Human Union Colonial Guard

Background
When the Siege of Paggot wiped out the local police force and restricted access to Dabus by the Human Union a space born military force was necessary. The preliminary emergency space military force was comprised of armored and weaponized freight and merchant vessels. Of the ships which survived the interplanetary crisis all of which would become the Human Union Colonial Guard.

History
Originally, in 39 P.U. the Human Union Colonial Guard was instituted to defend Union colonies. These fleets were small and made from refitted merchant and trading vessels. The Human Union Colonial Guard remained the only form of militarized space force for the Union until 80 P.U. Following the first contact war lasting from 75-79 P.U. Showing how drastically unprepared the Union was to adequately defend its colonies from foriegn threats.

After the ratification to the Treaty of Paggot 79 P.U. Known as the 80 P.U. Ratification the Colonial Guard became a colonial militia based military authority. It became a reservist military sanction which activated in times of emergency and for complimentary colonial defense for colonies. The Colonial Guard was operated by Merchant companies who participated in the charter and for doing so received greater tax deductions and federal benefits. These Merchant companies would have their ships paid for by the Union to be outfitted with basic weapon systems, basic combat training, and minimal gear for employees who were conscripted as Colonial Guard Reservists.

In times of emergency or domestic threats the Colonial Guard would be activated as a self policing force. While lacking serious training and less advanced equipment the Colonial Guard acted as an immediate respondent to colonial emergencies and allowed the newly established Human Union Space Fleet to prioritize defending, patrolling, and combating threats on the edge of Union Space. The Union Space fleet did still occupy and defend Union Colony systems it was just able to rely more on the Colonial Guard to supplement the necessity of assets and focus more units on patrolling the outer reaches of Union Space against alien threats.

Having the Colonial Guard persist to exist on a Colonial militia level greatly increased Colonial pride while not distracting from National pride with the federal government who funded and established the Guard for the colonists safety.

Eventually following the Colonial Guard grew in size to include fighters and drop ships this growth lead to greater personalization and an immense pride in the merchant profession. Rather than becoming an employee for a shipping company eventually the Colonial Guard became more independent and citizens enlisted in the Colonial Guard which included a plethora of shipping company members. A Guardsman would be assigned to one of these now fully military operated trading companies and work various roles within the trading company while serving as a defense asset in times of emergency.