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Edgar Goff

Marianne Goff (Daughter)

Regina Goff (Daughter)

Justine Goff (Daughter)

Private investigator (Currently)

**Edgar Goff**is a former boxer and former United States Army soldier and private investigator.

## Biography

### Early life and military career

Not much is known about Edgar's early life, but what is known is that he has been gifted with a level of intelligence he showed throughout his chidlhood and teen years that was considered "atypical". In his youth he was a boxer and after graduating high school, he joined the then West Roman Army Rangers.

In 1991, he met, dated, and eventually married Marissa Goff, a fellow soldier in his Ranger unit. He and Marissa eventually both retired from the military after Marissa gave birth to two twins-Bert and Oliver Goff. Sometime after this, to provide for the family (and to try his hand at a new career) Edgar joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cyber Division, wanting to try his hand at stopping cyber-crimes. In the year 2000, Marissa once again gave birth, this time to triplets: Marianne, Regina, and Justine Goff.

### FBI Cyber Agent and transition into private investigations

As a Cyber Agent, Edgar worked numerous different cases from early 2003 to 2017 until he retired from law enforcement for good. However, from 2017 onwards, he became a private investigator.

## Personal details

### Personality

Edgar is normally a quiet guy but he can be quite intimidating when people get on his bad side. He has been known to intimidate people who get on his bad side, even outright threatening them on multiple occasions.

### Habits and beliefs

Edgar has been a lover of jazz and death metal music since he was a child, believing that both types of music fit his quiet and aggressive lifestyle. His favorite rock/metal bands include Disturbed, Demon Hunter, Upon a Burning Body, and The Plot in You.

Edgar is a Liberal Theist: he believes in Jesus and trusts in His sacrifice on the cross for people's sins, but paradoxically, he does not identify as a Christian. He believes that you can believe and follow Jesus, yet somehow evade the "Christian" label that comes with it. He is also a huge believer of the Preformation theory.

## Quotes

> "*I believe in Jesus as God, but I don't adhere to a particular religion or identify as a member of any Christian branch. I just believe in Jesus' loving sacrifice on the cross and follow Him in my daily life and that's all that matters.*"
> ― Edgar Goff explaining his worldview of Liberal Theism
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Aquila

**Aquila** is the name given to a network of assassins and cyber-warriors, similar to the Order of the Assembly. However, it is also similar to Task Force Reaper in that it sees criminals as a "separate species" of human.

## History

The origins of Aquila are unclear, but it is speculated that the organization was founded in 2001. Since then, the organization has grown to include a massive multitude of contract killers. By the 2010s, the organization grew to include cyber-specialists and hackers.

As of 2019, the organization has become a global enterprise, with contract assassins and hackers alike.

## Notable members

### Main leaders

* Albert Stapleton
* Wilbur Patterson

### The Horde

* Aria Moon
* Thalia Horn
* Kayden Holland
* Connor Cooper
* Anthony Baxter
* Heath Briggs
* Frederick Burke
* Marcus Burns
* Dylan Cole
* Libby Scott
* Pascal Bellegarde
* Jewel Sidabalok

## Notable engagmements

* War on Crime
* Second Cold War

## Pascal BellegardeMarcus BurnsHeath BriggsAnthony BaxterConnor CooperLibby ScottKayden HollandThalia HornAria MoonDylan ColeFredrick BurkeThe Red ChildJade StainQuotes

* *"No witnesses."*
* "*Cover me, I'm reloading!*"
* "*Enemy down!*"
* "*Kill confirmed."*
* "*Throwin' sticky!"*
* "*Tossing sticky!"*
* *"Sticky out!"*
* "*Grenade!*"
* "Grenade, get outta there!"
* "*Throwing flash!*"
* "We got a man down!"
* "Man down!"
* "Damn it! Man down!"
* "Shit! Man down!"
* "Back off!"
* "Just you and me now..."
Miss Blackbird

Bart Carrow (Brother)

Stan Cleveland (Boyfriend)

> "*It's a kill or be killed world out there. You mark my words.*"
> ― Shenita Carrow
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**Miss Blackbird**, also known as **Blackbird** (real name **Shenita J. Carrow**) is the field commander of Black Rose. She is the second-in-command of Kathleen Barrett, the head of Black Rose.
New American Armed Forces

Korean War

Vietnam War

War on Terrorism

War on New Dawn

War on the Islamic State

World War III

### Active

127 AD-2017 (As West Roman Armed Forces)2017-Present (As New American Armed Forces)

The **West Roman Armed Forces**(later changed to **New American Armed Forces** after the Second West Roman Civil War) is the federal armed forces of West Rome, later known as the Greater American Republic.

## Mission

The primary responsibilities of the New American Armed Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, the security of occupied territories, and the defeat of enemy troops.

## History

*For information on the American Armed Forces in the old timeline, see* Military history of the United States

### As the West Roman Armed Forces

The West Roman Armed Forces originated as a part of the Roman Army, until West Rome became an independent colony with the fall of the Roman Empire.

The West Roman Armed Forces participated in various alternate history versions of original timeline conflicts, including World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.

