Space Gate Command

The bulwark against a renewed occupation and the primary exploratory service of the Tauni, Space Gate Command can be considered a cousin of Starfleet: the military role is more heavily emphasized in keeping with the Tauni's emphasis on maintaining their freedom, but exploration is still a core mission. While a young naval service the SGC has acquitted itself well in general, and earned significant respect in Starfleet during the Eternal Empire Crisis: an SGC frigate fought as part of Task Force Burgundy and was lost in action during the final battle at Exar Draconis.

The fleet portion of the SGC is lead by a pair of Egillah-class battleships charged with the defense of Tauni space and response to domestic issues, while a Constellation-A is the primary exploratory unit. Both missions are supported as necessary by a Constitution-B cruiser, while Patroller-A frigates handle day-to-day patrol and policing missions and act as escorts to the larger ships when needed.

Organisation
The Space Gate Command is a Kelownan institution given responsibility for all off-world activity by the Tauni government, the League of Kelownan States. It has had to develop rapidly in the years since the end of Harmony of Horizon occupation. In this purpose it was greatly aided by efforts by the United Federation of Planets, which provided technical expertise, support, blueprints, and protection. In addition to their interstellar spaceship forces, however, the SGC is also responsible for operation of a network of old Iconian gates, which they have used to great effect to explore regions that would otherwise be out of reach. However, at least some of these gates were claimed by their former overlords in the Harmony, resulting in considerable risk to off-world teams.

Naval Intelligence Department
The Naval Intelligence Department, or NID, is the name for the intelligence branch of the SGC. They are descended from a maritime naval intelligence agency of the pre-Harmony era, which went underground during the dissolution of the various national governments. They served as the resistance movements intelligence arm, maintaining, like the SGC, their professional reputation. They were ultimately rolled into the SGC during the formation of the Tauni government. NID, despite being a part of the SGC, has a long standing rivalry with the wider organization, dating from a rivalry between their respective nation-states in the pre-Harmony era. In recent years their reputation has been severely damaged by the destruction of much of Kelowna's moon, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, along with the presence of NID agents in the Kelownan Liberation Committee.

Active Ship Classes

 * Egillah - battleships purchased from the Ked Paddah. Although a generation old by the standards of other powers, they are still very advanced for the Tauni.
 * Constellation-A - the most-requested posting in the fleet, Constie-As are the key explorers of the SGC.
 * Patroller-A - a useful all-purpose frigate, optimised for peace-time activity but capable of service in combat.

Current Ships

 * 2 Egillah-class battleship
 * 1 Constellation-A-class cruiser
 * 1 Constitution-B-class cruiser
 * 5 Patroller-A-class frigates

Personnel
Space Gate Command is a pure volunteer force that draws personnel from all areas of Kelowna.

Officers
Officers are typically recruited from the universities of Kelowna, especially the science courses, and then put through a three year training course at Alpha Site, an outpost in orbit around their first colony world. This is done to acclimatise officer candidates to off-world life, and examine their psychological profiles. Non-Line officers may go through modified programs at other sites.

Airmen
Enlistees with a one year course under their belt. Those who wish to serve on spaceships must commit to a minimum ten years of service, require an extra year in space aboard outposts or other orbital facilities, and then another year of courses related to starship operation. At the end of their ten year duty they are given the choice of re-enlisting as a senior NCO.

Gate Teams
Gate teams serve as a form of elite service for the SGC. Every member of a Gate Team is considered to be near the pinnacle of their craft, be it soldiering, science, diplomacy, medicine, or something else. They operate in small teams, often no more than four in number, alone and far from support, where they must rely on their own wits. They are mostly comprised of officers or senior NCOs. However, a number of civilian adjuncts and trusted foreign species are also present.

Industry
Almost all starship-relevant industry is contained within Kelowna. However, in an attempt to develop greater efficiencies in their transport systems, and to help spark development of minor colonies, the Tauni SGC are looking to develop off-world industry. Their first is planned for the colony that produces most of their verterium cortanide. It will be refined in orbit around another planet in the system and then assembled into warp drive nacelles.