Ordrish Navy

The Ordrish Navy (: Mórfórsa Ordrais) is the maritime arm of the Ordrish Workers' Defense Forces. Dating back to 1644, it is one of the world's oldest naval forces. It has participated in a number of engagements around the globe and was an integral part of establishing and defending the Ordrish colonial empire.

The Ordrish Navy is comprised of five branches and various sub-branch services. This includes the Surface and Submarine Fleets, Naval Aviation, Ordrish Marines, and the Domestic Waters Defense Force.

At the time of the last Armed Services Audit in 2017, the Ordrish Navy employed 29,225 active-duty personnel, alongside a support staff of 2,450 civilians. Its reserve component consisted of 3,855 personnel in the Operational Reserves. A, the ON operates a large array of vessels both surface and submarine, including the  the Albes d'Manchec, alongside aeronaval forces, attack and ballistic missile submarines, frigates, patrol boats, and other smaller support vessels.

Origins
The modern Ordrish Navy traces its lineage back to the middle ages, as early as the time of the Vernonic Kingdom and their antecedents. By the turn of the second millennium CE, it had largely become part of the wider galley-based naval warfare tradition rooted in the Old Myrish which established themselves along the northern coastlines of the country in prior centuries, and to the south, the sail-driven traditions of much of the rest of Alutra, especially influenced by Salia. These two traditions merged to form the vessels observed in the 12th-14th centuries, which generally had central masts alongside rows of oars. Like their predecessors, the Myrish, they had a high stem and stern, but were often light enough to be portaged. By the late 13th century, however, the steering-board would be replaced by a stern rudder, and the riverine and seaworthy vessels began to diverge.

Following the folding of Ordrey into the Salish Crown with the Concordat of Noters, the Ordrish Navy became a subsidiary of the new Royal Salio-Ordrish Fleets, where Ordrish-built and crewed vessels generally were used in the Sedic Sea and along the Alutran Coast at large. The fleet was nominally independent from its seafaring Salian counterpart, and remained under the command of the Prince of Vernon, and later, the Ordrish Parliament, until the revocation of the Concordat of Noters, when all Ordrish vessels and other strategic resources became the holdings of the King of Salia. This status would remain until the reclamation of Ordrish independence in the mid-17th Century.

Names and symbols
The first true Ordrish Navy (: Mórnaulói Richon Ordras ) was established in 1644 at the outset of the War of the Ordrish Succession by Master of Ships Camulos Gurm. During modernizations of the navy in the Guinnetian Era in 1864 it was reclassified as the Mórforsa Richon Ordrais. In 1901, after the abdication of Ambioris V that coincided with the end of the monarchy, it was again reclassified to the Mórforsa i'Broithe Ordrais. After the Ordrish Revolution, the name was left intact, but was later simplified to its modern form, Mórforsa Ordrais in 1988.

The traditional symbol of the Ordrish Navy, stretching back to its 17th Century form, was a Golden Galley with blue and white sails. This symbol carried on through to the 20th Century, where the core symbol remained intact, with the blue and white sails complemented by green, to complete the republican tricolor of the post-monarchy Ordrish nation. Following the revolution, the sails were recolored black.

Royalist period (1644-1901)
With the reestablishment of Ordrish Independence during the War of the Succession, King Damos spent considerable effort to restore the Ordrish Navy. It generally focused on being able to contest the Sedic Sea and to bring privateering in the region to an end, as coastal cities were often harassed by Salian, Myrish, and [YUGO] vessels following the reassertion of independence.

Ships and submarines
Ordrish formally calls for the presence of two, but at present it only has one in active service, the Albes d'Manchec. The second, the BAO-2 (currently unnamed) is in development with deployment scheduled for 2026 at the end of the current planning cycle.

As of the 2017 Armed Services Audit, the Ordrish Navy is composed of a total of 180 vessels. This includes:
 * One (the Albes d'Manchec)
 * Three (sometimes referred to as "pocket carriers")
 * Four
 * Twelve
 * Twenty-two
 * Twenty
 * Eighteen
 * Eight
 * Eight
 * Fifty-six auxilliary craft (includes tug, refueling, intelligence, surveying, experimental, training, and repair craft)
 * Twenty-eight (small) "situational patrol" vessels

The Ordrish Navy is unique in their usage of pocket carriers, which are designed to be able to deploy of multiple varieties in conjunction with traditional aircraft. This includes the capacity to deploy and recieve high-altitude stratocarrier dynastats for use in operations and reconnaissance. As a result, Ordrish pocket carriers have the ability to serve a multitude of roles in Ordrish maritime combat, from escort formations to amphibious troop deployments and offshore patrol. The ongoing MO2050 development program intends to have gain capabilities to utilize dynastats as well, as part of the "modular force" plan for the Ordrish Navy.

Aircraft
Ordrish Naval Aviation as a component of military strategy was originally devised in 1906 during the First World War, but entered its current form in 1954 prior to the outset of the Third World War. It is composed of three components: the Maritime Aerial Combat Service, Airship Fleet, and Combined Maritime Aerial Support Services. It has a strength of around 5,500 personnel operating from four naval airbases in Ordrey. It is currently in the process of modernizing its mainline jet fighter craft, transitioning to the use of the Pis-Cathoi. Thirty Razorjets are already in use, operating primarily from the Albes d'Manchec.

Application requirements

 * Seamen must be at least 17 years of age but no more than 25, and must at have completed at least eight years of schooling.
 * Petty Officers must be at least 18 years of age but no more than 25, and must at have completed the full twelve years of schooling. Upon meeting these requirements and completing basic training and five months of duty, candidates begin officer training at the Petty Officer School at Girydon.
 * Touring Officers carry out a three-year tour of service, renewable up to seven times (for a total of 21 years). They are further subdivided into two subcategories:
 * Operational Officers, who must be between 21 and 27 years of age with a bachelors' degree or more in any field;
 * Staff Officers, who must be between 21 and 27 years of age with an honors degree or master's degree in a field corresponding to the military occupational specialty.
 * Career Officers are those who have fulfilled at least one tour of duty and received four years' education at the Forbes Naval Academy, upon which they will achieve the rank of Ensign.

Ranks
The rank insignia of the Ordrish Navy are worn as epaulets on the shoulders of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. Until 2008, only fully wore anchors on their insignia, though now are present on the insignias of. First Officers carry the rank of Captain, which is delineated based on the category of vessel they serve upon. The two highest-ranking officers, the Fleet Admiral and Deputy Fleet Admiral, are generally seen more as functions than as ranks, acting similarly within the Admiralty Board of the Ordrish Navy similarly to the First Commissar and the Executive-Secretary of the Council of Commissars, but also similar in function to their counterparts in the other service branches of the Ordrish military.

Addressing of officers
As with the rest of the Ordrish military, deference based on rank tends to be frowned upon due to the political context of the nation at large. However, unlike the rest of the Ordrish military, the wider scope of Ordrish naval tradition has resulted in this deferential behavior remaining a part of the culture. When addressing personnel of equal or lesser rank, usage of the term "Comrade" is observed. When addressing personnel of a higher rank, "Comrade" is used as an adjective attached to their rank (i.e. "Comrade Captain" or "Comrade Ensign").

Military music
A number of musical units are present across the nation, with one attached to each of the primary mainland military bases. The primary musical unit is the Forbes Pipers, modeled on the bands of the Bueica region of the nation's southeast, which is generally composed of, , and. Especially in the overseas units, musicians are more influenced by local culture, especially by the in !TBD and by the [LOCAL MUSICAL STYLE] in Higher Tar-dinuu.