Unified Military Command of Sur'Kesh
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Union Army Command |
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Unified combatant command |
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Role: |
Astrographic central command of the Union Defense Force |
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54 high-ranking personnel |
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Headquarters: |
Fort Tanmorne, northern border of Nudril, Sur'Kesh (600 BCE - 596 BCE) |
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Supreme Command, Unified Command |
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Motto: |
"Owning the initiative." |
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Maroon and fern green |
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Commanders: |
Dalatrass Baerkon Onoke (last) |
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The Unified Military Command of Sur'Kesh, also known as Union Force Command or Salarian Supreme Command, was the highest operational command of the Union Defense Force under the Dalatrass' Office of Defense. The Unified Command was in charge of all subcommands of the Union military, and in direct command of all branches of the Salarian Defense Force, which included all installations, personnel, resources and equipment fielded and owned by the salarian military being subordinate to the Unified Command. Subcommands of the Unified Command included Union Army Command, Union Fleet Command, Section ONE and Union Border Protection Command, although Section ONE mostly answered to the Dalatrass' Office of the Interior, and therefore technically operated free from the Unified Command, with a special status as far as the other branches are concerned. The Unified Command consisted of the highest ranking personnel within the Union military in command of their specific branches, and also included the Director of the Special Tasks Group, despite, once again, mostly answering to the Dalatrass in charge of the interior and security: this was a requirement in large part because of the STG's prominent role in military operations as a whole, with the Director needed in order to properly coordinate the branches for full effectiveness. The Unified Command was formed following the establishment of the Union Defense Force and the rest of the Salarian Union in 600 BCE, and it would be headquartered at Fort Tanmorne for four years while their intended headquarters, the secret installation known as Cornucopia TILL, was being built, and when it was completed in 596 BCE, they officially moved in to use it as their permanent headquarters: the Cornucopia was built to withstand numerous nuclear and orbital bombardments, and blended seamlessly into its environment within a vast jungle and this, combined with reflective panels along its exterior to absorb radar and lidar pings (effectively making it invisible to scans), meant that the facility's location was an absolute secret and virtually impossible to find by the enemy, both visually and with sensors. It was perfect for housing the Unified Command, and would serve it well throughout multiple conflicts, including the Rachni Wars, Krogan Rebellions, Reaper War, Post-Apocalyptic War, and others.
Most of the Unified Command was either offworld or quickly evacuated offworld in 2211 CE when the Salarian Union surrendered to the Galactic Dominion upon its military defeat in Phase 1 of Operation Ghost Spear, where it would be taken to its new headquarters at Fort Befzenos on Thessia, allowing it to continue directing the battered but still fighting remnants of the Union military, now reformed into the Free Salarian Forces. All of the Unified Command was subsequently killed when an antimatter missile detonated nearby during the Dominion nuclear devastation of Thessia, causing a shockwave that compromised the facility, flooding it and drowning everyone inside. It was officially dissolved as an organization after the Union Defense Force was officially dismantled.