The UEF

The United Earth Force (UEF)

Later known as the UECF (United Earth Colonies Force)

First appearance of UEF: Novel Grey Legacy

The UEF was established in 2012 to defend Earth and its interests without having to rely on Gaia Force. The UEF is comprised of various nations with the common goal of colonization and exploitation of the solar system's resources.

The UEF is located in Canada.

Nations presently belonging to the UEF : United States, Canada, Russia, China, South Korea and European Union (pending)

Criteria for joining:
Must possess a viable space program
Must contribute space worthy ship, alien or domestic. Full disclosure of alien technology information
Must follow UEF protocols

UEF Armstrong and Grey (E'lah) design ships

Type of technology: E'lah/Earth design ships (Hybrid)
Other ships in this category include the UEF Shepard (USA), UEF Liwei (China) and UEF Gagarin (Russia)

Size: 200 meters in diameter (660 ft)

Ship Layout

The top deck is deck 1. It houses a weapon’s bay and the shuttle bay. On the Armstrong, there is also a laboratory on this deck and a few living quarters.

Below, on deck 2, the central area houses the auxiliary stations and the main computer. The rest are living quarters

On deck 3 a section is reserved for the gym, the galley, and the lounge and observation bay. The rest are living quarters.

Deck 4 and 5 are mostly taken up by the main hangar bays as well as the warp drive. The bays’ height occupies the space of two decks. The central section of the ship also houses the weapons control, the bridge, ready rooms, conference rooms and command crew’s quarters.

Deck 6 is the main engineering deck.

Deck 7 houses the science stations and the security wing and sickbay.

Deck 8 houses the ship’s waste recycling plant. There is also a weapons’ bay.

Ship Design

The saucer ships are made up of five distinctive parts. The central section, the two-part top section and the bottom two-part section.

The top and bottom saucers each have an outer ring that spins when the ship is in flight mode. In take-off mode, the rings spin in opposite directions to each other. This generates an anti-grav field making the ship rise. Once the ship is space bound, the rings spin in the same direction. Upon reaching three-quarter light speed, the rings resume their counterclockwise motion creating an energy bubble around the ship. Once inside this bubble, the ship can achieve light speed. Matter cannot travel at such speeds, but the energy bubble can. The ship’s speed is zero in relation to its bubble and so, when the energy bubble attains light speed, the ship is carried along with it.

The hull and bulkheads of the ship are composed of semi-organic technology. It combines nanotechnology with organic nanites. To build such ships, each part must first be fashioned and when ready, immersed into a nano/nanites bath. The nano/nanites will grow on the object and consume it, but they will take its place and retain its initial properties. The object will now be composed solely of nano/nanites. If the object is damaged, the nano/nanites rebuild it from memory.

The Armstrong is the only ship in Earth’s fleet with a functional nano/nanites hull. All other ships’ nano/nanites died due to loss of energy. On these ships, their hull's self repair is non-functional.

Note: The Armstrong's layout may differ from that of other UEF ships of the same design because, unlike these, the Armstrong was not reconditioned from damaged vessels. Only its computer system has been reprogrammed to be manned by Humans. The other UEF vessels in this category were rebuilt primarily with a Human crew in mind.

Uniforms

The uniform consists of navy blue pants and grey jacket, coloured shirt, and shoes. No difference between men and women.

There are four types of uniforms; Command, Medical, Science/Engineering, Security.

The uniforms differ in that they have a different coloured line motif around the collar and epaulettes of the jackets and side lines of the pants. Those being...
Command: Red
Medical: Light Blue
Science/engineering: Gold
Security: Black
Furthermore, the shirts also are of the same colours however, the combination can vary. For instance, Chief Pak who is in command of security wears a security uniform but a command shirt, Chief Desmonts wears a engineering uniform and a command shirt and doctor Dugan wears a medical uniform and a command shirt.

Military ranks are visually differentiated by insignia based on the American Navy Military Ranks.

Other uniform: With the arrival of Nicci, a new post was created, Xeno Consultant. Since this post is still an unofficial UEF post, it is considered a civilian co-ordinate post and as such, no official uniform has been issued. Nicci usually wears a crewman uniform with a security shirt.

