Galactic Federation Defense Fleet

The **Galactic Federation Defense Fleet** is the naval forces branch of the Galactic Federation Defense Forces, itself a part of the wider Triumvirate Military. It cooperates with the Imperial Navy, but also serves as a counter-part to it to deter Imperial aggression in the rest of the Federation. The Defense Fleet was formed from the naval forces of the Galactic Alliance after the conclusion of the Second Imperial Civil War and the formation of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate in 138 ABY.

Unlike the Imperial Navy and its Starfighter Corps, the Defense Fleet is a separate organization from the Galactic Federation Starfighter Corps, but works closely with it.

## Structure

### Unit Structure

* **Region Fleet**: All naval resources in a region of the galaxy (Core, Colonies, Inner Rim, Expansion Region, Mid Rim, Outer Rim), composed of 2 to 6 armadas. Commanded by the regional Admiralty, which elect one member to serve as Fleet Admiral.
* **Armada**: Composed of 3 to 6 battle groups. Commanded by an Admiral
* **Battle Group**: Composed of 4 to 8 squadrons. Commanded by a Vice Admiral or Rear Admiral
* **Squadron**: Composed of 6 to 8 sections, including a line of capital ships supported by a section of escort ships and a flotilla acting as a picket line. Squadrons are commanded by a commodore.
* **Section**: Composed of a 3 to 12 starships depending on the makeup and ship classes. Commanded by a senior captain.
	+ **Line**: Composed of large warships, usually 3 to 4 vessels.
	+ **Flotilla**: Composed of small capital ships, usually 6 to 12 vessels.
* **Element**: A force encompassing a single starship, commanded by a captain.

### Rank Structure

* **Fleet Admiral**
* **Admiral**
* **Vice Admiral**
* **Rear Admiral**
* **Commodore**
* **Senior Captain**
* **Captain**
* **Commander**
* **Lieutenant Commander**
* **Lieutenant**
* **Ensign**
* **Chief Petty Officer**
* **Petty Officer**
* **Senior Deckman**
* **Deckman**

## Specialisations

### Marines

The **Galactic Federation Marines** are the ship-to-ship assault and defense infantry of the Galactic Federation Defense Fleet. They also serve as bridgehead commandos responsible for leading planetary assaults.

### Fleet Intelligence

The **Galactic Federation Fleet Intelligence** is the intelligence service of the Federation's Defense Forces. Their main duties are providing intelligence and security services for the Defense Fleet. It is responsible for all intelligence matters pertaining to the Fleet, including the sequestering of classified material. They also monitor criminal and hostile activity within the Triumvirate's territory.

## Technology

Ever since its foundation, the Galactic Federation Defense Fleet made use of a wide variety of starships, produced by dozens of different companies from all across the galaxy. Because of a lack of proper uniformity, the federations fleets suffered from various inefficiencies in logistics and its training pipeline for shipcrews. As such a new warship program of massive scale, reminiscent of the New Republics New Class Modernization Program, was launched, together with the formation of the Federation Engineering Corporation, a conglomerate of all major shipbuilding companies employed by the Galactic Federation. The FEC standardization program, as it was later called, gave rise to a new line of warships, the FEC-line. These warships of various sizes and purposes would serve alongside older ships that had become too common and practical to fully replace, such as the EF98 Nebulon.

### Starships

* MC300 Battle Cruiser: A massive capital ship that serves as the centre of large fleet formations
* FEC-90 Candor-class Battle Carrier: A command ship and carrier commonly used by the Defense Fleet
* MC230 Star Cruiser: An older cruiser often serving as a transport or medical ship
* FEC-25 Fortitude-class Light Cruiser: The main cruiser used by the Defense Fleet
* EF98 Nebulon-V Escort Frigate: The main escort frigate used by the Defense Fleet
* SS/MF-63p Missile Frigate: A specialised missile frigate that has fallen out of favor with the main fleets
* Braha'sor-class Corvette: An older corvette still in active service among the Defense Fleet
* Eusphyra-class H-Type Gunship: A gunship used by the Defense Fleet
* YV-330/RSC Thranta-type Armed Transport: A patrol ship and transport commonly used to combat piracy.
* FEC-12 Diligence-class Haulcraft: A haulcraft and light patrol ship used by the Outer Rim Fleet

## Personnel

* Sall Naro: An Umbaran naval commander in charge of a taskforce from the Expansion Region Fleet. His flagship is the light cruiser *Vixus*.

## Notable Ships

* *Vixus*: A FEC-25 Fortitude-class Light Cruiser under the command of Sall Naro.

## Trivia

* Federation vessels use the prefix *Galactic Federation Ship* (GFS), though only on formal occasions.