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The Cosmodrome Tactical Unit is a Security Bureau mobile squad assigned to the United Territory's landing site,
the Cosmic Highway and the supply networks linking Earth's drop zone to Unity City. The Cosmodrome Tactical Unit
performs one of the Bureau's most politically awkward and practically vital duties: protecting landing capsules,
cargo, aerospace personnel and interstellar travelers from scavengers, gangs, smugglers and black-market middlemen
operating around the Landing Site Outer Control Zone.
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The unit's strength lies less in formal grandeur and more in its strange mixture of specialists. Captain Julius,
a fallen Ruvilan noble obsessed with knightly discipline and Earth military doctrine, reshaped the once lax squad
into a far more effective force.
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Despite its eccentric members, the Cosmodrome Tactical Unit has become indispensable. Julius' discipline turned
its loose collection of capable but undisciplined officers into a cohesive team, while the Security Bureau
continues to rely on them because no ordinary guard force can fully control the chaotic economy growing around
Earth's lifeline to Nox.
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The United Territory's landing site was originally intended to function as a controlled reception zone for
personnel, capsules and supplies arriving from Earth. Cargo was supposed to be cleared quickly, transported
to nearby river ports and moved toward Unity City via the Cosmic Highway. In practice, chronic manpower shortages
left capsules, containers and valuable equipment sitting in the open for days or even weeks. Around the restricted
outer control zone, refugee scavengers began dismantling landing debris, building shacks, cultivating land and
stealing neglected supplies whenever guards looked away.
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At first, the Security Bureau treated the problem as a nuisance. The scavengers were numerous, desperate and
difficult to fully disperse, while the United Region's economy quietly became dependent on the same unofficial
salvage networks it publicly condemned. As Unity City's outdated directive economy struggled to provide enough
goods, the underground economy grew into a second bloodstream: scavenged spacecraft parts, stolen cargo, passenger
belongings and aerospace equipment flowed through gangs and black-market dealers to whoever could pay the most.
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When robberies, assaults and casualties among travelers and aerospace staff became too common to ignore, the
Cosmodrome Tactical Unit was formed to contain the crisis. However, the early unit was loose, undisciplined
and heavily reliant on individual talent, such as Hannah's experience and intimidation. Only after Julius took
command did the squad become a true tactical unit. She imposed training, controlled weapons discipline, stricter
patrol habits and proper coordination, much to the irritation of members who had grown used to the easier routines.
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