Public Security Section 9
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Public Security Section 9 (Japanese: 公安9課, Kōan Kyūka), also referred to as Public Safety Section 9 in some translations, is a fictional intelligence department under the Ministry of Home Affairs from Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series.
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[edit] Location
Public Security Section 9 is located in the fictional Japanese city of Niihama-shi (also known as New Port City). The exact location of Section 9's headquarters is held as top-secret and is only known by the Japanese government and Section 9 employees.
Section 9 Headquarters facilities include a rooftop helipad, underground car park, Operator-managed control room, cyber-warfare and information gathering room, holding cells, meeting rooms and Tachikoma/Uchikoma workshop.
[edit] History
Public Security Section 9 was established in 2029 as a search and rescue organization. Officially billed as an international organization, it is actually a counter-terrorist wetworks and anti-crime unit operating in the Japanese National Public Safety Commission.
[edit] Ghost in the Shell
In 2029, Major Motoko Kusanagi was dispatched by Section 9 to spy on a building in the city New Port City. A foreign power is conspiring to recruit a domestic engineer to fix the Project 2501 "bug". The team moves in while Major activates her therm-optic camouflage. The foreign official refuses to return the engineer, while Kusanagi moves in and kills him.
[edit] Stand Alone Complex
During the investigation of the Laughing Man case, Major Kusanagi posed as the Laughing Man in order to uncover a conspiracy held against the Micro Machine company by the Japanese government. After higher-ranking government officials uncovered information about the investigation conducted by Section 9, the government disbanded the agency and declared war on them.
In preparation for an attack on their headquarters by the Umibozu's shock trooper and their Armed Suit robots, all remaining Section 9 members barricaded themselves into the building and fought the invaders with all the heavy weaponry they could muster. Failing that, they assembled a diversion and escaped through a passage located in the sewers of New Port City. They are all eventually captured, with the Major apparently killed.
Togusa spent the next three months wondering what happened to the rest, before suddenly meeting up with Batou. The whole thing turned out to be one of Aramaki's brilliant plans, sacrificing Section 9 in order to leave the prime suspect wide-open to arrest, investigation and prosecution. Everyone, including the Major, is perfectly fine, and Aramaki is in the process of rebuilding and securing funding for the newly-reborn Section 9, which does not happen until 2nd GIG.
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[edit] Members
| # | Agent | Speciality | Description |
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| 1. | Daisuke Aramaki | Section Chief | Head of Section 9 and advisor to Prime Minister Yoko Kayabuki. |
| 2. | Motoko Kusanagi | Major/Field Commander | Is a female cybernetic squad leader. She is a highly skilled melee fighter and one of the world's most skilled hackers and net divers. |
| 3. | Ishikawa | Covert Intelligence and Technology/Executive Officer | Ishikawa is the covert intelligence and technology specialist. Like Togusa and Saito, he does not appear to be fully cyberised. |
| 4. | Batou | Lead Investigator | Batou is the second best melee fighter in Section 9. Batou is a master of the boxing style. Served in combat with Motoko, and has advanced cybernetic eyes. |
| 5. | Togusa | Investigator | Togusa is the mostly human, having only cybernetic memory upgrades. To Section 9, Togusa is a reminder to them all of true humanity. |
| 6. | Pazu | Investigator | Before joining the Public Security Commission, Pazu was rumored to been involved with several yakuza gangs. |
| 7. | Boma | Sniper, Investigator, and bomb specialist | Boma usually handles rear support for the rest of the unit and handles heavy weaponry during assignments. |
| 8. | Saito | Tactical Sniper | Saito is Section 9's primary tactical sniper. Used to be a mercenary sniper in the South American campaign. Saito possesses a long-range cybernetic eye that can be used for extreme accuracy. |
| 9. | Azuma | Recruit | Section 9's newly recruited field operative. |
| 10. | Yano-kun | Recruit | Section 9's newly recruited rookie and field operative. |
[edit] AI Personnel
| # | Unit | Speciality | Description |
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| 1. | Tachikoma | Think Tanks | These experimental tanks are used during combat missions and are equipped with a 30mm cannon and an array of attachments. They can be ridden in like a vehicle and controlled from inside, or remotely through the net. Their systems are universally lined through a central satellite where they develop AI traits similar to young girls. Many a paradox has arose from their musings. They eventually learn to love and sacrifice. |
| 2. | Fuchikoma | Think Tanks | These tanks are covered with ultra-heavy armor (unlike the Tachikoma units) and are red in colour. Fuchikomas are only seen in the manga. |
| 3. | Uchikoma | Think Tanks | These are a Tachikoma/Fuchikoma hybrid and have a green colour. The tanks are introduced into Section 9 during the final episode of the 2nd GIG. |
| 4. | Operators | Operators | Are an advanced line of gynoids designed to handle the day-to-day matters within Section 9. |
| 5. | Proto | Tachikoma's Maintenance Technician | Proto can also be used as an Operator. It is later discovered that he is in fact an experimental bioroid. |
