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==Overview==
==Overview==
The Empire has not had an Imperial navy since the days of [[Emperor Barabbas]].  
Until recent years, the Empire had not had an Imperial navy since the days of [[Emperor Barabbas]].  


Each navy represents a large force of warships, capable of acting indepedently. They are able to venture into the seas, and potentially even traverse the trackless oceans. A navy is harder to maintain than an army - while a platoon of new recruits can swell the numbers of a damaged military force on land, repairing and replacing damaged ships requires more specialist facilities.
A navy represents a large force of warships, capable of acting independently. They are able to venture to sea, but they cannot cross open oceans due to the difficulty of keeping a navy together while out of sight of the coast. A navy is harder to maintain than an army - while a platoon of new recruits can swell the numbers of a damaged military force on land, repairing and replacing damaged ships requires more specialist facilities.


Navies can fight at sea, but they can also transport an [[Imperial army]], or support land engagements in a limited way. A navy must be [[Imperial_army#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Armies|supported]] in the same way as an Imperial army, and counts towards the maximum number of armies that a given nation can maintain.
Navies can fight at sea, but they can also transport an [[Imperial army]], or support land engagements in a limited way. A navy must be [[Imperial_army#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Armies|supported]] in the same way as an Imperial army and counts towards the maximum number of armies that a given nation can maintain.


As with soldiers in an Imperial army, sailors who are part of an Imperial navy are fed and billeted by the civil service but are not paid in coin. These volunteers have signed up for two years Imperial Service - they are trained and equipped and then assigned to an Imperial navy. if they choose to leave the navy at the end of that period they receive payment in land from the Empire (equivalent to a level one farm).
As with soldiers in an Imperial army, sailors who are part of an Imperial navy are fed and billeted by the civil service but are not paid in coin. These volunteers have signed up for two years Imperial service - they are trained and equipped and then assigned to an Imperial navy. If they choose to leave the navy at the end of that period they receive payment in land from the Empire (equivalent to a level one farm).


Each Imperial army is commended by an [[admiral]]. While admirals are chosen by [[Senator|Senators]], once appointed the admiral has sole authority to [[orders|order]] the navy to move or attack as they choose.
Each Imperial navy is commanded by an [[General#Admiral|admiral]]. While admirals are chosen by [[Senator|Senators]], once appointed the admiral has sole authority to [[Navy_orders|order]] the navy to move or attack as they choose.


==Army Size==
==Navy Size==
To allow players to make sensible and meaningful comments about the capability of their armies, each navy has a fighting strength (usually 5000). This number represents the effective fighting force of the navy in terms of both ships and combat-capable personnel - equivalent to 5000 raw recruits. The civil service uses complex day magic to quantify the effective fighting force of both armies and navies, providing this IC information to the Imperial admiral who commands the navy. This is an assessment of the impact the navy will have during an engagement; it takes into account warships, deck-mounted weapons and other equipment, marines, battle-trained sailors, and the ease with which the ships communicate with each other. The civil service only provide the admirals with precise information on the actual fighting strength, since this is the critical number needed to make effective strategic decisions.
To allow players to make sensible and meaningful comments about the capability of their armies, each navy has a fighting strength (usually 5000). This number represents the effective fighting force of the navy in terms of both ships and combat-capable personnel - equivalent to 5000 troops. The civil service uses complex day magic to quantify the effective fighting force of both armies and navies, providing this IC information to the Imperial admiral who commands the navy. This is an assessment of the impact the navy will have during an engagement; it takes into account warships, deck-mounted weapons and other equipment, marines, battle-trained sailors, and the ease with which the ships communicate with each other. The civil service only provide their assessment of the fighting strength of a navy to the admiral who controls it.


Barbarian navies are usually larger than Imperial navies, but tend to lack cohesive communications or command structures meaning that in practice their fighting strength is usually similar.  
Barbarian navies are usually larger than Imperial navies, but tend to lack cohesive communications or command structures meaning that in practice their fighting strength is usually similar.  