However, in the aftermath of the Second West Roman Civil War, the Armed Forces of West Rome transformed into the New American Armed Forces.

## Notable military personnnel

* Derek Westbrook
* Vince Crosby
* Ellie Cohen
* Gerald Moore

## Branches

Like the American Armed Forces of the normal timeline, the New American Armed Forces are split into several branches:

* New American Army
* New American Navy
* New American Marine Corps
* New American Air Force

These branches contain the same divisions as the United States military of the old timeline, except some of them have new military divisions that didn't exist in the old timeline.
Osama bin Laden

### Died

May 2, 2011, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Normal timeline)February 25, 1998 (Alternate timeline)

## Personal details

### Children

None

In the normal timeline, **Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden** [7] /oʊˈsɑːmə bɪn ˈlɑːdən/ (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن‎, '**Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin'**; March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011),[8] also rendered **Usama bin Ladin**, was a founder of the pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda. He was a Saudi Arabian until 1994 (stateless thereafter), a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. He was responsible for the for the mass murder of 2,977 victims of the September 11 attacks in the United States and many other mass-casualty attacks worldwide.

In the alternate timeline, **Osama bin Laden** founded Al-Qaeda like he did in the normal timeline, but he was assassinated years before the September 11 Attacks that would have happened in the normal timeline could occur. Henceforth, the September 11 attacks would not happen until September 11, 2016.

## Biography

### Early life

Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a son of Yemeni Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, a millionaire construction magnate with close ties to the Saudi royal family, and Mohammed bin Laden's tenth wife, Syrian Hamida al-Attas (then called Alia Ghanem). According to interviews, he revealed his birthday as March 10, 1957.

Osama's father divorced Hamida soon after Osama bin Laden was born. Mohammed recommended Hamida to Mohammed al-Attas, an associate. Al-Attas married Hamida in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and they are still together. The couple had four children, and bin Laden lived in the new household with three half-brothers and one half-sister.[34] The bin Laden family made $5 billion in the construction industry, of which Osama later inherited around $25–30 million.

Bin Laden was raised as a devout Sunni Muslim. From 1968 to 1976, he attended the élite secular Al-Thager Model School. He studied economics and business administration[40] at King Abdulaziz University. Some reports suggest he earned a degree in civil engineering in 1979,[41] or a degree in public administration in 1981.

### Point of divergence/Death

In the alternate timeline presented in the TACITUS series, Osama bin Laden was assassinated on February 25, 1998, mere days after he published a fatwa declaring war against the United States of West Rome (America in the old timeline) and calling upon Muslims worldwide to kill Jewish and West Roman (American) soldiers and civilians everywhere.

### Effect on history

Because of Osama bin Laden's assassination, the September 11 Attacks did not happen on September 11, 2001, but September 11, 2016 instead, perpetrated by a new terrorist group that replaced Al-Qaeda as the biggest threat to national security: New Dawn. On the other hand, Osama bin Laden's successor *attempted*the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (going by the name Operation Jinn), but the attacks were thwarted thanks to an ex-military veteran and a mysterious shadowy organization known as Black Rhino.
Calliope Lucciano

Calliope wearing her Mark II black ops suit

Calliope wearing a white Mark III Ops Suit

Calliope unmasked

Assassin, cat burglar (Night)

### Equipment

Fists, brass knuckles, spiked knuckles, Katana, Karambit, Tanto sword, various daggers, throwing knives, Ninja stars

### Real life counterpart/Model

Lauren Wilson

**Calliope Lucciano**is a Lebanese-born Italian assassin and a member of the Order of the Assembly. She is one of the Assembly's deadliest assassins.

## Biography

Not much is known about Calliope's early life, but she claims that she had a rough childhood. What is true about her, however, is that at some point she joined the Order of the Assembly, having felt "called" to participate in a religious war against the evil society.

### Gang Wars

Calliope first meets Emmett Mack and Marcus Seal in the story Gang Wars. Initially hostile to the two boys, she eventually warms up to them and becomes an ally. She partners up with Emmett and Marcus on multiple occasions throughout the campaign against the Italian Mafia.

## Personal details

### Personality

She is not very social, but this has changed since meeting Emmett and Marcus. She has grown to care about her friends, displayed by the bond she has with colleague Clifton Hinkle. She grows to treat Emmett and Marcus as family by the end of Gang Wars.

## Abilities

* **Master Spy**: Calliope can sneak into any area virtually unnoticed.
* **Master Assassin**: Calliope excels at killing people from a distance, in addition to up close. She has been known to take on enemies much more trained than she is, and defeated them.
* **Expert Martial Artist**: Calliope is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. She uses a fighting style incorporating moves from Savate, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Krav Maga, and (to a certain extent), Kung Fu, among others.
* **Acrobat**: Calliope is very agile, able to leap across cars and trucks with ease, as well as using backflips to evade gunfire and thrown bladed weapons.

