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{{Main|United Nations Space Command}} | {{Main|United Nations Space Command}} | ||
[[File:UNSC Attack.jpg|thumb|250px|A large UNSC Army contingent.]] | [[File:UNSC Attack.jpg|thumb|250px|A large UNSC Army contingent.]] | ||
The United Nations Space Command is the UEG's primary military, exploratory, and scientific arm. The UNSC is intended to protect colonists and colony worlds from attack by [[piracy|pirates]], [[Insurrectionist]]s and other threats, such as the Covenant. It includes various [[UNSC Special Forces|special forces]], and [[Colonial Militia|militia]] organizations but is composed primarily of five branches: the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], the [[UNSC Army|Army]] the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], and the recently formed [[Spartan | The United Nations Space Command is the UEG's primary military, exploratory, and scientific arm. The UNSC is intended to protect colonists and colony worlds from attack by [[piracy|pirates]], [[Insurrectionist]]s and other threats, such as the Covenant. It includes various [[UNSC Special Forces|special forces]], and [[Colonial Militia|militia]] organizations but is composed primarily of five branches: the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], the [[UNSC Army|Army]] the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], and the recently formed [[Spartan (branch)|Spartans]]. The UNSC also maintains a number of scientific organizations, among them [[UNSC Astrophysics]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 138''</ref> while the [[UNSC Engineering Corps]] is devoted to surveying viable planets for colonization or [[terraforming]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 123''</ref> At several times during the [[Insurrection]] and for a majority of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the UEG had given the UNSC operational autonomy.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/unsc '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC'']</ref> | ||
The UEG's member nations maintain their own standing militaries. It is unclear how they are maintained in relation to the UNSC. Prospective members of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] are drawn from the ranks of national special operations groups as well as from the UNSC's own special forces.<ref name="Field Guide">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide'']</ref> The UEG also employs its own naval forces for policing, including police cutters roughly similar in role to those of the Covenant {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}.<ref name="attackships">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''p. 72-73''</ref> | The UEG's member nations maintain their own standing militaries. It is unclear how they are maintained in relation to the UNSC. Prospective members of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] are drawn from the ranks of national special operations groups as well as from the UNSC's own special forces.<ref name="Field Guide">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide'']</ref> The UEG also employs its own naval forces for policing, including police cutters roughly similar in role to those of the Covenant {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}.<ref name="attackships">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''p. 72-73''</ref> |