…the Spacefaring Military.
"About a month ago, FWS asked for topic ideas, and one that came across was an article exploring the size, organization, and logistics of a deep space military. At first, I was overwhelmed with having to research these topics, however, my mind would not let it go,finding the topic engrossing, and over a period of a few weeks, I had most of this written. It is all too common in military science fiction to over simplify these factors of a real military, either by not addressing it or using the high technology of sci-fi to solve these issues, much like the replicators of Star Trek. However, for most those authors interesting fleshing out a complete future spacefaring military picture, is blogpost is for you…so, pour a Blue Moon, and enjoy the read.
The term 'Military organization' is how the armed forces are structured involving everything from on how many troopers in a platoon, to rank structure, even to which division of the armed forces get what types of vehicles or guns. This by far is one of the toughest aspects for science fiction authors to accuracy portrayal in their fictional works. Forming a convicting overall organization framework for a deep space future military has caused most sci-fi authors to either dumb down the organization or simply ignore it. Sure, most authors and creators (like me), can research, but it is dumbed down and never lives up to the experiences of people that have served in the military. Then again, sometimes, military novels that deal in the complexity of a detailed explanation of military organization drown out the story like too much salt in a recipe.
There are two lines of thought on how a deep space military would be organized, the hard and the soft prospective on the science in sci-fi. In a hard science universe, where superluminal travel and communication are not possible, interstellar warfare is a slow, isolated and long proposition. Soldiers deployed to exosolar colonies will spent years under cryo, and the generals and politicians that sent them to that point of light in the sky would long dead (see the Forever War). Given the distance, this would make any commander of the taskforce the sole authority and interrupter of the original orders, much like a US nuclear submarine. It is also likely that the armed troop transport would be automated, much like the Sulaco, furthering the infantry officer's authority…"
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