Jack of Harts

While Mississippi’s active military is largely volunteer, many of the lower enlisted ranks were convicted of minor offenses and allowed to choose military service over exile. The military trains them up to a minimum standard, often beating sense into the more spoiled examples, and then tries to find them menial jobs on Earth where they are least likely to hurt anybody, including themselves. They are not considered an active part of the military, and are primarily sent on ancillary missions. Most end up serving in disaster relief, especially when storms break through the hurricane barriers and make landfall. Most make their inevitable return to civilian life after their terms run out, but some decide to stay on longer. And some of Mississippi’s best officers started their military career on that path before mustanging their way into the command or flag ranks over time.