Impossible Mission Force
From Mission Impossible
The Impossible Mission Force (IMF) is an independent espionage agency commonly employed by the United States government.
Situations that are too hot politically, too dangerous for politicians to be trusted to confront, or too absurd for the CIA are all pursued by this top-secret organization. The IMF is a specialized group of expert agents that remain hidden from the public eyes. If the IMF were revealed to exist, the U.S. would be forced out of the United Nations and banned as a "pariah state".
It is for this reason that the IMF trains its operatives so rigorously in the ways of stealth, deception, persuasion and the art of "invisibility." Agents are well educated, multi-talented and trained in a variety of areas including long distance surveillance, computers, demolition tactics and even assassination. One of the best-funded spy organizations in the world, the IMF also possesses millions of dollars worth of specialized gadgetry and weapons.
Not all of the IMF's operatives are top of line, and some have been disciplined or forced out of the agency for their unacceptable behavior during missions. The spies forced out of the IMF are the most dangerous individuals to the agency, as they could easily detail secrets about the organization to any number of foreign and rogue governments.
With continued success since the 1940s, the IMF bears the brunt of today's international attacks, now focused on concealed entry and espionage. The missions keep getting harder and harder - but so do the agents.
The IMF operates primarily by executing confidence tricks on its mission targets, sometimes with the aid of high-tech gadgetry. The agents are able to deceive their targets into cooperating with them without detecting a set-up until the mission is accomplished; by that time, the IMF personnel have already vanished from the scene.
[edit] Select IMF Agents
- Dan Briggs' squad
- Jim Phelps' first squad
- Willy Armitage
- Cinnamon Carter
- Casey
- Barney Collier
- Mimi Davies
- Rollin Hand
- Dana Lambert
- The Great Paris
- Doug Robert
- Tracey
- Tom Copperfield's squad
- Jim Phelps' second squad
- Nicholas Black
- Grant Collier
- Sarah Davies
- Jack Harmen
- Max Harte
- Ethan Hunt
- Claire Phelps
- Casey Randall
- Shannon Reed
- Ethan Hunt's squad
- Others
