Sol Defence Corps

Sol Defence Corps
Founded		15 January 2039 (as PKC Space Fleet) 21 May 2059 (57 years)
Parent Organization		United Nations
Headquarters		Sol Defence Corps Headquarters, Gibraltar, Earth
Type		Semi-tributary interstellar military
Roles		System defence Space and system control System security and anti-piracy Force projection Deterrence
Service Branches		Sol Defence Corps Navy (SDCN) Sol Defence Marine Corps (SDMC) Sol Defence Aviation Corps (SDAC)
Size		8.3 million active duty personnel 4.4 million civilian personnel 3.7 million ready reserve personnel 210 commissioned ships 115 noncommissioned support vessels 55,305 small spacecraft
Leadership		SECGEN Laura MacPherson SECSDC Song Lee-Seung CMF FADM Anthony Sinclair CMC Gen. Damascus Flynn CAC Gen. Sorier Fyfe
Mottos		"Semper Prosperatur" (Always prosper)

The Sol Defence Corps (SDC) is the expeditionary and space warfare armed forces of the United Nations' military components and forms the main armed forces component of extraterrestrial human operations. Its function is to police, defend and monitor the Sol system from any foreign threats as well as initiate expeditionary efforts to other star systems in the form of the Final Frontier Project. Personnel in the Sol Defence Corps comprise the Navy, the principle entity of the Sol Defence Corps enabling all operations in space with its large fleet of starships, the Aviation Corps, the small craft force of the SDC fleeting a number of fighters, shuttles and other small craft, and the the Marine Corps, the main infantry force of the Sol Defence Corps, with different ranking structures for each.

The Navy consists of approximately 5.3 million personnel, including both enlisted personnel and commissioned officers. Recent calculations place the total number of Marine Corps personnel at approximately 2.1 million, and the Aviation Corps at roughly 1 million. In addition to the three core wings, roughly 3.7 million personnel are held to serve in either the Reserve or Auxiliary Forces.

As a United Nations proponent force, the SDC is made of personnel from backgrounds all over the globe and even over the colonies as well. Tracing its traditions and customs back mainly to that of the United States Navy and Royal Navy, of which the SDC received a large amount of initial funding from, the Corps prides itself on combining the traditions of the oldest military type in the world, a sailing navy, with that of the newest warfare region humanity has ever encountered: space.

Mission

The SDC concerns itself with the following goals:

• Defend the Sol system and its constituent bodies from foreign threats;
• Conduct expeditionary efforts outside of Sol to colonize new worlds;
• Assist the Peacekeeper Corps in maintaining peace in the system;
• Overcome and defend against hostile entities who wish to compromise the security of Sol.

History

Founded in 2039, the Sol Defence Corps initially started off as a coalition of the United Nations as establishing a united space-based military of Sol, following the widespread advent of interplanetary travel and projected increases of trade between Earth, Luna, Venus, and Mars known as the Peacekeeper Corps Space Fleet (PKCSF). A military presence in space was inevitably required, and some nations simply proposed that each would be able to exercise a degree of territorial military authority in space under the supervision of the United Nations for law and peacekeeping, alongside the enforcement of UN process, but those in space and aeronautics alongside the secretariat of the United Nations strongly believed that by allowing their member states to exploit certain aspects of the Artemis Accords to place their own military forces in space would lead to further loopholes and a complete spiral into national competition in space, that would completely disregard the Artemis Accords while still technically being compliant. While the United Nations was to theoretically supervise each military, this clause was likely just for talk, and nations would excercise as much power as they please while staying within the supposed parameters of the Artemis Accords.

Their solution was to still place each of these militaries in space, but by directing all resources to a tributary organization under the direct command of the United Nations secretariat and the United Nations Security Council. Space and aeronautics divisions of militaries such as the United States Space Force, the Russian Space Forces and others would pool early-age armed spacecraft to be part of the United Nation's new Space Fleet. Over the next sixteen years, the Space Fleet, at the time a force of the Peacekeeper Corps, would evolve from being an international cooperative of sovereign-owned spacecraft to a full spacefaring naval force. The Secretariat and the United Nations Security Council eventually made the decisions to separate the Peacekeeper Space Fleet from the Peacekeeper Corps, creating a more firm divide between the extraterrestrial and terrestrial military forces of the United Nations. The Peacekeeper Space Fleet adopted it's own ranking structure, forging its own shipyards, installations, and fleets as the capabilities of humanity in space skyrocketed exponentially, and would come to be known as the United Nations Sol Defence Corps.

While the SDC developed its own ships at its own shipyards, the corps still remained in some aspects a tributary organisation, mainly borrowing personnel from the navies and space forces of UN Security Council nations, its personnel complement rapidly grew until it had personnel numbering in the millions, pooled from the citizens of over 130 different countries. Up until the late 2080s, the SDC was focused on protecting trade and shipment freedom, deterring piracy and crime committed on ships and acting as a maritime police force for vessels transiting between planets.

The outbreak of the Martian Revolution in 2087 forced the Sol Defence Corps to endure its first actual war since its founding, a feat which initially took the budding military by surprise. While relatively inexperienced in warfare, the Sol Defence Corps still possessed the only standing navy in space - and a large one at that. The SDC was able to swiftly blockade in the revolutionary Martian Commonwealth and prevent a drawn out and potentially destructive naval war, forcing the revolutionaries onto the surface of Mars. As the war grew on, the SDC and PKC gradually adopted new strategies from the war and, by its conclusion, emerged as a veteran force who knew how to fight an opponent - alongside gaining a permanently scarred reputation as a result of the Bombing of Olympia, the ultimate testament to their lack of experience - acting on insufficient intel in an attempt to swiftly end the war, two ships of the Sol Defence Corps Navy authorised a bombing of the Martian city of Olympia with the belief that no civilians were inside - their choice to jump the gun and fire on the Commonwealth stronghold led to the death of over 9 million Martians, and became hailed as the worst war crime in human history.

Though the Sol Defence Corps had won the war, it ruined their reputation and forced them to, through the United Nations and the Sol Intelligence Service, slowly rebuild it through force, but even politicians of the United Nations sided with the general consensus against the SDC and the corps were nearly defunded to the point of being forced to rely on tribute again. The UN Security Council and the admiralty of the SDC, whether or not they believed that the Bombing of Olympia was a travesty, agreed that it could not lead to a wavering Sol Defence Corps, and through a variety of civil and political maneuvers, had reduced the anti-SDC sentiment to that of a sentiment over time. With the advent of FTL travel and the Final Frontier Project, the reputation of the SDC has been slowly improving as their Odysseus Fleet charts the frontiers of space, finding habitable exoplanets. The SDC today continues to field its Navy, Marine Corps and Aviation Corps, remaining the principle force of all mankind.

Organisation

Chain of Command

The SDC is executively led by the Commander-in-Chief, a position entitled, customarily, to the holding of the civilian Secretary-General (SECGEN) of the UN. Second in authority to the Commander-in-Chief is the Secretary of the Sol Defence Corps (SECSDC), responsible for the administrative and logistical side and focuses strictly on the Corps. The Navy and Marine Corps are each led by the highest-ranking flag officers of their respective division, comprising the Commander of the Fleet and the Commander of the Marine Corps, respectively. Unlike their national counterparts, the CMF and CMC fulfill both administrative and operational authority over the organization and strategy of the SDC.

The current incumbents of the Chiefs of Staff are listed below.

