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| - The High Guard Fleet Organization is the name for the structure of the Systems Commonwealth military fleet. The High Guard has traditionally been charged with the defense and exploration of the entire Local Group, an area of the universe quadrillions of cubic light-years in size. Because of several factors, such as the sheer number of ships, missions, and distance between ships, the command organization behind the High Guard's fleet organization is rather flexible, but is still a complicated hierarchical system with definite rank roles. Since the distance between fleets and individual ships is vast even when they are close, and couriers traveling in Slipstream can still take days or weeks to relay their message, each regional commander is given discretion to do what he sees fit in the area in every aspect. Because of the obvious potential for abuse, each commander is rigorously trained and monitored by the Commonwealth.
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