Central Galactic Defense Forces

The Central Galactic Defense Forces are the unified military forces of the Republic, including sea, land, space, and air elements, and is one of the principal organizations for the execution of national security policy. It consists of four of the armed and uniformed service branches of the Central Galactic Government: the Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy. The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic is the Defense Forces' overall head, and guides national defense and military policy through the Ministry of Defense, an executive civilian agency which administers and manages the Defense Forces.
The Defense Forces have played an enormous role in the nation's history, and have roots in the militaries of the human empires that united to form the CGU at the end of the Great War. A sense of national unity and identity was forged as a result of the victory. The largest influence and point of continuity is the Imperial Forces of the Terran Empire. Considerations for military organization and galaxy-wide defense have been large components of fiscal and administrative policy since the inception of the Republic.
Around 1% of the citizen population of the Republic are active-duty servicemembers. The CGDF consists of over 346 billion active-duty servicemembers and 131 billion reserve servicemembers across all branches of service. An additional 100 billion synthetic citizens are servicemembers, mostly installed as onboard AI for spacecraft, orbital defense stations, forts, airbases, and ground combat stations, though some (roughly 10%) have mobile platforms and serve in tactical roles. The Defense Forces active duty component is largely filled by paid volunteers, while the reserve component is a blend of volunteers and conscripted citizens. However, as needed or determined by the Ministry of Defense, reserve personnel can be called up for active duty.
== Structure ==
The Central Galactic Defense Forces carry on the military traditions set by the Terran Empire and its allies, in being organized into service branches and joint-service High Commands. All are under the administrative civilian authority of the Ministry of Defense, and ultimately under the authority of the Supreme Chancellor. The largest department within the Ministry of Defense is the Defense Forces Department, which provides civil administration for the CGDF and is responsible for personnel management, funding, and equipping the branches of service. The Department of Military Health overlaps with civilian health agencies significantly, as the Public Health Corps chief of staff "dual hats" as the secretary of Military Health and deputy secretary of the Public Health Service under the Ministry of Human Services; the service branches generally having their own medical corps, which are nevertheless coordinated by the DMH. The Department of Veterans Affairs provides services for military veterans, administers veteran healthcare and pension programs, and manages national cemeteries. 
=== Leadership ===
The Republic operates under a mixed civilian and military command-and-control scheme. Command authority flows from the Chancellor to either the Minister of Defense or the Defense Staff depending on the galactic state of affairs, and at any time the Supreme Chancellor may issue orders directly to the astrographical High Commands.
The Ministry of Defense is the civilian government ministry that administers the CGDF and related military and civilian agencies. It is the civilian body responsible for implementing the defense policy set by the Central Galactic Government, and exercises civilian command over military action during peacetime. While primarily involving personnel management, recruitment, readiness, policy, procurement, and material support, this also includes deployment and use of forces. In a declared war or state of emergency, such as that of Operation Crassus or the current Rim War, command authority bypasses the Ministry of Defense, which resumes a strictly administrative role.
The Defense Staff is the supreme military headquarters for the CGDF, and the highest military body advising on national and galactic security matters and on issues of military policy. The Defense Staff is composed of the Chief, Vice Chief, Senior Enlisted Advisor, the service chiefs of staff for each branch of service, the High Commander for Joint Cyberwarfare, the High Commander for Joint Medical Services, the High Commander for Joint Special Operations, and the High Commander for Joint Strategic Operations. Its Chairperson acts as the senior military advisor to the Chancellor, and sits on the National Security Committee. While the NSC does not hold operational command authority over the CGDF, it acts as an advisory body to the Chancellor on all matters of national security and defense, foreign policy, and internal security, and as such provides key advice to the Chancellor in their role as Supreme Commander of the Defense Forces. 
