High Guard

The High Guard is a fictional military organization in the TV series Andromeda and shows from Star Trek like, Star Trek Ressurection, Star Trek Ressurection: Sundance, and Star Trek Ressurection Red Squad.

History
Its origins can be traced back to a legendary Valerian male warrior, General Huascar Nax Yoweri, whose campaign of conquest across the three Galaxies produced the Vedran Empire. The general's personal guard, lieutenants and other retainers and assistants formed the nucleus of the High Guard, which quickly grew to be the Empire's official military force.

Initially open to only male and female Vedran members, the High Guard admitted recruits from other races when enlistment began to decrease. This move was seen as the first step towards the Vedran Empire becoming the Systems Commonwealth.

Organization
High Guard Intelligence is just like Starfleet, but different. It operates a massive space fleet, consisting of every type of starship known to military science: deep standoff attack ships, frigates, destroyers, science vessels, couriers, corvettes, Lancer Corps troop transports, and so on.

Complementing High Guard Intelligence is the Home Guard, a type of National Guard planetary defense force. Each Systems Commonwealth member world has its own contingent of Home Guard personnel used to defend the galaxy from space villains who threatens to destroy it.

Restored High Guard
After the Nietzschean rebellion which laid waste to the Commonwealth, Veteran Captain Dylan Hunt attempted to rebuild his government, and a new High Guard was formed. Initially composed of standing navies and marines from the restored Systems Commonwealth's member worlds, the new High Guard is gradually inching its way up to the level of the old, though it is expected to take decades (if not centuries) to reach such levels. Years after High Guard was restored, a former Starfleet cadet joined High Guard Intelligence and becomes the Captain of the Victorious Victory.

Ships

 * Victorius Victory: Star Trek: Ressurection USS Victory. Victory-class
 * Sweetest Sundance: Star Trek Ressurection: Sundance USS Sundance. Victory-class
 * Valiant Ascendant: Star Trek Ressurection: Valiant USS Valiant Red Squad training ship. Primarily crewed by cadets after high casualties among original crew. Victory-class.