Elysian Security Forces

"Après nous, le déluge" - Motto of the Elysian Security ForcesThe Forces de Sécurité Élyséennes (Elysian Security Forces), nicknamed the Maréchaussée (Marshalcy) is one of the two law enforcement agencies that operate under the Elysian Colonial Administration alongside the Police Cosmopolite (Cosmopolitan Police) on the planet of Elysia.
The Elysian Security Forces' members primarily consist of highly trained and/or formerly enlisted personnel and are equipped to a high-grade standard owing to the planet's high expenditure on law enforcement. While the majority of it's operations fall under the bounds of law enforcement, the ESF is both equipped and trained to deal with low-intensity insurgencies and rebellions and acts as the planet's first and foremost response to riots, protests and demonstrations. Alongside it's fieldwork, the ESF handles interplanetary security and maintains a garrison at each major starport which conducts checks for illicit substances and items such as firearms, bombs and narcotics.
As of 2566, the ESF is headquartered in the city of Lutetia.
== History ==
=== Formation ===
The Elysian Security Forces were formed shortly following the end of the Insurgency on Elysia. Over the course of the rebellion, it became apparent that the planet's law enforcement agency, the Cosmopolitan Police, was insufficient to ensure that the planet remained peaceful. The formation of the ESF as the planet's Gendarmerie began on the 5th of March, 2537, and the force soon ballooned to encompass many departments that were formerly under the jurisdiction of the Cosmopolitan Police such as interplanetary customs control. 
While the Cosmopolitan Police's attention had formerly divided between the rural and urban regions on the planet, the Elysian Security Forces took command over the majority of the ongoing and planned police operations across the rural regions of the planet, which were still turbulent and in some cases undergoing a low-intensity conflict. 
=== The Happy Decade ===
From January of 2538 to March of 2548 the ESF enjoyed a decade-long period of successful operations against what remained of the Elysian Insurgency known as the 'Happy Decade'. In multiple successive operations, a large portion of the active insurgent force was detained and many were killed in several skirmishes across the rural portion of the Gallia region of the planet. 
The Security Forces' operations expanded significantly over the decade, including the formation of the Force de L'eau (Water Force) which handled the ESF's operations across the planet's various bodies of water, specifically rivers and lakes, and the Commandement Aérospatial (Aerospace Command). Working with the Cosmopolitan Police, crime on Elysia dropped in it's rural regions where it was most prominent, and insurgent groups were on the brink of defeat by 2548 when the Covenant invaded.
=== War on Elysia ===
==== First Battle of Elysia ====
The First Battle of Elysia began on March 18th 2548 and lasted until April 9th. The Elysian Security Forces, while a highly trained, experienced and well equipped force, was completely unprepared to deal with a Covenant force of any size and saw very little success against the Covenant's advances in the rural regions of the planet. The ESF's largest defeat in it's history was in the Battle of Coral, in which the Security Forces' local detachment was obliterated alongside the Cosmopolitan Police's and the city destroyed. Despite the disaster at Coral, the tide of the battle rapidly turned in the UNSC's favour and the Covenant were soundly defeated, allowing the ESF to restore order to the rural regions of the planet and recover from the heavy losses it sustained.
==== Second Battle of Elysia ====
Four years later, Elysia yet again came under attack. This time, the renewed Fleet of Divine Purity, lead by Vetan 'Hanamee, efficiently wiped out the majority of the orbital defense grid and the planet's Battlegroup Safari, allowing for the Covenant to gain unopposed aerial superiority and begin glassing several regions of the planet. In response, the Elysian Security Forces was given joint command alongside the UNSC's ECOM in handling the planet's evacuation efforts as the planetary government believed Elysia was doomed to fall. When the city of Lutetia came under a prolonged siege by Covenant forces, the ESF was evacuated to the city's extensive network of underground emergency shelters alongside the civilian population, though the city and the planet never fell as the Great Schism began shortly after and the Covenant's military on the planet began to crumble and fight amongst itself.
=== Post-War Recovery ===
As peace returned to Elysia once more, the Security Forces found themselves picking up the pieces of a now devastated planet and a depleted law enforcement force. Alongside the remains of the Cosmopolitan Police, which was almost entirely wiped out over the course of the conflict, martial law was instated planet-wide and the restoration of law and order began. In two years, the planet's cities had been fully repaired and both law enforcement agencies replenished to their pre-depletion strength, though with the Human-Covenant War now at a close the ESF had to prepare to deal with the slowly returning threat of the insurrection.
== Organisation ==
While a Gendarmerie, the Elysian Security Forces is not officially attached to the United Nations Space Command nor falls under its direct jurisdiction outside of times of conflict or martial law. The ESF falls under the Elysian Colonial Administration's control and is a de jure military force.
=== Director-General ===
The Director-General of the Elysian Security Forces holds the rank of Général de Sécurité and is appointed by the ECA's Security Minister with approval from the Colonial Parliament.
The Director-General is in charge of multiple aspects of the Elysian Security Forces, primarily;
# The Director-General has authority over the operations of the Elysian Security Forces. This includes, but is not limited to, the planning and conducting of operations and plans alongside the deployment of field forces and assets to support forces that are already on-duty / in the field. 
# The Director-General is in charge of the Elysian Security Forces' internal politics and the assignment of ranks by promotion or demotion alongside overseeing the dismissal of corrupt and unfit members of the ESF by the Internal Stability Department.
# The Director-General operates as an advisor to the Elysian Colonial Administration in all matters pertaining to the Elysian Security Forces and the areas of it's jurisdiction.
