Editing 208th Fleet

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The [[208th Fleet]] is the [[Imperial Navy|Imperial]] fleet stationed in [[Five Sisters Subsector]]. 

== Description (Specifications) ==
No information yet available. 

=== Goals (Mission) ===
* Control of access to and protection of the [[Droyne]] worlds {{WorldS|Andor|Spinward Marches||0236}} and {{WorldS|Candory|Spinward Marches||0336}}.
* Protection of the Imperial Border and of communications routes to the {{Imperium}}
* Observation of the [[Darrian Confederation]] and [[Sword Worlds Confederation]] [[Rimward]] borders
* Observation and interdiction of anti-Imperial activity in the [[Foreven Sector]]
* Support of Imperial Client States in the [[Foreven Sector|Foreven]] and [[The Beyond Sector|Beyond Sectors]]
* (Unofficial) Maintenance of the Primacy of the [[Imperial Navy]] in [[Five Sisters Subsector]] government

=== Strategy & Doctrine (Operations) ===
This fleet was responsible for the [[Karin Pacification]] and has been seen to operate ruthlessly to preserve its political power in the [[Five Sisters Subsector]]

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
[[970]]-[[977]]: In [[970]] the commander of the {{WorldS|Karin|Spinward Marches|Five Sisters|0534}} {{Imperial}} [[Naval Base]], fearful that the {{Imperium}} might lose the world, called in the [[Imperial Marines]] to pacify the population and quell the violence. The [[Karin Pacification]] was a brutal operation, even by the relaxed standards of the Marines. Planetary militias were hunted down with extreme prejudice, and factional leaders were either exiled or executed. Most of the population was resettled in a series of camps near the base and starport, carefully watched by the Navy. Guerrilla activity continued for several years, only to be rooted out and annihilated. 

The [[Fifth Frontier War]] was a critical time for this fleet as it was cut-off from the rest of the {{Imperium}} by the [[Sword Worlds]]. This stood on the defensive, and operated considerable reconnaissance missions throughout [[Foreven Sector]] and [[District 268 Subsector]], but was not required to go on the offensive because it just didn't have the ships or troops to do so. {{WorldS|Flammarion|Spinward Marches|0930}} and {{WorldS|Caladbolg|Spinward Marches|1329}} were under permanent observation by the [[Sword Worlds]], but not closely invested. Similarly, {{WorldS|Enos|Spinward Marches|1130}} was observed but not invested by the [[208th Fleet]].

Because of the bad feeling for the assigned Imperial Marine Regiment, the [[Regency]] created a new Regency Marine Regiment (the [[22nd Regency Marine Line Regiment]]) and dissolved the old organisation, consigning its number (and, hopefully,its reputation) to history. The 'Wonstar' Imperial Marine Division was transferred to the Regency Army.

=== Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure) ===
* [[Imperial]]
** Naval Squadrons
** Imperial Marine Regiment
** 'Wonstar' Imperial Marine Division
* [[Regency]]
** [[22nd Regency Marine Line Regiment]]

====Naval Bases====
* {{WorldS|Emape|Spinward Marches|0133}}
* {{WorldS|Raweh|Spinward Marches|0139}}
* {{WorldS|Mirriam|Spinward Marches|0333}} (Demi-Depot)
* {{WorldS|Jone (SM 0433)|Spinward Marches|0433}}
* {{WorldS|Karin|Spinward Marches|0534}}
* {{WorldS|Wonstar|Spinward Marches|0538}}
* {{WorldS|Iderati|Spinward Marches|0732}}
* {{WorldS|Flammarion|Spinward Marches|0930}}
* {{WorldS|Iniidez|The Beyond|2903}}
Also stations in the [[Foreven Sector]]

====Planetary Governments====
*{{WorldS|Mirriam|Spinward Marches|0333}}
*[[970]]-[[1130]]s: {{WorldS|Karin|Spinward Marches|0534}}

=== Representative Equipment & Classes ===
The following sub-units form this fleet:
The [[208th Fleet]] has the following forces normally stationed in the [[Wonstar (world)|Wonstar]] system:
* The 19th Strike Carrier Task Group (1 50,000 ton Strike Carrier, 3 3000 ton Fleet Destroyers)
* The 86th Heavy CruRon (3 75,000 ton Heavy Cruisers, 1 5000 ton Fleet Escort, 2 300 ton Close Escorts)
* The 191st and 204th EscortRon (each 4 1000 ton Destroyer Escorts)
* The 149th Patrol Flotilla (8 300 ton Close Escorts)
* 'Wonstar' Imperial Marine Division (3 Imperial Marine Regiments)

This [[fleet]] is one of the deployment areas of the fearsome [[Tigress class Dreadnought]]s. A quartet of these has kept the peace in this sector for a long time. A single ship was sent and temporarily cross attached from the [[23rd Fleet]] to serve with this fleet. This beast of a [[ship]] is often referred to as a fleet unto itself because of the swarms of [[heavy fighter]]s they carry.

== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
This [[fleet]] can be primarily found in the following areas: <br>
''[[Charted Space]]:''
* [[Spinward Marches Sector]]
** [[Five Sisters Subsector]]
* [[Foreven Sector]]
** [[Urnian Subsector]]

=== Headquarters Data: 1105 ===
The following [[mainworld]] is the primary headquarters of this [[fleet]]: 
# {{WorldS|Mirriam|Spinward Marches|0333}} 

=== World Listing: 1105 ===
This [[fleet]] often patrols the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:
{{ClusterWorlds2}}

== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
 | {{Ludography cite|name= Rebellion Sourcebook |page= 26 }}
 | {{Ludography cite|name=Behind the Claw | version=Mongoose 2nd|page=113}}
 | Contributor: Lord (Baron) and Exchequer of the Fleets [[Hans Rancke-Madsen]]
 | Contributor:  Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect [[User:Ronald B. Kline, Jr.|Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]
 | Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}

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