The Weapons PS was the combat arm of the "Protective Squadron" or PS, an organ of the Rescist Party. The Weapons PS saw action throughout the Super Galactic War and grew from three regiments to a force of over 38 divisions, which served alongside the regular army, but was never formally part of the Republic army. It was Gregor Killist's will that the Weapons PS never be integrated into the Army: they were to remain the armed wing of the Party and were to become an elite police force once the war was over. For this reason, although operational control of the Weapons PS units on the front line was given to the Army's High Command, in all other respects they remained under the auspices of the PS organization headed by Han Sturm, and behind the lines these units were an instrument of political