The Special Assault Teams (特殊急襲部隊, Tokushu Kyūshū Butai) are police tactical units of the Japanese Police which is equivalent to SWAT from the USA. They are established in major Prefectural Police Departments supervised by the National Police Agency.
The SAT is national-level counter-terrorism asset cooperating with territorial-level Anti-Firearms Squads and Counter-NBC Terrorism Squads. Most information on the unit has been confidential, its existence officially revealed only in 1996. SAT is officially known in Japanese as simply Special Unit (特殊部隊, Tokushu Butai) and individual teams officially take the name of the Metropolitan or Prefectural police departments to which they are assigned; an example would be Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Special Unit (警視庁特殊部隊, Keishicho Tokushu Butai, Metropolitan Police Department Special Unit) for the SAT unit assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
Service history[]
Rodenius War[]
The SAT was tasked of capturing King Hark Louria XXXIV during the Pacification of Jin-Hark with help from the JSDF. They successfully captured the King and ended the conflict.
Trivia[]
- In the Web Novel, the Tokyo SAT is the one who arrested King Louria. However in the Light Novel, the SAT is not involved and the 1st Airborne Brigade (JGSDF) led by Nakano is the one who arrested the Lourian king.