=== Joint High Commands ===
The operational command of the military is held by four functional Joint High Commands and several astrographical combatant High Commands. These are subordinated to the Defense Staff, though the combatant commands operate largely autonomously within their area of responsibility. Given the immense scale of the CGDF's areas of responsibility, regular military operations are not minutely planned and controlled by the Defense Staff. Instead, they are delegated to a High Commander with responsibility over an astrographical region, conducting broad and continuing missions to ensure the stability, peace, and defense of these sectors of space. Generally, these regions correspond to one of the administrative Sectors, but may also include special commands created for external theaters of operations, like the Special High Command for the Outer Rim.
High Commanders are, by statute, general or flag officers of OF-14 rank, such as Grand Marshal or Grand Admiral, and may be from any service branch. Per defense agreements, these commanders generally rotate between the branches, with the exception of the Joint Medical Command.
These are:
* Joint High Command for Cyberwarfare (CYBERCOM): The Joint Cyberwarfare Command plans, coordinates, and directs the defense of information networks and conducts cyberwarfare operations across Union controlled space and territory.
* Joint High Command for Special Operations (SOCOM): The Joint Special Operations Command oversees and deploys special operations forces drawn from each branch of service, coordinates the special operations component commands of each branch, and conducts special operations, including direct action, special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and psychological warfare. Not all SOF personnel are tasked to SOCOM, as many are deployed to provide organic SOF capability to the combatant commanders.
* Joint High Command for Strategic Operations (STRATCOM): The Joint Strategic Command conducts interstellar deterrence and strike operations, and provides command and control for strategic use of weapons of mass destruction, including the use of strategic nuclear weapons, kinetic impactor weapons, biological weapons, chemical weapons, and nanorobotic weapons. It also, along with CYBERCOM, coordinates the galactic military communications network in order to provide Supreme HQ with prompt data.
*Joint High Command for Medical Services (MEDCOM): The Joint Medical Command coordinates medical personnel and joint-service medical operations, drawing from Army and Navy Medical Commands, and provides medical personnel, equipment, and facilities to combatant commanders. The Commander in Chief of MEDCOM (CINCMED) is ex officio the Surgeon General of the Public Health Corps, and the Ministry of Social Services' Deputy Secretary for Health; as such, they always hold Naval rank in the PHC.
*Special High Command for the Outer Rim (RIMCOM): The Outer Rim Command is a joint-service command dedicated to expeditionary operations in the Outer Rim.
* 82 astrographical High Commands, called also combatant commands. These cover a Sector-level defined astrographical area of responsibility, each one including multiple star systems, planets, and vast areas of interstellar space. These generally conform to subnational provinces of preceding human states, or to alien nations subordinated wholly as Autonomous Alien Protectorates, or to zones of occupation created during and after the Great War. These are subdivided further into 3,009 military districts, each with several naval squadrons, army groups, air forces, and Marine expeditionary forces assigned to them; each district covers a 1,000-lightyear radius area from a military hub world. Combatant commanders direct these joint forces with support from several deputy commanders and a headquarters staff. If the combatant commander is not themselves the Sector governor, by statute they have a seat on the Sector governing committee, advising on security and defense matters at the Sector level; however, they are not obligated to inform or seek permission from the Sector administrator to conduct military operations, and possess the command authority to do so at the direction of the Defense Staff.
=== Service branches ===
The Central Galactic Defense Forces are composed of four co-equal service branches. Each service branch is responsible for training, readiness, and equipment for its servicemembers, and are organized on the basis of military tradition and broad mission. At the direction of the Ministry of Defense and the Defense Staff, they provide forces for use by the joint and combatant commands. The civilian Department of the Armed Forces provides administrative support for the four branches.
==== Army ====
The Central Galactic Union Army is the land warfare and main ground forces branch. Its military head is the Army Chief of Staff (ACS), who is assisted by the Vice Chief of Staff, the Sergeant Major of the Army, and a headquarters staff. The Army's mission is to provide soldiers that can conduct prompt and sustained ground combat, combined arms operations, special operations, and logistical operations for joint forces. As such, the Army is the largest single branch and is considered the "workhorse" of the military.
