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Eagle Claw

**Employees** | Bogdan Vanov
Kiril Kirilenko
Vladimira Makarova
 **Specialty** | Cyberwarfare, cyber-espionage, sabotage

**Eagle Claw**is the name of a black operations unit inside Russia's GRU. Like the NSA's Sinner Brigade, Eagle Claw is a paramilitary group that also happens to be part of a network of sleeper agents that, as of 2020, have infiltrated various countries across the globe that appear to pose a threat to the Christian Republic of New Russia.

## Modus Operandi

Being a black ops\sleeper cell network, Eagle Claw agents employ any means necessary to stay hidden. This includes posing as ordinary civilians in a target city (their most common method of infiltration), embedding themselves into other countries' militaries, etc.

They specialize in cyberwarfare, sabotage, and cyber-espionage.

## Notable agents

The following is a list of confirmed agents:

* Bogdan Vanov
* Kiril Kirilenko
* Vladimir Kaminsky
* Vladimira Makarova
* Viktor Kamarov

## Weapons and equipment

Steyr M9A1AK-12AK-103AKS-74uMaxim 9 (used by sleeper agents)KarambitSurvival knifeDive knife (used by frogmen)CleaverButterfly knife
St. Petersburg saboteurs

The **St. Petersburg Saboteurs** (also known as just **The Saboteurs**)isthename given to a group of Russian soldiers within the Russian military that was founded and led by Nikolai Kalinin. Their name came from the fact that all members of this group were considered saboteurs, meaning they were skilled in committing acts of sabotage against the enemy during times of war. They were a tight-knit group that harbored total loyalty to each other and held themselves up to a high standard when it came to loyalty in the field.

## Confirmed members

Includes rank and role

* Nikolai Kalinin-Lieutenant, Rifleman
* Volodya Grinko-Staff Sergeant, Gunner
* Vladimir Isayev-Private First Class, Grenadier
* Stasya Danilova-Master Sergeant, Sniper
* Natalia Malenkova-Private First Class, Sniper
* Konstantin Tereshkov-Staff Sergeant, Demolitions
* Konstantin Ryzhkov-Master Sergeant, Rifleman
* Kiril Krasilnikov-Sergeant First Class, Rifleman

## Gallery

Nikolai KalininVolodya GrinkoVladimir IsayevStasya DanilovaNatalia MalenkovaKonstantin TereshkovKonstantin RyzhkovKiril Krasilnikov
Siege of Pyongyang

* DEK power grid wiped out
* Pyongyang captured
* Kim Regime Deposed
* Democratic Empire of Korea dissolved
* Formation of the Federal Republic of New Asia
* Beginning of the Korean Insurgency
 Democratic Empire of Korea
Federation
 Kim Song-Il
Sung Man-Il
 Korean People's Army:
* KPA Ground Force
* KPA Navy
* KPA Air Force
* New American Armed Forces

Federation:
* Royal Federation Army
* Unit 93

Special Defense Pact:
* People's Liberation Army
 Heavy

The **Siege of Pyongyang**refers to the major offensive undertaken by the Special Defense Pact, the European Union, the Federation, and the New American Republic in a daring push to win the war against the Democratic Empire of Korea, hoping to destroy it completely.

## Background

The siege of Pyongyang was the result of a coordinated strike, conducted by a coalition between the Federation, the Special Defense Pact, New America and the European Union, known as the Hydra Coalition. Later, the international cult group Raven became an unofficial member later in the conflict; at this point, Raven and the countries of the Hydra Coalition resolved to work out and put aside their differences to fight against a common enemy: the Democratic Empire of Korea. The cult and the Hydra Coalition agreed that they would split the territories that comprised the DEK.

## Outcome

The battle was a decisive victory for both Raven and the Hydra Coalition, which completely crushed the Kim Regime and executed all who were with the Kim Regime. The Democratic Empire of Korea was finally no more, having been replaced with a puppet state known as the Federal Republic of New Asia. This battle also led to the (unofficial) end of World War III in East Asia.

This left only one opponent left: the Islamic State of New Palestine.

## Aftermath

*Main article:*Korean Insurgency

Though the DEK collapsed with the overthrow of the Kim regime, scattered remnants of the Korean People's Army, now an insurgency, still remain in the Korean Peninsula and, believing that the war is still justified and that the Democratic Empire of Korea could one day be rebuilt and restored to its former glory, are still fighting the Special Defense Pact and its allies.
Retzach

**Retzach**(Real name **Oksana Makarova**) is a member of the Sinner Brigade and a character in the TACITUS saga.

## Biography

### Early life

The girl who would become the agent known as Retzach was born **Oksana Makarova** in Volgograd, Russia, on March 23, 1996. She expressed interest in modeling at a young age and at the age of 10, she started working for a modelling company. However, during her teen years she was ripped off thanks to a scandalous employer and later swindled, leaving her destitute. In high school, she pursued an interest in computer programming.

### Recruitment into the Sinner Brigade

At the age of 17, Makarova encountered the top-secret black ops organization known as the Sinners  and was eventually recruited into the organization, unbeknownst to her parents. By the age of 20, she was a very skilled and efficient hacker, as well as a saboteur and sleeper agent, operating under the codename **Retzach**.

