Colonial Marines

Colonial Marines
Affiliation	Terran Alliance
Parent Command	Alliance Global Militia

Overview

The Colonial Marines were a sort of police force of the Terran Alliance.

History

Seeking some advantage against the Expansionist to regain power, the Liberal Party got its opportunity in 2236 when a coalition of colonies at the far edge of Human expansion declared their independence from the Alliance, launching what would later be known as the Outer Reaches Rebellion. The Expansionists wanted to severely punish the coalition, dispatching the Alliance Global Militia's Colonial Marines to reestablish the Alliance's dominance. Confident the Marines could handle a few disgruntled rebels, despite the fact the AGM was little more than a police force, the Expansionists staked all their credibility on their success, only for the Marines to return 18 months later in disgrace and defeat, their superior technology no match for superior numbers of the colonists.

The Liberals took advantage of this catastrophic foreign policy failure to challenge the Expansionists right to rule, quickly gaining support to form a coalition with other dissident groups to take power. While most people on Terra at the time had little intention of leaving for the colonies, the Liberal Party's unveiling of a secret Expansionist government memo to severely restrict emigration to them was seen as a draconian imposition on their personal rights, giving the Liberals massive support that allowed them to sweep the elections of 2237.

Officers

Rank	Name	Command
Commanding Officers of the Colonial Marines

Tactics

Unknown.

See also

• Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force
  • 2nd Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force

Bibliography

• Era Digest: Age of War
• The Star League (sourcebook)