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− | This | + | 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 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 GRYMOV's BORFOR "border" patrol and SECFOR capitol security force | ||
− | * The star forces of MINITOL's various intelligence and "justice" bureaux | + | * The star forces of MINITOL's various intelligence and "justice" bureaux. |
+ | |||
+ | === Goals (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]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Rank & Grade (Hierarchy) === | ||
+ | No information yet available. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
+ | No information yet available. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure) === | ||
+ | No information yet available. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Representative Equipment & Classes === | ||
+ | No information yet available. | ||
− | =Marhleim Army Star Force (MARARSTAR) = | + | === 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. | While the Marlheim Navy is quite large (for a relatively small state's star force), its record in battle has been fairly dismal. | ||
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Two theories exist: | 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. | * 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 | + | * 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. | * '''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="wikitable sortable" | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | ! Class | |
− | + | ! [[TL]] | |
− | + | ! [[Ton]]nage | |
− | + | ! Number in Service | |
− | + | ! Remarks | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | | [[Belsh class Escort Carrier]] || 11 || 35,000|| 80 || Each ''Belsh" carries 8-10 Escort Riders, which provide screens for Battle Riders in action | |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[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 Incident | Bdaarikhar]] was a member of this class. | |
− | |||
− | |[[ | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Drag class Screening Cruiser]] ||11 || 30,000|| 120 || Intended to serve as heavy close covering force for Riders. Jump-2 drive |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Grzying | + | | [[Grzying class Battleship]] (Old) ||10 || 150,000|| 10 || Obsolete battleships, usually handed over to GRYMOV |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Jossto class Battle Rider Carrier]] ||11 || 350,000|| 32 || Jump-2. Designed to carry six Riders - in practice, usually carries 4 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | [[Kranz class Raider Escort]] || 11 || 5,000 || 160 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Pinq class Scout Cruiser]] || 10 || 5,000 || 80 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Spul class Raider]] ||11 || 80,000 || 40 || Designed primarily as a [[Raider Vessel|commerce raider]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | [[Vdyank class Battle Rider]] ||11 || 70,000 || 144 || Named after Colonel-Generals in MARLAR history. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Vipnayalaylay class Rider Escort]] || 11 || 2,500 || 1280 || Carried on ''Belsh" class carriers. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Zupilfarhar class Rider Escort]] || 10 || 2,000 || 320 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | " | + | |} |
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | ! Class | |
+ | ! [[TL]] | ||
+ | ! [[Ton]]nage | ||
+ | ! Number in Service | ||
+ | ! Remarks | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Monitor]]s || 10 ||100,000|| 20 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Monitor]]s || 11 || 50,000|| 60 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Light Figher Carrier | + | | [[Light Figher Carrier]] || 11 || 20,000|| 60 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Light Figher Carrier | + | | [[Light Figher Carrier]] || 10 || 16,000|| 12 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Fleet Tanker | + | | [[Fleet Tanker]] || 11 || 20,000|| 100 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Tanker | + | | [[Tanker]] || 10 || 20,000|| 12 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Assault Carrier | + | | [[Assault Carrier]] || 11 || 16,000|| 60 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Heavy Auxiliary | + | | [[Heavy Auxiliary]] || 11 || 12,000|| 50 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Light Auxiliary | + | | [[Light Auxiliary]] || 11 || 2,000 || 90 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Patrol Escort || 11 || 400 || 2000 || | + | | [[Patrol Escort]] || 11 || 400 || 2000 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[SDB]] || 11 || 1,200 || 1200 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[SDB]] || 10 || 1,200 || 200 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Escort || 10 || 400 || 600 || | + | | [[Escort]] || 10 || 400 || 600 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Large Utility Transport || 11 || 800 || 2000 || | + | | [[Large Utility Transport]] || 11 || 800 || 2000 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Scout/Dispatch | + | | [[Scout Vessel]]/[[Dispatch Ship]] || 10 || 800 || 200 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Medium Utility Ship || 11 || 400 || 2000 || | + | | [[Medium Utility Ship]] || 11 || 400 || 2000 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Medium Utility Ship || 10 || 400 || 1000 || | + | | [[Medium Utility Ship]] || 10 || 400 || 1000 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Disp (RN) | + | | [[Medical Ship|Disp (RN)]] || 11 || 200 || 60 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Small Utility Ship || 10 ||200 || 200 || | + | | [[Small Utility Ship]] || 10 ||200 || 200 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Patrol Vessel || 11 ||100 || 120 || | + | | [[Patrol Vessel]] || 11 ||100 || 120 || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Dispatch Vessel || 10 ||100 || 60 || | + | | [[Dispatch Vessel]] || 10 ||100 || 60 || |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
