Special Operations Command

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'''Special Operations Command''' (abbreviated most of the times to '''SOC''') is a subsection of Galactic Terran Vasudan Intelligence, and is considered to be the heart of Terran intelligence gathering. It played a pivotal role in the defeat of both the [[Neo-Terra Front]] and probably that of the [[Hammer of Light]].

During the [[NTF Rebellion|NTF Insurgency]], Special Operations Command faced a large pressure from Allied Command, who encouraged them to launch as many missions as possible to know as much about the [[NTF]] as feasible. Because of this reason, elite pilots often volunteered and most of the times never returned to their squads.

When such dangerous operations succeeded, the [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance]] knew enough information about the enemy to launch tactical strikes against any [[Neo-Terra Front]] targets. These accurate and co-ordinated strikes played important role in the Battle for [[Deneb]] and [[Regulus]]. SOC Missions were carried out deep withing enemy territory, thus demanding stealth and discipline; when their presence got revealed, withdrawal was ordered most of the times to avoid needless casualties. As the [[Neo-Terra Front|NTF]] grew stronger and began to win engagements at [[Deneb]], even the SOC operations were focused on making as much damage as possible with minimal casualties from [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]] point of view.

==Specific actions==
<i>Little is known about the operations of Special Operations Command, except those missions which Alpha 1 flew during the SOC loops of the main campaign.</i>

It was the mysterious [[ETAK]] device, believed for some time to be a weapon, which was the impetus for Allied Command to infiltrate the NTF via SOC operatives. Alpha 1 of the 242nd Suicide Kings was one of these spies. Once in, Alpha 1 made contact with Lieutenant Commander Christopher Snipes, the SOC's mission coordinator, and another mole. The first mission undertaken by the pair once established within one of the NTF Fighter squadrons was to scan the ''[[NTF Iceni]]'' and acquire any additional data possible, especially about ETAK.

This mission was complicated, however, by the actions of Admiral Khafre, who, despite knowing the operation being carried out near the ''Iceni'', ordered his Vasudan battle group to launch an assault on the NTF convoy against the orders of Allied Command, risking the safety of the operation and the lives of the volunteers. The SOC opertives had no choice but to fire on the [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]] forces, not wanting the ''Iceni'' destroyed. The ''Iceni'' successfully reached the jump node to [[Epsilon Pegasi]] and Admiral Khafre was branded a traitor and court-martialled.

The next operation did not going as planned, either. The NTF squadron the SOC pilots had infiltrated was ordered to defend an Argo-class transport, the ''NTT Sunder''. The cargo and goal of this transport was highly classified, which led to the suspicion it had something to do with the [[ETAK]] project. Snipes, with the help of the crew chief of the squadron (also a SOC operative), installed overload devices to destroy the remainder of the squadron. Alpha 1 and Snipes then attempted to hijack the Sunder with the help of a [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]] agent piloting the transport. At this point, secrecy was paramount, and the alliance deployed their new AWACS, the [[GTA Charybdis]], to jam communications in the area, allowing the operation to remain covert.

NTF fighters responded to a partial message warning of a reactor core breach, and raced to aid the ''NTT Sunder''. Alpha 1 and Snipes, aided by the pilots of the 99th Skulls SOC, successfully hijacked the ''NTT Sunder'', repelling NTF forces sent to aid in the recovery operation. Blowing up a decoy Argo-class transport, Snipes managed to successfully pin the blame on another NTF commander, who was court-martialled and executed. The ''NTT Sunder'' successfully reached the [[Regulus]] system and was recovered by GTVA Intelligence.

Snipes was reassigned, and the NTF began to suspect Alpha 1 of being a GTVA operative. Sending Alpha 1 on a suicide mission, they ambushed the fighter pilot and attempted to have him executed in the field. Once again, the 99th Skulls saved the day, and recovered the pilot, as well as sensitive data that had been stashed in the fighter's computers.

