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Line 6: ===Star League era=== ===Star League era=== − The DCA began expanding sharply after the [[Star League Council]] repealed the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which had sharply limited the size of the military each [[Great House]] was allowed to operate. The Edict was repealed in [[2752]], and by [[2765]] the DCA had already expanded from just thirty WarShips to forty-two, largely through the reactivation of mothballed WarShips. The DCA was lighter in terms of WarShip weight than its contemporaries because of the limitations of the [[Draconis Combine]] industrial base, but had attempted to compensate by developing doctrines and tactics that focused on the use of small, powerful WarShips such as the home-produced ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyer.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18">''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Admiralty"</ref> + The DCA began expanding sharply after the [[Star League Council]] repealed the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which had sharply limited the size of the military each [[Great House]] was allowed to operate. The Edict was repealed in [[2752]], and by [[2765]] the DCA had already expanded from just thirty WarShips to forty-two, largely through the reactivation of mothballed WarShips. The DCA was lighter in terms of WarShip weight than its contemporaries because of the limitations of the [[Draconis Combine]] industrial base, but had attempted to compensate by developing doctrines and tactics that focused on the use of small, powerful WarShips such as the home-produced ''[[Narukami (WarShip)|Narukami]]''-class destroyer.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18">''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Admiralty"</ref> − Of the forty-two WarShips operating in 2765, two - a pair of ''[[Vigilant]]''-class corvettes named the [[Iwate|DCS ''Iwate'']] and [[Wakayama|DCS ''Wakayama'']] - were permanently assigned to the [[1st Proserpina Hussars|First Proserpina Hussars]]; the remaining forty WarShips were distributed between eight distinct fleets, two of which were assigned to each of the Benjamin, Galedon, Pesht and Rasalhague district. Each fleet was based around a single ''Samarkand''-class fighter carrier, but the remaining thirty-two WarShips were a mix of seven assorted cruisers and twenty-five destroyers and corvettes. Of those lighter ships, the six Block I ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyers were limited to operating within the Pesht-based fleets to ensure they had access to the shipyards required to keep the demanding destroyers operational.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/> + Of the forty-two WarShips operating in 2765, two - a pair of ''[[Vigilant]]''-class corvettes named the [[Iwate|DCS ''Iwate'']] and [[Wakayama|DCS ''Wakayama'']] - were permanently assigned to the [[1st Proserpina Hussars|First Proserpina Hussars]]; the remaining forty WarShips were distributed between eight distinct fleets, two of which were assigned to each of the Benjamin, Galedon, Pesht and Rasalhague district. Each fleet was based around a single ''Samarkand''-class fighter carrier, but the remaining thirty-two WarShips were a mix of seven assorted cruisers and twenty-five destroyers and corvettes. Of those lighter ships, the six Block I ''[[Narukami (WarShip)|Narukami]]''-class destroyers were limited to operating within the Pesht-based fleets to ensure they had access to the shipyards required to keep the demanding destroyers operational.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/> The DCA was fanatically loyal to [[Coordinator]] [[Takiro Kurita]]; while the DCMS viewed the DCA as little more than a glorified taxi service, the DCA was less restrictive in its recruitment than other areas of the Combine military and talented individuals from lower classes could and did rise through the ranks. While the [[ISF]] maintained a presence on every ship and all of the DCA crews were vetted by the ISF, the number of crews was increasing rapidly as the DCA expanded and those crews were loyal, proud, well trained and aggressive.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/> The DCA was fanatically loyal to [[Coordinator]] [[Takiro Kurita]]; while the DCMS viewed the DCA as little more than a glorified taxi service, the DCA was less restrictive in its recruitment than other areas of the Combine military and talented individuals from lower classes could and did rise through the ranks. While the [[ISF]] maintained a presence on every ship and all of the DCA crews were vetted by the ISF, the number of crews was increasing rapidly as the DCA expanded and those crews were loyal, proud, well trained and aggressive.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/>
