The Guild

The Guild is a shadowy organization dedicated to the procuring and securing of technology and items. It aims to maintain the technological advantage of the United States.

Organization
The Guild operated in complete secrecy. At the top is The Minister. The Minister is the overall commander who is completely unknown to the lower schelons. The council leadership consist of 3 lieutenants who only know the true identity of The Minister. They issue commands to its unit cells.

Each individual cells operate independently, with each cell with absolutely 0 knowledge of each other. The cells are well funded and have access to the some of the highest and best technology of the United States. Many cells are stationed around the world, ready to be activated at a moment's notice.

The organization expects loyalty, intelligence, and dedication. It makes 1 trait an absolute requirement: They have no qualms about their taget. It could be any normal person, or high profile individual. They would treat them the same.

Personnel
Personnel are hired from the military, most of them are ex-special forces. Although, it is not the only mercenary group that hires them. Membership is not limited to the United States, but worldwide. John Kane was one member who was from Australia, and he was hired out of the special forces by the Guild.

Appearances
They appeared in premier book Sandstorm. Cassandra leads the group of people to find the treasure in a meteorite. Cassandra leads the band of mercenary people. These group of mercenaries are mostly American, but includes 1 Australian. The group are ex military special forces bound together by one defining characteristic: They have no qualms of killing anyone, not even the target, position, and authority. Considered an elite assassination group.