Aeldrum Parliamentary Guard

The is a military police force of the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum administered by the Serene Parliament.
== Description ==
The Parliamentary Guard is a military police force mustered and maintained directly by the Parliamentary Purse: unlike the Aeldrum Dragoons, who cannot be deployed on Aeldrum or her core worlds without an act of Parliament approved by the Serene Doge, or the Aeldrum Republican Constabulary who act at the discretion of local governors, the Parliamentary Guard may be deployed on Aeldrum and the Core by an act of Parliament without the Doge's approval: this includes indefinite deployments in customs enforcement and other security roles. In further contrast to the Dragoons, the Guard may not be deployed in foreign or colonial conflicts. The Guard typically serves a security role around Parliamentary buildings and etheric ports.
Senior officers (major and above) of the Parliamentary Guard are proposed to Parliament and confirmed by general vote. Unlike the Dragoons, there is no requirement that senior officers have prior Guard experience: many an ATC officer has retired from colonial life to a Guard command. In further contrast to the Dragoons, the Guard does not recruit its members as adolescents; most enlisted men and women join as adults, though a small "junior corps" does exist. Whereas Dragoons take a lifetime contract, Parliamentary Guardsmen serve for ten-year stints. Unlike the more cosmopolitan ATC or ARC, the Guard requires that all of its soldiers be citizens of Aeldrum, and officers must be born on Aeldrum or her core worlds.
Despite its somewhat sleepy reputation compared with the fearsome (or downright psychotic) Dragoons, the Guard retains an elevated status compared with ATC forces and various planetary constabulary forces in that all guardsmen are citizens, literate, reliably trained to maintain and discharge their weapons and required to submit to regular drug testing.
Category:Armies