Task Force: PIXEL

Task Force: PIXEL is a faction that appears in the storyline of Co-Op Campaign. It is a Tier One special forces unit formed by the United States of Pixelarica for special black operations and counterterrorism, usually involving in operation that is considered classified in nature.
The task force is mainly part of the defensive force that was involved to combat the monsters/infected, as well as other engagements throughout the storyline such as against domestic terrorists to rogue states.
== Description ==
Task Force: PIXEL is a covert, Tier One special forces unit and counter-terrorism unit that operate on Pixelarican grounds. The main force is comprised of Pixel Company, which is made up of the best operatives from both Pixelarica's and foreign nations' special forces, and military groups, most notably from DEVGRU, Delta Force, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and Marine Force Recon. Meanwhile, some operatives are from other foreign special forces groups, such as the Special Air Service from the United Kingdom and Australia, Joint Task Force 2 from Canada, and the Kommando Spezialkräfte from Germany.
The task force is equipped with the latest military technology, including next-generation firearms, armor, and gadgets. As well as experimental firearms developed by Area 52 Defense Development Agency.
Though known by the public, the task force's operations are classified and most operatives disguised themselves as the Pixelarican Army. If an operative dies while on a mission, its information will not be released to the public, and its body will be quickly cremated. While information regarding his/her death will be censored to the family members of the operative.
== History ==
During the Yugoslav Wars, the United States government has authorized a task force comprised of several black ops members to support the United Nation's intervention of the war. Some of their operations include assassinations, kidnappings, sabotage, and espionage that would lead to the breakup of Yugoslavia.
9 years later, the task force was reassigned to Afghanistan from the wake of the September 11 attacks as part of the Coalition's intervention, until 2014, where many of Pixelariaca's forces pulled out.
Meanwhile, the task force operated in the Middle East to combat terror cells that could be a threat to Pixelarican interests, as well as threats towards Israel. However, any operations outside of US jurisdiction was cancelled after the 2010 Arab Spring revolution, to prevent Middle Eastern governments from suspecting any Pixelarican influence from the protests.
From there on, they mainly serve as a special forces unit operating on Pixelarican soil. They were quickly put onto the front lines against domestic threats, as well as international threats by Pixelarican's interests.
== Operation Backstab ==
Main article: First Pixel Gunner Insurgency
In 2019, Task Force: PIXEL were assigned to monitor and intervene with a domestic cell of the Pixel Gunners; a group of anti-capitalistic terrorists that were responsible for several sabotages and incidents resulting in the 2018 Stock Market Crash. They were later tipped off of a large shipment of weapons coming in the San Blocksisco Harbour at 11:15 pm, in which the force manages to intervene.
=== Harbor Assault ===
At the beginning of the deal, a sniper team was stationed on top of a warehouse roof to set up an overwatch position on the deal. When the trade-off started, the sniper team signalled the assault team to execute the mission. The team manages to infiltrate the harbor and stop the trade from happening, securing any weapons and cash the two parties intended to use.
However, the raid soon turned into a firefight as the Pixel Gunners called in reinforcements and fortified the main warehouse. The Pixel Gunners captured and are currently holding dock workers as hostages in the main office.
Two teams stormed into the loading yard and into the warehouse, eliminating any resistance and rescuing the hostages. The commander to oversee the trade, Vixon Locke attempted to kill the task force with a machine gun but was quickly taken down.
=== Takedown ===
Afterwards, the raid was reported by some escaping members, and one of the major shotcallers barricaded himself inside an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of San Blocksico. Some elements of the task force assisted local police forces to capture one of the alleged shot callers of the organization, by raiding his mansion later that night.
The Los Blockous Police Department's SWAT team worked with the task force and assaulted the compound of the abandoned mansion housing the shot caller. Though the a majority of the cell fought back against police, they were quickly eliminated by the task force. The shot caller retreated into a bedroom and began shooting through the walls of the mansion, forcing the team to find cover. A member of the SWAT team manages to throw a flashbang, which stunned the remaining defenders. After storming into the bedroom, the shot caller was arrested in his office and was taken for interrogation.
== The Infection ==
Main article: Infection of San Blocksisco
=== Events Prior ===
Before the events of the Campaign, the NSA has detected several unidentified creatures in parts of San Blocksisco. To prevent mass panic, several agents were dispatched, with support from a team of Task Force: PIXEL operatives. However, the several creatures soon grew to thousands and started attacking the inhabitants of San Blocksisco.
=== Operation: Dark Moon ===
The spread of the infection has caused the Pixelarican Army to quarantine San Blocksisco immediately, making a no-go zone that spread almost through the peninsula. Several Task Force: PIXEL teams were dispatched to aid the army's support of the mass evacuation of the city, and the containment of the infection and monsters as the government has declared a state emergency.Team Pixel One and Team Pixel Three were involved in the defense of Checkpoint Alpha 1-1 and Alpha 1-2 from the monsters, another being dispatched to the Edward Johnson Health Center, and another on the Golden Gate Bridge.
==== The Evacuations ====
As requested from the main defense force, a team of special forces operatives was flown to downtown San Blocksisco to soften up the amount of monsters in the area. Team Pixel One and Team Pixel Three were ordered to destroy several key points that could funnel the amount of monsters attacking the checkpoints. Pixel One fought through waves of infected to demolish a highway bridge, after killing many infected, the team manages to destroy the bridge, blocking the infected from reaching the checkpoint. Eventually, the team was called back as a large horde of infected broke through one of the outer perimeters and are storming into the checkpoint. Pixel One and Three rushed back to Pixelarican lines and attempted to hold of the attacking horde. After being pushed back, the team manages to successfully defend the checkpoint when several F-18's destroyed the rest of the horde.
==== The Stadium ====
After successfully defending the checkpoint, the task force is then ordered for the clearing of the Blockous Stadium as a forward operating base and an evacuation center. According to local forces in the area, the stadium was the most affected by the infection, and majority of the occupants were infected within the first minutes of the epidemic. The team in a UH-60 Blackhawk wiped out a majority of the monsters around the parking lot while defending against attacking monsters such as peashooters and birds. When the area was cleared out, both Pixel teams rappelled down and made their way through the wreckage and into the entrance of the stadium while the rest of the army follows behind and branches off into different parts of the stadium. Room to room, the team cleaned out the infected and any monsters, even finding trapped civilians in the a washroom who warned about the ice ring's presence of highly mutated monsters that took over the body of one of the hockey team. The team enters the hockey ring and shoots down the scoreboard, crushing the infected hockey player. Eventually, the captain of the raiding team confirms that the stadium has been cleaned out.
==== The Hospital ====
After several hours at the forward operating base, Command informs the team of Pixel Four's disappearance from their mission in the hospital to retrieve blood samples from several infected patients. Pixel One boards a Blackhawk and the team was flown to the hospital. A small horde of infected staff breaks out of the maintenance floor entrance because of the noise from the helicopter, and the team open fires upon the horde. Floor by floor, the team manages to clear out the upper levels from infected, where they witness the aftermath of the breakout in the hospital. After exploring the hospital, they see the bodies of Pixel Four in the surgery wing. Their bodies contained large gashes of blood and bites, suggesting that the team was overrun by the infected. The team receives the samples from the dead body of the team lead, however they hear the sounds of a chainsaw revving, followed by the sounds hundreds of growls coming from the bottom floor. The task force retreats to the upper floors after the doors have been breached, getting chased by the countless number of infected behind them. They boarded the helicopter and flew off, where the explosion from the upper floors can be seen.
