TAC (Terrible-monster Attacking Crew)

The , abbreviated as https://m-78.jp/character/tac/https://hicbc.com/tv/mebius/document/, was the Earth defense organization during Ultraman Ace's time on Earth. 
==Overview==
TAC is a defense organization aimed at combating entities more powerful than ordinary monsters, known as "Terrible-Monsters". The organization's headquarters are located in New York, with its South Pacific International Headquarters situated on a remote island in the South Pacific. It also has branches in the Far East, Europe, and Africa, with a weapons development department.
The primary mission of this organization is to monitor the activities of Terrible-Monsters around the world day and night, conduct tactical research, and develop new weapons. However, due to the conspiracies of the Yapool, TAC often finds itself in passive situations. In such circumstances, there are often mutual doubts among the team members, and there is less investigation into reports and lawsuits from citizens.
Additionally, regarding the relationship between TAC and MAT, TAC seems to possess a MAT document. This document records the roster of MAT team members and their related records of combat with monsters.
==History==
===Ultraman Ace===
After MAT suffered devastating blows from the Alien Bat, Earth's peacekeeping responsibilities were transferred to TDF. However, when the Yaapool dispatched Verokron for a destructive onslaught, TDF's forces also suffered heavy losses.
In order to swiftly respond to the threat posed by Terrible-Monsters, an organization named "TAC" was established with the assistance of scientific elites. The series primarily focuses on seven members of its Far East division in Japan. This team collaborates with Ultraman Ace, who arrived on Earth, to combat the threat of Terrible-Monsters.
However, when the identity of one of the members of TAC, Yuko Minami, was revealed to be a Moon people, she left the team after the defeat of the Lunaticks by the team and Ace. To commemorate her departure, the members of TAC finally burned Yuko's uniform.
In the final battle against Jumbo King, despite TAC's all-out attack, Jumbo King ignored it and destroyed half of the city, claiming it would leave if Alien Simon was handed over. TAC prepared a new weapon, the "Cell Disintegration Missile", to intercept, but Jumbo King still managed to destroy the defense barrier.
When Alien Simon's true identity as a member of the Yapool race was revealed, TAC member Seiji Hokuto believed that if things continued, humanity would lose trust and kindness towards others. He revealed to his team that he was actually Ultraman Ace and transformed into Ace to defeat Jumbo King and Yapool. After expressing his wishes to the TAC members, Ace, unable to revert to his human form, left Earth. Subsequently, TAC did not appear in the series again. The new defense team was taken over by ZAT.
==Bases==
===Far Eastern Branch Base===
The is in Yamanashi Prefecture in between Aokigahara and Fuji Five Lakes. The base's facilities are cleverly camouflaged by using the terrain and natural ostensibly, while the entrance is disguised as the weather station.
The main command room is located underground (bathroom facilities are also directly connected to the main room), it includes a library of ancient literature references, various laboratories, a shooting training field, the central atom power chamber, the hangar of large hand made missiles. A Terrible-Monster radar, a variety of welfare facility buildings, a general conference building, and a research building all exist on the ground-level portion of the base.
In addition, for protection against Terrible-Monster attacks, the base has been enhanced with defenses of the very best equipment, such as a large-scale field gun, and 4-twin and 16-twin rocket launchers. In spite of its top defenses, Terrible-Monster and aggressive space-aliens have managed to compromise its security, leading the base's front grounds to become a battleground between the invaders and Ultraman Ace.
TAC Command room.png|Command Room
TAC 017.png|Aerial Takeoff Pad
TAC 1972 013.png|Launch Gate
TAC Far East Branch Base radar.png|Radar
TAC Far East Branch Base vacility.png|TAC Defenses 
===Others===
*: This facility is located inside the Tokyo Tower and is likely the central hub for communication with headquarters and various divisions.
*: This is a building facility where TAC conducts research on developing new rocket engines.
*: This base houses TAC headquarters' main radar system.
*: This base, located on the shores of Donghu Lake, was later destroyed by Unitang.
*: This base implemented a diode SPD development plan to enhance equipment performance, but it was later destroyed by Unitang.
*: The power station supplies a large amount of electricity to the Far East headquarters base. A bomb was placed here by Space Mask.
*: This is TAC's dedicated underground tunnel highway, used for transporting diode SPDs to TAC's No.3 Radar Base and connecting various facilities with the Far Eastern Branch Base.