Abbreviation	Position	Held by
SECGEN	Secretary-General of the UN	Laura MacPherson
SECSDC	Secretary of the Sol Defence Corps	Song Lee-Seung
CMF	Commander of the Fleet	FADM Anthony Sinclair
VCMF	Vice Commander of the Fleet	ADM Randa Matamali
MCPON	Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy	MCPON John Devitt
CMC	Commander of the Marine Corps	GENMC Damascus Flynn
VCMC	Vice Commander of the Marine Corps	GEN Rodrigo Jimenez
SMMC	Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps	SMMC Randall Guinness
CAC	Commander of the Aviation Corps	GENAC Sorier Fyfe
VCAC	Vice Commander of the Aviation Corps	GEN Martin Eiase
CMSGAC	Chief Master Sergeant of the Aviation Corps	CMSGAC Luó Huiqing

Subordinate to the Chiefs of Staff are the various division and Fleet commanders, responsible for overseeing operations for each Fleet and each SDC organisation.

Naval Department Commands

The SDC runs several auxiliary divisions to the primary armed force services.

Name	Abbrev.	Purpose	Director
Final Frontier Project	FFP	Exploration, charting, and documentation of new planets.	ADM Thelma Johansson
Naval Development Group	NDG	Research and development of new technologies for SDC or joint military usage.	VADM Stephen Howard Jr.
Service Academy Command	SAC	Training and supervision of new Midshipmen to become commissioned officers.	VADM Murphy Stafford
Recruit Training Command	RTC	Supervision of new recruits for enlisted training.	VADM Arundel Reyes
SDC Ambassadorial Command	AMB	Liaison command between the SDC and both other military and civilian organisations.	VADM Cheyenne Goddard
Naval Special Operations Command	NAVSOC	Special operations and reconnaisance.	VADM Finnian Cartier

Sol Defence Corps Navy

Sol Defence Corps Navy
Founded		21 May 2059 (57 years)
Parent Organization		Sol Defence Corps
Headquarters		Sol Defence Corps Headquarters, Gibraltar, Earth
Type		Interstellar navy
Roles		System defence Space and system control System security and anti-piracy Force projection Deterrence
Service Branches		Sol Defence Supply Command Sol Defence Judge Advocate General Corps Naval Special Operations Command
Size		5.3 million active duty personnel 210 commissioned ships 115 noncommissioned support vessels
Leadership		CMF Anthony Sinclair VCMF Randa Matamali MCPON John Devitt
Mottos		"Semper Infragilis" (Always Stalwart)

The Sol Defence Corps Navy (abbrev. SDCN) is the primary proponent force of the Sol Defence Corps, fleeting a total of 210 commissioned ships in active service, 115 noncommissioned support craft, and more than 55,000 shuttlecraft. 23 commissioned vessels are part of the Final Frontier Project. It has 5.3 million enlisted personnel with about 2.3 million officers. Each other service branch of the SDC (Marines, Aviators) operate alongside the navy in almost all operations, depending on them for legal services and accomodation, logistics and transport alongside housing marines and their dropships alongside aviators and their fighters. As a result, on any operation involving the navy, the chain of command of a ship or fleet is the supreme authority over an entire operation.

The navy employs corvettes, frigates, cruisers, battlecruisers, and carriers, with a style of varying their class complement strongly to emphasize versatility and readiness for any situation. During times of peace, the SDCN focuses resources on maritime policing in the Sol system as well as functioning as a counter-piracy service. The Sixth Fleet in particular operates the Final Frontier Project for scientific efforts. The SDC is currently at its operational peak with 210 commissioned warships, responsible for guarding trade routes, establishing blockades, landing troops and fighting off enemy craft. The headquarters of the SDCN is located in Gibraltar, Earth, with bases present in all the Colonies (Luna, Venus, and Mars), as well as orbital installations around Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto.

Sol Defence Supply Command

The Sol Defence Supply Command (SDSC) is the main support force of the Sol Defence Corps Navy and SDC at large. Comprised of volunteers, specialists and a fleet of noncommissioned support vessels, the supply corps are a vital aspect to the operational backbone of the SDC. Many services present throughout the naval vessels and fleets of the Sol Defence Corps or in their starbases such as Judge Advocate Generals or career counselling, logistics and supply, medical, dental and engineering services and communication are all handled by the supply corps.

Enlisted may go through training and then join the supply corps, or civilians with certain skill sets can volunteer and join to provide their services to the SDC, though these are usually fairly restricted. All supply ships and supply routes are fielded and operated by the SDSC, and the medical and engineering teams present on starships are part of the SDSC, typically part of either the Medical or Engineering Corps.

Naval Special Operations Command

The Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOC), known by its operators' moniker of the Falcons, is the Sol Defence Corps Navy's primary special operations force, responsible for carrying out clandestine operations, conducting counterterrorism operations, and capturing or assassinating high-value or high-profile targets. A key component in the Martian Revolution, the Falcons were responsible in taking down many of the AFF's organisers and high-ranking guerilla personnel, crippling their leadership and leading to the UN's victory in the war. NAVSOC soldiers are able to perform elite activities in the name of special and unconventional warfare, capable of covert assassinations, intelligence gathering, or asset protection. Certain Spec Ops soldiers are specially trained to handle, protect, and defend high-risk allied persons such as political figures or high-ranking military officials.

Spec Ops are trained in marksmanship, close combat, hostile environment training, martial arts and demolitions. They are equipped with one of two Spec Ops combat-rated hardsuits capable of withstanding medium to heavy arms fire, with shock absorbers and ablative plating allowing for the suit to double as survival gear. Entrance into the Spec Ops programme is elite, and very few can proudly take the mantle. NAVSOC operators may be attached to Marines and Aviators in their respective corps, with the Naval Special Operations Command providing their specialty to all service branches of the SDC.

Naval Fleets

For a list of the active ships in the Sol Defence Corps Navy, fleet, see Ships of the Sol Defence Corps.

Fleet	Number	Description
Hermes Fleet	1st	The Hermes Fleet is the rapid response and offensive operations fleet, led by Admiral Ramik Asupani. The fleet is primarily consisted of quick, FTL-capable vessels, favoring frigates and cruisers over larger capital ships. The lone pair of capital ships in the fleet, the Mexico-class carriers SDCN Hermes (FCV-20) and SDCN Deimos (FCV-21), are often placed in the middle of battlegroups and have been retrofitted with faster propulsion equipment to keep up with the rest of the group. Hermes is usually assigned as a QRF fleet and is often assigned to missions that require rapid response or rapid deployment. Hermes contains the largest contingent of NAVSOC operators in the fleet and also the second largest contingent of Marines.
Aegis Fleet	2nd	The Aegis Fleet, also known as the Home Fleet, is the Earth's orbital guard and the central fleet of the SDCN, overseen by Admiral Harper Johnson. The fleet consists mainly of large defensive battlecruisers and carriers to provide a stalwart shield against attacks on passing vessels in Earth's orbit. Aegis is normally rather dormant during peacetime and mainly serves as a border guard for Earth and Mars, checking trade vessels and providing anti-piracy security. During the Martian Revolution Aegis was activated to help Ares Fleet in blockading Mars and protecting Earth from potential Commonwealth raids, though the blockade held fast throughout the war.
Ares Fleet	3rd	The largest and most aggressive fleet of the SDCN, the Ares Fleet is tasked with offensive operations and is often seen taking the role of the primary brute in battles and skirmishes. Led by Admiral Andrew Dartmouth, the fleet has earned a reputation for its aggressive tactics and strength-in-numbers strategy. The Ares Fleet was most prominent during the Revolution, where it saw the brunt of offensive action conducted against Mars and Commonwealth vessels, with the Ares Fleet comprising most of the Martian Blockade.
Poseidon Fleet	4th	The Poseidon Fleet is often seen as the border guard for the Sol system, with a majority of its forces posted beyond Pluto, patrolling the Kuiper Belt and, to a lesser extent, the Oort Cloud, to look for and quell any piracy or criminal activity other fleets wouldn't dare approach. They are the most experienced with counter-piracy tactics and are often deployed to areas with high illegal activity.
Argo Fleet	5th	Formerly the reserve fleet of the SDCN, the Argo Fleet has since been retired from active service.
Odysseus Fleet	6th	The expeditionary fleet of the SDCN and the parent division of the Final Frontier Project. The Odysseus Fleet is concerned with conducting naval patrols and activity outside of the Sol system, and as such, each individual vessel is heavily equipped to withstand and fight any force that might encounter it. Sporadic in nature, the Odysseus Fleet is often seen spread out, with up to 3 vessels being positioned next to each other. Odysseus Fleet vessels, unlike ships in other fleets, are not staffed with a marine detachment due to the research-oriented nature of the fleet. The vessels operated by the Final Frontier Project, such as the Emissary, usually trek alone, their activities often being conducted millions of kilometres away from the nearest battlecruiser. As such, FFP ships are retrofitted to act as fighters of their own, boasting considerable artillery as well as advanced armor and shielding to protect against many threats.

