S.H.I.E.L.D.


 * For other uses, see S.H.I.E.L.D. (disambiguation)

"S.H.I.E.L.D. takes the world as it is, not as we'd like it to be."

- Nick Fury to Steve Rogers

The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division or S.H.I.E.L.D. is a counterterrorism and intelligence agency formerly run by Nick Fury, currently being rebuilt and run by Phillip Coulson.

Foundations
S.H.I.E.L.D was founded after World War II by Howard Stark, Peggy Carter and Colonel Chester Phillips.

Agent Carter
Peggy Carter completes a mission while her teammates are out for a drink. Her success led to the call from Howard Stark to recruit Agent Carter to join an organization he founded known as S. H. I. E. L. D.

Iron Man
S.H.I.E.L.D. wishes to debrief Tony Stark about his escape from Afghanistan and arrests Obadiah Stane for planning the kidnap and murder of Stark as well as dealing weapons to terrorists. Agent Coulson and a small team is deployed to the Stark Mansion. It also provides a cover story for what happened at Stark Industries during Iron Man and Iron Monger's fight, a story that Stark does not stick to instead revealing his secret to the world. In the post credit scene, Nick Fury talks to Tony about the Avenger Initiative, also hinting that he's not the only superhero in the world.

Iron Man 2
S.H.I.E.L.D. recruits Tony Stark as a consultant for the Avenger Initiative and organizes Senator Stern to present Tony Stark and James Rhodes with their medals. S.H.I.E.L.D. sends agent Coulson to New Mexico to find Mjölnir.

The Consultant
Phil Coulson and Jasper Sitwell discuss how to stop General Ross releasing Emil Blonsky and to decide Tony Stark.

The Incredible Hulk
General Ross enlists the help of S.H.I.E.L.D. to help him track Bruce Banner's e-mails to "Mr. Blue".

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer
Agent Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. stops a robbery in a gas station while on his way to Mjölnir.

Thor
S.H.I.E.L.D. set a temporary building around Mjölnir, and later took all of Jane Foster's research. Thor fights with some of Agent Coulson's men before being captured and interrogated by Coulson about his identity, origin and training. Mjölnir is also kept in a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. Loki send The Destroyer to attack Thor and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, one of the agents asks Coulson if it's one of Stark's, but he replys, "I don't know. Stark never tells me anything." After The Destoryer was defeated Thor told Coulson to return Jane's work and in return Coulson could count on Thor's help when needed. In a post-credits scene, Dr. Selvig is taken to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility where he meets Nick Fury. Fury asks Selvig to study the recently-discovered Cosmic Cube, which holds untold power, to which Selvig agrees. It is then revealed that Selvig is under the control of Loki, who has been transported to Earth.

Captain America: The First Avenger
S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists in the Arctic uncover Captain America's frozen body in The Valkyrie, The Red Skull's airship from WWII. Rogers awakens in a room designed to appear as if he were still in the early 1940s. Deducing the truth and escaping to Times Square, Rogers learns from S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury that he has been asleep for nearly 70 years, and they had wanted to acclimate his reentry into modern times. In a deleted scene it is revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. was once called the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

The Avengers
S.H.I.E.L.D. is directly responsible in forming the Avengers as a deterrent against Loki's plans and to help get the tessaract back into their custody. However Tony Stark, Bruce Banner and Captain America find out that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted the tesserect in order to make weapons (similar to the way HYDRA did in World War II).

Many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watch on monitors as the Avengers fight the Chitauri in New York. Later, Director Fury tells his Superiors (known simply as the World Security Council) that he has allowed custody of the tesserect to go to Thor who has taken it back to Asgard and that the remaining Avengers have gone their separate ways and that they are no longer answering to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Item 47
S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jasper Sitwell was responsible for retrieving the Chitauri weapon, Item 47, and neutralising the couple who found the weapon and used it to go on a robbing spree. Instead of neutralising them, Sitwell hired them to work for S.H.I.E.L.D.

Iron Man 3
S.H.I.E.L.D. was mentioned as a source by J.A.R.V.I.S. as he obtained intel from various organization regarding The Mandarin to create a data file for Tony to use as a means of locating him.

Thor: The Dark World
Darcy called S.H.I.E.L.D. to alert them of the attack on Greenwich, but S.H.I.E.L.D. did not believe her and did not help.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
After the Battle of New York, the government granted S.H.I.E.L.D. more funds to invest in homeland security, for "Project Insight". Nick Fury discovered something dubious was going on and hired entire squad of pirates led by Georges Batroc to hijack the Lemurian Star, a S.H.I.E.L.D. ship related to Project Insight. During the rescue mission, Natasha Romanoff would secretly recover confidential files. Steve Rogers found Natasha extracting files from the ship's computer using a S.H.I.E.L.D. flash drive. Later, at the Triskelion, Steve confronted Nick Fury about the motives behind Natasha's task. Fury knew Steve wouldn't be comfortable with it, so he asked Natasha. Fury took Steve into an elevator down to the underground level where there were three new state-of-the-art Helicarriers being worked on as part of Project Insight, an operation that would connect the Helicarriers to spy satellites used to prevent any possible terrorist attacks. After recovering the data, Nick attempted to open the files but discovered they were sealed, even to him. He persuaded his friend and World Security Council member Alexander Pierce to delay Project Insight as he presented his suspicion that S.H.I.E.L.D. could have been compromised.

