Approved Lore First Imperial Navy/Unconventional Warfare Division/Group Four/ALPHA Team

[Kier Grey]

"No Half Measures!"​

-Official Motto​

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

Intent: For posterity, submitting the active Death Trooper assets within ALPHA team into the Codex.
Image Credit: Source (Lewis Roth for Edits)
Canon: N/A
Links: First Order Special Warfare Command / Group Four / ALPHA Team, Project: AFTERLIFE, Project: REVENANT, Blackwing Electro-Sword,FO-XD Prototype Death Trooper Armour,G-6E Light Repeating Blaster, G-12A Blaster Rifle, DARKSABRE Advanced Powered Assault Armour/Mark VII, DARKSABRE Advanced Powered Assault Armour/Mark IX, Type-51 Special Application Rifle/Advanced

GENERAL INFORMATION

Organization Name:

• First Imperial Navy/Unconventional Warfare Division/Group Four/ALPHA Team
• Special Warfare Command/Group Four/ALPHA Team (Formerly)

Nickname(s):

• Cyborgs
• Death Troopers (Widely Accepted Nickname)
• Death Dealers
• Death Eaters
• Demons
• Iron Warriors
• Mark Sevens
• Mark Nines
• Metal Men

Motto(s):

• "Imperius Ober Totallex" (Unofficial)
• "No Half Measures" (Official)
• "Second To None" (Unofficial)

Battle Cry:

• "Mortem Simulacra Invictia!" or simply "Invicta!"

Classification:

• Professional Military Organisation
  Tier-One Special Mission Unit

Affiliation: First Order Navy, Unconventional Warfare Division/Group Four.

Organization Symbol: Generally speaking members of ALPHA Team wear their sigil on the right-pauldron or breastplate of their armour as proof of their affiliation and membership with the unit in addition to personal heraldry. For beleaguered Stormtroopers and First Imperial Citizens, the sight of ALPHA Team is usually comforting for their unique qualities and capabilities are regarded with a deific reverence within and without the First Order's Military.

Description: Group Four/ALPHA Team is a constant unit that exclusively employs those Bio-engineered super soldiers known as"Death Troopers" within its' ranks under the operational command of the First Imperial Navy's Unconventional Warfare Division, typically consisting of a handful of members although the Team's roster is subject to change due to operational requirements for its' personnel and thus it's not unusual for Death Troopers to rotate through several teams within Group Four as necessary.

The Team is responsible for undertaking small and large scale high-risk clandestine, covert and special operations that would be dismissed as utterly perilous and suicidal by even the most hardened special operations soldiers fielded by other Governments. Commonly ALPHA Team is deployed in several types of operations commonly including but not limited to Deep Ground Surveillance, Direct Action, Special Reconnaissance, Covert Reconnaissance, Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Revolutionary, Counter-Contraband and Personnel & Equipment Recovery/Capture.

ALPHA Team's personnel are all graduates of the Brendol Hux Military Academy's Navy Unconventional Warfare Training Centre and successful candidates belonging either to Project: AFTERLIFE or Project: REVENANT respectively. Typically the latter are deployed on deep ground surveillance because of their increased psychological stability when compared to their predecessors and not having to rely on a steady stream of counter-mutagen stims for physiological health. ALPHA Team has virtually unlimited access to First Imperial military resources at their disposal with the team's economic cost and value including research and development costs several times exceeding that of a Battlecruiser running into the figure of several hundred million credits.

Their Chain of Command is unique in that they have very few administrative or operational barriers to contact with the highest echelons of First Imperial Central Command who are usually responsible for issuing orders directly to the team through Navy Headquarters or the Office of Naval Intelligence. The unique relationship that ALPHA has with Navy Intelligence and headquarters results in there being few practical or organisational barriers between them and the First Order's Supreme Commander and Grand Moff who can assign the Death Troopers the most dangerous operations that no other military assets could hope to perform and not only survive but suceed admirably.

Historically leadership of the team was amorphous and its' constituent members hunted much like a Lothwolf pack utilising teamwork and unity over hierarchy however, with the increased number of Death Troopers and corresponding teams with the shifting roster of personnel it was deemed necessary that ALPHA Team adhere to their Chain of Command and thus the unit is led by the individual with the highest rank currently active although De Facto it's not unusual for ALPHA's personnel to be led by the most experienced rather than the highest ranked individual, not an uncommon feature among special operations teams.