==== The Prison ====
After a successful mission, the task force was flown back to base. However, the helicopter pilot started growling and occasionally lost control of the flight stick. Claiming he has a massive headache, he soon started attacking and biting the co-pilot, one of the helicopter crew members shoots both the pilot and the co-pilot, however when he tried to gain control of the helicopter, it was too late and the copter crashes onto the roof of Alcatraz.
The task force survives the crash, however the two gunners were killed along with the pilot and co-pilot. Comms to PIXEL HQ has been destroyed from the crash, and Command assumes that the entire team has been killed in the crash. To prevent any risks, Commands orders an airstrike on the prison island in order to destroy the samples and the bodies of Pixel One. The task force exits the crash site and fights through the overrun prison. In order to avert the airstrike, they reach the security room to radio in Command. After fiddling with frequencies and constantly being cut off from power loss, Command notices that a radio signal was coming from the prison, confirming that the task force survived. The airstrike was called off, however an extraction copter was unavailable due to the airspace being reserved for evacuations. However, the Pixelarican Navy has been deployed and has sent a patrol boat to extract the task force. The team then battles to the edge of the island, killing off any infected that followed. The boat arrives at the dock and extracts Pixel One. Onshore, the team gives the samples to a FEMA outpost.
==== The Clean Up ====
Pixel One and Pixel Five were deployed from a Stryker to ground zero. Upon arrival, a Pixelarican Army officer greets the two teams and sends the team in to do their mission. Once inside, the two teams will split up cleaning out their half. Pixel Five traverses towards the hotel and its surrounding buildings while Pixel One clears out an apartment complex, a gas station, a Blockmart, and a bus terminal. Through heavy fighting, both teams achieved their objectives, but suddenly, the checkpoint calls out both teams to return to the staging area as a large horde of mutated infected have wandered in their sector. The two teams race to the entrance only to be overrun with the infected. Among the infected, was a mutated cook, in which was brought down by the task force. Operation Dark Moon was called off, ending the first chapter of the campaign.
== The Invasion ==
Main article: Second Pixel Gunner Insurgency
=== The Events Before the Invasion ===
After a week after the infection, Task Force: PIXEL were assigned to continue with Operation: Backstab, where they tracked an entire terror cell near a shantytown in the border of Mexico. The team manages to retrieve a laptop containing information of documents about a virus dubbed 'The Bug'. Assuming that this is a virus that could be used for cyber warfare on financial institutions, the documents were sent to the NSA for further investigation.
Main article: The Coded Invasion of Pixelarica
=== Firebase Mako ===
Firebase Mako was one of the main bases for the task force, due to its isolation out in an island located off the coast of California. After the operation, the task force was debriefed and was on-call for the next operation. However, one of the technicians reports that the defence systems are shutting down automatically. After a few seconds of confusion, and several members of the task force readying up.
Artillery strikes rained down upon the base, several operatives later reports of unknown neon enemies attacking the base and spawning into the outside of the base via capsules. The entire task force defends the base until reinforcements arrive, as these enemies can be seen near the beaches of Los Blockous, and other West Coast states.
=== Operation: Chimera ===
Operation Chimera was quickly executed, where all task force fireteams are to be sent behind the frontlines of the city to ease the assaulting force of the neon enemies. Where the Pixelarican Army and the California National Guard can be seen held up in the Hollywood Hills due to the neon hordes pushing them back.
==== Battle of Los Blockous ====
Pixel 2-2 is sent to ease the pressure on friendly forces by destroying the enemy's heavy weaponry used to shell their positions. The task force manages to search and destroy the positions of artillery, mortars, and even tanks, which causes the initial wave of the enemy to halt. One supertanker manages to spawn, however, they managed to destroy it by using their own mortars and artillery left over against them.
==== Battle for Beverly Hills ====
After destroying the invasion force's material. The task force, accompanied by the National Guard's 4th Armored Brigade is sent to West Hollywood where they would fight through the streets to reach the foot of Beverly Hills to ease the defending force from a possible pincer movement by the enemies. They managed to cripple the left flank of the invasion force, as most of their support has been destroyed by the defenders.
==== Extraction of Gordon ====
Reaching the foot of Beverly Hills, the task force has been reassigned of a search and rescue mission for an Area 52 DDA scientist; Gordon in his mansion. Gordon informs that he has possible information about the unknown neon enemies that attacked Los Blockous, dubbed 'The Coded'. He also informed that a squad of their best soldiers will be looking for him as well due to him possessing classified information.
The task force, supported by the Pixelarican Air Force, fights through the neighbourhood to reach Gordon's mansion, breaching through The Coded's front lines in the hills. After medium fighting, the task force reaches the mansion where they set up defensive positions from the remaining opposing forces in the area. Gordon invites the task force into his bunker, where he would explain The Coded's possible origins.
Afterwards, Task Force: PIXEL extracts Gordon from his mansion to the extraction point farther up the hills, where they would sneak through house to house to avoid getting caught by The Coded's search party. Before boarding on the helicopter, Gordon offers the fireteam leader a USB containing a program used to disrupt The Coded's spawning in the area, instructing the team to go to the NSA building in Megalopolis and launch the program from there.
==== Megalopolis ====
The task force's chopper lands on top of the NSA's building; which is also The Coded's command center. Despite this, the task force manages to push through the occupants inside the offices from the top floor to down. Throughout the fight, they managed to prevent the Coded from accessing encrypted NSA servers by destroying the server room.
Eventually, the Coded General; the head of the invasion, spawned into the briefing room of the building to take down the task force with a battle mech. The task force uploads the program, causing The Coded's virus within the region to become encrypted; cutting off The Coded's ability to spawn in reinforcements from data within the area, and destroying the Coded General's physical body.
== The Centurion Armament Conspiracy ==
With the success of a string of recent operations, crippling the invasion force in other West Coast states such as Seattle and Salem. Despite this, the Coded still holds a prominent foothold on Pixelarica, and are slowly pushing the defenders deeper into the country, with the Washington Front managing to create a bulge in the defensive lines.
=== Attack on Area 52 ===
Main Article: Black Paladin-Centurion Armament Incident
With half of Pixel Company engaging in operations to relieve the West Coast, Command informs that Pixel One and Pixel Two were retasked with investigating a distress call coming from Area 52 about an armed assault by unknown heavily armed and technologically advanced combatants. Pixel Two engaged the escapers while Pixel One heads to the compound to neutralize any hostiles. The task force battles through the hangers, offices, and the lab where Dark Matter technology was being researched, eliminating almost all enemies and special units, however, the Dark Matter technology itself has already been stolen by the hostiles. The two elements regroup and sneak into a truck hoping to see where the technology has been taken to, while a recon drone, codenamed Greylight tracks the team's position.
