Republic forces - updates

[Kit]

Following the Alsakan conflict, there has been an expansion of armed forces, to prevent any challenges to democracy or peace again.

Likewise, since the outbreak of the Hutt War, the Supreme Chancellor, Homer A. Salandra has called for an expansion of the military forces available to the Republic.

So far, this has seen the addition of two fleets to the Navy, and a vast swathe of Platoons to the Army.

There has also been a number of innovations and changes to equipment. Ships possess the latest in shielding and hyperdrive, and blaster weaponry is universally equipped, replacing the inferior slugthrower weaponry seen int he Alsakan Crisis.

 

[Kit]

After months of hard work, a number of new ships have been added to the fleets of the Republic.

(numbers to follow)

 

[Kit]

A new class of ship has been developed in secret, the Shade Class. These ships are similar in size to a large freighter, and almost totally unarmed. However, they possess the very latest in scanner and stealth technology, as well as the very latest models of hyperdrives, and advanced shielding.

They are used largely as scouts for the Republic military, but have also found favour amongst special operations teams, due to their ability to move almost unseen and unheard, even deep in enemy territory.

 

[Kit]

In addition to the Republic's fleets and armies, every single member planet is expected to provide for its own defense. This defence need only be to the level of buying Republic forces time to aid a besieged world, and due to loose wording, many planets choose to field a skeleton force at best.

However, some planets can muster forces that could conceivably form a portion of the Republican army. These planets tend to be either rich, or deemed at risk by their governing body.

Regardless, all Republican planets are therefore supposedly defended in some measure, both in orbit and on land.

 

[Kit]

A minor restructuring of the Republic Navy has been implemented, changing organisation as follows:

Individual fleet size is increased from 95 to 100 ships, adding two Carriers, one Cruiser, one Destroyer and one Frigate to each fleet. This also reduces the number of operational fleets to 1 (Coruscant's defense fleet and the 13th assault fleet being double sized, at 200 ships).

 

[Will]

Exiting R&D, and entering final field tests are the Trojan class ships. These vessels are the size of a corvette, free of weaponry, and with minimal shielding, the ship relies upon the powerful transmission and data processing facilities made use of by high-class hackers employed by the republic. These shis are used to shut down enemy ship systems, feed false information, and, in extreme cases, slave whole ship systems to the hacker's whims.

However, these ships require vessels of a 'true' military role for protection. As such, they are normally found behind the battle lines of fleet formation, with a cordon of corvettes throwing up a barrier.

 

[Tsar Fire]

This stuff is OLD.

Can we remove this when Jiang finishes the new write ups?

It seems contradictory and doesn't mesh well with the main faction write-ups.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

I'm going to be making archive boards for each faction within the faction boards. This can be moved there once I make that board, as things like this should stay for archival purposes.