## Quotes

*"Who are you?"*

- Retzach to Marcus Seal.
Blackout Company

**Blackout Company**is a paramilitary unit and a private military company featured in the TACITUS saga. They have a variety of positions, from maintaining order to assisting in murder investigations.
They are prominently seen alongside local police to help restore order during the riots and mass demonstrations across America during the Second American Revolution.

Despite what the name seems to suggest, Blackout Company is *not* a black operations unit. This is evidenced by the fact that Blackout operatives conduct missions in the open and never attempt to conceal their identities at any point during a mission, as well as always announcing their presence in order to reassure civilians, or intimidate their enemies.

## Equipment

Soldiers in this unit wear different pieces of clothing depending on the environment they are operating in. Urban soldiers are easily distinguishable by their black battle dress uniforms and tan CIRAS-type tactical vests. Some of them wear either tactical goggles or night vision (depending on the op and the time of day it is). They also possess flares, hand and grenades, and they wear Pro Tec Classical helmets.

While operating on islands or rural areas, Blackout PMCs wear white or gray body armor and, depending on the environment, gas masks. However, squad leaders still wear Black uniforms.
Dagmara Nazari

**Dagmara Nazari**is the daughter of Farid Nazari and Olivia Nazari. Out of everybody in the Nazari family, she is considered to be the most radical. Her most notorious claim is that she has "killed for sport."

## Biography

The woman who would become Dagmara Nazari was born in Ireland, but her birth parents died of unknown causes soon after her birth. Later, she was adopted from Ireland by the Nazari family, who soon radicalized her while she was a teenager. They gave the then-unnamed child the name **Dagmara Nazari** and raised her as their own.

By the age of 28, she became a rather proficient militant within the ranks of the Islamic State. She planned to have a rather long terrorist career, having been inspired by her terrorist parents.

Their biggest claim to fame came during the events of Operation Hidden Nightmare, where she and her family played an alternate reality game/scavenger hunt with the intention of destroying its creator. However, it was revealed that the creator of the game was New Dawn, which proceeded to double cross her mother Olivia when she tried to form a partnership with them. Olivia and Dagmara escaped, but were soon apprehended by police and arrested.

### While in prison

Dagmara felt deeply insulted and angry that her terrorist plot, which took months to plan, was eventually foiled. However, she began to rethink her Islamist views indoctrinated in her by her radical Muslim family.

According to some people, she still thinks about plotting vengeance against the West for thwarting her terrorist plot.

In 2017, there were talks higher up in the echelons of the United States government to possibly use her to prevent future terrorist attacks (similar to how Tamara Sultanovich got out of prison after being mistakenly identified as an Islamic State militant) in exchange for her criminal record being erased, but there has been no official confirmation of such a decision being made as of yet.

## Personality

Dagmara was a cruel, apathetic, sadistic terrorist, having claimed to have "killed for sport", as in she has no regard for human life whatsoever, perceiving everybody who wasn't a radical Muslim like her a "throwaway object" to be destroyed in the name of Islam. Much like her father Farid , Dagmara seems to be more of an egoist than a Muslim.

## Trivia

* She and her father are both considered to be the next incarnations of Osama bin Laden .
* Out of everybody in the Nazari family, Dagmara is the most extreme, with her extremist views and antics surprising even her parents .
Al-Shabaab

**Al-Shabaab** is a Somali Islamist terrorist organization that is featured in the TACITUS series. They follow an ideology of murder, a strict interpretation of Sharia Law, and brutality. They have been linked to other Islamist terror groups, such as Al-Qaeda. The group is currently estimated to consist of between 8,000 to 12,000 members.
MI6

The **Secret Intelligence Service,**also known as **MI6** , is a British foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom. Formed in 1909, it is tasked with covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence.

## In TACITUS

In the TACITUS Saga, MI6 is the parent organization of the fictional Situational Assault Unit, an elite covert British intelligence and counterterrorism unit, designed to be the British counterpart of TACITUS. The unit travels around the world, targeting enemies of Great Britain on behalf of the British government. Much like the CIA, if any member of the Situation Assault Unit is captured or killed, the British government will deny any and all responsibility for the incident.
Battle of Hamburg

German Military

## Commanders

### Allied Commanders

New American President Peggy D. HarrisNew American Vice President Vice President Pedro P. Harrington

Hugh Collins

Derek Westbrook

## Strength

### Allied Strength

New American Armed Forces:* New American Army
* Delta Force
* New American Marines
* New American Navy

## Casualties

### Allied Losses

Several Ospreys, helicopters, armored vehicles, and moderate personnel losses

### Enemy Losses

Several dozen tanks and armored vehicles, heavy personnel losses

The **Battle of Hamburg**was a major battle between the Islamic State of New Palestine and the European Union and its allies. It is the first major conflict of the European Theater of World War III. With Islamic State forces attacking the city of Hamburg, German military forces collaborated with both the Americans and the British, along with other countries to defend Hamburg from the Islamic State invaders, in a coordinated counteroffensive against the Islamic State, which was attempting to capture the city.
Hadford

**Hadford**is a small town in Wallowdale, a county in Montana. It is the main setting of the Wallowdale Incident in 2017.

## History

### Founding and Early history

The town was founded in 1856, about five years prior to the American Civil War. During said Civil War, Hardford served as a military headquarters for Union soldiers. After the civil war ended and Montana became a state in 1889, Hardford became one of the most popular tourist attractions in America.

