Military forces of the Consortium of Civilized Worlds (C.C.W.):

Index:

Introduction

Military Breakdown

C.A.F. Army

C.A.F. Navy

Military Ranks

Military Rules & Regulations

Mages & Psionics in the Military

C.A.F. Military Fleets

Introduction:
The Military of the Consortium of Civilized Worlds is a very diverse organization but is a military none the same. It is broken into two branches, Army and Navy. The military forces are know as the Consortium Armed Forces and C.A.F. is the abbreviation.

Military Breakdown:
While most of the population of the Consortium is on rich and well settled worlds, the majority of the Military personnel are from the more recently colonized planets and frontier worlds. This is for two reasons. First is because the people in the colony worlds take military service more seriously and second because they see the military as a way of improving their lives.

	25%	Human (65% Male)
	15%	Noro
	22%	Wolfen
	12%	Catyr
	12%	Seljuks
	14%	Other Races

C.A.F. Army:

The Army serves both for ground roles and serve as shipboard troops. They also make up about half the crew of space stations and fortresses. Fortress commands are under Army control but over the years, but the command of the stations and fortresses have changed hands between the Fleet and the Army several times. The C.A.F. does not have a separate marine corps and shipboard service is part of a C.A.F. soldiers' regular rotation. A soldier will normally serve for two years on a ship and then rotate to ground / station duty for eight years. A soldier may specifically request and stay on shipboard duty and some soldier do just that. There are three reasons for this. Promotions are more rapid while serving on the fleet, many find the fleet more exciting, and the fleet is not as politicized. The Army also includes planetary based fighter squadrons and about three quarters of all space station based fighter squadrons. All Fighter pilots are officers.
Enlistment: Enlistment in the C.A.F. Army is for four Terran years. On their first enlistment, Enlisted must make at least corporal or they cannot reenlist. Enlisted may continue to reenlist unless due to problems of service (many disciplines problems for example). Officers serve until they resign their commission (and are approved), booted out due to an administrative action or court marshal, or retire.
Uniforms: C.A.F. uniforms are almost casual by modern military standards. Both officer and enlisted are identical and while the colors are different the uniform patterns are identical to those in the Navy. The working uniform is a jumpsuit (like the one on page 57 of the Phase World book) and is constructed out of a special variable material that allows for camouflage in many different terrains. Headgear is a ball cap. The dress uniform is a two piece tunic and trouser combination (like the one on page 58 of the Phase World book) that in the Army's case is dark green. Headgear is a ball cap with gold leaf on the brim for Colonels and above.
Both dress Uniform and Working uniform have a patch to represent the planet that the soldier originated from. Uniforms also have allowances for other races such as the uniforms for Wolfen include adjustments for the Wolfen's tail. This adjustment also includes the use of a harness with ranking and markings for sentient beings that cannot wear uniforms.

C.A.F. Navy:

The CAF Navy personnel serve as crew for starships and serve on space stations as well. About half the personnel of space stations and fortresses are Navy. Navy personnel will normally serve for four years onboard a ship and four years onboard a station or a fortress. A Navy crew-person may specifically request and stay on shipboard duty and many crew-person do just that. There are three reasons for this. Promotions are more rapid while serving on the fleet, many find the fleet more exciting, and the fleet is not as politicized. All fighters assigned to starships are crewed by Navy Pilots and about one quarter of the fighters assigned to stations or fortresses is crewed by Navy Pilots. Like the Army, all fighter pilots are officers.
Enlistment: Enlistment in the C.A.F. Navy for four Terran years. On their first enlistment, Enlisted must make at least Junior Petty Officer or they cannot reenlist. Enlisted may continue to reenlist unless due to problems of service (many disciplines problems for example). Officers serve until they resign their commission (and are approved), booted out due to an administrative action or court marshal, or retire.
Uniforms: C.A.F. uniforms are almost casual by modern military standards. Both officer and enlisted are identical and while the colors are different the uniform patterns are identical to those in the Army. The working uniform is a jumpsuit (like the one on page 57 of the Phase World book) but is light grey in color. Headgear is a ball cap. The dress uniform is a two piece tunic and trouser combination (like the one on page 58 of the Phase World book) that in the Fleet's case is light grey. Headgear is a ball cap with gold leaf on the brim for Captains and above.
Both dress Uniform and Working uniform have a patch to represent the planet that the crew member originated from. Uniforms also have allowances for other races such as the uniforms for Wolfen include adjustments for the Wolfens tail. This adjustment also includes the use of a harness with ranking and markings for sentient beings that cannot wear uniforms.

Military Ranks:

Unlike some member worlds, the C.A.F. does not have Warrant Officer Ranks.

Officers: A senior enlisted person can become an officer by exemplary duty and service or by battlefield promotion. Most mustangs (term for officers that came from being enlisted) will start at Lieutenant or its equivalent in the other branches but normally cannot get above Captain Junior Grade or its equivalent.

Army:	Space Fleet:
Marshal of the Army	Star Marshal
Major General	Fleet Admiral
General	Senior Admiral
Minor General	Admiral
Brigadier	Minor Admiral
Colonel First Class	Captain
Colonel Second Class	Captain Junior Grade
Major First Class	Commander
Major second Class	Commander Junior Grade
Captain	Lieutenant
Lieutenant First Class	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lieutenant Second Class	Ensign

Enlisted: The senior enlisted rank is an administrative position for the care and welfare of the enlisted of their branch.

