Solar Fleet Deployments as of 2036 (35)

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Posted below are the national fleet deployments as of 2036.  As always, questions and comments are welcomed.  

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Alliance Navy, as of 2035
The Alliance Navy is officially based on Earth, however, the bulk of the fleet operates out of Mars orbit.  The Navy made this decision long ago to protect the fleet from the numerous ground-based launchers on the Earth.  In addition, both the Reich and the Alliance view their fleets, which orbit Venus and Mars respectively, as “second-strike” platforms.  Both Admiralties know that their fleets will survive any conflagration which envelops Earth, as do any possible enemies.  Even if their strategic defense systems are surprised or overwhelmed, the fact that both maintain overwhelming fleets in distant orbits ensures that a surprise attack will be answered with overwhelming force as soon as those fleets can return to Earth.  

The Alliance Navy, like the Alliance government, has a very Earth-centric viewpoint.  This attitude is pervasive, and has actually become more pronounced over the last few years, in spite of the establishment of at least one large out-system colony on New Boston and the discovery of a non-Human race in the distant reaches of the Alpha Cephi warp chain.  The reason for this is rooted in the ongoing situations within the USSR and the Japanese Empire, and the instabilities that these situations have caused in the international situation.  The ongoing problems in these nations have kept the Alliance’s leadership, both political and military, to focus on Earth-bound problems almost exclusively, and this is not likely to change in the near to mid-term future.    

The Earth-centric viewpoint of the Alliance Navy means that possible threats are evaluated and military goals are developed looking at Earth first, and in many cases, only.  A perfect example of this viewpoint can be seen in the way the Alliance government and military have reacted to the discovery of the Millungera Empire five jumps from Earth in the Alpha Cephi warp line.  The Alliance’s military planners have looked at the Millungera only from the viewpoint of how they will affect the balance of power between the Alliance and the other Solar nations.  In other words, the Alliance has not really evaluated the Millungera for the threat that they may present to the Alliance (or not present, as the case may be), but rather for their potential to destabilize the situation within the Solar system if they should initiate hostilities with the Alliance for some unknown reason.  

A second example of the Alliance’s Earth-centric view can be seen in its fleet deployments, and the reason for the deployments.  As noted above, the bulk of the Alliance fleet is stationed at Mars, however, there are several detachments located in other areas.  In particular, there are several fleet deployments related to New Boston, including a picket group stationed at the Alpha Cephi warp point in the solar system, and a single picket destroyer in New Boston orbit.  The thought process behind the positioning of these ships is illustrative.  These ships were not stationed in their current locations because of the intrinsic value of the Alpha Cephi system, or any threat to the Alpha Cephi system, but rather because of the way a threat FROM other Earth nations TO Alpha Cephi would affect Alliance Naval operations.  This is a subtle point, but important.  The Alliance’s planners always start with the situation on Earth and how it might be affected by actions outside the solar system, rather than independently evaluating the threat to and defense needs of the out-system colonies of the Alliance.  

Because the Alliance Navy’s attention is squarely focused on the Solar System, and thus primarily on operations within the Solar System, it has not “wasted” R&D and shipyard resources on the development and construction of combat jump-ships.  In spite of the Navy’s preoccupation with Earth, there are a growing number of officers, particularly those in command of operational units, who are dissatisfied with this hole in the Navy’s capabilities.  This counter-viewpoint has been growing ever since the discovery of the Millagran Empire.  In the aftermath of their discovery, the Navy came to the unpleasant realization that it was not capable of projecting Alliance military power to the Millagran system, should it become necessary.  Indeed, without combat jump-ships the Navy must either limit its operations to the systems connected by the jump gate network or it must “borrow” the Survey Command’s jump-ships, none of which are large enough to allow the Navy’s capital ships to transit a warp point.   While this awareness has been growing amongst the CO’s of the Navy’s ships and squadrons, there has been no change in the Navy’s official stance, nor is there likely to be any change, at least not in the near future.  

Currently, the Alliance Navy has no plans for large expansions or refits, however, the Navy did recently obtain approval for an expansion to its destroyer fleet, and at least one of the Alliance’s smaller yards is being converted to build the Admiral Mark 2.2 version destroyer.  Approval for this expansion is likely tied to the Senate’s exploration of the possibility of selling several of the older units of this class to the Indian Republic, which has recently become uneasy about its naval capabilities.  The Alliance Senate has approved a program to refit the Alliance Navy’s Tracker class scouts with improved sensors and enlarged engineering systems.  This program will likely begin sometime in 2037.