Ranks

Main article: Sol Defence Corps/Ranks

Commissioned officers

Paygrade	O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8	O-9	O-10	O-11
Insignia
Title	Ensign	Sub- Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Lieutenant Commander	Commander	Captain	Commodore	Rear Admiral	Vice Admiral	Admiral	Fleet Admiral
Abbreviation	ENS	SLT	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT	CDRE	RADM	VADM	ADM	FADM

Enlisted

Paygrade	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E-7	E-8		E-9			E-9S
Insignia
Title	Shipman Recruit	Shipman Apprentice	Shipman	Petty Officer 3rd Class	Petty Officer 2nd Class	Petty Officer 1st Class	Chief Petty Officer	Senior Chief Petty Officer	Command Senior Chief Petty Officer	Master Chief Petty Officer	Command Master Chief Petty Officer	Fleet Master Chief Petty Officer	Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Abbreviation	SR	SA	SN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO	CSCPO CSC	MCPO	CMCPO CMC	FMCPO FMC

Sol Defence Marine Corps

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Sol Defence Marine Corps
Founded		20 May 2076 (41 years)
Parent Organization		Sol Defence Corps
Headquarters		Sol Defence Corps Headquarters, Gibraltar, Earth
Type		Interstellar naval infantry force
Roles		System defence Expeditionary warfare Anti-piracy and boarding
Service Branches		Fleet Marine Forces (FMF)
Size		2.1 million active duty personnel 11,223 small spacecraft
Leadership		CMC Damascus Flynn VCMC Rodrigo Jimenez SMMC Randall Guinness
Mottos		"Semper Vigilantes" (Always Vigilant)

The Sol Defence Marine Corps (abbrev. SDMC) serves as the marine and naval infantry division of the SDC. It consists of approximately 2.1 million active personnel, including an estimated 2 million enlisted soldiers and an estimated 730,000 personnel staff of both enlisted service members and commissioned officers, predominantly the latter. Marines operate frequently on warships and operate VTOL craft, but are largely replaced by Exploratory Specialists on the extrasolar frontiers. The SDMC provides amphibious infantry to the Sol Defence Corps, fielding all forms of infantry combat such as terrestrial deployment in cases such as the Martian Revolution or more frequently, boarding operations, with Sol Defence Marines frequently boarding pirate vessels during the SDCN's many pirate incursions.

The SDMC employs Medical and Chaplain personnel shared by the Navy for operations and are partnered with the SDCN for a majority of all operations. Marines may become Exploratory Specialists if they choose to go through the training it entails. While onboard or attached to a vessel of the Sol Defence Corps Navy, Marines are always subordinate to naval chain of command alongside their own.

Fleet Marine Forces

Nearly all marines within the Sol Defence Marine Corps are forward deployed among the five fleets of the Sol Defence Corps Navy. Each Fleet Marine Force (FMF) is known by the name of fleet which it is attached to (i.e. Odysseus Sixth Fleet Marine Force) and every Fleet Marine Force facilitate it's own further divisions with very little overlap.

FMFs are under the command and operational control of naval fleet commanders, however, the Commander of the Marine Corps, holding the rank of General of the Marine Corps, or Vice Commander, holding the rank of General, retains administrative control as well. These Fleet Marine Forces comprise every readily-available contingent of the Marine Corps in the SDC and every soldiers in the Marine Corps outside of training.

Fleet	Force	Headquarters	Commanding Officer
Hermes (1st)	1st Fleet Marine Force	SDCSS Constellation	ADM. Ramik Asupani
Aegis (2nd)	2nd Fleet Marine Force	SDB Gibraltar	ADM. Harper Johnson
Ares (3rd)	3rd Fleet Marine Force	SDCSS Argyre	ADM. Andrew Dartmouth
Poseidon (4th)	4th Fleet Marine Force	SDCSS Temperance	ADM. Sukiyama Michuchi
Odysseus (6th)	6th Fleet Marine Force	SDCSS Charon	ADM. Douglas Halcyon

Combat Elements

See also: Weapons

Team - The smallest unit within an element. Comprised of a team leader with the rank of Corporal, an infantryman with the rank of Private, an assistant automatic infantryman with the rank of Private First Class, and an automatic infantryman with the rank of Lance Corporal. Squad - Usually led by a sergeant, a squad is comprised of three teams. Platoon - Commanded by a 2nd or 1st Lieutenant, platoons consist of three rifle squads and a headquarters of the platoon's commander, a sergeant overlooking the three squads, the sergeant's assistant, and a messenger. Weapons Platoon - Commanded by a 1st Lieutenant with a Gunnery Sergeant as an assistant, weapons platoons are specialisations of a typical platoons utilising different weaponry, typically consisting of a mortar section, an assault section and a medium machine gun section. Company - Commanded by a Captain with a 1st Lieutenant as an executive officer, a company consists of three platoons, a weapons platoon and a company headquarters consisting of a first sergeant, a gunnery sergeant, and a messenger. Weapons Company - Commanded by a Major with a Captain as the executive officer, Weapons Companies substitute the company's platoon for a mortar platoon, an anti-armour platoon, and a heavy machine gun platoon. The company headquarters consisting of a master sergeant operations chief and an additional messenger alongside the Major and Captain. Headquarters Company - Commanded by a Captain with a 2nd or 1st Lieutenant as the executive officer. Contains the battalion headquarters, executive staff and a chaplain section, the company headquarters section and a scout sniper, communications, service and medical platoon. Battalion - Commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel with a major as the battalion executive officer. Consists of three companies, a weapons company and a headquarters company. Regiment - Commanded by a Colonel with a Lieutenant Colonel as the regimental exeuctive officer. Consists of three battalions and a headquarters company. Marine Division - Commanded by a Major General as the commanding general and assisted by a brigadier general as the assistant divison commander. Consists of three regiments, an artillery regiment, several battalions, and a headquarters company.

History

The Sol Defence Marine Corps as they exist today were not the first iteration of the Sol Defence Corps' naval infantry force - the SDC was founded with the Marine Corps's predecessor, the Naval Infantry Corps, an organ of the Sol Defence Corps Navy wholly and entirely - they did not utilise any amphibious craft of their own, followed the same rank structure as the rest of the navy, and did not have ground combat capabilities - they were restricted solely to boarding in terms of offensive capabilities while the Peacekeeper Corps remained the terrestrial armed forces. To tributary marines of the United States, United Kingdom and other nations, the state of the Naval Infantry Corps was stagnant and underutilised, with the Naval Infantry Corps being often regarded as glorified Masters-at-Arms.

In 2070, a camp formed within the Naval Infantry Corps led by Rear Admiral Billie Ivy Holliday to conduct a reform of the Naval Infantry Corps in order to improve it's capabilities and use to the SDC as a fighting force. They campaigned often but largely in vain - being in a state of peacetime, few in power believed that the Naval Infantry Corps needed to be reformed into a fighting force the likes of Marines on Earth.