The Army is organized into several Major Commands with the following broad areas of responsibility:
* Army Forces Command (FORSCOM): Provides Army soldiers to combatant commanders.
* Army Reserve Command (RESCOM): Maintains readiness for Army reservists.
* Army Special Operations Command (ARSOC): Oversees the various Army special operations forces, providing SOF both SOCOM and to the astrographical combatant commanders.
* Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC): Recruits, trains, and educates Army soldiers, and develops Army warfighting doctrine.
* Army Logistical Command (ARLOG): Provides mobility and transportation for Army soldiers, and develops, maintains, and acquires systems and materiel.
==== Air Force ====
The Central Galactic Air Force is the air ware and orbital warfare arm of the CGDF. Its military head is the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), assisted by the Vice Chief of Staff, the Sergeant Major of the Air Force, and a headquarters staff. It traces its history through the aerospace arms of predecessor human militaries, and through them to Army aviation traditions. The Air Force closely cooperates with the Army in surface warfare, and at times competes with the Spacy for orbital responsibilities. The militarization of space developed along different lines in different countries, so the CGAF retains some space combat capability, restricted to planetary orbit. The primary mission of the Air Force is to train, educate, and equip airmen for joint commanders and provide air superiority, air defense, orbital defense, reconnaissance and surveillance, prompt global strike capability, rapid global airlift, and close air support of ground forces.
The Air Force is organized into several Major Commands:
* Air Combat Command (AIRCOM): Provides fighter, attack, intelligence, combat rescue, orbital defense, and ground forces to combatant commanders.
* Air Force Training Command (AFTC): Recruits, educates, and trains airmen and develops Air Force doctrine.
* Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC): Manages Air Force reserve forces.
* Air Materiel Command (AIRMAT): Develops, maintains, and acquires systems and materiel.
* Air Mobility Command (AIRMOB): Provides airlift and air refueling capability to combatant commanders.
* Air Force Special Operation Command (AIRSOC): Oversees Air Force special operations, providing special operations aviation assets and personnel to both SOCOM and combatant commanders.
* Strategic Air Command (SAC): Maintains and provides strategic bomber, ballistic missile, and orbital strike forces for STRATCOM.
==== Marine Corps ====
The Central Galactic Marine Corps (CGMC) is the naval ground force, organized under the traditions of naval and space infantry. It is led by the Commandant General of the Marine Corps (CGM), who is assisted by the Vice Commandant, the Sergeant Major of the Marines, and a headquarters staff. The Marine Corps is responsible for amphibious warfare, orbital assault, and expeditionary warfare as the CGDF's primary rapid-reaction and integrated combined-arms "force in readiness", always on standby to act in a military emergency. It has a close relationship with the Navy and especially the naval space establishment, and is part of the colloquial "Naval Service". Marines serve as shipboard security aboard naval ships and spacecraft, and the Navy provides critical institutional support for the Marines, such as medical and chaplaincy personnel; Marine aviators and many Marine officers are trained in Naval establishments and academies.
The Marine Corps is organized into the following Major Commands:
* Marine Combat Development Command (MARDEV): Recruits, trains, and educates Marines and develops combat doctrine.
* Marine Forces Command (MARCOM): Provides Marines for combatant commanders.
* Marine Logistics Command (MARLOG): Develops, maintains, and supplies the Marine Corps with equipment and materiel.
* Marine Reserve Command (MARRES): Manages and maintains readiness of Marine reservists.
* Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC): Oversees development and provides Marine special operations capable forces to both SOCOM and the combatant commanders.