Alliance Fleet
Commanding Officer: Vice Admiral Christopher Sivertson
HQ Location: San Diego, California
Primary Fleet Anchorage: Mars Orbit

1st Battle Squadron
CO: Rear Admiral Karen Reichard
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 3xArleigh Burke class DN

2nd Battle Squadron
CO: Commodore James Schmied
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 3xArleigh Burke class DN

1st Cruiser Squadron
CO: Captain Geoffrey Bilodeau
Current Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 1xHero Mk 2 class CLE, 3xCity Mk 2 class CA

2nd Cruiser Squadron
CO: Commodore Terry Kukla
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 6xState Mk2 class BC

3rd Cruiser Squadron
CO: Commodore Paul Pagano
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 6xState Mk2 class BC

4th Cruiser Squadron
CO: Commodore William Toole
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 6xState Mk2 class BC

5th Cruiser Squadron
CO: Commodore Rey Gotch
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 5xState Mk2 class BC

6th Cruiser Squadron
CO: Captain Deshawn Ajello
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 2xCity Mk2.2 class CA, 1xCity Mk 2.1 class CA, 1xCity Mk 2 class CA

7th Cruiser Squadron
CO: Rear Admiral Heather Evangelista
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 4xCity Mk 2 class CA

1st Destroyer Division
CO: Captain Norberto Laver
Current Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 6xAdmiral Mk2 class DD

2nd Destroyer Division
CO: Captain Fidel Gass
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 8xAdmiral Mk2.2 class DD

3rd Destroyer Division
CO: Commodore Greg Allgood
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 2xAdmiral Mk2 class DD, 5xAdmiral Mk 2.1 class DD

4th Destroyer Division
CO: Captain Garth Saguhun
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 7xAdmiral Mk2 class DD

5th Destroyer Division
CO: Commander Mitchel Stark
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 6xAdmiral Mk2 class DD

1st Escort Division
CO: Commander Jewel Miskin
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 2xHero Mk 2 class CL

2nd Escort Division
CO: Commander Elouise Wuensche
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 2xHero Mk 2 class CL

3rd Escort Division
CO: Commander Breanna Reynoldson
Current Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 2xHero Mk 2 class CL

Alpha Cephi Picket Group
CO: Captain Darius Doggett
Current Location: The solar side of the warp point to Alpha Cephi
Composition: 1xCity Mk 2 class CA, 1xADmiral Mk 2.2 class DD, 1xAdmiral Mk 2.1 class DD

New Boston Picket Group
CO: Captain Kelly Stoica
Current Location: New Boston Orbit
Composition: 1xAdmiral Mk 2 class DD

Procyon Picket Group
CO: Scott Tucholski
Current Location: The solar side of the warp point to Procyon
Composition: 2xAdmiral Mk 2 class DD

Ships in Overhaul Status, Mars Orbit
1xArleigh Burke class DN, 1xHero Mk 2 class CL, 2xCity Mk 2.2 class CA, 1xCity Mk 2.1 class CA, 1xCity Mk 2 class CA, 2xAdmiral Mk 2 class DD

Ships in Training Status
3xArleigh Burke class DN, 7xHero Mk 2 class CL, 1xCity Mk 2.1 class CA, 2xCity Mk 2 class CA

Fleet Support Group
CO: Captain Norbert Prindall
Location: Mars Orbit
Composition: 4xFuel Master class Tanker, 2xUNREP class Support Vessels, 7xInvasion Mk 2 class Troop Transports, 6xTracker Mk 2 class Scouts

Orbital Defense Command
The Orbital Defense Command was originally staffed by Navy personnel, however, it was made into a separate organization in 2032 by the Alliance Senate.  
CO: Rear Admiral Abdul Meullion
HQ Location: San Francisco, Earth
Primary Anchorage: Earth orbit
Composition: 6xODB, 23xODB(African)

Survey Command
The Survey Command is a separate, civilian, service commanded by a Naval officer.  Most of the SC’s officers are also from the Navy, although an increasing number are graduates of the Survey Command’s Officer Academy at Edinburgh, England.  The Survey Command has a looser organization than the Navy, and as a result has several more or less unique oddities.  The Survey Command’s headquarters is more of an organizational and political command and has very little to do with operations, which is largely left to the commanders of the various operational groups.  This can be seen in the relative ranks of the overall commander of the SC, a Commodore, and some of its operational CO’s, one of which is a Fleet Admiral.  

Note: Fleet Admiral Douglass McMann, CO of the 1st Survey Group, is 78 years old and in poor health.  Fleet Admiral McMann has been involved in the Alliance’s survey efforts since the beginning of interstellar travel, and in fact, after serving as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 2010 to 2017 he requested reassignment to one of the new Magellan Solar Survey Vessels and participated in the history gravitic survey of the solar system.  Fleet Admiral McMann refuses to consider retirement, in spite of his health, and had his life-support bed transferred to his command ship, the Geo-Survey ship Hawkins, prior to its departure for the Procyon system.  The Admiral’s staff and the crew of the Hawkins are very loyal to the Admiral and refused to consider leaving without him, in spite of his occasional bouts of temper and gloom.    

CO: Commodore Burl Pagano
HQ Location: San Francisco
Primary Anchorage: Earth orbit

1st Survey Group
CO:  Fleet Admiral Douglass McMann
Current Location: In the solar system, en route to the Procyon system
Composition: 2xExplorer Class GeoSurv/JS, 4xGoddard class Grav-Surv
 
2nd Survey Group
CO: Commodore Florentino Campa
Current Location: Earth orbit, undergoing a major overhaul
Composition: 2xExplorer Class GeoSurv/JS, 2xGoddard class Grav-Surv

4th Survey Group
CO: Commodore Owen Eischens
Current Location: Tau Ceti
Composition: 2xExplorer Class GeoSurv/JS, 2xGoddard class Grav-Surv

Planetary Defense Command
The Planetary Defense Command has responsibility for the planetary surfaces of all Alliance possessions, out to low orbit.  To meet its responsibility for defending Alliance possessions, the PDC has control of numerous ground combat divisions and the great planetary defense centers that form the backbone of the Alliance’s strategic defense.  

