Both in open combat and in low-intensity conflicts, the Zeta Units are Bureau Aegis’s sledgehammer, the ultimate deterrent, the final solution. Zeta Units’ pilots are implant warriors, wired to the Zetas to become killing machines, three times faster and more efficient than a common soldier. The Zetas are telepresence combat units, an evolution of the latest generation of PanOceanian TAGs, improved using patents from Bakunin and assembled by the Cyantek Corporation in its factories on Concilium. Usually, the Zetas are deployed in their assault version, with primary weaponry consisting of a Hyper-Rapid Magnetic Cannon, well-known for its high rate of fire, together with a Heavy Riotstopper, the non-lethal option, suitable for crowd control.
This combat setting is very versatile as it allows them to face all sorts of adversaries, regardless of their armor or number, as well as provide heavy support to the generally scarce and valuable forces that SWORDFOR can deploy in the area of operations. Zeta pilots’ responsibility is very great, and only those with immense physical and mental endurance can join this exclusive club. SWORDFOR has no use for a pilot with good reflexes and excellent coordination if they are not able to endure the intense and exhausting double shifts a Zeta will have to suffer through because these units are also very scarce and only the best deserve to pilot them. At the Mechanized Pilot Academy at Thokk, Concilium, all aspiring pilots undergo a brutal screening process before earning the Topnotch title that certifies their acceptance into the Zeta Unit.
The tests are so harsh that failing them isn’t considered a dishonor in any case, and other units fight over the rejects from this elite training program because the mere fact of having been considered for the program proves they really are remarkable pilots. But excellence is not enough for the Zeta Units, who are the ultimate expression of Bureau Aegis’s authority in the field, always executing the will of O-12 with relentless zeal and efficiency. If the main purpose of SWORDFOR troops is saving lives, innocent lives, the specific mission of the Zetas is the opposite: taking lives, eliminating all those who threaten the physical safety of any of the innocent. This is the Zeta Units’ true specialty, one they are awfully good at.