==== Navy ====
The Central Galactic Navy is the combined space warfare and maritime branch of service, including deep space, riverine, coastal, and shore operations. It is considered the most strategically important branch in the Defense Forces due to Space Command providing interstellar power projection, outer- and deep-space defense, and space logistics and mobility. The Terran space warfare establishment evolved out of mid-22nd century naval aviation, gradually overturning a century of Air Arm traditions and replacing it with Naval traditions and jargon. The CGN is professionally headed by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), who is assisted by the Vice Chief, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, and the naval headquarters staff, which by custom is composed of an even mix of space and sea personnel. The Navy also provides maritime combat capability, primarily in defensive and peacekeeping operations within the Republic, though it can provide fleet forces for expeditionary operations, and provides special warfare personnel for combatant commanders and joint special operations. The Navy provides the CGDF with sea control, maritime security, sealift, and control of waterways.
The Navy is organized into the following Major Commands:
* Fleet Forces Command (FLEETCOM): Provides maritime naval personnel and equipment to combatant commanders, including surface and submarine forces, coastal defense, and riverine forces.
* Naval Aviation Command (NAVAIR): Trains naval aviators and maintains and provides naval aircraft and weapons systems.
* Naval Education and Training Command (NETCOM): Recruits, trains, and educates naval personnel.
*Naval Logistics Command (NAVLOG): Provides maritime transportation and logistics assets to combatant commanders.
*Naval Reserve Command (NAVRES): Maintains readiness and manages the Navy Reserve.
* Naval Systems Command (NAVSYS): Develops, maintains, and supplies the Navy with equipment, vessels, and weapon systems.
* Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWAR): Conducts special operations, and contributes maritime components to both SOCOM and combatant commanders.
* Naval Strategic Command (NAVSTRAT): Provides and maintains naval strategic strike systems for STRATCOM, including space-launched strategic nuclear weapons, planetary bombardment systems, kinetic impactors; and maritime strategic weapons such as fleet ballistic missiles and naval air-launched nuclear weapons.
*Space Combat Operations Command (SPACECOM): Provides and equips deep space combat assets and personnel to combatant commanders.
*Space Logistics Command (SPACELOG): Provides space transportation and logistics assets to combatant commanders.
=== Joint Commands ===
Below the level of a sector High Command, defense forces drawn from the service branches are grouped into two further permanent levels of joint-service command: Military Districts and Planetary Commands. A Military District is a command subdivision of an astrographical High Command, an astrographical area within a 1,000 lightyear radius from a "hub" world that hosts the district headquarters and attached support and training formations. There are 3,009 Military Districts, with commanders holding an OF-13 rank (Chief Marshal, Chief Admiral, etc.) by statute, and may be from any service branch; by recent agreement, the commands are proportionally distributed among the armed services, with the Army and Navy each providing a third of commanders, while the Air Force and Marines each provide a sixth. In declared regional emergencies, the District Commanders may operationally take control of Strategic Security Forces units in their district, who otherwise normally operate outside of the military chain of command and are answerable only to the Ministry of State Security.
A Military District has a variable number of Army Groups and numbered Air Forces, a space Flotilla, at least a hundred maritime Squadrons, and a Marine Field Force. Space forces are organized into squadrons that patrol interplanetary space, and squadrons staged at the hub world to respond at a moment's notice to any planetary or systemic crisis. The other forces are typically divided into components for the several Planetary Commands with a given district. However, as needed, these assigned formations can be deployed in their entirety, such as the use of an Army Group to restore peace on Keystone in 2680-81, which necessitated drawing units from other colony worlds for redeployment. For this reason, operational "building block" formations like the Army Group or a Marine Field Force often have organic units providing theater-level administration, component unit training, and theater-level coordination for the supports and logistics formations attached to subordinate units.