Army:	Space Fleet:
Command Sergeant Major of the Army	Master Chief Petty Officer of the Fleet
Sergeant Major	Master Chief Petty Officer
Master Sergeant	Senior Chief Petty Officer
Chief Sergeant	Chief Petty Officer
Senior Sergeant	Senior Petty Officer
Sergeant	Petty Officer
Corporal	Junior Petty Officer
Private First Class	Senior Rating
Private Second Class	Rating
Private Third Class	Junior Rating

Military Rules & Regulation:
Military Law: Military law normally gives much harsher sentences for crimes. In most cases, the punishment will be twice as severe as those from a civilian court. The military courts also add Treason and Desertion as very serious crimes. Any serious infractions or crimes are tried by a court marshal which consists of seven officers or for enlisted the accused choice of seven officers or seven senior enlisted and the court marshal needs only a majority rule. Officers are always tried by Court Marshal. Minor military infraction for Enlisted can be tried by non judicial punishment and punishments include taking of pay and restriction to quarters to a maximum of one month in confinement.
Military Protocol: Regardless of Sex or Species, All Senior Officers are addressed as Sir. This is to avoid Gender Discrimination and Gender confusion especially when addressing some of the more diverse races. While a few planets within the CAF Territories do have noble houses, no noble forms of addresses are recognized within the C.A.F Militaries.
Commodore: Unlike some of the Independent Militaries, the C.A.F. does not have the rank of Commodore but it is instead a position of command. A Commodore is in charge of a cruiser and fleet of at least four frigates or destroyers.
Religion: While the C.C.W. does protect all religions, the C.A.F. does have specific rules regarding religion. While a person may practice most religions, but they will prosecute and stop religious members for doing illegal activities. This ranges from the demon worshiping cults that sacrifice people to a religion that members of their church will not bring children for medical treatment because of religious reasons. They also do not allow beings to join the C.A.F. Military if the being will not use medical treatments for religious reasons due to the fact that this is a detriment in combat.
Sexual Contact: Unlike Modern Militaries, the C.A.F. rules are very lax about sexual contact. There is no discrimination for same sex contact or interspecies contact. While it is officially discouraged, sexual contact between officers and enlisted and between members of the same command are allowed.

Mages & Psionics in the Military:
The C.C.W. has no prejudice against Mages or Individuals with Psionic Abilities. Individuals with Major and Minor Psionics fall into standard C.A.F. O.C.C.s. To create a mage (Ley Line Walker, Mystic, Battlemage, ect.) or a Master Psionic (Mind Melter, Burster, ect.) use the O.C.C. but add standard Phase World background skills and add the following additional skills for Military Training.

C.A.F. Military Fleets:
The C.A.F. Navy has both an Active Fleet and a Reserve Fleet. These are approximates for the number and do not include ships in Independent Defense Forces Fleets or the Human Alliance Forces Navy. For ships in refit, approximately 10% of the ships in the fleet will be in refit at any one time. About 50% of the CAF forces are in the Corkscrew galaxy and 25% in each of the other galaxies.

Active CAF Fleet:
Carriers:

	4	Independence Class Battle Carriers
	86	Packmaster class Multi Purpose Carriers

Battleships / Battlecruisers:

	2	Paladin Class Battleships
	1	Aegis Class Area Defense Missile Ship
	1	Archer class Missile Battlecruiser
	68	Protector class Battleships

Cruisers:

	12	Champion Class Heavy Cruisers
	2,430	Warshield class Cruisers
	288	HAFN Natasha Kurganov class Missile Cruisers

Frigates/Destroyers:

	5,500	HAFN Ferret class Corvettes
	430	Cheetah Class Corvettes
	8,000	Wolfen Hunter class Destroyers
	35	Long Bow class Patrol Ship
	10,000	Scimitar class Patrol Ships

Minesweepers:

780

Shark class Mine Sweepers

Assault Forces:

	3	Dire Wolf Class Planetary Assault Carriers
	86	Baldwin class Troop Transports

Fleet Auxiliaries:

	52	Xanadu class Colony Ships
	12	Gabriel class Hospital Ships
	125	Sarlin class Repair Ships
	25	Vulcan class Mobile Drydocks
	1,800	Various Supply Ship classes

Reserve C.A.F. Fleet:
The Reserve forces are kept in various locations throughout the C.C.W. but all locations are well within the borders and all locations are well protected by bases, active ships, and/or minefields.
Carriers:

	82	HAFN Intrepid class Fleet Carriers
	35	Wolfen Stalker class Fast Escort Carriers

Battleships / Battlecruiser:

	64	HAFN Yamato class Battleships
	20	Wolfen Legatus class Battlecruiser

Cruisers:

	485	HAFN Everest class Gun Cruisers
	828	HAFN Natasha Kurganov class Missile Cruiser
	622	Wolfen Lictor class Cruiser

Frigates/Destroyers:

	12,500	HAFN Ferret class Corvette
	2,100	Wolfen Hunter class Destroyers

Minesweepers:

	320	Wolfen Ranger class minesweepers
	480	Shark class Mine Sweepers

Assault Forces:

	10	HAFN Normandy class Assault Carriers
	277	HAFN Pershing class Troop Transports

Fleet Auxiliaries:

	18	HAFN Kuan-Yin class Hospital Ships
	112	HAFN Button class Repair Ships
	26	HAFN De Vinci Mobile Drydocks
	1,800	Various Supply Ship classes

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I would like to recognize Chris Curtis. as helping with many of the ideas listed here.

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