Umbra Ops

Umbra Ops is an elite private military company created by Roach after Division One's restoration from their Soulless counterparts.

Background[]

Creation[]

Sometime after the members of Division One were restored, Roach, using his connections to Division One and the US Military, formed the Umbra Ops private military company, allowing him and his allies to carry out their various missions without direct military authority. As part of their first and only mission in Earth-92116, Umbra Ops would take down the remnants of Unit 14 with the support of Group 492 leader Doctor Jonathan Smith, who would ultimately be killed during the conflict. After their success, Roach utilized his powers through the Harbinger to open a portal to Earth-61017, intending to relocate Umbra Ops' operations there, as it was set further in the past from their current time in 2035.

Earth-61017[]

Following the sudden zombie attack at the Day of the Departed festival and their run-in with Gruntijackal in San Francisco, Roach officially re-established Umbra Ops within Earth-61017, intending to protect the universe from future unnatural threats that would undoubtedly surface. From then on, Umbra Ops would engage in many conflicts in the following years, including the rise and fall of Omnitron and his Robot Army, and the universal conflicts with Ataraxia and The Visitor. During these conflicts, Umbra Ops would find new allies in the form of Alex "Rook" Miller, the heroes of Novus from Earth-31218, and the members of the Eclipse Military from Earth-111517.

After their pyrrhic victory over the Prophets of the Soulless, Umbra Ops was temporarily disbanded, as all of its primary members were eliminated. However, they would eventually be revived by Mackenzie Davis with the use of Prima Materia as part of his plan to restore Earth-61017 after a majority of its human inhabitants were all culled by Master Ronin. The members of Umbra Ops would later be forced to participate in the Boss Rush tournament orchestrated by the Grandmaster, and would later assist The Son in retaking the Nexus from Ignotus.

Members[]

Primary[]

Roach - Founder/Leader
Chris Bennett - Second-in-Command
O'Ryan Bennett
Tyler Jackson
Alex Miller

Secondary[]

Honorary[]

Associates[]

Jonathan Smith (K.I.A.)
The Son

Other[]

Axel (K.I.A.)
Xirsch (Age of the Soulless, K.I.A.)
Yaxnor (Age of the Soulless, K.I.A.)
Lextyr (Age of the Soulless, K.I.A.)

Operations[]

Earth-92116[]

July 18th, 2031 (displaced) - Utilizing the time-traveling properties of the Cavern of Remembrance, Umbra Ops set forth a mission to restore the Time Blade in order to return to their reality and defeat Omnitron following their banishment to the Fractured Realm. Umbra Ops first time-traveled to the Unit 14 testing labs beneath Station 11 in order to acquire the Forward attribute of the Time Blade.
November 7th, 2035 - Infiltrated Group 492's base on Meighan Island in Northern Canada and extracted Doctor Jonathan Smith.
November 9th, 2035 - Assaulted and destroyed a Unit 14 oil platform in the Laccadive Sea to draw Unit 14 forces away from Rajgad Gulag.
November 9th, 2035 - Raided the Rajgad Gulag and extracted a key Group 492 scientist being imprisoned by Unit 14 as leverage against Smith.
November 10th, 2035 - Assassinated the Unit 14 Leader and dismantled the remnants of Unit 14 at their last stronghold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Earth-61017[]

