Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170615164526

The individuals that make up the Crewmen, marines, officers, and the many other roles that make up the massive war machine that is the Imperial fleet. The Fleet is split into many different classes that can relate to the social classes of the Empire, overall the fleet is split into two large groups, The Nauta who are the NCO's and basic crew men and the bulk of the fleet and the Princeps who are the marines, officers, and the 'nobles' of the fleet.

The Nauta are the most diverse group of individuals to be found in the Empire they come from all types of worlds, occupations, and cultures. The basic Nauta are divided into three broad groups: Remex, Remigis, and Servus.

- Remex are the lowest of the low either slaves bought by the fleet, debters/penal sailors, and finally impressed individuals. They are treated as nothing more then living tools and get the rather labor intensive and demeaning duties of loading the massive void cannons, maintenance, and all sorts of hard labor duties. Some Remex are spared this fate and serve as the personal servants of the Officers or servants to the bureaucratic arm of the fleet.

- Remigis are the basic sailors who have willingly or in some cases been forced to sign into the fleet. They do such work as pilots, gunners, operators, clerks, cooks, and a whole host of other roles. In most case Remigis are seen as 'thrall masters' and command a group of Remex known by the archaic title of 'row' which is about 10 to 12 Remex.

- Now finally the Servus who are seens as both NCO's in some cases and the basic 'trooper' of the fleet being the basic guards, boarding troops, as well as being NCO's and commanders of Remigis. (I'll explain why marines are considered Princeps in a later thread)

Now for the Princeps who are split into the Princeps Milita and the Princeps Prefectus. Princeps are considered nobility within the fleet and come from the middle to upper classes of the Empire (The Nauta come from the lower classes, slaves, or criminals)

- Princeps Milita are the military army of the Princeps and are mainly organized as the 'Fleet Marines'. They are considered the shock or heavy troops of the fleet when compared to the light boarding troops/fodder that are the Servus and their Remigis/Remex soldiers

- Princeps Prefectus are the officers, captains, and administrators of the fleet. They hail from the nobility of the Empire (Plenty of scions and unwanted children from noble families are always in large supply) they act like nobility is expected to with each having their own private room, hall, or even ship that is highly decorated and ornate and laid out like a palace. They also have thralls of servants that serve at the whim of their master. Most Princeps also have fancy vacation villas of the pleasure worlds of the Empire and if they do retire they generally settle into a life of luxury and comfort. 