Regicidas
| Regicidas Special Operations Unit | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 2nd December 1973 – present (66 years, 3 months) |
| Country |  Veleaz  Veleaz |
| Type | Special Operations Force |
| Role | Special operations HVT Raids Direct action Counter-terrorism Special reconnaissance Unconventional warfare Hostage rescue Foreign internal defence Counter-proliferation Counter narcotic operations |
| Size | Classified |
| Part of | Veleazan Special Forces Office (V-OF) |
| Nickname(s) | Astronauts Kingkillers |
The Regicidas Special Operations Unit, commonly known as just Regicidas and abbreviated to either RSO or RGD are a Special forces unit that operate as the primary special operations force of the Veleazan Republican Forces. The Regicidas were founded in 1973 out of an necessity for participation in Operation Jeroboam and have since then grown in size and responsibilities. Initially under the control of the Veleazan Commissars Office, however the disestablishment of the communist government, it was placed under the control of the newly created Veleazan Special Forces Office, abbreviated to V-OF which also acts as an overall administrative head for the other special forces units in the overall Armed Forces and in which the Regicidas recruits it's members from.
The responsibilities of the Regicidas originally began solely on participating within Operation Jeroboam, a classified military operation during the Hisari Wars that repeatedly attempted to assassinate the Hisari Emperor, however it later developed into a larger operation comprising of smaller operations to destabilise Hisari operations and civilian life. Following Veleaz's withdrawal of from the war, the Regicidas conducted similar operations during the ASU Civil War, while also expanding in size to combat ASU Intelligence Services operating within Veleaz at the time. ost-war years saw the unit take on operations against counter-revolutionary movements within Veleaz, while also being deployed abroad in support of communist movements worldwide.
History
Despite its official founding in 1973, the Regicidas began it's life as a temporary experiment by the Army and Navy in 1960 in an attempt to encourage cross-service cooperation and to diminish the rivalry present in the ASU Armed Froce. The experiment failed, however the unit was maintained as a temporary airborne training regiment. The outbreak of the Hisari Wars in 1973, however, saw the ASU attempt to take the war to the Hisari populace and government. Then Politburo Representative to the Armed Forces, Juan Carlos Mendoza, sought to destabilise the Hisari state from within, first encouraging then ordering a secret operation to eliminate the Hisari leadership, most importantly the Hisari Emperor. The Regicidas, then known as the 10th Temporary Airborne School Regiment was selected to take on the mantle of the operation, due to the Regiment's experience with both airborne operations, but also the relative innocuousness of the Regiment's position would prevent it being noticed. Code-named Araña the separate special forces entity began an exhaustive search for suitable members to admit into the Operation, paired with specialist training to get the acclimatised to the Hisari desert.. On 2nd December 1973 the Regicidas officially entered existence.