### Wallowdale Incident

In 2017, a pair of young women going by the name Louise Knight and Lacey Price appeared in the town of Hadford, claiming to be tourists. Almost coincidentally, a few days after their arrival, a series of mysterious murders rocked the community. Police were baffled, but soon evidence arose of a government coverup. Eventually, through a series of shocking and unexpected incidents, it was revealed that the perpetrators of the murders were CIA assassins, agents of Operation Blackfish. Eventually, the CIA operation was exposed, the remaining Blackfish agents (alongside CIA director Arthur Holmes) were arrested, and Blackfish was shut down for good.

## Notable residents

* Jill J. Powell
* Arnold Powell (KIA)
* Claire Powell
* Austin L. Webster
* Richard C. Rivers
* Tim S. Price
* Altha F. Sizemore Martin
* Shawn A. Martin
* Bradley T. Martin
* Leon M. Martin
* Audrey Adams
* Ariana Sancho
* Louise J. Smith
* Patricia H. Beard
* Corey P. Hart
* Nicole F. Cannaday
* John J. Anderson
* Ricky A. Cammarata
* Grace M. Solt
* Courtney J. Ahrens
* Olive G. Pigott
* Ricky M. Roberts
* Judith R. Gray
* Marcus Gray
* Megan J. Bailey
* Paul M. Shapiro (KIA)
* Derek L. Castro
Special Defense Pact

**Active** | 2018-Present

The **Special Defense Pact**is a Chinese-led Asian military alliance featured in the TACITUS saga. It is considered by some countries to be an "Asian NATO" or the "New Warsaw Pact". It is the second largest military alliance after NATO itself.

## Member countries

* China (Leader)
* Mongolia
* Bhutan
* Nepal
* Kazakhstan
* Uzbekistan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Burma
* India (2018-Present)
* Afghanistan (2018-Present)
* India (2018-Present)
* Iran (2018-Present)
* Christian Republic of New Russia (2018-2020)

## Notable members

* General Ying Chao (Head commander)
* General Talib Adel Saliba (Afghan branch commander)
* Colonel Amir Sodhi (Indian branch commander)

## Gallery

### Weapons and equipment

AK-12AK5-CAK-74M (1991-Present)AK-74AKMAKS-74uAK-103Makarov PMUnmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)Dragunov SVD-MRPG-7PWS DiabloQBZ-03BasiliskFIM-92 StingerG18MTS-255QBZ-03 (Used by PLA soldiers)QBZ-95 (Used by PLA infantry)QBB-88 (Used by PLA gunners)Vector (Used by PLA Specialists)QSZ-92, the main sidearm of PLA soldiersFY-JS (Main PLA sniper rifle)
AKM

*"Behold, I give you, the AKM, the grandchild of the AK-47!"*- Nikolai Kalinin

Semi-auto 40 rds/min

Full-auto 100 rds/min

The **AKM**is a Russian assault rifle that is considered a modernized variant oft he Kalashnikov AK-47 developed by Kalashnikov in the late 1940s. It was introduced into the Soviet Armed Forces in 1959, it has since found itself a home in the hands of other countries across the globe from the Cold War onwards.
Faint

**Faint**is a song by rock band Linkin Park. It is considered to be the "Anger Anthem" for many different people. At various points in the TACITUS series, many major characters use the song to express how angry they are in certain situations.

## Lyrics

I am a little bit of loneliness, a little bit of disregard
Handful of complaints but I can't help the fact
That everyone can see these scars
I am what I want you to want, what I want you to feel
But it's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you
To just believe this is real
So I, let go watching you turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I've got

I can't feel the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal this damage anymore
Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

I am, a little bit insecure, a little unconfident
'Cause you don't understand I do what I can
But sometimes I don't make sense
I am, what you never want to say, but I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out
So I, let go watching you turn your back like you always do
You face away and pretend I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I've got

I can't feel the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal this damage anymore
Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

You hear me out now
You're gonna listen to me like it or not
Right now, hear me out now
You're gonna listen to me like it or not
Right now

I can't feel the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal this damage anymore
Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

I can't feel
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal
Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored
Kathleen Barrett

**Kathleen R. Barrett**is a character in the TACITUS series. She is a nursing student at the University of St. Louis who, after happening upon Task Force Reaper in the midst of the American Diaspora that occurs as a result of the Second American Revolution, joins the Reapers as their team medic.
Later, it is revealed that Kathleen has a double life: Both during and prior to joining Task Force Reaper, she is secretly part of a network of con artists and thugs specializing in confidence tricks known as **The Takers**. However, after a con gone wrong, Kathleen and her allies were arrested and imprisoned along with a woman calling herself "Digital Widow", the head of a gang of thieves known as Black Rose.
She helped Black Rose escape, but Digital Widow was killed in the ensuing shootout with the police. Following this, Kathleen merged the Takers with the Black Rose and became the new head of said organization,
Life: A Compilation

**Life: A Compilation** is a story that is part of the TACITUS saga. It is a compilation, chronicling a variety of different short stories and personal reflections from various time periods, authored by different people, concerning various different people's views on life and how people believe life ought to be lived, in addition to personal anecdotes from random individuals. It also serves as a "filler story" to fill in the gaps that occur in the length of time between the main stories of the TACITUS saga.

## Plot summary

The story is a series of short stories and novellas compiled into one big book, detailing stories concerning different characters and how they view life, their personal philosophies and their different worldviews. The stories aren't in any chronological order, jumping around between different time periods.

