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Published: 2021-01-18 18:45:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 20954; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 236
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To travel across the expanse of the Imperium Various organizations operate and maintain vast fleets of different types of interstellar craft. Visiting some imperial worlds, you can be overwhelmed by the abundance of craft crowding the orbit anchorage.  

The Imperial Fleet (NAVIS IMPERIALIS) is responsible for the fleets of warships that soar between the stars and planets in the Imperium as well as engaging threats both inside and outside the Imperium’s boarders.

The Departmento Munitorum is devoted to the general administration, supply and command of the Imperial Army (Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum) and transportation of troops and equipment to and from theaters of war.

The Merchant Fleets are one of the oldest organizations in the imperium, predating the Emperor’s domain and dating back to the dark age of Technology itself when the original Merchant charters were issued as part of Humanity’s expansion into the galaxy. The Merchant fleet deals only in trade and compose almost 90% of all interstellar spacecraft in the Imperium. As a result, they are supremely wealthy.

The Praeses Mercatura is the military arm of the Merchant fleets of the imperium, clad in midnight blue, they are lightly armed forces designed around protection and internal security they ultimately answer to the Speaker for the Chartist Captains and protect the Speaker’s personal domain on Terra.

Rogue Traders are a combination of freelance explorer, conquistador and merchant. Their task to explore and exploiting uncharted regions of the galaxy, Rogue traders might come across worlds long forgotten human civilizations which will be incorporated into the Imperium. Other times they find empty or alien-dominated planets ripe for colonization or exploitation.   

The League of Blackships of the Astra Telepathica are technologically advance feared transports filled with mournful psykers held in cavernous, psi-shielded holds covered in anti-psychic warding and constructed from a psychically resistant ebony metal to be taken back to terra to feed the voracious psychic appetite of the Emperor. The Blackships are overseen by members of the sister of silence, captained by senior adepts of the Astra Telepathic and crewed by well-trained and equipped standard humans.

The BASILIKON ASTRA is the Void fleet of the Adeptus Mechanicus, these fleets are independent of the larger Imperial Navy. Because of the Quest for Knowledge can involve long, arduous forays into unexplored space, it is important that they be heavily armed and armoured. This is not only for their own protection but to engage in combat when necessary to secure vital data or artefacts that may prove crucial to the quest.

The System Defense Forces (SDF) are maintained as a small independent space fleet performing similar duties to the Imperial Navy, albeit on a smaller and less well-equipped scale. The SDF may make use of defense Monitors, system defense boats, and lighter warships which are not cable warp travel. The SDF and PDF are under the control of the local government and are considered crucial by the Departmento Munitorum as the first line of defense for Imperial worlds.

Orbital Defense Platform are orbiting space station used by PDF/SDF for world defense against enemy spacecraft, they are deployed within a planets moon’s gravity well and are armed with a variety of weapons. Orbital Weapons Platforms usually mount several lasers batteries. Orbital Defense Laser Platform usually armed with massive defense laser batteries built with powerful plasma reactor. Orbital Torpedo Launchers missile batteries that can attack from a distance to disrupt an enemy advance and deliver a lethal blow to approaching enemy fleets.

The Civil Fleets contain several thousand privately-owned (Individuals, families or trading Cartels) interstellar craft operating along routes licensed by the fleet authorities responsible for shipping within that Segmentum.   

Missionary Vessels are ships of the Adeptus Ministrorum operated by the as mobile cathedrals of the Imperial Cult spreading faith in the emperor across the galaxy, these craft are well-armed and equipped in order to better their duties. 

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