United Systems Military (Earth-9471)

"Semper Vigilans"

- USM's motto (Latin Always Vigilant)

The United Systems Military (USM) is the military arm of the Unified Earth Government. Founded in 2569, the USM represents the unification of all military bodies on Earth to combat the increasing power of megacorporations. The USM became the unmatched power through the human colonies, a feat achieved following the fall of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in 2578 once their corruption and unethical experiments were discovered.

History
With the growing threat of the Insurrection and the outer colonies seeking independence from the nation-states that founded them, the United Nations realized the imminent extinction and dismantling of humanity and everything they achieved in the last five centuries, and thus formed the Unified Earth Government and its military body, the United Systems Military, comprising all the militaries from Earth and those found across human space to combat the militant powers of the Frieden and the Secessionist Union.

Following the collapse of Weyland-Yutani following the revelation they were involved in the destruction of New Alexandria and thus the deaths of thousands of civilians, the USM became the biggest human power across space, surpassing the power once held by the megacorporations and giving rise to a new, less-capitalistic, more-militaristic era.

By 2580, the USM commenced the secret Lazarus Project, which sought to clone the deceased Ellen Ripley aboard the research vessel USM Auriga, while the UEG itself remained without any knowledge of the illegal program.

Technology and equipment
The United Systems Military borrows many of its traits on the United States Colonial Marine Corps duo to its former status as the biggest military force across the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

USM soldiers wear navy blue colored caps, uniforms, jackets. Some officers wear jet black titanium helmets. Unlike the USCMC, USM soldiers do not employ hard body armor for protection, but instead rely on a much more nimble and agile uniform for movement and to carry heavy weapons that the Marines of decades before would be unable to.

Weapons
USM soldiers have access to a multitude of equipment that formerly belonged to the military organizations before they merged, including the M41A pulse rifle, the BR55HB battle rifle, the M4D pistol, the M90 shotgun. Newer weapons manufactured primarly for the use against xenomorphs and infected include the 99 Shockrifle, the Draco Double Burner (replacing the M240 flamethrower), the M6 magnum, and the zip gun.