ALPHA has participated in more than seventy operations since its' creation in 852 ABY, more than any single Unconventional Warfare Command unit and is regarded as being rather exceptional among the Death Trooper teams for its' unusually high concentration of personnel augmented under Project: AFTERLIFE which gives the team an extraordinary resilience.

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Headquarters:

• Mephout
  The Dead Cityhttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/121881-the-dead-city/
  Graush Blacksite

Domain: As an official First Imperial Military organisation, ALPHA has martial jurisdiction within the entire First Order. The security clearance of the team's members are exclusively high and thus it's not unusual for them to appear at the Order's many shadowy black-sites. ALPHA often also undertake Operations outside First Imperial jurisdiction including within the sovereign territory of foreign governments with the full sanction of First Imperial Central Command.

Notable Assets: ALPHA Team has access to several Security Bureau safehouses throughout the First Imperial Realm that they utilise during the course of their operation for retrieving supplies, munitions and transport for their operations. In addition to this, ALPHA has access to ancient Galactic Empire bunkers and facilities scattered throughout the various regions long forgotten by the majority of the Universe which aids them in distant direction action and deep reconnaissance operations. In theory, ALPHA assets could feasibly deploy anywhere in the galaxy given enough time.

SOCIAL INFORMATION

Hierarchy: ALPHA Team possess a short chain of command by virtue of being a niche Special Operations Team and the great degree of flexibility they receive in return when in the theater environment. The highest link in ALPHA's Command Chain outside of Unconventional Warfare Command itself is the Commissioned Officer In-Charge of Group Four, typically a Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel. ALPHA Team itself is led by a "Team Leader" who is assisted by a "Sub-Leader" this permits a level of adaptability to requirements in the field easily allowing ALPHA to divide themselves into two smaller teams rapidly in order to meet the constantly shifting battlefield environment.

Membership: To be eligible for membership into ALPHA an individual must be an active full-time member of one of the First Imperial Military's branches and eligible for security vetting and granted a "Secret" or "Classified" Security Clearance from the First Order Security Bureau, this must be obtained prior to advancement through the process. All potential candidates then have their DNA screened for compatibility with the Physiological augmentation procedure they will later be required to receive, all nominated candidates must then complete and achieve competency in all units of a pre-requisite Unconventional Wafare training course at the Brendol Hux Military Academy's Unconventional Warfare Training Centre on Dosuun.

Due to the rarity of individuals with the genetic compatibility to receive the procedure the First Imperial Military Academy pushes their candidates until they either voluntarily resign from the Academy or achieve the minimum marks required to be graded as 'Competent' in each unit, if a candidate passes all of their units on initial assessment this training could be as short as seven standard months or stretch out to longer than eighty-six weeks if the assessed candidate is consistently failing to achieve their competencies or require additional training. The sheer determination and tenacity to persevere through repeated disheartening failure or injury that would break a normal Human is considered a key characteristic of Death Troopers.

Climate: The members of ALPHA Team are highly gregarious and social with one-another although the same could not be said with their approach to outsiders. When in the company of those outside the unit ALPHA's assets exhibit a cold spartan-like stoicism that seldom wavers, which contrasts heavily to the relationship they exhibit with one-another. ALPHA is more than a Military Unit for those who have been on its' roster and most loathe being taken away from an environment which bears many of the warm hallmarks of familial support and even quiet or in exceptional cases ostentatious affection.

Reputation: ALPHA's Death Troopers have been the subject of the First Imperial Propaganda machine where they are portrayed as peerless unkillable superheroes who swoop in to aid and rescue beleaguered First Imperial Stormtroopers and frightened citizens preyed upon by the vicious insurgents and revolutionaries throughout the Galaxy. Rumours of their ferocity as opponents float around the holonet, with many opposed to the First Order often describing them as inhuman "Demons", "Monsters" and "Jedi-Killers" who do not yield even for grievous injury. Both within and without First Imperial Society ALPHA and its' Death Troopers are perceived as being stoic, fearless, tenacious and bold although likewise, some view them with a mix of pity and fear recognizing aptly that they'd sacrificed the chance of a normal life to become warriors without equal.

