Special forces

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ImperialSpecialForces-SWL69 — A grouping of the Galactic Empire's special forces commandos

Special forces were elite military units that held specialized roles and accomplished tasks or missions that conventional military units were not trained or skilled for. The New Republic sent a special forces team led by Jom Barell to investigate suspected Imperial activity on Akiva sometime after the Battle of Endor.^[1]

Organizations[]

Galactic Republic[]

The Galactic Republic made use of various special and elite units during the Clone Wars. Clone commandos,^[2] Advanced Recon Commandos, Biker Advanced Recon Commandos, and Advanced Recon Force Scout Troopers^[3] were greatly employed, with units including Foxtrot Group, D-Squad,^[4] Delta Squad,^[5] and Clone Force 99.^[6] The 41st Ranger Platoon was also an elite unit within the 41st Elite Corps.^[7]^[8]

Confederacy of Independent Systems[]

Main article: CIS Special Operations

The Confederacy of Independent Systems maintained a special operations branch^[9] and utilized specialized battle droids as special forces units, including BX-series droid commandos, during the Clone Wars.^[10] Techno Union commandos served with the Confederacy during the war.^[11]

Alliance to Restore the Republic[]

"Marines, pathfinders, urban guerrillas, techs, wilderness fighters, heavy weapons specialists, and infiltrators make up Special Forces. We infiltrate. We exfiltrate. We go in first and strike from cover. We do this better than the Empire, and that is how we'll win this war."

―Ruescott Melshi on Alliance Special Forces^[12]

The Alliance to Restore the Republic maintained the Rebel Alliance Special Forces,^[13] a branch of the Alliance Military.^[14] Consisting of pathfinders,^[15] the Marine Corps, and Rebel Commandos, the Alliance Special Forces served in various battlefronts.^[16]

Galactic Empire[]

"We weren't expecting Special Forces."
"That's the point, Sergeant."

―A stormtrooper and Inferno Squad's Gideon Hask^[7]

Main article: Imperial Special Forces

The Galactic Empire maintained various special forces units throughout its military and intelligence branches.^[17] An early special forces squad was the ES Task Division, which Admiral Rampart assembled as part of a program to transition from clones to human transcripts. However, the ES Troopers proved to be unable to follow orders as obediently as clone troopers, and one of the members, ES-01, was executed by their commander, Crosshair.^[18] The rest would soon follow in the events after, and only ES-02 survived.^[19]