Alpha Squad

**Alpha Squad** was an ISA elite special forces squad that participated in Operation Archangel during the Second Extrasolar War.

The team consists of Sergeant First Class Tomas Sevchenko, Lance Corporal Dante Garza, Master Sergeant Rico Velasquez, and Corporal Shawn Natko.

## History

### **Establishment**

Following the Helghast invasion and eventual take over of Vekta in the year 2357, the ISA Had moved its headquarters to the border planet of Runekara where Colonel Jan Templar was given the task of rebuilding the ISA Special Forces on Runekara.

Drawing upon his experience against the Helghast, Templar created an organization of small squads of four to five people. Due to the small size of the units and the nature of their deployment, they were picked for their aggression, initiative, and resourcefulness.

Every single team member needed combat experience. Templar handpicked each of his eight team leaders, and the team leaders then worked with the colonel to fill the slots in their individual teams.

### **First Engagements**

Alpha would go on to take part in multiple engagements during the Border Campaign, while the ISA was fighting back against Operation Vengeance throughout the rest of 2357 up until the year 2361 when the Helghast eventually called off its drive toward Earth from the Alpha Centauri System, and instead would go on to advance North in order to enter the UCA Viari System in hopes of finding another way around in order to enter the Solar System from another spot on the astro-map.

Alpha would eventually become organized and used for the first time in the Second Extrasolar War in the fall of 2360, after Jan Templar was able to escape Vekta following the failed uprising against the Helghast, which allowed him the chance to flee with both Rico and Hakha to Runekara.

Their first operation occurred in Euripides in 2360, their second being during the Second Battle of Aliosho, and the third being the Assault on Gaston, from 2360 to 2361 Alpha was able to make its presence known throughout the Helghast ranks as one of the most feared squads at the time of the early years of the Second Extrasolar War, with General Lente of the Third Army actually linking to them to Jan Templar Squad that harassed his forces back on Vekta in 2357 when the war began, and that it took the Commander to crush his rebellion at the missile base once and for all.

### **Invasion of Helghan**

Alpha would eventually take part in the Invasion of Helghan that occurred in 2362, where they were tasked with taking and capturing Scolar Visari, however, the Invasion went south with the ISA lacking the official intelligence not knowing that Scolar Visari was off world at the time of the ISA attack, where as a result of the Invasion, Alpha would lose one of their members Dante Garza, before the ISA were eventually counter attacked by the Helghast and driven off of Helghan completely by both the Elite Guard and Third Army.

### **Following Helghan**

It is unknown on what became of Alpha Squad post 2362, as Jan Templar perished during the failed Invasion of Helghan, but it is most likely that the duo either went into hiding, or have been rebuilt by a secondary unit as the Second Extrasolar War continued on into the 2370s 80s and eventual 90s.

It is also unknown if Alpha ever engaged the Coralition Republic as well.

### **Legacy**

Though it is unknown of what became of Alpha Squad following the Invasion of Helghan in 2362, it is rumored that The Commander may have been the one responsible for the assault on Alpha, similar to how the Commander crushed Templar's four man squad during the Invasion of Vekta years prior, though this is not 100% Revealed or certified, it was revealed in the 27th century, that the main culprits for Alpha's defeat on Helghan was most likely caused by 2 people, either The Commander of the Helghast Third Army, or Reel Radic of the Elite Guards, it was never determined on which one of these were responsible for the death of Garza and the eventual downfall of Alpha Squad, as many witnesses backed at the time stated that it was the Elite Guards that were responsible, though many also came forward with historical writings revealing that Alpha was fighting the Third Army during its time in the Wastelands, making the outcome of the investigation almost confusing and impossible to determine who was responsible.

It wouldn't be until 2569 when an article would eventually become published on both Vekta and Earth, revealing that both the Elite Guard and Third Army were both involved, suggesting that both The Commander of the Third Army and Radec were both involved with Alpha's destruction back in the year 2362.