The Wild Geese (ワイルドギース,, Wairudogīsu) were a group of mercenaries that were hired as guards after a Millennium attack on the Hellsing Agency's headquarters left the agency severely short-handed.

History

The Wild Geese were hired by the Hellsing Agency in order to maintain the security of their headquarters. Then they were introduced to Seras Victoria whom at first they didn't believe to be a vampire until Seras gave Pip a little taste of her strength which proved to them all that vampires were very real.

During Millennium's invasion in London, Zorin Blitz was given charge to destroy Hellsing headquarters but they came under attack by Seras, resulting in losing half their forces and most of their heavy weaponry with the Wild Geese destroying their ground forces with mines, claymores, and a lot of firepower. Zorin however used her powers to create an illusion against the Wild Geese, which Seras was later able to snap them out of. However, at that point, it was already too late as Millennium forces had stormed the mansion and slaughtered the majority of them. The remaining members barricaded themselves within the mansion and, luckily, Seras arrived in time to save them, massacring the SS troopers with Zorin. Alas, she ran out of ammo for her Harkonnen and she was no match against Zorin in hand-to-hand combat. Zorin used an illusion to weaken Seras. Pip eventually rescued Seras but was killed himself by Zorin. When Seras drank Pip's blood she was able to destroy reinforcing Millennium members along with Zorin. Two (in the OVA, the rest are wounded, resting behind, if not dead) or Three (in the manga) of the remaining Wild Geese members bid farewell to Seras as she heads towards London.

Aftermath

It is unknown what happened to the remaining Wild Geese members after Zorin's attack. It is possible that they may have continued to be employed by Hellsing. It's also not unlikely that the survivors may have continued working as the Wild Geese with a new commander, or, since Zorin's attack left them with only a fraction of the manpower they had before, they could have disbanded.

Equipments

The leader of the Wild Geese is Pip Bernadotte, a womanizing Frenchman who loves to tease Seras Victoria. Its members are remarkably mixed in ethnicity, age, and background. Most of the members were equipped with either MP5s, M4A1 carbines, or AK-74s, along with automatic grenade launchers and machine guns. Upon joining the Hellsing Agency, they were given silver ammunition for their weapons, in order to combat the supernatural creatures. Walter C. Dornez states that so long as they are paid on time, the Wild Geese will remain loyal to their employer.

Though highly skilled, they are no match in a close fight against the Millennium forces and rely on measures like remote-detonated mines to combat them. When Millennium broke through, most of their members were massacred.

Trivia

• The name, Wild Geese, is believed to be derived from a movie during the seventies that shared the name and was about a group of mercenaries in Africa. This is incorrect and is a reference instead to The Wild Geese, the Irish who left Ireland following the Treaty of Limerick. With Pip being French, it's possibly an homage, since it was the Wild Geese serving France who finally broke the back of the Allied army at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. (Which would place their entry after the dissolution of the 'official' French Irish units. However, many organizations of predominately Irish mercenaries are known to refer to themselves as the "Wild Geese", particularly those dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries.)
• "Wild Geese" is also the name of the Hellsing Ultimate OVA production committee (this is why the name appears in the credits).
• They were replaced with a bunch of Atheists and Heathens in the anime; however, Pip did make an appearance in the height chart of the anime, so the Wild Geese making an appearance or not was probably a conversation among the staff during the production of the anime.

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