− | =Secret Police (MINITOL) Ships= | + | === Secret Police (MINITOL) Ships === |
The vessels in this fleet provide service as noted below to the Marhleim Secret Police: | The vessels in this fleet provide service as noted below to the Marhleim Secret Police: | ||
− | ==Ships== | + | ====Ships==== |
− | |||
:{| border="1" | :{| border="1" | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | ! Class | + | ! Class !! [[Tech Level]] !! [[Ton]]s !!Number in Service!! Remarks |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Vosh | + | | [[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 | + | | [[Large Utility Transport]] || 10 ||800 || 600 || These ships serve a variety of roles - spy ships, intelligence-gathering vessels, and prison ships. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |Courier | + | | [[Courier Vessel]] || 11 ||100 ||32 || These courier vessels carry information between MINITOL branches around the Dutchy |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
− | ==Notes== | + | ====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''. | 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 === | |
− | = Gryadsh Movement (GRYMOV) Naval Forces= | ||
The following starships serve the GRYMOV's political ends. | The following starships serve the GRYMOV's political ends. | ||
− | |||
− | |||
:{| border="1" | :{| border="1" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Class !!Tech Level!!Tons !!Number in Service!!Notes | ! Class !!Tech Level!!Tons !!Number in Service!!Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |[[Grzying | + | | [[Grzying class Battleship]] (Old) || 10 ||15,000|| 40 || These obsolete battleships are all detailed to guard the Capitol. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |[[Stenka | + | | [[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. | + | | [[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. | + | | [[Dispatch Vessel]] || 10 ||100 || 60 || Typical dispatch "courier" ship, analogous to an X-Boat. |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
+ | == [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) == | ||
+ | This [[fleet]] can be primarily found in the following areas: <br> | ||
+ | ''[[Charted Space]]:'' | ||
+ | * [[Reaver's Deep Sector]] | ||
+ | ** [[Ea Subsector]] | ||
+ | ** [[Eakoi Subsector]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Headquarters Data === | ||
+ | The following [[mainworld]]s is the primary headquarters of this [[fleet]]: | ||
+ | # {{WorldS|Marlheim|Reaver's Deep|1230}}. | ||
+ | === World Listing: 1105 === | ||
+ | This [[fleet]] often patrols the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s: | ||
+ | {{ClusterWorlds2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
+ | {{Intermediate}} | ||
+ | {{Detail}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
− | |S1= Author: [[User:Mitchberg]] | + | |S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] |
+ | |S2= Author & Contributor: [[User:Mitchberg|Mitchberg]] | ||
+ | |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | {{LEN| | + | |
+ | {{LEN|Fleet|Imperial Fleets|Institution|Military|}} | ||
+ | {{LEN|Grand Duchy of Marlheim}} |
Latest revision as of 13:45, 13 June 2019
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)[edit]
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.
Goals (Mission)[edit]
No information yet available.
Strategy & Doctrine (Operations)[edit]
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.
Rank & Grade (Hierarchy)[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure)[edit]
No information yet available.
Representative Equipment & Classes[edit]
No information yet available.
Marhleim Army Star Force (MARARSTAR)[edit]
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[edit]
The following is a list of Marlheim Army-Navy ships:
Class | TL | Tonnage | Number in Service | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belsh class Escort Carrier | 11 | 35,000 | 80 | Each Belsh" carries 8-10 Escort Riders, which provide screens for Battle Riders in action |
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. |
Drag class Screening Cruiser | 11 | 30,000 | 120 | Intended to serve as heavy close covering force for Riders. Jump-2 drive |
Grzying class Battleship (Old) | 10 | 150,000 | 10 | Obsolete battleships, usually handed over to GRYMOV |
Jossto class Battle Rider Carrier | 11 | 350,000 | 32 | Jump-2. Designed to carry six Riders - in practice, usually carries 4 |
Kranz class Raider Escort | 11 | 5,000 | 160 | |
Pinq class Scout Cruiser | 10 | 5,000 | 80 | |
Spul class Raider | 11 | 80,000 | 40 | Designed primarily as a commerce raider |
Vdyank class Battle Rider | 11 | 70,000 | 144 | Named after Colonel-Generals in MARLAR history. |
Vipnayalaylay class Rider Escort | 11 | 2,500 | 1280 | Carried on Belsh" class carriers. |
Zupilfarhar class Rider Escort | 10 | 2,000 | 320 |
Class | TL | Tonnage | Number in Service | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 Vessel/Dispatch Ship | 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[edit]
The vessels in this fleet provide service as noted below to the Marhleim Secret Police:
Ships[edit]
Class Tech Level Tons Number in Service Remarks 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 Vessel 11 100 32 These courier vessels carry information between MINITOL branches around the Dutchy
Notes[edit]
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.
[edit]
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)[edit]
This fleet can be primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space:
Headquarters Data[edit]
The following mainworlds is the primary headquarters of this fleet:
- Marlheim (Reaver's Deep 1230).
World Listing: 1105[edit]
This fleet often patrols the following systems and worlds:
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Mitchberg
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science