Fleet

A **Fleet** (船団, *Sendan*?) or **Armada** (艦隊, *Kantai*?) is a seafaring organization that is strong or large enough to facilitate a large number of ships to support the main transportation of said organization. Not many organizations have the funds or influence to support one, but if one is able to, they can exert a lot of influence across the Blue Sea.

## Structure and Hierarchy

A fleet, unlike a normal alliance, has a hierarchy with one clear leader, with all the other ships' captains being subservient to them. The Marines are shown to have a very strict hierarchy, assigning ranks to each sailor, thus facilitating a chain of command, in the event the upper ranks are isolated or eliminated in battle. Pirates, however, are much more laid back when it comes to ranking. If it's a single crew fleet, the most powerful and highest ranking combatants are generally put in charge of their own division (or ship); as such they follow the orders of the fleet admiral (or "commodore" in the English dub) full time. With a multi-crew fleet, the subordinate crews form a "parent-child alliance" with a single "parent" and his crew ranking above the "children" crews. The captains of each crew are effectively division commanders in their own right. However in a multi-crew fleet, unless the fleet's leader orders it, the individual "children" crews are permitted to roam freely and act as they please, provided their actions don't hurt the "parent's" or "sibling's" crews.[citation needed] It seems that traditionally, when a fleet is formed, the captains of the involved crews perform a sakazuki ceremony to symbolize their union.

In the world of One Piece, if a fleet belongs to a country but is independent of the Marines and the World Government, they are generally labelled as a **Navy** (水軍, *Suigun*?). They are technically not considered pirates, and thus not illegal (as Sai's presence was allowed at Mary Geoise during the Levely) but at the same time are not a part of and do not possess the universal authority of the Marines, and as such, may come into conflict with them.[citation needed]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 6 Chapter 45 (p. 9) and Episode 21, Krieg is mentioned and his strength is recognized by a Baratie chef.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 800 (p. 2-17) and Episode 745, Orlumbus declared the Yonta Maria Grand Fleet as the seventh division of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *One Piece* Movie — One Piece Film: Strong World, The Golden Lion Pirates are seen.
4. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 799 (p. 14-17) and Episode 744, The crews ask to become Luffy's subordinates.
5. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 86 Chapter 863 (p. 18-19) and Episode 833.
6. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 56 Chapter 550 (p. 4-12) and Episode 459, The Marines prepare their entire fleet to fight against the Whitebeard Pirates.
7. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 44 Chapter 421 (p. 2-17) and Episode 302, A Buster Call fleet assaults Enies Lobby.
8. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 18 Chapter 159 (p. 10) and Episode 95, Ace destroys a fleet of Billions.
9. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 704 (p. 17) and Episode 634, Gatz reveals that the Blackbeard Pirates contains 10 divisions.
10. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 72 Chapter 719 and Episode 649, Chinjao was the head of the Happo Navy fleet.
11. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 825 (p. 13) and Episode 784, One of Germa 66's ships is first revealed.
12. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 83 Chapter 832 (p. 17) and Episode 793, Germa 66's ships are shown assembling into the "territory" of the Germa Kingdom itself.
13. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 0 Chapter 0 (p. 2-4) and Episode 0, Shiki was the captain of a giant fleet of ships before Roger decimated a majority of them.
14. ↑ *One Piece* Anime — Episode 426, Amigo Pirates are invited to be the 51st division.
15. ↑ One Piece Yellow: Grand Elements, The Whitebeard Pirates fleet explained.
16. ↑ *One Piece* Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 802 (p. 7-8) and Episode 752, Weevil hunting down the allies of the Whitebeard Pirates.

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