The Allied Worlds Space Force is the spacefairing military service of the Allied Worlds. The name "Space Force" is by analogy to various planetary or subplanetary government "space forces" or "aerospace forces," and not to distinguish it from other branches of the military - the Allied Worlds have no Army, Navy, or strictly-atmospheric Air Force with which to contrast the "space force." (The AW do have the Space Force Infantry, but these "space marines" are part of the AWSF and not a separate armed force.) The AWSF cooperates with system-level or planetary space forces, orbital guards, and law enforcement agencies, and provides transportation and logistics for other allied forces participating in planetary actions.
Its motto is Tuemini societatem!
History
The AWSF was formed after the BTW/Unification Wars as the standing military of the victorious Allied Worlds. Since then, it has participated in a handful of major conflicts over its long history, most in the first century and a half of the Alliance, when it was more active in planetary affairs, and when some member states thought it advantageous to test the resolve of their neighbouring worlds in various respects. The Allied intervention in the Dirac civil war was the most recent major conflict involving the AWSF, and interrupted roughly a century of peace.
The AWSF has in general had success in protecting space traffic from attempts at piracy.
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