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"Merryweather is a private military and security company with over $10 billion of taxpayer's money in US government contracts to its name."

- Description at LCN.com.

Merryweather Security Consulting is a private military company and security contractor featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. They are one of the main groups of antagonists in GTA V and a prominent enemy group in GTA Online.

Description
"Merryweather Security Consulting? Private army of the New World Order? The folks waging outsourced shadow wars in twenty countries around the globe, and recently cleared to operate on US soil?"

- Trevor Philips asking Floyd Hebert about Merryweather.

Merryweather Security is a military group led by Don Percival and dedicated to various military operations. According to their website, Merryweather is shown to be operating around the world, including the US.

Merryweather appears to have several divisions, which is determined by the uniform and equipment they carry:


 * The first one appears to be a security division similar to Gruppe Sechs guards, which provide onsite and property protection with uniformed guards. They normally wear the same outfits and are either walking the premises with a guard dog or patrolling in security cars, which are Dilettantes with a distinctive "PATROL" livery.
 * The second one is a paramilitary force consisting of operatives trained for high-risk operations. They have three types of uniforms:
 * The first uniform (named "Blackops 1") wear relatively light gear, consisting of a cap (either forwards or backwards) bearing the Merryweather logo on them, shades, a polo shirt or a sleeveless shirt, sometimes with a bulletproof vest, camo pants with a gun holster attached to their left leg, and boots. Their arms have tatto designs and may wear a headset when in an aircraft.
 * The second uniform (named "Blackops 2") wear heavier equipment than the previous operator, consisting of either a military cap or a ski hat (both with varying color and camouflage patterns), sunglasses, a military jacket or a polo shirt, always with bulletproof vest, tactical pants (with holsters, baggies and knee pads) and boots.
 * The third uniform (named "Blackops 3") appears to be a black operations unit. They are identical to the Blackops 2 variant, except they do not wear hats, have sunglasses of different colors and have night vision gear. This variant was added after the Heists Update, and is seen operating around Humane Labs and Research, particularly during GTA Online in The Humane Labs Raid and during a Resupply mission and an Air Freight Cargo Steal Mission.
 * The third one (named "Chemsec 1") is similar in behaviour to the security division. They still wear the cap and shades combo, polo shirt with a bulletproof vest, pants with a gun holster and boots. However, the vests have a red outline and the word "SECURITY" is written in the back of their vests. This variant is only seen operating around Humane Labs and Research, specifically during the mission Monkey Business.

There exist another division, which is a service announced by Merryweather around the events of the mission Friend Request. The service transports art, artifacts, and perishables for museums and collectors. This is attacked by Michael De Santa and Trevor Phillips and is deliberately derailed.

Events of Grand Theft Auto Online
Sometime before the game's start, Merryweather is cleared by the American government to begin operating on U.S. soil, both in service of the government and of other organizations in the private sector. However, it begins experiencing setbacks and problems almost immediately after their clearance.

During the GTA Online story, many of its aircraft and supplies are stolen by the player, who was contacted by Lester Crest. Lester also sends the player to steal documentation and cargo guarded by Merryweather on numerous occasions. Underground crime lord Martin Madrazo has also hired the player to destroy Merryweather equipment. Ironically, the Online protagonist can call for backup, boat and helicopter pickups or airstrikes.

During the events of the Humane Raid Heist, Agent 14 informs the crew that Humane Labs and Research, which used to be Maxim Rashkovsky and Dima Popov's pharma company, was leased to a shadow company a few years ago, run in part by Don Percival. According to his intel, the lab is being used to develop nerve agents, presumably to be used by Merryweather.
 * Heists Update

From there, the crew is instructed to steal their armored LAPVs in Davis Quartz and take a gunship helicopter from their headquarters. The crew also manages to kill a Merryweather group stealthily to place the EMP in the lab, to be later triggered in the heist finale, only to kill more Merryweather mercenaries to get the data and escape in their stolen gunship (which was later destroyed to get rid off from any evidence).

