43rd Fleet

The 43rd Fleet serves the Third Imperium. After Fifth Frontier War: It is a Numbered Imperial fleet stationed in Lunion Subsector.

Description (Specifications)

After Fifth Frontier War: Most of the worlds of Lunion subsector are on the Spinward Main, resulting in a high volume of traffic and all the security issues that go with that. The fleet is kept very busy dealing with smuggling and occasional piracy, and undertakes long-term guardship deployments on a regular basis. The thinking behind these boring but effective standing patrols is that they create blocking points where a smuggler is almost certain to run into a navy ship. The deployments are moved around from time to time to keep the smugglers guessing, but the Navy tries to ensure that its presence is always felt. The main aggravation for Admiral Commanding, 43rd Fleet is interference from the Sector Admiral, whose headquarters is located one subsector to Trailing at Mora. Admiral Santoncheev is prone to micromanage his subordinates’ dispositions, especially those relating to systems close to the Lunion/Mora border. Thus smuggling in the Spinward side of Mora subsector is of course due to laxity among 43rd Fleet crews and their commanders, and so forth. A stream of demands and reprimands has resulted in over-emphasis on patrolling the Mora (Spinward Marches 3124) end of the Spinward Main, and a consequent rise in lawlessness elsewhere.

Goals (Mission)

No information yet available.

Strategy & Doctrine (Operations)

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Before the Fifth Frontier War

Deployed as potential reinforcements for the Spinward Marches Fleet

Fifth Frontier War

Deployed as reinforcements for the Spinward Marches Fleet

Post Fifth Frontier War

43rd Fleet was moved to Lunion in the post-war fleet shuffle.

Regency

Nicknamed the Fulcrum Fleet The "Hub" fleet of the Regency has a mission similar to the 18ths, made more critical by its protection of the crucial shipyards and supply resource worlds of Lunion (Spinward Marches 2124) and Strouden (Spinward Marches 2327). In Antebellum times the Fulcrum received first pick of brand new warships, but now most of the local naval consignments go to Frontier fleets, and it must make do with lovingly maintained hand-me-downs. Besides defence, the fleet backstops the 151st, and maintains surveillance against Sword Worlder guerillas and smugglers.

Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure)

After Fifth Frontier War: The 43rd consists of the

• 501st,
• 643rd, and
• 667th BatRons
• several other squadrons.

Each of three BatRons are kept on standby on a rotating basis of four months apiece as the so called Intervention Force, poised to intervene anywhere in the Border Worlds on 24 hour notice.

• 8327th Imperial Marine Regiment until 1132 (Transferred to 151st Fleet during the Abandonment)
• 3rd Regency Marine Line Regiment after 1132 (Formed New in 1132)

Representative Equipment & Classes

The following sub-units form this fleet:

• TBD

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This fleet can be primarily found in the following areas:

• Spinward Marches Sector
  • Lunion Subsector

Headquarters Data

The following mainworlds is the primary headquarters of this fleet: Post-Fifth Frontier War: Lunion

Commanders

1108-1123: Fleet Admiral Romao

World Listing: 1105

This fleet often patrols the following systems and worlds:

4 of 4 World articles in 43rd Fleet

Adabicci  •  Capon  •  Lunion  •  Strouden  •  

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 26.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 11-13.
• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 26.
• Fifth Frontier War (game), countermix.
• GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds, p. 89.
• Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List Deneb Library Data: The Last Lexicon Part 1 published 16 October 2001
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Baron) and Exchequer of the Fleets Hans Rancke-Madsen
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science