Blackwatch is divided into teams, and then squads, among regions. Base is named Red Crown
and is contacted for reinforcements and if any contact is made with Blacklight. A team usually consists of 5 squads. Teams operate in the same general area, but operate on their own to complete their missions. Squads are lead by a single officer, whom receives the orders and is responsible for sending intel back to base.
Blackwatch was established on June 9, 1962 by DARPA and the Department of the Army, with its base of operations at Ft. Detrick, Maryland. The official designation was 1st Biohazard Threat Unit. Its original mandate was the research and development of Biological Weaponry for use against foreign powers. In pursuit of that mandate, Blackwatch created the Redlight virus and used it in the Carnival I, Carnival II projects. However, following the Hope, Idaho fiasco and Operation Altruistic, lasting from July 5, 1969 to July 7, 1969, its mission was changed to its current one: detection, concealment and prevention of outbreaks of unknown viruses, both modified and natural, on American soil. The actual viral research and development of biological weapons was outsourced to Gentek when Raymond McMullen established the company in 1979. Gentek researchers later went on to create a new and more devastating virus in Project Blacklight.