August 21st, 2017 - Reunited with Amici and teamed up to defeat Gruntijackal and the undead scourge that was released from the Fractured Realm during the annual Day of the Departed festival in San Francisco, California.
August 22nd, 2017 (displaced) - Time-traveled and recovered the Slow-Mo attribute of the Time Blade from the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design the following morning after the Day of the Departed festival.
March 18th, 2019 - Infiltrated the abandoned Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in North Dakota and learned of Omnitron and his plan for global conquest with his mechanized army.
March 19th, 2019 - Raided and destroyed Omnitron's primary biolab at Eldorado Peak, Northern Washington, which was producing Omnitron's Scorpion nerve agent.
March 25th, 2019 - Launched an all-out attack on Omnitron's stronghold in Seattle, Washington with support from the US Military in an attempt to eliminate Omnitron. Roach was presumed dead after sacrificing himself to destroy Omnitron, though both were revealed to have survived. Roach was soon captured and assimilated into Gigabyte by Omnitron and joined the ranks of the Robot Army.
April 7th, 2019 - Deployed into Seoul, South Korea in an attempt to eliminate the presumed remnants of the Robot Army. However, Omnitron and Gigabyte reveal themselves and explain that Project Manticore would be launched soon, ensuring the annihilation of humanity. Umbra Ops were soon forced to evacuate from the city after it was revealed a Scorpion bomb was about to detonate within the city.
April 10th, 2019 - Launched a desperate assault on the Robot Army command center at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France in an attempt to abort the worldwide launch of Project Manticore. The mission however was a failure, and Umbra Ops were banished to the Fractured Realm by Gigabyte while the rest of humanity was wiped out by the nerve agent.
April 24th, 2019 - Upon restoring the Time Blade, Umbra Ops returned to their original time and launched a final assault against Omnitron and his forces at the White House. In the struggle, Omnitron was finally killed and Roach's personality was restored within Gigabyte's body, both with the use of the Time Blade.
April 25th - May 5th, 2019 - Teamed up with various other heroes across the multiverse in an attempt to defeat Ataraxia and his council of revived villains from collecting the Infinity Stones and assembling the Infinity Gauntlet.
December 9th, 2019 - Traveled to the realm of Divination and learned from The Librarian of Echthroi and the Prophets of the Soulless. During their visit, the Prophets raided the Library of Divination and stole the Book of Rituals, which they soon used to extract the Cube of Darkness from the Dark Realm. However, the cube was taken by Umbra Ops, who was in-turn promptly teleported away by The Librarian in order to keep the cube away from the Prophets.
December 12th, 2019 - Rescued by an arctic expeditionary team near the northern coastline of Antarctica. Umbra Ops would attempt to return to the United States aboard the USS Statesman, though the ship would be intercepted by Echthroi, who stole the cube from Umbra Ops and kidnapped Alex "Rook" Miller.
December 15th, 2019 - Assaulted the Prophets' base of operations in Northwestern Mateur, Tunisia in an attempt to stop the Prophets from returning to Limbo, though they were ultimatley too late. Rook would sacrifice his humanity and turn himself into a Soulless by allowing the rest of Umbra Ops to drain him of his soul and cursed blood to open another gateway to Limbo.
December 15th, 2019 - Reunited with Rook's Soulless self and infiltrated the Temple of Resurrection within Limbo in order to prevent the Prophets from resurrecting Erebus. In the process, the remaining members of Umbra Ops were turned back into Soulless, and Echthroi sacrificed his life-force to finish the ritual to bring back Erebus after it was abruptly interrupted by the untimely arrival of Umbra Ops.
December 16th, 2019 - Partook in a trial established by the Dark Soldier at the Chamber of Darkness at the Dark Island off the Alaskan coastline. After defeating the remnants of the Prophets, Umbra Ops engaged in a final battle against Erebus, and ultimately sacrificed themselves to destroy him and purge the universes of his dark influence.
January 22nd, 2020 - Resurrected by Mackenzie Davis with the use of Prima Materia.
February 2nd, 2020 - Participated in the Boss Rush tournament, facing off against villains from across the multiverse. In the end, the combined group of heroes defeated the Grandmaster and returned to their original universes.

Earth-31218[]

March 20th, 2023 (displaced) - Time-traveled and recovered the Pause attribute of the Time Blade from a secret chamber in the Torngat Mountains in Canada.
September 7th, 2028 (displaced) - Time-traveled and recovered the Reversal attribute of the Time Blade from the Temple of Terminus sky gardens.
September 13th, 2028 - After Ataraxia and his forces collected four of the six Infinity Stone, Umbra Ops and their allies traveled to Earth-31218 and teamed up with Novus during their final confrontation with Ataraxia in the streets of Green Mountain, Colorado.
June 5th - June 6th, 2029 - Reunited with their allies across the multiverse in an attempt to prevent The Visitor from forging the Ragnarök scythe at the realm of Uriqar. During the mission, Roach was killed by The Visitor, but was able to in-turn kill The Visitor prior to succumbing to his wounds.

Earth-92116 Rip Timeline[]

Between February 17th, 2020 and July 19th, 2035 - Teamed up with Amici and The Son/Mr. Tachibana and ventured through the Realm Between in order to reach a "rip timeline" of Earth-92116.
July 19th, 2035 - Investigated the Graveyard of the Ancients, where they discovered Ignotus, the source of the Unversed scourge invading various other universes. After traversing through a labyrinthine created by Ignotus and defeating the Iron Imprisoner, Ignotus steals Roach's Dark Creation-infused Harbinger and uses it to break open the Seal of the Nexus, allowing him to assume control of the omnipotent realm.
July 19th, 2035 - Under the leadership of the reformed Son, Umbra Ops and Amici travel to Ignotus's paradise at the heart of the Nexus, where they would ultimately defeat him in a lengthy battle. In the aftermath, The Son regains control of the Nexus and No Name while Ignotus is presumed destroyed.

Trivia[]

Umbra is Latin for "Shadow".
The original Umbra Ops' logo is the PMC multiplayer faction's logo in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, while the new logo is the Ring of Fire icon from Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Originally, the primary members of Umbra Ops were part of SEAL Team Five, though this was changed by the author for "flexibility reasons".