Manassas City Counter Terrorism Unit

The Unit's official logo

The location of the Unit on Google Maps

*"The Unit is the embodiment of a good defense."*

- Richard Halland, about the Unit.

## Origins

The **Manassas City Counter Terrorism Unit,** also known as the MCCTU, or simply known as 'the Unit', was a law enforcement organization under the direct supervision of the Department of Homeland Security. It served as the standard for "creative counter-terrorism". The idea of the Counter Terrorism Unit was founded by Richard Halland, an officer working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He branched off from FEMA in 2023 to spearhead the Counter Terrorism Unit where he directly reported to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

The first unit was the Manassas City Counter Terrorism Unit, established in March 29th, 2023, founded by Director Saul Eckhart, a former Marine and D.C. Metro officer. Prior to the Unit's founding, Halland chose Old Town Manassas as its headquarters. The old Prince William District and Circuit Court was used as the Unit's main building, as a way to hide the Unit from the civilian populace, albeit in plain sight.

## Description

> *"Nice glass."*
> - Daniel Duong to Saul upon entering the Unit for the first time.
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The Unit on the outside is a brick building, in the shape of a construed 'L'. It has one road with a roundabout at the end that led to sub-streets and the main street into Old Town. The building has a fenced perimeter to prevent any unauthorized individuals from gaining access to the grounds. The building was also surrounded by other buildings, so it is kept out of sight from the public eye.

Since Director Eckhart took over, he ordered for the interior to be renovated from the ground up, complete with robust facilitates and décor. Upon entering the main doors, which was just plexiglass, the main lobby was relatively large, with catwalks directly above the main doors leading into an office room, which was the Director's office. A reception desk was directly against a wall, where there were two hallways leading to either side. On the marble floor was the Unit's official logo.

On the left side of the reception desk, was where all of the Support components was located, including the Medical and Intelligence Division. On the right side was Operations, where the Agents had their own team and locker rooms, as well as the armory and a briefing room.

The left side of the building was where individual's offices would be located. The Chief Medical Specialist's office was also used as a small medical bay, but a full-sized medical bay would be located at the very back of the building. The team leader's offices would be directly next to the medical office as well, and in front would be the Intelligence Division's center of operations, which was the size of a large conference room. The Intelligence Center complemented each intelligence analyst with cubicles. The Center also include large monitors for all sorts of purposes, monitoring current news and events, monitoring operations and for briefs.

The Unit building was two stories tall with a basement as well, with the second floor being for more administrative duties with the offices of other divisions such as Human Resources, Internal Affairs, Technical Exploitation and Exploitation Analysis. The basement would include a shoot-house, for the Field Agents to train at, along with a shooting-range. Outside the Unit building was the main vehicle lot, with a fleet of government vehicles, which included a dozen Dodge Chargers and Durangos, Escalades and one Gurka. It also had space for a helicopter pad; the Unit used a UH-60M Blackhawk.

The Unit was designed and built with the latest systems and technologies provided by tech-giant Brawns Industries. The Unit is the first government entity to utilize holo-graphic screens and touch.

### Components

The Unit has two main components: Operations and Support, but each component has their own subdivisions.

* **Operations:** The Operations component of the MCCTU is the Unit's primary means of combating domestic terrorism, or violent acts by using a group of trained individuals called 'Agents'. Operations is responsible for the recruiting, training and deployment of its Agents, to include tactical training, first aid, coordination of local law enforcement, and embedding within a civilian populace. There are two types of Agents within Operations, Field and Reserve.
	+ Field Agents were the direct-action operators deployed to conduct dangerous tasks and missions. The Field Agents were directly responsible for ensuring the elimination of domestic threats and containing violence. These Agents are highly trained in tactics, medical and planning. There are currently two teams comprised of Field Agents.
	+ Reserve Agents were a combination of classified Support and Field Agents, but mostly Field type Agents, that would only be activated if their parent Unit was destroyed, or if there is a deficient in Agent personnel.
* **Support:** The Support Component is the Unit's internal component, compromised of mostly civilian personnel and the Agent's third type: Support Agents. There are two main divisions within Support: Medical and Intelligence. Support Agents, nicknamed 'The Facilitators', enabled the Field Agents by providing transportation, recon, and as well as organizational management, such as human resources, internal affairs, and communications.
	+ The Medical Division is comprised of a handful of civilian doctors and medics, ranging from Fire Rescue to former combat medics, and to doctor level personnel. This division is led by the Chief Medical Specialist.
	+ The Intelligence Division is considered the heart of the Unit, tasked with the gathering of current and prediction of intelligence and exploitation of intelligence. This division helps enable and facilitate future operations and is constantly working to uncover threats before they happen. This division is led by the Chief Intelligence Analyst.

## Recruitment

The recruitment process for the Manassas City Counter Terrorism Unit was unorthodox by design, thanks to Director Saul Eckhart. The Unit, though a private organization, allowed the employment of civilians with specific skillsets and abilities that contribute to the functions of the Unit. Examples include intelligence analysts, exploiters, mechanics, pilots and human resources.

Director Saul personally recruited his First Wave of Agents. He carefully selected 25 individuals to be trained in tactics, undercover operations, firearms training, human interactions, intelligence gathering and analysis, and SERE. Agents are trained to be a fully autonomous unit, with the ability to operate with little to no support. A new trainee would undergo an extensive background check, a psychological eval and is evaluated physically. A Field Agent's training would take up to six weeks of intense training, and after passing training, the Field Agent is still evaluated under constant supervision and evaluated weekly on mental stability and performance. A Support Agent, depending on their field, could take up to three to eight weeks of training. The time it takes to create a fully-fledged Agent would take up to 3-5 months, as estimated by Director Saul's standards.

After completion of training, the probationary Agent would take the Oath of Secrecy, a modified version of the military service Oath, which Agents would swear that they would not reveal their job.

*"I [NAME] do solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the Director, the President of the United States, and the officers appointed over me; that I will not compromise my position and status in the Unit, nor will I compromise the position and status of my comrades in the Unit; that I will uphold the freedoms and liberties; that I will defend my state and country without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."*

After an Agent completes their training, they would be conducting their day-to-day duties, similar to that of a 9-5 job. However, all Agents are required to be present and available 24/7 unless on leave, but if a dire situation that results in the extraordinary loss of life, an Agent on leave could be recalled.