OverWatch Starfighter Corps

**The OverWatch starfighter corps** *(Often abbreviated to SFC)* is a primary branch in the OverWatch military. Its function is to provide agile air and space combat with highly advanced starfighters. Personnel of the OverWatch starfighter corps must undergo standard military training for the Navy and-or Army before beginning their studies in aerodynamics and aerial engineering at the SFC's Academy at Homebase Central. After 1 year of studies and internship, starfighter corps cadets are obligated to then begin flight training with simulators and actual flight in Thaumiel Class airstrikers before being admitted to the Starfighter Corps as a noncommissioned personnel. Warrant officers of the stafighter corps are trained to work in the heavy artillery gunship. Currently, OverWatch has over 6000000 enlisted spacemen in the SFC at the height of Era 2.

## SFC Aeronautics I

Aeronautics I is the primary branch of the entire SFC. Every spacemen active in any form of duty or during warfare are assigned to Aeronautics I. Aeronautics I can be considered as the operation unit that deploys pilots into combat. Noncom spacemen begin their careers in this sub-unit performing maintenance, hangar work and cargo management; any sort of flexible work. Commissioned spacemen operate primarily as pilots operating starfighters and gunners aboard larger ships. Flight officers fly a singular Airstriker within a formation, headed by a Flight major. An entire squadron is commanded by a Wing captain, and an entire Wing - which is defined as a fleet or station's entire SFC unit - is commanded by a Wing commander. Command officers starting from Air captain are in charge of strategical planning for a fleet's entire flight unit and squadrons, and is in charge of pre-maintenance check before starfighters are deployed. And finally an Air commodore either approves or denies the Air captain's strategical planning and flight formations, when approved they supervise and relay orders to the active units with the fleet's Admiral or the station's General. Chief air marshal Telphin Li is the section commander of Aeronautics I.

## SFC Aeronautics II

Aeronautics II is a special branch in the SFC that only the most prestigious spacemen may be assigned to. Officers graduated from the SFC's officer candidate program begin their careers in Aeronautics II assigned as assistants to higher ranking officers before being reassigned to Aeronautics I to pilot starfighters. Aeronautics II's primary assignment is to overlook the entire SFC's formation and all of its units, and is often considered to be "the brains" of the SFC. Air general is the first rank where a commissioned officer is automatically assigned to Aeronautics II, these officers are assigned to executive and managerial roles, such as SFC projects, unit management and department heads. During certain operations or on war time, Aeronautics II may assign air generals and marshals to advise and manage several SFC Wings. Aeronautics II's other responsibilities are logistics, handling the training of all enlisted personnel and officers, as well as policy making. Chief air marshal Eli Kyurtinski is the section commander of Aeronautics II.

## Starfighter Military Security Force

The SFC has their own Military Security Force with the specific job of guarding and securing SFC equipment, logistics and armaments. They have the jobs of patrolling a shipyard, compound, and even an SFC building as well as the SFC's Academy on Homebase. The Security Force also performs escort operations on cargo ships specifically carrying SFC equipment. The Security Force have the authority to detain suspicious individuals and have them handed over to the Internal Service Force for further processing.

## History

### Pre-Phase 1

The Starifighter corps was a branch of the military that was reorganized from the old "Star Protection Fleet" unit from Era 1 OverWatch. Demand of starfighter pilots began surging during the 5th Army's expansion campaign, and worked in conjunction with the navy and army. The starfighter corps laid their mark and dominance, even the most skilled criminal pilot couldn't avoid its wrath. The starfighter corps demands only the best among its cadets, which is why expectations often exceeds greatly among Navy, Army and even OWISCB officers. It is said that the starfighter corps dominated the violent insurrectionists during the Sector C civil war, as its forces were under the command of Vice air marshal Eli Kyurtinski, who served more as an advisor to High general Crest.

