Zokesian Royal Navy
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ZRN
Zokesian Royal Navy
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| Founded | 1020 A.D. | ||||||
| General Nature | Military | ||||||
| Motto | "A solis ortu usque ad occasum" | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ezekialgrad, Zokesia | ||||||
| Membership | Zokesia | ||||||
The Zokesian Royal Navy (ZRN) is the naval service branch of the Zokesian military, and serves as the De Facto navy of the Confederacy of Arcovii-Zokesia.
History
First Krakenary War
Within a few hours after the fall of the old KRKN Government, annarchy and chaos fell upon the land. The KRAF forces in Southern KRKN, who were on alert should New Grestin invade, were caught out of supply and suddenly at the hands of many of the locals. While the Zokesian Forces pulled out before, las well as some KRAF forces, there were still a handfull around The Zokesian port in Southern KRKN. Realizing their situation, they pulled back around the port and set up defences. One of the men in the forces there, Colonel Ashley Renton, was the son of the KRKN leader. Upon hearing of his family's execution and being the most experienced officer left, he made a declaration that he would found the new Kraken Royal State and avenge the loss of his homeland and family. The units experienced a great raise of positive morale upon hearing this, and hunkered down to defend what was left of their beloved homeland. Their strength was an armored car squadron and two Malestrom squadrons, along with 2500 men.
The Zokesian government responded to aid these reactionaries in their fight for freedom from the violent and chaotic Communist regime. Two Destroyers stationed off KRKN, Caligula and Ward, provided covering fire for the units defending the port, and the Old Baskan Guard, consisting of 5000 men (origionally sent to guard the Port) were sent with a full battalion of armored cars and one squad of King Panzers. During this time, ZNS Ward sank two KRKN ships - the Aurora and the Gemini.
Zokesia sent another two divisions of Mouse V tanks to New Krakin, and two of the previously stationed units there moved up to the front. Supply depots were also been established in both cities, and more transports filtered in every day. A makeshift airstrip was set up outside New Krakin for the 12th Fighter unit. Ten days later, Zokesia authorized the allocation of $6 million kerbits of war material to be sent to Royal Kraken for the next month of warfare - beyond that more money will need to be authorized. This was followed by SparrowHawk shipping 4 "oblivion" tanks to Royal Kraken to aid their cause.
Two events put this already quiet war to bed: The announcement of the Marriage of the Royal KRKN King to the Daughter of King Ezekiel V, and the beginning of peace talks with the Kommunists. A ceace fire was agreed and the nation was divided in two.
Second Krakenary War
Following the war with KRKN and the founding of the two halves, the defeated Communist KRKN took to raiding Ost Kraken with what was left of their navy. The ZNS Ward was disbatched once again to deal with the pirates, fighting multiple engagements with smaller KRKN raiding parties in sloops.
The 2nd Great Kolus War
When the Great Zokesia-Tekkia war broke out in 1820, ZNS Ward was disbatched to protect sea trade between Halco and Zokesia. She fought and sank the Tekkian ship Aontas after a brief gun duel. She was on patrol when the war ended and both nations fell into squalor. She was nearly broken up following the economic crash, but was saved by being converted into a bunkhouse for royal guards in the capital during a particularly bloody year in Zokesia. Following economic recovery, she was re-instated as a ship of the line and put into service as the nation attempted to rebuild its naval power.
The Delras Rebellion
In January 2063 Owila's government changed from Communist to Democratic-Republic, and the state of Delras broke away resisting this change. Owila called upon the nations of the free world to aid her in reconquering the rogue state, and the Delras Coalition was formed by Owila, Zokesia, Krome, Aquaria, Karthax, Solaria, NMC, and KSKM. The last two would leave following an NMC naval bombardment which accomplished little and the declaration of the First Kroman Crusade. It would be months in the making before a Zokesian front could be opened up, but in 2065 the forward operating base of Port Freetown was established by Zokesian Marines of 7th Mech Division. Immediately securing the former state of Alecton, the Zokesian army moved south to face Delras, timing their arrival to coincide with Owlia's naval landing in the west. Zokesian armor pushed into East Delras, and though the Communists put up a good fight they were no match for the highly developed Zokesian Light Infantry. Following a large number of fighter sweeps by the Zokesian Air Force the Delras fighters rose to meet them, and in the ensuing day of air battles 20 of the Delras Communist Air Force were shot down, at the cost of 15 Zokesian planes. Once local air superiority was established the Zokesian Air Force deployed its Stealth Bombers, taking out the remaining Delras AAA sites, Badgers, and any other targets of interest.