The efforts of Rear Admiral Holliday rung in deaf ears for a long time as she and her camp continued to petition for a reform of the Naval Infantry Corps and had garnered the support of nearly the entirety of NAVINF, but to no avail. In 2071, an attack on a Sol Defence Auxiliary convoy leaving Mars to the fledgling Jovian colonies was attacked by a large pirate band. What came to be known as the Battle of the Bulkheads led to a stalemate lasting several hours that ended when the convoy received support from a reaction force from Mars, prompting the pirates, already having taken heavy casualties and hull damage on part of the Naval Infantry soldiers, to leave the scene and leave only a dilapidated convoy with ships filled with Naval Infantry corpses.

This event showed not only the valour and dedication of the Naval Infantry Corps and her sailors, but that the time of peace was not as politicians thought it was - though there was no proponent rival to the United Nations, piracy was on the horizon and was soon to bring a new dynamic and threat to space exploration to everyone - including the Sol Defence Corps. The petitions and protests for reform continued with more fervour after this point, eventually leading to the success of Holliday's camp and the reformation of the Naval Infantry Corps into the modern Sol Defence Marine Corps, with Rear Admiral Holliday becoming the first Commander of the Marine Corps.

Ranks

Commissioned officers

Paygrade	O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8	O-9	O-10	O-11
Insignia
Title	2nd Lieutenant	1st Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Lieutenant Colonel	Colonel	Brigadier General	Major General	Lieutenant General	General	General of the Marine Corps
Abbreviation	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTCOL	COL	BGEN	MGEN	LGEN	GEN	GENMC

Enlisted

Paygrade	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E-7	E-8		E-9		E-9S
Insignia
Title	Private	Private First Class	Lance Corporal	Corporal	Sergeant	Staff Sergeant	Gunnery Sergeant	Master Sergeant	First Sergeant	Master Gunnery Sergeant	Sergeant Major	Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Abbreviation	PVT	PFC	LCPL LCP	CPL	SGT	SSGT SSG	GSGT GSG	MSGT MSG	1SGT 1SG	MGSGT MGS	SGTMAJ SGM	SMMC SMM

Sol Defence Aviation Corps

Sol Defence Aviation Corps
Founded		21 May 2059 (57 years)
Parent Organization		Sol Defence Corps
Headquarters		Sol Defence Corps Headquarters, Gibraltar, Earth
Type		Interstellar naval aviation force
Roles		System defence Close support Air and space superiority
Service Branches		Fleet Commands (FC) Aviation Corps Forces (ACF)
Size		992,830 active duty personnel 44,082 small spacecraft
Leadership		CAC Sorier Fyfe VCAC Martin Eiase CMSGAC Luó Huiqing
Mottos		"Semper Ambitiose" (Always Ambitious)

The Sol Defence Aviation Corps (abbrev. SDAC) serves as the naval aviation and small craft support service force of the SDC. It consists of approximately 1 million active personnel, including an estimated 1 million enlisted aviators and an estimated 90,000 personnel staff. The SDAC operates alongside the SDCN in all means of operations, with fighter and shuttle craft housed in carriers and other vessels employed by the SDCN. The SDAC operates primarily in space but may operate in-atmosphere depending on the operation, but the Peacekeeper Corps' air force primarily operates in-atmosphere fighter craft on Earth and the colonies.

The SDAC provides close support for both the navy in space and for Marines planetside alongside planetary reconnaissance, troop transport and support, with the Aviation Corps fielding a small craft support force dedicated to short-range logistic support where the SDCA does not operate. Commissioned officers comprise the pilots of the Aviation Corps, while enlisted perform maintenance, takeoff routine, and other non-flying operations. While onboard or attached to a vessel of the Sol Defence Corps Navy, Aviators are always subordinate to naval chain of command alongside their own.

Fleet Command

All Aviation Forces fall under the five Fleet Commands, which are the primary administrative entities of the Aviation Corps, subordinate to the Secretary of the Aviation Corps. Each Fleet Command is attached to the corresponding naval fleet of the SDCN, and are commanded by that fleet's admiral.

Fleet Commands are responsible for the same sector command as their parent fleet at a given time, and accompany the carriers of their parent fleet at all times. The Commander of the Aviation Corps, holding the rank of General of the Aviation Corps, or the Vice Commander, holding the rank of General, possesses administrative authority alongside the admirals of each fleet. These fleet commands comprise every readily available wing of the Aviation Corps and the forces.

Fleet	Fleet Command	Headquarters	Commanding Officer
Hermes (1st)	1st Fleet Command	SDCSS Constellation	ADM. Ramik Asupani
Aegis (2nd)	2nd Fleet Command	SDB Gibraltar	ADM. Harper Johnson
Ares (3rd)	3rd Fleet Command	SDCSS Argyre	ADM. Andrew Dartmouth
Poseidon (4th)	4th Fleet Command	SDCSS Temperance	ADM. Sukiyama Michuchi
Odysseus (6th)	6th Fleet Command	SDCSS Charon	ADM. Douglas Halcyon

The roundel of the Aviation Corps.

Structure

Squadron - The smallest unit within the Aviation Corps containing mostly enlisted personnel with specific skills, organized into squadrons of the corresponding skill. Some services a squadron may theoretically offer would be covered by the ship which an aviation force operates on, such as security, so squadrons typically handle specialisations like maintenance, flight training or physical training and leave the rest to be handled by their parent ship. Commanded by a Major or Lieutenant Colonel.

Flight - A subdivision of larger squadrons to focus on further specialisations within the squadron's task, such as flight physical training or maintenance of specific machineries. Typically commanded by a Captain or 1st or 2nd Lieutenant.

Group - A collection of squadrons consolidated into a single group, similar to a department within the Aviation Corps complement onboard a ship. Commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel.

Wing - Includes all groups onboard a naval vessel or installation and encompass all Aviation Corps personnel and craft onboard, acting as the ultimate aviation authority onboard a Sol Defence Corps Navy vessel subordinate to the ship's chain of command, or within an SDC installation. Commanded by a Brigadier General or Major General.

Force - Encompasses all the wings within the fleet and subsequent operating sector of a Fleet Command subordinate to the admiralty of the corresponding fleet. Commanded by a Major General or Lieutenant General.

History

The Sol Defence Aviation Corps, much like the Sol Defence Corps as a whole, first took the form of a force of the Peacekeeper Corps, attached to the Space Fleet as a branch of the Peacekeeper Air Force assigned to amphibious VTOL craft that were capable of operating in space and in atmosphere primarily for troop transport or deploying aircraft from low orbit to atmosphere. The purpose of the Space Fleet at the time was policing almost solely the Earth-Luna system, and later the Martian and Venusian systems, which left very little practical need for a spacefighter force as ships encompassed all of the needs of the police force the fleet was at the time. While many believed this would lead to fighter craft being phased out of the Space Fleet as a whole, the proprietors of the Space Fleet, namely the United States Air Force wanted to keep the space branch of the PKCAF around as a melding pot for their ambitions in space - the United States Air Force, principally, wanted to retain its military dominance by all means and continued to look for new innovations.

Being that the Space Fleet was a tributary organization, there was a form of competition over who would become the main provider for the spacefighter force. While the United Nations was strict on preventing a monopoly on the naval and manpower tribute, the fact that the spacefighter force already had phasing out under consideration meant that little proper regard was given to them, which allowed for the USAF to turn it into their brainchild and, through various, questionable means, keep other nations from interfering. A few years before the shift in structure of the Space Fleet, the United States Air Force had created the first proper space fighter craft, the SF-1 Comet Raider, utilising advanced reaction control systems and a cockpit filled with Deep Fluid, a substance which would allow for the pilot of the craft to endure extremely high-g maneouvers in the relentless frontier of space. They created an amphibious model afterwards which proved to be effective and impressive, demonstrating a new aspect to space combat that was not simply first-strike competitions between warships - fighter craft were still viable in space.

