Cruelty Squad (Enemy)

* Off-Duty
* Grunt
* Agents

**Grunts:**

* Seaside Shock
* Casino Catastrophe
* Alpine Hospitality

**Agents:** Apartment Atrocity

**Cruelty Squad employees** are the field personnel of Cruelty Squad, a steady bluechip company in the security business and the player's employer.

Cruelty Squad employees are often shown wearing optical implants which are similar to those used by Security and identical to those used by Shock Troopers.

## Variants

### Off-Duty Cruelty Squad Employees

**Off-Duty Cruelty Squad Employees** are off-the-clock and behave as Civilians; they are unarmed and have civilian-level health. They are mostly found in the lounge in Cruelty Squad Headquarters, though one can be found in the server room of Sin Space Engineering and one can be found in a store in Mall Madness. They wear dark red uniforms with a large green symbol on the back, or dark purple uniforms with "Cruelty Squad" written on the back.

### Cruelty Squad Grunt

**Cruelty Squad Grunts** (called **"Assassin Weak"** in map files) wield the Precise Industry AS15. They wear dark red uniforms with a green symbol on the back, and are identical in appearance to the Off-Duty Cruelty Squad Grunts in the Cruelty Squad Headquarters lounge. A single Cruelty Squad Grunt is guarding the cabin of the Cruise Room Target in Seaside Shock, another guards the Virtue booth where the Fourth Target hangs out on Hope Eradicated difficulty. Several of them are found throughout Casino Catastrophe.

### Cruelty Squad Agent

**Cruelty Squad Agents** (called **"Assassin"** in map files) also wield the Precise Industry AS15. They wear dark purple uniforms with "Cruelty Squad" written on the back in red letters. They have exceptionally high health, about on par with a Flesh Pig, and can survive several times as much damage as other humanoid enemies, even being able to withstand multiple headshots. They can even survive about twice as much damage from an armor-piercing automatic weapon compared to a Shock Trooper.

Two Cruelty Squad Agents appear in Apartment Atrocity, sent by Cruelty Squad to assassinate the player due to a clerical error. The first is immediately outside the player's apartment along with a pair of Security Grunts, and will storm into the apartment once they detect the player. The second is in a room on the ground floor behind a concealed door, who will attempt to ambush the player once they start a firefight with the cops outside.

## Notable Employees

* The Protagonist
* The Handler
* Henrik "Freakout" Johnson is a named NPC wearing the same pink body armor as the protagonist and can be found in the Cruelty Squad Headquarters lobby, near the receptionist. He is one of the named NPCs on the level who is permanently killable and will die if the level is entered while in Hope Eradicated mode.
* A Cowardly Agent can be found in the server room of Sin Space Engineering, having been assigned to assassinate the mission's target but being too fearful to do so.
* An Imprisoned Agent can be found in a jail cell in Androgen Assault, mentioning his reason for imprisonment.
* An Off Duty Agent can be found in a store in Mall Madness, greeting the player warmly and expressing his suspicions about the nearby bookstore.
* Another Off Duty Agent can be found in the ship promenade in Seaside Shock. He mentions a draft of wind coming from the wall nearby, a hint to the secret passage leading to the entrance to Alpine Hospitality.

## Gallery

A Cruelty Squad GruntCruelty Squad Grunt from behindA Cruelty Squad AgentA Cruelty Squad Agent from Behind