## Quotes

> "*I'm losing it!*"
> ― Calliope complaining about Mafia members getting on her nerves
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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
Bolivia

*"What have they done?"*

- A TACITUS agent

Santa Cruz

5% White

1% Black

4% Other

2% Unspecified

**Bolivia,** officially known as the **Plurinational State of Bolivia**(Spanish: *Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia*), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales (tropical lowlands) a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.

The sovereign state of Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state, divided into nine departments. Its geography varies from the peaks of the Andes in the West, to the Eastern Lowlands, situated within the Amazon Basin. It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil, to the southeast by Paraguay, to the south by Argentina, to the southwest by Chile, and to the northwest by Peru. One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range. With 1,098,581 km2(424,164 sq mi) of area, Bolivia is the fifth largest country in South America and the 27th largest in the world.

The country's population, estimated at 11 million, is multiethnic, including Amerindians, Mestizos, Europeans, Asians and Africans. The racial and social segregation that arose from Spanish colonialism has continued to the modern era. Spanish is the official and predominant language, although 36 indigenous languages also have official status, of which the most commonly spoken are Guarani, Aymara and Quechua languages.

In the alternate timeline presented in the TACITUS saga, Bolivia is depicted as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

## History

Bolivia joined the Federation in 1931, six years prior to World War II. When the Federation itself entered the war, Bolivia mostly stayed out of the conflict.

By 2018, Bolivia is a corrupt cesspool of crime. Thanks to the Santa Muerta Cartel, much of the Bolivian government and law enforcement, as well as the military, have been corrupted, having become collaborators alongside the cartel itself. The nation essentially became a puppet state/dictatorship under the Santa Muerta Cartel. This makes Bolivia one of the most dangerous countries for tourists and businesspeople. Bolivia becomes one of the theaters of war in the War on Crime. In summer of 2019, the United States government authroized Operation Hobgoblin, which saw a collaborative task force consisting of the Special Forces Operation-Detachment Delta, the NSA , and TACITUS (later joined by the Covert Crusaders and elements of Shadow Force) being deployed to Bolivia, tasked with investigating the Santa Muerta Cartel after news emerged that a TACITUS informant was killed by the cartel.

The operation led to the dismantling of nearly the entire cartel. The surviving members scattered, leading to in-fighting.

As of 2020, Bolivia is an independent once again.
SOF

The **Special Operations Forces of Russia**, or **SOF** (Russian: Силы специальных операций; ССО, tr. *Sily spetsial’nykh operatsii; SSO*)[4][5] are special operations forces under the **Special Operations Forces Command**of the General Staff of the Russian military.

## History

Formed in 2009, the Special Operations Directorate, subordinate directly to the Chief of the General Staff, was created on the basis of the military unit *Senezh* in the Moscow region. In 2013, the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces announced the start of the Special Operations Forces creation.

## In TACITUS

The SOF play a role during the Second Cold War.

## Weapons and equipment

### Pistols

* APS
* PYa
* Glock 17
* Glock 26
* SPP-1 Underwater Pistol
* PB (pistol)
* PSS silent pistol
* MP-443 Grach

### Submachine guns

* Vityaz
* MP5
* PP-19
* PP-91
* SR-2

### Assault rifles

* AS Val
* AK-74M
* AK-105
* APS
* AK-103
* AK-104
* ADS
* AEK-971

### Sniper rifles

* VSS Vintorez
* Steyr-Mannlicher SSG 08 / SSG 04
* Sako TRG 22 / 42
* Orsis T-5000
* SV-98
* Dragunov SVD
* OSV-96
* ASVK Kord

### Machine guns

* PKM
* Pecheneg
* RPK-74M

### Explosive weapons

* GP-34
* GM-94
* RShG-2
* RPG-27
* RPO PDM-A
* 9K111 «Fagot»
* MON-50
* RGO
* RGN

### Vehicles

* «Yamaha Grizzly» 700 ATV
* Iveco LMV «Rys»
* GAZ-2330 «Tigr»
* Mi-8MTV-5 transport helicopter
* Mi-8AMTSh armed assault helicopter
* An-26 transport aircraft
* BRP SEA-DOO GTX LTD PWC
* BRP SEA-DOO RTX-215 PWC
* BK-16 and BK-10[38]
* RBS BlackShadow DPVs (Diver Propulsion Vehicles)

## Notable members

* Grisha Rankov
* Konstantin Rozhdestvensky
* Konstantin Artyukhin
* Alexei Bulganov
* Dima Harkov
RPG-7

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.
The Mack Coalition

**The Mack Coalition** is a story that is part of the TACITUS saga.

## Plot summary

The main plot of the story takes place during the Wallowdale Incident (also known as the Hadford Homocides), as well as the efforts by both law enforcement and ordinary citizens to uncover the perpetrators of a series of murders in the town of Hadford.

