The Green Hive

== The Green Hive ==
"The Green Hive are a different breed of soldiers. I'm not fighting against fanatically militant fighters, but a private army with even more ruthless intentions and far more manpower and equipment than the entire military, because of Bachelor's goal to kill the President and to frame me just because of the fact that he's just jealous of my reputation and to become the country's sole ruler." - Jay Roberts' monologue about the Hive 
The Green Hive (Known as the Hive) is an elite secret unit of private military operators or a private military company under the direct command of Trevor Bachelor. They appear as the main antagonistic faction of the entire Reboot timeline (the finale of the Canon timeline and the fifth chapter of the Raider timeline). 
Founded and led by Trevor Bachelor and Nathan Caldwell, all members of the Green Hive (revealed to be former members of Bachelor's unit and veterans of the 1st Marine Division and Marine Spec Ops Units and recently all members of Tier One operators) are extremely loyal to Bachelor to the point where they assisted him in his plans to take over the U.S. government.
== History ==
While nothing's known about the PMC, it's revealed by Trevor Bachelor that he created the Hive and had Nathan lead the PMC after leaving the USMC with an honorable discharge and high praise. Trevor then rose himself up to become the new Secretary of Defense, though he secretly opposed President Tucker's intent of signing a new military bill that would dismantle all various military branches to focus on foreign aid. Deciding that he must take over himself, Bachelor rounds up Nathan and his loyal men of the Hive to help conspire an overthrow on the President to take over for himself.
== Background ==
All members of the Green Hive are extremely loyal to Trevor himself to the point where they manage to help him with his goal of overthrowing the President. However, despite their complete loyalty towards the PMC, Bachelor and Caldwell (Trevor's right-hand man and their commander) hold little to no regard for their lives and consider them all to be extremely expendable. In the Raider series, Trevor seemingly allowed his men to die while fending for himself.
All operatives of the Hive are heavily distinguished by their black combat uniforms (with a U.S. flag and a beehive symbol patch being worn on either arm), tan or coyote brown SDS BAE releasable ballistic vests, black MOLLE strips (load-bearing equipment is also colored this way for some operatives), coyote brown combat gloves with black fingertips and hard knuckles, coyote brown kneepads, black boots, and Pro-Tec bump helmets with tactical goggles (either grey with black ballistic goggles pulled up or olive drab/khaki with similarly colored ballistic goggles worn over the face and/or night vision goggles mounted to the helmet; there are also various detail differences (such as the olive/khaki helmet having a right-hand-side helmet light), but both of them have American flag patches on either side of the helmet, a left-hand-side light module, and a headset worn under the helmet for communications and/or hearing protection). 
There are 3 ranks of Green Hive operatives: 
* Standard: They are the first rank and they're distinguished by their uniforms (which are comprised of a black combat uniform, coyote brown vests, combat gloves, bump helmets, balaclavas, and headsets). Except for the lower-ranking soldiers (who wore patrol caps) and the officers (who wore lighter clothing), all lower-ranking operatives wore this rig for identification.
**having three rifle magazine pouches on the lower left of the chest
**a MOLLE panel with three pistol magazine pouches on the upper left of the chest
**four utility pouches (three on the right-hand-side, one on the left-hand-side)
**a radio pouch on the lower left of the back with a cable leading to a push-to-talk module on the upper left of the chest
**a hydration bladder on the back with the drinking tube leading to a pouch on the upper right of the chest
**two chem-light sticks on the upper right of the chest
**a coyote brown polymer drop holster on the right thigh
* Elite: They are the second rank and they're heavily characterized by their hooded masks, making them stand out due to their superior training and strong combat proficiency. They wear tan vests and bump helmets with lights and a kit.
**a chest rig consisting of several open-top submachine gun magazine pouches (with two road flares or chem-light sticks and three pistol magazine pouches being attached directly to these)
**three horizontal magazine pouches on the upper chest
**loose flashbangs and smoke grenades on the lower left-hand-side
**a Special Air Service or Navy Seal-type gas mask on the lower left-hand-side
**a radio pouch on the lower left of the back with a cable leading to a push-to-talk module on the upper chest pouches
**a roll of cable or rope and three small pouches on the lower right-hand-side
**a coyote brown fabric drop holster on the right thigh
* Heavy Trooper: They are the last rank and they're heavily distinguished by their makeshift armor suits and uniforms. They're considered to be the toughest enemies that Jay or the WTO ever faced. 