The crew would later encounter Merryweather in one of the Pacific Standard setup, where they have to stole a truck containing the thermal charges, evading any of their reinforcements on the way.

Merryweather is seen again during Special Cargo missions, where organizations steal numerous crates of supplies and weaponry particularly through convoys of helicopters and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage caused to pursuing units.
 * Further Adventures in Finance and Felony

During the Special Vehicle Work mission End of Transmission, Merryweather was hired by a SecuroServ client's business partner to get a dark ops transmitter located at the Palmer-Taylor Power Station. However, the client has hired the crew for the same objective, which ultimately managed to defeat Merryweather using a SecuroServ Armored Boxville.

Events of Grand Theft Auto V
Later, during Grand Theft Auto V, Merryweather suffers many problematic setbacks at the hands of the game's main protagonists, particularly those of Trevor Philips. During the game, Merryweather has one of the experimental weapons they were guarding for the U.S. government stolen; one of their planes, which was carrying millions of dollars in weaponry, hijacked and taken down; one of their courier trains, carrying millions of dollars worth of priceless artifacts, derailed; dozens of their men killed at a massive shootout in the Kortz Center; several men killed after an unsuccessful house invasion, dozens of their men killed while unsuccessfully attempting to stop a heist at the Union Depository Building and (depending on the player's choice) dozens of their men killed in a foundry while attempting to kill Franklin Clinton, Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips, and one of their chief board members kidnapped, stuffed into a car, and rolled off a cliff.

By the end of the main storyline, Merryweather's reputation is in shambles after so many catastrophic failures, causing several of their regular clients to drop them from their payroll, including the U.S. government. After losing the government contract, Merryweather loses clearance to operate on American soil and is forced to shut down several operations they'd started in the country, costing them millions of dollars.

In GTA V, the player can visit their official website, Merryweathersecurity.com and also buy their stocks in the Lcn-exchange.com website.

Events of Grand Theft Auto Online
Despite the negative setbacks suffered in the past, Merryweather seem to maintain their operations around the state, though as expected, more trouble will be caused by the player, Organizations and Motorcycle Clubs.

Merryweather again takes a prominent role, where they are seen in most of the Steal Supplies missions. The Organizations and/or Motorcycle Clubs have to steal many of their equipment, so they will be broken down in Bunkers and sold off for profit. They may show off again during Sell Supplies missions, where they will attempt to take out the groups for gaining profit with their stolen equipment.
 * Gunrunning

Merryweather also takes a prominet role on most of the Mobile Operations led by Agent 14, where again they suffer various setbacks, as most of their supplies were destroyed, their salvage team on a downed freighter were killed, failed to destroy a target truck, got their signal jammers destroyed and failed to protect an important agent, and lastly, failed to secure superbikes with important data.

Merryweather is seen again during Air Freight Cargo missions, where they attempted to secure their supplies with stationary signal jammers, but the Organizations/Motorcycle Clubs managed to destroy them with FH-1 Hunters, they lost Cargo Planes for being destroyed by V-65 Molotoks and lost several jets for being destroyed by P-45 Nokotas. They are seen again in an infiltration mission in Humane Labs, where several of them were killed by the crew to steal the supply from there.
 * Smuggler's Run

Merryweather makes yet another appearance, conducting training and storing high grade military vehicles such as the Avenger and Chernobog. Many of the latter are stolen at the behest of (and later for stopping) Avon Hertz.
 * The Doomsday Heist

They are first encountered during The Data Breaches, assaulting the Satellite Relay Station. It is revealed at the end of the mission they were evidently paid off by Bogdan's Crew.

In Act III, they are shown committing more illegal activities, kidnapping Agent 14 and ransoming him off to Avon and then later the International Affairs Agency.

