Bretonia Armed Forces (player faction)

This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Bretonia Armed Forces

"Carina, Regina, Imperatrix!"

History

The Bretonian Armed Forces have long been commanded by the admirals of the Admiralty Board, a group currently comprised of the three admirals of the planetary fleets of Cambridge, New London, and Leeds, and the eight admirals of the great fleets, who currently each command their regions from the decks of the great Dunkirks, the Essex, the Suffolk, the Norfolk, the York, the Derby, the Macduff, the Grimsby, and the Arc Royal.

The group formerly met under the purview of the Monarch, who maintained a full third of the vote as well as veto power, on the Battleship Harlow.

This relationship has been recently upended. As a consequence of the recent troubles with the Populist Party, the Royalist Prime Minister Worthington, fearing a revolution on his hands, realized that superficial concessions to the Populists were needed, and he has appointed a new Minister of Defence, Royalist James Ralston.

The New Minister of Defense, in turn, resurrected the ancient rank of Fleet Admiral, and promoted Percy Nelles to that position. Fleet Admiral Nelles had a conservative reputation, and was assumed therefore to be safely Royalist. Secretly, however, he harboured admiration for the courage of the Populists and Federalists, and was loathe to add further to their persecution.

In June 817 A.S., following the loss of his arm at the Battle of Stokes and under pressure from the new government of Prime Minister George Mountbatten to make way for a younger candidate, Fleet Admiral Percy Nelles decided to step down from his position and was replaced by Fleet Admiral Sir Stanley Nelson, previously Admiral of the Suffolk Great Fleet. He is faced with the daunting task of halting the Kusari advance towards Planet Leeds and recovering from recent setbacks to bring the full weight of the BAF to bear against the exposed Kusari positions.

The Fleet Admiral now has replaced the Monarch's position on the Admiralty Board, and therefore now enjoys the voting and veto privileges previously enjoyed by the Monarch.

The Privateers

During the year 814 AS, Andrew Stuart, Knight of the Realm, published his manuscript "Lines of Supply and Trade Interdiction: A study of the Kusari war machine and its vulnerabilities," Which he spoke on during tours of multiple lecture circuits, and finaly in the Queen's Court. In September of 815, Carina became assured of support for Stuart's methods of asymetrical warfare, and issued him a royal mandate to organize a squadron of privateers to interdict Kusari Trade. The privateer wing commanded by Andrew Stuart continues to successfully run strikes deep into Kusari space beyond the Tau patrols. His incarceration in the Tower of London is now officially characterised as an "unfortunate misunderstanding."

Support and Supplies, and Trading Restrictions

Since its formation in the year 310, the Bowex shipping corporation has almost exclusively funded the BMM construction of BAF warships, and the nationalization of these two companies have historically increased the prosperity of the Bretonian public in comparison to the other Houses by reducing the strain placed on the public in the form of defense taxes.

For spectacularily obvious reasons, there is a ban against any commodities transfered to/from Kusari as well as a ban on any military-related commodities being taken through the Taus. Violaters of this embargo shall simply drop their cargo, or be destroyed.

Position of the Queen

Preceding Carina I's rule, the monarch had long been an impartial observer of the Admiralty Board proceedings, maintaining a small defense force in Salisbury and providing the Battleship Harlow as neutral grounds for the politics of the Board. Queen Carina for a time enlarged the Monarch's martial power, beginning with a general increase in the exercise of the veto, using her influence in the legislature, and exercising direct command authority over Her personal Guard, the Royal Fleet. In time, Queen Carina's Royal Fleet surpassed in strength any other Bretonian Armed Forces Military unit.

Bretonian Politics then took a turn for the worse, at least in the assessment of the Royalists, who, acting in concert with the Crown, reacted to the demands of the Populists harshly, effectively banning that party, and in doing so radicalizing the Populist movement, the core membership of which became the Federalists.

