The Keeper Fleets

"We were founded to uphold the laws. It is all we know and it is what we will do to the fullest extent." - A Keeper Centurion in an opening statement to new recruits.

The Keeper Fleets is one of the galactic law enforcement forces patrolling the Sanctinus Galaxy.

History
The Keeper Fleets were established at about the same time as the Fairfax Rebellion when the Gatekeeper Imperium was suspecting the Fairfax Rebels were perhaps established on another world using interstellar travel to send their rebel forces to the First Gate. Originally intended to capture and judge the rebels and other criminals in the stead of the courts of the Gatekeeper Imperium, they were ostracized by the Imperium for failing to capture the rebels who escaped with one of the two active fleets belonging to the Keepers.

After failing to repel the ambush in Fairfax terrritory, the Keeper Fleets exiled with their ships to weather the hazards of the galaxy with no support. After the Fairfax Kingdom had established its territories, the Keeper Fleets gained a neutral purpose to both nations: to enforce the laws of whichever nation whos territory they flew in. This goal eventually expanded to the Blue Nova Republic and the Tunguska Conglomerate after their formation.

While still respected in the Gatekeeper Imperium, they are not actually an official arm of the Imperium. They are instead a law enforcement military group who enforce every law of the local territory on every individual, even on officials and local law enforcement. And because they always enforce the laws to specific details, they've been known to carry out executions of criminals when local laws warrant it, even though the local courts have expressed their interest in detaining said criminals and wanted to implement alternate punishments.

Pathfinder Comparisons
As an organization, the Keeper Fleets are the Sector Wars incarnation of the Hellknights.