Commonwealth Special Air Service

*The Commonwealth Special Air Service Was Formed Late Into The Year 2420, Facing Rising Tensions From Outside Factors and The Threat Of Another Drawn Out Conflict This Time Involving The Larger Aventis Empire, Commonwealth Command Took Time To Look At Aventis' Preference For Personnel Based Engagements, and With Information Gleaned From The Recent Exploits And Intelligence Operations Of Rear Admiral Nova Lixri, The Task Force Was Formed In Rapid Response In Order To Combat These Forms Of Hostile Engagement With Excessive Lethality and Training.*

*The Special Air Service Takes Traits From Many Of It's Member Species And Focuses Them Into One Cohesive Branch, Focusing On Playing Of The Strengths and Experiences Of Each Member Race.*

*The Service Is Currently Under The Command Of General Sylveris (Silver-is) Wolfgang Lunamonde, Commanding Officer Of The U.C.S Claidheamh Mor, Which Serves As The Mobile Headquarters Of The Service.*

*The Special Air Service Has It's Own Commander In Chief In The Form Of General Lunamonde, But Many Ranking Officers Have Known To Be Designated as Departmental and Operational Commanders, Taking Direct Authority In The Chain Of Command Should No Other Ranking Officer Be Present. The Service Also Does Not Allow Standard Starfleet Personnel To Become Involved In Their Operations Unless In Circumstances Involving Planetary Defenses, Partly Due To Fears Of Operational Interference, and Partially Due To The General's Growing Mistrust Of The Fleet's Command Chain.*

### The Seraphims:

*Focus Of Operation: Air Assault and Superiority*

*Speciality: Lightning Strike Tactics*

*The Seraphim Unit Is A Unit Comprised Of Low Orbit Aerial Troopers, Heavy Aurellian Power Armor Units, and Planetary Aerial Attack Craft, They Are Intended For Striking an Opponent From The Air And Catching Them Off Guard, and Then Rapidly Denying Any Air Based Assets To An Opposing Force With Alarming Aggression. The Unit Is Said To Be Formed By General Lunamonde as His Personal Regiment Out Of Nostalgia For His Home, But The General Has Since Come Forth To Deny Said Rumors, Simply Pointing Out The Tactical Advantage In Being Prepared For A Lightning War.*

### The Bloodhounds:

*Focus Of Operation: Smash and Grab*

*Speciality: Capture and Retrieval*

*The Bloodhounds are Mainly Comprised Of Revelkan Warriors, Supplemented By Aurellian Marksman and Black Eye Consortium Marines, The Bloodhounds are Notorious For Their Brutal Capture Operations, and Many a Target Prefers Surrender Than Capture By Force. This Is Compounded Due To The Fact That The Bloodhounds are Relentless In Tracking Their Targets, Known To Follow From Solar System To Solar System Before Catching Their Prey, Usually By Forcing Themselves Aboard the hostile ship and sweeping it deck by deck.*

### The Ravens:

*Focus Of Operation: Priority Target Removal And Unit Support*

*Speciality: Covert Assassination*

*The Ravens Take Only The Best Marksman From Each Known Member Species, Their Training More Of An Unceremonious Indoctrination Over All Else, Stripping Away Rank, Title and Merit Of Any Previous Service, In Favour Of Loyalty To The Team, Commonwealth (And The Service), and Mission, Most Of The Information On The Ravens Is Stricken From Record, Borderline Better Than Even Section 31, As Anyone Who Mentions The Regiment Outside Of Their Name Usually Ends Up Missing, And A Black Feather In Place, It Is Unknown If These Individuals Are Inducted Into The Regiment As Intelligence Operatives Due To Their Inquisitive Nature, Or Are Simply Killed.*

### The Butchers

*Focus Of Operation: Frontal Assault and Breaching*

*Speciality: All Out Warfare and Psychological Torment*

*While The Unit Has No Official Designation Other Than "Strike Team 57-Alpha", The Title Of Butcher Applies Fairly Well, As It's Members are Known To Be Some Of The Most Aggressive and Sadistic The Black Eye Commonwealth Has To Offer, Comprising Mainly Of Verakian Mercenaries and Heavy Warmech Units, The Butchers Terrify Enemy Forces Into Surrender Or Retreat, Or Risk Being The Next On The Chopping Block. Officially, The Butchers Are Considered A Rogue Element Of The Service, and Disavowed, Unofficially However, Many Of The Butchers Have Been Terrified Into Service By The General Himself Content To Keep The More Malicious Members Of The Military Under His Boot By Fear Of Execution.*

### The Vanguards:

*Focus Of Operation: Rapid Response And Deployment*

*Speciality: Rapid Deployment and Overwhelming Numbers*

*With The Need For a Mainline Reactionary Force, The Vanguards Happily Took Up The Role, Being The Most Balanced Force Within The Special Air Service, They Handle Most If Not All Operational Theatres Until The Need For A Specialist Arrives. This Flexibility Allows Them To See A Majority Of Situations and Come Out On Top Of Them All, The Regiment Is Mainly Formed From Service Veterans Across The Commonwealth's Main Military Branches, This Gives Them A Good Nature As Scouts As They Are Always The First On The Ground.*

### The Guardians

*Focus Of Operation: Diplomatic Honour Guard*

*Speciality: VIP Protection and Objective Defence*

*With The Vast Amount Of Member Species Comprising The Commonwealth, It Is No Surprise That Many Diplomats Find Themselves Under Threat and Scrutiny From Hostile Forces Both Foreign and Domestic. The Guardians Comprise Some Of The Best The Service Has To Offer Throughout All It's Units, Assigned To Differing Diplomats As A Way To Protect, and Build Trust Between Member Specie*s, Many Of These Guardians Usually Come At The Recommendation From Either The Diplomat Themselves Or Another Member Of FLEETCOM, As A Sign Of Respect And Courtesy, Only ONE Member Of The Same Species Can Be Assigned To A Diplomat As A Guardian, This Is To Prevent Favouritism And Species Racism From Abusing The Honour Guards.

### Special Projects Team

(Research and Development):

The Special Projects Team Mainly Comprises Of The Service's Research and Development Teams, Men and Women From All Corners Focused On Developing Weapons, Medical, and Even Ship Based Improvements Such as Impulse Engines, Most Of What The Research Teams Are Working On Is Kept Public Knowledge To Increase The Public Society's Trust Of The Service. But Many Projects Are Also Kept Under Lock and Key, In Order To Preserve Security And Secrecy. Recently, The Team Came Under The Command Of Laekada Davaxi, Leader Of The Oblivion Verdict, With Laekada In Charge The Team Surged To The Forefront Of The Service's Funding.

### UCP Special Air Service Training Officers

*Training and Drill Instructors*

*As The Name Implies, These Are Mainly Veterans And Retired Field Officers Trusted With Upholding Training, Teaching, And Security Across The Multiple Ships and Bases Operated By The Service, And Are Considered As, If Not, More Valuable That Most Front Line Combat Units, As The Service Itself Is Relent On The Wisdom Of It's Elder Members For Guidance*

*These Can Be:*

*Regimental Instructor*

*Regimental MPs*

*Flight Instructors*

*Warmech Pilot Instructors*

*Power Armor Training Instructors.*