The main space military force of the Terran Accord. When Terra fell & the Human Domestication Treaty was signed somewhere under half of the remaining Space Navy refused armistice and continued fighting under the banner of various Free Terran ideologies.
They committed atrocities against the Rinans (the first xenospecies the Terran Accord encountered), including an attempt to glass (use weapons that melt the surface of a planet into glass like nuclear weapons) parts of the surface of their homeworld of Nyrina. Commonly believed to be an attempted ‘revenge’ for the Rinan government asking the Affini Compact for help. They didn’t succeed more than a bit thanks to quick action from the nearest Affini Compact Armada.
Groups of ships are called “fleets”