Terran Armed Forces
The TAF is a combined-arms federal military under the control of the FTS. They are split into two major branches, Planetary Guard and Void Force, each with a variety of sub-branches.
Structure
The Planetary Guard and the Void Force of the TAF are its two major branches, each fulfilling a distinct yet important goal.
Planetary Guard recruits members of the local militaries as peacekeepers and defenders of the planet. All operations whose focus is purely located within a single planetary system --that is a planet and her satellites-- falls under the jurisdiction of the Planetary Guard. This means the guard is responsible for all of a planet's defending satellites, space traffic, and near-planetary crime --such as piracy.
Void Forces operate on an interplanetary level, often acting as expeditionary forces and backup for local guard garrisons that may be overwhelmed in a particular operation, though this rarely ever happens. The bulk of the military's spending and resources has been diverted to the Void Force branch due to humanity's expansion outwards.
Public Agenda
The TAF serves as the main defending body of the Terran system and her many colonies.
Assets
The TAF possess a fleet of over 100 Capital ships, 500 Cruisers, 1,000 Destroyers, 2,500 Frigates, and nearly 5,000 Corvettes with over 100,000 non-ship autonomous drones which fulfill the roles of fighters, attack craft, bombers, troop transports, electronic warfare, scout craft, and logistics shuttles.
The TAF also possesses a number of Citadel-class space stations, point defense laser platforms, hive platforms, and artillery platforms in the orbit of every major planet in the FTS.
History
Some say that the FTS came from her military, as in the early days it was through a show of force that the skirmishing colonies and states of the Terran system were wrangled into order. In any case, the TAF is widely accepted to be as old as the FTS itself, going through many leaders and engaging in many small-scale operations to maintain peace throughout the system. In the coming years of the future, with alien empires seen in the far distance, the TAF may soon have to prove itself in proper battle.
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