## Characters

* Emmett Mack
* Shimrit Smashnova
* Jill J. Powell
* Arnold J. Powell
* Lisa L. Powell
* Alura F. Powell
* Elizabeth Johnston
* Zev Levi
* Cynthia Giles
* Dorothy Scott
* Mary Townsend
* Vicki Armstrong
* Geena Westbrook
* Maritza C. McDermott
* Diana B. Huizenga
* Angelika J. Gould
* Stephanie J. Stacy
* 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
* Paul M. Shapiro
* Derek L. Castro
* Austin L. Webster
* Tim S. Price
* Tamara Sultanovich/Lacey Price
* Svetlana Karpova/Louise Knight
* Kathleen R. Barrett
* Audrey Adams/Queen Cobra
* Brendan Martin
* Leon Martin
* Alitha F. Sizemore Martin
* Richard Rivers
* Bradley Martin
* Arthur Holmes
* Carole N. Ostlund
* Blackfish-3
* Blackfish-4
* Blackfish-5
* Blackfish-6
* Blackfish-7
* Blackfish-8
* Blackfish-20
* Blackfish-21
* Blackfish-22

## Trivia

* This story has one of the largest array of characters to date
* This story references numerous different action films
* This story is the literary debut for Emmett Mack
M4 Carbine

The **M4 Carbine** is a shorter, lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle. It uses the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge, has a 14.5 inch barrel and a telescopic stock. It is currently the main rifle of both the United States Armed Forces and the New American Armed Forces, as well as TACITUS and other major organizations in the TACITUS series.

The fully automatic variant of the weapon is the **M4A1**, also used by the United States\New American Armed Forces. Intended for special operations use, it was introduced in 1991 and entered service in 1994.
Los Angeles

> "*Welcome to LA, the City of Angels.*"
> ― Toby Dixon, describing Los Angeles
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Los Angeles in the 1950s

Los Angeles, 2018

**Los Angeles** is a city in California in West Rome/Greater American Republic.

## In TACITUS Saga

### Cold War

The city of Los Angeles was one of many cities to be involved in the Iron Hand Conspiracy of the late 1950s-early 1960s.

### 2010s

Los Angeles was one of the areas that saw heavy combat in the Second West Roman Civil War between Raven and the government loyalists. After the war ended, Los Angeles was no longer the entertainment capital of the world. Instead, the city of Las Vegas, located in Nevada, replaced it.

## Landmarks

Aleve MotelToby Dixon's residenceSt. Andrew's AirfieldSophie Fraser's residenceAgnes Peterson's residence
## Notable residents

### Toby DixonFinlay GordonSophie FraserNixon AlexanderJade HarveyElliot CochranEvan ButlerBella Woods2010s

Derek Westbrook
Battle of Keelval Island

Sashenka Tikhonova

Oleg Sidorenko

Aram Komulakov

Georgy Zhukov

Hermann Göring

Heinrich Himmler

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Karl Dönitz

The **Battle of Keelval Island**was an armed conflict between the Nazi German regime and the Soviet Union. It was one of the last battles of the war before World War II ended.

## Background

The German Civil War had been raging for quite some time. At around the same time, the West Romans were about to capture Berlin, the capital of Germany. Not wanting to fall into West Roman hands, Pascal Hacke and his loyalists fled Berlin and hid out on Keelval Island, an island off the coast of East Asia that was given to the Nazis to use to build Wonder Weapons by the Imperial Japanese Empire.

However, the Nazis soon faced the wrath of the Soviet Union as they invaded the island.

## Aftermath and legacy

The battle spelled the end of the Nazi German regime. However, the victory was to be short lived: it was revealed that ever since the war ended, the Soviets had been using the island to create their own biological weapons of mass destruction, as well as superhuman assassin-soldiers, known as Operation Iron Wolf.

Because of the heavy casualties on both sides, the battle became known as "Russia's Iwo Jima ."

## Trivia

* This battle is notorious for being the catalyst for Operation Iron Wolf.
BAR

Squad Automatic Weapon

### Cartridge

.30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm)/.303 British (7.7×56mmR)/7.92×57mm Mauser(M1918, M1922, M1918A1, M1918A2)

### Feed system

20-round detachable box magazine (7oz empty; 1lb, 7oz full)

The **Browning Automatic Rifle** is an American is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the **M1918**, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benét–Mercié machine guns that US forces had previously been issued.

## In TACITUS

Throughout the TACITUS Expanded Universe, the BAR is used by various US soldiers during World War II. It has also been used in a few instances during the Cold War, specifically the Vietnam War and the Korean War.
Dorothy Scott

> "*Not this time.*"
> ― Dorothy Scott after hearing about the Kidnapping of Brooke Poole
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'*Dorothy G. Scott'*is a Shadow Force member. She joined the sorority in 2016 and has been with the sorority ever since.

## Biography

### Early life

Dorothy was born to a well-to-do American family in St. Petersburg, Florida, the daughter of a Florida police detective father and a computer analyst mother. She didn't have a particularly ordinary childhood, being a shy, yet curious and adventurous girl.

By the time she was in her teens, Dorothy had become a sociable person, having overcome her shyness. However, she was still much of an introvert.

### Meeting Derek

In fall of 2015, Dorothy met Derek Westbrook when her sister Geena introduced the rest of the Shadow Force crew to her older brother. However, Dorothy didn't really get an opportunity to know Derek well, as he soon had to leave for Fall Getaway later that week. When he got back, however, Dorothy got to hear about Derek's adventures at Fall Getaway.

