SSG

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 * colorscheme      = MarinesColors
 * image            = SSG Manga Infobox.png
 * jname            = {{Ruby|SSG|エスエスジー}}
 * rname            = Esu Esu Jī
 * ename            = SSG
 * first            = Chapter 1059{{Qref|name=c1059|chap=1059|page=6-11, 16-17|the Seraphim are introduced.}}
 * affiliation      = Marines{{Qref|name=c957|chap=957|page=3, 16|ep=958|The SSG is first mentioned.}}
 * leader           = Vegapunk{{Qref|name=c1066|chap=1066|page=16-17|ep=}|Vegapunk is introduced as the leader of SSG.}}
 * residency        = Egghead

The Special Science Group (特殊科学班), abbreviated as SSG, is the Marines' science unit division led by Vegapunk. The SSG is responsible for the research and development of advanced technology and weaponry for the World Government, including the Pacifista and eventually the Seraphim, which the Government hoped would be able to replace the Seven Warlords system as one of the current Three Great Powers.

The SSG's main base of operation is Egghead, where every member also resides currently.

History
During the timeskip, the SSG created and developed the Seraphim, elite Pacifista units with lunarian biology and the appearance of the former Warlords as children.

After the most recent Levely, the Seven Warlords of the Sea were abolished due to the majority vote of the rulers affiliated with the World Government, believing that the new weapons developed by the SSG were capable of replacing the Warlords as military assets.

Trivia

 * At the base on Egghead, upon seeing some civilians, Bonney assumed they were researchers. Some civilians wore clothes with the words "Lingus", "History", "Petrology", and "Civil", indicating researchers in the fields Linguistics, History, Petrology, and civil engineering respectively.
 * All members of the SSG have names relating to specific celestial bodies found in the Solar System.
 * Vegapunk himself is often referred as "Stella" (latin for "star") as an allusion to the sun, the star from which all other celestial bodies revolve around.
 * Shaka and Lilith share their names with two asteroids located in the Solar System's asteroid belt, the 1246 Chaka and the 1181 Lilith.
 * Edison, Pythagoras and Atlas are all named after lunar craters found on the Earth's moon.
 * York could have taken her name from the Cape York meteorite, known to have provided iron to local, indigenous peoples since ancient times.

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