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{{Infobox company
| name = Valiant Security Group
| logo = Valiant logo.jpg
| logo_size = 
| type = {{wp|Privately held company|Private}}
| industry = Private security services contractor
| predecessor = Vilko Security Group
| founded = {{start date and age|2008}}
| founders = whatever
| location = {{flagicon|Rohini}} [[Rohini|Vali, Rohini]]
| area_served = [[Eurth]]
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|John Doe ({{wp|chairman}})|Jane Doe ({{wp|Chief executive officer|CEO}})}}
| products = Law enforcement training, logistics, close quarter training, and security services
| services = Security management, full-service {{wp|risk management}} consulting
| revenue = Φ500 million
| owner = [[Rohini|Valis Investment Group]]
| num_employees = {{Unbulleted list|{{Increase}} 1,500 (2011)|1,256 (2010)}}
| num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) -->
| parent = {{wp|Fortress Investment Group}}
}}

'''Valiant Security Group''' is a {{wp|private military company}} headquartered in [[Rohini#Geography|Vali]], [[Rohini]]. The company has interests in {{wp|Security company|private security services}}, {{wp|Risk and strategic consulting|risk consulting}}, and {{wp|competitive intelligence}}. It specialises in law enforcement training, logistics, close quarter training, and security services. Its contractors have taken part in various conflict on [[Eurth]], including operations in [[Afropa]] and [[Bainbridge Islands]].

== Outline ==

* PMC details
** Owner: Valis (investment group. Link with Vali in [[Rohini]])
** Headquarters: Black Iron Building in Vali, Rohini.<ref>OOC. Reference to the {{wp|Black Iron Prison}} (P.K. Dick).</ref>
** Source some stuff from {{wp|Veles (god)}}.
** Company slogan: Fish cannot carry guns.<ref>OOC. Reference to the {{wp|Valis (novel)#The Rhipidon Society|Rhipidon Society}}.</ref>
* Analogues:
** Compare with RL {{wp|Black Cube}} or {{wp|Wagner Group}}.
** Metal Gear Solid
*** Private military company.<ref>https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Private_military_company</ref>
*** 1972-75: Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF).<ref>https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Militaires_Sans_Frontières</ref>
*** 1984: Mosquito Stinger Force (MSF).<ref>https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Mosquito_Stinger_Force</ref>
*** 1984--1995: Diamond Dogs.<ref>https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Diamond_Dogs</ref>
* Use the narration from these videos as further context:
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3tRFYigsk Putin’s Private Army | Peter Zeihan on Wagner Group] (1 April 2022)
*** video got deleted, here is a clone: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8XyRSTUl_4 Personal Army Of Putin's & Putin's Wagner Group - Peter Zeihan Russia Ukraine War Update] (2 April 2022)
*** And a second variant: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yv82PWKCGQ Putin’s Secret Private Army: The Wagner Group] (29 March 2022)

== Organisation ==

The Valiant group was formed during the mid-2000s, to take advantage of the Europan instability in 2007-2008.<ref>OOC. Reference to the NationStates versus CyberNations rivalry of that time.</ref> 

It provides military-related services such as training, recruiting, research and development, technology, logistics, and security.

The company was previously known as the Vilko Security Group. It is known to have had a close relationship with government of Rohini.

The Valiant Security Group was founded by William "Bill" Birxen (born Vilko Birxen), a former officer of the Rohinese Army. 

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group#History
* Eprius, a London based PMC. https://jackryan.fandom.com/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill
* Involved in an assassination. https://jackryan.fandom.com/wiki/Jeremy_Bright
* Former CEO. https://jackryan.fandom.com/wiki/Rupert_Thorne

* Very complex organisation, with shell companies and straw men. No direct links to Strupar or government. Always making someone else pay for the mistakes.
* It provides security services on a contract basis, most notably clandestine governments agencies.
* Make W.B. one of the leaders, but renamed as a combination:
** Preference: William "Bill" Birxen (born Vilko Birxen)
** William, Willy, Guillaume, Giuliamo, Liam, Vilmos, Vilko, Uliyam, etc.
** Bergher, Delmonte / Del'Monte, de la Montagne, Bergson/Berkson, Birxen

<gallery>
John McAfee (27342460224) (cropped).jpg|CEO picture 1.
John McAfee Def Con (14902350795) (cropped).jpg|CEO picture 2.
</gallery>

[Spoiler] Formed under Chairman Strupar to carry out clandestine operations. Chairlady Pristo knew about it, but let it be because it fits into Project O-Mega. Still uncertain what Rezovi will do.

== Operations ==

[[File:Blackwater casa212 over afghanistan.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Valiant {{wp|CASA 212}} dropping supplies over Afropa.]]

In recent years, the role of PMCs has evolved beyond the traditional view of "defence" to include corporate security, infrastructure management, and "creative solutions" such as information warfare, corporate espionage, and political warfare.

* Assist in humanitarian operations, including rushing aid and supplies to Afropa.
* Destabilise and take over Rohini.
* Supplying KBI pirates with weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince#Project_Opus
* Providing security to ships near KBI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_(company)#Maritime_security_service & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Canopy#Clayton_Consultants
* Securing and supporting regimes.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group#Operations
* Espionage against that journalist in Rohini. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube

== Controversy ==

* Because PMCs are exempt from most anti-corruption laws, the practice is in a legal grey area, and regulation of the industry is limited.
* The [[Assembled Nations]] is in the process of addressing the issue of PMCs' legal status.
* Opposition by [[Mercy International]]. Possible assassination or eavesdropping on [[Adam Brand]].
* Accountant RITZ knows many secrets. Trying to get caught. Fugitive. Employer wants to eliminate him as well. [[Warner Habitami]] escapes in 2019.
* Link with criminal organisation of Patriarch in Orioni. --> Scorpio/Akrep.
* “A new era of decolonisation is dawning.”
* How does this PMC deal with human rights? Cf. Wagner in Mali.
* Russia’s Wagner Group purports to be a “private security organisation” – what might be otherwise called mercenaries. Plenty of groups like this exist around the world, but with an emphasis on private. The Wagner Group has many ties to Russian military intelligence. They tend to pop up in places where Russian interests are best served by individuals with some degree of plausible deniability of having links to Russian national leadership. We’ve seen them most notably in Ukraine’s Donbas region, Syria and Libya, but they’ve been active everywhere from Venezuela to the Central African Republic to Mozambique. The Wagner Group affords Vladimir Putin the flexibility to pursue Russian interests without attracting too much pushback, both from the international community and from within the Russian state. As a result, Russia’s been able to play in a wide range of theatres far from the immediate realm of Russia’s borders.<ref>https://zeihan.com/russias-wagner-group-and-the-ukraine-war/</ref>

== Pasteboard ==

<gallery>
Valis Security Group logo.png|First logo: sideways cube [^v].
Thunder mark (1).svg|Thunder mark.
McAfee 2020 logo (a).png|Alternative logo.
</gallery>

== References ==

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