Crimson Armada

The Crimson Armada (Traditional Sonand:"Carmesím Armadiqué") is a Type IId Galactic Power (Military Junta) bordering the south of the Galactic Concordat, east of the Tri-Empire, as well as west of the Void-Fang Corporation. Covering an area of approximately 52,000 Ly² (4,000 Pc²), it hosts approximately 50 systems with populations greater than half a billion. The Armada's capital of Tytanica, a cold, methane-rich moon, lies within the star system of Iranus. The Crimson Armada's capital and most populous system is Iranus, with the second and third most populous systems being Trepin and Korwie respectively.

Unlike other Galactic Powers, the Crimson Armada is a nation primarily focused on maintaining and operating voidfleets in order to deter large threats. This has given the nation both a reputation of expert tacticians and combat forces, but also is seen resembling a dictatorship. Regardless of ones opinion, the Crimson Armada is seen as a necessity to prevent Reaver invasions, large scale wars and other matters of the sort.

Demographics
According to the Armadian Census of 200 ACW, the total population of the Crimson Armada was 45,911,128,293. The most densely-populated world of Trepin Prime has an average population density of 280 individuals per square kilometer. The most widely-used and national language and is Standard Sonand, but Traditional Sonand and various other languages are commonplace.

Below lists a pie chart of all races currently of Crimson Armada nationality;



The Crimson Lance
In the year 834 BCW, a Human male by the name of Reyuis Crimson had established a space fleet centered around the Isolated Human Colony of Eracustas. This new fleet, dubbed the Crimson Lance, had made promises to bring a new age for the people of Eracustas, one without violence or heavy bureaucratic orders. It was then that Crimson instated himself as the Admiral of the Crimson Lance, and persuaded others to his cause. Now at the time, this wasn't anything unusual, as thousands of factions existed within 30 Light-years of Eracustas alone. However, the Crimson Lance fought for a better galaxy, one with less conflict and suffering.

Initially, the Crimson Lance was a raider faction, raiding cargo fleets of corrupt mega-corporations and empires. Overtime however, the Crimson Lance had operations based in at least 5 other systems outside of Sedaurus. It was around this time that Age-Inhibitors were invented, and Reyuis Crimson subsequently had surgery to implement this new device, slowing his aging considerably.

The Lance Incursion
In 692 BCW, a new Vice-Admiral was elected as Reyuis Crimson's Second-In-Command, after the previous Vice-Admiral died of food poisoning. The new Vice-Admiral was a Human male by the name of Hertalli Bacara. Initially the Admiral and his new SIC got along fairly well, agreeing upon most topics concerning fleet tactics. However, Crimson found himself lost against his lust and greed for power. In due time, he drafted outrageous plans deemed too dangerous by other members of the Armada, but Crimson did not care. Bacara noticed this early on and discretely told his command chain about the occurrence, and planned to overthrow the now-tyrannical Reyuis Crimson.

A New Armada
Independence from the Crimson Lance was declared by Hertalli Bacara in 602 BCW For the first few years, most of the Lance saw Hertalli's Resistance as traitorous, but those thoughts were pushed away as Reyuis Crimson went through more and more dangerous means to crush the resistance. Overtime, more and more of the Lance's members defected to Hertalli's Resistance, in which they were given drastically better conditions.

In terms of conflict, Hertalli's Resistance consisted of a few controlled worlds, which were blockaded by captured and locally-produced warships, in addition to Ground-to-Space (GTS) Ballistic Missile emplacements on the surface. Both of these factors proved difficult for Reyuis to make a breakthrough on these worlds. In addition to blockades, Hertalli's Resistance also used raiding tactics upon convoys within Crimson Lance space, cutting off supply-lines to major worlds and systems.

In 590 BCW, the most important event of the entire Civil War took place upon the Resistance-protected world of Sarzvect. Here, Lance ships broke through the blockade and landed troops on the surface to capture the planet's capital. Sarzvect was moderately-temperate, badland world that had exceptional oil reserves that were then used by both powers as a means of power generation. Both sides knew that this world would be important, but little did they know; that it would ultimately be the most bloodiest battle of the entire war. Thus began, the Siege of Sarzvect.

The time for a battle there soon came as an entire armada of Lance ships broke through the blockade of Sarzvect; landing thousands of troops on the surface to besiege the capital city. Hertalli responded by bringing himself, along with 10,000 Resistance fighters, combatting against the 12,000 troops Reyuis had sent. However, the Resistance had the home-field advantage, and made use of it to its fullest. Sure, the Lance could've just bombarded Sarzvect from orbit, but the oil reserves were too important to ignore.