*: This is TAC's weapons factory that focuses on developing V7 missiles. It is connected to Far Eastern Branch Base via the Hotarunga Bypass and includes a mountain underground tunnel known as "TAC SR-7 Kasumi Pass Center."
*: This is TAC's space station, floating in satellite orbit. During the conversation, it was revealed that the space station was destroyed by Cox's spaceship.
*: This is TAC's atmospheric observation satellite. It once had a gas creature implant gas Gorgon eggs, and after being assimilated by gas Gorgon, it lost track and later crashed into the gas storage tank area.
Tokyo Tower 1972.png|Communications Central Facility (Tokyo Tower)
ZAC 51.png|TAC Third Research Institute
TAC 009.png|TAC No.1 Radar Base
TAC No2 Radar Station.png|TAC No.2 Radar Base
TAC No3 Radar Station.png|TAC No.3 Radar Base
TAC 33.png|TAC Base Power Plant
Secret Road No3.png|Secret Road No.3
TAC SR-7.png|TAC SR-7 Kasumi Center Tunnel
Jupiter 2.png|Jupiter 2
==Members==
===Main Team===
===Other Staff===
==Arsenal==
===Attire===
*: TAC uniforms are durable and offer heat and cold protection.
*: It has a built in communication device, the captain's has black stripes. It is the only helmet in the Showa era not to have a visor.
*: A spacesuit with high gravity resistance.
*: Special goggles developed to protect the eyes from the light emitted by Terrible-Monsters.
TAC Space Suit.png|Space Suit
TAC Goggles.png|Goggles
===Equipment===
*: Standard equipment of all the TAC members. The guns cartridges can be between light fire, compressed air, and explosive bullets.
*: A tool for members to communicate with headquarters, available in two models, wristwatch and small walkie-talkie.
*: A large cannon developed by Kaji, emitting a beam 50 times stronger than a regular laser.
*: A new type of rocket launcher.
*SP-72: A small missile launcher modified from the SP-70 laser gun used by MAT.
*: A laser gun used by Alien Antira, later becoming a managed weapon of TAC.
*: A palm-sized compact pistol.
*: A large firearm resembling a grenade launcher.
*: TAC's compact pistol.
*: A small firearm capable of inducing anesthesia in the target.
*: A land-based weapon with cannon-like destructive power and a gun barrel, used by several weapons development researchers under Kaji's leadership.
*: Large missile weapons capable of cell destruction.
*: A weapon used in land combat, capable of launching high-explosive shells.
*: A semi-automatic rifle carried by sentinels at the 3rd radar base and TAC base power station.
*: Ammunition loaded with tear gas.
*: A silver star-shaped chest pin bomb.
*: A chest pin equipped with a powerful poison gas internally.
*: A tool used for detection, equipped with built-in cell and blood type measuring devices, and a wireless transmission capability for sending investigation results.
*: A device used for analyzing monster behavior.
*: A small handgun.
TAC gun.png|TAC Gun
TAC Portable Communication Device.png|Portable Communication Device
Big Laser 50.png|Big Laser 50
TAC Bazooka.png|TAC Bazooka
SP-72.png|SP-72
Ultra Laser.png|Ultra Laser
Miniature Gun.png|Miniature Gun
Grenade launcher-type Gun.png|Grenade Launcher-Type Gun
V09 Pistol 2.png|V09 Pistol
V09 Pistol.png|Small Anesthetic Gun
Electro Gun.png|Electro Gun
Cell Destruction Gun.png|Cell Destruction Gun
Mortar.png|Mortar
U.S. M1 Carbine.png|U.S. M1 Carbine
Gas Rounds.png|Gas Rounds
Brooch Bomb.png|Brooch Bomb
Brooch with Gas Sprayer Function.png|Brooch with Gas Sprayer Function
Special Pendant.png|Special Pendant
Analyzer.png|Analyzer
Type 14 Pistol.png|Type 14 Pistol
*: Large missiles used to destroy the mysterious star Goran. No.1 was destroyed by Alien Metron Jr. before launch, and its design blueprint was burned. Based on Kaji's memory, No.2 was quickly manufactured.
* : Launched from the bottom of the TAC Falcon for targeting Gammas.
*: Developed by Kaji's team, contains drugs capable of evaporating water, used against Sabotendar.
*: Two-stage powerful missile used to destroy Planet Golgotha. Designed by the TAC South Pacific headquarters, capable of exceeding the speed of light to enter the negative universe. The second stage, "First Rocket," requires a pilot for guidance and separates to control the rocket when nearing the target.
