With its advanced weapons and extraordinary agents, S.H.I.E.L.D. was maybe the greatest military power on Earth. Run by Nick Fury and the World Security Council in the modern age, S.H.I.E.L.D. had to deal with the significant rise in enhanced individuals, dangerous advanced technology, and alien contact. But all the problems S.H.I.E.L.D. had to solve eventually led to the formation of the Avengers, a response team that was recruited to save the world during the alien invasion of Earth in 2012. The agency became publicly known after the Battle of New York, partially because of the Rising Tide website. In 2014, through the actions of Captain America, the world became aware of the fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. was infiltrated and largely controlled by the terrorist organization HYDRA.
Publication Information
- S.H.I.E.L.D. : S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Version : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Known as : Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division
- Type : Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Agencies
- Founder :
- Leader : Alphonso Mackenzie
- Former leaders :
- Headquarters :
- Zephyr One
- The Lighthouse : Formerly
- Playground : Destroyed
- Iliad
- Helicarrier No. 64 : During the Battle of New York
- Triskelion : Formerly
- New York Headquarters : Formerly
- Affiliation :
- Locations : Mobile
- Appeareance : Various Of Movies and Series
- Main Article : S.H.I.E.L.D. Timeline
But the team most responsible for the survival of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the team of Agent Phil Coulson, who valiantly led his teammates against the forces of HYDRA led by the traitors John Garrett and Grant Ward, winning the battle in which Garrett's plan ultimately failed. After that battle, Nick Fury appointed Phil Coulson the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and tasked him with rebuilding the agency from scratch.
Now working from the shadows and hunted by almost every army in the world, Coulson used his old team as the core of S.H.I.E.L.D. and recruited mercenaries, former agents, and others to help fill the organization's ranks, while simultaneously continuing the fight against HYDRA. At the same time, another faction of S.H.I.E.L.D. arose, this one led by Robert Gonzales, who refused to accept Coulson's authority, believing his faction to be the only "real S.H.I.E.L.D.". After the Battle for the Kree City, Gonzales' faction revealed its existence, attacking and capturing Coulson's base, the Playground. This ignited an open conflict between the two S.H.I.E.L.D. factions.
However, after successfully working together to attack and destroy the Arctic HYDRA Research Facility, Coulson successfully proposed a merger of the two factions which occurred in mid-2015. But the peace did not last long, as the Inhumans, a super-powered humanoid race led by Jiaying, declared war on S.H.I.E.L.D. The fight was short and S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to prevent any further damage. After the war, Coulson started a new program of recruiting and training Inhumans for a team to deal with various threats.
A short time after that, the alien Enoch sent the team with the exception of Leo Fitz to the year 2091 in order to fulfill a prophecy. They found themselves in the Lighthouse bunker, which was populated with the remaining of the human race, following a catastrophic event that caused Earth's destruction. For the team to survive there, they had to blend in among the humans and fight the Kree who ruled the place under Kasius' orders, while also finding a way back to the present. They eventually managed to return, joining with agents rallied by Deathlok and started a race against time to prevent the Destruction of Earth.
After fighting against General Hale's HYDRA, the alien Confederacy and a mad enhanced Talbot, S.H.I.E.L.D changed the course of history and saved Earth. However, Fitz died in the process. Since Coulson was dying, he and Melinda May left S.H.I.E.L.D. to spent time together until his death and Mackenzie took over the mantle of Director. The remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. agents then took off on a mission to find the past version of Fitz who was frozen in suspended animation in deep space.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Codes
- 0-8-4 : An object of unknown origin.
- Clearance Level : The level of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
- The Index : A short-list of people with special powers.
- Priority Red : Heavy security.
- Protocol ASTA06 : Destruction of the Iliad and its cargo
- Full Eclipse Protocol :
- Odyssey Protocol : Emergency evacuation of a team.
