23rd Fleet

The 23rd Fleet is the Numbered Imperial fleet serving the Third Imperium stationed in the Rhylanor Subsector of the Spinward Marches Sector.

Description (Specifications)

The Third Imperium maintains seven Naval bases and five Scout bases in the Rhylanor subsector.

History & Background (Dossier)

The 23rd was stationed in Vilis/Spinward Marches prior to the Fifth Frontier War. With no fleet stationed in the neighboring Lanth subsector at that time, the defense of Lanth itself was one of the 23rd's responsibilities, but it was mostly oriented towards the Zhodani. When the war started, the Sword Worlders' Gram Fleet thrust forward and invested Lanth. Units were hastily transferred to Ficant, but no relief of Lanth was possible, as the Zhodani 40th and 15th fleets pressed from one side and the Joyeuse and Gram fleets threatened from the other. By the end of 1108, the 23rd was completely surrounded.

Although the 23rd remained surrounded until the end of the war, the thrust of the Zhodani 40th Fleet towards Rhylanor combined by the pressure exercised on the Sword Worlders by the 100th, the 213th, and the 214th allowed it to expand the territory it controlled and to put enough pressure on the Joyeuse Fleet to allow the Darrians to recapture the Entropic Worlds.

In the post-war fleet shuffle, the 23rd was moved to Rhylanor Subsector, leaving 3277th Imperial Marine Regiment for 193rd Fleet.

Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure)

To end of Fifth Frontier War

• Fleet Squadrons
• 1931st Imperial Marine Regiment
• 3277th Imperial Marine Regiment

After Fifth Frontier War

• Fleet Squadrons
• 1931st Imperial Marine Regiment

Representative Equipment & Classes

The following sub-units form this fleet:

• Tigress class Dreadnought
• (8) Valor class Missile Corvettes

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

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

• To end of Fifth Frontier War
• Spinward Marches Sector
  • Vilis Subsector
• After Fifth Frontier War
• Spinward Marches Sector
  • Rhylanor Subsector

Headquarters Data: 1105

The following mainworld is the primary headquarters of this fleet:

• Pre-Fifth Frontier War: Frenzie
• Post-Fifth Frontier War: Rhylanor

Commanders

1104-1107: Fleet Admiral (Died in service, natural causes, 003-1107) 1107: Vice-Admiral Gascogne as Acting Fleet Admiral 1108-1111: Fleet Admiral Gascogne

World Listing: 1105

This fleet has bases of operations in the following systems:

9 of 9 World articles in 23rd Fleet

Bevey  •  Celepina  •  Garrincski  •  Jae TellonaJae Tellona  •  Macene  •  Margesi (SM 3212)  •  Nutema  •  Rhylanor  •  Risek  •  

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References

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 11-13.
• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 26.
• Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 20.
• EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller TNE Mailing List^{dead link} Deneb Library Data: The Last Lexicon Part 1 by Peter Gray published 16 October 2001
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Baron) and Exchequer of the Fleets Hans Rancke-Madsen