For almost 5 months of near-constant bloodshed, the Resistance were finally able to push back against the Lance from the city's outer walls. In the days that followed, the survivors on the Lance's side either deserted or surrendered to the Resistance. Some were lucky enough to defect to the Resistance.

In the year following the Siege of Sarzvect, many more Lancean Fleets were destroyed, and more Lance-controlled worlds fell to Hertalli Bacara's Resistance. The final battle would come when the bulk of the Resistance fleet encountered the CLS Crimson Lance, a massive dreadnaught and Reyuis' flagship. After the 9-day-battle that ensued, Resistance troops were able to board the Crimson Lance, along with Hertalli Bacara himself.

And then, on the bridge of the burning Crimson Lance, on 588 BCW, Hertalli Bacara executed Reyuis Crimson for his crimes against humanity.

From that day forward, Hertalli Bacara took control of the Crimson Lance, forming into the new Crimson Armada. And later, on a former Lancean Armory on the Icy Moon of Tytanica, now serving that purpose for the Crimson Armada, the Phoenix Convention took place for trail involving former members of the Crimson Lance for warcrimes. It would later end with the signing of the First Phoenix Accords, a universal outline for how all future conflicts should be carried out.

The First Reaver Crusade
Very quickly it became apparent that the Reaver species were violent, barbaric and pure evil, even to hostile powers like that of today's USSP. Due to this, Grand Admiral Hertalli Bacara called together his various Admiral, Planetary Governors, and Politicians to discuss mass military action against the Reaver Clan’s.

The General agreement was that a “crusade” was to be called, so that the Galaxy at large could be a safer one. The term "crusade" was a term dating back to the ancient Golden Age, roughly meaning "grand conflict" or "grand war". Thus the first shots were fired on the 2nd day of 325 B.C.W.

It was recorded the Armada fielded well over 12,000 Ships of varying classes against the Reaver ships, which were thought to have numbered somewhere in the range of 15,000 Ships.

At first the Armada struggled to push the Reaver’s out of their Clan’s Territories, however a man by the name of Admiral Augustus Khan recommended the Armada let the Reaver’s come to them, and so the Admiral defended the Derelict shipyard of “Reaver’s Run”.

In the battle the Admiral had only 12 ships yet managed to stave off an attack of 50 Reaver Ships, and for this he was hailed as a Military Icon in the Armada, an example of their collective military prowess.

Eventually, after 5 years of conflict, the Crusades ended after several thousand Reaver ships were destroyed, and countless Reaver held planets bombed to ashes. There was no official end or peace treaty to the First Reaver Crusade, as Reavers cannot be reasoned with. But most sources can agree that the conflict ended when the Reavers were ultimately driven out from Concordat and Armadian space.

Nevertheless, the First Reaver Crusade would be a reference to all the subsequent Reaver Crusades in the future.

Pre-Civil War Period
The Pre-Civil War Period was marked with an increased build up in Armadian Culture, Militarism and Fleet Strength. Due to the recently formed "Three Faction Coalition", who were extremely belligerent to the Armada, The Prime Minister of the Armada Ordered that mass fortifications be built on the outer-worlds of Armadian Space. This saw a massive build up of Armadian Fleets on the border of Armadian Space, which further aggravated the already belligerent Coalition Forces.

During this time, a large force of Reaver Clans made an assault into Void-Space Corporation (VSC) and Armadian controlled systems to the Galactic South. Thus, Grand Admiral Bacara declared the Second Reaver Crusade. Unlike the First, the Second Crusade lasted far shorter (only seven months), as the Reaver forces were vigorously and unsuccessfully attacked defensive positions in the aforementioned assault zone. At was an overwhelming Armadian-VSC victory in the end.

After the Armada had formed the now new "Galactic Concordant", the Coalition were extremely angry, seeing this as an infringement upon their sovereignty, Although the Armada simply wished for Peace and Democracy in the Concordant Space, not that of a puppet or satellite state.

This Coalition, was made of three Stellar States. The Toron Empire, The Arien Ascension, and a large corporate state, the Void-Space Corporation.

Each of these Stellar States, were unique in their own right, with the Toron Empire being similar to the Armada, as they were highly Militaristic and a very Proud Faction, The Arien Ascension being Religious Zealot's, and the Void-Space Corporation a powerful Corporate State that was hell bent on studying the properties of Void-Space.

These Factions together sought to Dominate the Galaxy in their own way, with only the Armada standing in their path.