CO: Fleet Admiral Hong Holt
HQ Location: Hutchison, Kansas, Earth

Alliance Strategic Defense Command
CO: Vice Admiral Colby Luchini
Location: Earth
Composition: 3xCommand Center class PDC, 7xStratDefCen Mk 1B class PDC, 7xMeson AM class PDC, 1xAMM class PDC

Mars Colony Defense Command
CO: Vice Admiral Sa, Deppe
Location: Mars Colony
Composition: 1xCommand Center class PDC, 3xStratDefCEn Mk 1B class PDC, 4xMeson AM class PDC, 2xAMM class PDC, 4xColonial Defense class PDC

New Boston Defense Command
CO: Commodore Gino Nono
Location: New Boston
Composition: 2xColonial Defense class PDC

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Reich Raumarine as of 2035
Unlike the Alliance Navy, the Raumarine has evolved over the last several years into a truly interstellar force.  With the addition of the Von Roeder class Dreadnought/Jump-ships to its order of battle, along with the Von Roeder(C) fleet command ship variant currently under construction, the Raumarine has the capability to project force anywhere in known space, regardless of the existence of a jump gate network.  This means that the Raumarine is the only human navy with this capability, putting them squarely in the forefront in terms of power-projection.  

This capability did not come without a price.  The Von Roeder class dreadnoughts required a truly awesome investment in R&D resources, and are actually less capable combatants than the smaller and cheaper Hessen class battleships due to their mass intensive jump drives.  The Reich has no ships that can match the Alliance’s Arleigh Burke class dreadnoughts on a one-to-one basis, but none of the other human governments have ships that can perform an opposed combat transit.  

While the Raumarine has become concerned that it has fallen behind the curve in terms of drive technology, now that the Russians have joined the Alliance in deploying internal confinement fusion drives, the Reich government is fairly certain that it has developed at least some capabilities that other nations have not.  Specifically, the Reich has recently completed a long-term R&D project on Mars that has given it the technology to deploy fighters, which are small craft in the 200-300 ton range that are extremely fast and hard to target.  The Reich’s Venus-based fighter construction factories have completed one eleven-ship squadron of fighters and are currently working on a second.  These new units have been developed and built under the heaviest security, and Reich Intelligence has not received any information that any of the other nations have figured out what the Reich’s factories are doing on Venus.  The Reich’s largest yards are being converted to produce the new Scheer class carrier, which can carry and support twenty-two of the new fighters.  These yards are the same yards that were building the Von Roeder class jump and command ships, meaning that the eight jump ships and three command ships built or currently under construction will be all that the Raumarine will have of these units for the foreseeable future.  

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Scheer class Carrier    16000 tons     1075 Crew     2420.8 BP      TCS 320  TH 1280  EM 1350
4000 km/s     Armour 4-56     Shields 45-300     Sensors 14/0/0/0     Damage Control Rating 7     PPV 5
Annual Failure Rate: 292%    IFR: 4.1%    Maintenance Capacity 662 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 5000 tons     Magazine 505    

IGF Magneto-plasma Drive  (16)    Power 80    Efficiency 0.60    Signature 80    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,080,000 Litres    Range 202.5 billion km   (585 days at full power)
Beta R300/9 Shields (30)   Total Fuel Cost  270 Litres per day

Anti-Msl Missile Launcher 01-010 (5)    Missile Size 1    Rate of Fire 10
AM Missile Fire Control  (1)     Range 1.7m km    Resolution 1
AMM mk 2 (505)  Speed: 32000 km/s   End: 39.1 minutes    Range: 75m km   Warhead: 1    MR: 10    Size: 1

Mk 2 AM Active Search Sensor  (1)     GPS 168     Range 1.7m km    Resolution 1
Mk 2 SM Active Search Sensor  (1)     GPS 3360     Range 33.6m km    Resolution 60
Mk 2 SM Thermal Sensor  (1)     Sensitivity 14     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  14m km

Strike Group
20x AF Type 1 Fighter   Speed: 11034 km/s    Size: 4.35
2x FS Type 1 Fighter   Speed: 11566 km/s    Size: 4.15

The Scheer class is an experiment for the Raumarine, and as of 2036 it has yet to develop a coherent strategy for its deployment.  In addition, the class is the result of a series of compromises, and no one is really happy with the result.  Nearly everyone anticipates that the Scheer class will be limited to a relative handful of units that will be used to develop fighter strategies and tactics for future carrier types.  


