The Black Tide

Agent Miller (White Tide)

Unknown (AEGIS)

Unknown (The Black Hand)

The **Black Tide** or **Black Tide Special Unit** or **BTSU** are an mysterious technologically advanced paramilitary. The Black Tide uses advanced technology against their enemies.

# Branches

## Black Tide Special Unit

Black Tide Special Unit are special operations. They are equipped with some of the best technology and usually get in quickly and do the job, and get out. The BTSU also specialize in stealth operations. BTSU are identifiable by black and white gear and vehicles.

## The Black Hand

The Black Hand are an entire army, while not as advanced as the Black Tide. They still have most of the same tech. The Black Hand consists of an army, navy, and air force. The Black Hand are equipped with everything a military needs. The Black Hand are great for both offensive and defensive and are usually built to stay in one place for a long time, enough to fully establish themselves for decades. The Black Hand are also used as an occupying force. Black Hand are identifiable by black and red vehicles, blue and red vehicles and soldiers often wearing masks.

## PEDRO

PEDRO are much like the Black Hand, however not as powerful. The PEDRO units are an occupying force with offensive and defensive skills. The PEDRO units usually are an combination of drones and humans, when PEDRO is activated they are meant to stay in one place for decades as an security force and an occupying force. Fully equipped to protect a city and can easily replace the authorities or police. The PEDRO units have full reign over their location and are equipped with all sorts of drones. PEDRO units have an extensive surveillance database and network which gives them full reign over the city, they know who everything and everyone is and has complete control over media, people, and most of all the city. They have profiling drones and offensive drones much more advanced then Black Hand and BTSU. PEDRO has their fair share of naval vehicles and ground vehicles but not as large as the Black Hand or BTSU due to PEDRO being equipped for mostly cities. PEDRO are identifiable with yellow, black and red with sometimes grey camouflage.

## AEGIS

AEGIS are the R&D department of the Black Tide, AEGIS operate and correspond with the Black Tusk and sometimes even have their own soldiers. AEGIS scientists and engineers are often seen at Black Hand outposts and research bases, AEGIS are responsible for most, if not all of the Black Tide's technology and weaponry. AEGIS mostly makes up of scientists and engineers and develops and makes massive investments in breakthrough technology. Because they spend so much money on science and technology they don't have the money to fund and train AEGIS soldiers and often rely on Black Hand and PEDRO to protect them. AEGIS soldiers are white, light blue, and black with balaclavas.

## Internal Security Department

The Internal Security Department, also known as ISD are an hidden branch of the Black Tide that some consider to be "mythical". The ISD has full and limitless authority across the Black Tide and it's affiliated and superior factions. The ISD's job is to oversee the work of the branches, discover and root out traitors, ensure internal security, interrogate traitors, and maintain loyalty. The ISD use the hunters to serve as the fist for the ISD. The ISD are also known to manipulate other branches to do their bidding. The ISD is known to have dirt on everyone within the Black Tide. ISD wear suits and dark formal clothing.

### Hunters

Hunters are a quiet and mysterious group of people, serving the ISD. The Hunters are excellent at hunting their prey. Making use of hatchets, smoke bombs, electrocution devices, and being able to beat any of the Black Tide branches in combat. Hunters are one of the greatest and most dangerous enemies you can encounter, depending on the orders the Hunters will kill clean or brutal but always with efficiency. ISD are identifiable with all black clothing with masks.

## Ghosts

Ghosts are trained to work in teams in far away uncharted territories with no intervention or help from the Black Tide. Ghosts are one with their environment, quiet, clean, and cunning the Ghosts are on-par rivals with the Hunters being the only branch within the Black Tide to know of their existence. The Ghosts and the ISD often work together and the ISD are known to employ Ghosts having an decades long relationship and alliance with the ISD. The Ghosts use all sorts of technology. Ghosts are identifiable with dark green clothing and black clothing, it also varies between environment.