Planetary Commands are established on every inhabited world with a sufficient military presence across multiple services to required a joint commander. This is not the case for every world administered by the Central Galactic Union; nearly a million federal territories have sparse colonization and maintain security through police forces, only supplemented with military forces on an as-needed basis from forces directly commanded by their District Commander. Every Member World has a significant military presence for security, as do most colonies, and all Alien Protectorates and Occupied Territories have sizeable defense forces to combat insurgencies and maintain peace with local security troops. On average, each District has some 530 Planetary Commands, though some have more than others due to population densities. A Planetary Commander's rank is variable, depending on the scale of forces drawn from each branch of service. Many federal territories make do with an OF-8 or OF-9 grade officer in command, while others may require an officer up to OF-11, and a handful of specially-designated territories have an OF-12 grade officer in charge.
Rank in and of itself does not confer authority over a given command, so subordinate officers may on occasion be of equal rank to a superior officer who is vested with command authority. So one may find a planetary command with a Lieutenant General in charge, even though the forces on the planet may at times exceed that of a field army, because the component forces have no single formation commanded by anyone higher than a Lieutenant General or a Vice Admiral.
== Personnel ==
The Central Galactic Defense Forces are the largest standing military in human history, at just under 450 billion servicemembers in active-duty and reserve. While temporary wartime mobilization has produced larger forces (the total combined strength of the ISTO during the Great War was around 2 trillion active-duty and another 1 trillion in reserve), the CGDF is a large force drawn from all human worlds into a singular organization, and has the standing capability to project military power across the galaxy.
Servicemembers of the CGDF hold a rank to determine seniority and eligibility for promotion. Those who have served are known as veterans. Rank names may be different between services, but they are matched to each other by their corresponding pay grade. Officers who hold the same rank or pay grade are distinguished by their date of rank to determine seniority, while officers who serve in certain positions set by statute, outrank all other officers in active duty of the same rank and pay grade, regardless of their date of rank.
CGDF personnel are categorized as Active Duty, Ready Reserve, and Inactive Reserve based on their activity status. Active Duty personnel are those who serve full-time in the military, usually as expeditionary forces rotated to duty areas as needed to provide rapid response forces, or as deployed in foreign territory. The Ready Reserve, sometimes paradoxically called the "Active Reserve", serve part time and are assigned to a particular reserve unit, operating as defense forces called up to active duty in response to local crises or in planetary defense; such reservists are obligated to undergo battle assembly, performing drill and encamping with their unit for one week each calendar month, but otherwise are not actively serving full-time. Ready Reserve units can be transferred to active duty at any time, at the discretion of the Ministry of Defense.
The Inactive Reserve comprise all reservists who are not affiliated or assigned to a unit, and are not required to undergo battle assembly. Inactive Reservists can still be called up for Ready Reserve or Active Duty service until their discharge, but this is rare.
Personnel by Service Branch and Activity Status
Component 	Total Personnel	Active Duty 	Reserve
Army 	224,000,000,000	155,000,000,000	69,000,000,000
Air Force 	69,000,000,000 	44,000,000,000 	25,000,000,000
Marine Corps	46,000,000,000 	38,000,000,000 	8,000,000,000
Navy 	138,000,000,000	109,000,000,000	29,000,000,000
Total 	457,000,000,000	346,000,000,000	131,000,000,000
=== Vocation and Corps ===
Within the service branches, personnel are administered into different vocational and service corps, based on their job and rank. All servicemembers undergo special training for their vocation after Basic Training. A universal vocational code system is used to identify a servicemember's functional area of service, specialty, and proficiency, regardless of service branch or whether a servicemember is enlisted or an officer. This is composed of a letter indicating occupational field, a number indicating specialization, and a number indicating proficiency. Efforts have been made to unify vocational specialization codes between services that share similar roles, such that a Mortarman would have the same code whether they served in the Army or the Marines. On uniforms, service corps often use a unique color as a visual identifier, and efforts have been made to unify corps colors across service branches to align with vocational and specialization codes; the primary exception being that all Marines use the so-called "blood stripes".
The following 21 letters are used to indicate occupational field:
* A - Administrative Services (Yeoman, First Sergeant, Chaplain, Counselor, Cook, Musician, Postal Clerk, Retail Clerk, etc.)
