Spezielle Aufklärungseinheit

The Spezielle Aufklärungseinheit (Special Reconnaissance Unit) or SAE, is an elite special forces military unit composed of Special Operations soldiers handpicked from each of the ranks of Neu Westfalen's Bundeswehr. Formed in 1973 the SAE were first deployed during the Spira Islands Incident, but never entered actual combat. Their most recent deployment was to East Timor between 1999 to 2000, where they engaged in their first combat. During this battle the SAE confirmed the killing of a dozen Pro-Indonesian Militiamen during an ambush on December 5, 1999. Due to their limited number of deployments no members of the SAE have ever been killed in action.