Shortly before [[Capella]] went supernova, the SOC launched another dangerous mission - using Alpha 1 and three additional pilots to rescue the ''NTT Grall'' and Commander Snipes, who had ended up stranded deep in the [[Shivan_Nebula|Nebula]]. He was rescued from a highly electrictally-active, Shivan-infested area, along with the crew of his ship.

Alpha 1, Snipes, and two others then volunteered to take part a mission to infiltrate the area behind the Second [[Knossos]] subspace portal, which had been discovered by a Vasudan patrol. They flew specially-modified Mara-class fighters, captured by SOC earlier, and modified for Terran use. Behind the portal, they found numerous [[SJ Sathanas|Sathanas]] Juggernauts, heading towards the portal to the nebula, as well as a large fleet of Shivan cruisers and warships. This expedition's main goal was only to gather intelligence and this succeeded as soon as they gathered information about the true strength of the Shivan Fleet. During the mission, the SOC volunteers inspected and destroyed three shivan devices of a type never before encountered by the GTVA. Game documentation refers to these devices as [[Shivan communication device]], or Shivan Comm Nodes, but it is not known if the had GTVA determined this to be their function by the end of FS2.

After the destruction of these devices, they rushed back to the jump node back to the [[Shivan_Nebula|nebula]] and escaped.

<i>After this mission, there is no canonical information about the SOC and its operations</i>

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SCv Moloch

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{{shipimage|No Picture|caption=The SCv Moloch}}

==Description:==

===FS2 Tech Room Description===
Only one class of Shivan ship is classified as a corvette - the SCv Moloch class. Though they're physically as large as the GTCv Deimos class, Molochs do not seem to pack the same punch. They are far more deadly than any Shivan cruisers, however.

===Developer Notes===
None

===Veteran Comments===
''Moloch is a poor excuse for a Shivan vessel and an even poorer excuse for a corvette. A Lilith poses more threat to allied forces than this big target. Its only saving grace is its ability to carry fighters, but its never enough to turn the tide of battle.''

''The Moloch is an opponent to be taken seriously, despite all the negative commentary, and the statement a Deimos can take one on successfully is somewhat...debateable. Shivans use much more effective (and faster-cycling) direct-fire beams, of which the Moloch has three SRed-types. Like most Shivan capital craft, its antifighter defenses are rather less impressive then those of a comparable Terran ship, but the Moloch's defenses are nonetheless probably the best, pound for pound, of any Shivan capital craft, and its well-posistioned flak guns can be very dangerous to the unwary.''

''Some people think of the Moloch as a joke, but the joke is on you when its fighters come out and tear you to pieces. The SCv Moloch is not a vessel to take lightly. It may not be able to hurt you as badly as the Terran Deimos, but that's what its fighter bay is for.''

==Performance:==
===Statistics===
{|
|-
| style="width:200px" | '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Type|Type]]'''
| style="width:200px" | Corvette
|-
| '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Manufacturer|Manufacturer]]'''
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Manuverablity|Manuverability]]'''
| N/A
|-
| '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Max Velocity|Max Velocity]]'''
| 30.0 mps
|-
| '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Max Afterburner Velocity|Max Afterburner Velocity]]'''
| N/A
|-
| '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Armor|Armor]]'''
| N/A
|-
| [[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Hitpoints|Hitpoints]]
| 80 000
|-
| [[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Shields|Shields]]
| N/A
|-
| '''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Length|Length]]'''
| 724 m
|}

===Armaments===

*'''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Turrets|Turrets]]'''
{| border=1 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 style="background:#300505;"| '''Freespace 2'''
|- align="center"
| style="width:120px" |Turret Type
| style="width:60px" |Amount
|- align="center"
| Shivan Turret Laser
| 5
|- align="center"
| Standard Flak
| 3
|- align="center"
| Heavy Flak
| 1
|- align="center"
| [[GTM Piranha|Piranha]]
| 1
|- align="center"
| Shivan Cluster
| 1
|- align="center"
| MX-52
| 2
|- align="center"
| Small Red Beam
| 3
|}

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