Milky Way Galactic Corps

> "And so what if we are to face the melancholia of the Dark Night? What if we are to find ourselves engulfed in the shade of misery? When one after another, the strength and courage of Men falters with each passing day, awaiting the time when death arrives on our doorstep. What then shall be of our hope? Every day, we bear witness to the suffering of our brethren, through that of the dark forces that govern this world, and through that of our own making. When one awakes to the haunting reality that war has plagued their mind, distorting their sense of humanity, will they not despair? When one tastes only defeat, as whatever few victories they have may seem fruitless, will they not lay down their arms in hopelessness? This is our Long Defeat, and so it shall, that we may not see glimpses of victory for thousands of years to come. That is the task ahead of us, and though as inconceivable and as foolish as it may seem, we believe that with every defeat, we walk one step closer to the Final Victory."
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> Tomb of the Faithful Soldier, Galactic Corps Cemetery, Kresnyekalia

The Spear of Mars

## Characteristics

### Service Branches

Direct Strike Forces
Aviation Strike Forces
Cosmic Strike Forces
Special Service Forces
Special Command Forces

## Personnel

### Reserve personnel

52% of total personnel

The **Milky Way Galactic Corps** (Stanislavan: *Mlechnyy Galaktishe Korpus*; Oratio Ecclesiastica: *Veyalactean Corpus*), known simply as the **Galactic Corps**, and as the **Spear of Mars**, are the secondary combined arms military force of the Chelovayyan Empire founded on Kresnyekalia during the First Epoch. Initially established as tactical units meant for intelligence-gathering operations, rapid response, security, and reconnaissance, the Galactic Corps evolved into a combined arms military force dedicated for missions and campaigns that require maximum precision. The Galactic Corps is considered to be the most prestigious of all combined arms military forces across the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Galactic Corps consists of five service branches: the Direct Strike Forces, the Aviation Strike Forces, the Cosmic Strike Forces, the Special Service Forces, and the Special Command Forces. All five service branches are highly integrated with each other, and amongst all military forces, they have the highest capability of conducting combined arms warfare. These service branches are not to be treated separately, except only in responsibility. The Galactic Corps is feared for being one of the most coordinated, and most efficient forces to be reckoned with. A single Galactic Corps Army is a city of its own, a single Galactic Corps Army Group is a country of its own.

The Galactic Corps are primarily composed of Void-Adepts, Chelovayyans who have been gifted with the extraordinary potential to draw more Psionic Energy from the Void. These Void-Adepts are identified from childhood, and are given the opportunity to undergo teenage cadet programs during secondary education. Upon graduating from any General School, they are given the opportunity to apply for a Galactic Corps-education within any Spear Academy institution, the most prestigious military-academe institution systems in the galaxy. After a highly rigorous and intensive six-year program, known as the King-Deyvedd Curriculum, the students are approved for service by the Galactic Corps institutions themselves. Finally, every graduate of the program becomes an Acolyte, the lowest commissioned rank within the Galactic Corps.

Many of these Acolytes go on to join direct combat service, which comprises a plurality of all service jobs in the Galactic Corps. Acolytes of this service and career have been referred to as 'super-soldiers' by all those who encounter them on the battlefield for their beyond-mortal precision, strength, mental fortitude, and battlefield intelligence. In reality, the true reason for the Galactic Corps' terrifying reputation is due to the inhuman virtuosity of its engineers, logisticians, intelligence officers, strategists, tacticians, reconnaissance, medics, and technicians, and any other specialist with a role to play in the Art of War. From an aesthetic point of view, the Galactic Corps are the artists, and the Battlefield is their canvas.