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Mission Statment
The
mission of IMPERIAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND is to plan, prepare
for, and when directed, deploy to conduct unconventional warfare, foreign
internal defense, special reconnaissance and direct actions in support of
Imperial policy objectives within designated areas of responsibility.
Unconventional Warfare (UW):
A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations conducted in
enemy-held, enemy-controlled or politically sensitive territory. UW
includes, but is not limited to, the interrelated fields of guerilla
warfare, evasion and escape, subversion, sabotage, and other operations of a
low visibility, covert or clandestine nature.
- Conduct a broad spectrum
of military and paramilitary operations.
- Long-duration, indirect
activities including guerrilla warfare and other offensive, low
visibility, or clandestine operations.
Direct Action (DA):
Either overt or covert action against an enemy force. Seize, damage, or
destroy a target; capture or recover personnel or material in support of
strategic/operational objectives or conventional forces.
- Short-duration,
small-scale offensive actions.
- May require raids,
ambushes, direct assault tactics; emplace mines and other munitions;
conduct standoff attacks by firing from air, ground, or maritime
platforms; designate or illuminate targets for precision-guided
munitions; support for cover and deception operations; or conduct
independent sabotage normally inside enemy-held territory.
- Includes Zero-Gravity
missions.
Special Reconnaissance (SR):
Special Operations teams are infiltrated behind enemy lines to provide the
theater commander with intelligence on the enemy or to gather information on
the terrain, local populace, etc. of an area. Verify, through observation or
other collection methods, information concerning enemy capabilities,
intentions, and activities in support of strategic/operational objectives or
conventional forces.
- Collect meteorological,
hydrographic, geographic, and demographic data; provide target
acquisition, area assessment, and post-strike reconnaissance data.
Counter-Terrorism (CT):
Offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism.
Preempt or resolve terrorist incidents. Interagency activity using highly
specialized capabilities.
Psychological Operations (PSYOP):
Induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to Imperial
objectives. Influence emotions, motives, and behavior of foreign
governments, organizations, groups, and individuals.
In addition to the above specialized missions, IMPERIAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND must:
- Prepare assigned forces
to carry out special operations missions as required and, if directed by
the Emperor or the Ubiqtorate, plan for, and conduct special operations.
- Develop doctrine,
tactics, techniques and procedures for special operations forces.
- Conduct specialized
courses of instruction for all special operations forces.
- Train assigned forces and
ensure inter-operability of equipment and forces.
- Monitor the preparedness
of special operations groups assigned to other unified commands.
- Develop and acquire
unique special operations forces equipment, material, supplies and
services. (This includes testing new R&D material for the Empire)
- Monitor the
promotion, assignments, retention, training and professional development
of all special operations personnel.
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