Gardexian Shadows

The Shadows are a black ops division of the Gardexian military.  They specialize in operations that would best go unnoticed among the Galactic public from tracking down terrorists to assassinations.
==History==
The Shadows have been around since the early 15th century, after an order was created by the first Gardexian king, King Raltus I. The order was compromised of assassins and infiltrators handpic ked by the king himself, usually to descretely eliminate targets that were planning coups or rebellion members. For hundreds of years, they carried out these tactics. The invention of long range weaponry such as sniper rifles began making their operations more efficient.
In 2161, following the death of Queen Arikala II, her son and heir to the throne, King Revar passed over control of the Shadows to the Defense Ministry, as a lack of use for them had caused them to be almost decommishioned. Ironically, he was assassinated the very next day as part of a coup. Secretly, the Ministry of Defense sent two Shadows with the son of King Revar, Prince Gival, to return control of Gardiex to its rightful rulers. The mission was a success, and in return, King Gival created joint ownership of  the Shadows between the Royal Family and the Military.
==Operations==
The Shadows are handpicked by the Minister of Defense themself, usually from the Archangels or Royal Guard. Like the Spectres of the Citadel Council, they are permitted use of any asset they acquire, be it armor, alien weaponry, or spacecraft. They constantly train harder than any average Gardexian soldier to prepare for every possible combat scenario, many sessions including live fire. Through this training, they complete missions as efficiently and quickly as possible, then leave no trace. Shadows never operate alone, and are usually dispatched in two man teams, three depending on the priority of the mission. Death of one agent in the field is almost never experienced by a Shadow, but if one is killed in action, the other must have the remains extracted or destroy the remains humanely in order to remain anonymous.