Navy of Masada
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The Navy of Masada - also called the Navy of the Faithful - was a military of the star nation of Masada. The Navy of Masada had the colors of scarlet and gold. Its ships used the prefix MNS.
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[edit] History
In 1883 PD, the Navy received nearly one-third of Masada's GSP towards building up the Navy.
In 1903 PD, the Navy received two warships from the People’s Republic of Haven Navy, the Sultan-class battlecruiser, the PNS Saladin, and the Bastogne-class destroyer, the PNS Breslau. They were renamed the MNS Thunder of God, and MNS Principality respectively. A third of the original Havenite crew were kept on as advisors. The new ships represented eighty percent of the Masadans Gross system product.
The Navy built a base on Blackbird, a moon of Uriel in the Yeltsin's Star System using Grayson resources delivered by the Brotherhood of Maccabeus. The Thunder of God was used to tow LACs to Blackbird, a strategy that had not been used before.
The Navy was twenty percent stronger than the Grayson Space Navy in terms of hyper-capable warships. The Navy had five cruisers and eight destroyers.
The Navy defeated the Grayson Space Navy at the First Battle of Yeltsin's Star, which would be the last Masadan victory. Yet, a majority of the Navy was either damaged or destroyed during the battle.
The Navy was dealt a decisive defeat at the Battle of Blackbird, which included vessels from the Royal Manticoran Navy.
[edit] Duties
The Navy's primarily responsibility is the conquest of Grayson.
[edit] Weapons
The Navy uses Nuclear Weapons. They used them to target Grayson during the First Grayson-Masadan War.
[edit] Notable battles
There were at least one battle in the Yeltsin system during first war against Protectorate of Grayson.
There were three battles during second war in 1903 P.D.:
It is not certain, if there were any battle in the Endicott System in 1903 P.D. - remaining destroyer and two LACs weren't able to effectively fight against RMN squadron of battlecruisers during conquest of Endicott.
[edit] Notes
The officers and enlisted crewmembers do not refer to their warships as her, because of their beliefs.
The Navy of Masada was notable for being the first known navy to 'carry' LACs for the purposes of interstellar power projection. These LACs where tractor towed through hyperspace under the wedges of MNS Thunder of God and MNS Principality While this was executed as a stalling tactic designed to placate there Havenite adviser's during the execution of the Maccabeus coup. The LACs almost succeeded in destroying HMS Fearless and HMS Troubadour when Captain Harrington was caught unaware by vessels she 'knew' had to originate in the Yeltsin system. (The Honor of the Queen)
The color of the uniforms were scarlet and gold.