Zokesian units rolled into the port city and the capital following scores of Blackout sorties and air superiority taken. AAA sites were destroyed first, followed by the remaining insurgent vehicles from the air. The sky was filled with hunter-killer stealth bombers, hunting down the fleeing Communists. The 7th Mechanized rolled into the cities without resistance and began securing government buildings and establishing bases to perform anti-insurgency operations from.
Three days later, the Delras Communist Insurgency formally surrendered to Owlia and Zokesia, ending the Delras Rebellion. Though the war lasted almost two years, Operation Freetown succeed in just three weeks. Zokesian Armor and Air Force held their heads high in their stunning success and ingenuity, operating and wiping out an enemy so far from home.
The Second Great Kerbin War
The invasion of Puge Tatar in 2089 was the result of the shift in favor away from Zokesian policy. The occupation force was swift in resuming control. The veteran "Stahl Sieg" battalions from Obtund and Schrschnell launched into the naton and repulsed Tekkian units airdropping into the nation. Over the next month, the Stahl Sieg proceeded to search the city of Puge block by block, dragging out anti-Zokesians and nailing them to crosses that lined the road from Puge-Tatar to Zokesia.
In a surprise act of aggression, the nations of Coalition Supranational Democracy (CSD) declared war on the Republic of Zokesia in early 2090. The war was an unbased act of aggression and Grail was quick to rally the people of the nation, who were already distrusting of the democracies of the world, behind the cause of home defense.
"Today is the day Zokesia fights back against the scheming underlings of the world. They fear our might, and have threatened us with destruction. We will never let such unclean and uncivilized nations run the world. We will weather every attack and drive them back to their caves where they belong. They have made war with a tenacious foe."
The CSD's first move was to attack and occupy Minmus. I response, the self-defense barrier "Gotterdamerung" was activated, and over the course of 10 weeks all 19 of Gotterdamerung's E-class asteroids at Moho and the nations of CSD on Kerbin. The holocaust following the bombardment registered in the tens of millions, but the nations of CSD pressed on, and formed a battle fleet to invade the homeland of Zokesia from the sea. In response to the asteroids, Grestin launched over three hundred orbital warheads at the small Solari island of Korfu, flattening it to destroy the fleet anchored there after having been interned legally by the neutral power of the UIF.
"The nations of CSD claim to be democracy. Then the burden of agression and war falls on each and every citizen in their nations, for they have acted in merciless fury and pain on a nation which valued Kerbal life above all. - Francisco Grail, Memorial to the victims of the December Massacre of Korfu
The last four months of 2090 saw Zokesia plunged into a war on all fronts. Facing the world alone, Zokesians banded together in a fervor and determined spirit to resist. Just as they suspected and feared for a year previously, following the dissolusion of the Federation, the nations of the so-called "free" world pretended they knew what was best for the people of Zokesia - a people now firmly entrenched and fighting for their very survival. The totalcy of war was clear - there was no surrender, for defeat meant certain death for every man, woman, and child of the proud nation. The nations of the world believed that there were nearly no Zokesians left - merely overstated casualties from the Arcadian uprising were the cause of this. The Zokesian population at the start of 2090 was just over 10 million, mostly now ethnicly Sur-Zokesian or Bosmynthian, and the prevention of the rebellion in New Arcovy saved their way of life, depsite the high costs. Thankfully, New Arcovy was much sparser populated than the census had been recording, possibly due to Arcovian families double-registering due to tax reasons.
The war, which began in late summer, has progressed through the bitter winter, and as the days get bleaker so do the forecasts from Zokesian High Command. Following the near-collapse of the industry of the nation following the blockade, which was remedied only by the emergency airlifts which began in the 11th hour of November, kept the Zokesian people from freezing to death in the winter. The attempts to break out of the blockade by groups of Arkadii-Zokesian ships was met by fierce resistance by CSD ships, which sank two Cruisers and two Destroyers. the Zokesian corvette flotillas were unable to move out and escort the larger ships due to mechanical failure in the cold weather, and thus the breakout was unsuccessful. A brave and valiant 100 sorties by Swordfish pilots of both the Air Force and Navy were in vain, as they were only able to damage one Vocavium ship in their attacks. Suffering horrendous losses. The Wakir fleet managed to shoot down multiple waves of oncoming attack aircraft on their way back to the safety of Ezekielgrad, where they prepared to refit and hope the enemy ships could be countered by land-based sites.
