ESWAT (Appleseed)
ESWAT is an organization that features in Appleseed.
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History
Extra-Special Weapons and Advanced Tactics (ES.W.A.T.) was a counter-terrorism unit, crime response, and special forces branch of the Central Management Bureau who enforced international law and keeping the peace in Olympus.
Overview
The majority of ESWAT missions involve Special Forces actions and anti-terrorist operations.
Agents ranging from recruits to veteran operatives went through brutal, strenuous training at their dedicated arcology in the Central Olympic Block they worked 8 to 10 hours a day on teir skills. Every possible scenario was simulated where they wen through the scenario over again. There was no overspecialisation as this was considered a weakness. Training consisted of 10-day exercises in various fields with common exercises include defense of government property and officials, cyborg crime, hostage situations, landmate operations, room clearing, and assassination.
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 be half a dozen FBI moles in ESWAT.
Equipment used by the organization included:
- Landmate : large exo-suits that allowed increased manoeuvrability and firepower, almost all ESWAT operatives are trained to use a Landmate. Large exo-suits that allow increased maneuverability and firepower, almost all ESWAT operatives are trained to use a Landmate. They come in different varieties to fit the mission type. The pilot controls the Landmate by sitting in an exo-suit like cab that folds over the pilot's head and torso. Their arms and hands are fitted inside a glove like apparatus enabling them a full range of access to hold a weapon or grip. Movement of these arms controls the movement of the large robotic arms. Their main function is to grasp weapons. The arms can be controlled individually from inside the suit. Since the cockpit covers the entire head and torso, vision is controlled from viewscreens in front of the pilot's face, fed by optics in the landmate's head (and possibly elsewhere.) In order to fly the Landmate, there are two anti-gravity apparatuses mounted on the back. They come together in the center of the back and propel the Landmate forward. For VTOL there are 4 jets mounted in the thighs.
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Members
- Briareos Hecatonchires :
- Deunan Knute :
- Leyton :
- Kudoh :
Notes
- ESWAT was created by Masamune Shirow where it featured in the setting of the Appleseed universe.
In other media
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Appearances
- Appleseed:
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