Avalon Defense Front

The Avalon Defense Front (New Mesan: Avala Paruru Mua, APM; ADF) is a New Mesan militia that serves as the Northern Nation's armed forces. It is the only official native military organization on Avalon and the only native military to utilize modern military equipment, which has been provided by the Sol Defense Corps.

The ADF consists of an Army and an Air Force which each follow a different organizational structure. The ADF's army consists primarily of loosely organized garrisons of soldiers, with each garrison having different organizational structures from one another. The ADF's air force, meanwhile, takes after the Sol Defense Corps Navy's Naval Air Arm and has organized squadrons.

The military equipment of the ADF is largely derived from the equipment of the Sol Defense Corps, with some former Dominion equipment.

History
The Avalon Defense Front was established in January of 2115 by the United Nations as a native militia to help fight the Dominion's Crusaders. However, by September of 2115, the creation of what would become the Northern Nation created a question among both Natives and the United Nation's General Assembly; What will the military forces of the nation be? Up until then, the ADF operated as a branch of the Sol Defense Corps. An argument was made by the New Mesan tribes and the UNGA both for and against the adoption of the ADF as the new nation's military. On one hand, the militia was already well established and had some experience in war; On the other, there was no formal leadership or military infrastructure for the ADF.

In late October of 2115, however, an agreement was made between the tribes and the United Nations. The ADF would operate from SDC bases, as the land of said bases were to be leased out to the United Nations. The SDC would also assist in the building of ADF bases in Northern Nation villages for garrison.

With the start of the Avalonian Civil War in late 2115, the ADF would, once again, experience war and find itself neck deep in corruption. The fate of the ADF's partnership with the SDC wasn't certain until March of 2116, when the ADF and SDC began weeding out members of the Tamariki a Anahera.