*: A missile used by TAC space for ground attacks against target objects.
*: A powerful weapon assisting Ultraman Ace, capable of demoralizing Hotarunga. The existence of the V9 in the same series was confirmed but not used in the series.
*: The missile suggested by Member Yamazaki during the Jumbo King countermeasure mission was rejected due to the target being located in an urban area.
*: A missile capable of launching flame attacks against its target.
*: Deployed against the transparent-bodied King Crab.
*: Deployed on the TAC Falcon for attacking Dreamgillas hiding in the lake.
*: Planted by Hokuto at the bottom of the lake, used to force the Dreamgillas to materialize again through the explosive impact.
*: Once projected onto Gasgegon, causing temporary freezing of the entity.
*: Deployed into the gas emitted by Gasgegon as a neutralizing agent to prevent ignition.
*: Considered the strongest weapon against Terrible-Monsters. It is a large laser beam cannon typically mounted on TAC jeeps, capable of defeating powerful adversaries in a single shot, such as Firemons, who had previously bested Ultraman Ace. However, this weapon lacks a recharge mechanism, preventing continuous firing.
**In Ultraman Mebius, two Silver Shark G are stationed at the GUYS Japan's Phoenix Nest Base.
*: Red rapid-fire laser cannon that caused enormous damage to Onidevil.
*: A super weapon used against the Sabotendar, capable of significantly reducing the enemy's attack power.
*: A giant beam cannon capable of causing cell decomposition.
*: Equipment used to irradiate and heal injuries sustained by Hokuto and Minami inside the TAC facility after being showered by radioactive rain.
*: Equipment used for entering interdimensional space. Kaji stated it applies the principle of the "Mebius Ring" to humans. Hokuto successfully used this device to enter the interdimensional space.
*: A massive net-like object launched from the bottom of the TAC Falcon.
*: Approximately the size of a thumb, equipped with crystal diodes, possessing the functionality of ten thousand crystal diodes.
TAC Maria 1.png|Maria 1
TAC Maria 2.png|Maria 2
RX Missile.png|RX Missile
Steam Evaporation Missile.png|Steam Evaporation Missile
Superluminal Missile No.7.png|Superluminal Missile No.7
Flame Bomb.png|Flame Bomb
Nitrogen Bomb.png|Nitrogen Bomb
TAC V7.png|TAC V7
Underwater Bomb.png|Underwater Bomb
Underwater Time Bomb.png|Underwater Time Bomb
Freeze Bomb.png|Freeze Bomb
Gas Neutralizer.png|Gas Neutralizer
TAC Space Missile.png|Space Missile
Silver Shark.png|Silver Shark
Golden Hawk.png|Golden Hawk
Cell Decomposition Missile.png|Cell Decomposition Missile
Artificial Solar Ray.png|Artificial Solar Ray
Interdimensional Penetration Device.png|Interdimensional Penetration Device
Net-Throwing.png|Net-Throwing
Diode SPD.png|Diode SPD
===Mecha===
==Gallery==
===Ultraman Ace===
TAC logo I.png|Alternate TAC Logo
TAC 005.png
TAC 010.png
TAC 011.png
TAC 006.png
TAC 007.png
TAC 008.png
TAC 024.png
TAC 013.png
TAC 014.png
TAC 39.png|General Communications Team Members at TAC Base
TAC 32.png|General Soldiers at the TAC Base
TAC 030.png|Due to Yuko's departure, the members of TAC burned Yuko's costume as a memorial.
TAC 022.png
TAC 41.png
TAC 020.png
TAC 021.png
TAC 016.png
TAC 015.png
TAC 004.png
TAC 033.png
===Miscellaneous===
TAC 1972 011.png
TAC 1972 012.png
TAC.png
TACHD40.png
TAC 002.png
TAC 001.png
TAC1.png
TAC_I.png
TAC1.jpg
TAC2.jpg
TAC-WEAR.jpg
==Trivia==
*The background setting of TAC being established due to the complete annihilation of the original defense organization is a reuse of the planning setting proposed during the early development stages of Return of Ultraman but was not adopted at that time."Return of Ultraman came back" pg 14
==References==
Category:Defense Teams
Category:Teams
Category:Ultraman Ace
Category:Ultraman Ace Characters
Category:TAC
Category:TAC Members