Ercinean Navy

Ercinean Navy
Dreadnought in Burning Suns
Purpose	Colonization, participate in battles and barrages.
Hitpoints	1
Attacks	1d8
Strength	3
Unit cost	3 crystals
Upgrades	0
Battlecruiser in Burning Suns
Purpose	Assault, participate in battles and barrages.
Hitpoints	1
Attacks	1d8
Strength	4
Unit cost	4 crystals
Upgrades	1
Raider in Burning Suns
Purpose	Grant extra attacks in battles and barrages.
Hitpoints	1
Attacks	1d8
Strength	6
Unit cost	6 crystals
Upgrades	1
Titan in Burning Suns
Purpose	Assault, participate in battles and barrages.
Hitpoints	8
Attacks	3d8
Strength	3
Unit cost	18 crystals
Limits	1 per navy
Starbase in Burning Suns
Purpose	Generate wormhole and deny extra enemy attacks in system.
Hitpoints	6
Attacks	3d8
Strength	2
Unit cost	10 crystals
Limits	1 per navy

The Ercinean military is a long-established organization, heavily geared toward peacekeeping and population defence. While neither the largest nor best armed force in Assembly space, they are not a foe to be taken lightly.

Origin

Ercineans have the ability to fly, and their innate navigational ability makes them superior pilots to any other race. Following from this, their naval forces depend largely on smaller vessels, retaining the manoeuvrability and flexibility of action and reaction that their natural abilities provide. The Ercinean navy boasts by far the largest number of raider-class fighters per capital ship of any major Assembly Navy.

The Ercineans also take responsibility for the defence of Farseer territory.

Military doctrine

Ercineans are masters of the art of Fabian tactics. Lacking the numbers to successfully prosecute pitched battles, their strategists are content to draw out phases of combat into lengthy campaigns of attrition. Since the ercineans are almost always engaging defensively, such tactics exploit the weakness of an aggressors' logistical concerns - an invader is always vulnerable in their supply lines and lack of secure positions.

Navy branches

Ercinean Home Guard
A standing defence force charged with securing Ercinean and Farseer territories.
Force	Wing	Squadron	Flight
Panacea	6 per Force	8 per Wing	4 per squadron
Saetorae	6 per Force	8 per Wing	4 per squadron

Ercinean Peacekeeper Corps
A volunteer force drawn from the Home Guard ranks, deployed to fulfill any responsibilities to the Assembly.
Force	Wing	Squadron	Flight
Peacekeeper	varies	varies	4 per squadron

Navy ranks

Officer Ranks Ercineans have fairly flat hierarchies, and commands are likely to involve groups of ships as opposed to an individual vessel

General

Wing Commander

Squadron Commander

Flight Leader

Flight Adjutant

Notable characters

General Ealrian

Notable events

The Hundred-Years War

The Hellfire Campaign