=== Departments ===
The Elysian Security Force contains several departments which handle separate areas of the ESF's operations.
* Département de Stabilité Interne (Department of Internal Stability) - the DSI (DIS) handles the internal stability of the Elysian Security Forces. This includes investigating corruption within the ESF and the administering of a suitable punishment for those who break the ESF's strict guidelines and/or the planetary/interplanetary laws.
* Département des Relations Publiques (Department of Public Relations) - the DRP (DPR) is responsible for the Elysian Security Forces' public image among the residents of Elysia and handles all public press / political statements made by members or departments of the ESF.
* Département des Affaires Publiques (Department of Public Affairs) - the DAP (DPA) controls the spread of harmful misinformation and ideas that could be considered a direct threat to the public and/or the government. In addition, the DAP also holds jurisdiction over the cleaning up and subsequent covering up of crime scenes of an especially brutal or violent nature and interplanetary customs at all major starports on Elysia.
* Département des Enquêtes Criminelles (Department of Criminal Investigations) - the DEC (DCI) is the main investigatory body of the Elysian Security Forces and has jurisdiction over the conducting and handling of investigations into criminal activities and potential criminal activities, alongside the monitoring of insurrectionist / terrorist groups and supporters. 
==== Divisions ====
Alongside it's main four departments, the Elysian Security Forces contains a number of separate divisions which enforce the law in separate jurisdictions across the planet and / or act in a separate capacity to the main police force of the ESF.
* Gendarmerie Régionale (Regional Gendarmerie) - the GR (RG) is the main body of the Elysian Security Forces and therefore the most numerous. It enforces the law across Elysia, primarily in rural and semi-rural areas, in the multiple regions across Elysia from which the GR earns it's name. It contains several specialised units and divisions which operate under the various departments or autonomously depending on their purpose, most notably:
** Specialised terrain units (also dependent on local climate) which are trained to deal with a certain type of terrain or climate, especially if said terrain is rough and difficult to navigate. These units also can operate in a search and rescue capacity.
** Surveillance and intervention platoons which can monitor ongoing situations and intervene as necessary, often to reinforce officers or squads that are already in the field. These platoons conduct regular patrols across their various jurisdictions. 
** Narcotic teams which are specialised in dealing with illicit narcotic substances and crimes relating to the abuse, usage or possession of said substances.
* Unité D'intervention Rapide (Rapid Response Unit) - the UDR (RRU) is a specialised and highly-armed law enforcement branch of the ESF. Comparable to the riot police of many UEG worlds, the UDR deals with mass demonstrations, riots and civil unrest and crimes that require rapid intervention. As such, as the UDR is, on average, one of the most highly trained divisions of the Security Forces and is capable of efficiently responding to situations in extremely short windows of time.
* Groupe Militaire Spécial (Special Military Group) - the GMS (SMG) is the most highly equipped and highly trained branch of the ESF and deals primarily with counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations. 
* Force de L'eau (Water Force) - the FL (WF) operates as the marine branch of the Elysian Security Forces. It deals with the majority of crimes and investigations that take place on large bodies of water, primarily rivers and lakes, but occasionally the planet's oceans.
* Commandement Aérospatial (Aerospace Command) - the CA (AC) is the main law enforcement body for the planet's aerospace and ensures that all aircraft and spacecraft operating within atmosphere are doing so safely and according to the law. As a result, the CA operates most military and civilian airtraffic control facilities and maintains a sizable force of aircraft. The CA occasionally supports ground operations if they require aerial support.
== Uniform ==
The standard uniform for the Elysian Security Forces consists of a deep blue top and navy blue trousers covered by white armour and equipment with a white and deep blue helmet. The uniform varies significantly in various regions of Elysia. In rural mountainous regions the entire uniform is navy blue including the armour and equipment, and in major urban centers the deep blue and navy blue colouration is noticeably brighter. 
== Ranks ==
=== General Officers ===
Rank (French) 	Rank (English)
Général de Sécurité	General of Security
Lieutenant-Général 	Lieutenant General
Général-Major 	Major General
=== Superior Officers ===
Rank (French) 	Rank (English) 	
Colonel 	Colonel 	
Lieutenant-Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	
Major 	Major 	
=== Junior Officers ===
Rank (French) 	Rank (English)
Capitaine 	Captain
Lieutenant 	Lieutenant
Sous-Lieutenant 	Sub-Lieutenant
Adjudant-Chef 	Chief Adjutant
Adjutant 	Adjutant
Maréchal des Logis-Chef	Staff Sergeant
Gendarme 	Gendarme
Gendarme Sous Contrat 	Junior Gendarme
=== Servicemen ===
Rank (French) 	Rank (English)
Gendarme Sergent 	Sergeant
Gendarme Adjoint Brigadier Chef	Corporal
Gendarme Adjoint Brigadier 	Lance Corporal
Gendarme Adjoint 1ère Classe 	Deputy Gendarme 1st Class
Gendarme Adjoint 	Deputy Gendarme
== Equipment ==
=== Land Vehicles ===
The Elysian Security Forces utilises a variety of land vehicles in it's operations both militarised and non-militarised. Including but not limited to:
* M12 Warthog
* M274 Mongoose
* Phaco GT
* Capri Super
* HM 1220 LTUV
* MLX Enforcement
* Überchassis
=== Air Vehicles ===
The Elysian Security Forces, specifically it's Aerospace Command, operates numerous types of aerial vehicles such as:
* AV-14 Hornet
* UH-144 Falcon
* D77C Pelican
* F-99 Wombat/S
== Gallery ==
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