Planetary Aerospace Defense

A Planetary Aerospace Defense (PAD) system is a collection of ground based elements designed to protect a planet (or part of a planet) from a spacebourne attack.

• It is part of a COACC system.

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Please see the following AAB articles for related information:

• Militaries of Charted Space (War in Charted Space)
  • Imperial Navy (IN)
    • Colonial Navy
      • Subsector Navy
      • Planetary Navy
    • Imperial Marines (IM)
    • Imperial Naval Intelligence (INI)
    • Naval Depot
  • Imperial Army (IA)
    • Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (COACC)
      • Planetary Aerospace Defense
    • Ground Force Command (GFC)
    • Nautical Force Command, a Wet Navy (NFC)
    • Sylean Rangers
    • Colonial Forces (Planetary Defense Forces)
  • Imperial Interstellar Scout Service (IISS)
    • Express Boat Network
    • Imperial Intelligence (ImpInt)
      • IISS Rangers
      • Rhylanor Taoiseach
    • Imperial Secret Service (ISS)
  • Mercenaries
    • Imperial Rules of War
    • Mercenary Slang
    • Repatriation Bond

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Description (Specifications)

In general, the systems consist of an Air force, a collection of flight capable vehicles some of which are orbital capable to enagage the enemy. These forces are known as Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (COACC) or just Aerospace Control Command (ACC).

• The air forces are supplimented (or in some cases supplanted) by ground based weapons systems, including planetary defense missiles, directed energy weapons, and the highly devastating deep Meson gun site.

History & Background (Dossier)

In the Third Imperium era PAD was considered the last line of defense, used only if the enemy had defeated the naval forces and system defense boats.

During the Hard Times era, where starships became rarer and more difficult to obtain, military strategy moved more toward utilizing the ground based forces for their defense. And once the Collapse had destroyed almost all of the remaining starships, ground based systems were all that were left.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science