The two Pixel elements awaited for the trucks to stop to gain intel on the enemy's possible staging area. Greylight, then reports that the two trucks have stopped in an abandoned mining camp used as a forward base for the unknown hostiles. The two teams then sneaked out of the trucks and infiltrated deeper in the mining camp under the cover of the darkness, gaining valuable intel from communication posts, documents, and a hard drive containing contracts of those involved in the attack. However, their cover was blown after Greylight has been detected and shot down. The two elements then fought their way out of the base, through waves of the technologically advanced soldiers to the surface, where they managed to hijack one of their helicopters and escaped to a lake to be extracted.
=== War Against Centurion Armament ===
Main Article: Centurion Armament Conspiracy
The hard drive that the task force collected confirmed that Centurion Armament was behind the attack on Area 52. Knowing that Centurion is already aware of the Pixelarican government's actions towards their personnel, and the possible attacks the company could execute, the Pixelarican government had declared a black operation against Centurion; Operation Tempest.
Two Task Force: PIXEL agents; NUMA and BYTE, had previously infiltrated the organization as government inspectors and had gained access to the inner labs of the company, however weren't able to find any crucial information on the company's networks or targets.
==== Capture of Adam Elderstone ====
The task force has prioritized on gathering more intel on the inner workings of the company, as Centurion Armament is known for keeping their operations private from the government due to secret "deals" by Haxon himself. One known high-ranking official responsible for the management of the company in Pixelarica is Adam Elderstone; the young and troublesome president of the subsidiary, and the son of the Californian governor.
The task force had split their teams to two possible locations where Elderstone could be; his private mansion in the Hollywood Hills, and his hunting resort in Northern California.
Due to the company's concerns about possible attacks on its employees, heavy security measures were implemented, and the task force quickly found out that their raid turned into a firefight in the hills. The task force managed to push through the defence, and into the panic room of Elderstone, however, he had previously escaped to his secondary safe house; his hunting resort.
The task force, through heavy fighting by Elderstone's security detail, chases Elderstone throughout the resort and down a forested hill, where Centurion's assault teams attempt to exfil Elderstone. After tense fighting, a Centurion's helicopter was flown in but was quickly shot down, leaving Adam left under the hands of the task force. Elderstone was arrested and was sent to an unknown prison, where he would be the source of information on Centurion Armament and the attack on Area 52.
==== The Infiltration ====
With Adam captured, the task force now knows that Centurion is currently developing a super virus dubbed "The Praetorian"; a virus capable of crashing government networks, then creating a backdoor to allow other viruses to flow freely through the systems while security is down. Elderstone had also given important details on the security protocols within the company and had agreed to lower the level of security there to arrange for a government inspection on the development labs. Which, in reality, is an undercover operation for the task force to gain entry into the inner labs and to get critical evidence on the company's involvement in illegal actions, such as the attack on Area 52 previously done.
==== The Hamburg Summit ====
With news about Centurion being infiltrated and critical information about The Praetorian Virus and information on their past actions uploaded. The task force now has the leverage to use to take down the company with legal means and will be used to the next UN Summit in Hamburg, Germany, discussing the Coded's invasion on other countries, and the limits of how the private sector's involvement in the war for UN members. Unknowingly to them, Haxon has planned an attack on the summit to prevent it from happening.
According to witness reports, during a morning speech, multiple armed individuals in armored vehicles attacked checkpoints outside of the summit perimeter. German security teams attempted to lock down the summit, however more individuals stormed the summit building and held the entire hostage by planting bombs around the building. The individuals claim they were part of the Pixel Gunners; and demands the UN to comply to their demands on the arrest of all targeted individuals part the private industry, the establishment of a far-left government in countries declared "corrupted by the cancer of capitalism", and the release of prisoners part of their group. Otherwise, they will detonate an IED, destroying the summit building.
The task force quickly mobilized after the speech and worked with trapped GSG 9 operatives in the building after they were forced to stand down. PIXEL elements, along with GSG 9 fought through the summit building. During the fight, fireteam leaders had raised suspicions on the Pixel Gunners, as they are very well-armed, appear in great numbers, and soon to have better training than they were. Eventually leading to the conference room, where most of the hostages are placed, as well as the on-site commander of the attack. The remaining terrorists were quickly eliminated, and the commander was killed. One of the GSG 9 operatives noticed a knife that had the Centurion Armament logo on it, as well as the target's phone having a call with an unknown contact. Both teams now realized that Centurion Armament was behind the attack.
=== Operation: Tempest ===
With Centurion Armament now being wanted by the United Nations for crimes against humanity, the task force is now authorized and supported by other nations to take down the company and Haxon for the recent attack on the summit. The task force was sent to two locations; their research and development base in remote Alaska to their main server holding the final product of the Praetorian Virus, and their Pixelarican headquarters in Denver, Colorado to capture or kill Erebus Haxon and his associates.
==== Operation: Tempest - Alaska ====
The first phase of the operation is to divert the Centurion Armament's main forces by infiltrating their Arctic Lab in the Arctic region of Alaska, Pixelarica, and destroying the Praetorian Virus in a remote server located somewhere in the base, and making it as The Coded had attacked their base when they invaded Alaska. The mission was a joint operation with the U.S. Navy SEALs, due to their expertise in the sea.
Within the next few hours, the task force was sent 200 KM from the Arctic Base, where the managed to navigate through the harsh tundra to link up with the SEAL team. The attack commenced by sabotaging the base's power networks, then released several captured Coded individuals in the power grid to spawn them into the base. The main force managed to eliminate most of the outer defence, due to poor communications. The task force then breached through the main entrance while the SEAL assault team breached through the back entrance. Both teams fought against the security forces inside, destroying several mechs, drones, and their elite soldiers.
Eventually, they made it to the server room, where the company deployed their final option; Agent Craftian; a genetically enhanced former freelancing mercenary now Centurion Armament's mercenary, fitted with Centurion's prototype armor and weapons. With both sides suffering casualties, the task force managed to blow up the server room, which also triggered Agent Craftian's tracking system to go offline. The team then killed Craftian and escaped towards the extraction zone outside the Beaufort Sea. Chaos ensued as Coded members managed to copy highly advanced soldiers then used it to attack the remaining Centurion forces. The team escapes via a submarine breaking through the ice and escaped.
==== Operation: Tempest - Centurion's Nest ====
With the logistics and communications at the headquarters in disarray, and most of the Centurion employees fleeing. The task force launched their final assault on Centurion Armament in Denver, Colorado. The security was quickly dealt with, however, Haxon had hired teams of elite contractors to work with the security in the building, which challenged the expertise of the task force.