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| − | The DCA began expanding sharply after the [[Star League Council]] repealed the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which had sharply limited the size of the military each [[Great House]] was allowed to operate. The Edict was repealed in [[2752]], and by [[2765]] the DCA had already expanded from just thirty WarShips to forty-two, largely through the reactivation of mothballed WarShips. The DCA was lighter in terms of WarShip weight than its contemporaries because of the limitations of the [[Draconis Combine]] industrial base, but had attempted to compensate by developing doctrines and tactics that focused on the use of small, powerful WarShips such as the home-produced ''[[Narukami (WarShip | + | The DCA began expanding sharply after the [[Star League Council]] repealed the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which had sharply limited the size of the military each [[Great House]] was allowed to operate. The Edict was repealed in [[2752]], and by [[2765]] the DCA had already expanded from just thirty WarShips to forty-two, largely through the reactivation of mothballed WarShips. The DCA was lighter in terms of WarShip weight than its contemporaries because of the limitations of the [[Draconis Combine]] industrial base, but had attempted to compensate by developing doctrines and tactics that focused on the use of small, powerful WarShips such as the home-produced ''[[Narukami (WarShip)|Narukami]]''-class destroyer.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18">''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Admiralty"</ref> |
| − | Of the forty-two WarShips operating in 2765, two - a pair of ''[[Vigilant]]''-class corvettes named the [[Iwate|DCS ''Iwate'']] and [[Wakayama|DCS ''Wakayama'']] - were permanently assigned to the [[1st Proserpina Hussars|First Proserpina Hussars]]; the remaining forty WarShips were distributed between eight distinct fleets, two of which were assigned to each of the Benjamin, Galedon, Pesht and Rasalhague district. Each fleet was based around a single ''Samarkand''-class fighter carrier, but the remaining thirty-two WarShips were a mix of seven assorted cruisers and twenty-five destroyers and corvettes. Of those lighter ships, the six Block I ''[[Narukami (WarShip | + | Of the forty-two WarShips operating in 2765, two - a pair of ''[[Vigilant]]''-class corvettes named the [[Iwate|DCS ''Iwate'']] and [[Wakayama|DCS ''Wakayama'']] - were permanently assigned to the [[1st Proserpina Hussars|First Proserpina Hussars]]; the remaining forty WarShips were distributed between eight distinct fleets, two of which were assigned to each of the Benjamin, Galedon, Pesht and Rasalhague district. Each fleet was based around a single ''Samarkand''-class fighter carrier, but the remaining thirty-two WarShips were a mix of seven assorted cruisers and twenty-five destroyers and corvettes. Of those lighter ships, the six Block I ''[[Narukami (WarShip)|Narukami]]''-class destroyers were limited to operating within the Pesht-based fleets to ensure they had access to the shipyards required to keep the demanding destroyers operational.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/> |
The DCA was fanatically loyal to [[Coordinator]] [[Takiro Kurita]]; while the DCMS viewed the DCA as little more than a glorified taxi service, the DCA was less restrictive in its recruitment than other areas of the Combine military and talented individuals from lower classes could and did rise through the ranks. While the [[ISF]] maintained a presence on every ship and all of the DCA crews were vetted by the ISF, the number of crews was increasing rapidly as the DCA expanded and those crews were loyal, proud, well trained and aggressive.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/> | The DCA was fanatically loyal to [[Coordinator]] [[Takiro Kurita]]; while the DCMS viewed the DCA as little more than a glorified taxi service, the DCA was less restrictive in its recruitment than other areas of the Combine military and talented individuals from lower classes could and did rise through the ranks. While the [[ISF]] maintained a presence on every ship and all of the DCA crews were vetted by the ISF, the number of crews was increasing rapidly as the DCA expanded and those crews were loyal, proud, well trained and aggressive.<ref name="FR2765:DCp18"/> | ||