- Silhouette Protocol :
- Theta Protocol : Re-activation of Helicarrier No. 64
- Contingency Plan Foxhole : Evacuating the Director to a safe house
- S.H.I.E.L.D. issues personal ID Cards for each of their agents, displaying their name, title, date of birth, ID number, date of issue, date of expiration, and in some cases their Clearance Level. After the Fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., ID Cards were replaced by special lanyards. Those lanyards were replaced by new Clearance Level color based cards.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. maintains files on their agents, people of interest, objects, events, places and various other things. During the Battle of the Triskelion, Natasha Romanoff, with the assistance of Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce, dumped all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s and HYDRA's files onto the Internet. Multiple non-electronic S.H.I.E.L.D. files survived the Fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. and either fell into the hands of non-S.H.I.E.L.D. entities or were recovered by the few remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists.
- The First S.H.I.E.L.D. (1940s-2014)
- Divided S.H.I.E.L.D. : Coulson's Faction (2014-2015)
- Divided S.H.I.E.L.D. : Gonzales' Faction (2014-2015)
- The Second S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015-Present)
- Mark Basso
- Mitchell Carson : Head of defense
- John Garrett : Clearance Level 7, Field Agent
- Hauer
- Kaminsky
- List : Scientist
- Alexander Pierce : Former World Security Council Secretary
- Brock Rumlow : Former STRIKE Leader
- Jack Rollins : Former STRIKE member
- Russo : Executive Officer of the Helicarrier IN-01
- Jasper Sitwell : Clearance Level 7, Specialist
- Mark Smith
- Wolfgang von Strucker : Head of the HYDRA
- Grant Ward : Clearance Level 7, Specialist
- Arnim Zola
- Janet van Dyne : Enchanced Asset.
- Cale : Field agent.
- Delancey : Field agent.
- Garrett : Field Agent.
- Hart : Field Agent.
- Hendricks : Clearance Level 1
- Jackson : Field Agent
- Johnson : Field Agent
- Kristen : Field Agent
- Mack : Field Agent
- Lillian : Field Agent
- Moore : Field Agent
- Peterson : Field Agent
- Katherine Shane : Clearance level 4
- Tyler : Field Agent
- Unnamed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
- Sana Amanat : Researcher
- Vaughn : Professor
- Streiten : Doctor, Project T.A.H.I.T.I. member
- Goodman : Doctor, Project T.A.H.I.T.I. member
- Jazuat : Doctor, Project T.A.H.I.T.I. member
- Benjamin Pollack : R&D Think Tank Section.
- Claire Wise : Felix Blake's Assistant
- Rick Stoner : United States Armed Forces General and Leader of Project Reclamation
- Tony CaineE : xpelled
- Callie Hannigan
- Tad
- Donnie Gill : Imprisoned for observation, brainwashed by HYDRA
- Seth Dormer
- Coulson's Team
- STRIKE Team : Delta
- STRIKE
- Garrett's Team
- Damage Control
- Avengers (Split away from S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Steve Rogers : Captain America / Clearance Level 8, Former Leader.
- Tony Stark : Iron Man / Former Consultant
- Bruce Banner / Hulk : Former Consultant
- Thor Odinson :
- Clint Barton : Hawkeye / Clearance Level 7, Specialist.
- Natasha Romanoff : Black Widow / Clearance Level 7, Specialist.
There was a Wall of Valor located at every S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.