### Vapor in the Wind

During the events of Vapor in the Wind, Dorothy is kidnapped alongside Ellie Cohen, Tamara Sultanovich, Joyce Briggs, Laurette Sorel, Lydia Ross, Natalya Fashkova and many others. She later escapes.

## Trivia

* Her captivity at the hands of the Children of Slender has led to a rather fanatical hatred for cults.
* She considers herself an introvert, despite being social.
TACITUS

Derek Westbrook

Lydia Ross

Alvin Torres

Jordan Williams

Bernard Cohen

**TACITUS** (Otherwise known as just **Tacitus**) is a counterterrorism organization created by the Greater American government, though it recruits agents from overseas. Its members are dedicated to protecting West Rome/Greater American Republic and its allies from foreign and domestic threats.

## Overview

TACITUS is a counterterrorism organization intended to fight against terrorism, be it cyber, biological, or ecological.

In its infancy, TACITUS had three main divisions, but now there are multiple divisions inside TACITUS. The major ones include:

* Urban Threats Division-The branch of the organization dealing with urban terrorist threats (includes the most agents)
* Black Widow-The Cyber division of TACITUS
* Blue Heron-The Ecological division of TACITUS
* Reconaissance and Pursuit Division (RPD)-A subdivision of TACITUS emphasizing hostage rescue and bounty hunting.
* Task Force Sentinel-A task force comprising of ex-military personnel and agents from both the Urban Threats Division and Black Widow, in addition to various military, intelligence and law enforcement organizations.

## History

TACITUS was founded in direct response to a terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. The events of 1993 woke the United States up to a need to have a new way to combat terrorismin order to ensure that such an act never occurred again. Since 2016, the organization grew until it became even larger than the Central Intelligence Agency.

## Known operatives

* Jack Holloway (2011-Present)
* Vinnie Hawkins (2016-Present)
* Allen Fleming (2010-Present)
* Derek Westbrook (2016-Present)
* Anna Foley (2017-Present)
* Alvin Torres (2015-Present)
* Jordan Williams (2015-Present)
* Lydia Ross (2016-Present)
* Gerald Moore (Transferred in 2017)

## Trivia

* The name TACITUS is written in both all caps and no caps throughout the series.
Christianity

**Christianity**is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Its adherents, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the Son of God and savior of humanity, whose coming as the Messiah (Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament of the Bible and chronicled in the New Testament.

## Main tenets

* There is one God.
* Jesus is the Son of God
* Salvation is not earned, but it is a free gift for all humanity, made possible by Jesus Christ's death on the cross and His resurrection 3 days later (John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 14:6).
* Humans are called to a life in relationship with God.
Kidnapping of Brooke Poole

The **Kidnapping of Brooke Poole**was a major incident that happened a few days prior to the launch of Operation Hobgoblin and one of the catalysts of Geena Westbrook's Campaign in the summer of 2020. It was perpetrated by the Santa Muerta Cartel.

## Background

The Santa Muerta Cartel had taken over Bolivia and had essentially brainwashed the government into supporting them and blackmailed the citizens into keeping quiet about the cartel's activities. However, that did not stop charity workers from helping the citizens, which the cartel obviously didn't like.

One of the organizations was Campus Crusader Underdogs, a private campus ministry organization dedicated to sharing the Gospel with other people. One particular missions trip in the summer of 2019 caught the attention of Santa Muerta Cartel allies, who reported it to Rodrigo Garrido, head of the cartel. He immediately labeled the organization as a threat to his cartel and decided to "declare war" on the organization.

American student Brooke Pool was on mission in Bolivia, part of a summer mission to the country with Campus Crusader Underdogs. It was this person that caught the attention of the cartel, due to her connection to political figures in America's government. For the first few months before the kidnapping, the cartel began stalking her missions team in order to figure out their pattern of movements in order to decide on an opportune time to strike.

## The Kidnapping

The cartel targeted Brooke due to her connection to political figures in America's government. The kidnapping occurred at around 6:00 PM on May 3, 2019. Mercenaries paid off by Garrido ambushed Brooke as she was returning to the shelter she was working at and kidnapped her off the street in the dead of night. The kidnappers took Brooke to a deserted warehouse somewhere in Sucre, Bolivia, where they made a ransom video to her family.
The ransom video was seen by Geena Westbrook and Dorothy Scott, a friend of Brooke. Both girls decided to exact retribution against the cartel and rescue their friend.

## Aftermath

The kidnapping was quietly buried thanks to the government, but a live Facebook feed video made by one of the witnesses, a fellow member of Campus Crusader Underdogs, soon went viral across the globe, reaching millions of views in less than twenty four hours after the kidnapping initially started. The video drew international outrage and landed the Santa Muerta Cartel in the international spotlight for the first time, much to the outrage of Rodrigo Garrido.

In response to the video's viral hit, Garrido ordered assassins to find the person who shot the video and kill them. In the meantime, Geena Westbrook and Dorothy Scott, friends of Brooke that had seen the video, decided to act. During Geena's own campaign against the Santa Muerta Cartel, Brooke Poole was rescued.

