Shadow War

The Shadow War is an ongoing international covert cold war that began as early as the 1960s. The Shadow War began when Major Zero formed the private intelligence organization known as Cipher using the Philosophers Legacy. The organization grew extremely powerful at extremely fast rates, that by the 1970s controlled a vast portion of the US and Russian governments. The corporate shadow cabal known as Providence saw this as a threat, and the two organizations started attacking each other in what marked the beginning of the Shadow War.

During the Shadow War, multiple opportunistic organizations would take advantage of the conflict between Cipher and Providence. In 1986, the international intelligence syndicate known as Spectre would enter the conflict and seize control of the British Intelligence Community. Under Spectre’s control, Cipher and Providence lost key allies in Europe as Spectre grew. Spectres control over MI6 and MI5 resulted in the formation of a Joint Intelligence Agency, a merger of the two agencies.

In 1991, the British Intelligence Organization known as the Kingsman sought to end Spectre’s influence and were made aware of the conflict. As a result, the Kingsman actively took part in the conflict against Spectre. While not officially becoming allies with Providence, Arthur Edwards and Janus took advantage of the Kingsmans attacks on Spectre and conducted an corporate invasion of London.

The loss of Spectre’s hold on England resulted in them retreating, Cipher which was weakened by the conflict and Major Zero’s old age lead them to develop the Warmind System which was a series of AI that governed Cipher. By the year 2000, Cipher grew absolute control over the world’s economy, US Government, and even ideology. As Cipher grew the upper hand, Providence was weakened exponentially.

The Warmind System resulted in Cipher making trillions in funding and effectively controlled society as we know it. In direct retaliation towards this, Spectre conducted a government coup in Russia and China and installed new leaders. Tensions between the US and the East drove the demand for weaponry. After the 9/11 attacks, the US invaded the Middle East. The War on Terror was exploited by Providence, and Cipher’s mistake lead Providence to amassing nearly a trillion in profits from prolonged warfare.

At some point in time, Spectre’s spies within Cipher discovered the Warmind Project and created their own version of the project in London and Russia. The two Warminds were named Rasputin and FILAMENT.

Cipher’s military forces began spreading across the world conducting successful takeovers in Solis, Yara, Panau, Medici, Auroa and San Esperito. As Cipher’s military grew increasingly massive and advanced in technology, Cipher began developing and funding various projects. Such as CTOS, Project Illapa, and various advancements in drone technologies