Armed Forces of the 5th Army

The **Armed Forces of the 5th Army**, also referred to as the **OverWatch Military**, comprises of the various branches of the armed forces of the 5th Imperial Army of OverWatch under the Union of Defense, such as the OverWatch Army, the OverWatch Navy, the Starfighter Corps, and the OverWatch Intelligence and Special Combats Bureau, as well as agencies such as the Recruitment and Enlistment Corps and the Plasma Division.

Formed from the remnants of the Empire of OverWatch's military forces, the nascent Armed Forces was already faced with the task of reimbursing the new regime's operations and retake all what was once liberated space across the LANIAKEA Supercluster. Since then, the military has played a great roll for the state's operation, becoming an important sector.

## Organization

The affairs of the Armed Forces were overseen by the Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces, comprising of section chiefs from each branches of the military, while agencies such as the Plasma Division are overseen by civilian officers. However, supreme command of the Armed Forces is given to the Commander-in-chief, the Section Administrator. Directly below the Joint Chiefs is the OverWatch Upper Command, which acted as the central command division of all military operations. After the death of Administrator X, Marshal Crest was made Overseer of the Armed Forces, becoming the second in command of the entire military and leader of the Upper Command. It was said upon declaration of war, the military underwent a complete reorganization to fit wartime protocols and to delegate more command to military personnel, which explains why rank insignias in the Navy, Army and SFC had changed in appearance.

The Armed Forces receive their handheld armaments from District 9 on Homebase, opting to use basic gunpowder driven bullets encased in a special type of alloy casing, such as the OI-89 assault rifle, the LE 5-7 pistol, the XA-12 automatic shotgun, various handheld grenade launchers and grenade launcher attachments, as well as various long ranged sniper rifles. The Armed Forces also utilize more advanced handheld weaponry, such as the Ionic Gattling Gun used by specially trained juggernauts in the Army, the long ranged XM-i7 pulse sniper rifle utilized by specially trained sniper units, the OA-89D ionic carbine rifles used exclusively by D.E.A.T.H. Commandos in the Internal Service Force are also used by Plasma Division units. Among the military's special armaments are GOD Slayers, both it and the former advanced weapons are provided by the OverWatch Galactic Research Organization's weapons research division.

Enlistment is open to all types of humanoid sentient beings, those enlisted are trained at conscription facilities on local planets for roughly a few months, while Commissioned officers are educated and trained at special Boot Camps for a total of three years, however this is exclusively for the Navy and Army, as the OWISCB and SFC has their own Academies on Homebase Central, training commissioned Operatives and Agents.

## History

### Pre-Phase 1

Following the fragementation of the Empire of OverWatch, the Armed Forces were formed just shortly after the 5th Army's creation, under the new Unified Constitution. The first task given to the military was reclaiming old space and establishing new colonies in order to continue OverWatch's operations. Once reclaiming old space, it began to expand greatly across the supercluster in the quest of spreading its prosperity and uniting the cosmos.

The Armed Forces faced a troubling task as a series of insurrections started to take place in Sector C, and it was up to the combined forces of the military to suppress the insurgents and restore order across the Sector. This was the first time in Era 2 history where Recruitment and Enlistment Corps began drafting several civilians to participate, and won't certainly be the last time. After just only a few months of conflicts, OverWatch became victorious, and as a result - the Cosmic Senate voted for a bill by the name of C-2006, which not only raised the defense budget but also created three new special operation units: S1, S2 and S3 Divisions.

### Phase 1

In the following years since the short lived civil war, a growing rebellion movement would begin to cause concern within the higher echelons of the government, only for those concerns to be validated upon the uprising of the Resistance Initiative through the emergence of the Four Horsemen. The threat that the Resistance posed were still undermined by officials however, though that wasn't until after the 5th Army's failure of whiping out the Resistance militia during the first Resquis raid at Resquis Academy. Tension only began piling after the 5th Army managed to lose an entire Cruiser in the aftermath of Operation: KU-TAKEDOWN.