- The Retreat : Safe-House for powered people
- The Lighthouse : Former Project Reclamation facility and former primary HQ
- The Playground : Former primary HQ
- The Triskelion : Former primary HQ
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Airbase
- The Hub : Operational planning and support
- The Slingshot : Study and disposal of dangerous technology
- The Fridge : High-security detainment and storage facility
- The Sandbox : Study and disposal of hazardous or contagious material
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Trauma Zentrum : Medical facility
- Providence : One of Nick Fury's secret S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities
- The Cube
- The Treehouse
- S.H.I.E.L.D. East African Headquarters
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Training Facility
- Maria Hill's Field Office
- Barbershop Headquarters
- The Rat (Prison facility
- Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Crater Investigation Site
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Base Camp
- The Guest House
- The Coventry
- Shangri-La
- Labyrinth : Compromised by the Watchdogs
- Theta Protocol Facility : Secret housing facility of Helicarrier No. 64
- The Cocoon : Training facility
- The Red Door
- Thunderclap
- Camp Lehigh
- Bulletproof Vest
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Satellite
- Grappling Hook Gun
- QNB-T16 Truth Serum
- Holotable
- Full-Spectrum Goggles
- Backscatter Glasses
- Tracking Bracelet
- Paranasal Extraction Unit
- Remote Beacon
- Magic Window
- Spectrographic Analyzer
- Golden Retrievers
- Tracking Scent
- Night-Night Bracelet
- Memory Overwriting Machine
- Tactical Parachute
- Hyperbaric Chamber
- Tag Rounds
- Mouse Hole
- Photostatic Veil
- Lie Detector
- Cryostasis Chamber
- Hijacker
- Plasma Drill
- Forensics Scanner
- Signal Decoy
- Electronic Battering Ram
- Quantum Field Disruptors
- Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand
- ontainment Module
- Retinal Scanner
- Quake Gauntlets
- Exploding Pen
- Gravity Containment Device
- Pick-Lock Device
- Medical Pod
- Glider Harness
- Miniaturized Smoke Grenade
- D.W.A.R.F.s
- Holocom
- Electro-Static Field Scanner
- Heat Signature Detector
- Anti-Serum Delivery Mechanism
- Localized EMP Device
- MAG Pouch
- Phase Meter
- Three Dimensional Scanner
- Tactical Suit
- Flash Bomb
- Infrared Goggles
- Tracker
- Echo Chamber
- Holo-Box
- Magnetic Handcuffs
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Lanyard
- Toolbox
- Flex Screen
- Retina Scanner and Replicator
- Cloaking Umbrella
- Energy Shield
- Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant
- Overpowering Tape
- Mapping-Action Eyewear
- Nanothermite Vest
- Rapid Bone-Healing Pills
- Laser-Coupling Gloves
- Inter-Dimensional Gate
- Framework
S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel have access to an extensive array of cutting edge technology at their disposal.
Weapons
Regular S.H.I.E.L.D. field agents are usually equipped with a 9mm pistol, usually a Glock 17, or more recently, a Smith & Wesson M&P. A military branch used for heavy security has access to military grade personal armaments. A few selected elite agents carry less conventional armaments, such as explosives, or bows. The S.H.I.E.L.D. project titled, "Phase 2", was dedicated to advancing alien technology weapons and reverse-engineer them into directed-energy weapons.
Regular Weapons
Pistols and Handguns
- Smith & Wesson M&P : Standard sidearm of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents
- Glock 17 : Standard sidearm of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents prior to the Smith & Wesson M&P.
- Smith & Wesson M&P Compact : Used by field agents in operations requiring higher mobility.
- Glock 19 : Primary sidearm of STRIKE Operatives
- SIG-Sauer P226 : Carried by STRIKE Operatives and field agents; primary sidearm of Brock Rumlow.
- M1911A1 : Used by STRIKE commandos during the Battle of Washington, D.C.
- CAA Tactical RONI-SI1 : Standard pistol carbine used by field agents.
- Beretta 92FS :
- Glock 26 : Primary sidearm of Black Widow
- FN FNX-9 : Primary sidearm of Sharon Carter
- Heckler & Koch P30 : Primary sidearm of Hawkeye
- Walther PPK/S : Primary sidearm of the Koenig Brothers
- Tokyo Marui Strike Warrior : Used by Melinda May
- Smith & Wesson 910 : Used by Skye to defend herself from Akela Amador.