* B - Infantry (Rifleman, Paratrooper, Machinegunner, Mortarman, Scout Sniper, etc.)
* C - Armor (Armor Crewman, Cavalry Scout, Mechanized Walker Pilot, etc.)
* D - Systems Engineering (Aeronautical Engineer, Astronautical Engineer, Boatswain's Mate, Combat Engineer, Damage Controller, Electrician, HVAC Technician, Hull Technician, Naval Builder, Propulsion Technician, etc.)
* E - Mechanical Engineering (Aviation Mechanic, Automechanic, Engineman, Electronics Technician, Machinist's Mate, Reactor Technician, etc.)
* F - Fires/Artillery (Air Defense Operator, Cannoneer, Forward Observer, Gunner, Missileman, Space Weapons Technician)
* G - Command (Spacecraft Commander, Ship/Boat Commander, Commanding General, etc.)
* H - Field Hospital (Combat Medic, Navy Hospital Corpsman, Trauma Specialist, Field Surgeon, etc.)
* I - Military Intelligence (Cryptographer, Intelligence Analyst, Interpreter/Translator, etc.)
* J - Judicial and Legal Affairs (Judge, Legal Administrator, Paralegal, Investigator, Military Police, etc.)
* K - Special Operations (Ranger, Commando, Marine Raider, LASS Operator, Air Force Pararescueman, etc.) 
* L - Mobility Logistics (Aircrew Technician, Cargo Specialist, Driver, Motor Vehicle Operator, Railway Crew, Fuel Operator, Propellant Loader, etc.)
* M - Medical Service (Diagnostic Technician, Health Administrator, Physician, Surgeon, Dentist, Laboratory Technician, Veterinarian, etc.)
* N - Aerospace Navigation and Operation (Aircraft Pilot, Aerodyne Pilot, Helicopter Pilot, Naval Quartermaster, Weapon Systems Officer, Spacecraft Helmsman, Spacecraft Navigator, etc.)
* O - Ordnance Logistics (Air Ordnance Technician, Ammunition Technician, Small Arms Repairer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, etc.)
* P - Public Affairs (Civil Affairs Specialist, Combat Correspondent, Recruiter, Journalist, etc.)
* Q - Supply Logistics (Quartermaster, Supply Clerk, Warehouseman, Consumables Supplier, etc.)
* R - Communications (Radioman, Data Technician, Air Traffic Controller, Fire Controller, Network Administrator, etc.)
* S - Staff (General Staff, Staff Officer, Operations Director, etc.)
* T - Training and Education (Drill Instructor, Drill Sergeant, Small Arms Coach, Flight Instructor, Military Academy Professor, etc.)
*U - Unrestricted Line Officer (Space/Surface/Submarine Warfare Officer)
Rank groupings are as follows:
* 0 is used to identify personnel undergoing training for their vocational specialty, usually recruits at rank OR-1 or OR-2, but can indicate Officer Candidates, Midshipmen, and Cadets at rank OR-5 prior to commissioning.
* 1 indicates initial competence in the vocation, commensurate to ranks OR-2 to OR-3.
* 2 indicates journeyman competence and an ability to lead or educate, usually junior NCOs and petty officers.
* 3 indicates expertise and senior leadership ability, commensurate to senior NCOs, warrant officers, and petty officers.
* 4 indicates a commissioned officer.
* 5 indicates a senior officer in a battalion-level or crewed craft command, rank OR-5 or OR-6.
* 6 indicates a general officer.
== Common equipment ==
Standardization between branches has extended to equipment, to create parts commonality and ease of logistics. This is a process that has been in development since the international military integration of the Interstellar Treaty Organization. The military buildup prior to the Great War saw the widespread licensing of Terran arms and equipment, including combat spacecraft, to Orionese, Sagittarian, and Cygnoid manufacturers. Even as armies used different small arms, standardized ammunition, accessories, and parts enabled interoperability. With the dissolution of separate militaries and the foundation of the CGDF, Terran materiel has largely supplanted previous national equipment.
