Darrian Navy

The Darrian Navy is the interstellar force projection arm of the Darrian Confederation.

• It is an interstellar navy and fleet organization.

Description (Specifications)

The fleet faces struggles to maintain cohesion with ships built across a variety of technology levels at a variety of shipyards. Admirals must adapt and use what they have available to the best effect. Their tactics tend to be conservative and not overly aggressive. Security is seen as more important than glory.

Mission (Goals)

No information yet available.

Doctrine & Strategy (Operations)

The stellar trigger and relic fleets have been used for a long time as a deterrent to foreign aggression. The Darrians rely on secrets from their past to intimidate foes and force them to second guess what the Darrians might do if pushed too far.

Note that the Darrian Navy operates a small integral Marine Force for use as Ship's Troops, but that the Darrian Guard provide the main ground assault force for the Confederacy.

Rank & Grade (Hierarchy)

Darrian Navy Ranks
Commissioned Officers
O8c » Fleet Admiral (Admiral)
O8b » Vice Admiral
O8a » Rear Admiral
O7 » Commodore
O6 » Captain
O5 » Commander
O4 » Lieutenant Commander
O3 » Lieutenant
O2 » Sublieutenant
O1 » Ensign
O0 » Midshipman
Enlisted
E9 » Base Leader (= Warrant Officer-1)
E8 » Crew Leader (= Warrant Officer-2)
E7 » Deck Leader (= Chief Petty Officer)
E6 » Compartment Leader (= Senior Petty Officer)
E5 » Section Leader (= Petty Officer)
E4 » Leading Spacer (= Leading Spacehand)
E3 » Advanced Spacer (= Able Spacehand)
E2 » Spacer (= Spacehand)
E1 » Trainee (= Spacehand Apprentice)
E0 » Recruit (= Spacehand Recruit)

Some of the organizational ranks and grades used by this force are included in the tables to the right.

History & Background (Dossier)

It has a rich tradition and a long history. The Spinward Marches have been the site of many conflicts and serve as a crossroads between large empires. As such the Darrians have sought alliances to protect their interests. For when diplomacy fails, they have assembled a powerful fleet to keep ambitious Sword Worlds Confederation commanders from getting any ideas.

There have been several naval conflicts between the Sword Worlds and the Darrians. A good example came in 788 with a struggle for control of the Entropic Worlds.

TO&E (Organization)

No information yet available.

Fleet Composition

Every shipyard within Darrian territory is encouraged to undertake military contracts, and produce and contribute warships for the defense of their territory. The task force approach is flexible and allows the forces to be tailored for the threats that present themselves. The Darrian forces do not typically go looking for trouble. Trouble just seems to find them.

• Please see AAB article Darrian Navy/Fleet Composition for more information.

Selected Ship Classes

Some ship classes widely used within Darrian Space include:

1. Accel class Light Frigate
2. Barekdoldin class Patrol Cruiser
3. Black Adder class Destroyer
4. Dacrows Mire class Battlecruiser
5. Elfen Lied class Heavy Cruiser
6. Flyer class Diplomatic Courier
7. Gunbuster class Corvette
8. Infinite Stratos class Assault Transport
9. Jacent Capital class Fleet Tender
10. Joneslow class Battle Rider
11. Kearsarge class Close Escort
12. Kline class Battleship
13. Moshulu class Destroyer Escort
14. Nosea class Battle Rider
15. Oppenheimer class Light Escort
16. Pounce class System Defense Boat
17. Rapid class Fleet Courier
18. Rapier class War Cruiser
19. Stinger class Heavy Fighter
20. Surprise class Light Frigate
21. Valdez class Fleet Tanker

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This fleet can be primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space:

• Darrian Space

World Listing: 1105

This navy is known to regularly operate within the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Darrian Navy

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Classic Traveller Alien Module 8: Darrians
• Mongoose Traveller Alien Module 3: Darrians
• GURPS Traveller: Humaniti
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord and Master of Sophontology (Marquis) Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science