Fourth Fleet

Fourth Fleet is the primary border control and early warning fleet for the Star Army of Yamatai. It is nominally headquartered in the Bard Cluster, but is strategically deployed across most of Yamatai's border systems.

While “Sword's Edge” was the motto of Fourth Fleet since before the formation of the Rangers, the Rangers were also part of the identically named “Sword's Edge” subdivision of Star Army Special Operations. This was entirely a happy coincidence but is considered good luck by members of Fourth Fleet.

Fourth Fleet's mission is based around facilitating Star Army Reconnaissance's role of forward observation. It ensures that there is a Star Army presence of some kind within all systems where the Yamataian border ends. Usually, these are out-of-life ships which are populated by hardy self-reliant personnel.

Fourth Fleet is mainly composed of out-of-life or almost out-of-life starships that are by and large maintained and supplied by their own crew. The most used ship is the Yuuko-class Gunboat.

Fourth Fleet also maintains some legacy ships that it is slowly transferring out to other Fleets as necessary.

Current as of: 6/14/33

• 4SF Star Fortresses and Shipyards
• Fourth Fleet Depot
• Legion VI

• Fourth Standard Fleet Important PCs/NPCs
• 4SF Rank Insignia
• 4SF Symbols and History
• Notable Ships of the Fourth Standard Fleet
• 10,000 EM-J2-1a Geboku Android (SAOY)
• 10,000 Service Android, Type 36A "Emma"
• 4SF Standard Defense System

The Fourth Fleet of the Star Army of Yamatai is a replacement fleet for the old Fourth Fleet, which was destroyed in combat at the Battle of Tami, in YE 28. Kestral Bowman was largely responsible for the destruction at the hands of the Sfrarabla Mishhuvurthyar Xhrafuklurp (SMX). Reformed finally after the losses in YE 30 and renamed the Fourth Standard Fleet (4th), it is under the command of Taisho Shinja Rika.

In YE 44, Fourth Fleet was reconstituted as the designated border patrol and protection fleet for the Star Army of Yamatai. It was closely tied administratively to Star Army Reconnaissance.

This article was updated by a former member on 2022/08/21.