The Zhodani Naval Special Landing Forces are not a separate branch or service within the Zhodani Combined Interstellar Forces. They are specially selected, trained, and equipped members of the Consulate Navy. The ZNSLF is tasked with supporting fleet operations and securing the Consulate’s naval facilities. ZSNLF Squadrons (Battalions) are formed to seize, construct, and secure naval bases. The ZNSLF is uniformly trained to operate in hostile environmental conditions such as vacuums, exotic atmospheres, and zero-gravity environments.

The Zhodani Special Naval Landing Force is usually encountered in the small ship detachments exhibited below. The Troop is a large formation of two detachments and a command section. A squadron contains a Headquarters and Services Troop, four to six ZSNLF Rifle Troops, a Lift Cavalry Troop, and a Weapons Troop with Indirect Fires and Point Defense sub-units. The largest ZSNLF is at the fleet level, usually containing a Headquarters Troop, four to six ZSNLF squadrons, and logistics and Support Troop. These units are rarely consolidated unless needed for more significant operations

Within the ZSNLF are detachments, platoons, troops (companies), and rarely squadrons (battalions) of jump-trained orbital insertion troops. The mission of these units is to establish beachheads, conduct raids, and special reconnaissance. Usually, these expensive, highly-trained, proficient troops are allocated one to two Squadrons per fleet. Like the standard Zhodani unit organization, each squadron is a Headquarters & Services Troop (company) and four Jump Troops (Companies). Each squadron contains a Psi Platoon twice the size of the standard allocation to Lift Infantry Battalions. The double allotment of personnel is to embed in small unit missions.

Within the Jump Squadrons of the ZNSLF are the Reconnaissance Troops, who differ from the Consular Guard Commandos in that they are not teleport trained but composed of highly skilled reconnaissance teams of 6-8 Recce troopers specializing in close reconnaissance and special reconnaissance. The Team Leaders and Assistant Team Leaders are usually commissioned specialists with clairvoyance and telepathy. The remaining team members specialize in communications, demolitions, remote medicine, and intelligence skill sets. More often than not, these troops, especially those deployed against the imperium, are of assimilated solomani/vilani descent for biometric concealment. The ZSNLF Reconnaissance Troop consists of a Command Section, Communications Section, and Three Platoons of 6 Reconnaissance Teams

They are equipped with TL–14 Fusion Weapons and Battledress whenever possible. At the very least, they have Combat Armor and Gauss Rifles. The ZNSLF extensively uses warbots, and when encountered in formations above the Company level, the Psionic Detachments are organic. This includes reconnaissance clairvoyants and telekinetic scramblers.