Shadow Ranger Corps

The Shadow Ranger Corps (SRC) is an elite, black-ops division of the Sharonallel army that is dedicated to stealth, spying, and assassination in the name of Queen Ravaella Forgedawn. It is open to all races except humans, dwarves, and halflings, but historically, over 70% of all those who make the cut are natural elves, as the grueling demands of the corps include complete stealth under any and all conditions, an innate understanding of the terrain and geography of Istria, and complete fluency in Elven and Common. Eladrin and drow applicants tend to be inadequate at Istrian geography due to planar transit, and other races tend to be less-than-ideally stealthy.

Equipment
The standard-issue equipment of the corps is a shortbow and flight of arrows, as well as black leather armor. Daggers are encouraged, though anything that can be comfortably and silently wielded in close quarters is permitted.

Organization
The divisions of the Shadow Ranger Corps (SRC) are as follows: The organization is based heavily on tridecimal and duodecimal numbering, as elven numerology holds the numbers three and 12 as sacred for hunting. Thus, the entire Corps consists of exactly 432 Rangers at any given time, barring recent casualties, and can be broken down into varrying arrays of divisions depending upon the requisite circumstances.
 * Solo: 1 Ranger
 * Razor: 3 Rangers
 * Wing: 6 Rangers
 * Squadron (Squad): 12 Rangers
 * Flight: 36 Rangers
 * Station: 144 Rangers
 * Corps: 432 Rangers

Rates
The rates in the Shadow Ranger Corps (SRC) are as follows: Most Rangers start at the Ranger rate, and promotion is only possible due to either the death or retirement of a superior.
 * Non-commissioned (324 total):
 * Ranger (186)
 * Ranger, 1st Class (72)
 * Guard (36)
 * Sergeant (18)
 * Sergeant, 1st Class (9)
 * Sergeant Ranger (3)
 * Comissioned (108 total):
 * Ranger Lieutenant (48)
 * Lieutenant, 1st Class (36)
 * Major (12)
 * Colonel (6)
 * Brigadier (3)
 * Master Ranger (3)

Mottos
Historically, the motto of the Shadow Ranger Corps (SRC) was "In nocte, mors," or, in the common tongue, "In the  night, death." However, in honor of Brigadier Halt, the motto was changed in 121 FA to "Servi reginae cum gladios in nocte," or in Common, "Servants of the Queen by blades in the night."