Standard Fleet

The Great Xia Empire's Standard Fleet had been built after adapting the Blue Star Federation's standards.

Although it had not been tested in actual combat, the Empire's highest-level fleet generally used three carriers as its core, supported by twelve to sixteen battleships, twelve to twenty-four Strategic Cruisers, more than thirty cruisers, and even over a hundred frigates and destroyers, forming an overwhelming military force.

Such a fully equipped Standard Fleet could independently carry out most combat missions, and its annual consumption and maintenance costs were enormous.

But even in the Blue Star Federation, a fleet of this scale could not be directly controlled by capital.

On one hand, the cost was too great. More importantly, the authority of the regime had to be maintained.

Capitalists were not fools. Under mutual restraints, they had their own set of rules.

A local tyrant like the Pegasus Group could enjoy privileges and build layer upon layer of defensive barriers, but it could not possess the military power to overthrow the Federation.

What it could deploy was only private armed forces. Even if some state forces were in fact influenced by the Pegasus Group, they could never be mobilized without legitimate cause.

That was the rule. Otherwise, wouldn't everything descend into chaos?

Wouldn't the Federation becoming a Confederation be even more fitting?

Therefore, the Standard Fleet Michel had promised was based on the standards of private armed forces like those of the Pegasus Group.

In truth, its combat power was no less formidable.

With a single battleship as its core, supported by several Strategic Cruisers and twenty to thirty secondary firepower vessels such as cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, it was sufficient to carry out ordinary military strikes.

Depending on the need, some auxiliary vessel types could also be added for specialized missions.

Armed forces