NAVSOC

Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOC), known by its operators' moniker of the Falcons, is the Sol Defence Corps Navy's primary special operations force, responsible for carrying out clandestine operations, conducting counterterrorism operations, and capturing or assassinating high-value or high-profile targets. A key component in the Martian Revolution, the Falcons were responsible in taking down many of the AFF's organisers and high-ranking guerilla personnel, crippling their leadership and leading to the UN's victory in the war.

NAVSOC personnel consist of highly elite, trained soldiers and take part in rigorous training exercises to be experts at precise, unconventional warfare. They are armed with specially-modified SDC weaponry and are capable of carrying out highly dangerous missions.

Duties and Abilities
Spec Ops soldiers are able to perform elite activities in the name of special and unconventional warfare, capable of covert assassinations, intelligence gathering, or asset protection. Certain Spec Ops soldiers are specially trained to handle, protect, and defend high-risk allied persons such as political figures or high-ranking military officials.

Spec Ops are trained in marksmanship, close combat, hostile environment training, martial arts and demolitions. They are equipped with one of two Spec Ops combat-rated hardsuits capable of withstanding medium to heavy arms fire, with shock absorbers and ablative plating allowing for the suit to double as survival gear.

Entrance into the Spec Ops program is elite, and very few can proudly take the mantle.

History
NAVSOC as a unit was founded in 2066 following an ever-increasing demand for special operators to be on the forefront of space and space patrol. As the planets of the Sol system gradually became colonised, the Sol Defence Corps were struggling to patrol and maintain remote systems that had little oversight and often fell victim to crime and black market activities. This need was further exacerbated by the start of terrorist attacks on freshly-colonised Mars, particularly the Greensboro hostage incident which led to the death of several colonists. Later investigations blamed inadequate SDC response to the developing crisis and called for a highly-specialised team to be assembled.

NAVSOC was never fully revealed to the public until 2101, long after the ending of the Martian Revolution.

NAVSOC's initial ranks, like the early SDC, were drawn from UNPK and national-level military special operators from countries such as the United States and United Kingdom, primarily consisting of those from USSOCOM and the UK's Special Air Service. These operators received additional training for zero-gravity and extraterrestrial combat and were indoctrinated into NAVSOC as its first members.

As the SDC grew in size and power it began drawing from its own pool of recruits into NAVSOC, adapting the training methods and standards of its predecessor militaries into a uniform doctrine and training programme still used to present day.

The declaration of the Martian Revolution had activated NAVSOC to be used in a proper war scenario, skyrocketing its recruitment and training efforts and sending its operators on missions. Despite early setbacks - notably due to the lack of proper war experience - NAVSOC quickly gained traction in its objectives and became a formidable force halfway through the war. Its collaboration with what would become the Sol Intelligence Service proved invaluable to the UN, resulting in the regular acquisition of enemy intelligence and efforts.