• Commenori:
  During the Liberation of Commenor, ALPHA assets came into close contact with citizens of Commenor who found the First Order Death Troopers protecting the local First Imperial Embassy to be a frightening presence which deterred nearby rioters somewhat from attempting to breach said Embassy which otherwise was poorly defended and prepared to protect itself from thousands of furious and armed Citizens. Citizens of Commenor are generally weary and even frightened of ALPHA and Death Troopers as a whole, due to their fearsome reputation.

[*]First Imperial:

• Within the First Order the Death Troopers are seen as heroic almost deific warriors who cannot be killed or stopped when committed to an objective, they have a force-multiplying effect on First Imperial soldiers and stormtroopers lifting their morale and driving them to greater feats of battlefield valour. Within the Special Forces Community at large they can be regarded as "Freaks", "Mutants" or even more extreme "Monsters" because of their performance which is far beyond attainable by Baseline Humans.

[*]New Republic:

• During the clandestine liberation of Sullust, a New Republic Commando Team, unfortunately, came into direct contact with assets belonging to ALPHA while attempting to raid and commandeer a First Imperial Military supply train in the hopes of arming the local insurgency. The Republic Commandos unwittingly initiated contact with ALPHA and in the resultant firefight, ALPHA neutralized the Commandos some of who were exposed to a nerve agent deployed by Kyli DT-6767. The lethal contact with the Death Troopers cemented their bloodthirsty and dangerous reputation.

Curios:

• Death Trooper Holotags: In accordance with Military Identification policy and the customary laws of war. Members of the Unit are equipped with Holotag identity tags worn around the neck which identify their first name, DT-code and rank along with their full personnel file number. The conspicuous absence of a last name is an intentional decision to protect their identities and subsequent surveillance of the Troopers when on leave or otherwise in a civil environment that might be performed by foreign or hostile intelligence services.

Dogma/Doctrines:

• Beyond Death: Because of the awe and fear they inspire within friendly and hostile troops alike who witness their work the First Order's Military presents ALPHA Team as beyond Human; gods of war who cannot be killed on the battlefield by an enemy because they're Death Troopers the very incarnation of grim fate, as a result, the members of the team can never be lawfully classified as killed-in-action only wounded-in-action or missing-in-action.

Rules:

• Follow Your Orders: Death Troopers within ALPHA are obligated to observe First Imperial Military Law when discharging their duties, this requires the team to obey lawful orders provided to them down through their Chain of Command.
• Graush Protocol: In accordance with the "Graush Protocol" the Death Troopers' equipment specifically their powered armour is classified as sensitive material that cannot be permitted to fall into the custody of opposition forces, as a result, they are prohibited from surrendering it as a matter of military law. When a Death Trooper is in immediate danger of being taken into custody by opposition forces they are obligated to destroy their armour and inadvertently themselves in the process.
• No Man Left Behind: Similarly to many other Military Organisations within the Galaxy, the members of ALPHA refuse to abandon wounded or incapacitated teammates as a matter of culture and military law. Abandoning a wounded or incapacitated Teammate in their powered armour for the enemy to seize is tantamount to killing them as they should activate the armour's failsafe system incinerating it and themselves in the process. Thus, members of ALPHA are expected to risk their own lives and even die if necessary in search and rescue operations when the subject is another Death Trooper.

Goals:

• To seek out and close with the enemy, to destroy or capture him, to seize and hold ground or objectives and repel attack by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain.
• Safeguard the First Imperial Realm and all of her Citizens and Colonies from enemies foreign or domestic, to destroy or subdue them with extreme prejudice by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain.

