CTU

CTU (also known as Counter Terrorism Unit) was established by Jray a former member of the Sith Dominion in the year 2005 as a defender region under the direction of the regions earliest members Greater Bulgaria, Kammbodia II, The Orange Man, Prussian Lords, and Lemmings Cliff Divers. Though throughout the regions known life-time membership has remand relativly small it has stood out as a major defender organizaton that has been a part of and played key poltitcal and military roles in changing the balance of power for invaders and defenders alike throughout Nationstates. CTU has also prided itself in taking in many talented individuals throughout Nationstates ranging from freelance intelligence operatives to former mercinaries.

History of CTU

The region of CTU started out as a place where 24 enthusiasts could reside and talk among other fans of the show. However, with the growing prominance of invader regions fighting over specific terf CTU became a more defender-like region due to the constant threat of region greifing or crashing. It is unclear if the founder Jray intented from the beginning to make CTU a defender region but when asked why he simply stated "I didn't want to play the bad guy anymore" refering to his years previously serving in the Sith Dominion as an invader. As time would pass the region would conduct a number of recuse operations protecting smaller regions from larger invader groups and inturn remain and help the founder password protect the region from future invasions or re-establish the region. CTU would later on play a more covert role in liberation ops usually acting as an ally to a larger defender organization or a defender coalition. CTU itself, unlike its predecessors would purposely continue to remain a small region to ensure better security for the region itself and conduct counter-raid operations more effectivly.

Major Campaigns/ Operations

THe Seven Fortress Worlds

On June 2005 after recieving a distress call from the Seven Fortress Worlds of an invasion from The Legendary Rodent Aliance and Wolfland CTU under the direction of Jray launched an attack to retake the region from TLRA and Wolfland that would last for six days. With the counter attack set at nightfall the TLRA and Wolfland occupiers were taken completely by surprise allowing CTU to quickly eject most of the invaders before they could initiate a counter offensive. Later attempts by TLRA and Wolfland to retake the Seven Fortress Worlds however would fail. Though with the occupiers gone CTU was mistaken as being an invading ally to Wolfland despite the proof presented to the natives that CTU was in fact a defender. With a settlement made between Jray and the regions inhabitants CTU pulled out of the Seven Fortress Worlds later that week, however they would recruit a new member of CTU by the name of Stratfor who was operating as a nomadic defender informant in the region at the time. Stratfor would later become CTU's first Head of Intelligence.

The New Folsom Incident

By late July CTU had been operating mostly on its own without any official allies. That would all change however as CTU began to befriend the region New Folsom. After seeing the nation Akilopolis 2 fake a nation hijacking in the Airbone Defence Empire (or ADE as it is commonly refered to as) casing signifigant chaos throughout region Stratfor along with Jray and Greater Bulgaria contacted Akilopolis 2 in the efforts of recruiting him to CTU. However with New Folsom's open anti-ADE stance it unwantly put CTU in a major bind with ADE officials who insisted on having CTU co-operate in bringing in Akilopolis 2 for further questioning.