Division (Nikita)
Division is an agency that features in the TV series Nikita.
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History
Origin
In the past, the agency was government funded whereby oversight made use of black budget earmarks to finance their operations. (Episode: With Fire)
Heidecker colleagues was a noted supplier of high tech equipment from keltrex prosthetics, kill-chips, polymer masks and pharmaceuticals. He himself would make a number of follow-up visits in order to see the effectiveness of the technology as Division was using as a ground for advanced field testing with any clinical data recorded. This group did not care for money but rather the results of their experiments. (Episode: Brave New World)
Under New Management
The new Division lost much of its government funding under the new administration. (Episode: Brave New World) In fact, they lost their government funding as the new president did not want any taxpayer money to go into the agency. Instead, an operating budget was achieved through some seed money that was grown into a large fund by Director Ryan which was not illegal. However, it restricted their funding to 53.6 million that was needed to maintain operation of Division. (Episode: With Fire)
Amanda later returned when she assembled forces to take back the Cryptograph and sought to capture Owen. This saw him removed from a Russian prison but he managed to escape and go on the run where he sought the help of Nikita. Whilst distrustful of the new Division, he agreed to help Nikita to find the Cryptograph though they were ambushed by soldiers dispatched by Amanda. One of these soldiers were captured but remained unconscious and during an attempt to find an anomaly in his body the medical staff accidently triggered a trap bio-weapon that released sarin gas that killed a number of Division operatives. This was an intentional plan by Amanda who had allowed her soldier to be captured and used as a weapon against the Division's headquarters. However, Ari believed that this was a mistake and that Amanda had perhaps now united Division against them. Amanda remained confident that this was not the case and used the Cryptograph to hack into Division's communications where she asked for some of the agency's members to join her whilst those that sided with Nikita were going to be terminated. (Episode: Consequences) Amanda Collins later became the most wanted person by Division. (Episode: Intersection)
Despite the new policy in no kill missions, Division was authorized by the President to kill Kosovan dictator Kosta Beciraj. Their effectiveness in the operation made the government administration consider the further possibilities of Division's future. This led to the restart in the assassination missions when the President authorized four additional targets for elimination. (Episode: Brave New World) The existence of Division was threatened to be exposed to the public when Naomi Ceaver who was a CIA analyst was given information on the agency secretly by Amanda. Director Morgan Kendrick of the CIA learnt of this and quickly notified Division in order to arrange a pick up of the data. However, this proved to be a trap as Amanda intended to assassinate Kendrick who was a close ally of the new Division and he was killed when a explosive detonated by his vehicle. In the aftermath, Lieutenant Commander Sean Pierce who worked with Division was framed for the death and threatened to expose the agency. (Episode: Black Badge) Amanda would later step up her assault by arming a terrorist cell called the Crimson Resistance and framing Division through their activities by supplying the necessary technology. (Episode: With Fire) At some point, Ryan was overseas in order to shore up some funding for the agency. Division later assisted Ari Tasarov in rescuing his son from Amanda who intended to use the child as leverage to acquire the second key for a Black Box. (Episode: Reunion)
After the failed bid in capturing Ari's son, Amanda managed to capture Division agent Alexandra Udinov and intended to trade her for the older Tasarov. (Episode: The Life We've Chosen) The first official mission given to the new Division was President of Chad, Piere Batouala who was given by John Little a list of all operatives in the oil industry in his country. Such information would threaten the security of such agents and destabilize American interests that could be expelled from the country. The mission was threatened due to the intervention of Amanda that led to Commander Evan Danforth masking his involvement in the matter and attempted to use the incident to eliminate Division. Division managed to manage the situation and stopping Danforth from continuing his plan whilst keeping him in line. (Episode: Inevitability)
Overview
Ultimately, the organization was considered illegal for the operations and activities that they made. (Episode: Black Badge) They had no protocol for extracting a captured agent as the former director allowed captured operatives to remain detained. Any captured agent that spoke of the Division, however, saw an assassin from the agency sent to kill the compromised operative in order to silence them. (Episode: True Believer) As a result, it was claimed that all operatives were disposable and that great sacrifices needed to be made to protect the agency. When a new recruit woke up in Division, they were told that their old life was over and that their new one would begin. (Episode: Black Badge) Certain agents were reapers that were tasked with eliminating fellow agent's and their families that were called internal sanctions. Such individuals tended not to be based at headquarters due to the animosity other agents felt towards them. (Episode: The Sword's Edge) One of the lessons that was learnt from Oversight was that everyone had a weakness. (Episode: Inevitability)
Undercover agents standard skills included making contact with the target, engage their interest and escalate their interest. (Episode: Survival Instinct) Cleaners were tasked with eliminating individuals and removing any trace of them. (Episode: Aftermath) Agents were trained in SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) classes that trained them for operations when trapped in enemy territory. (Episode: Survival Instinct)
Under Percy's administration, the policy of Division was to obey or die. (Episode: The Sword's Edge) It was forbidden for agents and staff to hold relationships between one another under Amanda's policy. (Episode: Intersection) Amanda had made use of kill chips that served as trackers and terminated rogue agents. (Episode: Sideswipe) When activated remotely, the chip's explosive detonated whereby blood was evident in the eyes of the user and spilled from their nose as they died. (Episode: Intersection)
A common tool used by the agency were fake identification known as Black Badging that allowed them to mask as other law enforcement bodies such as the FBI. This allowed them to impersonate these agencies and move invisibly within the government's bureaucracy. (Episode: Black Badge) They did not keep any camera's within the sub-level basement where the interrogation's were conducted. (Episode: With Fire)
They made use of a variety of signature technology that included computer programs such as algorithms. (Episode: With Fire) Much of the technology available to Division came from high-tech suppliers from around the world that were given by suppliers under Percy's administration. This group provided state of the art equipment from kill chips, brain scanners, trackers that worked around the world and masks that allowed agents to disguise themselves as other people. In the new Division, much of these resources provided by these contacts was lost with only leftovers being left behind under the new administration. (Episode: Aftermath) One of the drugs used by the agency included Sobolex were experimental painkiller designed for combat use. (Episode: Intersection)
Members
- Baker : a male member of the administrative team who was skilled computer technician and was active when Division went under new management. Despite the change, he remained loyal to Amanda and served as a secondary mole that watched Sonya to ensure her loyalty. He was ultimately exposed by Nikita and her close allies where he was knocked unconscious by Alexis. (Episode: Intersection)
- Liam : a cleaner who later became a rogue entrepreneur that sold his services to other parties. (Episode: Aftermath)
- Nikita Mears :
- Ray : a former soldier in the Gulf who trained operatives in military operations when trapped in enemy territory. (Episode: Survival Instinct)
- Watchman : a legend within Division whose true name was only known to Percy and Amanda where they used him as a close surveillance expert whose specialty was vanishing from the scene as he changed his appearance regularly. Unlike other operatives, he never had a file and his secondary job was to investigate Division agents and provide clandestine checks on everyone to ensure no breaches in security. He would side with Amanda following the change in Division where he provided covert information for her in exchange for regular payments. (Episode: Intersection)
- Sean Pierce : after being framed by Amanda, Pierce had no choice but to have his death faked and become a new recruit for Division. (Episode: Black Badge)
- Zoe : female agent that later went rogue and assassinated President Piere Bataoula of Chad on behalf of Amanda. (Episode: Inevitability
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