First Lord of the Star League

The First Lord of the Star League is the head of all aspects of the Star League, both political and military. Originally a hereditary post belonging to the eldest scion of the Cameron family, the position of First Lord later became an elected position during the Second Star League.

Authority

The First Lord during the First Star League period had full power to authorize any venture, whether military or political, that he wanted. This is most telling in the case of the Reunification War, when First Lord Cameron authorized the reconquest of the Periphery nations back into the Star League's authority. The Star Lord also was the traditional commander-in-chief of the SLDF, or Star League Defense Force, which acted as a galactic police force to prevent any outbreaks of conflict amongst what would later become the Successor States.

During the Second Star League, partially owing to the absence of a dedicated SLDF and the provision that the post had to be elected, the position of First Lord had little real power over the Successor States. The position was usually used as a prestige posting, or to give credulence to a hostile invasion of a foreign country, such as when Sun-Tzu Liao in his position of First Lord ordered "peacekeepers" into the St. Ives Compact.

Most notably, the First Lord of the Second Star League proved incapable of preventing member-nations from leaving it after the conclusion of the FedCom Civil War. When the second Star League folded, the position of First Lord once again became defunct, and was not revived during the Republic of the Sphere's extant period.