Pixel 1-1, Pixel 2-2 and Pixel 1-3 were assigned different entrances; the main force Pixel 2-2 controlling the entrance, while Pixel 1-1 infiltrates through the basements and Pixel 1-3 through the back. The raid commenced at approximately 11:30 pm, with the emergency system being overridden to prevent reinforcements from being called in. All task force began their attacks, eliminating any security or resistance. As more heavily armed security attempts to eliminate the task force, the task force drives deeper into the heart of the company and cornering Lindholm who had her laboratory set into lockdown mode. However, the task force pushed through as the police surrounded the building, preventing any escapes with even the FBI spectating, as well as Haxon, however, he was cut off when an anonymous hacker found a backdoor through his enclosed network and released a DDOS attack, cutting Haxon from retrieving any more information.
As a result, prototype agents were sent to defend the lab wielding Particle Buster swords with the lead security commander armed with a combat mech to defend Dr. Lindholm from the task force. All of whom were taken down and allowed the assault team to enter the lab to capture Dr. Lindholm for her involvement with the conspiracy. Lindholm began revealing her ambitions to the task force as a substitute for hearing in court, explaining that her own destiny of achieving peace through power in terms of weapons has been shot down by the government and the task force, specifically the Middle Eastern government who had been responsible for sending the company into hot water after they sent arms to them. In an attempt to restrain Lindholm, Command orders the task force to shoot her in the leg, the task force readies their weapons but Lindholm deployed her Orbital Shield before the task force could fire. A massive defensive shockwave ripples the lab afterwards, which disorientates the task force. They later proceeded to chase down Lindholm up on the roof, fighting through the remaining defenses. However, Centurion's helicopter managed to escape, leaving the shambles of the company into the hands of authorities and the founders on the run.
== Post-Operation: Tempest ==
After the successful mission of taking down Centurion Armament's presence in Pixelarica, but failing to capture the main figureheads in the company. The task force assigns Pixel One, Pixel Three, and Hertz Four as a separate task force to hunt down the remaining Centurion employees, while the main task force assists in operation in the already demising Coded invasion of the West Coast.
Several months after the operation, new developments were discovered in multiple major cities around the Western world, which prompted the task force to contaminate resources to investigate the rise of actions.
== The Coded Invasion of Europe ==
The final remnants of the Coded were wiped out by the Pixelarican Army from the West Coast. Also, new jamming networks were set around Pixelarica to prevent any further attempts. The Coded, however, retaliates by attacking Pixelarican allies such as South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and France. In response to Article 5, Pixelarica, as well as Canada, intervenes to defend its allies. The European Union forms a joint special forces task force; J-SOC Echo, comprising of multiple special forces group from NATO member states, including Task Force: PIXEL to search and destroy specific targets with the task force's expertise.
=== Battle of Marseilles ===
During the Coded invasion of France, the joint task force was tasked with eliminating several Coded spawning grounds around the battlefield to ease the defense force around major cities such a Paris and Reims. The joint task force fought alongside European Union and French Army soldiers in urban combat around the port in Marseilles, France. The joint task force was to eliminate Coded spawning grounds inside specific buildings around the port city, while the French and EU forces provide fire support. Within minutes of entering the battlefield, heavy fighting on the streets and inside buildings ensues. The EU/French forces fought back against Coded resistance while the joint task force infiltrates behind enemy lines through tight alleyways and buildings. The 4 suspected Coded spawning grounds were quickly eliminated. However, the joint task force was later retasked to aid the defenses against a Coded amphibious attack near a beach. While the Coded were relentless with their assault, the defenders managed to hold the invading force back until air support eliminates the rest of the enemy forces, however, a few jets were shot down when a Coded warship and a small armada can be seen near the harbour.
=== Coded Warship ===
Soon after, the joint task force was authorized to infiltrate the Coded warship and destroy the command center and the ship itself. To infiltrate the ship, two teams of underwater submersibles managed to evade enemy detection and climbed onto the deck of the ship. Using encryption devices to cover their bodies from being picked up by scanners, the joint task force to two sneaked onto the bridge, where the crew of the ship were quickly killed off. However, the entire squad was alerted when the death of the captain triggered the emergency alarm. Evanson quickly uploaded Gordon's virus to disrupt communications and orders while the rest of the task force defends him. Evanson manages to upload the virus and ordered the team to make an escape towards the extraction point. The team manages to fight through heavy Coded resistance all over the ship, however, anti-air positions prevented the helicopter from getting close to the ship. Under an ambush, the joint task force quickly fights towards the AA guns and disables them.
== European Union-New European Order Cold War==
=== The Chechen-Russian Border Incident ===
Within weeks of fighting, the European Union and Pixelarica manage to push back The Coded out of major European countries and areas. Task Force: PIXEL and JSOC-Echo teams were sent into search and destroy recon, assassination, and infiltration missions against The Coded. Recently, however, intelligence from satellite imaging and reports from air traffic control had piqued the task force's interests as a large cargo plane was shot down near the Russian-Chechen border. The Russian government rejects any investigations by the European Union or any outside entity, claiming that the crash site is under Russian jurisdiction, and for security reasons with the current situation in Chechnya. Furthermore, the cargo was suggested to be of a certain value, as rebels are already making their way towards the crash site.
Gryphon Squad of JSOC-Echo infiltrated through Chechen territory near the crash site to investigate the cargo and gain access to the black box. Within moments of reaching the crash site, however, a massive firefight broke out between the Chechen Rebels who have already secured the site and unknown a Russian mercenary force attempting to flush the rebels out. The task force was authorized to engage both belligerents, and with heavy fighting against both the mercenaries and their gunships and the rebels with their armor support, the task force manages to push back both forces out of the area. The contents of the cargo were searched, containing military-grade weapons intended to be shipped to multiple Eastern European countries, as well as a dossier which confirms that the New European Order authorized the transport. As the task force was busy gathering evidence, both the rebels and now technologically advanced mercenaries resumed their assault over the crash site, with the task force in the middle. The task force manages to pull out against the mercenaries' assault while dodging rebel autocannon fire from BMP's, leaving all 3 forces to be under a 4th force; the incoming blizzard.
Behind rebel-controlled territory, the joint task force manages to hide away in an abandoned village to wait until the blizzard dies down, while the rebels try to hunt down the squad. Under the cover of darkness and the snowfall, the squad manages to sneak past the entire Chechen search party. The squad manages to make it to a remote fishing village out of Chechen control, where comms finally clears up as the blizzard stops. Command informs that the squad needs to escape Chechnya as fast as possible as the Russian government had been alerted of the previous firefight near the crash site. The squad needs to make its escape around the incoming Russian forces back into Russia. The squad commandeers two jeeps and makes a break through rebel defenses. A brief but heavy chase between the squad and the rebels ensues, however, the final rebel pursuers were forced back into their lands after the Russian military launched an attack into the rebel's territory. The squad manages to reach the designated landing zone and escape.
===The New European Order Summit===
Having proof that the New European Order has been ordering military equipment from various black market contacts. The joint task force with help from various intelligence agencies was authorized by NATO to conduct a further investigation for any future plans or whereabouts of the political union. The joint task force conducted various espionage operations, wiretapping, and kidnappings on the order, in which lead to the reveal of a secret summit about potential solutions to either eliminate or convert rival nationalists in Austria, as well as the future plans for the order. The summit was being conducted with various high-ranking officials in the New European Union council. The summit was being held in northern Austria inside the private estate of Joel Klestil; the Austrian minister for Europe, integration and foreign affairs. Gryphon Squad with undercover agents Gambit and Magpie were sent to the summit to spy on the meeting under the cover of a party hosted by the minister.
