Star Brigade: Odysseys - An Anthology (26 page)

The
UComm Planetary Defense Corps (UComm PLADECO)
deal directly with the protection of all Union memberworlds, colony worlds and territories. This includes aerial, terrestrial, nautical, and suborbital armed forces.

UComm Space Marine Corps
(UCSMC)
provides outerspacial force projection, utilizing the mobility of UComm’s AeroFleet to deploy its units. Subdivisions include Space Marine All-Terrain Operations Command (SMATOC), UComm Fleet Space Marine Force (FSMF), and Space Marines Consulate Security Command (CSC).

Union Command Aerospace Defense Fleet (UComm AeroFleet)
represents the Galactic Union’s military space fleet. This ranges from fighter jets and massive battle command cruise ships in AeroFleet Combat Command to deep space exploration vessels in AeroFleet Exploration Corps (shared between the Ministries of Defense and Expansion & Exploration). AeroFleet Academy, where the next generation of aerospace officers is trained, also falls under AeroFleet’s umbrella.

The primary mission of
UComm Border Patrol (UCBP
) is ensuring the safekeeping of borders between neighboring races and unclaimed space. Vessels and personnel in this agency are tasked with patrolling Union borders as well as conducting health and security inspections for ships suspected of violating Galactic Union laws. Other Border Patrol duties include preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the Union, stopping individuals attempting to enter the Union illegally and ensuring the safety of travelers entering and exiting Union Space.

UComm Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG)
oversee all special operations elements, even those within the other UComm branches. Star Brigade, PLADECO’s Omega Group, and the Space Marines’ TROJANs fall under JSOG’s authority.

The
Union Command Joint Medical Division (UCJMD)
create joint oversight between all areas of the UComm in four key areas: medical research, medical education and training, health care delivery, and shared support services.

Another key division is
UComm Installation Operations (UCIO)
, which manages all military border outposts, deep-space stations, mining stations, shipyards and starbases.

Other military subdivisions include
Military Advocate General (MAG), UComm Corps of Engineers (UCCE), and UComm Military Intelligence Directorate (UCMI or Military Intelligence)

Noteworthy Chouncilors

• Vut’guios’ajjus
  (2174 – 2179), aka ‘Sajjus’, was an esteemed Kudoban diplomat and mediator who helped extensively with the Great Migration of displaced Ttaunz refugees, was elected as the first Chouncilor of the Union.
  

While many believed his pacifist nature would make him a weak choice for Chouncilor, Vut’guios’ajjus in the end defined the role for future Chouncilors, which included setting the balance of power between the High Tribunal and newly created Bicameral. He held the Union together during the First Terminus War (then called the Separatist War) between 2176-2178, eventually reaching a truce with the separatist leaders. Sajjus served just one term, which was heralded as a major success.

Unfortunately, certain policy decisions made during his tenure were blamed for the Economic Slump of 2180.

• Gulthresh’Gishroo
  ‘Gult’
  (2264 – 2267), a Voton male, was a lackluster Chouncilor renowned more for his carnal indulgences than his policies. In 2264 he approved a mandate for Terra Sollus to become the official homeworld for earthborn humans 150 years after it became a colony world for Earth. The move was seen as a slight to the indigenous Korvenites who were losing more and more acreage to immigrating humans. Gult’s push for Cantalese’s full membership, where he spent an excessive amount of time, was unsuccessful. It was rumored that he wanted to make the Vacation Planet the new capital world of the Union.
  

But Chouncilor Gult is mainly remembered as the first Chouncilor to be assassinated. The culprit behind Gult’s death was a radical sect of Rhomerans. This renewed hostilities between Rhomera and Aurealis for many years.

• K’Lyrrid Varo-Kata
  (2374 – 2383), a Kintarian female, was a former AeroFleet Admiral and Defense Minister who rode the wave of her ‘war hero’ status after the Second Terminus War into the Chouncilor’s office. Her combat prowess served her little in her tenure’s first few years, but helped after a series of tragedies. The first was the Earth Holocaust in 2377. Varo-Kata rose to the occasion, holding the Union together and ordering the capture of all Korvenites. It was under Varo-Kata’s tenure that the secret internment camps were built to contain the Korvenites.
  

The second tragedy happened when the Terminus Cluster rebelled again after two of their planets, Ysaeld and Shrall, applied for full Union membership. The mutinous species in the Terminus Cluster declared these planets to be traitors and seeing the Earth Massacre as a sign of weakness, obliterated Shrall. They threatened to destroy Ysaeld as well unless the Union left the Terminus Cluster and abdicated all claims to it.

Varo-Kata refused to bend, and once all Union personnel had been evacuated from Terminus Cluster worlds behind the uprising, Varo-Kata struck. She ordered the destructions of all rebellious worlds—seven in total—completely eradicating these species. Many in the Bicameral wanted Varo-Kata tried for multiple counts of xenocide, but a trial was rejected by the High Tribunal in light of Varo-Kata effectively ending the Third Terminus War and any future rebellions.

Varo-Kata’s actions made testimony to any memberworld or star-spanning government doubting the power of the Galactic Union. This earned Varo-Kata the nicknames of ‘L’Kyrrod the Destroyer’ and ‘World Breaker.’

• Aristotle ‘Ari’ Bogosian
  (2396 – 2403) was a former Chamber Delegate and Union Senator elected to office of the Chouncilor in late 2396, a year after the Ferronos Sector War. Bogosian was a shrewd politician and conciliator, finding ways to bring even his staunchest detractors to the table and reaching a middle ground that appeased most parties. He successfully put down the first incarnation of the Korvenite Independence Front as well as averting a near-war with the Juunthra Accord over long disputed borders. 
  

A major triumph during his tenure was capitalizing on the goodwill between the Kedri Imperium and the Union after the Ferronos Sector War to move toward a historic interstellar trade merger, which would’ve been the largest in recorded history.

Unfortunately, the actions of the Korvenite Independence Front terrorist group turned the merger into a disaster and the Union’s relationship with the Imperium is now in disrepair. Shortly afterwards, Bogosian resigned from office in disgrace in the middle of his second term and now dedicates himself to philanthropy.

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Born in 1979, C.C. Ekeke spent much of his childhood on a steady diet of science fiction movies and television shows, as well as superhero comic books like the X-Men and the Avengers. It was in college studying for a degree in advertising that he stumbled across a desire to write books. Some of his heaviest influences include authors J.K. Rowling, Michael A. Stackpole, Peter David, Timothy Zahn, and most recently George R.R. Martin (both TV show and books). Currently living in LA’s San Fernando Valley, he’s at work on the next full-length Star Brigade novel.