Bretonia Armed Forces (player faction)
- This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Bretonia Armed Forces
| Bretonian Armed Forces | |
| Origin |  Bretonia
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| Alignment | Lawful |
| Profile | |
| Date of founding | Arround 310 A.S. |
| Founder(s) | Uknown monarch |
| Current leader(s) | Fleet Admiral Percy Nelles |
| Base of operations | Battleship Harlow, Salisbury |
| Primary role | |
| Protect The Queen | |
| Secondary role | |
| Defend Bretonia and her ways | |
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 has, in turn, resurrected the ancient rank of Fleet Admiral, and promoted Percy Nelles to that position. Fleet Admiral Nelles has a conservative reputation, and is assumed therefore to be safely Royalist. Secretly, however, he harbors admiration for the courage of the Populists and Federalists, and is loathe to add further to their persecution. He will not, however, abide the Federalist's new policy of interference in Bretonian trade. To him, in a time of war, that simply cannot be tolerated.
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
Allied
Friendly
- Gateway
- Liberty Security Force
- Liberty Navy
- Planetform
- Bounty Hunters Guild
- GC
- Blood Dragons
- Outcasts (Do NOT permit smuggling, however)
Neutral
- Independent Miners Guild (Permitted to trade Deuterium and H Fuel, but 5 mill fine if trading with Kusari)
- Rheinland Military
- Zoners (ZAS : Zoners Against Slavery may move slaves across Bretonia to Rehab Facility in Omega 49)
- Those not mentioned elsewhere
Unfriendly
- Federalists (Hostile if Pirating)
- Colonial Remnant (Trading Vessels have right of access, but NOT warships. Warships must leave, or be destroyed)
Hostile
Faction Details
Affilation
- Bretonian Armed Forces ID
- Bretonian Armed Forces Tag
Zone Of Interest
Ranks
- Fleet Admiral
- Admiral
- Commodore
- Captain
- Commander
- Lieutenant Commander
- Lieutenant
- Ensign
Roster
- Fleet Admiral:
- Dieter Schprokets : MOD James Ralston, Fleet Admiral Percy Nelles, Cpt Isaac Brock (KIA), Lt Catharine Brock
- Admirals:
- Stratus : Admiral Sir Drake Kaiden, Commander John Scythmore
- MarvinCZ : Admiral Mark McKenna (OBE): FACTION SECOND IN COMMAND
- Commodores:
- Grin : Lord Commodore Aubrey Mainwaring : RECRUITMENT OFFICER
- LeMaitre : Commodore Sir Stanley Nelson : DIPLOMATIC OFFICER
- Captains:
- Monk : Captain Douglas Bader
- Markam : Captain John Redmond (MBE)
- Athenian : Lord Captain Sir Roger Brinkley (Carina's Cross)
- Commanders
- Capt G Thacker : Commander Winston Doyle, Commander Eric Wallace
- Adamantine Fist : Commander Neville Hughes
- Coriko Lameos : Commander George Harrington : PROMOTIONS ASSISTANT
- Lieutenant Commanders
- Seth Karlo : Lieutenant Commander Soloreth Kest
- Flint : Lieutenant Commander James Flint
- Mwerte : Lieutenant Commander Sarah Byfield
- Slainte : Lieutenant Commander Jack Frost
- Unselie : Lieutenant Commander Samantha Windsor
- Darth_Chernobyl : Lieutenant Commander Blake Owen : TRAINING COORDINATOR
- Derkylos : Lieutenant Commander Simon Aldwyn
- Eternal : Lieutenant Commander Aileen Fowl
- Evyn_Hunter : Lieutenant Commander Evyn Hunter (DFC) : TRAINING OFFICER
- Banza : Lieutenant Commander James Hobart (D.F.C.) : TRAINING OFFICER
- Lieutenants
- Vincent : Lieutenant Christian Hart
- Simpsonator : Lieutenant Richard Tarigon
- Rashnok : Lieutenant "Bacon" Mackenzie
- Sircian : Lieutenant Robert Jones
- Josh : Lieutenant John Cooper
- Tic :Lieutenant Rodney Trotter
- Adict : Lieutenant Joseph Conrad
- Teschy : Lieutenant Pierce Quinn
- Darkpearl : Lieutenant Jacob Carter
- Ensigns:
- Specter : Ensign Elsie Robirds
- KappaWing_2 : Ensign Elliot Tyler
- Husher : Ensign Ian Driscoll
- CaltuRe : Ensign Moritz Karlson
- Rudo : Ensign Fletcher Farthing
- Chris_Wallace : Ensign Chris Wallace
- Gary Waterman : Ensign Gary Waterman
- (ASF)Destroyer : Ensign Thomas Andrews
- Lone Wolf : Ensign Jennifer Hawkeye
- PhoenixGA01 : Ensign Jaedon Phoenix
- Blackstarr : Ensign Jason Resbane
- Donutman : Ensign Alex Rider
- Asgardian : Ensign Rachel Malrone
- Stone21 : Ensign Ryan Williams
- Smoke : Ensign Joe Armstrong
- Agent Nitro : Ensign Dennis Harris
- Benjamin : Ensign John Richards
- Firesilver : Ensign Dave Silver
- Ethil : Ensign Jack Harkness
- Olsav : Ensign Andrew Darby
- Holloway : Ensign John Williams
- Retnuh : Ensign Peter Baskerville
- Battleship Hood : Ensign Soloman Oleander
- gezza999 : Ensign Roger Ring
- Alexander : Ensign Alexander Coulson
- Darthbeck : Ensign Tom Ramey
- Dejavu : Ensign Boris McDonald
- thekillerppodl : Ensign Kenneth Johnson
- Ethan Morrow : Ensign Austin Goodman
- Lark : Ensign Jare Karlo
- Little Wicked : Ensign Roland Gilead
Capital Ships
- Dunkirks:
Pendragon (Fleet Admiral Flagship) Majestic : Markam : John Redmond
- Destroyers:
- 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)
- Imperatrix (Dieter, MOD Flagship) : Minister of Defense James Ralston
- Britannia (Common Account, Ambassador based in New York)
- Repair Ship:
- Gibraltor
- Assignment of Command of Dunkirk Bases
- Harlow : Dieter : Percy Nelles
- MacDuff : Bluntpencil2001 : Andrew Stuart
- Norfolk : MarvinCZ : Mark McKenna
- Derby : Athenian : Sir Roger Brinkley
- Suffolk : LeMaitre : Stanley Nelson
- Ark Royal : Stratus : Drake Kaiden
- Essex : Grin : Aubrey Mainwaring
- York : Markam : John Redmond
- Grimsby : Monk : Douglas Bader
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 always open, especially to new players. We try to encourage roleplaying in new players, so want new people to sign up here.
