ESWAT (Appleseed)

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Extra-Special Weapons and Advanced Tactics (ESWAT) In the anime Appleseed, ESWAT is Olympus ’ premier paramilitary group. It serves as the Counter-Terrorist, cyborg crime response, and Special Forces branch of the Central Management Bureau. It is not a police organization in the sense that it is not used to enforce local law: rather, it is used to enforce international law and to keep peace. E-SWAT is an extremely well trained combat force, and can easily take on the toughest of opponents with relative ease.

[edit] Recruitment

ESWAT operatives are handpicked from SWAT, SIU, badside "immigration candidates", and, if they get lucky, FBI. Mercenaries and foreign combat personal are often headhunted from badside and other nations to work on ESWAT. These individuals soon find themselves working in law enforcement, or in manual labor.

[edit] Training

The life of the ESWAT agent becomes his training. Prospective and veteran operatives alike are put through brutal, strenuous training at ESWAT's huge arcology in the Central Olympic Block. They train 8 to 10 hours a day, with little let up. Every possible scenario is simulated, and after they are all simulated, they do it all over again. No one overspecializes; this breeds weakness. When someone joins ESWAT, he can expect to spend most of his time in training, when not on an operation.

Training consists of 10 day exercises in various fields. Common exercises include defense of government property and officials, cyborg crime, hostage situations, landmate operations, room clearing, and assassination.

[edit] Operations and Procedures

The majority of ESWAT missions involve Special Forces actions and anti-terrorist operations. Both are compromised primarily of tactical assault, and at this activity, ESWAT is the best in the world. Their training and teamwork really pay off, and the mission fatality and injury rate is lower than those incurred in training. A lesser function exercised of ESWAT is the use of standard police and SIU [investigative procedure]] and assault tactics in bringing in dangerous cyborg criminals too tough to apprehend with normal police units.

ESWAT will often operate in other countries, often loaned to these nations by Olympus to put down terrorists, criminals, and insurrections. However, often they will operate in other countries to protect their own interests. ESWAT will only do so if authorized to do so by the sovereign government (authorization is often acquired just moments ahead of time) or under the cover of plausible deniability. In such circumstances, operatives have a lot more freedom in their actions (though reckless behavior will lead to pay cuts or suspensions). Still, agents have to be careful what they do. The Ministry of External Affairs has ESWAT investigated routinely. At any given time there will by half a dozen FBI moles in ESWAT.