Whistler Defense Force

Initially formed as peacekeepers and re-chartered as a traditional military in 280 during the Demeter War, the WDF secures The Reach from enemies foreign and domestic.
By Debinani
June 22, 2022

Overview

The WDF is composed of two branches: Navy and Marines and are chartered with the defense of the Whistler Colonies.  They patrol the spacelanes and partner with a semi-private entity operating under the name Guardian for near-orbit and planetary customs enforcement and search & rescue.  Their jurisdiction ends once on the ground (or aboard a registered space station or outpost) and hands over to local law enforcement or the Colonial Marshall service.

The Unification Wars geenrated significant pressure to create a standing Army as rogue colonies were occupied for longer terms, but the Council continues to press the Marines into this service.

Dramatis Personae

  • Fleet Admiral Komiko Halsey – supreme commander of the WDF.
  • Cmdr. Michael “Mick” O’Connor – Deceased.  Chief Engineer of Indomitable.  Discovered the final resting place of WDF San Orestes.  Died at the Battle of Grove.

Dramatis Navis

  • WDF Indomitable, Poseidon-Class Assault Cruiser – Jack Cartwright’s command.  Destroyed in the Battle of Grove in 590 when Cartwright ordered his crew to ram Grove Orbital and the Cheyenne Drive Yards.
  • WDF Dauntless, Athena-Class Destroyer – the naval vessel suspected to have attacked the crew of the IBI Your Mother Was A Hamster over Crighton.
  • WDF Endeavor, Munroe-Class Light Destroyer – naval vessel sent by Admiral Halsey’s office to retrieve the Hamster crew from Myrr.
  • WDF San Orestes – Murphy-Class Patrol Destroyer.  Lost to a mis-dive after the Battle of Yang, location later discovered by Mick O’Connor.
  • WDF Fidelity – System patrol craft assigned to the Demeter picket.  Destroyed ITC A Series of Unlikely Explanations without provocation.
  • WDF Damocles – The first Damocles-class Dreadnought under construction by the WDF at the Phoenix Propulsion Labs navy yards over Whistler.

Guardian Services, Ltd.

Guardian is a semi-private company spun off from the WDF in 425 to provide orbital Search & Rescue and interdiction.  They exist in the legal boundary between the WDF and local law enforcement with funding from the Council to support a small navy. 

Dramatis Personae

  • Rear Admiral Jacob Doughtery – CO of Guardian operations in Roberts.
  • Colonel Daniel Feldman – CO of Guardian operations in the Chrighton planetary system, based on Myrr.
  • Lieutenant Henry Blackmoon – Rescue pilot who disobeyed orders to come to the aid of the Hamster crew.  Later court martialled.
  • Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Scoville – Rescue crew who disobeyed orders to come to the aid of the Hamster crew.  Later court martialled.

Dramatis Navis

  • GAV-337 “Swamp Chicken” – a Maxim AV-39c “Lancer” Multi-Role Assault Vehicle supporting the Guardian garrison on Myrr.