MEMBERS

Current Members (Circa 856 ABY):

• Alpha-Alpha: CDR. Daan DT-130 (Group Four Leader/Rifleman/Assault)
• Alpha-One: PO1. Rexus DT-4539 (Assault/CQC)
• Alpha-Two: PO3. Dergan DT-7088 (EOD/Heavy Weapons/Demolitions)

Former Members (Circa 856 ABY):

• Discharge(s):
  Absent:
  PO1. Tanomas DT-808 (Sub-Leader/CQC/Assault)
  ​Reason: Suspected Flight from First Imperial Realm

[*]Medical:

• CPO. Kyli DT-6767 (Team Leader/Marksman/Rifleman)
  ​Reason: Psychological
  FIMS Diagnoses:
  Dissociative Personality Disorder
• ​Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Psychotic Disorder

[*]General/Honourable:

• Cpl. Luther DT-4742 (Team Leader/Rifleman)
  ​Reason: Elective De-augmentation & Physiotherapy.
  Transferred to First Order Security Bureau.

[*]PO2. Zarha DT-313 (Scout/Rifleman)

• ​​Reason: Separation from Military.
  Completed Enlistment Period.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

ALPHA Team Circa Late 853 ABY, Left to Right: Zarha, Kyli, Rexus, Dergan, Tanomas​

Source (x)​

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• 850 ABY:
  In Approximately 850 ABY the First Imperial Military began to search for Candidates who could be recruited into the Security Bureau's "Project: AFTERLIFE" a surgical and chemical biochemical augmentation procedure that would produce a spiritual successor to the Galactic Empire's "Death Trooper" Program. The difficulty in procuring subjects came partially from the high fatality rate of test subjects and limited funding which the Cabinet was willing to provide such an ambitious Project, as there was no Guarantee the resultant Troopers would be successful given the stressors placed upon the psychology of successful candidates under testing.
• The Security Bureau compiled a staggeringly large database filled with tissue samples samples collected from First Imperial Military Personnel during annual immunization and preventative pathology and began DNA testing on these samples to identify personnel who were presently serving that could meet the stringent genetic requirements of Project: AFTERLIFE. Quietly, the Security Bureau had many of these personnel where possible redeployed to low-threat environments or straight away from the theater setting in an attempt to protect the valuable gene stock.

[*]851 ABY:

• Full-rate production of the procedure was slated to begin in 851 ABY although this was delayed until late in the year due to the outbreak of fullscale conflict between the First Order and Galactic Alliance in a brief although incredibly violent war that left millions dead including many soldiers and stormtroopers who would have otherwise been offered a place as a Candidate in Project: AFTERLIFE. The Security Bureau became desperate in their search for personnel who possessed the necessary genetic profile for physiological compatibility with the Project. As a result, the Security Bureau flagged several personnel who had pre-existing psychological issues for recruitment out of desperation. The mobilisation in late 851 ABY further prevented an anxious Security Bureau from securing release of their precious few candidates and the individuals who had been short-listed for participation in the program would largely find themselves fighting the upcoming Great Galactic War.

[*]852 ABY:

• During the Great Galactic War in 852 ABY the Security Bureau and their eager surgeons could wait no longer and began performing the procedure, the candidates were approached by Agents belonging to the Security Bureau interviewed appropriately and then offered the opportunity to volunteer for a vague new Unconventional Warfare Command. Those who seized the Agents' offer were later transported in a comatose state, awakening to find themselves in a subterranean facility which at the time unknown to these candidates was the world of Mephout home to the First Order's most secretive and clandestine research site, this is where all material relating to Project: AFTERLIFE and its' already planned successor Project: REVENANT is kept.
• ALPHA was formally created following the graduation of Project: Afterlife's first class of successful candidates, the new Death Troopers were sent into the dead city itself on Mephout's hostile surface and successfully fought their way through hordes of reanimated corpses to an old hospital retrieving samples of the Blackwing Virus stored there and returned these samples to the Graush Blacksite, ALPHA had succeeded where all others failed and earned their place within the First Imperial Military in one fell swoop. Following the success at the Graush Blacksite ALPHA Team was redeployed in largely successful counter-insurgency operations on newly annexed Colonies eliminating key insurgent Commanders with surgical precision destroying many partisan organisations in their infancy which was largely the goal behind creating a new generation of Death Troopers.
• Successfully completing a slew of Operations ALPHA quickly earned itself a reputation among First Imperial resistance organisations and movements for their ruthless efficiency in this period the Death Troopers of ALPHA preferred to disintegrate their targets with Disruptors leaving only ashes and questions in their wake, and neutralising their enemies with such violent speed that few if any of their targets ever had a chance to surrender with ALPHA quietly acknowledging between themselves that no Rebel or Insurgent would ever find mercy at their hands. However, despite their scorn for unlawful combatants they exhibited care and diligence during their assaults on dens of Insurgents to avoid causing injury to Noncombatants such as Citizens which only helped to engender the Death Troopers as both Ruthless Punishers and Stalwart Protectors.