These are some of the common equipment utilized between the branches of the Central Galactic Defense Forces:
==== Individual and crewed firearms ====
Model 	Caliber 	Type 	Details
Springfield P64A4 Service Pistol 	9x19mm 	Pistol 	Introduced in 2664 as common ISTO service sidearm.
Walther P4A Pistol 	9x19mm 	Pistol 	Used by military police, introduced 2678.
Enfield Mk. 9K Personal Defense Weapon 	5.7x28mm 	Submachine gun 	Introduced in 2659; used primarily by vehicle crews, officers, and combat support personnel.
Hellfocker MPK-81 Personal Defense Weapon	5.7x28mm 	Submachine gun 	Introduced in 2681 as a replacement PDW for vehicle crews.
Hellfocker FMP-9 Folding Machine Pistol 	5.7x28mm
9x19mm
10x20mm
11.4x25mm	Submachine gun 	Special use weapon introduced in 2661 as a modular, covert weapon. Can be modified for various calibers.
Steyr MP60 Submachine Gun 	9x19mm 	Submachine gun 	Introduced in 2660; used in night operations and close quarters.
Springfield M1 Service Rifle 	7.62x51mm 	Battle rifle 	Introduced in 2638, main infantry weapon during the Great War. Still widely used in Army and Marine Reserve units.
Hellfocker M150 Battle Rifle 	7.62x51mm 	Battle rifle 	Introduced in 2667 for the Marines, adopted by the Army in 2673; phased out between 2680-2691, reintroduced as Army service rifle in 2691.
Hellfocker FG-101 Para Rifle 	7.62x33mm 	Assault rifle/carbine 	Introduced in 2659; used mainly by commandos and air assault infantry.
FN Mk 78 ICARUS Assault Rifle 	7.62x33mm 	Assault rifle 	Introduced in 2678 as standard service weapon for the Army, since 2692 used mainly by commandos and air assault infantry. Enhanced version introduced 2699 as an all-purpose assault rifle for regular infantry.
Thay CS-5 Caseless Rifle 	5x30mm caseless	Assault rifle/carbine 	Introduced in limited use in 2685; used mainly by commandos in close quarters battle, deemed unsuitable for general service.
Springfield SR-38 Marksman Rifle 	7.62x33mm 	Designated marksman rifle	Introduced in 2638, in limited circulation in Reserve units; largely supplanted by M7 and M991 sniper rifles.
Springfield M7 Sniper Rifle 	7.62x51mm 	Sniper rifle 	Modified M1 Rifle with telescopic sight and bipod, introduced in 2646.
Hellfocker M991 Sniper Weapon System 	7.62x51mm 	Sniper rifle 	Modified M150 Rifle with telescopic sight and bipod, introduced in 2669.
Enfield Mk 28 Sniper Rifle 	7.62x51mm
7.62x67mm
8.58x70mm	Sniper rifle 	Bolt-action sniper rifle based on existing hunting rifle design, introduced in 2660; used mainly by Marine Scout-Snipers, and some Army and Navy snipers. Available in various calibers.
FN M881 Antimateriel Rifle 	12.7x99mm
14.5x119mm	Antimateriel rifle 	Standard large-caliber anti-materiel scoped rifle. Available in various calibers.
Mk 2 Special Application Rifle 	5.7x99mm 	Antimateriel rifle 	Magnetic accelerator rifle, introduced 2633.
Hellfocker M400 Shotgun 	12 gauge 	Shotgun 	Semi-automatic combat shotgun, used mainly in close quarters battle or for door breaching by military police.
Remington Mk 23 Shotgun 	12 gauge 	Shotgun 	Pump-action shotgun, used mainly for door breaching by military police.
