"Before the recently initiated reinstated global military organization G.U.N. (Guardian Units of Nations) came to existence in the present day. There was a military shadow ops program that existed fifty years ago. They once had a black ops unit for the shadow-ops program made up of mercenaries called Blackwatch, which originally ran covert operations for the U.S. government with the use of Robotnik's advanced technology, being responsible for shutting down Project Shadow at a top-secret research lab named the Shadow Base in the mid-1970s, however, the government tried erasing the unit along with the program itself of all connections related to the incident after resulting the main casuality death of Gerald's granddaughter Maria Robotnik but now they've become rogue terrorists in the modern day."

black ops operator uniforms in the past wore standard all black fatigue BDU gear, flak-jackets, M1 helmets, gas masks, ski masks, hoods, PVS-5 goggles with red lenses, and also M-1956 load-carrying equipment. But in the modern era, their uniforms are now changed and upgraded to a black and gray MultiCam BDU gear, HRM tactical vests, FAST helmets, modified gas masks enhancing vision goggles with red lenses, ski masks, hoods, and tactical webbing vests.