In 2039, the United Nations elected to separate the Space Fleet from the Peacekeeper Corps and create the Sol Defence Corps - which brought to the table the question of whether or not to keep around the spacefighter force. Though some still petitioned for it's removal, the success and impressive make of the Comet Raider led to the Sol Defence Aviation Corps being created as the naval aviation service branch of the SDC, and though it would remain an international tributary force, the United States Air Force retained their monopoly over the SDAC's fighters and innovations.

Ranks

Commissioned officers

Paygrade	O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8	O-9	O-10	O-11
Insignia
Title	2nd Lieutenant	1st Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Lieutenant Colonel	Colonel	Brigadier General	Major General	Lieutenant General	General	General of the Aviation Corps
Abbreviation	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTCOL	COL	BGEN	MGEN	LGEN	GEN	GENAC

Enlisted

Paygrade	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E-7	E-8	E-9		E-9S
Insignia
Title	Aviator Basic	Aviator	Aviator First Class	Senior Aviator	Staff Sergeant	Technical Sergeant	Master Sergeant	Senior Master Sergeant	Chief Master Sergeant	Command Chief Master Sergeant	Senior Enlisted Chief Master Sergeant	Chief Master Sergeant of the Aviation Corps
Abbreviation	AB	AVI	AVI1	SAV	SSGT SSG	TSGT TSG	MSGT MSG	SMSGT SMSG	CMSGT CMSG	CCMSGT CCMSG	SECMSGT SECMSG	CMSAC

Sector Commands

The SDC's area of operations is divided into several Sector Commands (SC), each responsible for the servicing of a certain area of the solar system. Each SC is assigned a primary fleet and one or more secondary fleets for regular duty and assignment.

Sector Command	Abbreviation	Primary Fleet	Secondary Fleet(s)
Inner System Command	INCOM	Aegis	Hermes, Ares
Asteroid Belt Command	BELTCOM	Hermes	Aegis, Ares
Outer System Command	OUTCOM	Poseidon	Ares, Hermes
Expeditionary Command	EXCOM	Odysseus	N/A

Facilities

The SDC holds several enormous naval bases both planetside and in orbit, forming large shipyards and starbases for construction, mooring, and repairs, as well as hosting personnel training.

Military Bases

SDC holds several military bases for primary usage by the Navy, although they do support Marine Corps activity. While some bases act as drydocks and ground facilities for atmosphere-capable vessels, most are administrative offices or troop garrisons.

Name	Location	Description
SDB Gibraltar	Gibraltar, Earth	The largest starship naval base on the planet and the flag base of the SDC, Gibraltar houses operations and training for Europe, West Asia and North Africa, and houses the headquarters of the SDC.
SDB Colorado	Colorado, United States, Earth	A large administrative base and garrison located in the central US, based in Colorado.
SDB Cape Town	Cape Town, Cape Republic, Earth	A large administrative base and garrison located in the capital of the Cape Republic. Paired with a sister Peacekeeper Corps garrison that was built following the South African Civil War. Services South and Central Africa.
SDB Mumbai	Mumbai, Bharat, Earth	A newer base and garrison located within an arcology complex in Mumbai, the largest city of Bharat. Hosts primarily training, administrative and operations services.
SDB Yokohama	Yokohama, Japan, Earth	A massive administrative base, garrison, and academy based in Yokohama, Japan. Additionally services Southeast Asia and Australia.
SDB Aquila	Aquila, Schiaparelli, Mars	An extraterrestrial naval base located in the capital of the Schiaparelli district of Mars, and the largest SDC naval base on Mars. Hosts a naval spaceport, garrison and training services.
SDB New Marseille	New Marseille, Mariner, Mars	The second-largest naval base located in the capital of the Mariner district. Most of it's facilities are located within the main dome of New Marseille, but the base also fields spaceport located within the wall of the Mariner Valley with a hardlight barrier.
SDB Artemis	Selena, Luna	The Moon's own naval base, used as a drydock and primary shipyard for the SDC. Flag base of the Aegis Fleet.
SDB Titan	Titan	A frontier naval base situated on Saturn's moon, Titan. Flag base shared by the Poseidon and Odysseus fleets.

Starbases

The SDC additionally holds several military orbital installations in various places around Sol.

Name	Location	Command	Description
SDCSS Constellation	Earth	INCOM	The SDC's primary naval starbase orbiting Earth. Holds the Corps' largest amount of shipyard and anchorage facilities, also used as a trading hub.
SDCSS Selene	Luna	INCOM	Luna's orbital shipyard and anchorage. Renowned for holding an orbital Naval Academy in addition to its drydocks.
SDCSS Bellflower	Venus	INCOM	Military-operated mining station, combined with a standard defence platform, make the Bellflower a heavy hybridized installation, giving it unique architecture.
SDCSS Argyre	Mars	INCOM	A naval installation, defence platform, and anchorage orbiting Mars. Connected via space elevator to nearby Argyre base situated below.
SDCSS Utopia Planitia	Mars	INCOM	A trade hub and shipyard combined into one massive complex. Holds the biggest drydock facilities of any SDC shipyard.
SDCSS Halley	Belt	BELTCOM	An anti-piracy defence platform, monitoring station, and anchorage situated in the asteroid belt.
SDCSS Nightwing	Belt	BELTCOM	SIS-operated monitoring, surveillance and command platform situated deep in the asteroid belt. Its exact location is classified.
SDCSS Juniper	Jupiter	OUTCOM	Jupiter's primary naval anchorage and the main EXCOM command hub.
SDCSS Temperance	Saturn	OUTCOM	Saturn's primary naval anchorage and main OUTCOM command hub overlooking Saturnian subsidiary anchorages servicing the 3rd, 4th and 6th fleets.
SDCSS Atlantis	Neptune	OUTCOM	A storied defence platform and shipyard known for participating in multiple skirmishes fought in Neptune orbit.
SDCSS Cerberus	Pluto	OUTCOM	OUTCOM's advance monitoring and forward operations point at the edge of the solar system.
SDCSS Charon	Pluto	EXCOM	EXCOM and Odysseus's primary anchorage and secondary shipyard for vessels serving in the Sixth. Used only for maintenance and repairs and cannot build new ships.
SDCSS Proxima	Proxima Centauri	EXCOM	A remote military installation and science base primarily used by the Final Frontier Project.

Service Academies

The Sol Defence Corps' service academies are graduate universities providing both college education and military training to prospective officer candidates in both the Navy and Marines. Entry is selective, and for those who are accepted into an academy, tuition is entirely free along with a limited allowance for midshipmen.

Name	Location	Description
SDSA Minnesota	Minnesota, United States, Earth	A large academy campus based in Minnesota, United States, recruiting for the Americas.
SDSA Oxford	Oxford, United Kingdom, Earth	The Royal Navy's partnered naval academy for training officers in Europe.
SDSA Gibraltar	Gibraltar, Earth	The SDC's premier service academy for headquarters, located in Gibraltar.
SDSA Haikou	Haikou, China, Earth	The naval academy used in Southeast Asia to train officers based in Asia and Australia.
SDSA New Delhi	New Delhi, Bharat, Earth	A newer naval academy within the capital of Bharat. Another one is planned in Mumbai.
SDSA Rutherford	Rutherford, Mars	A new naval academy constructed on Mars to train Martian officer candidates.
SDSA Galveston	Galveston, P1, Venus	A naval academy on Venus to train Venusian officer candidates.

Officer Candidate Schools

Officer Candidate Schools (OCS) provide an alternative means to training for officer candidates, able to provide training and education for prospective students who have already graduated college with a degree.

