While these units overlap in many respects with the Special Operations Forces and Raider types, these units focus on Direct Action assaults, especially on terrorists or other groups holding hostages. These units are few, and intensely specialized.

Entry: One term prior service in the military, Strength+Constitution 12+, Agility 7+, and (for officer only), OCS, military academy, or commission in which they were promoted. '

First Term Skills:

• Stealth: 2

• Observation: 1

• Small Arms: 3

• Combat Engineering: 1

• Acrobatics, Mountaineering OR Climbing: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

• Acrobatics

• Armed Martial Arts

• Autogun

• Conbat Engineering

• Forward Observer

• Grenade Launcher

• instruction

• Interrogation

• Language

• Leadership

• Medical

• Navigation

• Observation

• Parachute

• Persuasion

• Small Arms

• Stealth

• Survival

• Swimming

• Tac Missile

• Thrown Weapon

• Tracking

• Unarmed Martial Arts

Promotion: 6+ (7+ for Officers), DM +1 ifINT 7+

Contacts: Two per term, military, national law enforcement or intelligence community. Roll 1D10 for 5+ for thecontact to be foreign.

Speclal: Depends on individual nationalities. Also - after any term in which an officer is not promoted while serving in an Hostage Rescue unit, they are returned to their original branch of service (or may leave the service, or join the reserves).