Reclaimation of Bravis
May 24th, 2104, an invasion force consisting of 11 landing craft carrying the Zokesian Marine Corps 1st Battalion, 30 HVHL-B armored cars, 30 Buckshot II anti-air vehicles, and 5 Lazer Badgers landed in Bravis. Supporting the landing craft were guided missile destroyers ZNS Esia, Cotmark, Zentral, Geisbesalters and Juno. Finally, the carriers of the fleet in the center, each carrying 100 Blackout bombers, made up the core of the assault force - the flagship of the Zokesian navy, the brand-new ZNS Kian R Smith, out on her first cruise since commissioning in February, and the venerable ZNS Fort Grace, the former Imperial carrier drafted into Zokesian service after the fall of the UIF. The ship and her crew are veterans, fighting in the Fist & Second Continental Wars, Operation Shadow Realm, the amphibious assault into Westray, and the flagship of the Imperial fleet during the First System War. The first operations of the battle commenced when the strike force reached 200 miles, with blackouts in groups of 40 flying CAS over the group to secure air superiority.
One month after the task force arrived in Bravis, the Zokesian flag flew once again over the capitol city. The islands were reclaimed in a two-pronged landing, following days of precision munitions strikes and ship-based fire. Zokesian Marines took beachheads under withering fire, and in their wake Imperial soldiers, volunteers from Konig, Amber and Kanbek stormed Bravis alongside their Zokesian brothers. Within days the cities and ports were taken, until the last of Strelkan resistance crumbled. The Federal State of Bravis was reinstated as a nation aligned to the Zokesian Federation.
The Five Year War
The war between Krome and Zokesia that started in 2110 dragged on for five years. The minor battles at sea prevented either side from establishing any reasonable advantage, and with Zokesia advancing space operations focusing on expansion on Duna, Krome was not seen as a threat. While Zokesians enjoy the highest standard of living their political freedoms are distinctly lacking, and the new Neo-Stahlism ideology of "the people do not need to have opinions on geopolitics" led to the complete control of the Council in political matters. Elections continued to be held, but only military personnel can vote and citizenship is only given to those who enlist.
Forced to sue for peace, both sides agreed to return to status quo in the Treaty of Bravis, signed 17th July 2115.
Nautilus War
With the breakdown of Gaxinia leaving a vacumn of power in the southern Forseti, the nation of Gallante began attempting to exert control over the Nautilus Strait, claiming birthright over the island. When the nations of Zokesia, Eloheim, Orion, and Phoenia voiced objection to Nautilus' integration, Gallante launched a naval invasion which kicked off a four year war. The nations of the Nautilus Security Coalition pushed back the Gallante landings through airstrikes and naval gunfire in 2130. By 2131, the Gallans were kicked completely out of Castana and a naval blockade was established surrounding the nation. The Zokesian Navy, allready expanding at the time of war, exploded threefold in size, and by 2133 had the largest surface fleet on Kerbin. Naval invasions in the southern provinces were initiated by Orion and Phoenia, supported by Zokesian and Eloheim aircraft which fought bloody SEAD missions to rid the mainland of its dense missile batteries. Over 100 Zokesian fighters were lost, but the move forced Gallante off the southern half of the peninsula and peace was finally struck, ending the war in favorable terms to Nautilus and the Security Coalition.
Imperial Reclamation
When the first signs of the UIF return coming in the form of massive spacecraft from Eve, the Zokesian government went on high alert. The Imperial Continuity Army and Nautilus-Laveskan Commonwealth soon came to a summit to reform the UIF and reclaim their homeland from the Arcadian Ultranationalists, who had led a brutal anti-imperium propaganda campaign for decades in the former Aenian states. War broke out in 2147, and soon all Zokesian naval assets were directed towards the Tau sea to support the UIF's naval assets in the region and contain Arcadian sea assets, in preparation for a land campaign on Arcadia proper.
