Editing Russia (section)

===Military===
The government is very proactive at hunting down and conscripting Russian [[parahumans]] into military service, sending out their forces to execute or enlist any parahuman that they can.<ref name="reddit ePolicy" /> They will then assign a squad of soldiers to the conscripted parahuman;<ref name="II12.4 e1" /> these soldiers act as an extension or force multiplier for the cape as they will learn about their assigned parahuman and how to work with them.<ref>I nodded.  “They’re organized in the old Russian style from back in Earth Bet.  Squads of soldiers with parahumans in charge.  Even down to the armbands and badges.  It makes the squads extensions of the parahumans, force multipliers because they know their parahuman and they work with them.”<br><br>“It’s not the worst idea,” Swansong said.  “If you find people you can trust.”<br><br>“Or forcefully conscript into military service and force into a given squad,” my dad said. - [[Heavens 12.5]]</ref> These squads are very anti-parahuman as they specialize at dealing with enemy parahumans; parahumans from other squads rarely cooperate.<ref name="II12.5 eLandscape">“I knew a cape once who was from there,” my dad said.  “Joined the New York Protectorate.”<br><br>“From Russia?” my mom asked.<br><br>“Yes.  Bunter.”<br>[...]<br>“We talked about what it was like over there,” my dad said.  “Maybe it applies?”<br><br>I rubbed the hand-warmer between my hands as I thought.  “Capes over there tended to break down into the ones who were conscripted, the ones who became fugitives of the state, the weird middle ground ones-”<br><br>“Almost always spies or state-supported capes,” my dad said.  “According to Bunter.”<br><br>I nodded. “-and the villains who were fugitives of the state who managed to establish themselves.  The whole dynamic was very anti-parahuman.  Setting up capes so they rarely cooperated, each squad was primarily expected to deal with capes, whether they were home-grown or not.”<br><br>“They’re set up to deal with us,” I said. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.5]]</ref>

Although this setup worked for their specialized task, it was much less effective against [[Endbringers]]. The Russians actually turned on [[parahumans]] from other countries that initially tried to help; for later Endbringer attacks, they did not receive assistance from other countries.<ref name="II12.5 eEndbringer">“Did it work?” Moose asked.<br><br>“The setup?  ''Yeah''.  For the specialized task.  When they got hit by Endbringers they turned on the people who came to help, though.  For later attacks, they didn’t have the help.  They ended up trying to use airplanes, tanks… but we’re digressing.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.5]]</ref> Combined with Russia having lower number of capes and less structured organization than most other places, they tend to respond to Endbringer or [[S-Class]] threats with military strength more than most other national players.<ref name="SB2"/> 

Another drawback of their setup was that squads ended up subservient to their assigned parahuman. Military parahumans are left in positions of paranoid power and don't usually learn to cooperate, which can magnify negative personality traits, worsen neuroses, and make bad habits more problematic.<ref>“Bunter was a squad leader,” my dad said.  “There was a drawback to that setup.  The squads end up subservient.  Power imbalance.  Every cape has their quirks.  Preferences, eccentricities.”<br><br>“Some of us are the sad kind of insane,” Chastity said.<br><br>“That, yes,” my dad said.  “When you surround yourself with people who don’t balance you out, you can spiral.  The neuroses get worse, the bad habits get more problematic.  Negative personality traits are magnified.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.5]]</ref>