- - - The First Fleet External Security & Research Division - - -
-Denoted by the following tag;
[LN]-(callsign)|ESRD, where (callsign) is the designated security codename assigned to any ship belonging to this particular unit.
-Description:
In the near two decades since the end of "The First Nomad War", The Liberty Navy has initiated many different projects and programs of a classified nature, some of which were directly related to different facets of Nomad Research, and others geared toward clandestine military operations meant to improve the state of Libertonian National Security regarding a slew of different threats throughout the Sirius sector, without dragging The Republic into a fullscale war.
In recent times however, The Department of Defense has faced budget cuts, with many Libertonian politicans being overconfident and content to believe that The Libertonian Armed Forces is "The best in Sirius" and therefore that it no longer needs the increasingly large budget it has enjoyed in years past.
The Navy's answer to this, in order to maintain the operational efficiency of it's many programs in the face of budget and support cuts, was the formation of the External Security and Research Division. Formed through the merging of various Libertonian Special Forces units, with units belonging to the Navy's scientific research departments.
A major benefit from this combination is that Naval Special Operations units now have almost instant access to information that previously would have required formal information requests and other bureaucratic hurdles that would hamper operatives in the field. On the opposite side of the coin, the Navy's Research & Development sector can now make use of Special Operations assets in order to more effectively complete and even expand the goals of their scientific missions, again without the need for lengthy formal procedures and paper trails.
This merger has also allowed for the combining of allotted budgets, thereby reducing the adverse effects of budget cuts on critical operations.
Additionally, combining the Special Forces and Science Divisions has proven to be an advantage when it comes to sharing critical or new information with units operating in the field, whose missions were previously affected in an adverse manner due to a lack of appropriate information.
Naval Units affiliated with The ESRD:
- Research & Development Section
- Internal Affairs Division
- MARSOC (Marine Spec Ops Command, control shared with 1st Fleet Admiralty)
- 122nd "Trident Bearers" Force Recon Sqn. (Pilots trained to infiltrate hostile areas, gather intelligence, and conduct raids on military targets.)
- Eagle Wing. (Specialist pilots and commandos trained specifically to deal with "Nomads".)
- Diamondback Initiative. (Deep cover irregular operations unit, deployed behind enemy lines to interdict shipping.).
OOC: //Anyone Lieutenant rank or higher in the [LN] can apply to this division, simply post an in character message in this thread with the subject titled "ESRD Recruitment".
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