Gryphon Squad acted as the backup team for the CIA agents acting as party goers and Pixel One as they initiated the operation. Pixel One acted as on-ground assistance, assisting in eliminating sentries or disabling cameras so that the CIA agents can continue their mission. Eventually, Gambit and Magpie informs the team that he got access to the restricted areas of the mansion, where council members will be conducting the meeting. Gambit watches on the meeting while Magpie and Pixel One plants several bugs on the second floor. During the meeting, Klestil mentioned about various subjects including the future of the European Union and the New European Order, the potential solutions in dealing with rival political parties, and about doubts of Drazan Bakal's history. Klestil also mentioned about "X-Hour", however, before he further mentions about the subject, Gambit gets caught by a security guard, in which Gambit attempts to explain. Klestil overhears the commotion and exits the meeting room. Klestil talks to the two, where Gambit explains that he got lost. The minister understands and asks for Gambit to follow him into the courtyard. The joint task force overlooks the conversation between the two, in which the minister pulls the secret headpiece out of the Gambit's suit, knowing that he was an undercover agent. Gambit attempts to escape, however he was quickly shot by Klestil. Having their cover blown, Magpie and Pixel One quickly eliminate Klestil and his security detail as they escort the body out of the courtyard. The rest of Gryphon Squad provided covering fire as Pixel One makes their way to the extraction point.
===Hunt for Haxon===
A few days after the border incident, the joint task force was reassigned to monitor the activities of Erebus Haxon and the CEO of Romanov Communications; Aleksi Romanov in Moscow. Intel suggests that Haxon and Romanov are having a meeting at a high-class restaurant in downtown Moscow about Haxon joining the New European Order, and Romanov being a major stakeholder in Haxon's future developments in Greece. Command seeks this as an opportunity to capture or neutralize both Romanov and Haxon, and Gryphon squad was retasked of going undercover into Russia to capture or eliminate both targets. Joining the squad are Greylight; a drone operator from the previous mission in Area 52 as recon support, and a group of students from Komonosov Moscow State University acting as protesters in Romanov's private landing pads to prevent Romanov access to his aerial assets.
As the lunchtime commences in Moscow, the joint task force sets up an overwatch position inside an office building near the restaurant and an on-ground position inside the restaurant itself. The joint task force eavesdrops on the two targets, learning about the New Europe Order's current affairs, and an upcoming plan known as "X-Hour". During the luncheon, Haxon exits the dining area to answer a call about "a couple of unwanted associates", and steps outside the task force's field of view. Moments later, an EMP blast from Haxon disables task force's communications and electronics. Having their cover blown, the task force attempts to eliminate Haxon and Romanov by firing their sniper rifles, however, the bullets disintegrate upon reaching near their bodies. Task Force: PIXEL operatives were quick to point out that Lindholm's personal Orbital Shield has made its way to the global market, and that Haxon and Romanov are virtually immune to any attacks the joint task force can throw at them. Romanov's security detail secures both HVT's and attacks the team inside the restaurant causing the overwatch team to zipline into the restaurant to take down the HVT's and link up with the team.
Greylight informs the team that Romanov's limo is leaving the area and that reinforcements have been deployed outside the restaurant to slow down the task force. The task force pushes through, however, the limo is now speeding away, the joint task force commandeers two enemy armored vehicles to catch up. While speeding down the streets of Moscow, Greylight informs that the Moscow Police units have been dispatched to chase down the joint task force. The task force later meets with resistance from the police units in a chase throughout the side streets of Moscow, the two forces clash while on their vehicles, however, due to the increasing amount of panic from civilians near the initial area, traffic jams prevent any further chases from happening. The joint task force goes on the offensive and uses the traffic jam to close in on the limo, eventually leading to a highway shootout between the police force, the security detail and the joint task force. The team pushes through the heavy resistance, and even through Manticore Knights and Legionnaire Operatives from Haxon. The team manages to reach the abandoned limo, where a familiar voice buzzes through the comms, stating that he does not recall the team "joining in this personal conversation on the business affairs of Europe". The team sees that the HVT's are attempting to escape in a secondary limo down on the street level. The team then quickly disables the limo with both Romanov and Haxon being the only ones alive. Evanson approaches the Limo, however command orders the team to stand down and let both Romanov and Haxon go due to unseen circumstances. Confused, the team attempt to verify the order with other members, however, they confirm they did not receive the order. During the confusion, Haxon begins to mock the task force on them being used as pawns for irrational ways, however, the limo mysteriously blows up as Haxon's final words were "...and yet you are all pawns in this clusterfu...", killing both Haxon and Romanov inside. The task force watches as the limo burns, and as communications between command were cut as a drone passes by from the sky, flying away. Greylight quickly figured out that this operation was a setup all along.
=== London Uprising ===
As a result of recent political instability and control in the governments, major cities such as London, Paris, and Berlin begin to descend into chaos for the lack of change in recent months and their cost on the citizens, especially with the threat from The Coded. As a result more harsh rules and regulations were set on the current martial laws, however, this does not stop the rioters, as they continue to further their various agendas, primarily through the spread of nationalism. Major cities such as London, Paris, and Berlin were the most hard-hit areas, where law and order have fallen in noticeable areas.
In the wake of the conflict, a notable select group of government officials have been targeted towards assault, kidnapping, extortion, and in some cases, homicide. To prevent further actions from taking place, the EU orders a military evacuation of all VIP's into secure designated areas. However, some politicians in the British parliament were trapped inside the building in Westminster, where the heart of anarchy was located. Several attempts to reach the parliament failed as the anarchists push back any rescue attempts away from the parliament, including any air assets via firearms and alleged illegal anti-air missiles, which shot down a British helicopter near the building.
Gryphon Squad was dispatched to reach the parliament and rescue the trapped politicians against the crowd of anarchists as a final option. In addition, they must search and destroy any AA or artillery threats that might hinder the rescue. Landing behind British military lines in Bessborough Gardens. On their way to the MI6 Building, they were hit by sniper firing while crossing through Vauxhall Bridge. Running through cover, to cover, the squad manages to eliminate the sniper threat and proceed on their mission. They sneak past inside the rioter's territory through house to house, only engaging as a means of self-defense, and to eliminate any threats to the evacuation, such as the AA presence in the area. Eventually, Gryphon Squad reaches London Bridge, where it was held back by the remaining defenders of the London Police and the Royal Guards. The squad helps defend an oncoming charge from armed rioters, however, they were overwhelmed and were forced to barricade themselves in parliament grounds.
The defending force retreats to the main building to fend off the building from armed rioters and link up with the politicians inside the House of Commons. After meeting up with the HVT's, a politician reveals the conspiracy that the New European Order has sparked the violence in major European cities to further gain support from the public and to weaken the capability of the European Union countries by stretching their resources. In addition to this, one of the politicians that defected from the New European Order warns that there will be a series of events that will possibly permanently lead to the total control of NEO in Europe. After successfully defending the parliament, rescue arrives on the rooftop, while the British forces secure the area.
