International Covert Operations Unit

The **International Covert Operations Unit**, or **I.C.O.** for short, is an elite antiterrorist special operations group. It is overseen by the United Nations, initially existing as an offshoot of the Peacekeeper Corps.

## The Birth of the I.C.O.

> *"The dawning of the 21st Century began an era of fear throughout the world. The war on terror seemed to escalate incidents of terrorism worldwide, and with it came a flood of other situations to worry about. Drug cartels in South America and Mexico suddenly become more active and dangerous. Human trafficking from Eastern Europe became widespread, with new terror groups emerging in Africa and Asia. In Europe, the fear of terrorist attacks grew each year causing the growth of far-right groups and new laws controlling immigration, freedom of speech, human rights, and religious worship.*
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> *The culmination of these events came in Paris in 2015 when an attack on a satirical magazine by an extremist religious group was shown on international news stations worldwide. The attack showed the horror of the incident and united people across borders. Politicians quickly jumped on this wave of solidarity by coming together and showing unity and a determination to stand up to terror and call for peace, but this was not the only political event going on. As the leaders of the democratic nations held hands in the streets of Paris for the world’s media, Defense ministers, military advisors and intelligence agencies met in private to discuss a response.*
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> *Those days in January 2015, when the world watched in horror as innocent people died at the hands of terror, was the birth of a new special operations unit, one that would recognize no borders or sovereign state, that would not be funded by just one government or country, but many. A unit that to all but a select few would not exist. On that day in Paris, as the world’s leaders held hands to show defiance against those that would threaten our freedom, The International Covert Operations Unit was born."*
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-Ghost Ops Core, pg. 13

## National Members

### Founding Nations

* France
* Germany
* Israel
* Russia
* United Kingdom
* United States

### Contributing Nations

* Australia\*
* Austria
* Brazil\*
* Canada\*
* India
* Italy
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Poland\*
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Zimbabwe

*\*This nation was formerly considered one of the Founding Nations, however has been reclassified to Contributing Nation due to lack of impactful contribution to the ICO's foundation.*

## Bases of Operations

1. **Fort Sol** **(Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)** - Mobile Team A
2. **Fort Jupiter** **(Moscow, Russia)** - Mobile Team B
3. **Fort Gaia** **(Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)** - Mobile Team C
4. **Fort Orcus** **(Brasília, Brazil)** - Extraction Team A
5. **Fort Mars (Paris, France)** - Extraction Team B
6. **Fort Mercury** **(Warsaw, Poland)** - Extraction Team C
7. **Fort Pluto** **(Ottawa, Canada)** - Siege Team A
8. **Fort Saturn** **(Berlin, Germany)** - Siege Team B
9. **Fort Ceres** **(New Delhi, India)** - Siege Team C
10. **Fort Luna** **(Stockholm, Sweden)** - Siege Team D
11. **Fort Neptune** **(Madrid, Spain)** - Siege Team E
12. **Fort Venus** **(London, England, UK)** - Siege Team F
13. **Fort Uranus** **(Canberra, Australia)** - Siege Team G

## Known Members of the I.C.O.

* Active
* Former

### Mobile Operators

* Archibald "Archie" Caldwell
* Nadine "Didi" Pasteur
* Edna "Eddie" Segal
* Regina "Reggie" O'Neal-Barclay
* Terrance "Tex" Bauer

* Boris "Hood" Zakharov
* Adriana "Reaper" Santos
* Sergei "Seryy" Egorov
* Alistair "Vox" Caldwell
* Gerwulf "Wolf" Graf

* Alfred "Ace" Hitzig
* Robert "Bobby" Barclay
* Valéry "Guardian" Dujardin
* Yuriko "Lily" Ito
* Carson "Sonny" Dawson

### Extraction Operators

* Yakumo "Kuma" Ito
* Zahid "Portlash" Teshayev
* Leandro "Radical" Sato Caetano
* Franziska "Ran" Selig
* Matthew "Tarheel" Cooper

* Fatema "Huntress" Jalali
* Josephine "Joey" Harrison
* Jean-Pierre "JP" Pasteur
* Deung "Shadow" Jung
* Vasily "Vas" Sivoy

* Stefania "Korona" Cebulska
* Maxime "Magnus" Allard
* Veranika "Mozh" Litvak
* Simona "Sally" Santoli
* Szarlota "Szabla" Cebulska

### Siege Operators

* Jameson "Bear" Barry
* Leela "Chakra" Chakharvarti
* Macha "Dakota" Smith
* Michael "Mike" Nicholson
* Seoyeon "Satang" Park

* Dennis "Devil" Black
* Impisi "Hyena" Dazuluka
* Ronald "Klinge" Kieber
* Miriam "Mirror" Goss
* Sigve "Signal" Soren

* Anjila "Kamala" Bhukar
* Saorise "Knot" O'Neal
* Joel "Ringer" Bell
* Valentino "Vita" Tamburrino
* Uxia "Zoom" Ortiz

* Elijah "Eli" King
* Henry "Hornet" Wong Sue
* Luka "Lokke" Greve
* Odete "Orelha" Santana
* Anna-Lena "Star" Dahlström

* Sameer "Bull" Malik
* Hanako "Hannya" Ayuzaka
* Robin "Panache" Pacher
* Jose Rodrigo "Rojo" Iglesias
* Teresa "Talon" Molina

* Georgia "Banshee" Hunter
* Guadalupe "Fuego" Beneventi
* Dexter "Index" Morgan
* Xiaoqing "Typhoon" Zou
* Mei Lin "Yin" Yang

* Jeeung "Bunji" Baker
* Lucía "Lucy" Sastre
* Miguel "Montaña" Fernandez
* Liuxian "Snake" Zou
* Aillard "Tank" Paquet