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Advanced Recon Commandos, the ARC Troopers are the very elite of all Clone Troopers, in Legends having been personally picked and trained by Jango Fett, and in Canon being Clone Troopers who have been promoted to the rank after distinguishing themselves.
CQC and CQB are close range combat techniques.
When the player's actions cause enemies to say specific lines of dialog, such as "He's here!" or "Who turned out the lights?"
The Federal Security Service is the singular security force of Russia.
A United States Marine Corps special forces unit sent to clean up the mess caused by the Black Mesa incident.
Liverpool Football Club are an English professional soccer club based in Anfield, Liverpool.
The Locust Horde are the main enemies in Gears of War with multiple types to crush the COG military. It is unknown whether the Locust are truly indigenous to Sera, but it is known that they will die for control of Sera.
A Football (soccer) club that plays at Old Trafford Football Ground in the English Premier League. The most successful club in the English premier league to date. It has won a record 13 titles since the start of the premier league.
Special ops branch of the US Navy and former or current employer of many game characters.
A phalanx is a rectangular formation of long spears and shields facing the enemy. Ranks would be tight, perhaps locking shields together, to present the enemy with a wall of spear points and shields. A typical phalanx unit was ten by ten men.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
A mysterious alien race that appeared in Black Mesa shortly before Gordon Freeman teleported to Xen. They are openly hostile to anyone, including the Xen aliens.
The ability to automatically assign fresh troops to a designated location.
An elite type of Clone Trooper that operates in small squads to conduct clandestine and dangerous missions.
A person who plays football (soccer). Eleven of these make up a team.
Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
A squad is a group of military personnel who work together as a group. Popular in both single-player and multiplayer games, the other players within the squad can be either AI or other people.
Suppressing fire is firing your weapon at the enemy to force them to stay in cover, to reduce their mobility and their ability to return fire and reconnoitre your position. Impossible to do right in games, due to the fearlessness caused by players not feeling pain when they are shot.
Gameplay type emphasizing deliberately paced tactical battle where each side politely takes turns moving and attacking one another through varied forms of combat.
The main armed force the United States and responsible for all major land operations.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
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