwater's pocket as the company has gained influence on the commissioner. Angered, Haxon orders the company to tarnish the reputation of Blockwater, which will result in the lost support of the investigation and Blockwater. Haxon funds a hitsquad to attack a private yacht party hosted by Blockwater's CFO where members of the CFTC and stakeholders of the company will be celebrating Tax Day in the Florida Keys, with Blockwater providing security. Using two decommissioned fishing boats fit with military-grade equipment, the hitsquad sent an RC boat fitted with C4 to destroy the yacht's engine. The company made it look like a cartel hit by livestreaming the attack in the name of the Los Elegidos Cartel to extract revenge on the cut of profits by Blockwater providing its services to the Mexican government. The ensuing explosion caused a panic on the yacht as people attempting to escape were gunned down by hitsquad, leaving no survivors. The livestream shook the world because of Blockwater's failure to stop the attack, despite being the leading private security company in Pixelarica. Stakeholders back out and Blockwater's reputation and influence were in shambles with the investigation being canned.
==Aftermath==
With little rivals left and Centurion Armament dominating the market, Haxon congratulates the team for making the operation a success and pays 10% of the revenue as "charitable funding" to the team and offers any team member a position in the company.
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