Officer Candidate Schools are also home to Officer Training School (OTC) programmes, used for educating staff corps cadets in military doctrine and training.

Name	Location
OCS Los Angeles	Los Angeles, United States
OCS Norfolk	Norfolk, United States
OCS Liverpool	Liverpool, United Kingdom
OCS Hamburg	Hamburg, Germany
OCS Fuji	Fuji, Japan
OCS Schiaparelli	Schiaparelli, Mars

Specialty Schools

Specialty Schools (SPS), known as Navy A Schools in the US, are institutions where enlisted personnel can train for a specific specialty, or rating that they enlisted for. Training for ratings takes ten months and graduation qualifies the enlisted to serve on any military base or starship with the rating they have acquired. Many specialty schools are attached to SDC military bases, or SDBs.

Name	Location
SPS Gibraltar	SDB Gibraltar, Gibraltar
SPS Mumbai	SDB Mumbai, Bharat
SPS Illinois	Illinois, United States
SPS Cape Town	SDB Cape Town, Cape Republic
SPS Tranquility	Port Tranquility, Luna
SPS New Marseille	SDB New Marseille, Mars

Basic Training Centres

Basic Training Centres (BTCs) are the SDC's designation for combined boot camps for recruits of both the Navy and Marine Corps. They are all divided into two separate camps located in the same area for training recruits of each branch differently.

Name	Location
BTC Fort Lauderdale	Ft. Lauderdale, United States
BTC San Diego	San Diego, United States
BTC Edmonton	Edmonton, Canada
BTC Puerto Vallarta	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
BTC Kingsworth	Glasgow, Scotland
BTC Manchester	Manchester, England
BTC Lucerne	Lucerne, Switzerland
BTC Montpellier	Montpellier, France
BTC Jeonghan	Incheon, South Korea
BTC Alshijae	Abu Dhabi, UAE
BTC Johannesburg	Johannesburg, Sotholand
BTC Christchurch	Christchurch, New Zealand
BTC Umbra	Selena, Luna
BTC Tharsis	Tharsis, Mars
BTC Rutherford	Rutherford, Mars

Uniforms

The Uniforms of the Sol Defence Corps inherit Earth-based navy traditions while keeping a modern feel with a focus on various functionalities necessary for personnel to thrive in the space frontier environment.

Service Dress A

Service Dress A / Alpha (equivalent to Service Dress Blue in the U.S. Navy and No.1 Dress in the Royal Navy) is the formal uniform for ceremonial or official occasions; they are also worn by ranking Bridge Officers on a starship when underway and not performing utility work. The set consists of a blue suit coat and trousers, a white shirt, a navy blue waist belt, and a navy blue four-in-hand knot or Windsor knot necktie. A skirt with gray socks and pumps may be worn for female personnel. Aside from the skirt, all uniform components are unisex. Flag officers wear black variants of all navy blue gear.

Commissioned officers wear striped rank insignia on their sleeves, while non-commissioned officers wear their rank insignia on their left shoulder, with service stripes below. Department color stripes are worn by department heads, underneath the sleeve rank insignia while underway on a ship. Noncommissioned officers wear a variant of Service Dress A with silver buttons and belt buckle, and a cap with the Petty Officer logo in silver (if a E-4 - E-6) or a silver SDC insignia without anchors (if E-1 - E-3).

Ribbons (replaced by full-size medals on ceremonial occasions) are worn on the left-hand side, 1 cm above the left breast pocket. The specialty pin (gold for officers, silver for enlisted) is worn 1/2 cm above the topmost ribbon. The wearer's nametag is displayed 1/2 cm above the right breast pocket, with colored stripes indicating department, if available (white is the default). The position badge is worn 1/2 cm above the nametag in the event the officer holds a unique position (such as a Captain or department head) onboard.

Service Dress B

Service Dress B / Bravo (equivalent to the Navy Service Uniform in the U.S. Navy and No.3A dress in the Royal Navy) is the working or service uniform for daily usage while underway. It is often used as a more casual equivalent to Service Dress A while maintaining the formality of a shirt-and-tie uniform; this is often used in office occasions or public appearances. It consists of a plain white shirt with the same blue tie, along with a visible black belt with gold buckle for the waist, and a shirt clip. This uniform is normally worn underneath the jacket and additionally features soft (fabric) shoulder boards for both officers and enlisted personnel. No decorations or badges are worn on Service Dress B; instead, it features a plain (uncolored) nametag above the left breast pocket which can additionally be removed at the wearer's discretion.

Utility Dress

Utility dress coveralls are flame retardant and are equipped with built-in vitals sensors for health tracking and monitoring. Additionally, gloves and an emergency helmet can be attached to the uniform and create a hermetically-sealed, fire-protected survival suit for hostile situations such as fires, extreme cold or, in emergency circumstances, vacuum. The interior of a sealed coverall suit can be pressurized up to 250 kPa (though usually only to 101.3 kPa/1 atm) to act as a short-term emergency spacesuit in the event of hull depressurization, as well as having the capability of mounting, on the back or belt, an emergency oxygen tank to supply air to the wearer. Due to this, standard operating procedure mandates that Utility Dress sleeves be rolled down while in general quarters or during an emergency, due to the risk of hostile environments developing during battle. However, when under normal operations, the sleeves can be rolled at the discretion of a vessel's Commanding Officer.

The uniform consists of a high-neck long-sleeved blue top, with a colored collar tab and colored stripes on both sleeves, indicating the wearer's rating, worn with a belt with a metallic buckle that is silver for enlisted and gold for officers and SNCOs. Their rating insignia or staff corps division insignia (if applicable) is located on a patch above their stripes on either sleeve, and rank insignia is worn on the chest and, for personnel ranked E-4 and above, on the shoulders. 'SDC NAVY' is written in white lettering for enlisted personnel and gold lettering for commissioned officers and SNCOs.

Enlisted ranked E-1 thru E-3 wear their rank insignia on a matching blue background. Enlisted ranked E-4 thru E-9 wear their rank insignia on a soft (fabric) slip-on cover on the front and shoulders, and officers ranked O-1 and up wear soft slip-on rank boards on a black background. If the wearer possesses a specialty badge, a fabric version may be worn 1/2 cm above the 'SDC NAVY' tag on the left breast. An eight-point utility cover may be worn in conjunction with this uniform, or can additionally be worn with the beret for Service Dress for personnel ranked E-7 thru O-11.

Physical Training (PT)

PT (Physical Training) uniform is prescribed to all personnel, enlisted and officer, for exercise or training environments where any other uniform is inappropriate. It consists of a blue-gray T-shirt with the SDC logo on the left chest and "SDC" printed on the back and black shorts with boots with "SDC" written on the left leg. No distinguishing insignia or covers are worn with the uniform, although a navy blue hoodie may be prescribed during harsh weather conditions on Earth.

Headgear

All headgear is optional unless during a formal occasion; otherwise, officers and SNCOs may wear a peaked cap (blue for officers/SNCOs, white for flag officers), or a beret. Insignia for the combination cover is the SDC Logo with crossed anchors for officers ranked O-1 and above, or the wearer's rank's Utility Insignia for SNCOs ranked E-7 thru E-9. A beret can also be worn in place of the combination cover if allowed by the Commanding Officer of the ship, installation, or unit. The beret's flash features the same insignia for the wearer as that of the combination cover.

Grooming Regulation

Grooming regulations in the Sol Defence Corps do not apply to non-combatants, who are allowed to groom themselves as they wish. However, there are regulations for combatants, such as the Marines, Aviators and security forces.