Each of the stories occur in different time periods. The first half of the short story collection concerns the lives of people in early 2017 to late 2017, during what is called the "Pre-War Period." The second portion of the short stories occurs during late 2017 to 2018, against the background of the infamous global conflict known as World War III.

## Quotes

*"How do you know?"'*

*"It's what I'd do!"*

**-** Olivia Truesdale and Ellie Cohen as the Islamic State invades India
RPG-7

The RPG-7 with its warhead removed and a scope attached

### Sights

PGO-7 (2.7x), UP-7V Telescopic sight and 1PN51/1PN58 night vision sightsRed dot reflex sight

### Used by

Soviet Armed Forces, Russian Army, Islamic State of New Palestine, Korean People's Army, Task Force Reaper, Nether Company, Shadow Force, Banshee Battalion, White Tights, New Dawn, Yakuza

The **RPG-7** is a rocket launcher, developed by the USSR. Originally the RPG-7 (Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт – *Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot* – Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher) and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union; it is now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) **6G3.**

The RPG-7 was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961 and deployed at a squad level. It replaced the RPG-2, having clearly out-performed the intermediate RPG-4 design during testing. The current model produced by the Russian Federation is the **RPG-7V2**, capable of firing standard and dual high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds, high explosive/fragmentation, and thermobaric warheads (see below), with a UP-7V sighting device fitted (used in tandem with the standard 2.7× PGO-7 optical sight) to allow the use of extended range ammunition. The **RPG-7D3** is the equivalent paratrooper model. Both the RPG-7V2 and RPG-7D3 were adopted by the Russian Ground Forces in 2001.
Imperial Japanese Army

War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army

Emperor Taishō

Emperor Shōwa

The **Imperial Japanese Army**was the land force of the Empire of Japan. Japan's imperialistic drive throughout World War II drove it to conquer other countries, eventually turning it into a massive dictatorship.  After the war, the Imperial Japanese Army dissolved.

## Quotes

* "*Tennô heika banzai!*" ("*May the Emperor live ten thousand years!*")
* *"Bye Bye Sayonara (good bye)!"*

## Gallery

Imperial Japanese Soldier attackingImperial Japanese soldiers manning an AA gun
Cascadia Contou

Asset (Currently)

Task Force Reaper (as asset)

Shadow Force (as informant)

Nether Company (as informant)

Israel Defense Forces (formerly)

Asset (currently)

Informant (currently)

Black (dyed)

Green (contacts)

**Cascadia Contou** is a character in the TACITUS saga. She was a former a con artist for New Dawn, but later in her life, she reformed and defected from New Dawn, instead becoming an informant and later an informant and/or asset for both Shadow Force, Nether Company, TACITUS and Task Force Reaper.

## Biography

### Early life and pre-New Dawn years

Cascadia was born in Santorini, Greece. As a child, she witnessed a series of tragedies at home that led to her family immigrating to Israel when she was a pre-teen. At the age of seventeen, she joined the Israel Defense Forces, landing in the Caracal Battalion and rising to the rank of Sergeant First Class within a few years. She later left the IDF under unknown circumstances.

### New Dawn

Later in her life, Cascadia was recruited into New Dawn after being won over by New Dawn propaganda that convinced her that New Dawn wasn't the evil organization others labeled it as, but as a "crusading force" seeking to "fix the ills of the world." She then completed an "induction protocol" and landed in New Dawn's ranks as a con artist. She was trained in the arts of scams and confidence tricks so that she could go on missions to scam people and rip them off. Over time, she became hardened and vicious, becoming quite notorious in New Dawn's ranks as the "Killer Con Artist."

## Trivia

* She is the first major villain to turn good.
* She is also the first notable defector to become a part of several friendly organizations simultaneously.
Sino-Russian Border Incident

The **Sino-Russian Border Incident**(also known as the **Sino-Russian Border War**) was a military conflict between China and the Christian Republic of New Russia. It began when Russia deployed soldiers to the Russo-Chinese border after receiving intelligence from GRU that the Chinese were performing "unethical experiments" and building a possible "army of supersoldiers". On August 30, 2017, Russian soldiers were deployed to the border to investigate, which led to a shootout and a massacre on both sides. This incident paved the way for the Sino-Russian War years later.

## Background

On August 29, 2017, the Christian Republic of New Russia received alarming news from GRU operatives and Federation intelligence operatives in the Chinese-Russian border: the Chinese People's Liberation Army had been conducting rather "unethical experiments" in a government black site known as "Area X". This sparked massive international outrage throughout Russia, seeing that China was experimenting on both prisoners of war and innocent civilians.
The most recent victims were members of a missions trip sponsored by Campus Crusader Underdogs. They had been previously arrested by the Chinese Ministry of State Security, suspected of committing "subversive activities" against the People's Republic of China. However, MSS agent Gang Han decided to use the prisoners as test subjects in his own war, aiming to transform them into superhuman assassin-soldiers, the Chinese counterpart of the CIA's Operation Blackfish.

## The incident

On the morning of August 30, 2017, Russian soldiers under the command of Nikolai Kalinin were deployed to the Chinese-Russian border to investigate the claims of experimentation programs. What they found outraged them: they discovered evidence of human experimentation projects being done on POWs and other political prisoners, including some American missionaries from overseas.

