HERC

HERC is an acronym for  H omeland  E nvironmental  R isk  C ontrol, a fictional government organization/antagonistic faction featured in The Last Stand: Union City and The Last Stand: Dead Zone.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, they are first appeared in during the World War III after the Umbrella Cooporations created the B.O.Ws and their virus series.

Even though they can help the militaries to against zombies in the world, they also have commit the inhumane crimes and against the survivors since Jack and the other survivors are against them since some of the HERC scientists and the HERC troopers were deceased and became one of the zombie hordes when fight zombies. They can be located in some zombie locations and even the Union City after they were being criticized for commit the inhumane crimes by the United Nations.

They are failed to against the zombie infection and the Ducanger's WhiteKnight viruses which create B.O.Ws and zombies that caused them lost the HERC scientists and the HERC troopers due to failed against new WhiteKnight types of B.O.Ws or VZ zombies. They will have been disbanded and downfall later after great failure against the Ducanger's WhiteKnight viruses but it will left their weapons,their outfits and their objects which to be scavenged or found for usage by either the other survivors or the heroes or allies.