As a navy takes [[casualties]] its fighting strength drops. An navy whose fighting strength falls below 1,000 is destroyed as the remaining vessels sink with all lives lost.
As a navy takes [[casualties]] its fighting strength drops. A navy whose fighting strength falls below 1,000 is destroyed as the remaining vessels sink with all lives lost.


===Special Quality===
==Special Quality==
Unlike an Imperial army, Imperial navies do not have a special [[army qualities|quality]].
At present the Empire can only raise navies with the potential to have large hulls; which allows them to transport increased numbers of soldiers. The [[Construct_Zemress_Naval_Academy|School of Brass and Blood]] in [[Madruga]] undertook the research into how other nations have built and equipped their ships following a vote of Freeborn fleet owners at the Autumn Equinox 384YE. The Empire remains lacking the centuries of knowledge enjoyed by the shipwrights of the [[Grendel]], the [[Asavean Archipelago|Asaveans]], and the [[Sarcophan Delves]].
 
===Large Hulls===
* '''Can use the ''transport them all'' order'''
* '''Can use the ''get everyone home'' order'''
A navy with large hulls is able to transport many more soldiers than a regular armada. This is not simply a quality of the size of the vessels - transporting an army involves moving a vast amount of food, weapons and armour all of which must be carefully ballasted to ensure that the vessels remain seaworthy and do not risk capsizing. A navy carrying two armies is restricted in battle, because the ballast and rigging make it far less maneuverable.
 
<box>'''<big>Transport Them All</big>'''
* '''Can transport up to two armies in a single season .'''
* '''Casualties inflicted by this navy are decreased by a tenth.'''
* '''Otherwise identical to the Shore Offensive order'''
An admiral who instructs their ships to ''transport them all'' can carry two armies for the season. All the ships in the navy will be heavily laden making them less manoeuvrable when attacking other ships, meaning they inflict a tenth fewer casualties than normal. This order is otherwise identical to the [[Navy_orders#Shore_Offensive|shore offensive]] order.</box>
 
<box>'''<big>Get Everyone Home</big>'''
* '''Can transport up to two armies in a single season.'''
* '''Otherwise identical to the Defend the Coast order.'''
An admiral who instructs their ships to ''get everyone home'' is able to carry two armies for the season. The navy will set sail for a friendly port so that the armies onboard can be unloaded safely and quickly when they reach their destination. This order is otherwise identical to the [[Navy_orders#Defend_the_Coast|defend the coast]] order.</box>


==Senate Commissions==
==Senate Commissions==
The [[Imperial Senate]] can pass a [[Senate motion|motion]] to create a new Imperial navy, or to resupply an existing navy.
The [[Imperial Senate]] can pass a [[Senate motion|motion]] to [[commission]] a new Imperial navy, or to resupply an existing navy.


===Costs===
===Costs===
* Materials: 250 [[Imperial_Bourse#Mithril|weirwood]].
* Materials: 200 wains of [[weirwood]] and 75 thrones
* Time: 1 year to construct
* Time: 1 year to construct
* Upkeep: 50 Thrones per season.
* Upkeep: 50 thrones per season.


===Recruitment===
===Recruitment===
All Imperial navies must use recruits drawn from a single nation. Each nation can only physically support a [[Imperial armies#Maximum numbers of Imperial armies|limited number of forces]] at one time; this number cannot be exceeded.
All Imperial navies must use recruits drawn from a single nation. Each nation can only physically support a [[Commission#Maximum_numbers_of_Imperial_Forces|limited number of forces]] at one time; this number cannot be exceeded.


A navy can only be constructed in a region with the ''Coastal'' quality that contains an active [[great work]] in the form of a dock or shipyard. At the moment, only the docks at [[Madruga#Atalaya|Atalaya]] allow the construction of an Imperial navy. The great work does ''not'' have to be in a territory from the same nation as the navy will belong to.
A navy can only be constructed in a region with the ''Coastal'' quality that contains a [[shipyard]]. It is worth noting that the shipyard does ''not'' have to be in a territory from the same nation as the navy is raised from.