**an additional body armor vest in urban camouflage 
**additional arm protection 
**a black groin protector 
**a battle belt in urban camouflage with loose smoke grenades on the left-hand-side 
**several utility pouches on the lower left-and right-hand-sides 
**a radio pouch on the upper right of the back with a cable leading to a pouch on the additional body armor vest 
**black gloves with grey fingertips 
**black kneepads 
**a black polymer drop holster on the right thigh 
== Members ==
* Trevor Bachelor - Founder/Leader (deceased)
* Nathan Caldwell - Co-Founder/Second-in-Command/Field Commander (deceased)
* Jack Riley Sharpe - De-Facto Leader (The Canon Timeline/Spinoffs) (deceased)
* Miles Harper - Lieutenant (formerly) (deceased)
*Donald "Don" Vincente - USMC Master Sergeant/Scout (deceased)
*Dean Presley - USMC Sergeant Major/Sniper (deceased)
*Jack "Ajax" Baker - USMC Lieutenant Colonel/Close Combat Specialist (deceased)
*Ricardo Tucker - USMC Lieutenant/Explosives Expert (deceased)
*Alexis "Lex" Dawson - USMC Captain/Hacker (deceased)
*Martin Adler - Mole (deceased)
*Elena Dixon - Hired Gun (defected)
*Hawkins - Soldier (deceased)
*Timmins - Soldier (deceased)
*Gruber - Soldier (deceased)
*Waterson - Soldier (deceased)
*Bronson - Interrogator (deceased)
*Kernst - Lieutenant (deceased)
*Grimes - Lieutenant (deceased)
*Rodriguez - Soldier (deceased)
*Summers - Soldier (deceased)
*Roberts - Soldier (deceased)
*285,000 Hivesmen - Soldier (either killed or imprisoned)
== Vehicles, Weaponry, and Equipment ==
Green Hive soldiers are extremely dangerous, heavily armed, and highly trained. Their arsenal is highly similar to various military branches.
Vehicles
* Toyota Hilux
* UAZ-467
* HMMWV
* M1A1 Abrams
* M2A2 Bradley
* UH-60 Black Hawk
* AH-6 Little Bird
* MH-6 Little Bird
* Zodiac
* CH-46 Sea Knight
* MQ-1 Predator
Assault Rifles/Sniper Rifles/Submachine Guns/Machine Guns
* Remington ACR (mostly used)
* Colt M4A1 (mostly used)
* FN SCAR (L & H) (mostly used)
* H&K MP5 (A3)
* H&K G36C 
* H&K UMP-45
* H&K HK416 (mostly used)
* SIG MCX
* Remington M24 SWS (Mostly used by snipers)
* M249 SAW (mostly used by heavies)
* M2-HB
Shotguns
* Mossberg 590A1
* Benelli M4 Super 90
Pistols
* H&K USP Tactical Compact (Main sidearm)
Grenade Launchers/Heavy Weapons
* Milkor MGL
* RPG-7
* M67 Grenade
*M18 Flash
== Trivia ==
* While the Hive's status is not known, the W.T.O.'s claims and Jay's suspicions explicitly reveal the Hive as being an elite unit of private military operators.
* In the Canon series and the spinoffs, Jack Riley Sharpe took over and turned the remnants of the Hive into his army.
* To keep his army intact and to prevent them from either deserting or betraying him, Trevor promised a minimum paycheck of $600 an hour as long as they assisted him, showing his disregard for his unit.
* While some members of the Hive seem to be torn and resentful of Trevor's goals, most (if not all) of the operators seem to love their line of work and are shown to be extremely sadistic and vicious in combat.
*According to Nathan Caldwell, there is enough manpower within the Hive to invade an entire country.
*In the Raider: Last Blood series, the Green Hive ended up splitting into two factions due to Trevor's callousness and lack of concern about the operatives, resulting in the group being disbanded with its leaders killed and its members and equipment left severely weakened. Also, Nathan is the CEO and field commander of the Hive while Trevor is financing them and supplying them with military equipment to keep them powerful.