If one's character is contemplating a Special Forces career:
Check to see what type of Special Forces are available to a character's nationality during the selected era (Cold War or modern era)
Find the "type" of special operations unit applicable to the nation's specific Special Operations units. Generate the character using the tables below.
There are nine "types" of Special Operations units. Not all nations will have all, or even many, of these types of units, so check your characters' Nationalities pages for the desired nation's units.
Special Reconnaissance units - Units that specialize in gathering information in places where someone doesn’t want them to find it.
Raiders - Units that specialize in creating mayhem, and then disappearing.
Unconventional Warfare - Units that focus on destabilizing and denying control to the enemy in “their” space by building and training resistance movements and guerrilla armies. Also trains friendly units.
Special Operations Forces - Units that blend military, intelligence and counterterrorism warfare.
Hostage Rescue - Units that focus on direct action in highly-denied areas.
Para-Rescue - Units that specialize in going deep into denied territory to recover pilots and other personnel, sometimes providing advanced medical care to do so.
Special Boat Units - Units that specialize in delivering special operations forces to their destination via boats and submarines.
Special Operations Aviation Units - units that specialize in supporting other Special Operations units via air.
Special Operations Combat Support units - units that provide specialty skills like Engineering, Medical, Signals and other specialties to Special Forces groups.
See below for specific tables for each type of Special Forces unit.