GuardCorps
Unitas Consortium is the direct and sole owner of GuardCorps, the private army at the heart of all Hegemony dealings. Originally an independent military force descended from the Novageon Veterans Mission, rebranded as Star Guardians in 466, GuardCorps was legally incorporated as a semi-autonomous entity within Unitas Consortium in 482.
GuardCorps is not limited to conducting operations solely within Unitas environs; it also exists as many independent operators that fulfill contracts for Affiliated Prefectures across the spheres. The last MIlitary Assessment of GuardCorps report issued in 943 listed 136 separate GuardCorps formations, ranging from single zeoform teams and starships to vertically-integrated forces of ten or more zeoforms and their attendant support personnel.
This is a form of Hegemony political influence, as many GuardCorps contracts contain literal non-compete clauses when it comes to fighting other GuardCorps subsidiaries. In compensation for this, GuardCorps units have access to the latest weaponry, zeoforms and starships that Unitas Consortium and its Prefectures can produce. A small GuardCorps contingent is a relatively cheap and painless way to state your loyalty to the Hegemony cause. GuardCorps troops use whatever livery their employers or founders choose, but always incorporate the GuardCorps badge somewhere on their uniforms and materiel.
Within the original GuardCorps there are two semi-autonomous formations with specific but overlapping functions. The smaller of the two is a battalion of close protection units known as Citadel, currently headed by President-General Alysha Serra. They are in charge of security for the Board itself as well as Unitas holdings throughout the One Hundred Suns. They also act as something of a secret police force for the Board, as well as performing black ops outside the New Sol system.
Defense of the 1stGen New Sol heliosphere as a whole falls to Voidstar. Possessing a sizable fleet of its own, separate to the other starship contractors that service Unitas Consortium, Voidstar also acts beyond New Sol as a formation akin to a marines corps, specialising in ship-to-ship warfare and planetfall landings.
Elements of both Citadel and Voidstar forces are occasionally leased to other Prefectures if the price is right and the need suits the strategic goals of Unita Consortium. In exceptional circumstances, forces from Citadel and Voidstar have been sent by directive of the Board to deal with an emergent threat or to an ongoing conflict in an existing warzone without a Prefecture requesting their presence.
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