- Walther CP99 : Stored in the armory of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Crater Investigation Site.
- Heckler & Koch UMP45 :
- Heckler & Koch MP5A3 :
- FN P90 : Stored in the armory of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Crater Investigation Site.
- Remington 870 : Used by various S.H.I.E.L.D. agents
- Mossberg 500 :
- Colt M4A1: Primary assault rifle of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives during combat and strike operations
- IMI Tavor TAR-21 : Primary assault rifle of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- FN F2000 : Standard firearm for STRIKE operatives
- Colt LE Carbine: Used by S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives
- FN SCAR-H : Used by S.H.I.E.L.D. security guards
- Steyr AUG A3 : Used by STRIKE commando Brock Rumlow.
- Daniel Defense DDM4 MK18 :
- M16A4 : Stored in the armory of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Crater Investigation Site.
- SIG-Sauer SG552 : Stored in the armory of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Crater Investigation Site.
- Nemesis Arms Vanquish :
- Remington Mk. 13 Mod 5 :
- Desert Tactical Arms Stealth Recon Scout :
- Remington 700PSS : Stored in the armory of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Crater Investigation Site.
- General Dynamics GAU-17/A : Mounted under the cockpit of all Quinjets.
- General Dynamics GAU-22/A : Mounted on the hull of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets.
- General Dynamics M197 Vulcan : Mounted under the cockpit of military S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicopters.
- Phalanx CIWS : Mounted on the Project Insight Helicarriers.
- Browning M2HB : Mounted on an automated turret defending Providence.
- Olin Flare Gun :
- Orion Flare Gun :
- RM Equipment M203PI : Mounted on M4A1 carbines
- Fabrique Nationale EGLM : Mounted on FN SCAR-H rifles
- Milkor MGL Mk 1L :
- M136 AT4 : Used by a STRIKE commando
- Airtronic RPG-7 :
- M67 Fragmentation Grenade : Carried by STRIKE operatives.
- 40mm Grenade : Ammunition for the M203, EGLM, MGL, and MM1.
- M18 Smoke Grenade : Used to provide cover
- Taser Rod : Used by STRIKE commandos to subdue and stun targets
- Protecop BOSH007 Anti-Riot Shield : Used by STRIKE commandos for personal protection
- Destroyer Armor Prototype Gun
- Night-Night Gun and Pistol
- Thunderstick
- I.C.E.R.s
- Taser Projectile Launcher
- Overkill Device
- Taser Rod
- Taser Disk
- Taser Pin
- Bobbi Morse's Battle Staves
- Electric Net Grenade
- Wristbow
- Cloaked Gun
- Shotgun-Axe
S.H.I.E.L.D. maintains fleets of Acura and Lexus vehicles for the regular deployment of field agents and scientists. S.H.I.E.L.D. editions of the Acura MDX, Acura TL, Acura ZDX; and Lexus GS 350, Lexus GX 460, and Lexus IS, are painted in black, emblazoned with the S.H.I.E.L.D. seal, and are equipped with sophisticated surveillance technology. The military arm of S.H.I.E.L.D. uses a range of surface vehicles suitable for urban security, and aircraft with combat capabilities extending to fighter jets and helicopters. This branch also has access to exclusive aircraft types.
- CXD 23 Airborne Mobile Command Station (S.H.I.E.L.D. 6-1-6, aka "The Bus") - Airborne command unit
- Helicarrier No. 64 - Airborne aircraft carrier and command unit
- Iliad - Aircraft carrier and command unit; headquarters of Robert Gonzales' faction until reunification
- Insight Helicarriers (IN-01, IN-02, IN-03) - Next-generation armed Helicarriers
- Lemurian Star - Mobile satellite launch platform
- Nick Fury's SUV
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Railbikes
- S.H.I.E.L.D. UAVs
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jets
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicopters
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Motorcycles
- S.H.I.E.L.D. SUVs
- Transporters
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