Consortium Armed Forces

The Consortium Armed Forces or CAF, occasionally referred to as the CDF or SDF, are the unified military forces of the Consortium, established at the same time as the founding of the monarchy.

Structure
The Kōtaigo is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Consortium, able to deploy them as she sees fit in the interest of "preserving the nation's sovereignty, commitments, and alliances." Military authority runs from the Kōtaigo to the Ministry of War.

Both the Kōtaigo and the Ministry of War are advised on courses of military action by the Admiralty, the Army General Staff, and the Office of the Gendarmerie-General.

​Consortium Army
The Consortium Army is the ground component of the unified forces of the Consortium and tasked with defending allied worlds, as well as invading and occupying hostile surfaces in times of war. While they are considered the least-noteworthy service, their importance is vastly underwritten in their history and achievements.

Consortium High Stellar Fleet
The Consortium High Stellar Fleet or HSF, more commonly known as the Consortium Navy, is the maritime and stellar branch of the integrated forces of the Consortium. Its main tasks in peacetime are to protect the nation's trade routes and civilian transports from piracy and commerce raiding, and to patrol Consortium sovereign space in order to prevent the same.

In wartime, the HSF is tasked with raiding commerce, disrupting enemy communications and intelligence, harassing enemy movements and blockading enemy worlds, and preventing the enemy from doing the same. While they are not prevented from fighting major fleet battles as outlined in the histories of most spacefaring races, they are discouraged from needlessly wasting ships and lives in what could prove to be a too-costly victory.

Consortium Civil Defense Forces
The Consortium Civil Defense Forces, or CCDF, are military-civilian policing forces tasked with maintaining order. Their agents are known as Butei.