To every action there is a reaction, and the angry response of the public, fuelled by Federalist propoganda, surprised the Royalists. Fearing a revolution at hand, the Royalists developed a propoganda narrative designed to assauge the people's anger, and neutralize the threat represented by the Federalists.

In the Royalist narrative presented to the public, there was a grudging recognition that yes, the Queen had overplayed her hand, and that the personal power of the Monarch had to be curbed. The creation of the position of Fleet Admiral was designed to grant the illusion that the Minister of Defense, and through him Parliament, was again firmly in control of the Armed Forces.

Illusion indeed. Because Carina, on the surface once again merely an impartial observer of the Admiralty Board, does in fact still wield tremendous power over the Royalists in Parliament behind the scenes, and as a result, over her Armed Forces.

It is revealing that in spite of the abovementioned "reforms", the Motto of the Bretonian Armed Forces remains "Carina, Regina, Imperatrix!"

BAF Diplomacy

Faction	Relationship
Bretonian Police Authority	Allied
Bowex	Allied
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	Allied
Mandalorian Mercenaries	Allied
Gateway	Friendly
Liberty Navy	Friendly
Liberty Security Force	Friendly
Planetform	Friendly
Bounty Hunters Guild	Friendly
Golden Chrysanthemums	Friendly
Outcasts	Friendly
Blood Dragons	Friendly
Independent Miners Guild	Neutral
Rheinland Military	Neutral
Zoners	Neutral
Red Hessians	Unfriendly
Mollys	Unfriendly
Gaians	Hostile
Lane Hackers	Hostile
Bretonian Buccaneers	Hostile
Xenos	Hostile
Colonial Remnant	Hostile
Kusari	Hostile
Corsairs	Hostile
SCRA	At War
Phantoms	At War

Special Notes:

• Outcasts - DO NOT permit smuggling or piracy in Bretonian Space
• Independent Miners Guild - Permitted to trade Deuterium and H Fuel, but 5 mill fine if trading with Kusari
• Zoners - ZAS : Zoners Against Slavery may move slaves across Bretonia to Rehab Facility in Omega 49
• Mollys - Hostile if pirating, but may assist against Corsairs / Kusari
• Colonial Remnant - Warships to be destroyed on sight. Trade ships are to drop cargo and leave or be destroyed.

Faction Details

Affilation

• Bretonian Armed Forces ID
• Bretonian Armed Forces Tag

Zone Of Interest

ZOI Does not include Omega-49.

Ranks

• Fleet Admiral
• Admiral
• Commodore
• Captain
• Commander
• Lieutenant Commander
• Lieutenant
• Ensign

Roster

• Fleet Admiral:
  • LeMaitre : Fleet Admiral Sir Stanley Nelson [KBE][DSC][NSM]: FACTION LEADER

• Admirals
  • Dieter Schprokets : Admiral Percy Nelles [OBE][VB][NSM], MOD James Ralston : SECOND IN COMMAND
  • Stratus : Admiral Sir Drake Kaiden [KBE][VB]
  • MarvinCZ : Admiral Mark McKenna [OBE][DSC][NSM]
  • Markam : Admiral John Redmond [MBE] : TRAINING COORDINATOR
  • Athenian : Lord Admiral Sir Roger Brinkley [KBE][CC][DSC][etc] : DISCIPLINE OFFICER

• Commodores
  • Capt G Thacker : Commodore Winston Doyle, Commander Eric Wallace
  • Adamantine Fist : Commodore Neville Hughes
  • Coriko Lameos : Commodore George Harrington

• Captains
  • Banza : Captain James Hobart [DFC] : TRAINING OFFICER
  • Slainte : Captain Jack Frost
  • Darth_Chernobyl : Captain Blake Owen : TRAINING OFFICER
  • Evyn_Hunter : Captain Evyn Hunter [DFC][DSC] : TRAINING OFFICER