[*]853 ABY:

• Early 853 ABY brought several changes to ALPHA Team's composition, losing Corporal Luther DT-4727 to Psychological attrition from his augmentations and voluntarily submitting himself to rehabilitation attempts that were atleast partially successful in 'de-augmenting' the man although compelling him to take corrective medications for the rest of his life. The remaining members of ALPHA at this time Dergan, Kyli and Rexus met Luther's sudden departure with mixed feeling with Dergan and Kyli's reaction being shock although they met the man's choice with no small measure of sympathy having been subjected to AFTERLIFE themselves the two Death Troopers are well aware of the price they pay everyday, the burden placed upon their minds. Rexus, on the other hand greeted this news with scorn feeling abandoned by a man who he had counted as Brother in the interests of keeping peace within the Team, Kyli instructed Dergan to not speak of Luther with Rexus unless first prompted by Rexus.
• The Psychological attrition rate for the Trooper augmented under Project: AFTERLIFE had been unacceptably high, while resilient without equal the constant reliance on stims had been having an impact on their capability to sustain Deep Ground Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations. In an attempt to Remedy this several new personnel trained and augmented successfully under the newer Project: REVENANT were assigned to ALPHA Team, expanding its' roster to five nominal personnel with Group Four as a whole receiving a new Officer Commanding in Lieutenant Colonel Daan DT-130. Including the new arrivals to the team was Tanomas DT-808 formerly known as "Imperator Graf" the one-time head of state of the Galactic Empire who had his eligibility made known after tissue samples were taken from him following coming into First Imperial Custody, he received gene therapy prior to enlisting with the First Imperial Military and went through the appropriate training to be eligible for augmentation alongside Zarha DT-313. Unfortunately Tanomas was crippled during his procedure and had to receive significant rehabilitation before reaching a full-recovery and being eligible for deployment medical clearance.

[*]854 ABY:

• ​Tanomas Graf abruptly is absent without leave from First Imperial Space, this is greeted shortly afterwards by a Warrant being served for his arrest on charges of Treason. The Team's composition changes shortly after this announcement and Kyli DT-6767 is reportedly distressed and infuriated by news of the man's treason.
• Zarha DT-313 Discharges from the First Imperial Military in late 854 ABY upon completion of their enlistment period and returns home to Lothal, going on to lawfully change her name and pursue a Law Enforcement Career with Coruscant Security Force within the Corusca Subsector.
• Following a classified incident aboard the FIV Wrath, Kyli DT-6767 following a thorough investigation is officially diagnosed by First Imperial Medical Service to the protestations of the First Order Security Bureau with several mental illnesses and subsequently discharged on Humanitarian and Medical Grounds from the First Imperial Military as a decorated hero and scheduled into a Psychological Hospital on Dosuun where they are treated and kept heavily sedated with stims and memory suppressants and more often than not in a Straight-Jacket when Lucid. They were later evacuated from their hospital and off-world during the Ssi-Ruuk assault on Dosuun.

[*]855 ABY:

• ​ALPHA Team continues to serve with distinction during this period with Daan leading Rexus and Dergan personally in the Operational Environment. With the Ssi-Ruuk assault on First Imperial Space in late year and early 856 ABY the Team's personnel are seperated across the collapsed Empire and the team De Facto no longer exists as a unified cohesive operational unit.

[*]856 ABY:

• Following the First Order's transition into a Rump state on Panatha ALPHA Team is formally inactivated as a unit with most of its' members either discharged or classified as Missing-In-Action in accordance with laws surrounding Death Trooper Fatalities.

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[Kier Grey]

[member="Srina Talon"], [member="Arekk"]

This one is ready for the Live Codex.

 

[Arekk]

Moved to the live Codex.