Federation Military

The Federation Military were the martial armed forces of the Galactic Federation, until it collapsed into independent galactic governments within the core worlds.

The Military was led by the Minister of Defense, whom reported directly to the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Federation, as the military was divided into the Army, Navy, Marines, Starfighter Corps, and Special Forces.

During the Federation's time, forces of the Galactic Federation fought valiantly alongside their Grey Jedi allies against Imperial forces during the Great Galactic War. It was considered amongst the most powerful military forces along with the Empire's forces itself.

Foundation
When the First Reborn Sith Empire ultimately dissolved into the hands of Dark Side insurgencies migrating from the Unknown Regions to the Outer Rim, the New Republic sought to be restored into a greater fighting force after a long period of interregnum from its painstaking defeat at Coruscant. Thus the New Republic, along with its government and military were reorganised into the Galactic Federation. Their military becoming more organised thus their reconquest of the galaxy began.

Conflicts with Dark Side insurgencies and Galactic Reconquest
Campaigns launched out to the lawless outer rim began in 65 ABY, yet the Federation's military could not fight on their own; with the Jedi Order being dispersed and presumed to have all but died, they needed aide from another order. However, the Minister of Defense had special relations with the Grey Jedi Order, amidst this time the Grey Jedi began to join forces with the military as its commanders.

Yet even after conquering the last remains of the First Reborn Sith Empire, this Dark Side insurgency was not an organised unitary entity. It made them vulnerable to any attacks from an organised martial force.

For three years, the insurgents and the Federation fought rigourously, the Federation outnumbering the lesser insurgency, thus eventually gaining triumph over these Dark Side adepts. With this result, the Federation expanded their territories into the old colonies of the First Reborn Sith Empire; that including the Sith worlds of the Esstran sector.

Galactic Peacetime
The reconquests of the galaxy ended in 76 ABY, the Federation achieving their authority over the majority of the galaxy. Under a democratic government had the lawlessness been secured, and the worlds of the Sith left abandoned yet occupied by the Galactic Federation.

Yet peacetime only lasted for another fifteen years... by 92 ABY it came to discovery that the Sith returned. With their Empire returning, it had the Chancellor call to arms for the Federation military to declare war on the Empire.

Great Galactic War
The Empire soon swept the Outer Rim colonies of the Galactic Federation under their Imperial banner, the golden age of the Federation was now lost to the Sith Lords who sought to dominate their galaxy under a dictatorial rule.

The theatres of war were set out on the many sectors and oversectors yet laid to waste by the Empire and the Federation, the height of the war began at 100 ABY, where the Empire conquered the Grey Jedi Order's monastic homeworld: Rhen Var. Thus by then began a Grey Jedi Purge, where Grey Jedi numbers slowly dissolved. Six years later, Federation lines managed to destroy Sithernox and collapse Imperial lines. Yet the war suddenly came to a pause, as several months later, a bioengineered race of unknown origin known as the Reapers arrived into the known galaxy, the ill-prepared Federation and the Empire concluded the war, parting off to fight this Reaper armada.

Dissolution
After the devastation caused by the Reapers, the Federation became leaderless thus it dissolved into the governments and sector authorities of the Core Worlds. The true remnants of the Galactic Federation remained within Coruscant, along with its military having drastically downsized into the Coruscant Defense Force. Years later by 129 ABY, as the Core was conquered under Imperial forces, Coruscant and its defense force was ultimately absorbed and integrated into the Imperial Military. Thus the Galactic Federation's remains ceased to exist, as the Sith Empire ruled the galaxy.

Legacy
The Federation's armed forces were among the strongest militaries in the galaxy, it served along with the Grey Jedi Order in several conflicts, yet by the Reaper Crisis, it devastated the Galactic Federation ever so it could not be undone. Its legacy continued into the Coruscant Sector Authority and the Coruscant Defense Force by the time after 110 ABY, until it was finally lost to the Empire.

Administration
The military was headed directly by the Minister of Defense, subordinate to him was the High Command, comprising of the senior most officers of the Galactic Federation's military. Organisation was established similarly to the Grand Army of the Republic, along with the leadership of the Minister of Defense, the Grey Jedi also took leadership roles. Yet their numbers were insufficient to that of the Imperial Military, as the many Grey Jedi apprentices, knights and masters took the ranks of Battalion Commanders to even the senior-ranking Generals and High Generals of the Galactic Federation. Though not all senior officers were force sensitive, as many were not force sensitive and came from different backgrounds, alongside their Grey Jedi officers they also spearheaded many Federation forces into battle.

The Military was divided into several branches: Army, Navy, Marines, Starfighter Corps, Special Forces, and Federal Guard. With the three latter branches falling into the jurisdictions of the two former branches.

Tactical Organisation
The Galactic Federation followed an Order of Battle system for all branches, comprising of various units within the military, it was standard for all units to follow the Order of Battle within their branch of operations.

Army

 * Trooper: A single infantry unit and the lowest rank within the Federation Army.
 * Corporal: These troopers were the second lowest rank, they usually led a fire team of four soldiers.
 * Sergeant: Commanded a squad of eight soldiers.
 * Staff Sergeant: Served as an executive officer of a platoon.
 * Sergeant Major: Served as an enlisted leader of a company.
 * Lieutenant: Commanded a platoon of forty soldiers (5 squads).
 * Captain: Commanded a company of 200 soldiers (5 platoons).
 * Major: Commanded a Battalion of 1,000 soldiers (5 companies).
 * Lieutenant Colonel: Commanded a Regiment of 2,000 soldiers. (2 Battalions).
 * Colonel: Commanded a Legion of 8,000 soldiers (4 Regiments).
 * Commander: Commanded a Corps of 40,000 soldiers (5 Legions).
 * General: Commanded a Surface Army of 200,000 soldiers (5 Corps).
 * Surface Marshal: Commanded a System Army of 800,000 soldiers (4 Surface Armies).
 * Senior General: Commanded a Sector Army of 6,400,000 soldiers. (8 System Armies)
 * High General: Commanded a Regional Command Army of 320,000,000 soldiers. (50 Sector Armies)
 * Grand General: Commanded the entire Federation Army.

Navy
Naval organisation was different among the ships compared to the Army on ground, it had much higher ranking officers lead units as the lower supported them.


 * Deckman: Lowest rank in the Federation Navy.
 * Petty Officer: A junior non-commissioned officer in the Navy.
 * Chief Petty Officer: A senior NCO in the Navy.
 * Senior Chief Petty Officer
 * Master Chief Petty Officer: The senior most NCO rank achievable in the Federation Navy.
 * Ensign: The junior most officer in the Navy, usually these people served as ship pilots or helmsmen, supporting NCO's and their higher ranking personnel on the ships.
 * Lieutenant
 * Lieutenant Commander: Led a small flotilla of support vessels.
 * Commander: Second in command of a capital ship.
 * Captain: Led an element; a singular capital ship.
 * Commodore: Led a Task Force of 4 capital ships.
 * Rear Admiral: Led a Squadron of 8 ships.
 * Vice Admiral: Commanded a Division of 32.
 * Admiral: Commanded a Fleet of 200.
 * High Admiral: Commanded an Armada of 1,000.
 * Admiral of the Fleet: Commanded the entire Federal Navy.