U-TIC, short for Unknown Territory Interventing and Creation Agency, is an organization of scientists bent on universal domination. They are the military arm of Ormus, a religious society behind the events of the first two episodes of Xenosaga, as well as the Immigrant Fleet. Labyrinthos, located on Old Miltia, was the main headquarters of the U-TIC Organization during the Miltian Conflict. U-TIC also owned Proto Merkabah, and the U-TIC Garden. U-TIC is hostile to the main characters throughout Xenosaga, attacking and shooting Shion Uzuki and her allies on sight.