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Orbit Guard

worldbuilding

Excuse Me, Constable

Today in worldbuilding, we're going to talk about the uniforms of the Watch Constabulary, the Empire's policing service¹. Now, to be clear, this doesn't include the Office of Investigation and Pursuit (who aren't part of the Constabulary, strictly speaking), who wear regular

Sep 13, 2025

space debris

Time Bomb

WATCH CONSTABULARY / ORBIT GUARD SPACECRAFT INCIDENT REPORT REPORT: MERI-11-5122 EVIDENCE BLOCK 2A DESCRIPTION: The following comprises a transcript of conversation occurring in the forward (open) hold of the Magpie-class debris recovery vehicle CMS Comber’s Bounty, in the minutes immediately preceding its destruction. The transcript was recovered from a surviving

Aug 17, 2021

Orbit Guard

Shoot Them Later

If They Want To Leave, Let Them Leave Malefactors in command of a docked starship are always to be permitted to depart if they request it. There are no ‘land-locks’ or armored space doors for a reason. Do not forget that even a tramp merchie or private yacht has point

May 25, 2020

trope-a-day

Trope-a-Day: Space Police

Space Police: There isn’t any overall police service for the Associated Worlds – the closest thing is probably Conclave Security, which does answer directly to the Conclave of Galactic Polities, but whose jurisdiction is limited to just the Conclave Drift itself and its containing star system, and possibly the Operatives

Nov 10, 2015
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