Terran MACO

In the mirror universe, the Terran Military Assault Command Operations was the military organization known otherwise as the "Fist of the Terran Empire", which served the Terran Empire until the downfall of the latter.

Organization
Unlike the MACOs of the prime universe, Terran MACOs are associated with the Imperial Starfleet. However, they are not the military force of the Empire, which, like the Federation, relied heavily on its Starfleet.

Terran MACOs were exceptionally more ruthless than their prime universe counterparts. It was even rumored that they were trained to be emotionless, to relish killing, to give their lives in service to the Empire and to be almost physically indestructible. These are mostly regarded as rumors, since the Gorn Slar was able to kill several while onboard the USS Defiant (NCC-1764) in 2153.


 * Regardless, the MACOs of the 23rd and early 24th Centuries were sometimes viewed as such. Some were even given cybernetic implants to make them "indestructible". Alicia Rookwood, the only known member of the Terran MACOs, is said to have no knowledge of her past; this might be a reference to brain-washing techniques used during training.