Known Members

 * Members
 * Don Percival - Founder/CEO
 * Devin Weston - Major Shareholder (Deceased)


 * Associates
 * Molly Schultz (Formerly/deceased)
 * Online Player (Determinant)

Services (GTA Online)
Merryweather offer multiple services to the GTA Online protagonist, despite being in conflict with the player and their Organizations and/or Motorcycle Clubs. Some of these services are also available as an CEO in the Interaction Menu, by navigating to the "CEO Abilities" section, albeit in the enhanced version only.

Stock

 * Although one might think missions such as The Merryweather Heist, Minor Turbulence, and Derailed would impact Merryweather's finances - they seem to have no impact on its stock price, or that of its competitor, Gruppe Sechs.
 * However, the events surrounding the game's finale can have a huge impact on Merryweather stocks - sending them skyward if Franklin chooses The Time's Come, or through the floor if he chooses The Third Way. In the latter option, Merryweather stocks will recover after several weeks with over 70% profit.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Scouting the Port
 * The Merryweather Heist
 * Minor Turbulence
 * Derailed
 * Monkey Business
 * The Wrap Up
 * Meltdown
 * The Big Score
 * The Third Way  (Option C)

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Various Gang Attacks


 * Missions
 * A Titan of a Job
 * Chop Chop
 * Dry Docking
 * Effin' Lazers
 * Teaser Trailer
 * By Land, Sea and Air
 * Dispatch II
 * Show Me the Monet
 * Diamonds are for Trevor
 * Defender
 * Chemical Extraction
 * American Exports
 * Docks to Stock
 * Docks to Stock II
 * Stocks and Scares


 * Heists
 * The Prison Break
 * Humane Raid - Insurgents
 * Humane Raid - Valkyrie
 * Humane Raid - Deliver EMP
 * The Humane Labs Raid
 * Pacific Standard - Convoy


 * Special Vehicle Work
 * End of Transmission


 * Mobile Operations
 * Severe Weather Patterns
 * Offshore Assets
 * Cover Blown
 * Mole Hunt
 * Data Breach


 * Doomsday Heist
 * The Data Breaches
 * Setup: Avenger
 * Setup: Rescue Agent 14
 * Heist Prep: Chernobog


 * Casino Heist
 * Heist Prep: Infiltration Suits
 * Heist Prep: Reinforced Armor


 * Other
 * Business Battles

Trivia

 * Merryweather is a parody of, formerly known as Blackwater and Xe Services, a private military company infamous for alleged human rights violations during the Iraq . Like Academi, Merryweather had changed its name following an incident that resulted in negative public relations.
 * The styling of the name is also derived from Academi's former Blackwater logo.
 * Every GTA V-era protagonist so far has been made an enemy of Merryweather. The only protagonist that can actually use Merryweather's services is the GTA Online Protagonist.
 * Devin Weston apparently owns 11% of Merryweather. If the player chooses the "Deathwish" ending and kills Weston, Don Percival buys out the majority of Weston's stock in the company.
 * Throughout the story, Trevor makes references to Merryweather as the "New World Order's" private army and part of the Illuminati. Their emblem, the owl, is also a reference to the Illuminati and the Bohemian Grove conspiracy. In fact, when listening to private conversations with LSPD officers, they discuss the possibility of Merryweather eventually replacing them as law enforcement in the city.
 * On their official website, a map of the World shows Merryweather has several operations and bases across the continents in locations such as Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, as well as the Middle East.
 * In GTA Online, Merryweather soldiers called by the player will, oddly enough, attack other Merryweather soldiers during missions.
 * Despite being armed in the port, when the player gains a wanted level, they start to run as if they were civilians. If standing outside, however, they will engage the player if provoked.
 * Merryweather provides security for the Humane Labs and Research during Monkey Business, implying that they've been working at least once for the IAA. It is also possible to see mercenaries in the Labs area during Chemical Extraction.
 * Despite endings stating that Merryweather has lost its license to operate in the U.S. in GTA V, they can still be found at the Los Santos Naval Port.
 * Moreover, it seems that Merryweather continues to operate as of 2017 as part of the Gunrunning update in Grand Theft Auto Online.

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