Danko's team

Danko's team
Tracy is captured
Location:	New York, NY
Purpose:	captures evolved humans
First appearance	A Clear and Present Danger
Known leaders:	Danko, Noah Bennet, Nathan Petrelli
Known members:	Daniel Simmons, Gibson, Rachel Mills, Moore, unnamed analyst, unnamed technician, many unnamed agents
Equipment used:	Guns, tasers, iceproof gloves, choke collars

Danko's team is a specialized unit under the supervision of Danko in association with Noah Bennet and Nathan Petrelli that is capturing evolved humans.

Successful Captures

• Tracy Strauss
• Matt Parkman
• Claire Bennet
• Mohinder Suresh
• Hiro Nakamura
• Peter Petrelli
• Female fugitive
• Masked fugitive
• Male fugitive
• More evolved humans that were shown in the plane.
• Misha and another trafficker.

Unsuccessful Captures

• Sylar

About

A Clear and Present Danger

The team successfully captures Tracy Strauss, utilizing freezeproof gloves and guns. Later, they subdue and capture Matt Parkman, Claire Bennet, Mohinder Suresh, and Hiro Nakamura. Other evolved humans are also captured. An attempt to capture Sylar at Samson Gray's home is made, but fails, resulting in the death of that entire squad, except for Agent Simmons who Sylar tortures for his father's location. Claire is subsequently released when Danko shows her to Nathan, who releases her. On board the plane, Peter takes out most of the agents using Mohinder's enhanced strength.

Trust and Blood

Danko's team sets up a base of operations at the crash site of Flight 195, and begin searching for the evolved humans who have escaped from the plane. Danko orders an air strike to destroy the wreckage. Noah locates Claire and Peter, but lets Peter go when he is unable to shoot him. Peter and Tracy knock out two agents, and Peter puts on one of their uniforms. Daphne and Ando arrive at the crash site, and Daphne is shot by Danko's agents. As Claire absorbs a hail of bullets, Matt uses his telepathy to turn one of the team against the others, and two agents are shot before the rogue agent is himself taken out by Danko, and Claire is taken into custody again.

Agent Daniel Simmons is tortured by Sylar at the house of Mary Campbell and her son Luke. When Sylar is distracted by Luke's ability, Simmons escapes and grabs a gun, but Luke uses his ability on him, boiling his blood and killing him.

Heroes Evolutions

The Agent

In chapter 1 of The Agent, Agent Moore of Danko's team supervises a training exercise of capturing an escaped prisoner being performed by Rachel Mills. He congratulates Rachel when she breaks the course record. Later, agents from Danko's team brief the recruits on the situation at the Flight 195 crash site, and then accompany the recruits into black-painted helicopters that immediately take off. During the trip to the site, they distribute live ammunition to everyone.

Upon landing, an agent tells Rachel Mills to report to Danko for orders. Rachel finds Danko talking with Senator Petrelli. While talking, Danko points at the senator's blond daughter, who is being guarded by several agents. Rachel then watches as another blond girl appears, and then both the new girl and the senator's daughter disappear. The agents guarding the girl soon shout that Claire is gone. Danko then orders his agents to form a main search party, and also directs Rachel Mills to select three men for her own search party. He gives her orders for her squad to follow the main search party and capture Claire by any means possible. Danko adds that if her capture is not possible, they should shoot her in the back of the skull.

The search parties find a group of the escaped detainees including the senator's daughter next to the smashed tail of the plane. The agent in charge of the main search party begins setting up an ambush with hand gestures when the fast girl stands up like she is going to take off. An agent in Rachel's squad, Gibson, then starts shooting and hits the fast girl, sending her hard to the ground. Claire goes down also, and Gibson pauses a micro-second when she falls. The other agents continue shooting and shouting around him.

Another of the fugitives faces off with Gibson, and forces Gibson to turn and start killing everyone around them. In a matter of seconds, everyone in both search parties except for Rachel and Gibson is dead. Then, Gibson points his gun at Rachel, but Danko has arrived and he shoots Gibson dead. Claire begins moving again; and Danko approaches her, pulls out a tie and takes her prisoner.

Notes

• The hierarchical structure of the team has not been clearly defined yet. However, some aspects of its organization have been specified. Danko's team appears to consist of a number of subteams or squad, with each teams personnel grouped according to compatibility as specified by personality testing (chapter 4 of The Private). Also, one solution of a psychological exam given to Rachel Mills during training and possibly other recruits notes that "in every field team is the 'brain' — the medic, the hacker, even the commander — whose poise and determination in combat mask a broad knowledge and the ability to implement it under brutal conditions." (chapter 1 of The Agent)

Gallery

• 
  Tracy can't freeze through their protective suit, and is captured.
• 
  Mohinder smashed Danko with a taxicab door, but is later double-crossed and captured by Noah.
• 
  Matt is tasered through the window, and he and Claire are both captured.
• 
  Sylar is temporarily captured, but soon slaughters all of this capture squad.
• 
  Hiro, still powerless, is easily captured at the Lair.
• 
  Team members guard the captives onto the plane.
• 
  Claire is released by Danko's team into Nathan's custody.
  (A Clear and Present Danger)
• 
  Danko's team captures more specials.
  (Libertad)

See Also

• Danko
• For articles related to Danko's team, see Related Articles:Danko's team.