Sahren Intervention
In the opening days of the war, a whistleblower in the Sahren high command informed the Zokeisan Air Force some fifty advanced fighter jets were going to be sent in secret to support Arcadia, to test them in battle following their production. Sahr already had volunteers fighting against Arcadia, and the reasons for this defection were unclear; but the reaction from the air force was timely and swift. Sixty Zokesian jets from 3rd and 4th Air Wings - made up of Z-80s, Kaminaris, and F-52 Kargadans, took off from Schrschnell as the Sahren force assembled to fly east. Slashing into the formations, the zokesians downed nearly every single jet to a man, while suffering only five losses of their own. The Sahren government objected and claimed Zokesia violated their airspace, but the international community turned away from Sahr when it was revealed they were sending said fighters to fight the "evil in our time" - The arcadians.
Operation Carolinas
At 00:45 the night of February 12th, 2148, the combined forces of Zokesia, Laveska, and Imperial United Front launched Operation Carloinas, a mission to strike at the island of North Point, Arcadia. The operation was launched primarily from Sur-Krakain, with support from the Combined Fleet, consisting of Belkan, Laveskan, and Phoenian naval assets. As the Combined Fleet set sail to hunt down the Arkadii-Soyuz task force, the northern fleet left harbor and sailed for two days before splitting off into two groups - the CV-21 Emperor Zeroth and the CV-04 (UIF) Fort Grace rendezvousing directly north of the island, with an escort force of four Laveskan destroyers. The rest of the fleet turned south, a combined force of eight Laveskan destroyers, four Zokesian battleships, and thirty-two Heavy Landing Craft, with the Zokeisan 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions aboard, the 3rd Marine Support Division, the 12th SS. Grailjungend, 14th SS. Belasrien, 17th SS. "Morado" Nautilen, and 19th SS. Arkerien - 180 Main Battle Tanks and 75 Support Units in all. To the South of the invasion fleet, the 1st Belkan Fleet shoots the gap of North Point and Arcadia main, acting as a quick reaction force should large-scale fleet action occur in response to the landings. Stationed just 40km from the landing site, the 1st Belkan Fleet will respond to any surface engagement the convoy should come under, and prevent reinforcement of naval assets to harass the landing force once it arrives onshore. As the force began bearing down on the island, the destroyers took up flank positions port and starboard, in line astern, and the Zokesian battleships in turn made another line astern on the starboard side of the landing force. Steaming due south, the four lines went - destroyer, battleship, landing craft, destroyer. These were the most dangerous times for the force as detection meant a surface engagement before the landing craft were in their final run-in ashore. Above them, a dozen anti-ship Kargadans from the carriers were on station, as well as another dozen on combat air patrol.
Unbeknownst to the Arcadians, the operation may well have been detected earlier - but from out of orbit, the Munar Marines dropped from orbit like fiery angels onto the rocky mountains in the northwest of the island, where a key long-range radar site overlooking the Tau sea was built. Taking the radar dish was their priority, as it would leave Arcadia blind to incoming threats, as the island blocked the mainland's early warning radar from the northwest sector of ocean. The marines landed under sporadic ground fire and managed to secure the radar site, but the defenses of the island were alerted and surprise had been lost. Now, Arcadian high command knew there was a threat on North Point and was ready to respond, early warning radar or not. Upon landing on North Point the UIF Marines were immediately engaged in a heavy battle with the island's defenders. Their primary mission, the radar tower overlooking the Tau Sea, had been eliminated after several hours of fighting, and now the task was upon them to head south and attempt to take the hard surface of NAS Stihland, the largest runway in 100km, situated in the southern part of North Point. Fighting their way through was hard going, and they would not make it without the reinforcement by sea.
Zokesian Fighters launched decisive strikes on Arcadian ships eliminating the threat to landing. The battle of North Point saw Zokesian and Stahlsieg tanks along with UIF Space Marines destroy all resistance on the island, backed up by a decisive battle in the air which became known as the "Great North Point Turkey Shoot." Zokesian and UIF aircraft then proceeded to hunt and destroy the remaining Arcadian fleets south of North Point in the 2nd Naval Battle of North Point, and the battleships "Rommel", "Kercia", and "Osyrus" engaged the remaining Natalia-class battleships, sinking three at the loss of three Laveskan destroyers. In 180 air-to-ground and 140 air-to-air sorties, Zokesian and UIF fighters had accounted for four battleships, 110 torpedo boats, ten OPVs, an arkadii-soyuz carrier, and over 110 Arcadian fighters. they had suffered just 20 fighters lost in the process. North Point was securely in UIF hands once again and the pride of the Arcadian navy had been broken. The Zokesians had lost one battleship and one damaged, and the Laveskans had lost three destroyers.
