Royal Caledonian Expeditionary Service

The Royal Caledonian Expeditionary Service (RCES) is analogous to the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service. It is similar in many ways to the Imperial scouting body, although the Principality's internal communications are controlled by the Caledon Royal Mail, a separate, civil organization.

The RCES operates a fleet of small scouts and larger research vessels (many of the latter chartered from larger merchant firms, although a few are owned by the RCES) in four major operational areas:

• Exploring the systems to coreward, between the Principality and the Great Rift. Duty on the RCES' Coreward department is a test of scouting and scientific research skills.
• Monitoring Aslan activities to spinward - duty which focuses heavily in diplomacy and cross-cultural utility as much as scouting and combat skills.
• Patrolling the various worlds in the no-man's-space between the driftward edge of the Principality and the troubled Imperial border. Duty in this department is frequently punctuated by contact with pirates, renegades and other rogues.
• Reconnoitering the various fractions systems to rimward. Here, anything goes; an RCES crew may be called upon to wax diplomatic with parties from the other states to rimward, shoot it out with a bandit ship, or rescue a Caledonian merchant - or sometimes several of the above at the same time.

The RCES is a separate service, although its personnel are drawn from the Navy (for operational duties) and various academic and commercial scientific bodies for research personnel.

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