Southern Mutual Defense Pact

"We're a collection of worlds that have decided that since the Navy doesn't patrol this part of the galaxy anymore, it's up to us to keep the pirates in check. The idea is that if the pirates ever try something big, like capturing an entire planet, that planet can call on the entire Pact to assist them. And, as you can see, we also do our fair share of helping out the local merchants where we can."
- Freya Winters, mission: Pirate Reconnaissance (Pact Recon 0)
The Southern Mutual Defense Pact is an interstellar organization that brings together the militia groups in the eastern Southern Rim.
The Republic originally consisted of the systems around Earth, down to the systems in the South and the Rim. However, when the Paradise Planets joined, the Republic Parliament reorganised itself into a population-based representation that benefitted rich and populous planets like those of the paradise worlds, and took power away from the less populated and wealthy planets in the Rim, the Dirt Belt, and the South. 
In recent decades the Navy presence in the south has decreased, due to the Paradise Planets' attitude of the Navy being their own personal defense fleet. As a result, there has been a substantial rise in piracy. To help combat the increased pirate threat, the local militia fleets of the southern planets combined to form the Southern Mutual Defense Pact, to better co-ordinate their fleets against the pirates. 
Many of the planets of the Southern Mutual Defense Pact are unhappy with their lack of representation and the taxation model of the Republic. They would later secede from the Republic to become the Free Worlds, with the leaders of the Pact forming the Free Worlds Council. The events that occur as a result make up the main storyline of Endless Sky.
Before the declaration of independence, the Pact is represented by the "Militia" faction, in green. 
== Ships ==
All the ships used by the Militia are southern designs, by Tarazed Shipyards or Southbound Shipyards. 
=== Light Freighter ===
*Argosy
=== Interceptor ===
*Fury
*Sparrow
*Hawk
=== Medium Warship ===
*Bastion
*Osprey
=== Heavy Warship ===
*Falcon
== Faction Relations ==
* Republic - The Republic is suspicious of the Pact, and its actions are being monitored by Navy Intelligence.
* Alphas - The Pact is hostile towards the Alphas. 
* Quarg - The Pact is neutral with the Quarg. 
* Pirates - The Pact is hostile to all pirates, and their increase in recent decades were the reason for their formation. 
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