UEF Armstrong – USA
Senior officers (A shift) and uniforms

Command
Captain Andrew Erikson: White male, early forties.
Uniform: Command uniform and command shirt (red, red)
Executive Officer (XO) Commander Donald Connelly: White male, 50+ years old, grumpy
Uniform: Command uniform and command shirt (red, red)

Tactical and communications stations
Lt. Anna Chen: Asian, late twenties, rarely smiles (almost a female Spock)
Uniform: Command uniform and command shirt (red, red)

Helm and navigation stations
Lt. Marcie Deschannel: White female, early twenties, jovial (short hair)
Uniform: Command uniform and command shirt (red, red)

Weapons and security stations
Lt. Luther Martin: Black male, late twenties, maybe a small well trimmed beard
Uniform: Security uniform and command shirt (black, red)

Science and Engineering stations
Lt. Amanda Whitfield: Black female, early thirties, long tied hair
Uniform: Science uniform and science shirt (gold, gold)

Chief Medical Officer
Lt. Commander Nathaniel Dugan: White male, late fifties, some white hair, maybe glasses.
Uniform: Medical uniform and command shirt (blue, red)

Chief engineer
Lt Commander Wendell Desmonts: White male, late forties,
Uniform: science uniform and command shirt (gold, red)

Chief of Security
Lt. Commander Soo-Jin Pak: Asian female, stoic, long hair tied, (See Stephanie Jacobsen from Battlestar Galactica. In my mind, she is Chief Pak.)
Uniform: Security uniform and command shirt (black, red)

Xeno Consultant (XC)
XC Nicci: Nicci is a former guardian. She looks like she is made of gold. As a member of the Armstrong's crew, Nicci wears a uniform.
Uniform: Crewman uniform (no coloured motif) and security shirt (xxxx, black)

Crew

Command
Admiral Blain Tomlin
Captain Andrew Erikson
Executive Officer Commander Donald Connelly

Tactical and communications stations
Lt. Anna Chen (senior officer A shift)
Lt. Aaron Williams (senior officer B shift)
Ensign Dominic Mendez
Ensign Jennifer Parker

Helm and navigation stations
Lt. Marcie Deschannel (senior officer A shift)
LTJG John DiBatista
Ensign Jerry Mcfee
Ensign Pamela Shefferville

Weapons and security stations
Lt. Luther Martin (senior officer A shift)
LTJG Julia Desveraux
Ensign Renzo Bataglio
Ensign Matt Ravel

Science and Engineering stations
Lt. Amanda Whitfield (senior office A shift)
Lt. Michael Madison (senior officer B shift)
Ensign David Estrada
LTJG Taylor Johnson

Medical Officer
Lt. Commander Nathaniel Dugan (senior officer A shift)
Lt. Tommy Higurashi

Chief engineer
Lt Commander Wendell Desmonts (senior officer A shift)

Chief of Security
Lt. Commander Soo-Jin Pak (senior officer A shift)

Security
Ensign Halloway, Ensign Marquez, Petty Officer DeMarco, Jaworsky, McCormick , Terrell , Trenton

Other Officers
Andrews (Science), Carter (science), Lt. Todd (Medical), Ensign Baker (Medical)

Unofficial post
Nicci (Xeno consultant)

UEF Garnaud (Canada)

Type of technology : Reptilian/Earth design ships (Hybrid) Other ships in this category include the UEF Tereshkova (Russia), UEF So-Yeon (South Korea)

Other ships in the making

UEF Sally Ride (USA)
Type of technology: undisclosed

UEF Liu Yang (China)
Type of technology: Earth

UEF Bondar (Canada)
Type of technology: Hybrid

Ship Captains

UEF Shepard: Captain Robert Harris
UEF Liwei: Captain Ho Shin
UEF Gagarin: Undisclosed
UEF Tereshkova: Captain Ivan Bokaryov
UEF So Yeon: Undisclosed
UEF Garnaud: Undisclosed
UEF Sally Ride: Undisclosed
UEF Liu Yang: Undisclosed
UEF Bondar: Undisclosed