Ultra Marines

Ultra Marines

Ultra Marines are an Elite unit trained to higher standards than the regular Units. Ultra Marines are the biggest Special forces division. Ultra Marines use their own specialized equipment. They are primarily used for security and guard duties and securing very high value targets. Ultra Marines are the Guards on all special project Labs and bases of the Union and work closely with NAVINT. Ultra Marines guard the Maximum Security Prisons and Military Correctional Facilities of all Branches of the Military.

Ultra Marines use the APE Suit series (Advanced Protective Equipment) rather than Quasimodos and do not train for Planetary assault. Their training focuses on hand to hand combat, restraining and subduing all known life forms. Security and protective tasks. Their weapons, and accessories also vary from other Marine Units.

Ultra Marine HQ is on Planet Frederick. Their main training facility and academy is there as well. Ultra Marines are recruited from the ranks of the regular Marine corps. They are all already fully trained Marines before they advance to become Ultra Marines.

ultra- a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning “on the far side of, beyond.” In relation to the base to which it is prefixed, ultra- has the senses “located beyond, on the far side of” ( ultramontane; ultraviolet ), “carrying to the furthest degree possible, on the fringe of” ( ultraleft; ultramodern ), “extremely” ( ultralight ); nouns to which it is added denote, in general, objects, properties, phenomena, etc., that surpass customary norms, or instruments designed to produce or deal with such things ( ultramicroscope; ultrasound; ultrastructure ).