by Dark Knight
Imperial Navy
IN – Imperial Navy – Only veterans who served in the ranks of the CN could even dream of joining this space force. The entire personnel is the elite of the elite of the elite and they operate only the very best of equipment donated by the citizens of IM. The navy operates much like a private entity most of the time when the Imperial Minarchy is not threatened by a full blown enemy invasion. Enemy that each local unit of the CN can’t defeat on their own is considered to be a threat and the closest free IN unit will descent upon the would-be invaders with merciless efficiency. In stark contrast with the Colonial Navy, the IN has ships of the line and plenty of heavy, concentrated firepower. They do love to wage war from afar and wither down their enemies with barrages of railgun projectiles, missiles and torpedoes. Fighters, bombers and other escort craft are heavily used as are TA mechs and PA infantry. As a general rule, enemy capital ships are always damaged in some way before the navy fully commits its own vessels. The IN is famed for its incredible knack of ending fights quickly and only rarely “slugging it out” with their enemy. In battle the IN will often move rapidly, dance around their adversaries using the planetary bodies, gravity wells and their enemy’s rigid combat formation to their maximum advantage. It is known to some races that the IN would often not fight in a system where they lack the terrain’s advantage but will manipulate its enemy in such a way as to choose a battlefield more to their liking. The navy also often retreats and leaves their enemy alive and heavily damaged, baiting them to commit more resources and supplies on one particular spot, while they themselves are patiently waiting to either steal or destroy those supplies. The constantly moving, retreating and then attacking again IN is a “sneaky” opponent and most regional alien navies dread fighting it after facing the Terrans once. The fact that the Terran navy is called Imperial is only because of security concerns. Had it been called in any other way, some of the Galactic core races would’ve invaded by now since they do know that it was the Imperial navy who defeated pirate lord Mahimm’s armada.