Uniforms of the Deployable Operations Group
In contrast to the Space Patrol Service, the Deployable Operations Group disdains ornamentation in its uniforms. Operator uniforms are all-black with gunmetal grey buttons and insignia. The only concessions to colour are medal ribbons and unit insignia. All ranks wear a cloned wool, seven-button, stand collar jacket. The jacket’s buttons are marked with the crossed-rifles-and-delta insignia that was used by the Patrol Boarding Force that preceded the Deployable Operations Group, surmounted by eight Union Stars.
Shipping and spacelift firms
Tens of thousands of passengers and billions of tons of raw materials and finished goods are transported between Earth, the Asteroid Belt, and the colonies ever single year, almost all of them by a handful of shipping and spacelift corporations.
The World Union Astrographic Service
One of the World Union for Space Policy’s oldest institutions, the World Union Astrographic Service was founded in 2093 as a coordinating body for space exploration, and today is the Solar System’s largest scientific organisation. Many of the most important discoveries in recent history, including the colonisation of Jupiter and Saturn, the discovery of life on Europa, and the first human exploration of the Trans-Neptunian objects, have been by Astrographic Service ships and spacers.
The Swallow Corporation
The Swallow Corporation is one of the largest and most influential businesses in the Solar System today. Swallow’s influence extends into virtually every sector of the economy, including shipping, robotics, medicine, internet provision, and colonisation services.
Uniforms of the Space Patrol Service
Space Patrol Service officers wear a dark blue (formally referred to as “spacer blue” in Patrol publications), stand collar jacket made from cloned wool. The jacket is closed with seven silver buttons on the right-hand side. Each button is marked with the Patrol’s delta emblem. Rank stripes are worn on the cuffs. Decorations are worn on the left breast, below the wearer’s branch badge. The ship or station badge is worn below the medals.
Martian & Beltward Line
One of the “Big Three” passenger lines, Martian & Beltward Line (M&B) is operates large-scale passenger and cruise ships and is renowned for its high standard of customer service. Traditionally focused on Mars and the Asteroid Belt, the company has taken advantage of the opening of Jupiter and its moons to tourism with the purchase of three long-range Desideratum-class cruise liners
The Deployable Operations Group
The Deployable Operations Group is the World Union for Space Policy’s boarding and orbital landing force. Embarked aboard Space Patrol Service ships, the Deployable Operations Group is formally subordinate to the Patrol, but in practice is a co-equal service. The Deployable Operations Group today numbers 66,000 operators, organised into three divisions, and has earned a reputation for high physical fitness standards, gruelling training, and hard fighting.
The Space Patrol Service
The Space Patrol Service is the security, search and rescue, and law enforcement arm of the World Union for Space Policy. Formed in 2095 as a largely-unarmed policing and customs control service, the Space Patrol Service expanded significantly as commerce and colonisation extended to the Near-Earth Asteroids, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt.
The World Union for Space Policy
The World Union for Space Policy is the governing body for space in the 22nd century, a political and economic union of Earth’s nation-states that ensures equitable access to the Solar System’s resources.