Tactical Air and Land Operation Network Corporation (T.A.L.O.N. Corps., Aka Talon Company or Ghost Warriors)

Arguably the most powerful private army in the wasteland, T.A.L.O.N. Corporation went from local power to nuisance in 2267 and was brought on the brink of extinction before being revived in 2279 and raised all the way to the rank of myth.

Tales of silent dark warriors sweeping down from the sky and leaving a surgical trail of destruction are legion in the Northeast and Midwest, and so are the explanations of their origin, ranging from a simple group of wasters who stumbled upon a cache of high-grade weapons to them being remnants of the U.S. Army.

The truth is somewhere in-between, since the company is actually a reiteration from the forces stationed at Fort Bannister, yet has very little direct descendents from the original soldiers.

In the Capital Wasteland, they were barely more than organized raiders, desperately clinging to life. However, what should have been a decapitating blow from the Brotherhood quickly turned into a snowball effect that led to the effective death of Talon Company and subsequent birth of T.A.L.O.N. Corps, a foe so formidable the Midwest Brotherhood is still crippled by their encounter and has enforced an interdiction of even mentioning the group they now name "Ghost Warriors"

This extraordinary rise in power is no miracle, however, and a direct consequence of the brotherhood's campaign of extermination, which caused factions formerly hostile to the company to join force with them.

Their organization is somewhat close to that of the U.S. Army, with Reilly's Rangers acting as Special Warfare groups, inspired by the SEALs, Enclave renegades being the equivalent to air force and Delta force, the Brotherhood Outcasts acting as Navy and engineering corps, the Talon Mercenaries themselves being very close to Marines and, finally, the Foreign Legion acts as standard army units.

TIGRA's role in the organization is still classified, but it is known that it was formed by Cole himself and is comprised of the most effective Hit Men in Talon Company, making it somewhat of an unofficial CIA.

However, It must be noted that Reilly's Rangers operate on a totally independent chain of command and the Outcasts are merely allies to the Company, meaning it has its own inner conflicts and power play.

This uneasy alliance is held together by a strange feeling of loyalty to the man named Jared Cole, defacto leader of T.A.L.O.N. Corps. And should he happen to disappear, most experts agree that the whole army would crumble.

Compared to other factions:

Talon Company:

Technological level: Advanced

Recruit influx: Low

Actual members: Average (Over 700)

Training: Very good.

Medical Knowledge: Good

Budget: Very High (Has its own self-reliant, Marxism-based economy)

Supplies influx: Excellent

Mobility: Excellent. (Few Vertibirds. Trucks. Jeeps. Airships.)

Brotherhood of Steel (East):

Technological level: Extremely Advanced.

Recruit influx: High.

Actual members: Very High (Over 10,000).

Training: Good.

Medical Knowledge: Excellent.

Budget: Average (Reliant on outside sources).

Supplies Influx: Excellent.

Mobility: Very Good. (Vertibirds)

Enclave

Technological level: Extremely Advanced.

Recruit influx: None.

Actual members: Low. (Under 200)

Training: Extremely good.

Medical Knowledge: Unrivalled.

Budget: Very High (Has its own inner economy)

Supplies Influx: Excellent.

Mobility: Very good. (Vertibirds.)

Brotherhood of Steel (West)

Technological level: Advanced.

Recruit influx: Low to None.

Actual members: Over average (More or less 1000 members)

Training: Very good.

Medical Knowledge: Excellent.

Budget: Low.

Supplies Influx: Low.

Mobility: Average.(Few Vertibirds, Trucks.)

Caesar's Legion

Technological level: Very Low.

Recruit influx: Very High.

Actual members: Very High (Over 10,000)

Training: Average. (Unrivalled on close combat)

Medical Knowledge: Very Low.

Budget: High.

Supplies Influc: Very High.

Mobility: Very Low.

New California Republic

Technological level: Average.

Recruit influx: High

Actual members: Very High (Over 10,000)

Training: Under average.

Medical Knowledge: Good.

Budget: Very High.

Supplies influx: Unreliable.

Mobility: Low.(Very few vertibirds, Trucks.)

P.S. Dear President Kimball, I am sure you are intrigued as to how this file made its way to your office and why you are receiving it. Well, let's just say my employers are weary of Captain Cole's band and we believe you will quickly come to see them as a nuisance, thus, it is in our mutual interest that you be prepared to their arrival in NCR territory, so your army can solve what my employers simply cannot.

I will continue to send you useful information as their organization changes.

Do not try to contact me or my employers.