S.H.I.E.L.D.

Strategic Headquarters Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division

S.H.I.E.L.D. is an international peacekeeping, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency sanctioned by the United Nations. They are led by a director who reports to the World Security Council made up of members from nations that are members of the UN. Founded to combat technologically advanced threats on world security (specifically the menace of Hydra), they remained throughout the years on the front lines, fighting terrorism, supernatural threats and extraterrestrial menaces as an international intelligence agency.

History
The  S trategic  H eadquarters  I ntervention,  E nforcement and  L ogistics  D ivision is a combined military, scientific research, and espionage agency with a mandate to protect the populace of the world from threats beyond the scope of standard national security agencies. It was reformed from the remnants of the  S trategic  S cientific  R eserve in the aftermath of World War II, and is made up of personnel from three disciplines: Operations (Ops) is the military, tactical and armed security division; the Science and Technology division (Sci-Tech) provides scientific research and medical support; Communications (Comms) is focused on data analysis and network security.

Founding
In the waning days of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, the world powers behind the World War II-era group opted to expand the agency's scope in the post-war environment and to this end tasked Howard Stark, a prominent member of the S.S.R., with forming S.H.I.E.L.D. He quickly pulled Peggy Carter in with him to command the fledgling group's field agents.

SHIELD officially started on November 2nd 1950 the intial funds for the Agency was given by the United States Government which Stark Industries matched the initial funding.

The first Director of SHIELD was Chester Phillips he first concentrated on counter the menace of Hydra, a secret terrorist organization led by former Nazi officer Baron Wolfgang von Strucker.

For decades S.H.I.E.L.D. maintained a clandestine watch over the world, until the twenty-first century when they were suddenly confronted with a new age of superhuman threats and were forced to expand again.

United Nations Security Council
The UN Security Council is an international Elected officials that are voted by members of the United Nations to act as a Council that helps keep SHIELD on course.

Equipment
Various including: A.N.C., Beta-cloth, kevlar body armor, jetpacks, teleporter, psi-blocker, Hover Discs, Neutro-Mist, Uni-Lens Battle Armor.

Weapons
Plasma pistols, needler pistols, various conventional firearms (.30 caliber machine pistol standard issue.)

Transportation
S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, various flying cars, floaters, hoverfliers, S.H.I.E.L.D. Shuttle, Skimmer, Sky-Destroyer, the Cradle, conventional automobiles, boats and aircraft.