== European Union-New European Order Conflict ==
As the conflict around the European battleground unfolds, a new battlefield begins to ignite as the two European political powers clash once more in the United Nations Security Council. Using the task force's mission and their false flag operation in Moscow, NEO representatives manage to convince the Russian representatives that the European Union has been committing black operations inside Russian territory. In response, the Russian government closes all political ties with the European Union member nations that were allegedly involved. Within days of fighting through insults and rebuttals, a multitude of world leaders and government officials begin to question the integrity and political stability of the Union, while many anti-EU activists begin to protest for their country's exit of the Union.
While the task force and J-SOC were on standby in case of further military operations, the NEO council prepares for the alleged plot. As tensions reach a boiling point, the European Union invites the New European Union to a peace summit in Stockholm to discuss how to resolve the current conflicts between the two groups. The task force is then stationed near Poland as Polish intelligence suggests there is a military build-up near the borders of Ukraine, Austria and Slovakia. Within minutes of the opening speech from the envoy, a combined military force of NEO member states commences an attack towards Poland, Germany, and Italy. The task force scrambles towards defensive positions further into Poland.
=== X-Hour ===
The push towards EU nations starts to bog down as a combined force of NATO air superiority manages to scramble enough air power to challenge the NEO air force. NATO takes this opportunity to launch a counteroffensive into Ukraine and other surrounding NEO states. The joint task force was mostly deployed behind enemy lines to sabotage or assassinate targets. Gryphon Squad was deployed along with the 1st Armored Division of the Pixelarican Army and a combined EU company in rural Ukraine to prevent the launch of several ICBMs at a former Soviet silo. Along the way to the launch site, the joint task force's convoy was hit by an artillery strike, forcing the joint task force to fight through the forest and eliminate the artillery positions for the 1st Division to move up to the launch site by flanking around into the forest. Despite facing heavy resistance from NEO forces, especially from a Serbian special forces fire team, the joint task force manages to knock out the 4 artillery positions. Shortly after eliminating the last position, NEO commences a launch of all active ICBMs, however, command has informed all fire teams that the ICBMs were not targeting cities, but the attacking NATO forces in Ukraine.
Command orders all active fire teams to push towards the missile silos in order to disarm the missiles. The joint task force links up with an SAS regiment and rushes towards the launch site's command room. Through very heavy fighting, the task force manages to input the disarm codes received from the former NEO politicians from the parliament from Britain. The remaining missiles detonate in the atmosphere, saving hundreds of thousands of lives and units. After the failure to destroy the counterattacking NATO force, NEO forces retreat further into Eastern Europe.
=== Siege of Belgrade ===
After the failure to destroy the advancing NATO/EU forces, remaining NEO forces take defensive positions in countries such as Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania to slow down the NATO/EU forces from reaching Belgrade; the capital of the New European Order. Weeks of intense fighting to reach the white city had halted the allied attack to the outskirts of the city. During the siege, intelligence suggests that the high chancellor; Drazan Bakal, is currently at the House of the National Assembly with his high council commanding the war from the lower levels of the house.
In order to gain the element of surprise to capture the council and gain further intel, the joint task force were sent behind enemy lines in the cover of darkness. As night falls, Gryphon and Lynx Squad successfully infiltrates Belgrade unseen through the Danube river. The two teams slip through enemy patrols guarding the streets and alleyways as the fighting ensues from a distance, helping with masking the sound of gunfire from enemies. The two teams witnesses the affects of the war between the EU and the NEO, such as the destruction of infrastructure, and civilians attempting to hide from the war or by fleeing under curfew, in which they are met with a hail of gunfire if caught. After sneaking through the center of the city, they reach the center square where the house was located, however it was heavily defended by NEO forces as they made the square a staging point of military personnel and equipment for the defense of the siege. Spectator then informs that several helicopters were leaving the house with several key high council members inside, suggesting that the HVT's are already evacuating the house. He orders the joint task force to double time to the house before more members can evacuate, and that NATO air force units were commencing several surgical strikes near the staging point, in which would be in close proximity of their operating grounds.
Sneaking through building to building, they successfully infiltrate the house before several fighter jets commenced their attacks. Knowing that the house is on full alert, they were authorized to return fire when necessary. They investigated the house for Drazan Bakal or any high council members. The two teams split up, in which Lynx Squad discovers a number of objects about Bakal, including his use of a wheelchair, his actual appearance, and a health file from the doctor's office suggesting that he is currently over 100 years old. Winters questions on his appearance, however he reads further about the "Hivemind Network"; a top secret Soviet project on using mind control and brainwashing on the battlefield. They then enter the high chancellor's office, only to discover it has been abandoned recently. Flemming then sees that his computer is still open and contains a video on pause, the video shows Drazan Bakal giving a pre-made speech, claiming that he knew that the allies were sending a special forces team into the building to capture him, so he planned a "surprise meeting" among the "negotiators". Suddenly, various hostiles attack the joint task force, coming from the paintings, floors, and hidden doors. They were quickly defeated, but more swarms of unarmed enemies swarmed into the office. Winters noticed that there might be a connection between the swarms of unarmed enemies, and the network. The joint task force reports to Spectator on their new found intel, Spectator then orders the joint task force to fall back to the extraction point as NEO forces are mobilizing on their position. The joint task force makes a retreat out of the house before soldiers were able to breach in, being chased by an Mi-35 gunship. They run from building to building trying to lose the helicopter, however the helicopter was able to track down their position. NEO forces attempt to cut off their escape by blocking the streets nearby, trapping them in an inn. As the gunship fires upon their position, Spectator informs that NATO air support will be commencing another run near their position to eliminate the gunship and the roadblock. A few seconds later, several jets destroyed the gunship as well as the roadblock. The joint task force makes a dash towards the bridge where NEO reinforcements chase them, crossing the bridge, one F-16 fires a missile behind the joint task force, neutralizing the pursuers and destroying the bridge from behind.
=== Hunt for the Dragon ===
With the NEO stronghold of Belgrade overrun, the remaining forces fall into disarray as the leadership is destabilized as a result of the capture of significant members of the New European Order High Council. As NATO/EU forces continue to push deeper into the Balkans, Grpyhon Squad was tasked to track down the high chancellor of the New European Order; Drazan Bakal.
The intelligence department with the help of the CIA manages to monitor multiple NEO transport movements out of Belgrade and intercepted radio transmissions on possible locations the high chancellor could be hiding. Months of intelligence gathering, data mining, and espionage lead to the possible location of a mining facility in Valbonë, Albania, near the Montenegro border. The bunker and the surrounding area are defended by the remaining loyal forces aligned with the NEO, with support from armor and limited air support. The joint task force was dispatched with the assault force to storm the bunker.
