covert ops - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Beast Wars: Encyclopedia - Beast Wars
Beast Wars (Beasties in Canada) was a line of toys in the Transformers range, released by Hasbro in the late 1990s. The toys spawned a fu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shayetet 13: Encyclopedia Ii - Shayetet 13 - History
The S-13 is based upon the Naval Brigade of the Jewish pre-military Haganah. Only in the 1970's it was professionalized as a naval SF uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professor Moriarty: Encyclopedia Ii - Professor Moriarty - Appearance In Doyle's Fiction
Professor Moriarty first appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle's tale The Final Problem, in which Holmes, on the verge of delivering a fatal blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beast Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Beast Wars - Characters
Beast Wars - Maximals. They were based in the spaceship Axalon. Optimus Primal: Supreme Commander of the Maximals whose beast-form is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruichi Shihouin: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruichi Shihouin - Abilities And Items
As a member of a noble family and head of the covert ops, Yoruichi acquired a lot of powerful abilities and artifacts. One of her most im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruichi Shihouin: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruichi Shihouin - Character Outline
Yoruichi Shihōin is a dark-skinned woman who possesses the ability to transform into a black cat. She can remain in her feline form for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruichi Shihouin: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruichi Shihouin - History
Yoruichi Shihōin is the former head of the covert ops brigade. She is also from one of the Four Noble Families and thus was highly respe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professor Moriarty: Encyclopedia Ii - Professor Moriarty - Moriarty's Family
The stories give a number of indications about the Professor's family, some seemingly contradictory. In The Valley of Fear, Holmes says o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shayetet 13: Encyclopedia Ii - Shayetet 13 - Current Status
During the al-Aqsa Intifada, the S-13 soldiers decided not to limit themselves to naval operations and took part in ground counter terror...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beast Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Beast Wars - Further Adventures
Before the Maximal ship crashed on the planet's surface, it ejected dozens of stasis pods, containing dormant Transformers, into a safe o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beast Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Beast Wars - Botcon Comic
In the BotCon comics, two particular Beast Wars storylines are tapped. In the Point Omega storyline, several events lead up to a tremendo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beast Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Beast Wars - Pilot Episode
The two-part pilot episode, entitled "Beast Wars", chronicles the arrival of both the Maximals and Predacons on a mysterious, uncharted p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professor Moriarty: Encyclopedia Ii - Professor Moriarty - Simon Newcomb And Other Real World Role Models
In addition to the master criminal Adam Worth, there has been much speculation among astronomers and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts that Doy...   » Read the article