When the navy is complete a new [[Imperial title]] of [[admiral]] is created in the [[Imperial Military Council]]. Appointment follows the normal constitutional process (human admirals are selected by the senators of the nation) and re-appointed each year after that.
When the navy is complete a new [[Imperial title]] of [[General#Admiral|admiral]] is created in the [[Imperial Military Council]]. Appointment follows the normal constitutional process (admirals are selected by the senators of the nation) and re-appointed each year after that.


A newly created Imperial navy is at its maximum strength of 5,000. It begins play docked in the territory where it was raised.
A newly created Imperial navy is at its maximum strength of 5,000. It begins play docked in the territory where it was raised.
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The strength of an Imperial navy declines as it suffers casualties. While a navy can slowly resupply and reinforce itself over time, the Senate can pass a motion to provide the navy with additional resupply. The navy to be resupplied must be in a friendly territory with a ''Coastal'' region, and may not be engaged with any enemies.  
The strength of an Imperial navy declines as it suffers casualties. While a navy can slowly resupply and reinforce itself over time, the Senate can pass a motion to provide the navy with additional resupply. The navy to be resupplied must be in a friendly territory with a ''Coastal'' region, and may not be engaged with any enemies.  


Further details of how an Imperial navy can be resupplied by the Senate can be found [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply|here]].
A navy cannot resupply in a territory in which there is an ongoing damage effect such as [[Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea]].  


<box>'''Emergency Resupply Paragraph'''
Further details of how an Imperial navy can be resupplied by the Senate can be found [[Casualties#Navy_Resupply|here]].
A navy cannot normally regain strength while in a contested territory. To be resupplied, a campaign navy must be in a territory controlled by it's allies, and not engaged by an enemy force at any point during the season.


An navy cannot be resupplied above it's maximum fighting strength normally 5,000 (7,500 for a large army).
===Enlargement===
The Senate can contribute resources to increase the strength of an existing navy, making it [[Imperial armies#Large armies|large]]. It takes three seasons and costs 50 wains of weirwood and 150 crowns each season until complete (for a total cost of 150 wains of weirwood and 450 crowns). The navy can continue to operate, sailing and fighting as normal, while it is upgraded. The additional fighting strength is added to the navy when the enlargement is complete.


'''Natural Resupply'''
==Upkeep==
If an Imperial navy spends the entire season in an Imperial controlled territory with a dockyard without being involved in a campaignpresent then it automatically recovers 500 strength.
Although the sailors and marines in an Imperial navy are not paid for their service, a navy still costs a huge amount of money to operate. Each Imperial navy costs 50 thrones per season, paid for from the [[Imperial Senate]] budget. A large navy costs 75 thrones per season.
'''Emergency Resupply'''
The Imperial Senate may pass a motion to authorize the purchase of additional materials - in the form of weirwood or mithril - to speed up the resupply of an Imperial navy. These materials represent repairs to existing warships as well as new vessels, shipboard weapons, food and materials for the ships and their crews, and other supplies. This represents a concerted effort by the Empire to bring the target army back up to full strength. Emergency resupply, like natural resupply, takes a season to complete.


Unless the Senate imposes additional restrictions, a senator authorized to oversee the resupply of a specific Imperial navy can do so freely for a year following the passage of the motion.
==Fleets==
 
Some wealthy or powerful citizens maintain their own independent [[fleet]] of vessels. These units can be attached to a navy to increase its effective fighting strength. This is done by the orders of the fleet's commander (submitted using the personal resource downtime system).
In a single season, the first 50 wains of weirwood restore 20 army strength for each wain allocated. The next 50 wains provide an additional 15 army strength each. The next 50 wains provide an additional 10 army strength - and so on. The rate of emergency resupply resets each season so weirwood spent in a subsequent season is not affected by earlier actions. </box>
 
==Upkeep==
Although the sailors  and marines in an Imperial navy are not paid for their service, a navy still costs a huge amount of money to operate. Each Imperial navy costs 50 Thrones per season, paid for from the [[Imperial Senate]] budget.


