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Prime Teams II: Commando Teams

(D12.60) Prime Teams II: Commando Teams When a unit has a commando on board it will have a COM-xx notation after it Example: CL(COM-01).
This is an R&D program (D1.0) and Prime Teams (D12.50) must be successfully researched first.
Commando Teams are created and trained as prime teams (D12.51) up until their 4th turn of training. On the fourth turn of Prime Team training if you designate "commando specialization" then that final turn the Prime Team will become a Commando Team.

(D12.62) Commando Team Capabilities:

They may be stationed on a ship or base.
A commando Team gives the ship (not base) it is on TSS technology (D40.00) and may and may target itself (as well as others) while trying to capture other ships This is a partial exception to the (D40.00 rules).
A Commando Team adds 50BPV to the ship's BPV.
There is no cost for these assignments.
A Commando Team may be used as a spy only at the hex it is currently stationed. The missions are limited to sabotage, rescue/kidnapping, and intel gathering in that location only. This mission always happens before any combat.
It functions as a spy with eight successful missions.
The spy mission must be paid for (10EPs - (D12.21)).
Commando Teams never get captured. Commando Teams never turn to the enemy side.
Commando Teams add 10 capture points to a boarding attempt (F4.100d).
Commando Teams reduce the chance of self destruction by 1 (F4.100d) This is not cumulative with a LMM (D11.20h).

(D12.63) Commando Team Limitations.
An empire may only have a number of Commando Teams equal to half the number of major systems it controls (for this purpose, minors do NOT count as half a major). This is independent of Prime Teams so a 10 major empire could have 5 Prime Teams and 5 Commando Teams.
If an empire loses enough major systems that there are more Commando Teams in service than would be currently allowed, the empire may not create any additional ones until it gains enough systems to support the current Commando Teams and the additional desired Commando Team. Current Commando Teams do not retire.

(D12.65) Commando Teams may escape destruction in battle (See (D11.81)).