Special Operations Division

The Special Operations Division of the Department of Floaters ostensibly deals with special cases requiring unusual or multiple strategies; in reality, it has been regarded as more of an "overflow" department to pick up the slack whenever agents in any other department are overwhelmed. It used to be called the "Special Sue Unit" until it branched out into fics that did not involve assassination missions. The SOD is responsible for handling unusual situations in fanfiction, including fics that require unusual strategies and rescuing agents who have gotten themselves in too deep. In general, situations for which there are no standard operating procedures are routed to the SOD. Already in the Department of Floaters, where agents handle missions from multiple continua, the SOD tends to get the most miscellaneous of the miscellany that perpetrates assaults on canon.

For a period of time the SOD was effectively part of the Eclectic Subdivision of Advanced Species and was a shared resource between the Department of Floaters and the Department of Mary-Sues. However, at an undisclosed date, the now-defunct Department of Emergencies, which had also dealt with special cases, was merged with some ex-ESAS agents and spun-off into the Special Operations Division. The DOE's only known agents were Agent Dead and Agent Heal, who presumably joined the Special Operations Division after the merger.

As such there is some overlap between ESAS and the SOD, with both being Department of Floaters divisions. A loose distinction may be drawn in that ESAS deals with more "typical" fics that happen to have overpowered non-canons, while SOD deals with more complicated or unusual fics.

Special Operations is home to Agents Skuld Taipan and Cassiopeia Orange. Agents Sergio Turbo and Corolla have been recently transferred there, along with then-recruit Nikki Cherryflower. The Fisherman and Agent Evie were also assigned to SOD upon recruitment sometime in 2011 HST.

Mission Reports from the Special Operations Division

 * Missions from this division are listed on The Complete List of PPC Fiction, Special Operations Division.

Mission Reports from the Department of Emergencies

 * Torment Agent Dead, with Agent Jay (DIC)
 * The Dark of the Moon, Agent Dead (Agent) and Agent Jay Thorntree (DIC) help Agents Rosie Cotton Bomull and Nenya Gabriel (DMS-DMO) escape from a deletion.