==Military Units==
The experienced and capable vessels in a starting fleet provide an advantage out of proportion to their numbers, adding the equivalent of 100 strength to the navy they support.
'''At the moment, it is not clear if you can assign personal resources to assist a navy, nor what kind of resources you would use (fleet or military unit)'''
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The first Imperial navies were constructed during the time of  [[Emperor Barabbas]]. During his reign, the Empire raised three Imperial navies; the [[Highguard|Highborn]] '''Basilisk Arisen''', the [[The Brass Coast|Freeborn]] '''Golden Fleet''' and [[the League|League]] '''Hullbreakers'''. All three were lost during the disastrous attempt to invade the [[Grendel]] territories, during which the Emperor himself perished.


==Current Navies==
In 379YE, [[the Brass Coast]] constructed the [[The_Brass_Coast_military_concerns#The_Freeborn_Storm_.28Destroyed.29|Freeborn Storm]], the first navy since the loss of the Barabbine Armada. It was in turn [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#To_Fool_The_Crowd|destroyed]] by the Grendel shortly before the Winter Solstice 381YE.
There are no Imperial navies at this time. In the time of Emperor Barrabas, the Empire raised three Imperial navies; the [[Highguard|Highborn]] '''Basilisk''', the [[The Brass Coast|Freeborn]] '''Golden Fleet''' and [[the League|League]] '''Hullbreakers'''. All three were lost during the disastrous attempt to invade the Grendel territories.


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{{Military Council Further Reading}}


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Latest revision as of 20:24, 4 July 2024

Overview

Until recent years, the Empire had not had an Imperial navy since the days of Emperor Barabbas.

A navy represents a large force of warships, capable of acting independently. They are able to venture to sea, but they cannot cross open oceans due to the difficulty of keeping a navy together while out of sight of the coast. A navy is harder to maintain than an army - while a platoon of new recruits can swell the numbers of a damaged military force on land, repairing and replacing damaged ships requires more specialist facilities.

Navies can fight at sea, but they can also transport an Imperial army, or support land engagements in a limited way. A navy must be supported in the same way as an Imperial army and counts towards the maximum number of armies that a given nation can maintain.

As with soldiers in an Imperial army, sailors who are part of an Imperial navy are fed and billeted by the civil service but are not paid in coin. These volunteers have signed up for two years Imperial service - they are trained and equipped and then assigned to an Imperial navy. If they choose to leave the navy at the end of that period they receive payment in land from the Empire (equivalent to a level one farm).

Each Imperial navy is commanded by an admiral. While admirals are chosen by Senators, once appointed the admiral has sole authority to order the navy to move or attack as they choose.

Navy Size

To allow players to make sensible and meaningful comments about the capability of their armies, each navy has a fighting strength (usually 5000). This number represents the effective fighting force of the navy in terms of both ships and combat-capable personnel - equivalent to 5000 troops. The civil service uses complex day magic to quantify the effective fighting force of both armies and navies, providing this IC information to the Imperial admiral who commands the navy. This is an assessment of the impact the navy will have during an engagement; it takes into account warships, deck-mounted weapons and other equipment, marines, battle-trained sailors, and the ease with which the ships communicate with each other. The civil service only provide their assessment of the fighting strength of a navy to the admiral who controls it.

Barbarian navies are usually larger than Imperial navies, but tend to lack cohesive communications or command structures meaning that in practice their fighting strength is usually similar.

As a navy takes casualties its fighting strength drops. A navy whose fighting strength falls below 1,000 is destroyed as the remaining vessels sink with all lives lost.

Special Quality

At present the Empire can only raise navies with the potential to have large hulls; which allows them to transport increased numbers of soldiers. The School of Brass and Blood in Madruga undertook the research into how other nations have built and equipped their ships following a vote of Freeborn fleet owners at the Autumn Equinox 384YE. The Empire remains lacking the centuries of knowledge enjoyed by the shipwrights of the Grendel, the Asaveans, and the Sarcophan Delves.

