OverWatch Appointment Sub-branch

**The appointment sub-branch** is a tactical branch mainly in use to officers from either the OverWatch Army or OverWatch Navy**.** Officers within the appointment branch are skilled units who primarily fit for tactical operations and-or lead special operational task forces. The branch is more or less abstract, as there are no official ranks - but more so positions and titles given to navy and army officers. Enlisted members are assigned with the position of squad leader, commanding special squads. Squad commanders lead specific organized squads of warrant officers.

Commissioned officers are assigned with squad captain, leading battalion size special forces. Taskmaster and commandants are senior roles assigned to military outposts and managing spec-ops teams. Task force commander is the highest position in the sub-branch, they have the responsibility of governing an entire section of spec-ops or command a specialized naval fleet. General task force commander is a special position reserved only for the task force commander chosen to manage and operate the entire sub-branch, they report directly to the OverWatch Upper Command.

## History

### Pre-Phase 1

The appointment sub-branch was established as an official branch of the OverWatch military a few decades after the 5th Army was established. Later on, it was re-organized to a sub-branch of the navy and army after budget re-allocations.

At some point, Guy Fish was enlisted in the OverWatch Marine Services, serving as an officer up until he reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander, he was then appointed to the sub-branch in the aftermath of the Demon that breached containment of Facility CHROMA as a form of promotion, it was said that he commanded an unnamed spec-ops team as Squad Captain. Later on he was given task of commanding the special observation and security fleet - the Observer Fleet, he was placed as Commandant, and was elevated to Task Force Commander at a later point.

Epsilon-1, 2 and 3 were established at some point before the rise of the Four Horsemen, Epsilon-1 went under the wing of the Appointment Sub-branch naval division, placing Squad captain Citron Kobayashi as leader and Usain Maloe as its Taskmaster. Epsilon-2 ended up being assigned as the Marine Service's elite vanguard unit, and Epsilon-3 was assigned in the sub-branch's army division, under the leadership of Commandant Amar and Taskmaster Hobin Del.

### Phase 1

Fish held the annual meeting of the Observer Fleet's operations to high admiral Marude and admiral Kirsk. Fish reported that remnants of the Sector C civil war had been cleaned up, then reported of a breach within the Observer Fleet's and the subsequently the military's database, mentioning of an officer being completely wiped off, only knowing that the officer in question was stationed at 3012-C.

Fish and Kirsk were assigned to command the newly formed Earth's Inquisition Team, and held their first meeting aboard Fish's flagship, Galaxia, regarding their involvement in first Resquis raid.

Earth's Inquisition Team later participated in KU-TAKEDOWN. Fish led the ground forces in disguise as a U.S. Homeland Security black-ops force to suppress several criminals housed within Kukui University.

### Phase 2

Earth's Inquisition Team participated in a joint operation with the IAB's Contraband Control Agency on an Ender Crystal farm that the Resistance used to illegally grow ender crystals.

Task force commander Fish and Taskmaster Maloe commanded a special operations mission on 9991-C, an occupied planet where its puppet government was said to have been working behind the 5th Army's back by taking control of a key food factory belonging to the Union of Commerce. Fish tasked Captain Fox of Epsilon-2 and Commander Kenya of SIGMA Company, along with Squad captain Kobayashi of Epsilon-1, to lead a joint cooperation. Epsilon-1 had the task of securing the west the factory, while SIGMA Company and Epsilon-2 handled the rescuing of the hostages that the factory workers had taken.

A black-ops group, under the command of squad captain Talm Umbrick, was operating in an old hangar nearby the lake behind Kukui University. They were ambushed by a Resistance squad, led by an overcharged Nox and Takashi. It ended with their obliteration before Talm could report for backup or even evacuate. Marude later mentioned this during the joint session between the 5th Army's executive council and the joint staff of sector C, reported by a commandant Miles Lowe.

