NXSC Navy

The **NXSC Navy** is the branch of the NXSC Armed Forces responsible for space warfare and operations, though they still operate in terrestrial oceans with their maritime arm.

## Structure

> "Provide naval forces to ensure freedom of access for aerospace and terrestrial operations. We achieve our goal through the use of combat capable, Starburst powered warships ready for war."
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> - Official mission statement

The Navy is the NXSC's senior service, created in 2725 during the Interplanetary Wars. The NXSC Navy is led by the Commander-in-Chief of Official Naval Operations (CINCONAV), who is assisted by a Deputy Chief of Official Naval Operations. The Navy's representative on the NXSC Security Council is the Chief of Naval Operations. The Chief of Naval Operations is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Official Fleet (CINCOFLEET).

The NXSC Navy operates, trains, organises, and equips space forces in order to establish local naval superiority in deep space and close orbit, principally through the deployment of its seemingly limitless fleet of spacecraft, each containing a diversified arsenal of warships. This force is used to destroy or suppress enemy space components, namely those attempting to target UAG commercial or terrestrial interests. The Navy guarantees the safety of UAG trade and commerce, aids other governmental agencies in interstellar governance agencies, and as a result, practically little of interstellar relevance occurs without the Navy's assistance or control. The NXSC Navy is located in Fleet Command Headquarters at their own planet.

The Navy has a dual chain of command; administratively, Navy personnel report to NAVCOM while operationally they report to their assigned Task Command. There are three Task Commands under NAVCOM;

* NXSC Navy Fleet Command (FLEETCOM) - Headed by the Secretary of Fleet Command and directs the movement and tasking of naval squadrons and coordinates with UNICOM. FLEETCOM is responsible for the deployment of Navy warfighting assets and maximising their combat power and efficiency. Their direct deployment of the NXSC fleet sees them as the largest and most powerful of any NAVCOM grouping.
* NXSC Navy Logistical Operations Command (NXSC-NAVLOGCOM) - Oversees the design, contracting and construction of Navy spacecraft alongside making sure that Navy warships are space worthy and supplied with parts, munitions, food and reaction mass.
* Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPEC WARCOM) - A smaller, culturally distinct section of the Navy that trains, equips and oversees special forces personnel in support of UNSC space operations. Marine Corps special forces units are typically tasked under NAVSPEC WARCOM, as were the KNIGHT-II and KNIGHT-III program personnel prior to the establishment of the KNIGHT Operations branch.

Navy warships are assigned to fleets, which are organised in one of two ways;

* Expeditionary fleets - Numbered fleets (e.g. First Fleet) designed for offensive operations in deep space and centred around massive carriers. Expeditionary fleets were largely decimated during the early years of the Nexonia-Colossus War, and by the war's end had no appreciable differences with defensive fleets due to being unable to make any major offensives without leaving the Inner Colonies dangerously vulnerable. The only remaining ships are that are the Nemesis and Ragnarok, which belongs to Michael Nexima
* Defensive fleets - Designated fleets (e.g Sazekyan Binary Fleet) are usually named for the star system in which they operate. Defence fleets were formerly thought to be little more than revenue police, but with the outbreak of the Nexonia-Colossus war, these forces proved invaluable in providing vitally needed training cadres and battle-ready (though antiquated) warships.

Fleets are assigned to numbered numbered Sectors such as FLEETCOM Sector Alpha, contextually organized based on low-energy slipspace routes leading away from Nexonia Prime. Special task forces may also be created without being assigned to a sector, and given responsibility for regions outside of these standard routes - designated as "Uniformed sectors". Fleets are comprised of organised battle groups, flexible combat elements that can be "plugged together" into ad-hoc fighting forces depending on the immediate situation. Squadrons serve as administrative groupings of warships for record-keeping and honorific purposes.

The NXSC Navy maintains its own military police force.