Jack of Harts

The Georgian Navy shares much more in common with the United States Scout Service than it does with the various battle line fleets out there. Submariners looking to continue their squirrelly ways in the new era of space exploration formed the Scout Service as well. The main difference was that Georgian submariners were accustomed to having access to weapons that could end any conflict in the world. That is why their boat designs have always carried heavy weapons. They proved during the Hyades Campaign that they could hide nearly as well as the Scout Service boats, and often worked in tandem with them on deep strike missions against Chinese colonies and convoys. Scout Service boats often acted as their eyes and ears, locating targets and guiding torpedoes launched from beyond targeting range all the way in. It was a partnership made in heaven, or hell, depending on your point of view.

The Georgian Navy does not stand and fight like tanks at ten paces the way other navies do. They strike from the darkness and do not wield weapons that make them easy to find. They utterly lack heavy gravitic cannons, as well as the heavy capital lasers other navies use. Instead they fire torpedoes that move in slowly and carefully until achieving final attack range. Some carry one-shot gravitic cannons or laser emitters, while others have more standard gravitic or explosive warheads. All carry integral deflection grids and point defense networks that allow them to penetrate active defense grids. It is important to note that those Fleet 2300 warships they purchased were heavily refitted with torpedo launchers and heavier stealth systems rather than maintaining their standard armaments. This has done nothing to reduce the thoughts of other navies that the crews of Kings Bay are a squirrelly lot.

Kings Bay became the Confederation of Dixie’s second space launch facility, but it would not be the last. Every other State started their own space agency in time, built their own launch facilities, and flew their own ships into space. But Kings Bay had the best training facilities. It turns out that the best way to train people for flying through space in a tin can is to put them in a tin can beneath the ocean. Long-term cruises under those conditions helped Georgia prepare crews for space, and many of the early Confederation crews trained at Kings Bay. The other States would eventually build their own training programs, but Kings Bay is still home to the best training program and space launch facility in the Confederation. In their opinion. Florida disagrees on both points, as one would expect.