Space Corps (Judge Dredd)
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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 a space 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 as black operations such as trying to end a Sino-Cit/Kleggs alliance; it has never been explained what relationship they have with the Space Corps.