### Phase 1

The starfighter corps cooperated with the OverWatch Navy for the first time since the Sector C insurrection during Operation: KU-TAKEDOWN, where a squadron was deployed to combat Resistance Initiative fighters. High admiral Marude assigned the flight formation of his fleet to his Air commodore, Yule Teep. As it engaged in aerial battle against the Resistance for the first time, it was proven to be a challenge as the starfighter corps fought against recycled Thaumiel Class airstrikers. In the end it was futile as the SFC knew how to handle their class of fighters more profeciently.

### Phase 2

During the purging of an occupied planet in the Sector C and B border region, second lieutenant Dorian Macaray of the naval command requested aerial reinforcement to assist the combat in the marshlands after being ambushed by the Resistance's aerial support. After the short encounter, Admiral Odin Titan, Dorian's commander, ordered a carpet bombing along the estimated location of the Resistance's camp, however it was called off after discovering that several of Dorian's snipers were placed in the area with no form of communication to alert an inpending carpet bombing. During a campaign on planet 2391-C, Takashi Izumi led a Resistance cell against the colony government, before he could land his troops - an OverWatch fleet commanded by Admiral Hirmus Kirsk bombarded the landing fleet, and Takashi's cell was completely decimated by the SFC unit that accompanied Kirsk's fleet - an elite squadron named Zero Squadron. This skill in coordination was at the hands of a trio of extremely talented pilots: Flight lieutenant Carmen Drex, Flight major Naharu Adeline, and the leader - Wing captain Hurt Foxtrot. The defeat was so significant, that it led to infighting within the Resistance that caused the questioning of Takashi's leadership and true purpose of fighting against the 5th Army. At the test sight of the Planet-Killer dreadnought, Admiral Gordyn's fleet SFC wing intervened the Novice Fleet that had ambushed the experimentation. During the second Resquis raid, Marshal Crest called in an OverWatch Gunship - commanded by Air commodore Sabaru Ishika - to level the woods in an act of trying to have Loniu, the headmistress of Resquis Academy, to submit. The gunship was shot down and destroyed, by Nox Niro however, killing Commodore Ishika and all the personnel onboard.

### Phase 3

Doctor Alexei Utgoff, the deputy director and senior researcher of the OverWatch Galactic Research Organization, had designed a new line of starfighters called "Maksur Advanced Class airstrikers", under the request of Marshal Crest, which was secretly a joint cooperation between Crest and A.T.L.A.S. corporation. The first experiment was overseen by Air general Ohlsen Kirville, assigning Wing captain Foxtrot and his subordinate, Flight captain Drex, of Zero Squadron to test fly the Maksur Advanced class airstrikers, they then took it on a reconnaissance mission in preperation for the large scaled operation that was to come. The testing took place at a compound on 1209-C. The testing was intercepted by Famine and Ace however, and the experiment was ultimately sabotaged after the SFC's Military Security Force was deployed to combat the Resistance, resulting in the project being forced to postpone. The starfighter corps participated in the large scaled operation, operation: DAY-BREAK, under the command of Air marshal Typhon Geers. Hundreds of squadrons were seen battling valiantly against the Resistance, aided by gunships to level out the ground. This however came at a cost, as after the operation, a total of 1000 pilots had perished during the battle, having the second largest casualty count overall. After decleration of war against the Resistance Initiative, Grand administrator Z summoned various officers to a meeting, among them was Grand air marshal Ford Wilson, the head of the entire Starfighter Corps.

### Phase 4

With war breaking out, the SFC had been proven to be more than able even well into 2 years of the second civil war. The SFC was said to have been slightly reorganized as with other military branches, given the former's vital role on par with the Navy - both branches were cooperating more closer. The SFC aided in several battles, such as operation: ASSAULT-SAVANNAH as several squadrons took care of the Resistance's aerial support, and during the counter raid of outpost SIGMA. Zero Squadron was still active at this point though working more sparsely in S1 Division - Wing captain Adeline participated on the siege of 2201-B, where she was shot down by Commander Dorian Macaray after deciding to defect the 5th Army along with Naofa Niro and the rest of her fae crew. She got into an intense battle with Dorian, both leaving eachother scarred . She was rescued at the last minute however, as all OverWatch troops were forced to retreat after the navy was overwhelmed. Adeline later participated in Operation: FAE-SUBMISSION along with Flight major Drex and Wing commander Foxtrot. The trio dominated the aerial battle, under the careful supervision of the SFC's aerial commander, Air commodore Lars Reeda, yet in the end were forced to retreat with the rest of the forces after 0005-B's surface was destroyed. A report of SFC casualties were sent to Grand air marshal Ford Wilson during the joint chiefs of suppression's evaluation of operation: FAE Extermination, the report was signed by chief air marshal Telphin Li, commander of Aeronautics I.

