Editing 17th Fleet (Star League)

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The '''Seventeenth Fleet''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[Star League Defense Force#Naval Command|Naval Command]].<ref name="H:LoTv1p48">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 48, "Seventeenth Fleet"</ref>

==History==
One of the SLDF Naval Command's independent Fleets, the Seventeenth Fleet spent a number of years on extended bandit-hunting operations; as relations between the [[Free Worlds League]] and the [[Star League]] became increasingly turbulent under the reign of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Ewan Marik]] the Seventeenth was redeployed into the Free Worlds League, where its expertise in battling smuggling operations and other clandestine activities running via pirate points was put to use on behalf of the SLDF. The Seventeenth found itself working to ensure a steady stream of supplies to SLDF forces deployed within the League, a situation that continued after [[Kenyon Marik]] became Captain-General in [[2763]] up until the need for additional forces to combat the [[Periphery Uprising]] saw the Seventeenth deployed into the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].<ref name="H:LoTv1p48"/>

Using their experience in hunting pirates and bandits, the Seventeenth found several new delivery routes to the SLDF forces that they supplied. This was done so the Fleet wouldn't run into Free Worlds League naval vessels and possibly find itself in an unwanted conflict. The Fleet also escorted supply runs to insure that the FWL Navy didn't interfere with their delivery schedule. The [[8th Army (Star League)|Eighth]], [[9th Army (Star League)|Ninth]], [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth]], and [[17th Army (Star League)|Seventeenth]] armies would all have to abandon their positions if the Seventeenth didn't escort their supply ships. They would simply be starved out of their posts. When not on a supply run or bandit hunting operation, the Seventeenth was homeported at [[Connaught]]'s Rookery Drydocks.<ref name=fmsldf208>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 208</ref>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 17th Fleet'''
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| [[Admiral]]||[[Shiloh Sakne]]||[[2765]]<ref name="H:LoTv1p48"/><ref name=fmsldf208/>
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===Notes===
* Admiral Shiloh Sakne commanded the Seventeenth Fleet from the [[WarShip]] [[Anchorage|SLS ''Anchorage'']].<ref name="H:LoTv1p48"/><ref name=fmsldf208/>

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===2765===
The Seventeenth Fleet was comprised of four active squadrons immediately prior to the Amaris Civil War:<ref name=fmsldf208/>

* '''171st Reconnaissance Squadron''' (The Sherlock Holmes Squadron)<ref name=fmsldf208/>
:* CO: [[Vice Admiral]] Basil Chapman

* '''172nd Interdiction Squadron''' (The Young Knives)<ref name=fmsldf208/>
:* CO: Vice Admiral  Hilary Yamano

* '''173rd Escort Squadron''' (The Marvelous Manta Rays)<ref name=fmsldf208/>
:* CO: Vice Admiral Melvin Christie

* '''174th Line Squadron''' (The Alpha Cygni Squadron)<ref name=fmsldf208/>
:* Lead Ship: [[Shikohime|SLS ''Shikohime'']] - CO: Vice Admiral Napolita Daitokuji

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''


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