The Imperial Navy of Nijisanji

The Imperial Navy is the most important branch of the armed forces of the Empire of Nijisanji and it is that for a good reason. Unlike their Southern neighbors in Ninisani, which are constantly in a never seeming struggle against Schizos and themselves, the North is relatively peaceful aside from a few occasional bands of Schizos and highwaymen roaming the countryside; and petty wars between daimyos.

While the navy draws recruits from across both of the Shogunates, and uses material from both, most of the funding comes from the richer Mononobe Shogunate, as the Shoichi Shogunate refuses to fund more than port defense for its own realm. This causes the navy to operate in the interests of expansionist interests of the Mononobe clan.

The Navy is divided into 3 separate main fleets; The Eastern Tiger Fleet operating out of the great port of Hyakumantenbara, the Northern Dragon Fleet operating out of the ports of Nishizono and Suzuhara, and the Southern Serpent Fleet operating out of the port of Mononobe. These four ports are considered the heart of the Imperial Navy, and all have great amounts of naval infrastructure, especially Suzuhara and Hyakumantenbara which both have long standing naval traditions, and shipbuilding industries that only few others in the world can rival.

Suzuhara Harbor

The Imperial Navy prides itself on its longstanding tradition of excellence in all fields and constantly aims for superiority, both technologically and numerically. This belief comes from the pragmatic desire to protect the great wealth of the nation's merchant marine from both piracy and foreign fleets. (If someone wants to write a past conflict with me, feel free.) Indeed, both their success and failures in these wars are what the tradition is built upon. That each man does his duty for the emperor and the people of the Empire.

Currently, the Navy is one of the strongest in the world 61 Ship-of-the-Lines, 63 Frigates, 41 Corvettes, 17 Brigs, 14 Bomb Ketches and 89 Smaller craft. It is only through the great wealth that trade brings to the Empire that such an enormous fleet can be maintained and thus the Navy takes a strict policy against piracy and smuggling.

The Imperial Flagship, HIMS Amagi. Amagi was laid down in Suzuhara in 1117 and was completed in 1121. She is the first of her own class, the Amagi-class Ship-of-the-Line, armed with up to 118 guns on three decks. She displaces 5,908 tonnes, has a complement of 1,079 and can reach speeds up to 10 knots. Her armament in particular contains 32 x 36 Pounders, 34 × 24-pounder guns, 34 × 12-pounder guns, and 18 × 8-pounder guns. 3 Sister ships, Akagi, Kaga, and Takao are all planned to be built and finished in the next decade.

The Special Land Naval Forces also serve as the elite of the elite for all infantry within the Empire because of their need in operations against both foreign pirates, local ones and even foreign nations.