Kalinin gave orders to get the Americans out, but they suddenly encountered heavy resistance in the form of Chinese MSS agents supported by the People's Liberation Army. Following a vicious firefight, Kalinin was able to escape with the lives of his men and the American missionaries, but not before killing Gang Han in a vicious hand-to-hand fight.

## Aftermath and legacy

The Chinese government condemned the operation, accusing Russia of "meddling" with affairs that it never should have been involved in. Relations between the two countries were strained and in the end, the tensions eventually exploded with the onset of the Sino-Russian War.
Apostolic People's Front

Flag of the APF

The **Apostolic People's Front** was an anti-Communist Russian Orthodox group that wished to oust the Soviet government currently running the nation of Russia. They believe that the Soviet Union had betrayed the Russian people, that the Soviet Government did not have the best interests of the Russian people at heart, siding with perceived "greedy" Communist interests both philosophically and economically, and they perceive this to be destroying or weakening the Russian state.

## History

The Apostolic People's Front was formed in early 1947 after World War II, due to Russian people growing tired of the Soviet government under Joseph Stalin and his perceived "evil" policies. The people soon believed that Stalin and all those who came after him were unfit to run the nation of Russia, seeing that their policies and ideology did more harm than good. Consequently, in 1950, the Apostolic People's Front asssassinated Stalin. Unfortunately, that was not enough to stop the Soviet Union. In 1953, the Apostolic People's Front officially declared war against the Soviet Union by bombing the headquarters of the KGB , an act that most of the West considered an act of terrorism.

From the early March of 1953 to late July of 1978, the APF was locked in a bloody conflict against the Soviet government. On July 4, 1978 (Independence Day in America), the APF finally overthrew the Soviet Union by publicly overthrowing and executing Leonid Brezhnev, along with those under him with the event being broadcasted live on television across the world. Soon after this, the USSR collapsed and the Christian Republic of New Russia was born.

Following their victory, the APF assimilated itself into both the Russian military and its own civilian defense force, known as the White Bear Brigade.

## Ideology

The APF is an Orthodox Christian extremist group that believes that the USSR has offended the Judeo-Christian God and His Son Jesus Christ by becoming too oppressive. They seek to become a "second Israel" Europe, similar to Ancient Israel in the Bible. They believe that their calling is to become a second "ally" to the Jewish People, as this is what they believe Jesus Christ taught them throughout the Four Gospels.

## Tactics

The Apostolic People's Front placed a huge emphasis on guerilla warefare, attrition warfare , and assymetric warfare . They used fear and intimidation to threaten their opponents, making them akin to a terrorist organization. They also practiced sabotage and espionage against the enemy, in an attempt to destroy the Soviets from within.
Browning Auto 5

The **Browning Automatic 5** , otherwise known as the **Browning Auto 5**, **Auto-5**, or just **A-5** is a recoil-operated semiautomatic shotgun developed by John Browning and remained in production until 1998. The name of the weapon designates that it is an autoloader with a capacity of five rounds.

It is featured in the TACITUS series.
Constellation Repossession International

**Constellation Repossession International**(also known as **Constellation Repo** or CP for short) is an American corporation based in Billings, Montana. It is a major repossession agency that specializes in the repossession of various aircraft.

## Notable employees

* John M. Paro
* Earl L. Ritter
* Douglas M. Lara
* Russell B. Ardito
* Jill Powell
* Thelma J. Burke
* Monica G. Reilly
* Ann A. Ogren
* Agatha S. Minner
Eleanor Stein

**Eleanor Stein** is a character in the TACITUS saga. In the series, she is captain of a group of pirates (one of history's few female pirates) that sail the oceans and make a living waging naval warfare and sabotage against naval organizations, in addition to random ships that are unfortunate enough to cross her path.

## Biography

### Early life

Not much is known about her early life. What is known, however, is that after graduating high school in 2017, she abruptly went off the grid, only to reappear in the year 2018 as the commander of an army of pirates.
M9

The **M9**is apistol manufactured by Beretta. It was adopted by the US Armed Forces in 1985. In the TACITUS series, it is the main pistol of TACITUS, Task Force Reaper, Shadow Force and the Situational Assault Unit.

## In TACITUS

The Beretta M9 is the main pistol of TACITUS, Task Force Reaper, Shadow Force, the Situational Assault Unit, and New Dawn. It is seen with a variety of accessories and attachments throughout the saga.

It is one of the weapons of choice for SAU operative Jennifer Freeman.
2017 Chinese Coup

The **2017 Chinese Coup Attempt**(otherwise known as the **2017 Chinese Coup**) was an attempt by corrupt Chinese colonel Dong Bao to assassinate the Chinese president Xing Jin and pin the blame on the Americans.

## Prelude

Chinese colonel Dong Bao hated President Xing Jin, believing that he did not have the interests of the Chinese people in mind and that the only way to lead China into a new era of prosperity was to get rid of Xing Jin and take power in China. Henceforth, he plotted a massive conspiracy that involved assassinating President Xing Jin and pinning the blame on the Americans.

## The Assassination Attempt

President Xing Jin was visiting sick citizens in Suzhou, China, promoting his ideology of leading China into a revolution of his own. Dong Bao chose this as his moment to strike and sent a four-man team of assassins loyal to him to kill Xing Jin. However, the operation soon backfired when a high-ranking Federation soldier in the Royal Federation Army named Juan Hidalgo, and Task Force Sentinel operatives, which caught wind of the assassination attempt, all tried to thwart it. The ensuing battle turned the hospital into a war zone and left Royal Federation Army soldier Juan Hidalgo dead, Sentinel operatives Sebastian Ingram and Willow Lawson dead, and Sentinel operatives Elizabeth West, Clinton Savage and Ryan Clark wounded, with President Xing Jin himself critically wounded and in critical condition, as well as three of the four assassins dead. The lone survivor fled the scene before local police could arrest him.

