Special Navy Forces
this joint effort between the Empire's Ubiqtorate and its Navy was developed with several missions in mind. First, the Navy hoped to train dangerous soldiers to act as advance forces to use when landing on a new planet. The Navy hoped to be able to eliminate the need for Army ground assault forces. The Ubiqtorate hoped to create a group of mobile intelligence operatives with specialized skills and training, who could be assigned virtually any mission on a moment's notice. Known as SpecNav, these forces were trained at the D8-Red base in the Ringali Nebula, but never saw action. Following the Battle of Endor, any troopers stationed on D8-Red were quickly reassigned posts elsewhere to help bolster the fragmenting Empire.