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The Vanguard is the military of the Solar Republic. It was also the name of another military in the past, that of the Stellar Consortium. | The Vanguard is the military of the Solar Republic. It was also the name of another military in the past, that of the Stellar Consortium. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:50, 9 March 2012
The Vanguard is the military of the Solar Republic. It was also the name of another military in the past, that of the Stellar Consortium.
Variant 0, Pre-Kretonian Era
However, the Vanguard began several centuries ago as the confederated military force of the Stellar Consortium, with aliens and humans alike serving on starships in defense of a collective of worlds.
With the Kretonian Invasion of 2651, much of the Vanguard force was destroyed. Only a token few ships escaped aboard Sanctuary. Upon returning to the normal universe, they would become an important force shaping galactic policy - the Starbase Retribution was leased from the Martians, new ships were built for the Vanguard fleet and the VES was created to explore the cosmos, with Captain David Ransom Porter as its head and the VES Minerva as its primary ship. New recruits were also accepted; mainly, they came from Sanctuary ex-pats although the post-Kretonian population of the Orion Arm also joined. Eventually, the Vanguard was folded into Sanctuary security, which would later change its title to Concordance security.
Variant 0, 31st Century
Currently, this is the name given to the military force of the Solar Republic. It was created as an amalgamation of the alt-Earth's Guardian Fleet and the Martian Legions, though most of the resources came from the latter group, just after the Sivad-Consortium War. In November 3007, it absorbed the former New Luna Militia into it's 7th Combat Brigade, after New Luna was devastated. The latest incarnation of the Vanguard primarily enlists humans and Lunites. The military itself is structured into three commands - Naval, Land Force and Special Forces. Vanguard service is very popular among citizens of the Republic - nearly 10 million serve in the regular forces, alone. Its navy is known for its experimentation with drone fightercraft, though this has not been adopted universally and is seeing resistance since the Phyrrian War. Ground forces are a variety of different types, from ship based marines, to ground based infantry, armoured groups as well as a variety of mixed forces. Regardless of where Land Force troops are based, they are all trained to fight terrestrially. Navy provides transport to both Land and Special Forces.