Gruvanian Royal Navy

The Gruvanian Navy is a vital core to the Kingdom of Gruvania due to large oceans separating Gruvania with the continent. The Gruvanian Navy has since become the single biggest Navy in the world after the inconclusive Oil War that had brought technologies such as aircraft and radio.

### History

#### AOC

The Gruvanian Navy had it roots from the old Nimnos Navy which using their navigation skills colonized Myrefall and its surrounding islands. In around 3 BGW, the Nimnos Empire issued a decree which allowed Gruvanian Settlers to enlist in the Nimnos Navy. The Nimnos Navy was quite large back then, but they were powered by rowers because sails haven’t became a thing yet back in those days.

The first Gruvanian Settlers enlisted around a month after it was decreed, and thousands of men soon became sailors but not what was expected, the Nimnos Empire instead decided to make Gruvanians as rowers and not the men who would fight close combat in ships. This made the Gruvanians upset because they were given false promises that they would became soldiers and not rowers.

On 5 BGW, rowers from a warship started to mutiny in Graycott which started a chain reaction that made another 200 Warships from an entire fleet to mutiny against their officers. The Graycott Fleet Mutiny became one of the main causes for the independence and but was largely ignored until the navy days. This mutiny was largely put down however, and the Nimnos Empire later retracted their decree after that incident happened.

#### BGW

The war of independence started with a strategic victory for the young kingdom. Graycott was seized after an hour of fighting and most of the ships stationed there were captured intact excluding 2 warships that managed to escape after they were ordered to patrol. Thus, the Kingdom gained 250 Warships of all sizes, mainly sloops and brigs but around 12 of them were frigates. Around the same time Alrich was made king, the Nimnos Fleet landed near Myrefall and captured it without too much losses due to the fact that many armies were stationed to fight on the Northern Islands.

In the night, fireships started ramming the wooden Nimnos Warships that were carrying precious supplies for the land army. In the day, Gruvanian Officers remarked as seeing “A sea of fire, as the entire ocean was burning,” the phenomenon of the ocean burning was because that the burning planks were detached from ship in order for the ship to not catch on fire. In all, all but 14 of the warships burned in or out of the Grand Harbor with as many as 2.500 men killed.

The first taste of naval combat was given to the navy around the same time fireships started to attack the Nimnos Fleet, the 14 warships that survived the burning was hunted down and sunk by the Navy with all hands lost after a decree from the king was issued that stated that “sinking ships were not to be subjected to any rescue of its crew as to give time for our ships to flee from superior Nimnos Fleets that are hunting sole raiders.”

#### GW

Right before the Grand War, Clifton Marks made a reform making "Fleet Commands" synonymous to Army Group but in Navy terms, he made it so that fleets could communicate together like Corps do during in the mainland theatre. The start of the Grand War looked bright for the Navy, as it blockaded all ports with relative ease. There are still threats of commerce raiders however, but they were soon hunted down and sunk. The most major threat though was the submarine presence that was increasing each month, from the predicted 12 subs rising to 75 subs in the first year.

The Navy did a great mistake in the first five years, and that is accidentally sinking the royal gunboat of King Jeremiah II, killing him and many high ranking officers, this mistake made a greater effect for the Grand Alliance, as it gifted them 2 Aircraft Carriers that were Gruvanian-made. These carriers pose a threat to lone task forces patrolling the Abyss Sea, as it made them vulnerable to advanced carriers if those ships made it out of harbor.

The subsequent disaster that destroyed an entire task force was seen as a humiliation for the Navy, as it let that task force into its now watery grave. With 10.000 lives lost, the Navy censored the press until the very end of the war. Another disaster almost unfolded but was thankfully saved by a Kaphan carrier group that was operating near it.

For the next 15 years, all went quiet as both sides shifted to the land war. The only real engagements were only airstrikes on ports and some submarine engagements. The only real lost was the Supercarrier GNS Black Keep when it was hit by 6 acoustic torpedos from a Forarenian submarine. The submarine was hunted down by the escorts and sunk after 2 hours of search. Gruvania quickly added a total of 25 Supercarriers into its arsenal during this time, as its shipbuilding skills were unmatchable.