The Fall of Arcadia
Resistance was still fierce on the continent of Doren, as IUF and Phoenian armies swept into Arcadia. Fierce tank battles in Konig, Amber, and Gagriel raged as the air war was won by Imperium pilots at heavy losses on both sides. On the southern flank, a great bridge was built to cross the river that marked the boundry of Aenia to the north. A brave crossing by Zokesian volunteers, SS divisions, Sahren and Phoenian troops opened up the front and within mere weeks the Arcadian war machine was in full collapse. With IUF space marines landing in the capitol of New Comberth, the flag of victory was raised above the burning city, but only after heavy coalition losses. Zokesian forces returned to their ports in Sopost and Schrschnell, the war over.
Organization
The Zokesia Navy began as a four Transport barges for naval-based land invasion. To protect the transports, a dozen Escort ships bolstered the fleet and allowed defensive operations around Zokesia's coasts. For much of the 21st century, the Zokesian Navy suffered from lack of budget for surface ships, and its greatest strength was fleet carriers with which to project power to far reaches of the globe.
The formation of Arkadii-Zokesia saw an influx of designs and a return to a large standing fleet, but this was all but wiped out by mechanical neglect and lack of parts during the blockade of 2090. With the development of the Morser class battleship with Orion and Phoenia, the Zokesian navy lept forward lightyears in offensive firepower on the open ocean. Now the fleet was no longer forced to rely solely on airpower to defend itself and carry out its mission. The 22nd century saw the Zokesian navy explode into a massive force, and during the Gallante war it tripled in size. Its peak was in 2136, when the 26th and final Morser was built.
Over the past two decades, the fleet has returned to a more balanced force, and today, the Zokesian navy operates a primarily surface fleet with heavy attack aircraft in anti-sea and close air support roles, supported by heavy battleships and guided missile destroyers. Eight battleships support two fleet carriers, the ZNS Imperator Drekevak and the ZNS Emperor Zeroth, and are protected by destroyers, sub chasers, and submarines. Many ships have been bought from outside nations, with Zokesian naval officers choosing only the highest quality ships for their fleet.
The most famous action in recent history by the Zokesian Royal Navy took place in 2148, when Emperor Zeroth and the combined fleet took North Point from Arcadia during the Reclamation war. In 180 air-to-ground and 140 air-to-air sorties, Zokesian and UIF naval aviators had accounted for four battleships, 110 torpedo boats, ten OPVs, an arkadii-soyuz carrier, and over 110 Arcadian fighters. they had suffered just 20 fighters lost in the process. The battleships saw open combat against equal Arcadian vessels, sending 4 to the bottom and scattering the enemy. It was the first time the Zokesian Navy had entered a surface engagement of battleships since the founding of the nations in 2057, and they came out on top.
The Zokesian Royal Navy is comprised of 8 battleships, 2 fleet carriers, 12 guided missile destroyers, 7 submarine chasers, 3 submarines, and 8 transports, which are usually in the custody of the Zokesian Marine Corps. The Zokesian Naval Aviation is made up of 20 fighter and 4 support squadrons, with 120 K-52C Kargadan and 80 Kaminari aircraft. The support squadrons, being 21st and 22nd VBQ, operate 10 Z-5 Medium bombers each, and are tasked with anti-ship and strategic operations, while the final two squadrons operate MZ-22 transport aircraft and EF-4 Skyshield AWACS, for command and control of naval territory and aircraft direction.
Ship Inventory
| Vessel | In service | Notes |
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| Thunderking-Class carrier | 4 | |
| Morser-Class Battleship | 8 | |
| Phoenix-Class Guided Missile Cruiser | 6 | |
| Courageous-Class LHD | 2 | |
| Grailtowne-Class LPD | 4 | |
| Orion-Class Frigate | 10 | |
| Aurora-Class Frigate | 4 | |
| Lafayette-Class Corvette | 7 |
Aircraft Inventory
| Aircraft | In service | Notes |
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| Cyten Aerospace F-52J Kargadan | 50 | |
| Ward Industries Z-80E-BIS Fox | 50 | |
| Asagiro-Losos SRCAF Kaminari | 50 | |
| B52 EP | 5 | |
| T-133 Super Redhead | 4 | |
| Ward Industries MZ-22 Albatross | 5 | |
| Ward Industries KZ-10A Paladin | 4 | |
| Cyten-Ward Industries ZH-2 Goshawk | 8 | |
| Zokesia Skunkworks Z-117 Blackout II | 64 |