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Trope-a-Day: Space Navy

Alistair Young

Alistair Young

Nov 3, 2015

Space Navy: Well, yes, albeit crossed with Space Air Force.  See any number of related tropes, including – probably especially – ­Standard Sci-Fi Fleet.

Even better, since there’s been a whole lot of articles about this written recently and not so recently on the blog, go here and scroll back as far as you like.

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Imperial Military Service

Rank Revisions

Just been making some adjustments to the Imperial Military Service Table of Ranks today (specifically, adjusting the enlisted ranks to correct some seniorities and fix the missing E-9 grade), so here's the current version, screenshotted from my internal wiki for your convenience: For those playing the game at

Mar 3, 2025

wet navy

Shipshape

I saw this picture today, via an Astral Codex Ten post on distinguishing human art from AI art, but that is not the context in which I reference it: Instead, I merely point out that it would be an accurate representation of what the Royal Alatian (later Imperial) Navy would

Nov 20, 2024

Fíerí's Starships of the Associated Worlds

Put A Ring In It

The term “ring-magazine” refers to a design philosophy used in current-generation Imperial Navy capital ships, other than carriers, along with a number of the larger, quadruple-turreted cruiser classes. To review, these types – unlike the smaller destroyers and frigates – share a common general plan dictated by the requirements of military starship

Oct 22, 2024

Carp Scale Mirror

Flexible Protection

PALAXIAS, PALAXIAS (4829-03-04) – In a public release today, the Office of the Shore Lords announced the formal transfer of all projects under REFLECTION DANCE from the Bureau of Innovation to the Bureau of Ships, confirming that the deployment of the Carp Scale Mirror to all IN starships has begun. The

Jul 29, 2024
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