State Security Guard

"If the State Police are the Master's shield, and the Army his sword, then we are his favoured blade."

Origins
The State Guard's origin is unknown, except that the served as guards for the meetings of the Service Unionist Party in Britian, shortly after it's founding. Originally consisting of a few hundered men, the SG's numbers increased steadly during the events leading up to and during the Third World War, consolidating their authority.

Despite being the first extra-political organization founded by the Service Unionists, it had little in the way of any outside power -even after General Sands came to power - being overshadowed by the efforts of the State Police. Although they had a handful of military divisions, these were subordinate to the High Commander of the Army. The State Guard wanted independance.

The catalyst for change came when the Service Unionist parties in Japan and Germany also won their elections, and began to form their own State Guard contigents. The State Guard in Britian, which had been formed mostly of military officers, proposed an annual meeting for the SG to Sands, as the State Police already had theirs. The Master agreed, and the first meeting was held in Edinburgh on the 6th May, 2019.

What happened two days later took Britain completely by surprise. Reinforced by members of the Japanese and German SG and orchrestrated by Josef Argenstein and Ronald Matheson, State Guard were armed and sent to every major population centre in Britian. A wave of arrests and executions were performed, begging at Midnight the 8th May and continuing until ten in the morning on may 9th. Among those arrested were a huge number of people revealed to be part of the resistance group Loyalist Britainnia, and many other people who oppenly opposed the Service Unionist rule and were plotting to overthrow it. The State Guard had no authority to do this, and there was a huge uproar from the State Police, who considered this to be a direct disregard for their authority in policing. However, Andrew MacKimmey, who was at the time the Minister of Law, came down in favour of the State Guard. This was the first step towards the State Guard's road to domination. Today the State Guard have policing powers, authority in law, access to equipment that other organizations lack, and their own special military divisions.

Ideaology
Interestingly, the views of the State Guard is almost opposite to that of Service Unionisim. The idea with the Service is that everyone is equal - or rather, everyone has the chance to become equal - whereas the State Guard think that only certain people should be allowed within it's ranks. Even being a member of the SG Cadets does not mean that an individual will make it into the Guard. However, the SG still treates men and women as equasl. Generally, only those with a intellectual or long-term military background are allowed in. The SG is notoriously elitist.

The SG have a very strong sense of loyalty, and will take any orders from their superiors and carry it out, even if it means putting their own family in danger. If a guardsman disobeys order, his commanding officer is completely within his rights to have him shot on the spot.

Special Duties
After the SG had established themselves as an organization that was more than prepared to take risks in Britiain during the nation-wide Midnight Hunt, their military divisions were rewarded with independance from the Service Army, effectively forming a second army, although the two groups often continued to work alongside eachother.

The State Guard were also given policing powers in major cities, and an aviation and motor corps were established.

The SG did not loose their roots, however ; they still serve as ceremonial guards at party conferences, and the SG was further divided into specialist groups. A list of the major groups is provided below. Each of these groups is led by a SG Knight-Commander, who reports to the SG High-Commander. Child agencies are not included here, as they are technically seperate from the SG, although they do answer to the SG High-Commander, wear the same uniforms, and use the same rank structure.

Security Force
One of the largest groups, the SG Security acts as a second police force in major cities. This is the specific group that the State Police have a problem with.

Military Force
In a similar vein to the Security Force, the Military Force forms an army paralell to that of the Service Army, although it is smaller and has less armour. It makes up for this by being highly trained and well armed. The State Guard Military Force and the Service Army have no issues with each other, and often treat each other as their own. There is a strong sense of comradeship between the two groups.

Medical and Science Divisions
Although members from this group can be attached to either the Security Force or Military Force, they tend to work alongside scientists from other Service organizations research facilities and installations throughout Service territory. Their activites have included the development of virus bombs, laser weaponry, and the production of Catalyst Troopers (which are now part of the SSO). A notable percentage of those working within the Medical and Science Corps are former members of Chimaera Science. Dr. Josef Argenstein is recognized as an honoury member, although he has never been active inside it.

Origin
In it's earliest and most basic form, the State Guard appeared in 2012, where men wearing Unionist armbands and dressed in British military uniform stopped hecklers from entering Unionist meetings throughout the country. There is no record of this being formed, and no ranks existed at the time. As the number of these men grew, they began to be issued badges and became known as the ''"Guard". ''It was not until the fanatical and pyschologicaly unstable Service Unionist, John Crowley, took over the Guard later in the year that it began to develop proper rank and structure.

Development
John Crowley, at the time a colonel in the British Army, was appointed leader of the Guard in October, 2012. One of his first actions was to establish an agreed uniform, as the Guard units still wore either police or army uniforms with armbands. An all-blue uniform was introduced, along with ranks that were loosely based off those of the British Army. The Guard grew rapidly, and soon there was a division for each electoral district. The Guard took part in marches, fundraising and various other activities, always posing as a force to be admired.

Japan and Germany
When Service Unionist parties emerged in Japan and Germany, they kept close contact with the Unionists in Britian, and also began to develop their own Guard. They followed the strict guidlines that Crowley set out, and had similar sucesses, their parties winning the elections just a year after the British Unionists did.

Britain
This appearance of order turned many voters in Unionists, as the current labour government was failing in the Oil Wars and was under massive pressure to give up power to another party. Japan and Germany were also failing in the Oil Wars, and two individuals, Kari Janghtai and Dr Josef Argenstein, both of whom were executives of large companies, set up their own Service Unionist parties and kept close contact with their British counterparts and employed similar electoral tactics.

British General Election, 2017
After the Oil Wars Britian was reeling from a huge economic collapse due to having lost most of it's oil supplies to America. The government had to deal with violent protests and demonstrations throughout the country. The size of the army had been drastically reduced, and many soldiers felt angry and became Service Unionists. As did many people who had lost their buisness due to the failing economy.

In 2017, the Labour government was pressured into holding a general election. Many extremist parties had recieved more members, but the number of Service Unionists overshadowed them all.

Notable State Guard Divisions and Members

 * SG-Tempest - Infamous for their part in the invasion of the USA and the capture of President Malbury. To this day, Tempest has remained in New York since the invasion.


 * SG-Relictor - The first SG military division to have been injected with an early strain of Miracle. The State Guardsmen evolved into half-insane monsters. Relictor barely has the capacity to function as a Divison, and as such it is deployed as a shock troop contigent, it's members charging forward, firing their guns at close range before throwing themselves to bite and claw at their enemies.


 * High Commander Christopher McCallum - One of the youngest officers he holds the rank of high commander in the Service Army and not the State Guard, Christopher McCallum served in the State Guard and achieved the rank of knight-colonel.


 * Commander Nathan Jones - Jones was one of the key architects in the development of the Great Purges, in which thousands of Service Unionist politicans, CA workers, and SA and SP officers, accused of holding political views not accepted by the Service. were arrested and prosecuted without trial on orders from the Master himself. Most people were sent to labour camps in the newly-conquered east and the former United States, while key officers and officals found their homes being broken into, and the State Guard executing them on sight.