### Phase 3

Fish participated in the wide scale military operation, operation: DAY-BREAK. Fish was assigned as Kirsk's lieutenant on the ground, and was tasked to protect and manage the garrisson base. Fish organized a special strike team to infiltrate the Resistance's base, yet came up empty handed. In the aftermath of the operation, Fish was tasked by Kirsk to supervise the clean-up crew, and to ensure the corpses of the fallen soldiers were delivered back to Kirsk's flagship. Radio silence from Fish led to Kirsk sending down a small team to investigate, discovering that the clean up crew had been ambushed, and Fish had been killed in the process. As a result of Fish's death, the Observer Fleet was given to the IAB and was converted to a servailance fleet in the wake of civil war.

Jack Nova, an officer of the navy and former member of Epsilon-2, was promoted to Commander in the aftermath of operation: DAY-BEAK. Commander nova was redesignated to the appointment sub-branch's naval division after the formation of the special task force group, Nova Squad, was established, attaining the title of Squad captain.

### Phase 4

Nova Squad participated in the battle of 9107-C, and was noted to have heavy casualties from the negligence of squad captain Nova. The squad would later keep displaying this negligence, both in operation: ASSAULT-SAVANNAHand the counter raid of outpost SIGMA. In the latter operation, 2/3 of Nova Squad had been wiped out, leaving Nova himself heavily wounded. The only other surviving officer, squad commander Mark Nixon, filed a complaint to task force commander Lew Massion, Fish's replacement, and Nova was a strike away from being court martialed. Epsilon-3 was seen participating in operation: ASSAULT-SAVANNAH as part of S1 Division's forces, reportedly being under the command of Commandant Amar. After Naofa Niro's defection, Nova began realizing his errors, and decided to defect as well during operation: FAE-SUBMISSION. Epsilon-1 and Epsilon-3 were said to have participated in the landing portion of the operation, Epsilon-1 being guided by Taskmaster Maloe and Epsilon-3 by Taskmaster Del. In the wake of Nova's defection and in the aftermath of the large scaled operation, General task force commander Nils Hum was present at the joint chiefs of suppression meeting evaluation of "FAE-SUBMISSION", giving an inquiriy about former Squad captain Nova. It was said that the remnants of Nova Squad merged with Epsilon-1.

## Uniform

Because of the appointment branch's special position, in the military, the branch is assigned a special uniform that is shared with the Internal Service Force. The uniform is in the same design as the rest of the armed forces and government, only that the tunic is a brighter shade of gray, and the trousers issued with the uniform are black, including the leather boots and the kepi cap. The embelm present on the cap depends which branch the officer is serving in, if it's the Navy then the symbol will be the same as on the Navy's issued uniforms, otherwise the Army's emblem will be displayed. One exception is made for the General Task force commander of the sub-branch, where the 5th Army's red circle is instead displayed. Officers are also issued the same black belt around the midriff, along with a designation disk on the belt buckle. Metal databoxes are also present attached on the belt, that are said to contain additional data about the officer's assignments in the sub-branch.

Depending on the officer's assignment, the armaments that are issued to the sub-branch is the exact same as both the Army and the Navy. Some task forces have additional attachments to their weapons that is applied depending on the assigment. The black-ops unit commanded by Squad captain Ulmbrick had silencers and additional optics attached their OI-89 assault rifles. The field code is once again the same as in the Army and Navy, task force units are issued with the Mk.III Combat Armor, then later in the Second civil war - the Mk.IV Combat Armor.

## Members

### Current members

* Nils Hum - General task force commander
* Lew Massion - Task force commander
* Usain Maloe - Taskmaster
* Hobin Del - Taskmaster
* Miles Lowe - Commandant
* Amar - Commandant
* Citron Kobayashi - Squad captain
* Mark Nixon - Squad commander

### Former members

* Guy Fish - Task force commander †
* Talm Umbrick - Squad captain †
* Jack Nova - Squad captain *(Defected)*
* Andi Herschel - Squad leader †