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AF Type 1 class Fighter    217.5 tons     17 Crew     60.6 BP      TCS 4.35  TH 24  EM 0
11034 km/s     Armour 1-3     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/0/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 1.5
Annual Failure Rate: 1%    IFR: 0%    Maintenance Capacity 44 MSP
Magazine 10    

FTR Magneto-plasma Drive  (1)    Power 48    Efficiency 60.00    Signature 24    Armour 0    Exp 25%
Fuel Capacity 10,000 Litres    Range 1.4 billion km   (34 hours at full power)

AM 1 Box Launcher (10)    Missile Size 1    Hangar Reload 7.5 minutes    MF Reload 1.2 hours
FTR Missile Fire Control  (1)     Range 16.8m km    Resolution 20
AMM mk 2 (10)  Speed: 32000 km/s   End: 39.1 minutes    Range: 75m km   Warhead: 1    MR: 10    Size: 1

This design is classed as a fighter for production and combat purposes

The Raumarine has developed the Type 1 Fighter using as much off-the-shelf components as possible.  The box launcher used for this class was developed for the Scharnhorst Anti-Missile Frigate, and the missiles for the launcher are the Reich’s standard anti-missiles.  

The armament for this class was determined only after a wide-ranging and bitter debate.  Many officers and engineers held out for the development of launchers capable of handling the Reich’s standard anti-ship missile, however, the low salvo size that would have resulted ultimately killed that plan.  An eleven fighter squadron (ten type 1’s and one scout) can launch one hundred AMM’s, a salvo size that at least has the possibility of overwhelming almost any target’s point defense capabilities, even if it won’t cause overwhelming damage.  


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FS Type 1 class Fighter    207.5 tons     23 Crew     85.1 BP      TCS 4.15  TH 24  EM 0
11566 km/s     Armour 1-3     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/0/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Annual Failure Rate: 1%    IFR: 0%    Maintenance Capacity 64 MSP

FTR Magneto-plasma Drive  (1)    Power 48    Efficiency 60.00    Signature 24    Armour 0    Exp 25%
Fuel Capacity 20,000 Litres    Range 2.9 billion km   (69 hours at full power)

FTR Active Search Sensor  (1)     GPS 3360     Range 33.6m km    Resolution 60

This design is classed as a fighter for production and combat purposes

The FS-1 (Fighter Scout) is intended to be an integral part of every fighter squadron.  Currently, the Raumarine is organizing squadrons with ten type 1 fighters and one FS-1 scout.  


Raumarine Deployments
Note: The Raumarine has a somewhat looser organization than the Alliance Navy.  The Raumarine is organized into primary Flotillas, from which operational groups are detached as needed.  Currently, the Raumarine has three primary flotillas, Earth Flotilla, Venus Flotilla, and Hamburg Flotilla.  Nearly all ships on detached duty for the Interstellar Exploration Groups and the picket groups have been detached from the Earth Flotilla.  

Raumarine Sol System Fleet
CO: Admiral Heidi Derg
HQ Location: Berlin, Earth
Primary Anchorage: Venus Orbit

Earth Flotilla
CO: Fregattankapitan Xavier Waldmann
Location: Earth orbit
Composition: 3xBlucher Mk 3 class CA, 2xScharnhorst Mk 2.2(AM) class FFG

Interstellar Exploration Group #1
Note: The Raumarine directly controls the Reich’s survey units, which are crewed by naval personnel.  All IEG’s are administratively assigned to the Earth Flotilla.  
CO: Kapitan zur See Emil von Lenssen
Location: Schweinfurt system
Composition: 1xHamburg Mk 2 class Jump Tender, 1xBlucher Mk 2 class CA, 1xScharnhorst Mk 2.2(AM) class FFG, 3xGeo Survey class Survey Ship, 3xGrav Survey class Survey Ship

Interstellar Exploration Group #2
CO: Kapitan zur See Hendrik Riehm
Location: Earth orbit, undergoing a major overhaul
Composition: 1xHamburg Mk 2 class Jump Tender, 1xScharnhorst MK 2.2 class FFG, 1xScharnhorst Mk 2.2(AM) class FFG, 2xGeo Survey class Survey Ship, 2xGrav Survey class Survey Ship

Interstellar Exploration Group #3
CO: Kontreadmiral Martin Arendt
Location: Earth orbit, undergoing a major overhaul
Composition: 1xHamburg Mk 2 class Jump Tender, 4xGrav Survey class Survey Ship
Note: IEG #3’s warship escort force was reassigned when it returned to Earth, and new escorts have not yet been assigned.  

Picket Group, Hamburg System
CO: Kapitan zur See Lena Hamburg
Location, Sol System, Warp Point to Hamburg system
Composition: 1xBlucher Mk 2 class CA, 2xBlucher Mk 2.1 class CA, 1xScharnhorst Mk 2.2(AM) class FFG, 3xScharnhorst Mk 2.2 class FFG

Venus Flotilla
CO: Kontreadmiral Rudolf Schrader
Location: Venus Orbit
Composition: 1xVon Roeder class DN, 15xHessen class BB, 4xKoln class Scout, 9xBlucher Mk 3 class CA, 2xBlucher Mk 3.1 class CA, 7xScharnhorst Mk 2.2(AM) class FFG, 36xScharnhorst Mk 2.2 class FFG

1st Fighter Squadron
CO: Kommodore Hans Voss
Location: Venus
Composition: 10xAF Type 1, 1xFS