The incident was also one of the catalysts for Operation Hobgoblin.
R93

The **Blaser R93 Tactical**  is a German sniper rifle, based on the Blaser R93 design. It has as variants the Blaser LRS 2 and Tactical 2. It is used by German and Dutch police forces as well as the Australian military and special police units. The rifles were manufactured by the German firearms manufacturer Blaser.
Royal Federation Army

The **Royal** **Federation Army**(**RFA**)is the main branch of the Federation's military. Active since 1933, when the Federation was first formed, the Royal Federation Army has gradually risen to become one of the biggest standing national militaries in the world, rivalling that of America, Russia and China.

## Divisions

The Royal Federation Army is separated into separate, smaller subdivisions that together compose the bulk of the Army. These include the 93rd Royal Federation Army Special Forces (Also known as Unit 93), and the Royal Federation Army Intelligence Brigade.

### Royal Federation Army Ground Force

This is the main branch of the Royal Federation Army. Currently standing at about 6.8 million active servicemembers, rivalling that of the United States\New American Republic, which had 990,000 total servicemembers in the year 2017.

### Federation Foreign Legion

Much like the French Foreign Legion of France, the Federation Foreign Legion is a branch that allows for foreigners living in the Federation to enlist. It is commanded by Federation officers, and is also open for Federation nationalists to enlist as well. Interestingly, as of 2019, more Europeans have enlisted in the Foreign Legion than North Americans and Asians combined.

### Royal Federation Special Operations Battalion

The 93rd Royal Federation Special Operations Battalion, AKA Unit 93, is the main elite Special Forces unit of the Federation's military. This military unit is notorious among the Federation's enemies, so much so that they are feared by nearly every enemy organization the Federation has fought against, most notably the Democratic Empire of Korea and the Islamic State of New Palestine.

### Royal Federation Military Police Corps

This is the uniformed law enforcement of the Royal Federation Army. Investigations here are conducted by the MP investigators, which report to the high command of the Federation Armed Forces.

## Gallery

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## Weapons and equipment

### M1A1 ThompsonModèle 1892 RevolverMAT-49MAS-36MAC Mle 1950Springfield M1903Colt M1911A1MAS-49M1903A4 sniper rifleWalther P38 (captured from the Nazis)Tokarev TT-33Makarov PMAKMSModern times

Colt M4A1 carbineDDM4V1M40A5 rifleBeretta APXBeretta PX4G3A3Sako TRGM39 enhanced marksman rifleAK-74MAK-12AK-101AK-102Dragunov SVUM27-IARCETME AmeliMTARCBJ-MSSC-2010HPMWSCZ-805 BRENMSBS-5.56AAC Honey BadgerAPS underwater rifleBeretta ARX-160 12-inch barrelARX-200 DMR
Germania

5.5% Islam

0.8% Other religions

The **Federal Republic of Germania** (or just **Germania**) is a Western European superstate, created after the fall of Nazi Germany. During the Cold War, Germania became a an economic and military superpower. As of 2017, Germania retains this superpower status.

## History

### Founding

The Federal Republic of Germania was established after the German Civil War, which led to the overthrow of Nazi Germany and the installation of a new government, one that would be more friendly with other countries.

## Government

The Federal Republic of Germania is a democratic federal parliamentary republic. It is divided into the Head of State (the President), the *Bundeskanzler* (federal chancellor), and the *Bundeskabinett*.

It also has a legislature: in the German government, federal legislative power is divided between the *Bundestag* and the *Bundesrat*. The *Bundestag* is directly elected by the German people, while the *Bundesrat* represents the governments of the regional states (*Länder*). The federal legislature has powers of exclusive jurisdiction and concurrent jurisdiction with the states in areas specified in the constitution.

The *Bundestag* is more powerful than the *Bundesrat* and only needs the latter's consent for proposed legislation related to revenue shared by the federal and state governments, and the imposition of responsibilities on the states. In practice, however, the agreement of the *Bundesrat* in the legislative process is often required, since federal legislation frequently has to be executed by state or local agencies. In the event of disagreement between the *Bundestag* and the *Bundesrat*, a conciliation committee is formed to find a compromise. The *Bundesrat*is elected for a four-year term and consists of 598 or more members elected by a means of mixed-member proportional representation, which Germans call "personalised proportional representation." 299 members represent single-seat constituencies and are elected by a first past the post electoral system. Parties that obtain fewer constituency seats than their national share of the vote are allotted seats from party lists to make up the difference. In contrast, parties that obtain more constituency seats than their national share of the vote are allowed to keep these so-called overhang seats.

A party must receive either five percent of the national vote or win at least three directly elected seats to be eligible for non-constituency seats in the *Bundestag*. This rule, often called the "five percent hurdle", was incorporated into Germany's election law to prevent political fragmentation and strong minor parties.

## Military

The military of Germania is divided into the German Army (*Deutsches Heer*), the German Navy (***Deutsche Marine***) and the German Air Force (*Luftwaffe*).

