Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Blue Berets

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The Blue Berets is the special ops infantry of the Community of Cantha. Planned to be voiced by.

History
"We all fight our own battles, both internal and external. In that regard, we are all warriors, regardless of creed."

-Said by an unknown Blue Berets

To the shock of no one, the survivors of Cantha's war against the Encantadia became some of the most hardened forces in modern warfare. Able to fight in any environment at drastically reduced numbers, these men and women often found themselves forced to fight without a command structure when caught behind the lines during the massive Encantadian advance. Still loyal soldiers, these "independent battalions" became experts at unconventional warfare against the Empire. Using the Outback to their advantage, the men struck from locations considered impossible to reach even by the Encantadia. Post-War, these soldiers were the bulk recipients of dozens of Victoria's Crosses.

To fold these men and women back into the regular army was considered a waste, but the Community didn't want to lose them to the Aquilans, Hawkes or Elsword. Quickly, the Community formed a new elite force; the Blue Berets. Operating on their tactical level of command, these forces utilize the skills they were forced to learn when stranded in the Outback. Wilderness survival, combat marksmanship, field demolitions, and the ability to slip in, do the job, and escape without being seen. These Blue Berets make up the bulk of the Community military force in Lustria, where their skills are the perfect tool for directly countering the Lizardmen.

That isn't to say these soldiers are perfect. Often they have lost wives, husbands, and families to the Encantadian invasion, or seen crimes so heinous thanks to the Imperial Colonization Corps that they've become emotionless shells of the people they once were. They don't often stay in one place for too long, realizing that society cannot handle the scars they bear. This is often because of the sins they themselves have committed fighting the Encantadians, sins that even the Destroyers are loathed to talk about for the fear of being disgusted by what happened. Yet when sighted out of battle and off patrol (a rarity), the Blue Berets battalions find themselves almost like any other soldier. They rest with music, they read paperbacks, they try to take their minds off what they have done. Yet to look at their eyes, it isn't hidden that they are always watching, always waiting. Knowing that one day they'll find the round with their name on it looking to make them answer for what they've done.

Until that day comes, the Blue Berets battalions are considered the Community's elite infantry. Other soldiers speak about their exploits in hushed tones and whisper chains. They saved entire towns from marauding Lustrian pirates and prevented entire villages in the Southern highlands from becoming Aristocracy staging points. The Aristocracy itself fears their advances, knowing that only their soldiers from Etheria or the Allayi could even stand a chance against such soldiers. Fortunately, the Community has more important priorities than picking at old wounds before they've healed. The Blue Berets have more important things to do. Like teaching punk Encantandian what happens when they try to twist the arms of a village not interested in taking up communism.