Jack of Harts

Kings Bay was the primary Terrestrial Georgian military space base throughout the Great Space Race, The War, and the Post-War Era that followed. They built other facilities at their various colonies, such as Luna, that became far busier than Kings Bay. But Kings Bay has remained their official headquarters, and every single one of their boats has been officially sworn into service at Kings Bay. Many of these swearing in ceremonies were performed after The War ended, along with a ceremony for all boats that were built elsewhere and never made the trip to Earth. Due to the mass production of new boats during The War, that was the largest addition to the “on patrol” list that Kings Bay ever made. It was purely coincidental that this ceremony took place while certain other Family interests of the New England Federation were in turmoil, of course.

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.