At around 0500 hours, a task force comprising of 2 mechanized infantry companies made their way to the bunker, however, the two companies were quickly bogged down by reports of experimental incendiary cannon fire and artillery fire from the hill position near the bunker. Despite losing some of the armored supported, the assault force advanced through enemy fire and experimental direct-energy fire. Gryphon Squad and Fireteam Lynx were one of the first squads to make it to the outer perimeter of the bunker. The two fire teams fought through heavily-armed NEO forces, including a regiment heavily armed NEO operatives deployed from a Mi-39. Despite the regiments' superior firepower and armor, they were no match for the expertise and training of the joint task force and were eliminated. As more of elements of the mechanized corp entered the compound, more of the defenders begin a withdraw deeper into the mining site. The joint task force pushes deeper into enemy lines by flanking around machinery to eliminate anti-armor positions set on top of the coal towers. Afterwards, a final push towards the bunker's entrance was ordered from command. Both remaining fire teams fought in the morning light, however, after suffering from heavy losses, the defenders were routed back into the bunker.
The bunker entrance proved to be quite a problem for the task force, as normal means of breaching the heavy metal door were useless. Suddenly, a couple of defending NEO snipers started to pick off the fire teams outside, pinning them down. Air support was called in to eliminate the snipers, however, the thick walls of the sniper nest made it difficult for the surgical strikes to pierce through. In a matter of a few strikes, all of the snipers were eliminated, and an F-15 with a bunker-busting AGM was dispatched to bust through the heavy door shortly afterwards. The F-15 manages to unleash the payload on the bunker door, which created a massive explosion that threw both forces to the ground. Disorientated, the remaining NATO fire teams advanced through the clouds of dust and debris into the bunker.
The remaining Allied forces met little to no resistance at the entrance of the bunker, as most of the defenders were neutralized by the AGM strike. However, more NEO reinforcements stormed into the main entrance, pinning the joint task force from the front and right. Under fire, Gryphon Squad was ordered to flank around the defenders to eliminate defensive positions along the catwalks, as well as an active Lazar APC pinning the rest of the attackers. The joint task force pushes towards defensive positions and eliminates any armored assets, in which the attacking force advances forwards deeper into the bunker. Both forces clash throughout the bunker compound, down hallways and barracks, however, the joint task force kept pushing back the defenders deeper into the compound, near the command center where the high chancellor was hiding. Despite their best efforts, the defenders eventually were wiped out by NATO forces, which are now at the entrance of the command center. The attackers managed to breach through the doors of the command center, however, the high chancellor wasn't there. Command informs that they have detected movement deep inside the mining facility, near the bottom of the quarry, suggesting that the high chancellor is attempting to escape from NATO forces. Just then, an explosion erupts near the entrance, knocking most of the attackers off their feet. Evanson then discovers that the remaining NEO forces had activated a self-destruct sequence inside the bunker, which is slowly reaching the command center. The joint task force desperately attempts to look for an exit or to abort the sequence, however in sheer luck, a secret exit used by the high chancellor is revealed by an Evanson accidentally pressing a button on the command panel. Suddenly, Evanson becomes trapped in a heap of rubble as the bunker collapses around them, ordering the team to escape without him. The remaining members of the strike team rush out of the command room, barely escaping the fireball from behind. Catching their breath inside a loading dock inside the mine, the team answers a sitrep from Command. They inform on Evanson's sacrifice, and that the high chancellor is not in the bunker. Just then their comms randomly shut off, as well as any electronic equipment they have. Deadpan suggests it's an EMP attack, in which a blurry voice coming from their comms confirms it is an EMP attack. The team recognizes that the voice was from the high chancellor, and proceeds into the quarry, where the remaining NEO forces protecting the high chancellor ambushed the remaining elements of the two companies. Making a last stand, NEO soldiers stormed their positions while allied forces held their ground. Throughout the firefight, both Frostbite and Miller were wounded by shrapnel from a grenade. Despite dwindling numbers from both sides, the joint task force manages to gain an upper hand by shooting down a Mi-2 helicopter attempting to extract the high chancellor. The copter crashes into the walls of the mine, causing a minor tremor that caused a landslide, crushing any NEO soldiers in its path. The firefight dies down as the majority of the defenders fell. With the last bit of resistance eliminated, the joint task force makes their way towards the high chancellor inside a trailer, however, Bakal then informs that the New European Order, including himself, will fight until the last breath and will never surrender to NATO forces. He also announces his intentions of using a secret weapon. Just then, squads of more NEO forces from the crash site of the helicopter swarm into the bottom of the mine, ambushing the joint task force. Command warns that a captured NEO technician warns that Drazan might have shut off his Hivemind limiters, which could potentially kill him from the sheer amount of information he has to process. The following outcomes of the battle will play out, depending on the team's actions:
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Drazan Bakal is captured= If the joint task force is quick enough to reach the high chancellor, the team will breach the trailer and eliminate any defending avatars protecting the high chancellor. Pixel 1-1 will then quickly shut off Bakal's Hivemind headset and disarm the high chancellor as he tries to pull out a Desert Eagle, resulting in the high chancellor being pushed towards the ground. Drazan wheezes one final breath to the joint task force; that there is "always an enemy many times bigger, and many times more dangerous than you can ever imagine...Semper honos invaluerit...".
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Drazan Bakal is killed= If the joint task force does not make it to the trailer in time, the team will breach and eliminate any defending avatars protecting the once active high chancellor. Pixel 1-1 will grab the body of Bakal, only discovering that the high chancellor had perished during the ensuing battle. A note falls out from his pocket reading "Semper honos invaluerit".
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Regardless of the team's actions, the remaining defenders will be eliminated. The team then informs that the New European Order has officially fallen. Command congratulates the team and orders them back to base for debriefing, then the introduction from the request of the President of Pixelarica.
== Pathogen X Attack ==
During Operation: Catalyst, a doomsday cult and terror group known as the Blood Chrysalis commences an attack on a Pixelarican subway station utilizing a weaponized strain of Pathogen X, killing dozens of civilians and causing various mutations on those still living. The task force's CBRN unit was sent to clean out the subway and eliminate any Blood Chrysalis cultists and shut off the biotanks scattered around the station. Under an ominous red mist created by the biotanks, the unit manages to clear out the infected and members, and shut off the biotanks.
== Combat Roles ==
Main Article: Class Specification
Currently, there are 7 combat roles assigned to Task Force: PIXEL operatives. All roles have different loadouts and playstyles.
=== Assault ===
The Assault class is the basic, yet versatile class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in being versatile in all ranges and situations. They have medium armor and medium mobility and are equipped with assault rifles, pistols, a Combat Knife, and grenades. However, they are not equipped with any special gear or weapons. They are effective at all ranges.
=== Recon ===
The Recon class is the agile and fast-paced class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in mobility, and tracking enemies to the fireteam. They have light armor and high mobility and are equipped with submachine guns, pistols, a Combat Knife, and grenades. They are also equipped with the Trak-R; a Special weapon capable of highlighting tagged enemies. They are effective at short-medium range.
=== Engineer ===
The Engineer class is the defensive class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in area-denial and breaching walls for the fireteam. They have medium armor and medium mobility and are equipped with submachine guns or shotguns, pistols, Special weapons or a launcher, and a Combat Knife. They are also equipped with Turrets; able to automatically target and suppress enemies. Their shotguns are also capable of breaking through barriers and doors, capable of creating new pathways for the team. They are effective at short range.
