-Chancellorial Decree 9 358AER-

The Falleen Navy, while well trained, armed, and organized, is not up to the task of defending the entire shore, and all shipping during times of war. They lack any extra manpower or ships to ensure all convoys are guarded from Raiders in a war.
~Excerpt from 'The Falleen Navy Today: A Governmental Report
==Clauses:==
~Article I: In Times of War, the Civilian Trading Fleet will have some ships converted to Merchant Warships. 
*-Section I.I: Some passenger ships will be outfitted with guns, while long, semi-flat tankers and grain colliers will be converted into Aircraft Carriers.
~Article II: All crews will receive basic instruction on how to operate weapons, with Emergency Funds from the Navy.
*-Section II.I: Pilots will be recruited from the Civilian Air companies, airlines, and whatever Air Force and Navy Reserve can be spared.
~Article III: Planes and Weapons will be aquired from Reserve equipment stocks, scrapped ships, and by purchase. 
~Article IV: Ships will operate as Convoy Screens, and small Scout Ships around the Falleen Coast when the Navy is away.
*-Section IV.I: Airplanes will only be used for driving off would-be attackers of Convoys, and to avoid gettign into air-air fights unless needed.
~Article V: Some ships will be equiped far more heavily, and used as Merchant Raiders, attacking unprotected shipping, and capturing supplies.
~Article VI: During Wartime, all Merchant Warships will be organized under the provisional Merchant War Department, a sub-section under the Falleen Naval Service.
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