Orbital Airborne Soldier.
A branch with risks too high to assess, the ultimate evolution of the Airborne Soldier.
From the moment Airborne Soldiers were born, their purpose had been surprise attacks. On the battlefields of World War II, manned aircraft braved artillery fire through enemy anti-air defense zones, airdropping soldiers onto the ground battlefield deep behind enemy lines.
Enemy anti-aircraft fire while aboard the aircraft, the helplessness of being shot at one-sidedly during descent, unknown numbers of enemies after landing, encirclement and suppression that could appear at any moment, incomparably arduous combat missions, and supplies and support that simply did not exist—Airborne Soldiers were all suicide squads.
Not to mention that not every parachute opened successfully.
When people fell from high altitudes, they tumbled end over end. The pilot chute could easily wrap around their bodies and prevent the main chute from opening. Even if it did open, one badly folded parachute could leave its lines tangled together, stretching the canopy into a long strip that could not catch the wind at all.
Anyone without the resolve to fire themselves like a bullet into the enemy's chest could never become an Airborne Soldier.
And Orbital Airborne Soldiers went a step further.
As human technology developed at breakneck speed, equipment in the military sphere changed with each passing day. Radar, fire control, anti-air defense—everything was continuously advancing. Large-scale Airborne Soldier deployment had become both impossible and unnecessary.
Only one method could allow someone to pierce an airtight anti-air defense zone.
That was Orbital Assault.
They used an extremely small radar cross-section to evade detection, blistering speed to punch through effective anti-air defense zones, then decelerated and deployed their parachutes at extremely low altitude for a precise landing before launching swift, accurate strikes.
Every such operation consumed enormous amounts of money and