Phantom Doctrine – Organizations Guide
Organizations
THE CABAL
• Established: 1983
• Current Leader: Hero
A secret organization led by the protagonist. Made up of ragtag agents, what they lack in the conspiracy’s global reach and resources they make up for with skill, ambition, and drive.
BEHOLDER INITIATIVE
• Established: 1955
• Current Leader: Valhalla
A major US lobbying firm that conducts business internationally. In secret, the Beholder Initiative is part of the global conspiracy to steer politics to their will through underhanded means and toxic influence. While they are the heart of the conspiracy, it is a conspiracy with many heads and many names, with active members, sleeper agents, and organizations under its control around the world.
COLOSSUS COMPUTERS CORPORATION (3CS)
• Established: April 4th, 1976
• Current Leader: Dividend
The front company of the conspiracy lead by Roland Shelley, aka Dividend. Publicly the company sells consumer products to the world at large, but covertly they develop the technology necessary for Project Iceberg.
GENERATION OF AQUARIUS IN ACTION (GAIA)
• Established: 1969, Quebec City, Canada
• Current Leaders: A. Bouchard; C.C. Guzman; A.D. Guzman
GAIA is an environmental NGO conducting a wide range of work, from promoting ethical treatment of animals, ending whaling, fighting against petroleum mining in the ocean, and stopping nuclear weapons testing. However, all is not as it seems…
MANHATTAN SILK ROAD
• Established: 1976
• Current Leader: Alois Brunner
A smuggling ring that provides nuclear technology to any interested party—for the right price.
MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (THE KOMPLEX)
• Established: 1930s
• Current Leaders: Generals from the US and USSR
The Komplex is a group of international military leaders and weapons manufacturers working with the Beholder Initiative. It is within their best interest to keep the two global superpowers hostile and fearful of one another through small “proxy” wars to drive up weapons sales and military spending.
OPERATION GLADIO
• Established: unofficially, late 1940s; officially, 1956
• Current Leader: No single leader; commanded by the CIA
A clandestine NATO operation that is preparing several western-European countries for Soviet invasion. The operation stockpiles weapons and builds secret infrastructure so that underground resistance can create satellite countries within the Soviet Union, if taken over.
SPECIAL CONCEPTS DIVISION
• Established: 1964. Dissolved: 1973
The now-defunct team of scientists and engineers worked for the CIA and Beholder Initiative to develop new surveillance and mind control technology. Valhalla was part of this organization.