UNITED NAUTICON FEDERATION

THE NAUTICON FEDERATION IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MAJOR POWERS IN THE 2500S ERA, WITH ITS ROOTS ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 2100S. STARTING FROM A HUMBLE SEAFARING ORIGIN, ITS SUCCESS IS DEFINED BY MAINTAINING A MOSTLY NEUTRAL STATUS IN THE OLD WARS, WITH ONLY RAIDS FROM THE IMPERIANS AND OTHER PIRATES. WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2100TH CENTURY, ALL THE MAJOR LAND FACTIONS WERE CRIPPLED FROM CONSTANT CONFLICT, RESULTING IN THE NAUTICON'S TAKEOVER OF THE HUMAN HOMEWORLD OF EARTH.

AFTER THE TAKEOVER, THE NAUTICON BECAME THE SOLE MAJOR HUMAN POWER FOR A LONG TIME, IN WHICH IT CONQUERED THE SOLAR SYSTEM. WITH THE IMPERIANS AND OTHER PIRATES DRIVEN OUT INTO THE LONE VOID OF SPACE, THE FEDERATION BROUGHT MANKIND INTO AN AGE OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY. 

BUT THE PEACE WAS SHORT-LIVED. THE COMMONWEALTH REVOLUTION, THE ZERG, AND THE PROTOSS HAVE BEEN PLAGUING NAUTICON'S COLONIES AND OPERATIONS IN THE CENTAURI SYSTEMS. A NEW WAR OF UNPRECEDENTED SCALE BEGAN, WITH FACTIONS FIGHTING FACTIONS AND SPECIES FIGHTING SPECIES. ALTHOUGH THESE PROBLEMS SLOWED THE FEDERATION'S ADVANCE, THE NAUTICONS STILL STAND STRONG AS ONE OF THE LEADING HUMAN SUPERPOWERS. THEY HAVE SURVIVED FOR CENTURIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR CENTURIES TO COME.

THE NAUTICON FEDERATION IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS THE REPRESENTING FACTION FOR HUMANS, OR "TERRANS" BY MOST OTHER FACTIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR VAST CLAIMS AND SHEER POWER, WITH ONLY THE PEOPLE OF COMMONWEALTH REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE THE LEGITIMACY OF THE NAUTICON FEDERATION.

DESPITE ITS PHENOMENAL POWER, THE VASTNESS OF SPACE STILL SEPARATES THE NAUTICON WORLDS. EVEN WITH FREQUENT CONTACTS, THE PLANETARY GOVERNMENTS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAVE STARTED TO PURSUE MORE AND MORE INDEPENDENT AGENDAS. NEVERTHELESS, THE PLANETS REMAIN LOYAL TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATIONED ON EARTH, AND THE FEDERATION REMAINS A SINGULAR SUPERPOWER AS OF NOW.

THE NAUTICON FEDERATION BOASTS ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIVE MILITARIES OF ANY HUMAN FACTION. KNOWN AS THE UNITED NAUTICON STARFLEET, IT EXTENDS NAUTICON JURISDICTION ACROSS ITS TERRITORY AND MAINTAINS ORDER IN UNSTABLE REGIONS OF SPACE.

THE STARFLEET IS DIVIDED INTO 5 BATTLEFLEETS, WHICH EACH HAS A CORRESPONDING MARINE FORCE FOR PLANETARY INVASIONS OR BOARDING ACTIONS. THE MARINES ARE LED BY THE NAVY, WHICH IS THE LEADING BRANCH. NAVAL COMMANDS ARE USUALLY UNDER REGIONAL OUTPOSTS OR FLAGSHIPS; HOWEVER, THE FINAL SAY DURING MAJOR OPERATIONS GOES TO THE CENTRAL COMMAND BACK ON THE MOON OF TERRA, THE NAUTICON CAPITAL PLANET.

THE MARINES ARE SOMETIMES TRANSFORMED INTO PLANETARY ARMED FORCES, USUALLY DEPLOYED TO MAINTAIN OUTPOSTS UPON CONTESTED PLANETS. WHEN THEY ARE REDESIGNATED, THEY WOULD BE COMMANDED UNDER THE CENTRAL COMMAND OF THAT PLANET. A SYSTEM HEADQUARTER LEADS THE PLANETARY COMMAND POSTS AND ALSO ORGANIZES NAVAL FLEETS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE FEDERATION'S INTERESTS IN THE REGION.

NAUTICON MILITARY DOCTRINE PRIZES FLEXIBILITY AND TEAMWORK. NAVAL OPERATIONS ARE OFTEN CONDUCTED THROUGH BATTLEGROUPS, CONSISTING OF AROUND 2 OR 3 BATTLECRUISERS AND VARIOUS SMALLER CRAFTS. BATTLEGROUPS WORK WITH OTHER SIMILAR BATTLEGROUPS, FLANKING THE ENEMY FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS DURING MOST NAVAL CONFRONTATIONS.

THE NAUTICON STARFLEET ALSO POSSESSES OVER 30 PRIZED BATTLESHIPS ACROSS ALL OF ITS FIELD OF OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE USUALLY DEPLOYED DURING MAJOR SKIRMISHES AND PLANETARY DEFENSES. THESE ENORMOUS SHIPS OFTEN COMMAND THEIR OWN BATTLEGROUP, WHICH ARE LARGER COMPARED TO THOSE CONSISTING OF ONLY BATTLECRUISERS. BATTLESHIP BATTLEGROUPS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED FIREPOWER AND CAN ABSORB A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE FROM OPPOSING CAPITAL SHIPS, THOUGH THEIR SLOW SPEED ALLOWS SMALLER ENEMY SHIPS TO AVOID CONFRONTATIONS AGAINST UPPER CLASS WARSHIPS.

THE NAUTICONS FLEXIBLE CHAIN OF COMMAND ALLOWS FOR INDIVIDUAL BATTLEGROUPS TO DECIDE TACTICS AND STRATEGY DURING COMBAT. EACH CAPITAL AND SUB-CAPITAL SHIP POSSESSES FLEET COMMAND CAPABILITIES, WHICH ALLOWS THE BATTLEGROUP TO MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP IN THE EVENT THAT THE FLAGSHIP IS SUNK.

NAUTICONS ALSO EXERCISE CONVOY TACTICS TO COMBAT THE EVER-GROWING THREAT OF PIRACY AND SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS. SUPPLY HAULERS AND AUXILIARY SHIPS OFTEN TRAVEL IN LARGE GROUPS DURING LONG DISTANCE VOYAGES, OFTEN ESCORTED BY A GARRISON FLEET OF CORVETTES AND FIGHTERS. THIS TACTIC IS ADOPTED TO PROTECT SUCH VULNERABLE YET IMPORTANT SHIPS AGAINST IMPERIAN RAIDING PARTIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTEMPTS AT SEVERING NAUTICON LOGISTICS.

AUXILIARY SHIPS
UNRF VISION [AC-1]

UNRF UNITY [AC-2]

UNRF PROSPECTOR [AC-3]

UNRF GUARDIAN [AC-4]

UNRF SUNRAY [AC-5]

UNRF PULSAR [AC-6]
TITAN HAULER CORVETTES [AH] [~150]