Terran Armed Forces

The Terran Armed Forces (TAF) are the military of the Terra Republic. The TAF consists of the Terran Navy, Terran Airforce, Terran Army, and the Terran Space Force.

Overview
All branches of the Armed Forces work closely together, and in many instances fight together almost as a one branch. The Terran Air Force works very closely with the Space Force. Also, both the Space Force and the Army field Mechsuits.

Terran Army (T.Ar.)
The Terran Army is the ground battle force of the TAF. The Army utilizes multiple different types of weapon systems, but the main parts of the army use Armored vehicles, heavy infantry, and Mechsuits.

Terran Heavy Infantry, referred to as the Hoplites, are the pride of the Terran Army and the main bulk of the army forces. The Hoplites are often deployed in the toughest fighting in order to clear way for common light infantry to secure an area.

Terran Navy (E.N)
The Terran Navy is very small and outdated, as naval warfare became increasingly obselete. The Terran Navy uses mainly frigate and destroyer class missile ships. Service in the Terran Navy is often seen as the easiest, as frontline duty is rare.

Earth Air Force (T.Ai.F)
The Terran Airforce is multipurpose, as it fields planes capable of fighting within a planetary atmosphere and the vacuum of space. The TAiF focuses mainly on developing fighters more suitable for fightinig in space due to the increasing importance of Space Warfare. The T.Ai.F showed the power of their exemplary equipment and pilot training in the Terra-Federation War.

Earth Space Force (E.S.F)
The Earth Space Force is responsible for Earth space warfare. E.S.F was originally focused on Starfighter combat and thus Carrier-class vessels were the primary doctrine. During the Terra-Federation War, starfighters proved their superiority, and the focus on starfighters lent way for Terran victory. The E.S.F however also centred around developing multipurpose ships.

Mechsuits

 * XAS-02M Apsis
 * XAS-03GS Lorica
 * MXMS-Experimental Ardian
 * MMS-Ardian Prime

Earth Space Force

 * Europe-class
 * Nelson-class

Ranks of the Terran Armed Forces
All the Terran military branches utilize the same ranks. Non-commissioned officers are promoted to their ranks by commanders of their brigades or fleet squadrons. Commissioned officers are promoted through Star Point. During wartime, the commander of a Fleet or an Army can also promote commissioned officers. Flag Officers are only promoted by the President of Terra, or the Council of Terra.