2nd Fighter Squadron
CO: Korvettenkapitan Sigrid Sommerfeld
Location: Venus
Composition: 2xAF Type 1, 1xFS

Training Flotilla
Location: Sol inner system
Composition: 3xVon Roeder class DN, 1xBlucher Mk 3.1 class CA, 2xGraf Spee class CLE

Overhaul Group, Venus
Composition: 3xVon Roeder class DN, 2xBlucher Mk 3 class CA, 1xBlucher Mk 3.1 class CA, 1xBlucher Mk 2 class CA, 1xScharnhorst Mk 2.2 class FFG

1st Out-System Fleet:
CO: Kontreadmiral Rainer Teltschik
HQ: Earth

Flotilla, Hamburg
CO: Kontreadmiral Helmut von Altherr
Location: On exercises, Sol system
Composition: 10xBaden class planetary monitors

Planetary Defense Command
CO: Admiral Simon von Loffler
HQ Location: Berlin

Planetary Defense Command, Venus
CO: Vizeadmiral Ruth Schulz
Location: Venus Colony
Composition: 1xNational Defense Site, 1xAMM Site, 4xFrontier Missile Base

Planetary Defense Command, Earth
CO: Vizeadmiral Florian Stauffer
Location: Earth
Composition: 11xNational Defense Site, 1xSpecial Base, 7xMeson Defense Center, 2xAMM Site

Fleet Support Command
CO: Fregattankapitan Norbert von Giese
Detachment A
Location: En route to Nue Duisberg in the Iota Piscum system
Composition: 3xAlpha Mk 2 class Troop Transports, 1xAlpha Mk 2.1 class Troop Transport

Detachment B
Location: Venus orbit
Composition: 4xBremse class Support Vessels

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Imperial Japanese Navy
The IJN has not recovered since its loss of face during the 3rd Sino-Soviet War.  In the aftermath of the war and its failure to meet its goals, several senior officers were forcibly retired or committed suicide to atone for their failures.  While the command echelons of the Navy were locked in confusion and anger over the situation, the new government re-prioritized construction schedules to emphasize civilian ships such as the new Kuma class terraformers and the Kamikaze class construction ships.   The single new naval construction project that has been approved since the conflict is the desperately needed upgrade for the Zuikaku class destroyers.  Aside from that, though, all new naval construction projects proposed by the Naval Council have been either denied outright or delayed.  This situation is not likely to continue much longer, as even though the IJN is out of favor right now, the Imperial government is very aware that the IJN is a critical component of the Empire’s military might.  

The IJN’s primary focus is, of course, on Earth and its environs.  The bulk of the Empire’s citizens live on Earth, and the Empire’s primary competitors and enemies are there as well.  Like the Alliance Navy, the IJN primarily views its off-Earth deployments and security requirements from the point of view of the threats posed by other Earth nations, and the effects on Earth-bound situations.  This has led to an Earth-centric viewpoint that has further narrowed down to a Russian-centric viewpoint as the Empire has become more and more focused on the threat from the Russians and the opportunities to be gained by clashes with their northern neighbors.  The Empire does not perceive the Reich and the Alliance as credible threats as long as no direct provocation is given to either of the two major powers, as the leaders of the Empire feel that the other power’s democratic governments are incapable of responding to anything but a direct and open threat. The Empire does take the threat presented by the USSR very seriously, and is focused on countering any moves by the Russians both off Earth and on-planet, if necessary.  

Now that sufficient Kamikaze class ships have been built, and fifteen terraformers have been built or are under construction, the Empire is planning a significant change to its Naval capabilities.  Specifically, after examining the Navy’s performance during the orbital conflict stage of the 3rd Sino-Soviet war, the government has decided that the most important portion of any future war in space will take place in orbit around Earth, or very close to Earth orbit, just as it did with the recent war.  Therefore, their conclusion is that the Empire must maximize its orbital combat capabilities in order to succeed in the next war.  To maximize their orbital combat capabilities, the government’s planners, without input by the Naval Council, have decided that the best route is to construct ground bases capable of rapid fire missile launches, and the construction of heavily armored orbital weapons platforms capable of engaging enemy ships in near-orbital space.  The Navy has traditionally opposed both proposals, as the Council has wanted to maximize its mobile fleet strength and has seen orbital bases as an unwarranted diversion of fleet resources.  To further frustrate the Navy, the Imperial government has decided that the new orbital bases will be controlled and operated by the Imperial Strategic Defense Command.  

IJN Deployments
Imperial Japanese Solar Fleet
CO: Cho-sho Maubeni Kita
HQ: Tokyo, Earth
Primary Anchorage: Earth Orbit
Note: In 2011 Cho-sho Kita was the commander of one of the Empire’s first freighters.  Cho-sho Kita, then a Sho-i, participated in the Empire’s unsuccessful attempt to break the Alliance blockade of Mars.  Sho-i Kita was awarded the National Medal of Heroism for his actions off of Mars.

