SPYDER

"SPYDER is unlike any organization the CIA has ever faced."

- Cyrus Hale

"Cause it sounds cool. And frankly, calling ourselves 'an international consortium of independent agents who cause chaos and mayhem for a price' is a mouthful."

- Murray Hill

SPYDER is an elusive criminal organization dedicated to causing chaos. It is comprised of freelance evil agents, moles, thugs, and agents from various intelligence organizations who were bought off by SPYDER. They launched operations for the sole purpose of causing chaos and making incredible amounts of money, on the scale of millions upon billions of dollars. According to Murray Hill, SPYDER insources their evil schemes to make more money. They also own the Lew Brothers Construction company. SPYDER makes contracts with dozens of arms dealers, and stockpile several weapons like M16s and flamethrowers.

Appearances
SPYDER is first introduced in Spy School, where it is revealed that they planted Murray Hill as a mole. They appear in every book starting from Spy School to Spy School British Invasion, with the exception of Spy Ski School. This seven book arc is dubbed The SPYDER Collection. However, since SPYDER has been supposedly defeated in Spy School British Invasion, it is unlikely for them to rise up in the future and play the major villainous faction again. SPYDER was considered by Ben Ripley to be his main enemy.

Schemes

 * Setting off a bomb to destroy the CIA Academy of Espionage (foiled by Operation Creeping Badger)
 * Assassinating the President of the United States and important officials meeting at Camp David via missiles (foiled by Operation Angry Jackal)
 * Blowing up ten bridges and getting paid billions to rebuild them (foiled by Operation Bedbug)
 * Murdering the Chief of Arms of to get control over nuclear weapons and blackmail the world (foiled by Operation Pungent Muskrat)
 * Bombing Antarctica to accelerate ice cap melting, in order to monopolize property along the new coasts (foiled by Operation Tiger Shark)
 * Setting off an EMP generator atop the Eiffel Tower to wipe out computer networks (foiled by Operation Screaming Vengeance)