• Commanders
  • Derkylos : Commander Simon Aldwyn
  • Eternal : Commander Aileen Fowl
  • Darkpearl : Commander Jacob Carter [DFC]
  • Benjamin : Commander John Richards
  • gezza999 : Commander Roger Ring

• Lieutenant Commanders
  • Josh : Lieutenant Commander John Cooper
  • Darthbeck : Lieutenant Commander Tom Ramey
  • Flint : Lieutenant Commander James Flint
  • Little Wicked : Lieutenant Commander Roland Gilead [DSC]
  • Sircian : Lieutenant Commander Robert Jones
  • Husher : Lieutenant Commander Ian Driscoll
  • Lark : Lieutenant Commander Jare Karlo
  • Deepsircar : Lieutenant Commander John Galt
  • Jure : Lieutenant Commander Richard Bucket [VB]
  • Ethan Morrow : Lieutenant Commander Austin Goodman [CC]

• Lieutenants
  • CaltuRe : Lieutenant Moritz Karlson
  • Stone21 : Lieutenant Ryan Williams
  • Rashnok : Lieutenant "Bacon" Mackenzie
  • PhoenixGA01 : Lieutenant Jaedon Phoenix
  • Gonta : Lieutenant Serge Gonta
  • Chris_Wallace : Lieutenant Chris Wallace
  • Enko : Lieutenant Ashley Taylor
  • Grin : Lieutenant Jay Smith
  • Roxas : Lieutenant Alina Farwyn
  • (ASF)Destroyer : Lieutenant Thomas Andrews
  • Neronian : Lieutenant S. Rockwell

• Ensigns
  • Donutman : Ensign Alex Rider
  • Asgardian : Ensign Rachel Malrone
  • Recoil9000 : Ensign Zack Undermann
  • Adam Peacecraft : Ensign Adam Peacecraft
  • Cobalt Raven : Ensign Dave Silverton
  • Charan : Ensign Max Ferron
  • Cleric : Ensign Bartholomew Bell
  • Longhorn : Ensign Elfdane Longhorn
  • UNKNOWN : Ensign Thomas Marne
  • Drake : Ensign Alex Moss
  • Capt. Matt : Ensign Kevin Farwel
  • Rob Smith : Ensign Rob Smith
  • Banesblood : Ensign Baird Hawkins
  • UNKOWN : Ensign John Everyman
  • UNKOWN : Ensign St John Rivers
  • (n/a): Ensign Tommy Atkins

• Privateers
  • Bluntpencil2001 : Andrew Stuart (Leader of the Privateers, honourary "Admiral" rank) : RECRUITMENT OFFICER
  • Stoat : Fortunatus Wright
  • Photuin : Richard Starkley
  • von_Gotteshand : Liam Mackinnon
  • Turkish : Shaun McKeckren
  • Blodo : Finn "Flash" Hopkins
  • Koolmo : Ex-Lord Sir Reginald Noteworthy III
  • Jure : John Mycroft
  • Drake : Eddie Hawkins
  • Dieter Schprokets : Robert Chevalier
  • MarvinCZ : Nobby Preston
  • John Redmond : Maggie Hacket
  • LeMaitre : Roland Pierson

MI5 : Counter Intelligence and Security

• Director MI5 : Christopher Wren (Unselie)

• Agents:
  • LeMaitre : BAF|Agent.Tebbit
  • Benjamin : BAF|Agent.Eden
  • Dab : BAF|Agent.Azalea

MI6 : Secret Intelligence Service

• Director MI6 : "M" : (Reverend Del)
  • Ethan Morrow
  • MarvinCZ
  • Capt G Thacker
  • Dieter Schprokets
  • LeMaitre
  • Athenian
  • Dejavu

Capital Ships

• Dunkirks:
  • Pendragon (Staff Admiral Mobile Command Ship)
  • Regina : Dieter : Percy Nelles
  • Majestic : Markam : John Redmond

