Hypnos

Hypnos is the name of a fictional organization from the Digimon Tamers TV series. This covert agency is believed to be named after the title of a minor tale by horror author HP Lovecraft and Hypnos the Greek God of Sleep.

Hypnos' original purpose was to monitor electronic communications of half the Earth for the Japanese government. Because of the legal issues of violating privacy, Hypnos was kept secrect from the public. However, Hypnos discovered Digimon (termed "Wild Ones") who came entered the real world. As a result, the agency's new objective is to detect Digimon when they Bio-Emerge in the real world and to prevent it if possible. If a Digimon does manage to crossover, Hypnos would try to capture the Wild One and study it. Another function of the agency was to prevent media leaks about Digimon. Apparently, Mitsuo Yamaki, the head of Hypnos, had a agenda to eliminate Digimon once and for all. It should be noted, Yamaki considered Digimon a threat to humanity and mere program "fukes", not living beings.

However, their efforts at first proved unsuccessful. As time went on, they developed new and better methods of attacking Digimon, but these techniques proved ineffective against the Devas. In their efforts to better understand and defeat the Digimon, Hypnos recruited the scientists who originally made the Digimon, attempting to use their knowledge to create a successful anti-Digimon weapon.

After the Tamers entered the Digital World, Hypnos' objectives changed: they now sought only to bring the kids home. This new realization came after Hypnos' leadership realized that not all the Digimon were evil. Eventually, their efforts allowed the children and their Digimon to return to the real world. Hypnos later helped in the battle against the D-Reaper.

Hypnos is covertly headquartered in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which also houses the Hypnos computer system, as well as several labs for research. The agency employs scientists, operators, and computer programmers, as well as several field agents. Also at Hypnos' disposal are unmarked black vans and helicopters, used for investgation and combating Digimon. Since Hypnos is a government agency, Yamaki reports to four officials, presumably his superiors in the Japanese Government, and to the Cheif Cabinet Security.

Programs
During their attempts to destroy Digimon, who were composed of data, Hypnos developed two programs meant to serve that purpose.

Yuggoth
Essentially a blast of virtual energy, the Yuggoth program locks onto and strikes Digimon, supposedly deleting them. The Yuggoth program was later downloaded into Gallantmon's vehicle Grani.

Juggernaut (Shaggai)
The most powerful of Hypnos' weapons, the Juggernaut program is a digital vortex that draws in all data nearby, including Digimon. The program nearly succeeded in destroying many Digimon, but inadvertently allowed one of the Devas to pass into the human world. The Juggernaut's subsequent uses were equally ineffective, until it was downloaded into Terriermon. As MegaGargomon, he and Henry used it as part of Operation Doodlebug, regressing the D-Reaper back to its original harmless state.

Ark Program
A transport program created by Hypnos with the Monster Makers' help, the Ark's purpose was to bring the Digi-Destined home from the Digital World. However, the program evolved beyond it's original purpose, actually developing intelligence. Later, when the Digi-Destined and their Digimon were locked in battle with the D-Reaper, Hypnos recovered and modified the Ark into an attack vehicle, and attempted to materialize it in the human world. However, it was unsuccessful until Gallantmon channelled his energy into it, creating Grani.

Personel

 * Mitsuo Yamaki - Head of Hypnos
 * Riley Ootori - Chief System Operator
 * Talley - System Operator
 * Monster Makers - Group of computer programers/scientists who created the Digimon.
 * Unnamed Field Operative - Unnamed Hypnos agent that is seen several times in the series.