### Phase 2

As more and more rebel cells began merging with the Resistance Initiative, an effort to stop "terrorism" was put forth by the Armed Forces through what would be known as the "Total Security Campaign", in which the special units S1, S2 and S3 Divisions commenced landing operations and military occupations on several occupied and colonized planets suspected to have rebel influence. During this, Doctor Colress of the OverWatch Galactic Research Organization began working with the military during the demands of Ender Crystals and testing experimental tech such as the Hantai-Class Cruiser, then later revealing and testing the destructive capabilities of the massive dreadnought - the Planet-Killer, just shortly after the military's joint operation with the Internal Affairs Bureau in hitting a compound owned by the Resistance to grow Enderites. As the Total Security Campaign started to prove its insufficiency, Marshal Crest of Sector C was approved by the Joint Chiefs to take command of the growing trouble from the Resistance - his first decision was to commence a second raid on Resquis Academy, after supposedly the Offices of Criminal Investigations found evidence that suggested the Academy has been converted into a Resistance stronghold.

### Phase 3

Operation: ANGEL-ASCEND was commenced as a Plasma Division operations in order to rescue First class agent Naofa Niro, who had become a prsioner of war and subsequent hostage by the Resistance in the aftermath of the second Resquis raid. The first attempt led by naval volunteer Captain Jock Montagne, was unsuccessful, leaving to the operation being taken over by Marshal Crest and S3 Division - succeeding as a result. Security aboard the Planet-Killer was compromised in the hands of the notorious pirate clan, the Red Right Hand, which resulted in the theft of several valuable cargo. At the same time, the Oppressor Fleet's medical section commandeered by Senior captain Sera Jelastock, was also hit by the same Pirates. These attacks resulted in the Military organizing an official investigation and later termination of the entire clan. This in due was also in preperations for the large scaled military operation, with the sole intention of cracking down the Resistance once and for all, Operation: DAY-BREAK. After a tip of the Resistance's major supply route being discovered within Maplewood Residency, the operation was commenced just after the destruction of Site-9. The operation's result didn't end in the 5th Army's favor, as it dealt with an extremely heavy blow that was the death of the operation's commander, Administrator X. No longer could the state nor the military ignore the threat that the Resistance posed, causing an official decleration of war against the Resistance. In an effort of progress, the Grand administrator formed the Joint Chiefs of suppression, which comprised of several military leaders, including the Chiefs of Staff. Upon the declaration of war against the Resistance, a new position had been created for Marshal Crest - Overseer of the Armed Forces, as the Grand Administrator and Administrator Constantine decided to hand the responsibility of all war operations to Crest, as well as to give him command of the Joint Staff Commission in place of Administrator X.

### Phase 4

War had been raging on for nearly two years at this point, and a majority of Sector C had fallen to the Resistance. As war was declared, the armed forces had reorganized its structure under the orders of the Grand administrator to fit wartime protocols. The major reformations were giving the Navy and SFC more authority on advancing the 5th Army's war efforts across the supercluster, such as conscripting more naval crewmen and promoting several officers through the ranks of the SFC and Navy, which is why the rank insignias changed in both branches. The Army was given more political power, and that an edict was made by Overseer Crest that the Generals may act as interim governors of planets that had been liberated of Resistance activities. Among the other changes were new special units tasked in special operations to advance the war effort towards the 5th Army's favor, all of this was under the oversight of Overseer Crest. The following units that were created by Overseer Crest were Kenya Squad, Niro Squad, Nova Squad, Fiquel Squad, Oshikawa Squad, Nabara Squad, and several more. The opposing sides went back and forth, seeing no major advancements. That was until the Sector C and B border region fell in the aftermath of Operation: ASSAULT-SAVANNAH on 6211-C's Checkpoint THELTA, the war now tipping towards the Resistance's favor. The tides began turning majorly after a series of defections in the aftermath of the Counter raid of utpost SIGMA, first starting with Junior general Kenya, then Lieutenant general Reiaan Fiquel and most prominently Special class agent Naofa Niro. The Grand administrator commenced the contingency plan he had for this scenario, being Operation: FAE-SUBMISSION, that took place at the capital of the Micrea Micro Cluster, 0005-B. It was at that point the largest military operation, that majestically ended with the levelling 0005-B's surface.

### Phase 5

The war continued on, months since the fall of the border region and Micrea being liberated, the Military began losing its footing all across Sector C, and now in a large portion of Sector B.