FN MG-131 Squad Automatic Weapon 	7.62x33mm 	Machine gun 	Light machine gun and squad support weapon, introduced in 2659.
FN MG-60 General Purpose Machine Gun 	7.62x51mm 	Machine gun 	Medium machine gun and platoon support weapon, introduced in 2660.
FN M99 Heavy Machine Gun 	12.7x99mm 	Machine gun 	Heavy machine gun, used as a company support weapon and vehicle weapon, introduced in 2599.
FN M341 Rotary Gun 	7.62x51mm 	Rotary machine gun 	Electrically-powered rotary machine gun or "minigun".
==== Individual directed-energy weapons ====
Model 	Power per shot	Type 	Details
AN/PEQ-109 Laser Pistol 	6.4 MW 	Infantry sidearm 	Limited use as a sidearm, typically aboard spacecraft. Each "shot" is composed of 50 micro-pulses, delivering 3.2 kJ to a target in half a milisecond. Can sustainably fire 120 shots per minute.
AN/PEQ-1117 Laser Rifle 	9.6 MW 	Infantry weapon 	Limited use as an infantry rifle, typically aboard spacecraft. Each "shot" is composed of 50 micro-pulses, delivering 4.8 kJ to a target in half a milisecond. Can sustainable fire 300 shots per minutes.
M87 Phased Plasma Gun 	5 MW 	Anti-armor weapon 	Uses a laser to vaporize a cadmium telluride pellet on contact with a target, causing a plasma burst that imparts thermal energy to shields and armor equivalent to an anti-tank missile. Uses a 5 MW fuel cell to power the magnetic accelerator and diode laser for the pellet.
LLK-9 Electrolaser Assault Weapon	5 MW 	Infantry support weapon	Uses an guiding laser to ionize a path and guide an electrostatic discharge to the target. Appears as if a "lightning bolt" riding the beam, releasing thermal energy along the beam path.
==== Individual explosive weapons ====
Model 	Caliber	Type 	Details
FN L225 Counter-Defilade Assault Weapon 	25x60mm	Grenade launcher	Semi-automatic grenade launcher, firing air-burst explosives, introduced in 2655. Used primarily by squad grenadiers.
Denel Mk 77 Grenade Launcher 	40x46mm	Grenade launcher	Revolver-style individual grenade launcher.
Hellfocker GW-86 Grenade Launcher 	40x46mm	Grenade launcher	Single-shot, breech-loading grenade launcher, either underslung with a rifle or used independently.
Bofors Mk 335 Shoulder-Launched Assault Gun	84mm 	Recoilless gun 	Recoilless gun, used as a multi-purpose assault weapon, including disposable and incendiary variants.
Kern Dynamics FGM-12 SACLOS 	120mm 	Missile launcher	Individual semi-automatic command to line-of-sight anti-armor missile launcher.
Kern Dynamics FIM-119 IADS 	70mm 	Missile launcher	Individual air defense system firing standard infrared short-range anti-air missile launcher.
Mk 1 Fragmentation Grenade 	65x90mm	Grenade 	Standard fragmentation grenade, 300 grams.
==== Crew-served explosive weapons ====
Model 	Caliber	Type 	Details
Hellfocker GMW-29 Automatic Grenade Launcher	40x46mm	Grenade launcher	Crew-served automatic grenade launcher.
Mk 260 Light Company Mortar System 	60mm 	Mortar 	Company-level light mortar.
Mk 281 Medium Mortar System 	81mm 	Mortar 	Battalion-level medium support weapon.
M6 Heavy Mortar 	120mm 	Mortar 	Heavy mortar weapon.
M606 Light Howitzer 	105mm 	Artillery 	Used primarily by commando artillery support units and air assault artillery brigades; towable by infantry mobility vehicle or deployable by helicopter.
M889 Medium Howitzer 	155mm 	Artillery 	Standard artillery piece by field artillery battalions.