Task Force Zeta

**Task Force Zeta** is a hostile faction in the Leviathan Lore and is the most prominent threat to the Leviathan Empire. They play major antagonistic roles in the 2045 arc, 2025 arc, and the 2035 arc, though the latter isn't canon.

## Overview

Task Force Zeta is a former division of the Leviathan Special Forces before they violently betrayed Leviathan by attacking a LSF base. Task Force Zeta is highly supplied by wealthy pro-communist groups, being almost comparable to the LSF themselves, but are only second to the Windrunner Empire. Task Force Zeta's goal is to conquer the United States and Broken Arrow, though no more how close they get to achieving their goals, they abruptly fail whenever Leviathan interferes with their operations. They engage any Leviathan soldier on sight, regardless if they pose an imminent threat or not, and they will use shoot to kill policies on any trespassers on their property.

## History

### Betrayal

Task Force Zeta was created by Xandros Arklov prior to betraying Leviathan. He and his team participated in Operation Trident and Operation Vanguard, serving alongside Thomas McCoy and Colin Smith. However, at some point, Xandros grows tired of serving under a "master", and plotted to betray Leviathan. Unfortunately, his plans were exposed and Leviathan secretly prepared for this event in case this would happen, maximizing the security of all the LSF bases and outposts. Due to this, Xandros decides to completely catch Leviathan off guard by attacking an LSF base whose security wasn't maximized. The soldiers stationed there were unprepared for the sudden attack and Xandros's Task Force Zeta made quick work of them. The only known survivor of the attack was Vince Kilroy, who was awarded for his valor and wounds sustained during the attack.

### Meeting Corbin and Kinsley

A few years after betraying Leviathan, Xandros meets with brothers Corbin and Kinsley Walker, who were interested in Xandros's team. Initially wanting to call his team the Communist Party of Broken Arrow, Xandros instead opts for its original name, Task Force Zeta, so that Leviathan would remember their name for years. He made Corbin leader of the military police force while Kinsley was put in charge of the classified special activities group. However, not soon after, they were ambushed by Leviathan MPs who grew suspicious of their activity. They barely managed to fight back and fled the area before they could be arrested.

### First operation

Task Force Zeta's first operation, Operation Bastion, was to locate and capture Abraham, Echo's brother, as he has vital information on Leviathan. The mission was successful, though Task Force 6, led by Echo himself was sent to Abraham to kill an HVT. However, they found out too late that it was Abraham and Task Force Zeta wounded most of Task Force 6 and forced them to surrender. After it became apparent that Task Force Zeta won, Echo and his team fled the area with the wounded.

### Partnership with ICM

Upon learning about Task Force Zeta's actions, Franko immediately requested Xandros to meet him at his mansion, where he would also meet the other members. When Xandros arrived to his mansion, he was greeted by Hunter who led him to Franko's office, where Zaria, Edgar, and Franko were waiting for him. Franko advised Xandros to ally himself with the Iron Clad Mercenaries, as Franko can supply him with valuable resources such as weapons, armor, and vehicles. Xandros initially declined until he was held at gunpoint by both Hunter and Edgar. Seeing no other options on the table, Xandros reluctantly signed an armistice with the Iron Clad Mercenaries.

Immediately noticing Zaria, Xandros asked what happened to her eye, with Zaria telling him not to worry about it and to mind his own business. Offended, Xandros grabs her eyepatch and lifts it up, revealing Zaria's disfigured and scarred eye socket without an eye in it. Xandros laughs at Zaria and tells her that she should get her eye checked out, with Zaria punching him over that remark. Franko suggests Xandros to "stop being an immature little child" or he would be shot. Xandros stops insulting Zaria and he respectfully leaves the room, with Zaria following him closely. She apologizes to him about the others' temperament and that it "wasn't a good day". Xandros quickly forgives her but asks her why she is following him out, with Zaria telling him that he liked his eyes. Xandros then tells her that he's not interested in her and walks toward his vehicle and drives to a Task Force Zeta outpost in Darkhaven.

### Attacked by Leviathan

Intel pointed towards one of Task Force Zeta's strongholds in Princeton. A light LSF infiltration team was sent to the stronghold as it was widely thought that Xandros was there. The team, led by Kilroy, first eliminated the guards at the checkpoint, and then proceeded to eliminate any other guards patrolling the area. They breached into the stronghold and then killed more guards and hid the bodies so that no one would find them. Xandros, who was meeting personally with Zaria, grew suspicious and briefly accused Zaria of breaking the armistice. However, Zaria denied this and told him she has no idea what's happening and advises him to investigate himself. Taking out his pistol, he looks around and immediately sees Leviathan soldiers executing some of his men. He tells Zaria that the stronghold is under attack but Zaria tells him to cancel and reschedule the meeting and fight back. Zaria takes her rifle, leaves the room and shoots at the Leviathan soldiers but Kilroy wounds her in the leg and immediately recognizes her as Zaria and attempts to capture her but is shot in the shoulder by Xandros, who is then shot in the chest by another soldier. Xandros tells Zaria to flee as he attempts to do so. Kilroy continues shooting at Xandros and Zaria but one of the soldiers, an officer, tells him to stand down as their not worth it. They then leave the stronghold, leaving Xandros and Zaria alone.

### Joint operation with Iron Clad

At some point, Task Force Zeta teamed up with the Iron Clad Mercenaries to capture the Hell Dogs gang, namely its leader, Blitzo. In order to get them to surrender, Task Force Zeta attacks their territory and takes it from them, forcing Blitzo's group to flee. Iron Clad snipers then pin down Blitzo and his group as they link up at what is presumed to be their fallback point. Blitzo sustained fatal injuries during the fighting, being shot in the arm and chest multiple times. Blitzo nearly succumbs to his wounds until Lilith injects him with a combination of morphine and a large dose of caffeine, nearly killing him but gives him enough energy to get up and completely ignore his wounds and attacks Task Force Zeta's forces. Zaria then brutally disfigures Topaz and captures him in order to get them to surrender. However, the Hell Dogs refuse to submit, even as the area is ravaged by HE grenades. Sparky is then captured on site by Zaria, finally forcing them to surrender. The Iron Clad Mercenaries then capture the rest of the Hell Dogs except for Blitzo himself, who manages to escape.

### Orion

Secretive Leviathan agent Orion Kadnikova was first inserted into Task Force Zeta itself after Luna took the opportunity to expose their weaknesses via embedding deep cover agents to gather information on them.