The crest of the Global Military Police.
The Global Military Police (GMP) was the law enforcement and internal intelligence wing of the United Earth Forces. A highly secretive organization, the GMP reported directly to the supreme commander of the Army of the Southern Cross.
They were responsible for maintaining discipline within the military forces of the United Earth Government and also made security checks of all personnel. In addition, they provided internal and external intelligence. The most elite division of the Government's military profile, the GMP often acts on its own without the approval or knowledge of their superiors.
History[]
The Global Military Police was founded sometime after 2014 during the Reconstruction Era. It was founded to serve as law enforcement while the RDF was being divided into the Robotech Expeditionary Force and the Army of the Southern Cross. They were beholden to the United Earth Command and had their own mechas and vehicles.
Sometime before the Second Robotech War, the Global Military Police became the main Intelligence Agency of the United Earth Forces and had a tense relationship with members of the Southern Cross who saw the GMP members as haughty and bullish while the GMP saw the pilots of the Southern Cross as either incompetent, unloyal and/or undiciplined.
When the Robotech Masters arrived on Earth to retrieve the Protoculture Matrix in 2029, thus starting the Second Robotech War, the GMP was tasked to both find ways to the fight invaders and keeping the pilots of the Southern Cross in-line, most notably Dana Sterling's 15th Tactical Armored Corps, who were known for being loose cannons. One member of the GMP, Nova Satori, grew to become very suspicious of them due to their supposed sympathy for aliens.
Like the Southern Cross, the GMP would suffer heavy losses during the last months of the war and its survivors were evacuated by the Earth Reclamation Force during the Invid Invasion of Earth in 2031.
Personnel[]
- Colonel Alan Fredericks
- 1st Lt. Nova Satori
- George Sullivan
Mecha[]
- QPR-19 Golem GMP-Enforcement Corps Autonomous Police Robot
- VM-1 MODAT
Behind the Scenes[]
According the novel Southern Cross, a journal by S. J. Fischer titled "Legion of Light: A History of the Army of the Southern Cross" indicates the importance and power of the GMP was attributable to the near feudal nature of Earth society in that time. The Global Military Police served as the only truly worldwide law enforcement agency that provided a check and balance on those who had access to Robotechnology. Thus, they had their own war machinery, combat forces and an intelligence network. Careers in the GMP provided a quick road to advancement though recruits had to say goodbye to outside friendships as such amenities would no longer exist for them.
The Robotech: Return to Macross comic series shows the GMP being present prior to the First Robotech War and being used for police duties on such sites as Macross Island.
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