Pyramid
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Pyramid is a worldwide, well organized, well financed criminal enterprise. They use the ancient Egypt motif, the all-seeing eye, as their insignia. They are ruled by the enigmatic Scarab Throne.
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Hierarchy
The ranks within PYRAMID are named after various animals native to the Egyptian deserts. At the very bottom are the Jackal-troopers, who do the grunt work. Above Jackal-level, in ascending order, are Scorpion-level, Tiger-level, and, at the very top, Scarab-level. (There might be levels in-between Scorpion and Tiger, though.) Furthermore, each level is further graded into three ranks, designated by numbers. For example, within Jackal-level are the ranks Jackal-Three, Jackal-Two, and Jackal-One at the top. Additionally, PYRAMID's Camel division performs the less labor-intensive assignments. Severely injured PYRAMID operatives are transferred there during their recuperation.
Above all this is the Saqqaran Order, named after the burial grounds of ancient Memphis, Saqqara. The five members comprising the Order style themselves after the Egyptian gods: Lord Ibis, Lord Osiris, Lord Ra, Lord Anubis, and Lord Horus.
They in turn obey PYRAMID's supreme commander, the mysterious Sekhmet Stone: A giant visage, stone and sphinx-like, that is somehow alive. Whatever this entity may be, it is named after the Egyptian warrior goddess Sekhmet, and it is supernatural in nature. Its existence is a closely guarded secret even within PYRAMID's ranks, and many are the operatives who have never heard of it.
History
They first tangled with Honor Guard after trying to kidnap the Mercury 7 astronauts in 1959.
Fought Honor Guard in the 1960s.
In the early 80s, PYRAMID used a mix of drugs and auditory hypnotics to indoctrinate its new recruits.
Circa July 1997, an assault team tried to assassinate the United Nations Security Council.
In 2004 attempted a raid on Zurich, Switzerland.