## Legacy

Despite this, Dong Bao was mistakenly led to believe the assassination attempt succeeded and proceeded to broadcast the false news to the Chinese people. Won over by his charismastic charm, the Chinese people rallied behind him and joined his pledge of retribution against the Russians and their allies.

This eventually helped to contribute to the Sino-Russian Border Conflict months later, and the ensuing Sino-Russian War months later.
Los Angeles

**Engagements** | **Life**: Second American Revolution, World War III (2017-2018)
**TBA**

**Los Angeles**  is a city in California in the United States of America\New American Republic that is featured in the TACITUS series.

## Life: A Compilation

In Life: A Compilation, it is revealed that Los Angeles was one of the sites with the most violent rioting during the Second American Revolution. When news of the coup broke the headlines, the Los Angeles Police Department took to the streets while America was placed under martial law. Despite this, riots and mass looting still occurred, and mass arrests still happened.

It is mentioned that during the Second American Revolution, the neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles were converted into bases for both Raven's Rock paramiitary soldiers and the Deathstalkers.
Melee weapon

**Melee Weapons**are weapons used in direct hand-to-hand combat. The term comes from the 1640s French word *melee* which refers to hand-to-hand combat.

## Types of melee weapons

* Pointed weapons-Includes spears, spikes, almost all polearms
* Edged weapons-Includes swords, knives, axes, and daggers
* Trauma weapons-Covers clubs, maces, warhammers, staves, flails, etc.

## Gallery

Golf clubCrowbarBaseball batKarambitDaggerFairbairn–Sykes fighting knifeDirkThrowing knivesTomahawkMacheteSickleStilettoKnifeTomahawkDirk
Battles of El Alamein

The **First** and **Second** **Battles of El Alamein**were two battles of the North African Theater of the Second World War. In the alternate universe depicted in the TACITUS series, this battle was actually a front for Task Force X-Ray, an Allied paramilitary unit, to obtain intelligence for the United States government concerning an Axis "superweapon." Though not shown, the battle-unlike the battle in the old timeline, which resulted in a victory-both the First and the Second Battles of El Alamein were a massive failure that demoralized the Allied Powers for a while.
Operation Lionfish

* Large majority of Jews successfully evacuated and rescued from Nazi-occupied lands, despite heavy casualties inflicted on both sides
 Nazi Germany
* United States of America
* Elements of the Soviet Union
* United Kingdom
 * Adolf Hitler
* Steffen Ostermann (KIA)
* Harry S. Truman (Later stages)
* Charles Harms
* Alexandra Kendrick
* Mark McCormick
* Ben Goodwin
 Nazi Germany:
* SS
* Gestapo
* Wehrmacht
* Task Force Cerberus (Nazi German task force)
* United States Armed Forces
* British Armed Forces
* Task Force X-Ray
 Heavy

**Operation Lionfish**was the codename for a coordinated effort between the United States of America, Great Britain, and other members of the Allied Powers to rescue Jews from the Holocaust, the genocide of millions of Jewish people under the orders of Adolf Hitler, head of the Nazi Party. In addition to rescuing Jews that were being held captive in Nazi concentration camps, the Allies also conducted sabotage operations against the Nazis to severely cripple (if not completely destroy) the Nazi occupation of Europe, in addition to sabotaging the Holocaust.
Machete

A **machete i**s a broad blade that can be used as a tool like an axe, or a weapon like a short sword. It is primarily used for agricultural work, like harvesting sugar cane or cutting food, though it can also be used as a weapon, either by the military, by vigilante gangs (like Shadow Force or Task Force Reaper) or by serial killers  (the most notorious example being Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th Franchise).

It is notable in the TACITUS series for being used as a weapon by various different people throughout the TACITUS universe.
Life: A Compilation: The Score

The **Life: A Compilation** score was custom made by the author, R.I.P Yuri (under the name Delta421) using a collection of music tracks and songs. It features music from various music groups and artists like Hans Zimmer, Hi-Finesse, ALEX and Tokyo Rose. It was made in October of 2017.

## Track listing

1. Delta Zeta\Karma Theme (Destructo) by Hi-Finesse
2. Deathstalkers Theme (Black Maserati) by Hi-Finesse
3. Alpha Xi Delta\Shadow Force theme (The Wolf) by Hi-Finesse (1:58)
4. TACITUS Theme (Chronos) by Hi-Finesse (2:40)
5. Torment\We're Losing Her by ALEX (2:23)
6. Welcome to the War by ALEX (1:58)
7. Alexis Gould Theme by ALEX (2:46)
8. Task Force Reaper Theme by ALEX (4:02)
9. Resurrection by ALEX (2:25)
10. The New America by ALEX (3:23)
11. Vinnie Crosby Theme by ALEX (2:07)
12. Tamara Sultanovich\Village Raid by Sarah Schachner (4:04)
Amber Young

*"He killed my boyfriend!"*

- Amber Young

**Amber Young**is a character in the TACITUS series.

## Biography

Amber is featured in a flashback in Revival: Operation Holy Spirit. In said flashback, Derek Westbrook and Vinnie Crosby find that Amber has been abducted by the Crips, an African-American gang, while in the Florida Keys, alongside the terrorist group New Dawn. Following a confrontation and a fight, Amber is rescued, but not before informing Derek Westbrook that Fazekas' men killed her boyfriend who tried to rescue her from the Crips and their New Dawn allies.

