Apologies for the double post, but I just thought of a potential solution to this that would match pre-existing
roleplay and grant
@CadetNewb some additional starships and equipment.
The solution, really, is simple - we go with what
@DocTomoe said
here (which, as I will explain later, effectively "overrode" what CadetNewb posted) and make so that "
Fate's Flotilla" consists of the following starships...
...and the following equipment:
Anyhoo, here's the explanation I promised earlier.
You are correct that this fleet was not approved as canon, but it has already been present in roleplay as part of the civil war that had happened prior to the exodus, and in following threads. [...]
Fair enough,
@CadetNewb - but for one thing:
the roleplay that you're referring to not canon. Why? Simple - the
post @DocTomoe made in
this thread states that (emphasis mine)...
Purely through the age and antiquity of the ships which had been hijacked by the traitors which managed to escape did they even manage such a feat. Unmodified early model Zahl-Class ships, a number of cargo vessels, and a spattering of outdated Yamataian ships which had been purchased or given to the Matriarchy, they were the only things unable to be reached by the certainty of the combined safeguards set in place by the Lazarus and Matriarchy efforts to prevent another incident such as the Occhestian revolt. Even the newer equipment onboard some of the ships succumb to the termination signal from the Matriarchy, causing modern kit aboard those ships to literally melt into slag.
...therefore meaning that "
Fate's Flotilla" (which, according to what DocTomoe - the
Faction Manager of the
Lorath Matriarchy at the time, meaning you
cannot ignore him without violating the
rights guaranteed to him - said
here, is the
only Lorath asset you and, by extension, Asteria possess apart from a "...handful of Fyunnen insurgents that survived the Matriarchy reprisal...") would actually consist of what I mentioned above.
Now, I'm aware of the above runs contrary to what you mentioned in
this post, Cadet, but here's the thing: as DocTomoe was the
Faction Manager of the
Lorath Matriarchy at the time, he (
not you, he) had the final say over what
Lorath assets you could walk away with thanks to the
Faction Rights - thereby meaning that in terms of "canonicity" his posts, to put it bluntly, overwrote yours. Harsh, I know, but the same thing would occur if I tried to have a
Yamataian PC of mine organize a revolt against the
Yamatai Star Empire; even if I wrote that she walked off with an entire
First Fleet,
@Wes could simply write that her forces got obliterated - and, because he's the
Faction Manager of
Yamatai and I'm not, it would be
his post that became
canon due to the
Faction Rights, not mine.
Also, before it gets asked: I chose the starships mentioned earlier because of the fact that they, in my humble opinion, represent the closest thing possible to what is currently listed
here and
here, thereby minimizing the amount of retconning and wiki work that has to be done.
Lastly...
Look at it from in character, and what we now get to RP. Currently, Asteria consists of four former UOC worlds, and as such, only has the economy of said four worlds. However, that's only in theory; our government has only just come into power, and has yet to establish the systems necessary to keep public services and the military running. In other words, we don't have a tax system yet. On top of that, the defense fleet it has is now bloated with random military items and gear from at least two former nations, which includes a capitol ship. A capitol ship that is going to need maintenance and repairs, which historically, only the wealthiest of nations can afford; a small nation does not want a capitol ship since it's essentially a white elephant.
Even the crews will need pay, and given that so many ships were donated, we're also horrifically understaffed - I'm pretty sure Yamatai didn't include crews. Finally, there's the populace themselves. They might be familiar with Bhelith Morioka and on somewhat reasonable terms given her track record with them, but she's still an outsider, and won't be 'hunky dory' with her rule. From their perspective, she's just another outside force trying to subjugate them. And we have to 'win hearts and minds' if we're going to recruit from them to staff everything, and you know how that can go. To complicate that even further though, we're going to have ethnic tensions between the numerous groups we have of Jiyuuians, Lorath, Elves (small number) and Gartagens -
you should know where this is going.
There's more of course, but we're currently trying to set up an IC boondoggle of the issues and problems that are rarely, if ever, seen on SARP and RP with them. Gallant is currently in the process of moving, but in the upcoming senate plot, players are going to get to tackle these problems themselves and see how it all turns out for an example.
If there are so many "boondoggles" plaguing
Asteria, then why are you "...prepar[ing] for war..." in
this thread?