Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20161229011643

The Imperial Navy is split into thousands of fleets spread across the empire lead by many different admirals and such. Now to look at how the fleet is split up we need to look at how the empire is split up itself:

5 Segmentum Ultra :

Galaxy sized dominions who's naval head is a Grand Lord Admiral (They are in charge of thousands of fleets) they have one massive fleet world where the personal fleet of the Grand Lord Admiral is kept and so is his flagship. From this world the head quarters and management of the Segmentum Ultra's naval resources managed (More so then the actual Naval Head Quarters)

Hundreds of Segmentum Majorus:

Each Segmentum Ultra is around a 1/25th of a galaxy and also has it's own smaller Naval Head quarters and is lead by a lord Admiral

Thousands of Segmentums:

Each Segmentum Majorus has around 4 or 5 Segmentums which are the bulk of the Rin's organization. Each has a smaller naval headquarters and is lead by a High Admiral

Sector:

A few solar systems is about the size of a Sector each sector is given a few picket defense fleets (Which is managed by the Segmentum in which the Sector lies) the fleets of a Sector are lead by a lord Admiral.

Other Admirals and ranks:

Solar Admiral:

A admiral in charge of a fleet and is the subordinate of a High Admiral. They are normally in charge of a attack fleet or a fortress fleet (A fleet either around a fortress world or a fleet used to seal breaches in the border) Solar admirals can also be the head of a picket fleet although this normally falls to the plain admiral.

Admiral:

A actual admiral is in charge of a fleet detachment which is 3 smaller ships and maybe a titan class serving as the flagship. Most fleets are made out of a dozen or so detachments. Each Admiral has a vice admiral which is his subordinate but also his replacement if he should die or be demoted.

Here is what a normal fleet is:

1 Grand Detachment (A Detachment of ships made out of only Titan classes with a colossus class serving as a flagship, around 8 ships)

12 Detachments (Each is around 10 ships with 9 being smaller ships with a titan as a flag ship)

A fleet is normally bulked up by a few reserve detachments and extra ships here and there;

Total Strength: Around  128 ships normally supported by a few  flotillas (Around 6 ships) of local fortress ships of smaller Non-Titan class ships.

Note: (It's very rare for a full fleet to ever be deployed in one place normally it is only a detachment or two)

Larger fleets do exist though being grand fleets (Made out of 14 Grand Detachments) and some smaller fleets as well (Picket fleets being an example which is normally only 2 flotillas and 1 detachment). Once again it is very rare for these fleets to be deployed in full strength.

Very few battles have actually taken place with a full Rin fleet present most are Imperial victories for obvious reasons.... 