The Galactic Civil War
The first shot of the Galactic Civil War was fired on October 31st, 0 ACWǂ at the border of Toron Imperial Space of Vitaly Prime of the Vitaly System, when a medium size Armadian Fleet was engaged and heavily damaged by the main fleet of the Toron Empire. The Commander of the Armadian Fleet ordered immediate retreat into Armadian Held space. This prompted the Toron Main Fleet to pursue the smaller Armadian fleet.

The distress signal of the 4th Battle Fleet reached Armadian Space in what would be the early morning. This would prompt for the 2nd Battle Fleet under Fleet Admiral Codek Black to immediately meet the Toron Fleet in the first real battle of the conflict, The Battle of the Canara System. This battle would end in Armadian Victory due to the combined strength of the 2nd Battle Fleet, and the unnamed Armadian patrol fleet.

The Toron Fleet would not properly recover from the early battle of the Canara System, and would act more as a support fleet to the rest of the 3 Faction Coalition for the remainder of the war.

Soon after the Toron Defeat at Canara, The Arien Ascension decided now was the time to strike at the heart of the Armada. They would launch one of the largest combined offensives against the Armadian Border, Simply called "The Western Offensive". As the Galactic Concordat watched the massive bloodshed they prepared to mount their own offensive against the Toron Empire, and Void-Space Corporation. This offensive would show the competency and strength of the Concordian Navy against that of the Coalition Navy, cementing the reputation of the Concordat as a Galactic Power.

The Coalition knew that they would have to turn the war around. To do this they intentionally used an archaic practice, even for those days. The Coalition used Void-Space Nullifiers to all but halt the Blitzkrieg of the Armada, and the rapid advance of the Concordat. This is what historians agree caused the civil war to drag on for nearly 45 years, as instead of using Void-Space to travel into the territory of the Coalition, the Armada and Concordat had to "siege" their space, which caused mass famine among the populous and troops of the Coalition Powers, as they were not able to import food or supplies.

During the war, another Reaver incursion into known space took place, initiating the Third Reaver Crusade. Fleets and Armies were even further divided and reallocated to deal with the Reaver threat, which they were thankfully able to drive out in three years time.

In the last month of 44 ACW, The Coalition collapsed internally, falling to their own civil wars and rebellions due to the lack of food and the poor quality of life in their borders.

The Leader of these Rebels would sign the Second Phoenix Accords, ceding the territory to the new governments that sought to bring back peace to the Galaxy, forming what would become of the Void-Fang Corporation, and the Union of Socialist Soviet Planets. In the signing of the Second Phoenix Accords, the Armada banned the use of Void-Space Nullifiers not only in war, but as a whole, with the punishments being severe even by Armadian standards if one was caught using them. Leading to almost all nullifiers being destroyed after the war. Arien worlds sought membership with the Galactic Concordat after it was deemed that their wartime doctrines and laws violated many Concordial and Galactic social standards, of which were drastically changed.

Since the Civil War, the former Arien worlds have prospered much more than they had under rule of the Arien Ascension, and soon members of the Arien species were represented in Concordat politics, and even membership in the Crimson Armada.

ǂ - Year Zero is considered the same for both BCW and ACW Timelines, as the year for when the first shots of the Galactic Civil War were fired.

Aftermath of the Civil War
The after-math of the Civil War would be fraught with political instability at first, with the formation of the massive Corporate State of the VFC, the formation of the Communist Dictatorship of the USSP.

After a few years however, the Galaxy remained mostly peaceful, with the Armada and Concordat keeping the peace between the various small and large factions dotting the galactic map. Though a few small wars and skirmishes took place, the relative peace allowed for the Armada to further strengthening it's already impressive navy to over 25,000 War-Ships of the Heavy-Frigate, Destroyer, Cruiser and Battle-Cruiser Class Ships.

The Concordat would also re-vitalize it's navy, gaining strength close to that or exceeding the Armada in strength, which served to make Grand Admiral Bacara only more proud of the Democratic Power.

However this would not last, as soon the 4th and final Reaver Crusades would occur, drowning the Galaxy in blood once more.

The Fourth Reaver Crusades
The Fourth Reaver Crusades were marked as a particularly bad time for the Armada, They had just been recovering from the devastating effects of the Galactic Civil War which had happened in the prior years. The economy of the Galaxy, along with the living conditions outside of the Armadian held space were poor.

This was only made more unbearable for the various citizens living in border planets near Reaver-Held Space. In the year 223 A.C.W, A massive convoy of Reaver ships, numbering in the several hundreds, made their way to the Armadian border planet of Ferromur Prime, where they would meet it's defense fleet, The Armadian Fleet stationed there was in command by Admiral Arctus of the 19th Battlefleet, though relatively unknown, he was a skilled commander and was able to hold the planet with his fleet.

