East Cay Agreement

The East Cay AgreementA clear reference to the real-life Key West Agreement of 1948, which divided air assets between the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, and the newly-formed U.S. Air Force. was an agreement that prohibited the Royal Manticoran Army Atmospheric Command from operating extra-atmospheric vehicles at "interplanetary distances", a distinction that was interpreted to mean at more than light-minute from a planetary body.
The Agreement was intended to prevent the design and procurement of competing assault shuttles, pinnaces, and other craft by limiting the Army to stingships and similarly short-ranged extra-atmospheric craft.
It was waived on occasion though and Army stingships were designed to be capable of operating from Navy boat bays and Marine assault ships when necessary. ()
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Category:Military of Manticore