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Initial Shadows training took place at the former SEAL Beach near San Diego, California. The training was brutal, with a 95 percent washout rate. Invitees undergo several months of non stop hell, but to even get beyond an accepted invitation, the prospective had to be able to : | Initial Shadows training took place at the former SEAL Beach near San Diego, California. The training was brutal, with a 95 percent washout rate. Invitees undergo several months of non stop hell, but to even get beyond an accepted invitation, the prospective had to be able to : | ||
Run 1.5 miles in less than five minutes; | * Run 1.5 miles in less than five minutes; | ||
Perform 150 pushups in two minutes; | * Perform 150 pushups in two minutes; | ||
Swim 500 meters using breast or side stroke in eight minutes, thirty seconds; | * Swim 500 meters using breast or side stroke in eight minutes, thirty seconds; | ||
Perform 100 sit ups in two minutes; | * Perform 100 sit ups in two minutes; | ||
Perform fifty pull ups; | * Perform fifty pull ups; | ||
Carry one hundred and fifty pounds one hundred yards in thirty seconds or less; | * Carry one hundred and fifty pounds one hundred yards in thirty seconds or less; | ||
Shoot no less than 95 percent with a standard phaser rifle and one hundred percent with the weapon of your choice on a course with twenty targets of varying size and range in less than three minutes; | * Shoot no less than 95 percent with a standard phaser rifle and one hundred percent with the weapon of your choice on a course with twenty targets of varying size and range in less than three minutes; | ||
Spar with three unarmed instructors (holograms) using your self defense skills. Winning each engagement is not the goal. Your aggressiveness in engaging each individual, your reactions to their movements is what matters. The course is arranged so that you will have to stalk each individual and neutralize the threat before moving on to the next; | * Spar with three unarmed instructors (holograms) using your self defense skills. Winning each engagement is not the goal. Your aggressiveness in engaging each individual, your reactions to their movements is what matters. The course is arranged so that you will have to stalk each individual and neutralize the threat before moving on to the next; | ||
Use the bladed weapon of your choice to engage targets by either throwing or attacking. For this exercise, the targets will be holograms; | * Use the bladed weapon of your choice to engage targets by either throwing or attacking. For this exercise, the targets will be holograms; | ||
Complete all tasks in less than eight hours under the watch of three instructors. Once the tasks are complete (if they are completed), there must be a unanimous decision among the three instructors for an applicant to move on into Shadows training. | * Complete all tasks in less than eight hours under the watch of three instructors. Once the tasks are complete (if they are completed), there must be a unanimous decision among the three instructors for an applicant to move on into Shadows training. | ||
Once accepted, the prospective Shadow goes through several months of programmed hell, pushing and exceeding their physical limits while learning the finer points of: | Once accepted, the prospective Shadow goes through several months of programmed hell, pushing and exceeding their physical limits while learning the finer points of: | ||
Sabotage; | * Sabotage; | ||
Personal combat; | * Personal combat; | ||
Escape and evasion; | * Escape and evasion; | ||
Cover and concealment; | * Cover and concealment; | ||
Environmental combat: the ability to fight on land, sea, air, and space; | * Environmental combat: the ability to fight on land, sea, air, and space; | ||
Flight training (all Shadows are qualified pilots); | * Flight training (all Shadows are qualified pilots); | ||
Pain tolerance; | * Pain tolerance; | ||
Explosives ( conventional and unconventional); | * Explosives (conventional and unconventional); | ||
Intelligence gathering; | * Intelligence gathering; | ||
Diving and high altitude operations. | * Diving and high altitude operations. | ||
Should Shadow training become too much for a prospective operative, an ancient brass bell, one used by the original SEALS, adorns the porch of the Shadows CO’s office. Ring it, and you are done with no recriminations and you will be returned to the regular fleet, and your record will only note you were on “detached service”. | Should Shadow training become too much for a prospective operative, an ancient brass bell, one used by the original SEALS, adorns the porch of the Shadows CO’s office. Ring it, and you are done with no recriminations and you will be returned to the regular fleet, and your record will only note you were on “detached service”. | ||
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Known Shadows: [[Hannibal Parker]], [[Kamela Allison]],[[Hella]] | Known Shadows: [[Hannibal Parker]], [[Kamela Allison]],[[Hella]] | ||
[[Category: Starfleet | [[Category: Starfleet]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Special Operations]] | ||