Cipher Timeline

This page is the full timeline for the shadow organization and private intelligence agency known as Cipher.

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The Culper Ring
Cipher has it's roots in George Washington's Culper Ring, the Culper Ring was an international network of spies embedded in the foreign threats abroad. The Culper Ring was originally formed as a intelligence support unit, which used embedded agents and scouts to provide intelligence support for the Continental Army. The Culper Ring's existence was unknown and It's members were signified by a ring.

After the war, the Culper Ring would became a political tool for George Washington. Allowing him to cheat his own game and manipulate the nation, it's people, elections, and the democracy. While George Washington was the autocratic ringleader, many operatives did not know about his role as the Ringleader, and It wasn't well known that Benjamin Franklin himself was the grand mastermind of the Culper Network and the strategist responsible for getting it to It's highest form.

For years, Benjamin Franklin took Thomas Jefferson as his protege and trained him to become his successor, becoming even better then Benjamin Franklin himself. In time, Thomas Jefferson would fulfill his role after his mentor, Benjamin Franklin's sudden death in 1790. Thomas Jefferson took on Franklin's role immediately after his sudden death, and while Jefferson was efficient at his job and in maintaining the network. He saw a vision for a larger, more powerful organization.

Later becoming disillusioned with the use of the Culper Ring under Washington in his final years, Thomas Jefferson became actively opposed to Washington under his leadership. Because most of the Culper Ring wasn't aware of his brief conflict, Thomas Jefferson was able to maintain his people. In 1799, Thomas Jefferson ordered the assassination of George Washington to his own men under the guise of "treason". The assassination of George Washington was masked as a "infection" and died of natural causes.

For the next twenty six years, Thomas Jefferson grew and expanded the network by embedding agents in international trade networks and deploying them in nations abroad. He later embedded his agents and used the Westward Expansion project as the beginning of the United States' "Pax Americana". In time, Thomas Jefferson effectively controlled much of the Western World through agents embedded in every level of politics, government and more.

The Culper Ring would see division after Thomas Jefferson's death, where the Culper Ring split in two and fought each other across the United States in an secret civil war which would result in the predecessor to the Democrat - Republican conflict. During this conflict, the Culper Ring agents outside the United States were unaware of this ordeal, and went their own ways after losing communication from Thomas Jefferson. Many of these Agents used all of their resources and intelligence to their own benefit becoming kingmakers for themselves.

Various groups of agents splintered off from the Culper Ring, with some of them founding infamous organizations such as the Pinkerton Detective Agency which acted as a paramilitary force. The Philosophers were founded by both defected agents from the Culper Ring across the world and the Templar Order, and various other intelligent and open minded individuals. The organization known as IAGO was formed by Culper agents using their connections to find intelligence and sell to foreign powers. Later on, the Culper Ring would be responsible for starting the U.S Civil War, with agents from both warring sides in the Culper Ring making this a full-scale conflict.

At the end of the Civil War, the Culper Ring in the United States would be completely destroyed and the remaining remnants would form their own organizations abroad. With the majority of agents joining the Philosophers.

Foundation - 1968
The American private intelligence agency known as Cipher was founded by British-American operative David Oh and Jack Culper and Adamska Shostakov in the year of 1968 as a reorganized version of the American Philosophers and the Culper Ring combined. Cipher's goal was to control the entire world, and used manipulation and intelligence as it's means of doing so. David Oh and Jack Culper were code named "Cain and Abel" and the two used their connections to grow control over the world.

Department of Defense Coup - 1972
In 1972, David Oh lead a coup across the Department of Defense where his agents deposed of the Joint Chief of Staffs, Deputy Director of the CIA, NSA Directors, FBI Directors, and all organizations opposing David Oh's crusade for control. After David Oh's coup, Cipher controlled the entire Department of Defense and each of it's agencies and the entire US Military.

Operation Outer Heaven - 1973
In 1973, Operation Outer Heaven commenced which resulted in a Jack Culper leading a wide-range series of coups in South American and South Asian nations. Operation Outer Heaven started in Spring of 1973 in the Yaran Military Coup that installed Cipher Agent Anton Castillo as El' Presidente and later founded the military dictatorship of the Yaran Republic. In Summer of that same year, Jack Culper's agents successfully supported Cipher agent Oscar Espinosa and Black Hand Commander Alejandro Morales in the Black Hand's coup in the island of Solis. This resulted in the Black Hand installing a military dictatorship and establishing the Black Hand's international presence. In Winter of that same year, Cipher agents killed Chinese puppet Pandak "Baby" Panay and initiated an military coup of the Republic of Panau.

Militaires San Frontieres - 1974
In 1974, Jack Culper left the United States to prioritize Cipher's operations abroad. Through this, he grew the private military company known as Militaires San Frontieres. Through his center of operations in the Carribean, he grew MSF from the Mother Base to a PMC Empire. He also expanded Cipher's scope and operations by bringing MSF to nations abroad.

Fall of the Mother Base - 1975
In 1975, Militaires San Frontieres became a independent nuclear power upon realizing the need for nuclear deterrent. A KGB Agent embedded in MSF stole information and escaped to Communist Cuba where he traded his intelligence and was extradited to the People's Republic of China for protection. Eventually, this resulted in the KGB deploying Perseus Agents to Mother Base, masking it as a "Nuclear Inspection". The surprise Soviet attack on the Mother Base saw the destruction of MSF and the entirety of the Mother Base with the majority of MSF dead. The Soviet attack and It's bombings resulted in Jack Culper being comatose for nine years, and MSF General Kazuhira Miller being captured. With Jack Culper comatose, Adamska Shostakov took on Jack Culper's role for some time while Kazuhira Miller remained captive.

Diamond Dogs - 1984
In 1984, Jack Culper and his long-lost friend and confidant, Joseph Cain awoke from their coma in a hospital in Cyprus. Quickly after, Perseus Agents stormed the hospital and massacring the civilians. Jack and Joseph escaped but in the midst of a storm, Joseph Cain was kidnapped by David Oh's operatives. Jack was unaware that David Oh was behind this, and that Joseph was even alive. Now believing him to be dead, Jack continued his escape.

David Oh deployed Adamska Shostakov to rescue Jack Culper and assist him in rebuilding his legend. Jack Culper and Adamska Shostakov traveled from Cyprus to Afghanistan to rescue their long lost friend, Kazuhira Miller. Upon infiltrating the Soviet Base, Miller was rescued, but now blind. At this same time, David Oh deployed the Parasite Unit to kill Miller, unbeknownst to David, Miller was being saved. David Oh' believed Miller was being transported to another base and sent the attack.

Adamska Shostakov, Jack Culper, and Kazuhira Miller then took a boat to the Seychelles where they rebuilt Mother Base, and built a PMC called the Diamond Dogs to replace MSF. The Diamond Dogs grew into a massive force and re-established contact with David Oh and Cipher, continuing their reign of control. At this time, while MSF was being rebuilt and during Culper's coma. David Oh' expanded Cipher to across the world, controlling the entirety of the United States Government and Congress and the Western World.

David Oh' then put Joseph Cain in charge of XOF as the newly crowned "Skull Face. Joseph Cain kidnapped Howard Emmerich and forced him to build Metal Gear Salehanthropus and the Walker Gears, as well as the Battle Gear.

Together, XOF and the Diamond Dogs brought a new era for Cipher's dominance.

1996
In 1996, Jack Culper and David Oh recruited Mihaly Sokolov to train and build the Black Tusk.