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The Special Adept Forces (S.A.F.) are a super-elite branch of Cardinal's military created in very recent history to incorporate it's infamous populace of aspiring power-wielders. While its sister branch, the Ranger Guard, has a more protective aim and takes a broader range of recruits, the S.A.F. is a more assertive branch that actively pursues Cardinal's interests in other countries, as well as countering major threats to peace back home. While some mortal-level consultants and technicians work in S.A.F. establishments and consider themselves part of the team, the true S.A.F. are all power wielders, and exceptionally good ones, at that.

Duties

The S.A.F. are the physical representation of Cardinal's might, both on Earth, as well as toward other galactic nations. The primary goal of this branch of the Army is to spearhead resistance efforts against invasion with tremendous, superhuman force. However, as Cardinal is not always at war, they have many ancillary duties, as well.

These duties include:

• Overseeing order on the Prison Island
• Guarding international Portal gates and other ports of transit
• Securing the country's borders
• Enforcing Cardinal interest in foreign affairs (assisting allies, ousting threats, etc.)

Organization

The Special Adept Forces, while being a subsection of the Cardinal Army, technically, hold a unique structure within themselves. Rather than being the Special Adept Force, the plural form indicates that they actually maintain several pseudo-separate Forces. Persons will occasionally even belong to more than one Force, though rarely more than two.

The single largest Force is based in Cardinal, and is primarily for the defense of the homeland from foreign invaders, whether native to Earth or extraterrestrial. All SAF administrators, powered and mortal alike, are part of this Force, typically, due to the necessity of being in touch with the engines of political power. This Force also works with the Ranger Guard as necessary.

Other smaller Forces handle more specialized areas of influence -- or rather, will. As the SAF is still growing in its infancy, these Forces exist largely on paper instead of in actuality. For instance, due to the lawlessness of Azshar, the SAF plans to place a small Force detachment there, largely to serve as a reconnaissance operation to observe any significant threats which may form there. Similar teams are also planned to be dispatched to Alaris, D'hennex, New Vegeta, New Namek, and so on. Another Force will also be kept at the Prison Island once its construction is complete, to maintain order there. Their responsibilities will be to maintain order within the prison populace -- by whatever means necessary. This manes that the Force will likely be heavily specialized in combat operations, as opposed to reconnaissance measures. As well, this Force will become the spearhead of any operation to retrieve fugitive prisoners. SAF personnel are often assigned to the Prison Force for shorter durations than usual, then cycled back to the home Force in Cardinal for a period before any other duty.

Training

When a power wielder is recruited into the SAF, they are initially awarded the rank of Trainee. They wield no authority or power within the SAF -- they are the lowest of the low. They are expected to obey the orders of everyone who outranks them (which is everyone), to study the military protocols of the SAF, and to learn the special techniques which are required to graduate into full service as a SAF Adept.

Once they have learned these basic techniques and demonstrated their knowledge of SAF protocols, they are deemed to have completed basic SAF training. They are then awarded a rank based on their fighting potential -- typically anywhere from Private Adept to Sergeant Adept.

To proceed to further promotion in the SAF, they must demonstrate their leadership capability, and take further training in leadership functions -- both combat capability and tactical skill, as well as further capacities to teach and drill their lessers. Once this is suitably demonstrated, they may be promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major Adept.

Through proving their mettle further, and with further evolutions of their tactical, strategic, and leadership skills, they may rise further through the ranks, becoming a fully commissioned officer of the SAF. They may even rise to become one of the true leaders, becoming a General Adept -- though this is a long and difficult path to take, and few have the required multiplicity of talents to succeed.

Membership

Technically, anyone within the Cardinal Army can request a transfer to the S.A.F. division. However, almost zero of such requests are actually honored. More often than not, the S.A.F. does its own recruiting, specially selecting power wielders who are recognized combat veterans and are loyal to their country. Most Special Adept Forces recruits come directly from the Ranger Guard, as the specialized training within that branch gives them a certain edge over most civillians or dissociated military personnel. Occasionally, however, they do reach out to even unenlisted power wielders, when they posess uncanny abilities that the S.A.F. believe can be used to their advantage.

Notable Members

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