## Notable citizens

* Josef Mannheim
* Dagmar Katz
* Seraphina Niedermayer
* Ursula Prager
* Wenzel Rudel
Baikal-27

The **Baikal-27**is a bullpup assault rifle of Russian origin. It competed with the AK-12/AK-15 series of rifles in 2018. By 2019, it became a standard issue firearm alongside the AK-12/AK-15.

## Description

The Baikal-27 was envisioned as a bullpup assault rifle by Baikal Arms. In 2018, the Baikal-27 has seen extensive deployment deployment in the police and private sector. By 2020, the Baikal-27 became a standard-issue firearm to Russian soldiers.

## Specifics

The Baikal-27 fires the 5.45x39mm round, though it also accepts full-metal jacket ammo, armor piercing rounds, and even incendiary rounds. It can also share ammo with the AK-12 and the AK-15 assault rifle.
Dovern

**Dovern** (formerly known as **New Naples**) is the name of a picturesque seaside town in Oregon. Prior to being settled by West Romans, it was a native American site. The town's main source of commerce used to be whaling, but after the whaling ban in West Rome, Dovern became a fishing town.

## History

### Pre-Roman and West Roman history

Prior to the Roman settlement, Dovern used to be home to numerous villages. Dovern was established soon after  the Romans colonized the area, calling it New Naples. Not much is known about the town prior to the Second West Roman Civil War, but after the events of said Civil War and the establishment of the Greater American Republic, New Naples became **Dovern**.

### Major Landmarks

The following is a list of major landmarks around Dovern, Oregon:

* Two Whales Restaurant-A small diner in the eastern part of town known for "homestyle" cuisine
* Augustine's Lighthouse-A lighthouse overlooking the seaside cliffs of Dovern.
Operation Blowtorch

West Roman Armed Forces

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Ellie Cohen

Nikolai Kalinin

Sandy Martin

Svetlana Karpova

Chu Seong-Su

Hwang Chung-Ah

Oh Chong-Ja

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**Operation Blowtorch**is the name given to a rescue mission conducted by Task Force Reaper to the Democratic Empire of Korea.

## Background

*Main article:*Second Technological Revolution

The Second Technological Revolution was just beginning. On April 2, 2015, the West Roman Navy developed a new fighter jet known as the AB-16 Hound. This was a new single-seat fighter attack aircraft capable of Mach 3.5, super cruise and has a range of 4,000 miles. It is also accompanied by an AI-operated UAV which assists in targeting and ISR for the craft.

One year later, on April 3, 2016, various West Roman Navy pilots were handpicked by the Navy itself to run tests on the jet fighter. The jet fighter proved to be a huge success among pilots due to its advanced targeting system.

During a combat mission on April 25, 2016, West Roman Navy Pilot Jennifer R. Aguilar was participating in an aerial reconaissace mission against the Democratic Empire of Korea when the KPA caught wind of her aircraft and shot her down.

Stranded, Aguilar weaved through the Korean landscape to avoid being detected, with a battalion of the Korean People's Army, led by KPA sharpshooter Ryang Seung-Heon and his partners Oh Chong-Ja and Hwang Chung-Ah in hot pursuit.

The government of West Rome deliberated over whether to send a rescue team in or not. However, because West Roman President Benjamin King didn't want to start a third World War, he withheld authorization to send in a rescue team.

Jennifer Aguilar, meanwhile, continued to evade the KPA forces, at one point being injured in a gunfight against her pursuers.

Eventually, on May 3, 2016, the decision was made to deploy Task Force Reaper, a private military company, to locate and rescue Aguilar.

## Aftermath

In the aftermath of the operation, relations between the Democratic Empire of Korea and West Rome, which had been already tense, worsened. Korea condemned West Rome, labeling it an "imperialistic terrorist state" that wanted nothing more than to meddle with the affairs of Korea. It saw the KPA's mission to capture Aguilar as a "rightful response to Western aggression."

As​ a result of the incident, Aguilar left the West Roman military and returned to college as a computer science student at St. Louis University of Missouri.

## Trivia

* This incident draws inspiration from the climax of the movie Stealth .​​​​​
Let's roll

"**Let's roll**" is a colloquialism that has been used extensively as a command to move and start an activity, attack, mission or project. In the normal timeline, it was made famous by 9/11 victim Todd Beamer, a passenger on the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, who tried to place a call through an air phone, but was routed to a customer service representative instead, who passed him on to supervisor Lisa Jefferson. Beamer reported that one passenger had been killed and that a flight attendant had told him that both the pilot and co-pilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been injured. He was also on the phone when the plane made a quick and violent turn. Later, he told the operator that some of the other passengers were planning to attack the hijackers and regain control of the aircraft, after they learned about what happened at the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. According to Jefferson, Beamer's last audible words were “Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll.”

Later, during a November 8 address from the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, President George W. Bush would invoke Beamer's words: “Some of our greatest moments have been acts of courage for which no one could have been prepared. But we have our marching orders. My fellow Americans, let's roll!”[2] He would use them again in the 2002 State of the Union address: “For too long our culture has said, ‘If it feels good, do it.’ Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: ‘Let's roll.’”

