Black Arrow

### Industry

Foreign and Domestic Mercenary Contracts i.e. peacekeeping, logistics, counter-insurgency.

### Notable Employees

Lucius Galliard (Founder and CEO. Deceased)
Colonel Jeremy Prentiss (Lead Officer, deceased)
Major Shawn Robertson (Deputy Officer, deceased)
Oscar Laboy (Pilot, deceased)
Lieutenant Alejandro Garcia Gomez (Bodyguard, deceased)
Sergeant Richard Kingsley (Field Officer, Alive)

### Divisions

Logistical Corps
Air Force
Ground Forces

**Black Arrow** was a private military company (PMC) that was heavily involved in the Third Echelon Conspiracy of 2011 by working with Third Echelon Director Tom Reed to help a shadowy group called Megiddo gain control of the United States. Formed from the ashes of Displace International, Black Arrow was subsequently purchased by American businessman Lucius Galliard. Prior to the buyout, the company enforced a rule which prevented it from operating inside the U.S., a rule which has since been abandoned as Black Arrow supported foreign ventures as well as conducted domestic operations.

Following the failure of the conspiracy, Black Arrow was disbanded, with many of it's remaining personnel being recruited by it's director competitor, Black Tusk. However, some personnel did refuse the offer, and later ended up with the True Sons.

## Operational History

Black Arrow was largely built on the wreckage of the disgraced PMC Displace International. It was later purchased by Golden Locust LLC, an investment firm led by American businessman Lucius Galliard. The firm was initially established in Panama City, Panama, but was incorporated the following year in the Turks and Caicos Islands, primarily for tax reasons. Black Arrow’s first client was the government of the Comoros Islands, which hired the firm to defend against a coup attempt. The firm was also contracted to train and arm the country’s military and constabulary. From there, Black Arrow took on increasingly larger contracts, working mainly in Africa, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and South America.

Black Arrow's stated operational policy prior to the purchase by Golden Locust was that operations inside the United States were off-limits. It is believed this was due to lingering issues from some of the company principals’ history with Displace, though this has not been verified. Instead, the firm focused on security, peacekeeping, and training of local forces. Prior to 2011, Black Arrow was on retainer to six countries, including Burkina Faso, Haiti, Myanmar, and Suriname. It has also been identified as supporting armed insurrections with training, weapons supplies, and manpower in at least three locations, including Uganda and East Timor.

Eight months prior to the Conspiracy, Black Arrow began a policy shift adding corporate security and body guarding operations, largely at the instigation of Galliard, to its portfolio. Black Arrow had also begun aggressively courting United States government contracts, both as support for ongoing foreign operations and within the United States itself.

## Third Echelon Conspiracy

Black Arrow was first encountered by Sam Fisher when he was captured by Splinter Cell agents and sent to Price Airfield, where Black Arrow was revealed to be working with Third Echelon and Tom Reed for unknown purposes. After Anna Grímsdóttir freed Sam from his bindings, Sam escaped the airfield, destroying most of it with C4 and killing a large number of mercenaries in the process.

Black Arrow was next encountered at the Washington Monument fairgrounds, attempting to intercept Fisher as he meets with Victor Coste, Sam's old war buddy. Sam sneaks up on each Black Arrow scout and grabs them, interrogating them for information. He learns that Black Arrow has been contracted to provide security for White Box Laboratories, which is strange considering that Black Arrow never does corporate security. After Fisher's meeting with Coste, a large number of Black Arrow operatives, disguised in hazmat suits, announced that there is a gas leak over the loudspeaker and order the civilians to clear the fairgrounds. This was a cover to try to intercept Fisher again. Sam pushes through the Black Arrow barricades and made his way towards White Box Laboratories.

