Forum:TCM/SMC/GDF

Okay, I've been looking at a number of different sources (articles, reviews, etc), and I think I've got the progression here figured out.

Follow me on this:
 * The Strogg attack humanity on Earth, forcing existing governments to form the Global Defense Force; a military body created with the purpose of halting the Strogg on Earth, and ultimately reclaiming the entire planet. That's Quake Wars.
 * At some point, Human military forces on Earth, Europa, and Mars come together as the Terran Coalition of Man, either replacing the GDF completely, or maintaining the GDF as its earthbound defenders. The TCM continues fighting the Strogg, eventually launching an attack on Stroggos itself, which is the subject of Quake II. (A piece by one of the writers for Quake II makes reference to an even earlier assault that was a complete disaster, with no survivors.)
 * Although Bitterman was successful at taking out the Big Gun, Makron, etc, the Strogg are still a threat and Stroggos is far from neutralized. So, the TCM groups for another attack and sends its premier combat force - the Space Marine Corps - to finally take Stroggos.

In other words, the SMC is a branch of the Terran Coalition of Man, much as the UNSC Marine Corps is a branch of the United Nations Space Command Defense Force. Opinions, comments, arguments? Auguststorm1945 22:40, December 3, 2010 (UTC)