In the alternate timeline, the phrase is used by various different people prior to beginning an activity.
Operation Snowstorm

**Operation Snowstorm** is the name given to a top-secret Russian scientific experiment that tested a new serum known as Necro, designed to grant its user superhuman abilities, as well as bullet resistant skin. The first test subjects were selected in fall of 2017 and later that same year, it was implemented into its human test subjects. The experiment was a success, with no injuries or negative side effects reported. However, the existence of the project was quietly buried to prevent the drug from falling into the hands of malevolent entities.

## Procedure

The test subjects, consisting of healthy adults ranging from aged 18 to 45, were placed in a small room inside a secret government facility in Russia and given a waiver to sign in the event that negative side effects would occur during the experiment. Once the waiver was signed, the test subjects would be taken to individual rooms where the Necro serum would be implemented via injection.

After this, they were given a two week debriefing session where they would describe any changes in behavior or physical well-being (this was done to ensure that no negative side effects were found). The majority of the test subjects reported increased aggression and loss of appetite. This eventually led to new and improved version of the Necro serum being produced from 2019 to approximately 2047.

Afterwards, they released to go about their daily lives.

## Test subjects

* Nikolai Kalinin
* Natalya Fashkova
* Konstantin Gromov
* Alexei Bulganov
* Dima Harkov
* Dasha Makarova
* Grisha Rankov
Thompson submachine gun

The **Thompson submachine gun**  is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1918, that became infamous during the Prohibition era (which, in the alternate universe of the TACITUS saga, did not happen), being a signature weapon of various crime syndicates in the United States. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals.[14] The Thompson submachine gun was also known informally as the "**Tommy Gun**", "**Annihilator**", "**Chicago Typewriter**", "**Chicago Piano**", "**Chicago Style**", "**Chicago Organ Grinder**", "**Trench Broom**", "**Trench Sweeper**", "**The Chopper**", and simply "**The Thompson**".

In the TACITUS saga, several characters refer to the Thompson submachine gun as "The Duster."

## Trivia

* The M1928 Thompson is Toby Dixon's favorite gun. He sometimes calls it "The Chicago Boomstick."
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.
Greater American Armed Forces

### Leader(s)

President of West Rome/President of the United States (Commander-In-Chief), General Chiefs of Staff

### Active

101 AD-2017 (As West Roman Armed Forces)2017-Present (as Greater American Republic Armed Forces)

### Engagements

World War IWorld War II

Cold War

World War III

The **West Roman Armed Forces**, later known as the **United States Armed Forces** (USAF of US military for short), also known as the **Greater American Armed Forces** is the main military of the Greater American Republic.

## Divisions

The Armed Forces of West Rome/United States of America comprises of 5 divisions:

* United States Army
* United States Navy
* United States Air Force
* United States Marine Corps
* United States National Guard

## Gallery

### Marines fighting in Iwo JimaAmerican Exo-Marine during the Sino-Russian War, 2021More Exo-Marines during the Sino-Russian War, 2021Air Force

A female US Air Force pilot
Lydia Wilson

Sophie Wilson (Sister)

## General information

### Weapon(s)

Walther P99, Sig Sauer P226, MP-443 Grach, M416, AAC Honey Badger, and any weapon at her disposal

### Equipment

Karambit, Balisong, Switchblade, Machete, Cleaver

### Real life counterpart/Model

Liana Liberato

**Lydia R. Wilson** is the girlfriend of Marcus Seal and a character in the Valhalla Chronicles. She is the secondary commander of the Sons of Valhalla.

## Biography

### Early life

Lydia was born in a criminal family; her mother Sandra works as a cat burglar for hire and her father is part of a biker gang known as The Cobalt Crows. She was trained how to fight by her father and her biker gang friends, as well as how to pick locks and break into people's homes by her mother. Unlike her parents, however, she was determined not to become a criminal.

### Meeting Marcus

Lydia met Marcus sometime during their senior year of high school. Marcus, a transfer student at the time, came across Lydia as she was being tortured by crazed psychopaths making a snuff film. Marcus, a trained MMA fighter, beat up the thugs, winning Lydia's respect. They hung out together multiple times during the school year, and by the time they graduated, they'd started dating.

### Night of the She-Wolf

She is mentioned in Night of the She-Wolf, but doesn't appear in the story itself.

### Gang Wars

Lydia and Marcus form the Sons of Valhalla during the events of Gang Wars, where she participates in a guerilla war against the Japanese Yakuza and the Italian Mafia. During the events of Gang Wars, it is revealed that she has a younger sister named Sophie (they were born exactly a day apart).

## Personal details

### Personality

Lydia describes herself as a bright, happy person who is always optimisti. However, she has a secret flaw in the form of worrying too much about her future.

### Physical appearance

When she was in high school, Lydia was blonde. After graduation, she became a brunette.

## Quotes

*"What kind of boyfriend do I have?"*

- Lydia Wilson after watching Marcus shoot up an Italian Mafia hideout