Fleet

The Fleet Regular Seal is stars and planet on a Fleet Eagle, with starbases

The United Alliance Fleet is the space navy of the Pelted Alliance, a quasi-military operation with bigger guns than traditions; their activities are similar to the Coast Guard's throughout most of their initial history. Officers are trained at the various campuses of Fleet Academe; Fleet Headquarters is in orbit around the planet Selnor.

Mission and Scope of Activities

To Discover and Preserve

Fleet is charged with several activities, including:

• Investigation of piracy and criminal activity that crosses borders

Composition

Karaka'an make up the most frequent race in Fleet, followed by Harat-Shar and then Hinichi.

Divisions

Current Fleet ratio of soldier to staff is 1:6. Fleet members are expected to chart their own course up the ranks, whether their ultimate goal is captaincy, scientific research, or being the ship's chef.

• Command
• Logistics & Personnel
  • Finance
  • HR
  • Records
• Medical & Psychiatry
  • Recreation
  • Food
  • Health/Gym/Personal Training/etc
  • Religious Corps
• Engineering & Maintenance
  • EVA Inspection
  • Alternate Environmental (water environment, vacuum, etc)
  • Robotics
  • Hydroponics
• Science & Systems
  • IT
• Communications and Protocol
  • Ambassadorial
• Navigation & Galactic Mapping
  • Exploration
• Tactics & Arms
  • Security

Admiralty also includes:

• Recruiting & Teaching
• Research & Development
• Intelligence
• Building/Fleet Assets
• Assignments (who goes where, when)
• Public Relations
• Strategic Council

Allied Agencies

• Fleet Investigation Agency ("To Protect and Observe")
• First Voice ("To Serve and Speak")
• Ground Forces ("To Serve and Defend")
• Special Forces
• Terran Space Navy

Fleet Vessels

Ship Classes

Fleet Ship Classes

Shuttles

• Recurve Class Shuttles

Assets

The Fleet also builds and maintains all the sector starbases. Currently there are about 15,000 ships in service in Fleet. Fleet encompasses warships, warcruisers, and all smaller craft meant for battle and exploration, or support of those functions such as shiptenders.

Shakedown is defined as the run from the builder's dock to an assigned base and back. The first cruise after shakedown is known as the First Vigil.

Awards

The Copper Sickle: awarded by Fleet to civilians who were substantial assists in a Fleet mission.

Personnel

Admirals

• Newell, the White Admiral (human).
• Matthew Brighthaven, former Commandant of the Fleet Academe (human).
• Terrell Shirrelberry, logistics (Tam-illee).
• Laphlynri, Asanii.
• Maegwin Highmountain, female Hinichi
• Unknown, Hinichi. The Night Admiral.
• Bruce Canby, Seersa, Personnel. Improbably pretty, impeccably groomed.
• Jamais Beson, Office of Exploration. Human male, aggressive black hair with age lines scoring his caramel skin, dark and pebble bright eyes.

Captains

• Dimitri Everen, UAV Sunshield

History

Something here about origins. Probably can pull a chunk out of 'About Fleet' at the back of the Stardancer books.

Early in the history of Fleet, officers were called "the Accord's swords," though that kind of sobriquet is considered quaint in the modern Fleet. Though the old tradition of honor duels is not practiced anymore, officers still have swordplay as part of their standard training.

The program of borrowing humans from the Terran Space Navy is relatively recent, and went along with a series of amendments to the Fleet Manual, not all of which were popular.