Beam Engagement Squadron
CO: Chu-I Mizutani Taree
Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 2xZuikaku Mk 3 class Escorts, 12xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escorts

Missile Engagement Squadron
CO: Cho-sho Noguchi Takuya
Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 20xKongo Mk 3 class CG, 5xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escort

Titan Picket
CO: Sho-i Komiya Genichi
Location: Titan Orbit
Composition: 1xKong Mk 2 class CG, 2xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escort

Gliese-204 Picket
CO: Cho-sho Marubeni Kita
Location: Sol system, warp point to Gliese-204
Composition: 1xKongo Mk 2 class CG, 2xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escort
Note: The Nagato class jumpship that is normally assigned to this unit has been detached to escort a group of freighters to the Kunamoto system.

Gliese-818 Picket
CO: Dai-i Miura Kinnori
Location: Sol system, warp point to Gliese-818
Composition: 1xNagato Mk 2 class Jumpship, 1xKongo Mk 2 class CG, 2xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escort

Units in Overhaul Status
2xNagato class jumpships, 1xAkagi Mk 3 class CA, 4xZuikaku Mk 3 class Escort

Units in Refit Status
4xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escort

Units in Training Status
3xAkagi Mk 3 class CA, 5xZuikaku Mk 2 class Escorts

Strategic Defense Command
The Strategic Defense Command is operated by the Imperial Army, which traditionally has had more influence within the government.  The Imperial Government takes considerable care to choose the commanders of the Command’s PDC’s very carefully, selecting for loyalty to the Emperor first and foremost.  

CO: General Uchida Takara
HQ Location: Tokyo, Earth

National Defense Network
CO: Tai-sa Sen Kasuga
Location: Earth
Composition: 14xHomeland Defense Center Mk2 class PDC, 3xMeson Defense Center PDC

Titan Defense Network
CO: Dai-i Kajitani Hirohisa
Location: Titan
Composition: 1xHomeland Defense Center class PDC

Imperial Survey Corps
CO: Sho-sa Hagiwara Juro
HQ Location: Tokyo, Earth

1st Survey Group
CO: Sho-sa Tayama Masuyki
Location: Earth orbit, undergoing a major overhaul
Composition: 1x Nagato class jumpship, 3xHyuga(P) class survey ships, 4xHyuga class survey ships
Note: The Nagato class jumpship is on loan to the Survey Corps from the Navy and is operated by a Navy crew.

2nd Survey Group
CO: Chu-i Eto Otondo
Location: Earth orbit, undergoing a major overhaul
Composition: 1xNagato class jumpship, 3xHyuga(P) class survey ships, 4xHyuga class survey ships

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Navy of the Indian Republic
The Indian Navy received a massive influx of resources in the aftermath of the Battle of the Comet, which resulted in a huge improvement in the Navy’s capabilities.  Unfortunately, since then, the Republic has given priority to its civilian construction projects, and to R&D projects that support the civilian sector, and the Navy has stagnated.  The last new cruiser for the Indian Navy was built in September, 2022, and none of the Navy’s ships have received upgrades to the latest drive technology, unlike the civilian sector’s freighters and transports.  

The result of this stagnation is predictable.  The Navy’s morale is poor, and its most capable leaders have left for more lucrative positions with the civilian shipping lines.  The Indian government no longer considers the Navy as anything more than a Search and Rescue force, and given the government’s current position of playing up the threat from the Soviet Union to obtain support from the Reich and the Alliance, the government has seen no reason to invest in modernizing or expanding the fleet.  Instead, the government has focused on building Earth’s second largest fleet of terraformers, a truly huge investment for the planet’s smallest economy, which has paid off in the reduction of the costs associated with the colonization of Ludhiana.  

Given the ongoing issues with the Soviet Union, the Republic’s government has become convinced that the Navy will have to be modernized and expanded, but is not yet willing to divert the resources necessary to do so.  Therefore, the Republic is currently in talks with the Alliance to purchase some destroyers and possibly even several cruisers.  

Indian Fleet Deployments
1st Fleet
CO: Vice Admiral Hiresh Singh
HQ Location: Mumbai, India

Orbital Guard Force
CO: Paramjit Singh
Location: Earth Orbit
6xRaiput Mk 2 class CA, 6xTabar Mk 2 class CA

Warp Point Picket
CO: Captain Ambuja
Location: Sol system, warp point to Gliese-754 system
Composition: 1xRaiput Mk 2 class CA, 2xTabar Mk 2 class CA

National Defense Group
CO: Rear Admiral Mareechi
Location: India, Earth
Composition: 1xNational Redoubt class PDC, 5xNirbik class PDC, 9xGomati class PDC

[Kurt (OP)]

The Soviet Navy
Very little was known about the Soviet Navy prior to The Event, and even less is known about the Soviet Navy as it currently stands.  All three of the USSR’s warship classes are being refit, and although the extent of the refit isn’t known, it is believed that at the very least the refit involves the replacement of the older engine designs with very modern internal confinement fusion drives.  Visual analysis of refitted Russian cruisers seems to indicate that the refits were limited to their drive spaces, however, such analysis would not reveal internal changes.  

The Russian Navy has not been particularly active since The Event, although that is slowly changing.  An increasing number of ships have been detached for what appear to be standard training exercises in the inner system, and what appears to be a patrol group has been dispatched through the Russian warp point at periodic intervals.  

