Mesan Space Navy

The Mesan Space Navy, also refered to as the Mesa System Navy, was the official space military force of the one-system star nation of Mesa.
Ships of the MSN used the prefix MSNS. ()
== Organization ==
In 1922 PD, the defense of the Mesa System was the responsibility of Task Force One, the Mesan equivalent of the Royal Manticoran Navy's Home Fleet. Its senior uniformed military officer was Admiral Josephine Siminetti.
Its inventory of warships included twenty-five commissioned battlecruisersWith 25 battlecruisers, the MSN was probably organized into four battlecruiser squadrons., a force that was assessed as being weaker than a single Manticoran battle squadron. (, )
In addition, the MSN detached smaller operational forces outside the home system to secure the assets of its transstellar corporations such as Manpower Incorporated. One example of these forces was the light task force commanded by Commodore Aikawa Navarre assigned to the Congo System to protect the Mesan operations on the planet Verdant VistaOne battlecruiser, two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, and fourteen destroyers.Low profile protection, task force was based 36 hours of flight away.. ()
== Hardware ==
In the 1920s PD, the MSN operated modern up-to-date units[...] its individual units had excellent hardware. (CS1). In the same time Sapphire Technologies of Mesa became the primary builder and supplier of weapons technology for the MSN. While Technodyne Industries was another important supplier, including Cataphract missiles.
As of October 1922 PD, at the time of Manticoran-Havenite invasion of the Mesa System, the Mesan Space Navy consisted of eighty five ships, but six of its battlecruisers were in yard hands for routine overhaul. ()
== Naval Personel Uniforms ==
Black tunics and charcoal-gray trousersAdditionally, the uniform of the MSN has been described as having "hectares of braid, tall caps with visors dripped old-fashioned "scrambled egg" design.. Gold details of uniforms were designed to create bad opera impression connected with the MSN. ()
== Marine Complements ==
Individual Mesan Marines were worse trained than members of the Solarian League Marine CorpsAssesment made by members of the Dusek Organization connected with precise way two persons only eliminated Willi the Chin's gang. It is not certain what is the source of that knowledge among second-class citizens..
There were place for at least 18 Marine battalions with number of the MSN battlecruisers in active service. ()
== References ==
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