### Phase 5

The OWGRO's main laboratory was located in the central province of District 3 on Homebase, and as such more tax money from citizens were required in order to aide the 5th Army's efforts in the civil war. However, district administrator Luci Lien refused to further aide the 5th Army's war efforts, even against overseer Crest's orders. As a result, the inquisitor of Homebase, V, assigned a chief air marshal and commander of SFC Aeronautics II, as well as Sector A's chief of operations, by the name of Eli Kyurtinski to deal with the gang problems in the district, along with Naval Command General Gilart Koburn. Eli and Koburn assigned 2 OWISCB agents, first class agent Alastor Lien - who happened to be Luci's husband - and second class agent Pathfinder. Eli however was conducting his own operations as he suspected the Resistance Initiative were to attempt to rescue Ichor Seraphim from captivity, and took matters into his own hands when the a group of Resistance members under the command of Void Seraphim, raided the OWGRO's labs. He led the Homebase Enforcers inject the labs, before the army arrived. Eli battled against Void fiercely, and managed to keep himself in one piece, even managing to nearly take the life of Colonel Danny Manrose.

## Uniform

The SFC's uniform code is the same as the Army's and Navy's. Noncommissioned officers, or "spacemen" as they're called, are issued with only one uniform - being the SFC's uniform issued for piloting a starfighter. It is a black coverall similar to the naval crewman's design, the difference being that both sleeves have a pocket used for storing security cylinders, spacemen do not display their rank insignia on their right arm like other noncoms do in other branches, and is instead displayed on their left chest. Another detail to the pilot uniform is that a white silhouette of a ringed planet is displayed on the neckpiece. SFC Officers are also issued the pilot uniform, though for ceremonial purposes they're instead issued with the iconic and more recognizable gray tunic, pants and black pair of boots that the rest of the military's branches have. Both uniforms also come with a black belt that is equipped around the midriff, officers and spacemen do not have a designation disk on the buckle, and is instead contained in a PDA they carry. Both spacemen and officers are issued with black colored caps similar in design to the rest of the military, the emblem being a 4 pointed star within a ring. Senior officers, in this case a Grand Air Marshal, are issued a white variant of the officer's uniform, with the addition of golden epaulettes on the shoulders.

The SFC does not have an infantry unit force, instead most of their security details are handled by the Starfighter Military Security Force. They are issued with the Mk.III Combat Armor, only that their helmets are replaced with a black colored beret with the SFC's 4 pointed star emblem.

The arsenal that the SFC has is very limited, spacemen and officers go through basic firearms training, and are qualified to only carry the standard issue sidearm - the LE 5-7 pistol. The security force may however also be issued the OI-89 assault rifle depending on their current mission. Spacemen and officers may not carry a sidearm while on duty, as their sidearm is stored within their starfighter or that they must attain one from a weapons locker.

## Members

### Current members

* Ford Wilson - Grand air marshal, branch chief
* Telphin Li - Chief air marshal, section commander of Aeronatics I
* Eli Kyurtinski - Chief air marshal, section commander of Aeronautics II
* Typhon Geers - Air marshal
* Ohlson Kirville - Air general
* Yule Teep - Air commodore
* Lars Reeda - Air commodore
* Hurt Foxtrot - Wing commander
* Naharu Adeline - Wing captain
* Carmen Drex - Flight major
* Armina Lee - Flight officer

### Former members

* Sabaru Ishika - Air commodore †
* Seers - Air captain †
* Hiromi - Flight captain †
* Kobasu - Flight lieutenant †
* Uzuyumi - Warrant officer †