=== Support ===
The Support class is the heavily armed class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in suppressing enemies and resupplying ammunition to other members of the team. They have heavy armor and low mobility and are equipped with light machine guns, pistols, a Combat Knife, and grenades, They are also equipped with an Ammo Box - an exclusive gadget to Co-Op campaign that resupplies ammo to all teammates within its radius. They are effective at medium-long range.
=== Sniper ===
The Sniper class is the long ranged class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in picking off certain enemies and guarding points from enemies. They have light armor and high mobility and are equipped with sniper rifles, machine pistols, a Combat Knife, and grenades. They are also equipped with Infrared Goggles; a special gadget that highlights enemies in low/minimal light, as well as invisible enemies. They are effective at long range.
=== Medic ===
The Medic class is the healing class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in replenishing health to all teammates, as well as boosting combat effectiveness via health buffs. They have light armor and high mobility and are equipped with submachine guns, pistols, and a Combat Knife. They are also equipped with a Health Pack; a large Health Kit capable of healing teammates and offering a temporary health regeneration. They are effective at close-medium range.
=== Demolitions ===
The Demolition class is the explosive and resilient class of Task Force: PIXEL. They specialize in their explosive capabilities and guarding points with their mines. They have heavy armor and low mobility and are equipped with shotguns or submachine guns, pistols, a Combat Knife, and a launcher. They are also equipped with C4 Charges; a special gadget that can be planted on all surfaces and detonate at will as well as Claymore mines; a special gadget that can be planted on the group which will decimate any enemy infantry within a 10m area. They are effective at short range.
== Equipment ==
The task force utilizes the most modern and technological advanced weapons and equipment. They also have access to Area 52-developed weaponry such as the Prototype.
=== Primary ===
==== Assault Rifles ====
* Army Rifle
* "Black Bandit" (added in the 14.2.0 update)
* Bad Surgeon (added in the 14.2.0 update)
* Black Bandit Carbine (added in the 15.0.0 update)
* Combat Rifle
* Combat Carbine
* Marksman
* Night Hunter (Rifle)
* Ranger Rifle
* Reaper's Call (added in the 13.3.0 update)
* Secret Forces Carbine
* Secret Forces Rifle
==== Submachine Guns ====
* Black Mamba
* Casanova
* Golden Friend
* Kinetic Defender (Added in the 15.0.0 update)
* Night Hunter (SMG)
* Prototype PDW (added in the 13.4.0 update)
* Prototype PDW Mk. II (added in the 15.5.5 update)
* Rapid Fire Rifle
* Secret Forces SMG (added in the 14.2.0 update)
* Simple Machine Gun
* Vandals (added in the 15.0.0 update)
==== Shotguns ====
* Buckshot Barrage (added in the 13.2.5 update)
* "Cruiser" (added in the 16.0.0 update)
* Simple Shotgun
* Devastator
* Mega Destroyer
* Nightcrawler (added in the 15.2.0 update)
* Semi-Auto Shotgun (added in the 16.4.0 update)
* Tactical Shotgun
* Tactical Shotgun Mk. II (added in the 15.2.0 update)
==== Machine Guns ====
* Assault Machine Gun
* Heavy Machine Gun (as a Primary weapon)
* Hero
* Hardliner
* Hardliner Mk. II (added in the 15.0.0 update)
* Serious Argument
=== Backup ===
* Critical Strike (added in the 15.0.5 update)
* Desert Eagle
* Fast Death
*Hitman Pistol
*Infiltrator
* Interceptor
* Mountain Wolf
* Kinetic Pistol (added in the 15.0.0 update)
* Pixel Gun
* Police Pistol (added in the 14.2.0 update)
* Propitiator (added in the 16.4.0 update)
* Special Agent
* Spec Ops Pistol
* Trak-R Pistol (added in the 16.0.0 update)
* Zombie Slayer
=== Melee ===
* Battle Axe
* Combat Knife
* Dual Tactical Knives
* Riot Shield (added in the 14.2.0 update)
* Tactical Knife
* Tactical Tomahawk (as a melee weapon)
=== Special ===
* Trak-R
* Flaming Volcano
* Nitrogen Sprayer
* Tactical Tomahawk
* Tactical Knife
=== Sniper ===
* "Blackout" (added in the 15.2.0 update)
* Brutal Headhunter Mk. II
* Brutal Headhunter
* Combat Sniper Rifle (added in the 15.0.0 update)
* Heavy Sniper Rifle (added in the 16.4.0 update)
* Overseer
* Prototype (added in the 13.4.0 update)
* Reaper's Whisper (added in the 15.2.0 update)
* Secret Forces Marksman Rifle
* Sentinel
* Silent Justice (added in the 16.0.0 update)
* Tactical Marksman Rifle (added in the 16.7.0 update)
* Sniper Rifle
* Winter Hunter (added in the 13.5.0 update)
=== Heavy ===
* Apocalypse
* Armadillo
* Armageddon
* "Desert Storm"
* Firestorm
* Demoman (added in the 15.2.0 update)
* Grenade Launcher
* Home Breacher (added in the 16.0.0 update)
* Instigator
* Judge (added in the 15.0.0 update)
* Mines Launcher
* "Osprey" (added in the 16.0.0 update)
* Rocket Storm (Added in the 15.0.0 update)
* SMAK
* Stinger 3000 (added in the 16.4.0 update)
* Stinger
== Trivia ==
* There have been several references of the task force's, and the Newbie's appearance throughout the Campaign and vice versa:
** In the level, Exodus, the Newbie's farm can be seen on a map placed in one of the command centers inside an apartment.
** In the Bridge level's story comic, the helicopter which picks up Pixel One can be seen flying away.
*** Meanwhile, in the Co-Op Campaign's version of the mission, the Newbie can be seen on the ground, running towards the helicopter and waving his arms to get the attention of the pilot.
** In the Prison level's story comic, the same helicopter crashes on the roof of Alcatraz.
*** Meanwhile, in the Co-Op Campaign's version of the mission, if the player quickly turns around towards the Golden Gate bridge, a small black figure can be seen falling off the bridge into the water; which is the Newbie jumping off the bridge to escape the Monsters.
* During Operation Tempest, Area 52 Defense Development Agency offered both the Pixelarican Armed Forces and the task force their experimental weapons to increase combat efficiency against The Coded.
* In the 13.2.5 update, the Medic class can only use submachine guns as their Primary weapon.
* In the 15.0.0 update, the Engineer class can now equip Special weapons from a limited amount due to constraints of the Geneva Convention.
** In the same update, Command had informed that they will be receiving new equipment as part of joining JSOC-Echo.
==Gallery==
TFP Promo.jpg|Official artwork of the Task Force: PIXEL Assaulter class.
Co-Op Campaign Icon.png|The Co-Op Campaign icon featuring a Task Force: PIXEL Recon, Assaulter, and Engineer operatives.
Pixel One.png|Pixel One, the main protagonists of co-op campaign.
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