Nearing the end of the war, the biggest engagement during the war was the Battle of The Abyss Sea, during which over 100 Carriers participated in it. The Eastern Fleets of the Grand Alliance all tried to break out at the same time to link up with its Western one, during which they were all engaged in and around the Abyss Sea. Both sides suffered losses but the Ivory Alliance ultimately won it due to its ship numbers. The biggest loss for the Grand Alliance was not on its fleets, but on the Magdorlandian Grand Admiral Kelvin Luckmore, killed when his flagship was hit by a total of 15 Anti-Ship Missiles and sunk with him severely wounded and later dying of his wounds.

#### AGW

##### Imperial Era

After the defeat of the Grand Alliance in the Grand War, Gruvania tried to consolidate its power by the annexation of Shadow Ospray. With its power increased, Gruvania turned into an empire with each kingdom in it granted the abitlity to make their own army in exchange for its people to serve in the Gruvanian Armed Forces. Alrich I brought reforms in the navy, the introduction of Naval Commands and Permanent Sea Bases across the Empire.

##### Major Ship Construction of 30 AGW

Alrich also ordered the entire navy's ships to be scrapped in further part so that he could make his own from scratch, the order was given in 27 AGW and with the real scrapping beginning in 29 AGW. With the fleets scrapping all their ships, Alrich transformed the Navy by building 27 Fleet Carriers (2 to be given to Magdorland) and 150 Cruisers with hundreds more as destroyers and frigates. While the fleet should finish construction in 10 years, Alrich made negotiations with Potatoland to give the license to build their most advanced weapon systems on ships in exchange for some scrap from the Grand War ships.

##### Roozterlandie Civil War

Gruvania, through diplomacy, reached its decision to intervene on behalf on the Loyalists in the Roozterlandie Civil War. This act was to become one of Gruvania’s most controversial move. As soon as they’ve reached their decision, a carrier battle group was assembled revolving around 2 supercarriers with additional escorts. This battlegroup would become known as the “Dread Fleet” as it does air strikes on a daily basis on Roozterlandie ports. While the battlegroup is doing the task of ensuring naval dominance, transport fleets and convoys were assembled to ferry off troops into Kaphan. This move would be strategic as it would allow convoys and transports to keep moving with relative safety.

##### Expansion of the Navy into Space

During the course of AGW, the ISO has researched the FTL Engine. Following this remarkable invention, Gruvanian Rocket Scientists began to secretly developed their own engine out of the juridiction of the ISO. It led into the invention of a FTL Engine that is 3x more faster and reliable than the original one made from the ISO, with Gruvania keeping it as state secret until 45 AGW. With Graycott having developed its shipyards to make spaceships, Gruvania could order atleast Patrol Vessels and Destroyers for its Space Exploration.

With permission from Grand Admiral Lavigne, the Navy would order 5 Space-Destroyers for the purpose of defending its orbit from any invaders, 2 of these destroyers would later take part of the Colonization of Miderion.

#### AOTA

##### Space Arms Race of 1 AOTA

In the Crisis of AOTA, Gruvania would bolster its Space Navy with the construction of the first Space Carrier in the world, the GINS Clifton Marks, together with dozens of destroyers, while plans are drawn for the inclusion of cruisers into theSpace Navy. Pilot training for aircraft in space were also conducted before the space aircraft came in commision. While most of these trainings were done on the planet, some training were also conducted in orbit with the Space Navy.

##### Commisioning of GINS Clifton Marks

A year after its construction, the GINS Clifton Marks is commisioned after conduction space trials. Although it could carry no less than 20 aircraft, it boasted the Space Navy’s power above Gruvanian Orbit. The GINS Clifton Marks is also equipped with the newest engines that are more stable than its predecessors during the Colonization of Miderion. For the next three years of her service, the space carrier would only be equipped with the F-35 for low orbit combat air patrol.

Even with a small air group, the Space Carrier has to be operated by no less than 2000 personnel, most of them are mechanics to repair the engine in case of war. The Space Carrier can also operate as a troop transport with its room for an additional 1500 soldiers. The soldiers are equipped with suits to operate in space, while the drop-ships are being designed.

##### Naval Construction of 11 AOTA

With many nations building spacecraft in order to project their power in space. Imperial Gruvania ruler Emperor Alrich II has issued an order for the start of a Naval Construction aimed at producing 10 Space-Carriers, 20 Space-Cruisers, and 50 Space-Destroyers. It is also Alrich II who gave the order to prepare production for the F2s and Mark IIs of Phantom Industries to further gain an edge over its enemies.