Marhleim Army Star Forces

The Marhleim Army Star Forces serve as the military arm of the Grand Duchy of Marlheim.

• MARARSTAR: Marhleim Army Star Forces (Naval Fleet)
• MARLAR: Marlheim Army (Ground Forces & Assault)
• MINITOL: Marlheim Intelligence (Marlheim Secret Police)
• GRYMOV: Gryadsh Movement Naval Forces (Auxiliary Reserve Guard)

Description (Specifications)

This article actually covers three sets of Naval forces:

• The Naval Forces of MARARSTAR (the Marlheim Army Starforce), the main Navy
• The star forces of GRYMOV's BORFOR "border" patrol and SECFOR capitol security force
• The star forces of MINITOL's various intelligence and "justice" bureaux.

Mission

No information yet available.

Strategy & Doctrine (Operations)

At TL-11, Marlheim subscribed whole-hog to the idea of the "Battle Rider" - as much for the utility of keeping battle units under close political and security control as for any tactical benefit (the two are inseparable under Marltonian military doctrine).

• The various classes of "Scout" and "Screening" cruisers will usually jump into a fleet's target first, to screen the arrival and deployment of the Battle and Escort carriers. Any significant deployment includes GRYMOV and MINITOL vessels.
• Larger jump-capable ships include especially large contingents of Political and Security Police troops, to forestall the possibility of defections to other states. This was especially true after the Petronk Mutiny in 1068, and the Bdaarikhar Incident in 1099.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure)

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Representative Equipment & Classes

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Marhleim Army Star Force (MARARSTAR)

While the Marlheim Navy is quite large (for a relatively small state's star force), its record in battle has been fairly dismal.

Its few battles against Duncinaean, Aslan and Caledonian forces - mostly "border skirmishes" between light forces that the Grand Duchy has strongly disclaimed - have turned out badly for the Grand Duchy's Navy, with relatively heavy losses among fleets classified by observers as "very badly handled" in action.

Two theories exist:

• Some naval theorists and political observers hypoethsize that it's dangerous to be too successful an officer in the Marlheim fleet; being well-regarded enough to arouse the paranoia of the Army Navy's political or secret police overseers can be deadly to the officer's career, and often to the officer.
• Others speculate that the Marlheim fleet has sent small light-force fleets - patrol ships and escorts - with less-capable officers and poorly-trained crews to lull their potential opponents into a false sense of superiority; they're saving their best officers and ships, so the theory goes, for the "Real" war. In support of this theorists cite the fact that a large number of Duchy Navy casualties are in older TL–10 warships. The response: the Duchy deploys older ships forward to save its newer ones back at the Duchy's home worlds, where the bulk of the elite of the fleet is stationed, under close political and security control.
• Referee's Note: Both are true. The fleet's newest ships are best crews are held in reserve strike forces - but being too capable and popular can still be dangerous for an officer.

Ships in Service

The following is a list of Marlheim Army-Navy ships:

Class	Tech Level	Tons	Number in Service	Notes
Vdyank class Battle Rider	11	70,000	144	Named after Colonel-Generals in MARLAR history.
Jossto class Battle Rider Carrier	11	350,000	32	Jump-2. Designed to carry six Riders - in practice, usually carries 4
Grzying class Battleship (Old)	10	150,000	10	Obsolete battleships, usually handed over to GRYMOV
Spul class Raider	11	80,000	40	Designed primarily as a commerce raider
Drag class Screening Cruiser	11	30,000	120	Intended to serve as heavy close covering force for Riders. Jump-2 drive
Bidarkadarnk class Scout Cruiser	11	10,000	320	Provides scouting and covering forces for main fleets
Bosq class Screening Cruiser	10	20,000	80	Older vessels, now primarily used as border patrols (with large MINITOL contingents). The " Bdaarikhar was a member of this class.
Pinq class Scout Cruiser	10	5,000	80
Belsh class Escort Carrier	11	35,000	80	Each Belsh" carries 8-10 Escort Riders, which provide screens for Battle Riders in action
Vipnayalaylay class Rider Escort	11	2,500	1280	Carried on Belsh" class carriers.
Zupilfarhar class Rider Escort	10	2,000	320
Kranz class Raider Escort	11	5,000	160
Monitors	10	100,000	20
Monitors	11	50,000	60
Light Figher Carrier	11	20,000	60
Light Figher Carrier	10	16,000	12
Fleet Tanker	11	20,000	100
Tanker	10	20,000	12
Assault Carrier	11	16,000	60
Heavy Auxiliary	11	12,000	50
Light Auxiliary	11	2,000	90
Patrol Escort	11	400	2000
SDB	11	1,200	1200
SDB	10	1,200	200
Escort	10	400	600
Large Utility Transport	11	800	2000
Scout/Dispatch	10	800	200
Medium Utility Ship	11	400	2000
Medium Utility Ship	10	400	1000
Disp (RN)	11	200	60
Small Utility Ship	10	200	200
Patrol Vessel	11	100	120
Dispatch Vessel	10	100	60

Secret Police (MINITOL) Ships

The vessels in this fleet provide service as noted below to the Marhleim Secret Police:

Ships

Class	Tech Level	Tons	Number in Service	Notes
Vosh class Security Cruiser	11	10,000	200	These vessels - manned by MINITOL crews - accompany Naval forces to prevent mutinies. See notes below.
Large Utility Transport	10	800	600	These ships serve a variety of roles - spy ships, intelligence-gathering vessels, and prison ships.
Courier	11	100	32	These courier vessels carry information between MINITOL branches around the Dutchy

Notes

The Vosh class security cruisers are rather lightly armed for their size against "enemy" warships. They are instead intended to serve as insurance against mutinies, defections and other insurrections on MARARSTAR and GRYMOV ships. The vessels include large "Marine" detachments equipped to board and pacify mutinous vessels (via entrances kept secret from the vessel's crews), and . More importantly, special MINITOL officers aboard these cruisers have access to the transponders that will detonate nuclear scuttling charges secreted aboard ships deemed to be mutinous or defecting. Thus, a Vosh may be mismatched in a battle against, say, a Caledonian destroyer - but is capable of vaporizing a Marhleim Battle Rider carrier and everything aboard it with the turn of eight keys by eight officers aboard the Vosh.

Gryadsh Movement (GRYMOV) Naval Forces

The following starships serve the GRYMOV's political ends.

Class	Tech Level	Tons	Number in Service	Notes
Grzying class Battleship (Old)	10	15,000	40	These obsolete battleships are all detailed to guard the Capitol.
Stenka class Security Vessel	11	400	2000	These ships patrol the border zones. They are analogous, in some ways, to the Imperial Scouts - but their focus is almost entirely inward.
Light Security Vessel	10	400	1000	These ships patrol the border zones.
Dispatch Vessel	10	100	60	Typical dispatch "courier" ship, analogous to an X-Boat.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This fleet can be primarily found in the following areas:

• Reaver's Deep Sector
  • Ea Subsector
  • Eakoi Subsector

Headquarters Data

The following mainworlds is the primary headquarters of this fleet:

1. Marlheim (Reaver's Deep 1230).

World Listing: 1105

This fleet often patrols the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Marhleim Army Star Forces

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