• Destroyers:
  • Isaac Brock : Dieter : Percy Nelles
  • Assurance : Stratus : Drake Kaiden
  • Redoubt : MarvinCZ : Mark McKenna
  • Sovereign : Capt G Thacker : Winston Doyle
  • Steadfast : LeMaitre : Stanley Nelson
  • Repulse : Markam : John Redmond
  • Fearless : Darthbeck : Tom Ramey

• Gunboats:
  • Indefatigable : Dieter : Percy Nelles
  • Queen's Ransom (Privateer) : Bluntpencil2001 : Andrew Stuart (Honourary Admiral Rank)
  • Warspite : Grin : Aubrey Mainwaring
  • Vanguard : LeMaitre : Stanley Nelson
  • Cobra : Seth Karlo : Soloreth Kest
  • Lynx : Photuin : Richard Starkey
  • Wellesley : Athenian : Sir Roger Brinkley (Carina's Cross)
  • Nestor : Mwerte : Lt Cmdr Sarah Byfield

• Royal Liners:
  • Black Rose (Bluntpencil, Privateer) : Andrew Stuart (Honourary Admiral Rank)
  • Britannia (Common Account, Ambassador based in New York)

• Repair Ship:
  • Gibraltar

• Assignment of Command of Dunkirk Bases
  • Harlow : LeMaitre : Sir Stanley Nelson (Admiralty HQ)
  • Norfolk : MarvinCZ : Mark McKenna (Admiral, 4th Fleet)
  • Suffolk : Dieter : Percy Nelles (Admiral, 5th Fleet)
  • Essex : Coriko Lameos : George Harrington (Commodore, I BF - 6th Fleet)
  • Derby : Thacker : Winston Doyle (Commodore, I BF - 7th Fleet)
  • York : Markam : John Redmond (Admiral, 8th Fleet)
  • Ark Royal : Stratus : Sir Drake Kaiden (Admiral, 9th Fleet)
  • MacDuff : Adamantine Fist : Neville Hughes (Commodore, I BF - 10th Fleet)
  • Grimsby : Athenian : Sir Roger Brinkley (Admiral, 11th Fleet)
  • Stirling : Bluntpencil2001 : Stuart Andrews (Admiral, Reserve) / Andrew Stuart ("Admiral", Privateers)

BAF Member Guidelines

• BAF members are to understand this Faction Status post, and the Laws of Bretonia
• BAF members are to always RP in system chat, and unless impractical, in Group Chat.
• BAF members are always to obey their superior officers. Junior officers WILL obey senior officers target assignments in combat, PERIOD. Disobedience loses battles.
• Combat/Assistance Priorities are as Follows
  • Priority 1 : Always, without delay, assist other BAF, BPA, and other allies in combat who require assistance, but do not overkill, either. Obviously RL takes precedence, but advise others when it does.
  • Priority 2 : Stop Pirates from pirating in Bretonian space
  • Priority 3 : Stop Smuggling (This is BPA's job, and not a BAF priority. We are at war)
  • Priority 4 : Combat Training in Salisbury, or patrol home systems, or help new players with rep, as needed.
• Treat other players with courtesy and respect.
• BAF members with traders are strongly encouraged to support the faction financially.
• When only Ensigns are present online, a more senior member (incl Lt's) in another character must change to BAF to give them guidance. Preferably, at least one Lt Commander or higher rank will be on to provide command.
• BAF members above the rank of Lieutenant are to enforce these rules. Report problem players breaking these rules or the server rules to me. I will take appropriate action, including discharge, with or without explanation. I do not need a high standard of proof, like screenshots. If a senior member tells me a junior one did something, that is all I need.
• Any BAF member who is sanctioned by the Admins may be expelled from the faction, purely at my discretion, with or without explanation..
• Bretonian ships and gear only. Codenamed Weapons Allowed. Anything larger than a Challenger requires clearance from command, and the rank of Lieutenant Commander

Recruitment

Recruitment is generally open, especially to new players. We try to encourage roleplaying in new players, so want new people to sign up here.