Union Armed Forces

The Union Armed Forces (UAF) is the combined military of the Union of Nation States. It consists of an international force and all national armed forces, excluding those of a couple of Liosannian states.

The Union Armed Forces most important task is safekeeping the Union from outside attacks. Because the Union has not established contacts with civilizations that do not wish to be part of the Union yet, this duty only plays an important role on paper. Despite there not being a direct threat from an outside attack, the UAF has taken the necessary precautions by establishing defence rings around solar systems part of the Union, consisting of permanent space stations, regular patrols, transport jamming devices (DS-ATT), Hellcat Bombs, warning systems, a interplanetary communication network that also functions in space and deep space. A second, inner ring of defences is present around the inhabited individual planets and non-planetary objects of the Union, consisting of various "triplines" (Persian Mantle Bombs, the Atmospheric Grid and numerous space stations that also handle in- and outgoing communication). On the ground, a ground defence network is utilised in case of an escalated attack. The outer ring of defences is referred to as the Galactic Defence Shield or GALDEFS. The inner rings of defences are reffered to as Home Defence Network (sometimes referred to as HDnet).

In practice, the most important tasks of the UAF are planetary colonial development ("culting"), inerplanetary and intersolar transport (Space Transport Network), disaster management and scientific development.