Rense System Navy

All emotion, by nature, is fleeting. Even righteous indignation fades with time. Despite the brutal destruction of an entire world, the general population of the Dindrenzi Federation would rather forget the injustices piled upon them by the Terran Alliance. Many factions within the Federation, such as the Kedorians, lack a sufficient understanding of the current crisis. These parties require constant reminders of the past: guardians of the Dindrenzi honour who will defend everything that has made the Dindrenzi Federation great. The Rense System Navy is that guardian.

The Rense System is the spiritual heart of the Dindrenzi Federation. Although the general public may forget the tyrannies of the past, the men and women of the Rense System never will. Huge monuments to the dead of Dramos and countless other battles from more than a hundred years of history cover the planet and float in orbit overhead. The empty eyes of enormous angels implore any traveller arriving in the system never to forget.

By agreement with the Council of Admirals every member of the Dindrenzi Fleet must serve aboard an RSN vessel at some point in their career. The most promising cadets and enlisted personnel do so as early as possible, marked for swift advancement should they prove worthy. The senior officers of the RSN are the true believers of the Federation – men and women who cleave to the old hatreds with a passion, passing these convictions onto their subordinates.

The bulk of the Rense System Navy is made up of Phoenix Destroyers and Siren-class Escorts. Most of these ships stay close to the home system, training and indoctrinating new generations of personnel and guarding against treacherous Terran attack. The Phoenix in particular serves as the perfect symbol for the fleet. Its stealth systems and extended range weaponry serve as a perfect metaphor for the Federation’s attitude towards their Terran cousins.

The pride of the Rense System Navy, however, is reserved for the massive juggernauts sent out as symbols of Dindrenzi power and dedication. The Banshee-class Dreadnoughts are amongst the largest ships in space. With some of the most formidable weaponry deployed in the war effort, the Banshees would be fearsome enough in battle. However, their true power lies not in the firepower they bring to bear but rather in the extensive Intelligence Sections each carries.

Each Banshee-class Dreadnought serves as the headquarters for a formidable division of spies, analysts and saboteurs. Arrays of memory banks hold the secrets of countless politicians and military officers serving in every major theatre of war. With this clandestine resource a single Banshee can bring a system’s defenders to their knees before a single shot is fired.

The Banshees, accompanied by Sirens and Phoenix squadrons and occasionally by their Legislature allies the Illosians, are deployed all over the Federation and within Dindrenzi combat fleets. These paragons of enmity serve not only to assure the loyalty and conviction of the Dindrenzi, but to sow fear and disquiet in enemies and unsteady allies alike. Faced with a Banshee Task Force it is unlikely that a Vo’Nar captain will forget where his allegiance lies, or that a Ryushi admiral will stay to face its wrath.