Special Operations Executive

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The Special Operations Executive, or SOE for short, is a European special forces group responsible for sabotage, assassination, demolition, and other roles requiring clandestine action. Formed from the remains of various national special forces groups following suitfall by ECA commanders, the line between the ECA’s special forces group and the SOE is fuzzy, as the reorganization was preceded by years of gradual changes, theoretically leaving the SOE the last intact remnant of the ECA’s military organization.
Absorbed into the European Federation following its formation (which the SOE had some small part in), the SOE now serves the Federation directly, destroying anarchist groups or furthering the EuF’s political interest abroad.
==Organization==
The SOE is commanded by Director/Lieutenant-general Karl Magnusson, previously of the ECA, who then subordinates command of the two branches (Münster and Hereford) to the local commanders. Generally, the Director is responsible for the organization and maintenance of the organization itself, with management of missions and personnel delegated to lower ranked officers. Below them, the organizational structure becomes far looser, with each “cell” of the SOE organizing themselves as they see fit, with some functioning more like traditional military units, and others functioning more like uncontrolled hordes of drunken gibbons.
The SOE is organized into semi-independent, specialist cells to ensure flexibility and secrecy. These cells often, though not always, specialize in certain methods of warfare or battlefield roles, though all maintain a basic degree of training in reconnaissance, stealth, and assassination. A given cell is usually deployed wholesale to complete a given mission, with officers and commanders within the cell granted significant latitude in how they complete that mission.
===Cells===
Emblem	Name 	Cell Number	Specialty 	Status
 	Paradise Lost	1st 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Bandersnatch 	2nd 	Assassination. 	Destroyed.
 	Kirkegrim 	3rd 	Recon and rapid deployment. 	Understrength.
 	Unknown 	4th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Hydra 	5th 	Commando raids. 	Destroyed.
 	Unknown 	6th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	7th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	8th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Einherja 	9th 	Sabotage, orbital deployment.	Active.
 	Unknown 	10th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	11th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	12th 	Sabotage. 	Destroyed.
 	Hrafn 	13th 	Recon. 	Active.
 	Unknown 	14th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	15th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	16th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Unknown 	17th 	Unknown. 	Unknown.
 	Jolly Deadmen	18th 	Really unknown. 	Replacements in training.
 	Magellan 	19th 	Assassination. 	Active.
 	Twilight 	20th 	Stealth operations. 	Active.
==Base(s) of Operation==
The SOE possess two facilities, one in Münster and one in Hereford. Both possess most of the amenities one would expect from a military facility, including but not limited to: Armouries, firing ranges, training facilities, canteens, rec rooms, beds, and toilets.
Münster acts as the command facility and HQ for most operations that occur within the Federation’s borders, as well as acting as the home base for a significant number of the cells. Hereford is somewhat more secure, as it is primarily responsible for training new recruits and missions against foreign nations. Neither base possess more than token fortifications, as the SOE is not expected to directly participate in the defense of cities, nor are the bases expected to come under direct attack, being placed in major cities deep within European territory. Both bases maintain a fairly respectable guard, though, to prevent the infiltration of enemy spies.
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