United Nations Space Command (Grizzlei)

"Per audacia ad astra"

- Motto of the United Nations Space Command (Latin for "Through boldness to the stars")

The United Nations Space Command (UNSC; also known as the Colonial Forces) is the unified armed service of the United Earth Government. It consists of a uniformed military and a non-combatant civilian component. With its mandate as a military force, the UNSC is to maintain interstellar defenses of Earth's colonial territories from domestic and foreign aggressors. Galactic colonization, diplomacy, and exploration efforts and scientific practices and endeavors are entrusted to a well-trained organization of military and civilian personnel.

The UNSC is a civilian-controlled agency headed by the President of the Colonies as Commander-in-Chief. Day-to-day operations are overseen by the Ministry of Defense, a federal department headed by the Secretary of Defense, a civilian member of the President's executive cabinet.