However, he did sustain heavy losses. This sent a message to the Armada, that the Reavers had already re-gained their numbers from the prior Crusades, and that another Crusade was long overdue. Despite protests from the Void Fang Corporation, who stated that another set of Reaver Crusades would damage the Galatic economy, the Armada declared a Crusade against the Reaver's 2 Years later, in 225 A.C.W.

This time, the Armada employed Blitzkrieg tactics against the Reaver's, encircling massive Reaver Fleets, stations and Planets. Due to the utter brutality the Reavers unleashed upon the Armada 2 Years prior (War-Crimes including Torture, Rape, systematic sterilization ect.), The Armada refused to take prisoners, and would gun down any survivors. The only exception was to capture Reavers to study their out of the ordinary physical attributes.

The 4th Crusades formally ended 5 years later, As the Armada had cleansed most of the Reavers out from the surrounding systems, killing millions of them in the process.

The Huang Di War
In the years following the end of the 3rd and 4th Reaver Crusades, the Armada and the Galaxy as a whole breathed a collective sigh of relief thinking the majority of the conflict and blood shed would end. However with the destruction of a small Armadian Patrol Fleet and most notably the destruction of the TCA Silver Dawn, these hopes started to diminish as a hostile new species calling themselves "The Huang Di Hegemony". These unknown Xeno's would brutally kill and transform several Armadian crew members from the destroyed TCA Silver Dawn, and turn them into either food or to make more of themselves, the process itself is unknown.

In the year 232 A.C.W Hertalli would full mobilize the Crimson Armada once again, maneuvering massive amounts of ships, munitions, and infantry into the outer portions of Armadian territory. These ships and troops would form the infamous "Armadian Defense Line" which was infamous for being a graveyard for any invading forces that sought to conquer the powerful Armadian Navy. Over the next several months, the Huang Di would attempt several incursions into Armada space as they sent thousands upon thousands of ships into Armada territory for them only to perish in the process.

As the war is on-going, it is unknown what will happen or who will win, but what is known is that this will be the bloodiest war in a long list of bloody wars the Galaxy has seen.

Government and Politics
The Stellar State of the Crimson Armada is, as classified by the Thynicken Scale of Sapient Civilizations, a Type IId Galactic Power. The Armada itself is a Military Junta, meaning it is led by a committee of military leaders. Despite this, the Crimson Armada allows it's sovereign planets and systems some degree of autonomy, in which they are allowed to have elections, law enforcement and taxes of their own. The planets and systems under Armadian rule, however, are required to follow the Edict of Iranus and pay taxes to the state.

The Grand Admiral, currently Hertalli "Nova" Bacara, is the head-of-state, as well as commander of the armed forces. His Second-In-Command is Fleet Admiral Codek "Manticore" Black, and will take charge of Bacara's position should he die or be otherwise indisposed. There can only be three individuals in the Armada with the rank of Fleet-Admiral, which are advisors and respected members of the Admiralty in their own right.

After the core of the Armada formed by the Grand Admiral and his three Fleet-Admirals, the rest of the Armada is structured into separate but equal branches dedicated to different functions of the Armada. The Grand Army of the Armada concerns the ground troops for planetary operations and their logistical aspects. The Admiralty Council orchestrates the movements and operations of the Voidfleets and Navy.

Foreign Relations
The Crimson Armada has a network of 28 diplomatic missions abroad, and maintains relations with the Tri-Empire, the Void-Fang Corporation, as well as the Kvtyyyran Separatist Movement. The Crimson Armada is a member of the Solar Alliance Treaty Organization (SATO) and a beneficiary of the Sedaurus-Iranus Trade Agreement of 540 BCW. The Armada is currently in a Cold War with the Union of Socialist Soviet Planets (USSP).

Armed Forces and Navy
For more info, see Armadian Military

The Naval Doctrine for Armadian Voidships involves "quality over quantity", and this is seen clearly in every kind of voidship the Armada services. They tend to use traditional fleet tactics, with a selection of frigates and destroyers protecting a captial ship in the center. As of 200 ACW, the Crimson Armada services a total of 43 Capital-grade warships, for which to command Fleet Sections and Battlefleets.

The largest ship of the Armadian Navy is the TCA Kaiser, the only ship manufactured of a Super-Battleship class of the same name. It is always the lead flagship of the elite 1st Battlefleet, sometimes put under command by Grand Admiral Hertalli Bacara himself.

When it comes to ground forces, the Armada prefers a "Prussian" Doctorine, opting to remain professional in times of war or in the face of large conflict. This fierce militarism but also staunch Professionalism has earned the Armada the reputation of almost never starting wars or conflicts, instead letting their foes be the one to engage first.