At White Box Laboratories, Sam found that the scientists there were working on Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) devices under Black Arrow supervision. Black Arrow then began executing the scientists at White Box to cover up any evidence of what they've been doing. Sam learned from a scientist that he saved from Black Arrow thugs that his boss, Lucius Galliard, contracted Black Arrow and an officer named Shawn Robertson to oversee White Box projects. Sam decided to relieve Robertson of the data he collected and told the scientist to leave. After encountering more Black Arrow operatives and witnessing them execute all scientists in the labs, Sam reached Robertson's computer just as he left and hacks it. A large amount of Black Arrow operatives showed up and attempted to kill Sam as he downloaded the data. He managed to escape White Box, firing up the EMP, killing Robertson in the process.

At the Lincoln Memorial where Galliard was meeting with Third Echelon director Tom Reed, Sam discovered that Galliard and Reed are both working for a mysterious group named Megiddo. Galliard promised to deal with Fisher, but after Reed leaves, Sam interrogates Galliard to learn more about Megiddo and what they're planning. Galliard stays tight-lipped until Sam brutally beats him, at which point he begins to reveal where Reed is targeting, but is killed by a Megiddo assassin before he can reveal where.

Black Arrow is next encountered at the Michigan Avenue Reservoir, where Sam finds that Black Arrow operatives and their leader Colonel Jeremy Prentiss are guarding a massive EMP that is set to detonate along with 2 others at midnight. Sam managed to push through the Black Arrow defenders and marks the two generators powering the EMP for his buddy Victor Coste to destroy. Just as Sam attempted to mark the second generator, he was attacked by Prentiss in an attack helicopter. Despite taking heavy fire from Prentiss, Sam manages to mark the second generator just as Victor Coste arrived. Coste shot down Prentiss and destroyed the two generators, sparing Washington D.C from at least one of the EMP devices.

Victor Coste ferried Sam towards the White House to stop Reed from taking out the interim President Patricia Caldwell, but Coste's helicopter is shot down by Black Arrow and crashes in a theater. Sam, his daughter Sarah and Coste all manage to survive the impact, and Sam decides to continue towards the White House while Coste takes Sarah somewhere safe. Black Arrow had barricaded several locations in Washington D.C to try and stop citizens, National Guard soldiers and Fisher from reaching the White House and interfering in Reed's assassination attempt. Despite heavy resistance at Black Arrow barricades, Sam reached the White House and neutralized Tom Reed and his Splinter Cells. An injured Tom Reed reveals to Sam that he was the mole within Third Echelon and that he was under orders from a mysterious group called 'Megiddo', although he didn't elaborate anymore. After some contemplating, Sam decided to kill Reed to prevent Megiddo or anyone else from freeing Reed.

Sometime following the end of the attack on the White House by both Third Echelon and Black Arrow forces, Black Arrow had located and captured Victor Coste and interrogated him at a Black Arrow secure facility at an unknown location. After he retold the whole events of the Third Echelon Conspiracy to the Black Arrow interrogators, he told the interrogators that Sam told him that he loved him like a brother. After pointing out that 'brother' is 'family', the secure facility was breached by Sam and Coste was rescued. Black Arrow was later disbanded and no longer operational.

Many of the surviving mercenaries either joined up with fellow PMCs such as the Black Tusk, or assumed civilians lifestyles, and were later recruited by the True Sons.

## Equipment and Firepower

Black Arrow soldiers were typically dressed in a dark brown, sometimes white polo shirts with a red Black Arrow symbol patch on one of side of the chest and on the sleeves of the shirt. They may sometimes wear an dark olive harness or grey Kevlar vest. Their headgear ranges from simple Black Arrow hats to helmets that protect the wearer from headshots. Their pants vary in appearance as well, ranging from a simple light brown to different types of camouflage variants.

Black Arrow troops are equipped with a range of firepower, from shotguns, light machine guns, assault rifles, frag grenades, and flashbangs. They are also supplied with multiple sentry turrets and miniguns.

They are known to have at least one attack helicopter, in addition to an arsenal of Humvees and cargo planes. They are also supplied with at least one large fuel tanker, which Fisher destroyed to breach into the White House.