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'EarthForce' is the military branch of the Earth Alliance, Earth's governing body in the fictional ''Babylon 5'' universe.
EarthForce is organized into three separate branches:
★ the Navy (blue uniforms)
★ the Marines (brown/olive)
★ and the Security forces (gray)
Officers are apparently allowed to transfer between branches - Richard Franklin (father of Dr. Stephen Franklin) once served in the Navy, as first officer on the EAS ''Ares'', but by the time we actually meet him, the elder Franklin was a general in the EarthForce Marines (which, in the episode "Gropos", were specifically identified as "EarthForce Marine Corps" in their marching song).
Each branch of EarthForce uses the appropriate style of ranks for that branch:
★ Flag officers from all three branches comprise a Joint Chiefs of Staff which is mentioned in a few episodes.
★ While the Marines and Security divisions have a fairly standard "ground" rank structure (used by real-world Earth ground forces), some characters who are ostensibly part of the Naval division apparently have ground ranks (such as many Generals we see, plus Major Ed Ryan in ''Severed Dreams''). It is unknown why this occurs.
★ Some background materials, such as those provided for B5 role playing games, attempted to combine the two rank systems by placing Major in between Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander, and dispensing with the Admiral rank altogether. This is unlikely, as there is no evidence that the rank of Major belongs in such a place (no officer was ever seen to be promoted to, or from, that rank, so there is no proof that the rank belongs in that order in the chain of command). Also, the RPG rank list omitted the rank of Colonel, which at least one character (Colonel Ari ben Zayn from "Eyes") definitely had.
EarthForce operates a large fleet of ships, comprising such vessels as the Cotten class tender, Olympus class corvette, Omega class destroyers and Hyperion class heavy cruisers, Nova class dreadnought, and numerous smaller support craft. Their newest design is the Warlock class destroyer, which incorporates several new technologies such as artificial gravity (given to EarthForce by the Minbari).
All EarthForce ships have the registry prefix EAS, which stands for Earth Alliance Starship.
EarthForce may have many hidden black ops projects some of which could have been seen in the Earth Alliance Civil War where Omega class Destroyers were merged with Shadow bio-tech to create powerful warships for President Clark's regime. Even after Clark's defeat, these rogue operations continue to experiment with the technology to create even more powerful ships, one of which was responsible for the destruction of the Ceberus, a ship that then Ensign Matthew Gideon was the only survivor of.
EarthForce One is the ship of the President of the Earth Alliance.
| Contents |
| Organization |
| Fleet |
Organization
| Navy | Marines/Security |
|---|---|
| Ensign | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Lieutenant j.g. | 1st Lieutenant |
| Lieutenant | Captain |
| Lieutenant Commander | Major |
| Commander | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Captain | Colonel |
| Rear Admiral (lower half) | Brigadier General |
| Rear Admiral (upper half) | Major General |
| Vice Admiral | Lieutenant General |
| Admiral | General |
| Fleet Admiral | Five star General |
EarthForce is organized into three separate branches:
Gen. Richard Franklin (Marine Corps) and Capt. John Sheridan (Navy)
★ the Navy (blue uniforms)
★ the Marines (brown/olive)
★ and the Security forces (gray)
Officers are apparently allowed to transfer between branches - Richard Franklin (father of Dr. Stephen Franklin) once served in the Navy, as first officer on the EAS ''Ares'', but by the time we actually meet him, the elder Franklin was a general in the EarthForce Marines (which, in the episode "Gropos", were specifically identified as "EarthForce Marine Corps" in their marching song).
Each branch of EarthForce uses the appropriate style of ranks for that branch:
★ Flag officers from all three branches comprise a Joint Chiefs of Staff which is mentioned in a few episodes.
★ While the Marines and Security divisions have a fairly standard "ground" rank structure (used by real-world Earth ground forces), some characters who are ostensibly part of the Naval division apparently have ground ranks (such as many Generals we see, plus Major Ed Ryan in ''Severed Dreams''). It is unknown why this occurs.
★ Some background materials, such as those provided for B5 role playing games, attempted to combine the two rank systems by placing Major in between Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander, and dispensing with the Admiral rank altogether. This is unlikely, as there is no evidence that the rank of Major belongs in such a place (no officer was ever seen to be promoted to, or from, that rank, so there is no proof that the rank belongs in that order in the chain of command). Also, the RPG rank list omitted the rank of Colonel, which at least one character (Colonel Ari ben Zayn from "Eyes") definitely had.
Fleet
Two Aurora-class Starfuries
A fleet of Omega-class ships orbitting Mars
EarthForce operates a large fleet of ships, comprising such vessels as the Cotten class tender, Olympus class corvette, Omega class destroyers and Hyperion class heavy cruisers, Nova class dreadnought, and numerous smaller support craft. Their newest design is the Warlock class destroyer, which incorporates several new technologies such as artificial gravity (given to EarthForce by the Minbari).
All EarthForce ships have the registry prefix EAS, which stands for Earth Alliance Starship.
EarthForce may have many hidden black ops projects some of which could have been seen in the Earth Alliance Civil War where Omega class Destroyers were merged with Shadow bio-tech to create powerful warships for President Clark's regime. Even after Clark's defeat, these rogue operations continue to experiment with the technology to create even more powerful ships, one of which was responsible for the destruction of the Ceberus, a ship that then Ensign Matthew Gideon was the only survivor of.
EarthForce One is the ship of the President of the Earth Alliance.
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