Imperial Navy

+ Surface Marines (Land Branch of Surface Navy; Not to be confused with Imperial Marines of the Imperial Army)
	+ Surface Starfighter Corps (Naval)
	+ Surface Logistics Divison
* Naval Intelligence (Branch of Imperial Intelligence under ISB)
* Naval Troopers
	+ Naval Stormtroopers (Separate branch from Imperial Army)
* Naval Officer Corps
* Naval Research Corps (Part of the IRD)

## Background

The **Imperial Navy** was the space warfare branch of the Imperial Armed Forces. It served the Second Galactic Empire from the start. It's highest rank was the rank of *Grand Admiral*, which was held by Mason Kre'ig. When he ascended to Emperor in 272 ABY, the highest rank was dissolved and instead was ruled over by the Imperial High Command. Although Grand Admiral was not held by a single person, it remained a high rank. To solve this issue, the rank of Executor was brought back to be the Chief of the Imperial High Command, and the Emperor's direct liaison between the armed forces. The rank of Executor also holds the rank of Admiral, but holds little actual power.

## History

### Orgins

The **Imperial Navy** started off as the Space Warfare branch of Mason's Empire. It was first formed from recaptured First Order Star Destroyers and later Tarkin-Class Star Destroyers

## Equipment

### Star Destroyers

The Imperial Navy fielded many Star Destroyers throughout it's reign. Its most famous were the Thrawn-Class Star Destroyers, which were the best of the best at the time. Another big piece of the Imperial Navy was the *Skywalker-Class*, the largest ship known in Galactic History. The Battlecruiser known as the *Ackbar-Class* Became a pinnacle of Battlecruiser design, incorporating both Imperial and Mon Calamarian technology.
As the Second Galactic Civil War progressed, the *Thrawn-Class* became the normal Star Destroyer used. Other Star Destroyer types such as the small but fast *Victory VI class* and the [[Cyber-Class Corvette]|*Cyber-Class Corvette*]] became used.

### All Ship Types

Here is a list of almost all ships in Imperial Service.

* The *Skywalker-Class* Star Destroyer was the largest ship ever built. It had a massive hangar, but was mainly focused on firepower. It had way too many turbolasers and crew, and was home to Mason I during wartime. The 7,500 turbolasers were powered by a nuclear reactor, along with the rest of the ship. Just like the *Thrawn-Class*, it fired Yellow blaster bolts due to the Mandolorian technology being used.

* The *Thrawn-Class* Was the main Star Destroyer in Imperial Service. It was designed, like all other ships in service for the most part, by Mason himself. He named it after Grand Admiral Thrawn, a man he came to admire when he learned of his services to the Empire. The Star Destroyer design was the best in the galaxy. While it was larger than the older *Imperial II-Class* and *Resurgent-class* star destroyers, it was faster, more manuervable, and carried more troops and starfighters. It also carried a big punch, and was known for its long range and powerful turbolasers that shot a golden yellow bolt, incorporating Mandolorian Technology.

* The *Ackbar-class* Battlecruiser was the main battlecruiser used by the Imperial Navy. There are two per fleet. They carry starfighters, but do not have the same amount of armament as the *Bellator II-Class* Star destroyer. It was faster, though; the *Ackbar-class* was equipped with larger and more powerful engines along with better shielding.

* The *Victory VI-class* Star Destroyer was the main frigate used. It was small, but fast and powerful. It was not designed by Mason: Rather it was an aging design that was still in service.

* The *Cyber-class* Corvette was the main corvette used by the Imperial Navy. It was fast, and did a considerable amount of damage for its small size. It's armour was fairly lackluster, and it carried 10 folded TIE fighers.

* The *Arsenal-class* frigate was a frigate used for long-range battery. It had many missile and torpedo launchers, along with many powerful and long-range turbolasers.

* The *Bellator II-Class* Star destroyer was the main battleship used in the Imperial Navy. There was one per fleet, and they were purely used for offensive activities. They carried no starfighters.

* The *Kenobi-Class* Interdictor was the main interdictor frigate used for creating a gravity well. These were incredibly expensive, but found use in Mason's First Fleet. These did not carry any serious weaponry, literally 2 small turbolasers. The hyperdrive was only able to be used once, and after that the fuel reserves would be all but used up. This was countered by it being able to mount onto a *Skywalker-Class* Super Star Destroyer.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 *The Last Inquisitor*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *The Empire Breaths Anew*
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 *Mason's Source Book*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 *The Crown of the Force*