## Quotes

*"Do you have a place to stay here? I can take you home..."*

*"Actually, my cousin's here."*

- Derek Westbrook and Amber Young having a conversation following her successful recovery from New Dawn captivity

*"Hey, there was nothing you could do. As much as I would've liked you to save my boyfriend...Look, just don't beat yourself up over it. I know you cared for him as much as I did."*

- Amber comforting Derek as the former beats himself up for being unable to save her significant other
Nazi Germany

**Nazi Germany** (otherwise known as the **Third Reich** or **Nazi Empire**) was the name of the dictatorship that Adolf Hitler set up in Germany during the World War II-era time period. In the normal timeline, it lasted from January 30, 1938, to May 8, 1945. However, in the alternate universe that the TACITUS saga occurs in, the Nazis fall in April of 1945, one month earlier than they did in the normal timeline.

## In TACITUS series

In an alternate 1930s-1940s, Nazi German soldiers take over various countries across Europe, before suddenly joining the Italians in a massive blitzkireg attack across Northern Africa and the Middle East. This draws the wrath of other European countries, and eventually the United States of America after it is discovered that a Nazi sleeper cell was operating on American soil.
However, it is later discovered that the Nazis had been infiltrated by an international terrorist group known as New Dawn, which systematically destroyed the Nazi regime from within. By the end of the war, the Nazis had collapsed into a network of insurgents that were eventually crushed by the Allied Powers.

## Weaponry

### Rifles

* Kar98k
* Gewehr 43
Lydia Ross

**Lydia Ross**is a character in the TACITUS saga. She is a member of TACITUS' urban threats division. She is also the partner of Derek Westbrook.

## Biography

Not much is known about Lydia Ross' early life, except for the fact that she was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, but immigrated to the United States later in life. She was also a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces, serving about three years in the Canadian Army. She later joined TACITUS.

### Revival: Operation Holy Spirit

In the book Revival: Operation Holy Spirit, she is one of many TACITUS agents that accompany Derek Westbrook to Fall Getaway, where she eventually comes to faith in Jesus.

### Vapor in the Wind

She returns in Vapor in the Wind, where she assists Derek Westbrook in investigating an attempted murder on a subway train in New York City. She is later kidnapped by a murder cult known as the Children of Slender, alongside Dorothy Scott, Ellie Cohen, Tamara Sultanovich, Joyce Briggs, Natalya Fashkova and Laurette Sorel. She later escapes with help from Derek Westbrook.

## Personal life

### Religious views

Prior to becoming Christian, Lydia believed Christianity was a cult, primarily because Jesus had a massive following after His death and resurrection. She also believed that any religion with a massive amount of followers was a cult. Her first exposure to cults was hearing about Heaven's Gate, in addition to the Siege in Waco Texas involving David Koresh. Her unbelief was also due, in part, to the fact that she had bad experiences with professing Christians, experiences that led her with a distorted view of the God that sent His Son to save her.

### Family

She has two sisters and one brother. Her parents live in a ranch in Ontario, Canada. She is the oldest of four out of the Ross Children. Her parents are Lutheran, but her two sisters are agnostic.

## Gallery

Lydia Ross engaging enemies during a joint op between TACITUS and the United States Secret ServiceLydia coming across a surprise during the thwarting of a burglaryLydia Ross clearing a house
Scoria Ville

The seventh town.

Scoria Ville is the seventh town that the Hero encounters after Fleur Village and contains a Shop, a Nursery, the Scoria Ville Harbor, the Scoria Ville Train Station.

It leads to Volga City, Kelso Desert, and Nova City.

This town contains these known wild Drakomon: Elektronite, Petronite, Armagon.
Israel

מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
(Medīnat Yisrā'el)
دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل
 **Leader** | Unknown

**Israel**, officially known as the **State of Israel**, is a Middle Eastern country and the sole Jewish country in a region of Muslims.

## History

The sole Jewish country in a region of hostile Muslims, Israel is seen as a a nation dependent on the United States of America to survive. Eventually, even the Federation, despite being Socialist, decided to support Israel, much to the outrage of the Islamic world. However, they saw the Federation of Smithland as the bigger threat, namely because the Federation was the economic capital of the world. The United States and Federation both became trade partners with Israel, and both superpowers even signed a treaty binding each other to an obligation to protect the Jewish country from its Islamic aggressors.
Joe Pena

**Joe Pena**was a high school bully that harassed Emmett for months during his senior year of high school. In the spring of 2015, months after Emmett's father died in a terrorist attack in Paris, Joe made the fateful mistake of verbally slandering Emmett. Emmett attempted to defuse the situation, but Joe ended up angrily assaulting Emmett in front of Emmett's friends. In the ensuing brawl, Emmett accidentally killed Joe by rupturing his liver after punching it really hard.

However, Emmett suffered no legal repercussions, as he was able to prove that the fight happened out of self defense, thanks to his friends videotaping the fight on their mobile phones as it happened.  A few weeks after the incident, Joe's parents came to apologize to Emmett for their son's behavior.

