S.H.I.E.L.D.

The **Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division** AKA **S.H.I.E.L.D.** is a fictional military spy-agency from Marvel Comics.

## Description

### Mission

The *Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division* was an international intelligence-agency supported by the US government. They were aligned with the Avengers and closely tied to Stark Industries for their technological needs. For many years, SHIELD was secretly being controlled by the Nazi organization *HYDRA* who used SHIELD as a shadow-government, though since, SHIELD and HYDRA have been depicted as separate organization and enemies.

### Bases

* **Bunker**: This was a (possibly mobile) bunker base of SHIELD which in the November of 2016 was turned into the *Super Hero Academy* by the Avengers.
* **S.H.I.E.L.D. Science and Technology Pavilion**: A pavilion located in the Stark Expo of Hong Kong to showcase SHIELD tech and house SHIELD's Data Core.
* **Super Hero Headquarters**: This is a S.H.I.E.L.D. base located in the sleepy town of Disney Springs, Florida within the largely 1950s derived neighbourhood of West Side.

#### Shadow Facilities

SHIELD had nine Shadow Facilities.

* **i-The Dock**: A decommissioned shipyard in the Caribbean which became occupied by SHIELD's rivals at HAMMER.
* **ii-Red Worm**: A PSI-Agent processing and quarantining facility located in California.
* **iii-The Cube**: A prison facility located around the Midwestern/South-Eastern USA which was left compromised in an incident with presumed prisoner Noh-Varr.
* **iv-The Torch**: A SHIELD Black-Ops hub which was compromised and occupied by HAMMER.
* **v-Utopia**: Utopia was a holding facility in Alaska compromised in an incident with Northstar and the Children of the Vault.
* **vi-Barracuda**: Barracuda is a SHIELD weapons factory located around the midwest/southwestern USA.
* **vii-Black Ice**: A containment facility located in Texas which became occupied by HAMMER.
* **viii-The Carousel**: A facility in the midwest which held SHIELD's DataCORE before it was destroyed.
* **ix-Sunburn**: A base which went off the grid.

### Divisions

* **S.H.I.E.L.D.** **Division of Science and Technology**: This was a section of SHIELD made up of advanced R&D Specialists, Intelligence Data Scientists, and Strategic Threat Analysts who developed technology for SHIELD such as The Dagger and EMP Blasters.

## History

### Origins

SHIELD was founded from the remains of the *Strategic Scientific Reserve* with founding members including agent Peggy Carter, and industrialist Howard Stark.

## Appearances

### Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle!

SHIELD is the main organization in the back-drop of this attraction's backstory. The attraction starts out in the *S.H.I.E.L.D. Science and Technology Pavilion* of the Stark Expo in Hong Kong.

### Avengers Academy

This attraction is set in a former SHIELD base, described as a, "Mobile Base" by the Avengers, and a, "Bunker" by *The Daily Bugle* which has been since turned into a school for superheroes.

### Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

SHIELD is in a database of Avengers allies.

### Disneyland After Dark: Heroes Assemble

One of the offerings was a scavenger hunt themed around a, "Top Secret S.H.I.E.L.D. Recruitment Mission" which had guests travel across Disney California Adventure.

### Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!

An experimental SHIELD gun appears in the Collector's office.

### Super Hero Headquarters

This shop is set in an active base for SHIELD in the sleepy town of Disney Springs.

### Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure

On the bulletin-board of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade is an advertisement for internships at the *S.H.I.E.L.D. Division of Science and Technology*.

#### Web Suppliers

Outside this former AccuTech building are relics from Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S..

## Trivia

* HYDRA and Arnim Zola were once envisioned to be main-antagonist of *Avengers: Quantum Encounter* before Ultron was decided on instead.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2015/05/marvel-mania-comes-to-downtown-disney-with-super-hero-headquarters-store-opening/
2. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2019/03/photos-video-walkthrough-and-pov-ride-on-ant-man-and-the-wasp-nano-battle-now-open-at-hong-kong-disneyland/
3. ↑ https://disneycruiselineblog.com/2017/04/look-re-imagined-oceaneer-club-lab-aboard-disney-wonder/
4. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2019/05/01/video-disneyland-after-dark-heroes-assemble-brings-iron-man-much-more-marvel-to-disney-california-adventure/
5. ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/551270/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-easter-eggs/
6. ↑ https://fanboyplanet.com/slinging-webs-slinging-opinions-on-web-slingers-a-spider-man-adventure/
7. ↑ https://thedirect.com/article/mcu-avengers-campus-disney-easter-eggs-photos
8. ↑ https://thedirect.com/article/avengers-quantum-encounter-disney-hydra-exclusive