Male combatants are required to have short or completely shaven hair, and are allowed to wear beards with a maximum thickness of 3 centimetres - exceptions can be made for religious or cultural purposes, and a servicemember may be able to file for an exception so long as their beard length of choice does not impede wearing gas masks or hardsuit helmets, wigs within regulation may be worn, and hair may be dyed.

Female combatants are allowed to possess hair of any length as long as it is secured in a bun or hair net, and may be able to possess hair no longer than the top of their shoulders otherwise. All combatants are permitted to wear a maximum of two necklaces, possess one accessory on each wrist and finger, and may not have piercings - exceptions for all of these may be made for religious reasons. There are no regulations for glasses or tattoos. Religious garments may be worn as long as they match the colour of camouflage of their service dress.

Awards and Decorations

The United Nations Awards and decorations which follow are the medals, ribbons and badges which recognize accomplishments during military service. Personnel who exhibit or perform exceptional acts of service may be eligible for a medal at the discretion of their Commanding Officer or Flag Officer. Awards and decorations are worn to display the achievements of one's military career.

Preface

Awards are given to personnel of both the Sol Defence Corps Navy, the Sol Defence Marine Corps, the Sol Defence Aviation Corps, and personnel who have served under the United Nations Peacekeeper Corps. Awards are given on the basis of service to the UN and not specifically the SDC or PKC, and are divided into six categories:

• Gallantry, which comprise the three highest awards in the United Nations armed forces and are awarded for heroism;
• Leadership, awarded to officers for exceptional leadership and performance in their position;
• Service, medals awarded for acts or participation in specific aspects, such as combat;
• Distinguished Actions, awarded to personnel who have set themselves apart from other personnel with outstanding conduct or performance;
• Competition, awarded by scoring sufficiently in a competition to receive the corresponding award, and;
• Campaign, awarded to personnel participating in a military campaign or war.

Wear

Medal ribbons are worn on Full Dress of Service Dress A or C uniforms only, with the lowest row of ribbons 10 cm above the left breast pocket. Ribbons are worn in rows with no more than three across. Medals must be flush, centred, and should not have any gap or spacing in between rows or columns of ribbons. Ribbons must be worn in order of precedence, shown below, with gallantry decorations at the highest on the rack and the marksmanship ribbons always last on the rack.

Multiple Awardings/Devices

Medal ribbons that do not have a special device can qualify to be earned more than once. Additional medal qualifications are denoted by stars worn on the medal ribbon. For non-campaign or service medals: A 10 mm silver star is authorised for subsequent awardings of a medal, i.e. if a person has earned a medal twice, they receive that medal and a silver star. This continues for up to four silver stars on a medal, denoting five awards total. In place of five or more stars, a 10 mm gold star is used instead.

For campaign and service medals: Campaign and service medals use 5 mm bronze stars for denoting subsequent campaign actions that warrant a second issuance of the medal, i.e. for serving 2 years in a hazardous environment, one can be awarded the Hazardous Environment Service Ribbon with one bronze star. A maximum of four bronze stars can be placed on a medal.

Ribbons with devices: Ribbons with devices on them by default (the Grand Honour Cross, the Exceptional Heroism Cross, and the Marksmanship Ribbons) do not have stars assigned to them on subsequent awarding.

• For the Grand Honour and Exceptional Heroism Crosses, duplicate ribbons are issued instead should someone earn those medals more than once.
• The Efficiency Ribbons have their own unique devices denoting subsequent awards.
• The Final Frontier Project Ribbon may only be awarded once.
• The Competition Ribbons by nature cannot be earned more than once, and instead have varying degrees based on the score the recipient earns during the competitions.

Awards

Awards are displayed in order of precedence.

All medals are below are 192x64 pixels in dimensions.

Ribbon	Award Name	Type	Awarded for	Eligibility	Notes
	United Nations Grand Honour Cross	Gallantry	Extreme and exceptional heroism and bravery, demonstrated in combat, with great self-risk above and beyond the call of duty.	All	Awarded exclusively by the Secretary-General.
	Exceptional Heroism Cross	Gallantry	For exceptional valour and gallantry going above and beyond the call of duty.	All	Second-highest medal decoration in the United Nations.
	Medal of Valour	Gallantry	For non-combat heroism with great self-risk.	All	Non combat equivalent of the Exceptional Heroism Cross.
	Command Distinguished Service Medal	Leadership	For exceptional and distinguished leadership in a position of great authority.	Senior and flag officers (O-4 and above) only
	Command Superior Service Medal	Leadership	For superior leadership and performance in a position of high authority.	Senior and flag officers (O-4 and above) only
	United Nations Order of Merit	Service	For highly meritorious achievement and performance.	Senior and flag officers (O-4 and above) only	Awarded exclusively by the Secretary-General.
	Gallantry Star	Combat	For heroism and exceptional performance in combat.	All
	Purple Heart	Combat	For sustaining grave injury or death in the line of duty.	All
	Commendation Medal	Distinguished actions	For exceptionally meritorious achievement or performance deserving of a commendation.	All
	Achievement Medal	Distinguished actions	For meritorious achievement or performance.	All
	Combat Action Medal	Combat	For participating in active combat in the line of duty.	All
	Executive Distinguished Unit Commendation	Combat (Unit)	For exceptionally distinguished actions or service performed as a unit.	Unit award (awarded to All serving in a unit/vessel/group)	Awarded exclusively by the Secretary-General.
	Meritorious Unit Commendation	Combat (Unit)	For a unit that has distinguished itself in combat against the enemy.	Unit award (awarded to All serving in a unit/vessel/group)
	Unit Service Commendation	Distinguished actions (Unit)	For exceptional performance and conduct as a unit.	Unit award (awarded to All serving in a unit/vessel/group)
	Efficiency Ribbons	Service	For winning a Battle Efficiency competition as a ship or installation’s crew.	Unit award (awarded to All serving in a unit/vessel/group)	For each successive award, an additional E is placed on the ribbon, with up to 3 Es. On the fourth and further awards, the E’s are replaced with a singular, anodised E on a silver backing.
	Prisoner of War Medal	Special	For being interned as a prisoner of war in an enemy facility.	All
	Good Conduct Medal	Service	For a tour of duty sustained with good conduct (i.e. no punishments).	Enlisted personnel only	Medal is awarded once every 4 years for personnel.
	Expeditionary Operations Medal	Combat	For participating in offensive operations while forward deployed.	All
	Final Frontier Project Ribbon	Service	For service in the Final Frontier Project.	All	Awarded for 2 cumulative years of service. Can only be awarded once.
	Extrasolar Service Ribbon	Service	For military service outside of the Sol system.	All	Awarded every 2 cumulative years of service.
	Hazardous Environment Service Ribbon	Service	For military service in a hazardous environment.	All	Awarded every 2 cumulative years of service.
	Forward Deployment Ribbon	Service	For military service stationed away from one’s home planet while forward deployed.	All	Awarded every 2 cumulative years of service.
	War Service Medal	Service	For military service in an active conflict.	All
	UN Peacekeeping Service Medal	Service	For service in a peacekeeping mission.	All
	UN Humanitarian Service Medal	Service	For participation in humanitarian actions such as crisis response.	All
	Martian Revolution Medal	Campaign	For participation in the Martian Revolution war.	All
	Martian Occupation Medal	Campaign	For participation in the post-war Martian Occupation and peacekeeping operations.	All
	Earth Defence Medal	Campaign	For participating in Earth Defence operations with ground-based personnel.	All
	Middle East Relief Medal	Campaign	For participating in humanitarian and relief efforts in the Middle East following the Gulf Collapse.	All
	Venezuela Restoration Medal	Campaign	For participating in the United Nations Restoration of Human Rights and Representative Democracy in Venezuela mission.	All
	Jammu-Kashmir Peacekeeping Medal	Campaign	For participating in the UNPKC mission to Jammu and Kashmir.	All
	Korean Reunification Medal	Campaign	For participating in the UN Reunification and Reintegration Mission in Korea.	All
	Ireland Peacekeeping Medal	Campaign	For participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in Ireland.	All
	Recruiting Ribbon	Service	For serving as a recruiter for the SDC.	Commissioned officers and NCOs (O-1 and above/E-4 and above) only
	SDC Training and Education Medal	Service	Serving in an official capacity for the sake of training or education of personnel.	Commissioned officers and NCOs (O-1 and above/E-4 and above) only	Awarded to drill instructors, academy faculty, or education staff at military training schools.
	Ceremonial Ribbon	Service	For serving as a member of  one of the SDC’s Ceremonial Guards.	Members of the SDC Colour Guard and SDC Honour Guard	Awarded after a ceremonial guard completes a 1 year tour and receives full certifications.
	Basic Training Honour Graduate	Service	For graduating as an honour student in basic training.	Enlisted personnel only
	Reserve Service Medal	Service	For prolonged participation (10+ years) as a member of the SDC Reserve.	All SDC Reserve personnel	Awarded for 10 cumulative years of service in the Reserve.
	Expert EVA Medal	Competition	For expert EVA skills and manoeuvres in microgravity.	All	Awarded via competition.
	Rifle Marksmanship Ribbons	Competition	For expert marksmanship with a rifle.	All	Awarded via competition.
	Pistol Marksmanship Ribbons	Competition	For expert marksmanship with a pistol.	All	Awarded via competition.