Only operational groups are listed below, as none of the other nations has any real idea about the current organization of the Soviet Navy.

Soviet Solar Defense Fleet
Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 7xSverdlov Mk II class FFG

Ships in Training Status
Location: Inner System
Composition: 5xKirov MK VI class CA, 3xMoskva Mk IV class DE, 2xMoskva Mk III class DE, 5xSverdlov Mk II class FFG

Ships in Overhaul Status
Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 3xKirov Mk VI class CA, 2xMoskva Mk IV class DE, 2xMoskva Mk III class DE, 1xMoskva Mk II class DE

Ships in Refit Status
Location: Earth Orbit
Composition: 6xKirov Mk V class CA, 3xMoskva Mk II class DE

Note:
The Kirov Mk VI, Moskva IV, and Sverdlov III are the latest Soviet ship designs, and were developed and introduced after The Event.  All of the other designs were produced prior to The Event and have known capabilities.

[Beersatron]

Hey Kurt, was wondering if you were still running with this campaign or if 4.0Beta had made too many changes to make it playable in the same manner?

Same thing to Steve if he reads this, I 'hate' it when a good story stops!! ;)

[Kurt (OP)]

Hey Kurt, was wondering if you were still running with this campaign or if 4.0Beta had made too many changes to make it playable in the same manner?

Same thing to Steve if he reads this, I 'hate' it when a good story stops!!

This campaign is definitely still on.  I am playing around with 4.0b, but I'm sitll using 3.11 for th 6P campaign.  I'm way to into this campaign to let it die right now.  I'm most of the way through 2036, and the Alliance has met an alien race in an uninhabited system, and the Reich is prepping for an assault on Novara.  And the Japanese and what used to be the USSR are watching the major powers become preoccupied with out-system issues and are making their own plans.  

Kurt

[Exsellsior]

Far too interesting for an incompaible upgrade to bring it to an end.

I hope you have a backup on a sperate removable drive. You know how unreliable those early 21st century computers are.

[welchbloke]

Hey Kurt, was wondering if you were still running with this campaign or if 4.0Beta had made too many changes to make it playable in the same manner?

Same thing to Steve if he reads this, I 'hate' it when a good story stops!! ;)

This campaign is definitely still on.  I am playing around with 4.0b, but I'm sitll using 3.11 for th 6P campaign.  I'm way to into this campaign to let it die right now.  I'm most of the way through 2036, and the Alliance has met an alien race in an uninhabited system, and the Reich is prepping for an assault on Novara.  And the Japanese and what used to be the USSR are watching the major powers become preoccupied with out-system issues and are making their own plans.  

Kurt

That's good to hear Kurt, keep the fiction coming :)

[SteveAlt]

The Survey Command is a separate, civilian, service commanded by a Naval officer.  Most of the SC’s officers are also from the Navy, although an increasing number are graduates of the Survey Command’s Officer Academy at Edinburgh, England.  

Before reading any further, I thought I had better warn you about visiting Scotland in the near future. They might be slightly upset that you relocated their capital city to England

Steve

[Kurt (OP)]

The Survey Command is a separate, civilian, service commanded by a Naval officer.  Most of the SC’s officers are also from the Navy, although an increasing number are graduates of the Survey Command’s Officer Academy at Edinburgh, England.  

Before reading any further, I thought I had better warn you about visiting Scotland in the near future. They might be slightly upset that you relocated their capital city to England

Steve

Oops  

Kurt

PS: Scots, Englishmen, its all the same when you are looking at it from Alpha Centauri.

[SteveAlt]

Before reading any further, I thought I had better warn you about visiting Scotland in the near future. They might be slightly upset that you relocated their capital city to England

I thought it might be interesting to explain the somewhat confusing national politics of the of the UK . It may be time to start an English Nationalist party so we can gain independence from the UK

Wales is 8000 square miles and has a population of three million. It was conquered by the English in 1282. Scotland became part of the Union in 1707 although most Scots weren't too happy about it.

The United Kingdom includes Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) plus Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is 5300 square miles and has a population of 1.75 million.

When we come to sport it gets even more confusing. All four countries of the UK have their own football (soccer) teams and compete as separate countries in the World Cup and the European Championship. However, when it comes to Rugby, although England, Scotland and Wales have their own teams, the Ireland Rugby Team comprises players from both Nothern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (the latter is not part of the UK). The Irish cricket team is also chosen from both the North and South of Ireland. The English cricket team is actually an English and Welsh cricket team - there is no separate Welsh team - while Scotland has its own team, At the Olympics there is a British Team, although it is actually a UK team as some members are from Northern Ireland. The full name is the "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team". The Republic of Ireland has its own team without any members from Northern Ireland.

One last interesting note is that the Republic of Ireland allows its citizens to enlist in the British Army (actually the UK Army), even though it isn't part of the UK, so the Royal Irish Regiment includes members from both Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Steve

[Charlie Beeler]

Before reading any further, I thought I had better warn you about visiting Scotland in the near future. They might be slightly upset that you relocated their capital city to England :). Those Scots can be so touchy :)

I thought it might be interesting to explain the somewhat confusing national politics of the of the UK :)

England is just the one country, with a total land area of 50,300 square miles and a population of 51 million.

