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The Starfleet Marines assigned to the USS Avandar belong to the Charlie Company of the Starfleet Marine Corps' 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment nicknamed "Shadows". The Squad is primarily assigned to Search And Rescue, and when directed, will assist in hostage rescue, its secondary role is to beef up security on board the USS Avandar certain members of the team have been added incase Starfleet or the Federation need them on Top Secret Orders that require their skills. The Security Department is responsible for the protection of the interior of the USS Avandar and its occupants. | The Starfleet Marines assigned to the USS Avandar belong to the Charlie Company of the Starfleet Marine Corps' 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment nicknamed "Shadows". The Squad is primarily assigned to Search And Rescue, and when directed, will assist in hostage rescue, its secondary role is to beef up security on board the USS Avandar certain members of the team have been added incase Starfleet or the Federation need them on Top Secret Orders that require their skills. The Security Department is responsible for the protection of the interior of the USS Avandar and its occupants. | ||
The smallest unit is a squad of 12 men, including 1 officers and 1 team leader. Each unit will have its own flight crew who are also SFMC trained pilots. The entire unit will generally come under the command of the Chief Marine Officer and the captain of the starship it is assigned to unless it has specific orders from Starfleet Intelligence or SFMC Headquarters. However because flexibility is the watchword, units can have any number of men but the officers are generally the only ones placed in lone assignments. The NCO’s are mainly always in units. | |||
===Missions Types === | |||
Typical Missions include, but are not limited to: | |||
*Hostage Rescue | |||
*Search & Rescue | |||
*Starship Boarding actions [in hostile territory e.g. without a Starship for backup] | |||
*Pre-assault sabotage [disturbing enemy communications, supplies, shields] | |||
*Guerrilla actions | |||
*Reconnaissance | |||
*Insertions/Extractions | |||
*Military support for Starfleet Intelligence missions if required | |||
*Generally the very practical side of covert operations | |||
*War | |||
===Marine Staff=== | ===Marine Staff=== | ||
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Organization and Duties
The Starfleet Marines assigned to the USS Avandar belong to the Charlie Company of the Starfleet Marine Corps' 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment nicknamed "Shadows". The Squad is primarily assigned to Search And Rescue, and when directed, will assist in hostage rescue, its secondary role is to beef up security on board the USS Avandar certain members of the team have been added incase Starfleet or the Federation need them on Top Secret Orders that require their skills. The Security Department is responsible for the protection of the interior of the USS Avandar and its occupants.
The smallest unit is a squad of 12 men, including 1 officers and 1 team leader. Each unit will have its own flight crew who are also SFMC trained pilots. The entire unit will generally come under the command of the Chief Marine Officer and the captain of the starship it is assigned to unless it has specific orders from Starfleet Intelligence or SFMC Headquarters. However because flexibility is the watchword, units can have any number of men but the officers are generally the only ones placed in lone assignments. The NCO’s are mainly always in units.
Missions Types
Typical Missions include, but are not limited to:
- Hostage Rescue
- Search & Rescue
- Starship Boarding actions [in hostile territory e.g. without a Starship for backup]
- Pre-assault sabotage [disturbing enemy communications, supplies, shields]
- Guerrilla actions
- Reconnaissance
- Insertions/Extractions
- Military support for Starfleet Intelligence missions if required
- Generally the very practical side of covert operations
- War
Marine Staff
The Chief Marine Officer is the marine in charge of overseeing all other marines on board the USS Avandar, He reports directly to the captain. The marine admin officer is responsible for any incoming or oug-going messages relevant to the marines and takes care of the general administrative duties. The doctor is responsible for the general wellbeing and health of the marines and can also help out in sickbay when needed, He can support marine squads on deployment. The armory officer is responsible for all marines weapons and armor, makes sure they are maintained and stored properly and securely. The marine security officers guard the marine complex and prevent unauthorised access.
SAR Team
The SAR team is comprised of a leader, a search specialist, two medics, an engineer, weapon specalist to defend the team, comms expert and search dog. They are usually deployed for search and rescue operations, including hostile situations involving hostages. When not deployed on a mission they can be found training in the marine complex. When the ship is facing an emergency and they have no other assigned mission they can be found supporting departments on the ship.
Location and Facilities
The two Squads and Staff are on Deck 10 of the USS Avandar next to Deflector Control and the Waverider Access Port. To access this deck requires security code clearance of Beta-One or Higher to access the Marine facilities. More information about the Marine facilities on the USS Avandar can be found here.