Awarding

Unless stated otherwise, medals eligible to ‘All’ can be awarded by a Commander (O-5) or above, serving as a Commanding Officer, to subordinate personnel. Unit awards can only be issued by Flag Officers.

Only the Commanding Officer of a unit, or a Flag Officer, is allowed to issue medals; Executive Officers, Chiefs of Staff or other staff officers, regardless of rank, are prohibited from issuing medals. Commissioned officers who do not have the direct authority to award medals may instead write a letter of recommendation to the Commanding Officer, requesting that a medal be awarded to the person in question along with why.

National Medals

In addition to medals exclusive to the Sol Defence Corps, if a service member is presented with a national-level military decoration (i.e. from a specific country), they may wear that medal on their rack, with wear and position dependent on a case-by-case basis as advised by a unit Commanding Officer or flag officer. Medals may have special versions made in order to fit the different dimensions of UN military medals.

In the event that medals from more than one national government are present and no order of precedence is strictly defined, medals shall be worn in order from medals of gallantry, to combat, to service, and finally to all others. Exact organisation of the medals is up to the discretion of the wearer.

Specific Medals

Grand Honour Cross (GHC)

United States equivalent: Medal of Honor

United Kingdom equivalent: Victoria Cross

The United Nations Grand Honour Cross is the highest military decoration achievable in the United Nations Armed Forces. It may be awarded to any service member of either the UN Peacekeeper Corps or Sol Defence Corps while serving in a combat position and performing acts of great heroism and honour. Non-combat heroism may be awarded with the Medal of Valour.

A servicemember is considered eligible for the Grand Honour Cross if they demonstrate exceptional valour and heroism in combat, to a degree even greater than that which deserves the Exceptional Heroism Cross, while presented with a great risk of life or limb to oneself. Examples typically include those of combat lifesaving, with medals additionally being awarded to acts of extreme bravery. Awards may be awarded posthumously, and 103 Grand Honour Crosses were awarded to service members killed in the line of duty.  

Medals are recommended by a unit’s Commanding Officer, processed by the Commander of the Fleet, and forwarded to the Secretary-General for final consideration. Awardings happen at the UN Headquarters Building on Earth and are typically presented in person by the Secretary-General.

Recipients of the GHC are entitled to an additional 3000 CR monthly pension, are able to be interned at the highest-honour military cemetery of their home country (should they pass away), and have any direct, qualified next-of-kin (i.e. children) be automatically appointed to an SDC Service Academy should they choose to enlist. If the recipient is of a country that bestows post nominal titles, the title “GHC” is added to their name, i.e. CPO William Blake, GHC. In addition they are allowed any additional privileges offered by their home country.

Exceptional Heroism Cross (EHC)

United States equivalents: Distinguished Service Cross (Army) / Navy Cross (Navy/MC) / Air Force Cross (AF/SF) / Coast Guard Cross (CG)

United Kingdom equivalent: Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

The Exceptional Heroism Cross immediately follows the Grand Honour Cross as a gallantry medal, awarded to service members who, in a combat environment, performed a great act of extreme valour and selflessness at great risk to one’s life, yet at a degree which does not merit the Grand Honour Cross. Examples of merits that would warrant the EHC would include saving the life of another soldier in a frontline environment at great risk to life and limb, or defending their fellow soldiers from enemy attacks.

If the recipient is of a country that bestows post nominal titles, the title “EHC” is added to their name, i.e. CPO William Blake, EHC. In addition they are allowed any additional privileges offered by their home country. Unlike the Grand Honour Cross, the medal does not need to be awarded by the Secretary-General, though they may do so at their personal discretion.

Medal of Valour

United States equivalents: Soldier’s Medal (Army) / Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Navy/MC) / Airman’s Medal (AF/SF) / Coast Guard Medal (CG)

United Kingdom equivalent: George Cross (MoV is lower in order of precedence)

The Medal of Valour is awarded to service members who, while serving with the military in any capacity (including reservists on inactive duty), displayed an act, or acts, of great heroism or valour at great and voluntary risk to one’s life and limb. Examples of merits that qualify for the medal include non-combat rescues from areas of extreme danger, such as from a burning ship or from an accident, that are not involved with enemy conflict.

Efficiency Ribbons

Efficiency ribbons are awarded annually to ships (and subsequently their crew) that win a battle efficiency competition (BEC). The award is given to ships whose crew demonstrates superior combat readiness, discipline, and training, able to efficiently and effectively crew ships in states of war or simulations of war. Ships that qualify for the award must be able to demonstrate supreme command ability, maintain constant readiness, and be nominated by their fleet’s immediate superior flag officer.

Unlike in the US Navy, efficiency ribbons are not synchronised across a ship’s crew; a person must actively participate in an efficiency competition to qualify for an “E” ribbon / device. As a result, people serving on a single ship at different times may qualify for varying levels of efficiency ribbons.

Expert EVA Medal

The Expert EVA Medal is awarded to personnel who demonstrate expert proficiency in operating EVA gear, such as EVA suits and jet packs, and can successfully complete several competition courses with a sufficient enough score to qualify for the medal. The medal is awarded for those who demonstrate unrivalled expertise in maneuvering in a microgravity environment and are well-suited for tasks involving microgravity, including space combat, salvage operations, and repair work.

Marksmanship Ribbons

Marksmanship ribbons are awarded to service members who compete, and win, a marksmanship competition with one of several service weapons, tuned for accuracy. Marksmanship competitions involve both static and moving targets and require the shooter to strike a sufficient amount of targets, in good locations (i.e. as close to the bullseye of a target or head/chest area of a dummy), in a certain amount of time. Score is based on accuracy, timeliness, and target acquisition.

Service members who qualify for the marksmanship ribbon may additionally, if applicable, wear either a silver “E” (Expert) or bronze “S” (Sharpshooter) depending on the score they have received during the competition. Only winners of the “E” qualification are permitted to wear the full (metal) medal of their respective class.

The score qualifications are as follows:

Rifle:

Eligible firearms: M7A3, DMR-225, R405.

E: Expert (305–350 pts)

S: Sharpshooter (280–304 pts)

None: Marksman (250–279 pts)

Pistol:

Eligible firearms: AE9, P27A, RV94.

E: Expert (364–400 pts)

S: Sharpshooter (324–363 pts)

None: Marksman (264–323 pts)