- Space Corps (comics)
The Space Corps of 2000AD's
Judge Dredd strip are a professional international army which deals with conflicts and peacekeeping away from Earth. They have appeared in several stories, most notably "Judge Dredd: Mandroid" and its sequel.They have been primarily shown fighting alien menaces off-world.
Judge Dredd Megazine story "Warzone" showed them being used as an occupying force on aspace colony to prevent it gaining independence, constantly fighting against local insurgent groups.When Space Corps soldiers are severely wounded, they will sometimes be turned into cyborgs: nicknamed "Mandroids", they are highly powerful and designed solely for combat. They also have genetically engineered soldiers, with "Warzone" showing an early, primitive-minded version of the Genetic Infantry program from "
Rogue Trooper ".They have never been shown to be a branch of any Justice Department. Spin-off series "The Corps" showed an off-world team of
Mega-City One Judge-Troopers named the Corps that are used in highly destructive combat operations, as well asblack operations such as trying to end a Sino-Cit/Kleggs alliance; it has never been explained what relationship they have with the Space Corps.
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