Fury was soon attacked by a assassin known as The Winter Soldier. and corrupt S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. He barely escaped alive and made it to Steve's apartment, where he told Steve that S.H.I.E.L.D. was compromised and should trust no one. Before being gunned down by the Winter Soldier, who had tracked him down, Fury gave Steve a flash drive with the confidential files. Following Fury's apparent demise, Pierce talked with Steve, and discovered he had hid something from him. Pierce deployed the Strike team to capture him, but Steve fought them off and went into hiding along with Natasha. Both Steve and Natasha discover that HYDRA has secretly operated within S.H.I.E.L.D. for decades. HYDRA plan to use the Insight Helicarriers with Zola's algorithm found on the Lemurian Star, to target and kill millions of people selected by Zola's algorithm, any individual which would pose a threat to HYDRA.

It was later revealed that Fury had faked his death by using a drug developed as a heart-rate suppressant by Bruce Banner. Fury retreated with Maria Hill to a secret location so that he could heal. The two of them then accompanied Steve, Natasha and Sam Wilson to infiltrate the Triskelion and destroy Project Insight. Fury intended to save S.H.I.E.L.D. but Steve firmly insisted that the organization be dismantled after all the corruption it had fallen under. Steve, with the help of Sam and Maria Hill, break into the Triskelion and take control of the Insight Helicarriers with microphones. They tell the staff that there are HYDRA agents in S.H.I.E.L.D and that Alexander Pierce is their leader and that they cannot initiate Project Insight. They manage to put the chips in the Helicarriers. After the battle, S.H.I.E.L.D. is disbanded and disavowed by its commanding governments.

Weapons
Regular S.H.I.E.L.D. field agents are usually equipped with a 9mm pistol. A military branch used for heavy security has access to military grade personal armaments. A few select elite agents carry less conventional armaments, such as explosives, or bows. A S.H.I.E.L.D. project titled, "Phase Two", is dedicated to advancing alien technology weapons and reverse engineer them.

Equipment
S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel have access to an extensive array of cutting edge technology. A supply contract with Stark Industries ensures that they have some of the most advanced weapons and equipment available. S.H.I.E.L.D.maintains a fleet of Acura, Lexus and Chevrolet vehicles for the regular deployment of field agents and scientists. S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles are painted in black and equipped with sophisticated surveillance technology. Some of these vehicles, such as Nick Fury's personal vehicle, were equipped with advanced armor, weapons systems, and VTOL flight capabilities. The military arm of S.H.I.E.L.D. uses a range of surface vehicles suitable for urban security, and aircraft with combat capabilities extending to fighter jets and helicopters. This branch also has exclusive access to previously unknown and experimental aircraft types.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier - Airborne aircraft carrier
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet - Armed VTOL transport
 * Bus
 * Insight Helicarriers
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. UAV

Divisions

 * Strategic Scientific Reserve - Predecessor to S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * World Security Council - In charge of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * S.W.O.R.D.  (deleted scene only)
 * The Avengers
 * Coulson's Team
 * Garrett's Team
 * Strike - Black Ops team made up of HYDRA moles

Facilities

 * Triskelion - Primary HQ
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters - Facility in New York where Steve Rogers woke up
 * The Hub - Operational planning and support
 * The Slingshot - Disposal of dangerous technology
 * The Fridge - High-security detainment and storage facility
 * The Sandbox - Study and disposal of hazardous or contagious material
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Communications
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Operations
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Trauma Zentrum - Medical facility
 * Maria Hill's Field Office - Served as Hill's center of operations
 * Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility - Subterranean research facility
 * Providence - Secret S.H.I.E.L.D. facility underground in the Canadian wilderness
 * Treehouse - Former S.H.I.E.L.D. base that was overrun by HYDRA
 * Cube - Secret S.H.I.E.L.D. facility at a classified location
 * S.H.I.E.L.D East African Headquarters - Served as one of the primary non-american headquarters for S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Playground - Secret facility, HQ after Triseklion's destruction
 * The Guest House - Former top-secret facility where Project T.A.H.I.T.I. was located.
 * Barbershop Headquaters - Served as a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, but it was taken over by HYDRA
 * Camp Lehigh

Superior officers

 * Nick Fury (formerly)
 * Phillip Coulson (current)

Agents

 * Clint 'Hawkeye' Barton
 * Felix Blake
 * Melinda May
 * Leo Fitz
 * Jemma Simmons
 * Antoine Triplett
 * Skye
 * Billy Koenig
 * Sam Koenig
 * Bobbi Morse
 * Isabel Hartley

Employees

 * Jane Foster
 * Erik Selvig
 * Benjamin Pollack (R&D Think Tank section)
 * Claire Wise (Blake's assistant)

The Avengers

 * Bruce 'The Hulk' Banner
 * Thor Odinson
 * Tony 'Iron Man' Stark

Former

 * Howard Stark, co-founder (deceased)
 * Margaret Carter co-founder  (retired)
 * Chester Phillips (deceased)
 * Franklin Hall
 * Akela Amador
 * Grant Ward
 * Kwan Chen  (deceased)
 * Richard Lumley
 * Deathlok
 * Alexander Pierce (deceased)
 * Brock Rumlow
 * Jack Rollins  (deceased)
 * John Garrett  (deceased)
 * Victoria Hand (deceased)
 * Jasper Sitwell (deceased)
 * Eric Koenig (deceased)
 * Sharon "Agent 13" Carter
 * Maria Hill
 * Black Widow
 * Steve "Captain Amerca" Rogers

Allies

 * Erik Selvig
 * Darcy Lewis
 * Thaddeus Ross
 * Pepper Potts
 * James Rhodes
 * Miles Lydo
 * The Falcon

Enemies

 * Obadiah Stane
 * Ivan Vanko
 * Justin Hammer
 * Emil Blonsky
 * Loki Laufeyson
 * The Destroyer
 * Chitauri
 * The Mandarin
 * Winter Soldier
 * Camilla Reyes
 * Cusi
 * Vilca
 * Ian Quinn
 * Kropsky
 * Renshu Tseng
 * Raina
 * Vanchat
 * Ultron
 * Baron Wolfgang von Strucker