Sovereign Aezenfjord Navy

The Sovereign Aezenfjord Navy (SAN) is the Sovereign State of Aezenfjord 's naval warfare branch. The service directly operates Aezenfjord and Sylene Class warships, with a substantial pool of locally registered vessels which it can press into service in times of conflict. The SAN is based out of the Valdreach Admiralty Building in Upper Aezenfjord, and is currently headed by Fleet Admiral EDP1717.

Organisation

The SAN is divided into two services: Naval Military Command (NMC) and the Merchant Marine. NMC is responsible for designing, constructing, commissioning, and operating Aezenfjord 's warships, and is further divided into Home Fleet (flagship SAS Aezenfjord) and Rose Fleet (flagship SAS Enforcer), for protecting Aezenfjord's territorial waters and projecting Aezenfjord's influence outside of her territory respectively. Lily Fleet, formerly operated by NMC, was integrated into the United Theios-Essukdal Navy after reunification. NMC is led by the Chief of the Naval Staff, traditionally a Rear Admiral. NMC is headquarted out of the Aezenfjord College of Shipbuilding and Design in the Aezenfjord port district.

The Merchant Marine is the body responsible for registering merchant shipping in Aezenfjord, and assigning every one of these vessels a registry number in accordance with the International Merchant Registry. All private and government-owned shipping which is not commissioned into the navy is required to be registered with the Marine. In times of conflict, the Marine can be pressed into service subordinate to NMC to support the war effort. This extra labour pool and efficient usage of existing shipping and manpower gives Aezenfjord and edge in naval warfare, and makes the coordinating the logistics of fleet operations much simpler. The Merchant Marine is headed by the Chief of Merchant Coordination, traditionally a Commodore, and is headquarted in Concord harbour.

History

The Sovereign Aezenfjord Navy began its existence as the successor to the Imperial Valdreach Navy (IVN) after the secession of the city and collapse of the VIR. All of the VIR's existing naval infrastructure was in Aezenfjord, which meant that the SAN had access to the naval resources of a global great power from the beginning. Where the government of the VIR often restricted the growth of the IVN, the SAN found itself in much better circumstances as the new sparsely populated state of Aezenfjord was bordered on three sides by ocean and required naval power to effectively defend itself.

Soon, the SAN drew the attention of the Empire of Escharia, who requested that the leadership of SAN and Kaiserliche Marine merge. The fleet admiral agreed, and so the two navies unified under different flags. The Escharian period saw the design and construction of Sylene Class Frigates, the largest ships at sea, and the rapid expansion of both fleets. After the Great War, the two fleets officially merged and the SAN ceased to exist except as the design department of the Kaiserliche Marine. In reality, most Escharian ships were staffed by SAN-trained sailors and officers, on loan until Escharia built its own base of trained sailors. The ascension of Escharia left these loan officers without leadership, and after a brief chaotic period involving the total destruction of Lileanen 's Heimatflotte, control of the Marine reverted to the SAN.

Out of the four Escharian-operated fleets, two were destroyed during the ascension (Perlflotte in Neurun and Heimatflotte in Lileanen), and one was integrated into the newly reunified United Theios-Essukdal Navy (Lilieflotte/Lily Fleet). The fourth fleet was Roseflotte/Rose Fleet, which was split into the two fleets currently operated by NMC.

Registration and Numbering Conventions

Naval Military Command uses the prefix SAS (Sovereign Aezenfjord Ship), and the Aezenfjord System of designating its ships.

SAS Aezenfjord (C-01-001)

C designates a commissioned ship (CC for construction and P for planned), the first number is the class designation (01 for Aezenfjord Class and 02 for Sylene Class), and the final number is the ship number, which counts up for each ship constructed.

The Sovereign Aezenfjord Merchant Marine conforms to the International Merchant Registry System, with the prefix AMV (Aezenfjord Merchant Vessel) and the national code of MR.

Fleet

Home Fleet currently consists of two Aezenfjord-Class anti-piracy escorts, under the flag of SAS Aezenfjord (C-01-001).

Rose Fleet currently consists of one Sylene-Class frigate and two Aezenfjord-Class escorts, under the flag of SAS Enforcer (C-02-003).

The Merchant Marine currently consists of eight Hebra-Class light merchant haulers in various locations around Rathnir.

(Updated May 18th)