Most Csye fringeworlds, located in the border regions of their realm, are recently established colonies, with small populations and little economic power. Still, doctrine is to establish a people´s militia upon arrival, and all colony ships carry a store of weapons and equipment procured when the ship left port. Over time, this equipment wears out and is replaced by locally produced gear, which leads to the rag-tag appearance this soldier displays.

Various standard-pattern camouflages are adapted for the needs of the colony, and gear is modified and adjusted to suit the environment. Weapons are generally easy to maintain, simple types, and most militias are normally used to hunt predators, reinforcing police and disaster relief actions.

Rarely, they have to fight, but if they do, they can rely on the same advanced command and control network professional combat priories use: the system comes integrated into the base suit, and can be updated as necessary. Because of this, despite generally lacking in training and equipment, militias can be hard hitting foes, fighting guerillia style warfare: many a pirate thinking a csye colony an easy target has met their fate at the hands of these citizen warriors.

Once a colony establishes their professional military, militia equipment is placed in storage, and the organization is disbanded for all intents and purposes, it´s command structure transferred to the emergency relief services usually established around the same time.