## Biography

### Early life

Not much is known about Joe's early life, except for the fact that his parents immigrated to the US from Venezeula months before his birth. Sometime later, a series of tragic events in his life turned him into a menacing bully, which made him quite feared at school.

### Bullying career

Joe Pena harassed Emmett for months both before the November 2015 Paris Attacks and after. He mainly targeted Emmett because he felt jealous of Emmett's popularity due to his "uniqueness", in addition to Emmett's perceived "scrawny" appearance, and felt that the only way to settle the score was to "bring him down" (i.e. dehumanize him). In the wake of his father's death, Joe found a new reason to torment Emmett: losing his father would, at least in Joe's eyes, make Emmett "weaker".

### Defeated

The last time Joe ever bullied Emmett was in the spring of 2015, after the November 2015 Paris Attacks. After verbally slandering Emmett once more, Emmett retaliated with a speech about how he believes everyone is picking on him because of his "uniqueness" while everyone else lives a "normal" (and, in his eyes, immoral) life, then proceeded to rebuke Joe and his cronies for using their statuses as "normal people" as a justification to attack him for his "uniqueness." Emmett then invoked the name of the Christian God to intimidate Joe, which led to Joe angrily assaulting him.
In the ensuing brawl, Emmett broke Joe's arm, leg and back, leaving him paralyzed for life.

### Post-bullying

Joe eventually reformed during his recovery in the hospital, thanks to some Campus Crusader Underdog members sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with him. As a new Christian, he now fears Emmett Mack (who has yet to learn of his conversion to Christianity) will return and finish what he started. However, it is later revealed that Emmett and Joe forgave each other and are on good, or at least friendly terms. He later revealed that his bullying reputation emerged because he was in a rather broken household. Both his parents abandoned him and it left him with a warped view on people and life itself.
Keira Scott

**Keira Scott** (born **Kiera Lacroix**, alternatively spelled **Kira Scott**) is the mother of Dorothy Scott and a character in the TACITUS series. She is shown to be living a double life: by day, she is a computer analyst at Apex Corporation. By night, she is a hitwoman, a contract assasin known as the Red Mask of Death.

## Biography

Not much is known about her early life, but it is known that she was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces in her younger years. Sometime later, she met Timothy Scott, who'd recently lost his first wife in a home invasion/murder, introducing herself as a friend of Scott's first wife. They eventually partnered up to find and eliminate the assassins responsible for the carnage, while at the same time falling in love.

After eliminating the assassins responsible for the murder of Timothy's first wife, Keira married Timothy. The news of Timothy's remarrying struck Timothy's daughter Dorothy by storm and a sort of rivalry existed between the two. However, as time went on, the rivalry wore off.

## Personality

Keira is quite talkative and witty. She was also more careless and relaxed, freely talks about various subjects when she was with Timothy. However, at the same time, she was able to hide the fact that she is also an efficient stone-cold contract killer, at least until Timothy witnessed Keira's killing skills firsthand.

After marrying Timothy, she transitioned into a a more serious and responsible person, a devoted family woman who becomes protective of Dorothy, despite the rivalry between the two of them.

## Trivia

* She is modeled after Canadian actress Kathy Tong
Dominick Vosen

Richard Vosen (Son)

Carly Vosen (Daughter)

Alexis Vosen (Daughter)

**Dominick Vosen**is a member of the Situational Assault Unit from London, England. As a teenager, he was enlisted in the Special Air Service, where he served for five years before being abruptly transferred to the Situational Assault Unit, where he remains to this day.
Hunters and Horrors

**Hunters and Horrors** is a story in the TACITUS saga. Chronologically, it is the third story in the TACITUS saga, occurring a few days after The Mack Coalition. In terms of publishing order, it is the sequel to Vapor in the Wind.

## Plot Summary

Two tourists and a mysterious assassin join forces to rescue a jogger from a murder cult that worships Slenderman.

## Characters

* Emmett Mack
* Richard L. Henninger
* Tiffany A. Moss
* Ella J. Nygaard/The Black Death
* Maximilian Gunnarsson
* Charles Öberg

## Trivia

* This is the second short story in the series.
* This is the second story that involves the Children of Slender.
British Army

The **British Army** is the main land-based armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces.

## In TACITUS series

In the story World at War, many soldiers inside Task Force X-Ray are either former or current British Army soldiers. The British Army is also seen supporting Task Force X-Ray during various missions, particularly Operation Lionfish.

Edgar Penn, a character in the TACITUS series, is a former member of the Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army.

The British Army also participated in the American Revolutionary War.

## Weapons and equipment

Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk III (seen here with bayonet)Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.IBeretta M9A1L85A1Sig Sauer P226Sig Sauer P226RGlock 19Glock 17M1014MP5MP5SD3MP5KM1A1 ThompsonBren LMGStenG36CHeckler & Koch G3KA4M4 CarbineM240BAccuracy International AWHeckler & Koch G3SG/1LMT LM308MWS SharpshooterAT-4FGM-148 Javelin
Alexandra Gray

**Alexandra Gray**is a member of the Situational Assault Unit and a character in the TACITUS series. She is the secondary field commander of the SAU and on multiple occasions, she pairs up with Derek Westbrook, a TACITUS agent temporarily reassigned to the Situational Assault Unit until further notice.