We are an Oceanic Arma 3 mil-sim community based in the fictional setting of the SCP Foundation. In our continuity, the existence (if not necessarily the true scale or threat) of anomalies has become widely known, adding another major axis to the geopolitical landscape. Although the major players still fight to keep the most egregious threats secure and hidden from the public, the acknowledgement of their existence has seen an increase of interested parties - both private and state actors - as well as a swelling of the ranks and support of a number of existing groups of interest who seek to either manipulate or secure anomalies. Wars over these anomalies - waged both in the open and behind closed doors - have become commonplace, dictating the requirement for more MTFs like Tau-44 to fight the conventional fight so that others in the Foundation may continue the mission to Secure, Contain, and Protect. This MTF is a globally ready first recon and fast response force aimed at putting effective initial investigation and surgical strike capabilities into the hands of regional Department Heads, Oversight Councils, and Site Directors on assignment request. With an emphasis on being the first force in position, as well as the last force to give up ground, Tau-44 are the go-to MTF for sensitive tasking where conflict with enemy armed combatants is likely. Where Nu-7 "Hammer Down" famously embodies the obvious, eponymous hammer, Tau-44 "Phalanx" is equal parts the anvil and the scalpel. Based out of Site-231 in the sunny region of █████, ████████, Tau-44 trains for a typical deployment consisting of less than a company of soldiers, comprised of a primary HQ element directing platoon-sized detachments, further organised into sections of paired four-man fire-teams.