Great Britain also includes Scotland and Wales. Scotland is 30,000 square miles with a population of just five million. So although it is sixty percent the size of England, it only has one tenth of the population. Mainly because it is cold and they all moved here. There is also a Scottish conspiracy to take over the UK. The Prime Minister is Scottish, as is the second most powerful politician, the Chancellor of the Exchequor, and several other cabinet members. Even Tony Blair, the previous Prime Minister, was Scottish, although he did his best to hide it. He was born in Edinburgh. There is a also a Scottish Parliament which has considerable devolved powers. However, even though this body exists there are still Scottish MPs in the UK Parliament and they get to vote on laws that will be passed only in England while English MPs cannot affect many Scottish Laws. Even though this is plainly ludicrous, the current government is not interested in fixing it because they have the majority of those Scottish MPs and they wouldn't have a overall UK majority without them. Finally more public money is spent per capita on the Scots than the English. There is a powerful Scottish Nationalist Party which wants independence for Scotland. A recent opinion poll show that only 42% of Scots wanted independence but 58% of English voters wanted them to have independence :). It may be time to start an English Nationalist party so we can gain independence from the UK :)

Wales is 8000 square miles and has a population of three million. It was conquered by the English in 1282. Scotland became part of the Union in 1707 although most Scots weren't too happy about it.

The United Kingdom includes Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) plus Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is 5300 square miles and has a population of 1.75 million.

When we come to sport it gets even more confusing. All four countries of the UK have their own football (soccer) teams and compete as separate countries in the World Cup and the European Championship. However, when it comes to Rugby, although England, Scotland and Wales have their own teams, the Ireland Rugby Team comprises players from both Nothern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (the latter is not part of the UK). The Irish cricket team is also chosen from both the North and South of Ireland. The English cricket team is actually an English and Welsh cricket team - there is no separate Welsh team - while Scotland has its own team, At the Olympics there is a British Team, although it is actually a UK team as some members are from Northern Ireland. The full name is the "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team". The Republic of Ireland has its own team without any members from Northern Ireland.

One last interesting note is that the Republic of Ireland allows its citizens to enlist in the British Army (actually the UK Army), even though it isn't part of the UK, so the Royal Irish Regiment includes members from both Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Steve

And we won't talk about how the Manx fit in..... :D

[Beersatron]

Before reading any further, I thought I had better warn you about visiting Scotland in the near future. They might be slightly upset that you relocated their capital city to England :). Those Scots can be so touchy :)

I thought it might be interesting to explain the somewhat confusing national politics of the of the UK :)

England is just the one country, with a total land area of 50,300 square miles and a population of 51 million.

Great Britain also includes Scotland and Wales. Scotland is 30,000 square miles with a population of just five million. So although it is sixty percent the size of England, it only has one tenth of the population. Mainly because it is cold and they all moved here. There is also a Scottish conspiracy to take over the UK. The Prime Minister is Scottish, as is the second most powerful politician, the Chancellor of the Exchequor, and several other cabinet members. Even Tony Blair, the previous Prime Minister, was Scottish, although he did his best to hide it. He was born in Edinburgh. There is a also a Scottish Parliament which has considerable devolved powers. However, even though this body exists there are still Scottish MPs in the UK Parliament and they get to vote on laws that will be passed only in England while English MPs cannot affect many Scottish Laws. Even though this is plainly ludicrous, the current government is not interested in fixing it because they have the majority of those Scottish MPs and they wouldn't have a overall UK majority without them. Finally more public money is spent per capita on the Scots than the English. There is a powerful Scottish Nationalist Party which wants independence for Scotland. A recent opinion poll show that only 42% of Scots wanted independence but 58% of English voters wanted them to have independence :). It may be time to start an English Nationalist party so we can gain independence from the UK :)

Wales is 8000 square miles and has a population of three million. It was conquered by the English in 1282. Scotland became part of the Union in 1707 although most Scots weren't too happy about it.

The United Kingdom includes Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) plus Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is 5300 square miles and has a population of 1.75 million.

When we come to sport it gets even more confusing. All four countries of the UK have their own football (soccer) teams and compete as separate countries in the World Cup and the European Championship. However, when it comes to Rugby, although England, Scotland and Wales have their own teams, the Ireland Rugby Team comprises players from both Nothern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (the latter is not part of the UK). The Irish cricket team is also chosen from both the North and South of Ireland. The English cricket team is actually an English and Welsh cricket team - there is no separate Welsh team - while Scotland has its own team, At the Olympics there is a British Team, although it is actually a UK team as some members are from Northern Ireland. The full name is the "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team". The Republic of Ireland has its own team without any members from Northern Ireland.

One last interesting note is that the Republic of Ireland allows its citizens to enlist in the British Army (actually the UK Army), even though it isn't part of the UK, so the Royal Irish Regiment includes members from both Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Steve

Also, The Green and White Army (aka Northern Ireland Football Team) is the best in the British Isles ;) with the most prolific European Cup Qualifier goal scorer, David Healy!

There is just the minor point of us not qualify for the finals even though we had the best goal scorer, hah!