Large Hulls

  • Can use the transport them all order
  • Can use the get everyone home order

A navy with large hulls is able to transport many more soldiers than a regular armada. This is not simply a quality of the size of the vessels - transporting an army involves moving a vast amount of food, weapons and armour all of which must be carefully ballasted to ensure that the vessels remain seaworthy and do not risk capsizing. A navy carrying two armies is restricted in battle, because the ballast and rigging make it far less maneuverable.

Transport Them All
  • Can transport up to two armies in a single season .
  • Casualties inflicted by this navy are decreased by a tenth.
  • Otherwise identical to the Shore Offensive order
An admiral who instructs their ships to transport them all can carry two armies for the season. All the ships in the navy will be heavily laden making them less manoeuvrable when attacking other ships, meaning they inflict a tenth fewer casualties than normal. This order is otherwise identical to the shore offensive order.
Get Everyone Home
  • Can transport up to two armies in a single season.
  • Otherwise identical to the Defend the Coast order.
An admiral who instructs their ships to get everyone home is able to carry two armies for the season. The navy will set sail for a friendly port so that the armies onboard can be unloaded safely and quickly when they reach their destination. This order is otherwise identical to the defend the coast order.

Senate Commissions

The Imperial Senate can pass a motion to commission a new Imperial navy, or to resupply an existing navy.

Costs

  • Materials: 200 wains of weirwood and 75 thrones
  • Time: 1 year to construct
  • Upkeep: 50 thrones per season.

Recruitment

All Imperial navies must use recruits drawn from a single nation. Each nation can only physically support a limited number of forces at one time; this number cannot be exceeded.

A navy can only be constructed in a region with the Coastal quality that contains a shipyard. It is worth noting that the shipyard does not have to be in a territory from the same nation as the navy is raised from.

When the navy is complete a new Imperial title of admiral is created in the Imperial Military Council. Appointment follows the normal constitutional process (admirals are selected by the senators of the nation) and re-appointed each year after that.

A newly created Imperial navy is at its maximum strength of 5,000. It begins play docked in the territory where it was raised.

Resupply

The strength of an Imperial navy declines as it suffers casualties. While a navy can slowly resupply and reinforce itself over time, the Senate can pass a motion to provide the navy with additional resupply. The navy to be resupplied must be in a friendly territory with a Coastal region, and may not be engaged with any enemies.

A navy cannot resupply in a territory in which there is an ongoing damage effect such as Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea.

Further details of how an Imperial navy can be resupplied by the Senate can be found here.

Enlargement

The Senate can contribute resources to increase the strength of an existing navy, making it large. It takes three seasons and costs 50 wains of weirwood and 150 crowns each season until complete (for a total cost of 150 wains of weirwood and 450 crowns). The navy can continue to operate, sailing and fighting as normal, while it is upgraded. The additional fighting strength is added to the navy when the enlargement is complete.

Upkeep

Although the sailors and marines in an Imperial navy are not paid for their service, a navy still costs a huge amount of money to operate. Each Imperial navy costs 50 thrones per season, paid for from the Imperial Senate budget. A large navy costs 75 thrones per season.

Fleets

Some wealthy or powerful citizens maintain their own independent fleet of vessels. These units can be attached to a navy to increase its effective fighting strength. This is done by the orders of the fleet's commander (submitted using the personal resource downtime system).

The experienced and capable vessels in a starting fleet provide an advantage out of proportion to their numbers, adding the equivalent of 100 strength to the navy they support.


The first Imperial navies were constructed during the time of Emperor Barabbas. During his reign, the Empire raised three Imperial navies; the Highborn Basilisk Arisen, the Freeborn Golden Fleet and League Hullbreakers. All three were lost during the disastrous attempt to invade the Grendel territories, during which the Emperor himself perished.

In 379YE, the Brass Coast constructed the Freeborn Storm, the first navy since the loss of the Barabbine Armada. It was in turn destroyed by the Grendel shortly before the Winter Solstice 381YE.

Further Reading

Core Brief

Additional Information

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