According to the WEC personnel guide, Guards spend only two weeks in training and are typically civilian males between the ages of 19 to 35. Most have opted to volunteer for Consortium service instead of living among the impoverished civilian population. They aren't blindly loyal to the WEC; however, few of them sympathize with the Resistance, either. Their only allegiance stems from the fact that, as civilians, they retain their "weekend off" status and receive 60 credits per week of service.
Self-preservation seems to be their main motive in most conflicts, and Guards have been known to surrender upon sighting a well-armed intruder. But if they're confronted with gunfire, few will hesitate to protect themselves with a standard-issue BA-40 or BA-41 Pistols.
Because Guards have never been properly trained in the art of close-quarters combat, they are relatively easy to kill. Most of those that do survive usually return to the civilian population within a year.
The WEC guards its most sensitive areas with Special Forces soldiers. The average SF member is over 30 years old and has been with the WEC for over a decade. Most have been conscripted from Soldiers with exemplary service records, although some have been handpicked from promising enlistees with a history of Consortium loyalty. SF members take great pride in wearing their SF lapel pin and show unwavering WEC support.
To become a Special Forces soldier, candidates must sign a blanket waiver agreement and give up their tracking chip. Then they are carefully screened using a battery of endurance and psychological tests to ensure their continuing fidelity. Those that complete the physical and mental weed-out period are shipped off to an isolation-training center for a six-month orientation course. The top ten finishers in each class are assigned to elite training units.
For their standard-issue weapon, Special Forces soldiers can choose either the RP-32 Conciliator rifle or PA-31 laser. Elite SF members assigned to particularly vulnerable areas are often deployed with the PA-31 Adjudicator. In addition to carrying powerful arms, Special Forces wear heightened body-armor that provides some defense against nuclear/biological/chemical attacks. This makes them extremely hard to eliminate during a mission encounter.
Enforcers represent the groomed "career soldier" and are assigned to protect the WEC's most valuable assets and personnel. The WEC invests years of training and millions of credit in each and every Enforcer, so each and every one lost to the Resistance is a measurable blow to the Consortium. Applicants who wish to gain Enforcer status must receive five unsolicited recommendations from their superior and attain 99th-percentile scores on the annual marksmanship exams. Those that are chosen undergo five years of rigorous training in the IEPU (Isolated Enforcer Preparation Unit) and are not allowed to have marriage contracts or any contact with the outside civilian world.
Though they are second only to Silencers in effectiveness, Enforcers are still considered disposable in cases where sensitive intelligence might be compromised. In other words, they are under strict orders to fight to the death and avoid capture at any cost. This makes for a deadly disposition, and no Enforcers have ever been detained by the Resistance.
These elite soldiers are known to patrol singly or in groups -- either way, they pose a serious threat to anyone who attempts to breach their assigned territory. Standard checklist equipment includes the nearly impenetrable plasma shield and the UV-p laser or GL-303 grenade launcher.
Silencers are the WEC's attempt to create the perfectly trained soldier -- a mobile killing machine. They are extremely rare among Consortium forces and represent only .0025 percent of the entire Consortium population. Unlike the other WEC soldiers, Silencer candidates are identified through tests during their adolescent years and enrolled in a specialized military facility. There, they are educated in all the intricacies of combat and mission strategies, including the ancient martial arts, information extraction methods, survival techniques and target elimination.
Retirement is never an option for Silencer -- their enlistment period is for life. Most never survive past the age of 40, and those that do move on to positions within the training facility. In return for their service, Silencers have an unlimited lifetime supply of credits.
Silencers have no contact with the world outside the WEC and rarely consider themselves as part of a biological family. During the psychological training phase, all references to personal history and past interpersonal relationships are eliminated (thus voiding any emotional responses to these stimuli). Defectors to the Resistance have spawned rumors that during this period the candidates are genetically altered, or possibly even cloned, to reduce the chances of independent decision making and increase combat potential.
The trademark of a Silencer is his crimson, rigid-polanium armor and extremely powerful weapon arsenal. He is not restricted to any particular offensive or defensive items and can freely choose from the weapons in the WEC arsenal before each assignment. The Silencer is a monster to be feared by Resistance intruders (or by the WEC, if he defects) and has few vulnerabilities short of sheer firepower.
