Militia Ship

Train-During-Transit Militia Ships
Militia ships are a military practice used by corporations that have plenty of ships and far flung colinies but fewer ways to get a show of physical force to them. The militia ship is a more economical solution than keeping professional armies or mercenaries constantly on the payroll. Outfit any ship with a significant amount of living space with some training gear and budget grade arms autofabrictators, hire on a few instructors and some untrained population, and send them on a cruise to wherever your hotspots may be. When the militia ship lands, a rabble may have rabbled their way aboard but what marches out is a respectable small army.
The practice has a proven track record in pacifying unruly colonies, although there are justified concerns about what happens when a "hot pocket" militia lands in an area occupied by a more seasoned hostile force, or what to do with the militiamen once the situation is under control and military force is no longer needed. CCS has reported that there is a correlation between hot pocket militias and violent crime, whever a militia is ordered to stand down mercenaries, gangs, and pirates tend to crop up soon after.
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