Welles' Unit

The Underworld (formerly)

High fighting skills

Limitless wealth

Criminal intuition

### Goal

To improve its quality and reputation by committing criminal acts and to increase its power and wealth (ongoing, failed)
To kill Jay Roberts to prevent any information from leaking out and to tie up loose ends (failed, partly succeeded, failed again)

### Crimes

Kidnapping
Mass murder

Corruption

Treason

Extortion

Drug trafficking

Arms trafficking

Organ trading operations

Contract killing

Racketeering

Smuggling

### Type

Private Army/Street Gang

*"We're working for the Colonel. I'm just only in it for the money. Most of us wanted power and wealth, so the Colonel formed the unit to make bank while pretending to be crime-fighters, boss."* - One of the soldiers explaining the unit's true motives to Jay Roberts

**Welles' Unit** are the major antagonistic faction in the 10th and 12th chapters of the Raider series.

Led by Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Welles (later Major Dean Mitchell), the unit are a corrupt battalion of rogue WTO operators that field an operation to commit heinous crimes to make profits under the guise of being a normal unit to fight crime.

## History

While's it's never shown, it's revealed that the unit were formed when Jay left the WTO, letting Ryan Welles take over and began to form his unit from operators that became loyal to Welles and his criminal ways. While under the guise, the unit appeared to be a crime-fighting battalion, but it's later revealed that the unit dealt in drug deals, arms trafficking, and organ trading to make some side profits. They also have a platoon sized group of highly trained operators, led by Scorpio (one of their own operators) to deal with their dirty work, such as contract-killing, hired muscle, and doing extortion.

## Background

All operatives loyal to Welles himself are heavily distinguished by their standard-issue WTO uniform (white shirt, gray tactical pants, combat boots, and hip holster).

However, they're seen wearing patrol caps or ballistic masks (to hide their face). While the unit are heavily armed and trained, they're not on par with Jay Roberts and Dell Hunter in terms of specialized training, making them potentially weaker than the original WTO unit and the Reapers.

## Members

* Ryan Welles - Leader (Deceased)
* Scorpio - Second-in-Command (Deceased)
* Dean Mitchell - De-Facto Leader (Deceased)
* 451 Operators - Soldier (Deceased)

## Vehicles, Weaponry, and Equipment

Vehicles

* Toyota Hilux
* Ford Ranger
* Dodge Ram
* Chevrolet Suburban
* Cadillac Escalade
* HMMWV

Weapons

Assault Rifles/Submachine Guns/Sniper Rifles/Machine Guns

* Colt M4A1 (mostly used)
* Colt M16 (A1/A2)
* H&K G36 (G36C/G36K)
* H&K MP5 (A3)
* FN SCAR (SCAR-L/SCAR-H)
* Remington ACR
* Steyr AUG (A2/A3)
* H&K HK416
* M249 SAW
* Sig Sauer MPX
* H&K UMP-45
* H&K MP7A1
* KAC PDW
* B&T APC9 Pro-K
* KAC SR-25
* M39 EMR
* Remington M40
* Remington MSR
* M200 Intervention
* KRISS Vector
* Browning M2HB

Shotguns

* Benelli M1014
* AA-12
* Remington 870
* Mossberg 500
* Mossberg 590A1
* M26 MASS

Grenade Launchers/Grenades

* M79
* AT4
* MK19
* M203
* RPG-7
* FGM-148 Javelin
* FIM-92 Stinger
* M67 Grenade
* M18 Smoke
* M84 Flash

Pistols

* Desert Eagle
* Browning Hi-Power
* Glock (17, 18, 19, 26, 34) (Mostly used)
* H&K USP (USP-9, USP-45)
* H&K MK23
* Beretta 92FS
* FN (Five Seven, FNP-45 Tactical)
* Sig Sauer P226
* Sig P320
* Colt M1911A1 (several variants)

## Trivia

* Welles' Unit are the most dangerous faction to date, given the fact that both Jay and Dell dealt with highly trained operatives dealing with illegal activities.
* Given their immoral nature, Welles' Unit are the most despicable faction due to their crimes against humanity and dismantlement.