The Rebel Faction

The New Order - General Fleet Upgrade

As the Empire continues to grow and thrive, the role of the Imperial Starfleet becomes more and more important. Although the Empire has managed to keep her fleets in working order, many older vessels are now showing their age. Vessels deployed in the earlier days of the Empire, while still expertly mantained, rely on outdated technology. Seeing that this could pose a threat to the Empire as her territories continue to expand, the Imperial High Command has ordered a full-scale upgrade of all existing Imperial vessels, to bring them up to a new standard in terms of onboard weapons, computers, and other vital systems. The plan calls for the retrofitting of some older vessels, and general upgrades on others. With a large upstep in Imperial production giving the Empire a surplus of working vessels, the Empire can begin to rotate older vessles out of duty and outfit them with new technology, as well as giving an oppertunity to train the crews with the new systems.

Following standard military procedure, the Imperial Fleet will begin the process of refitting older ships first. Given the number of ships in the Empire, it is expected to take some time for a complete refitting of the Navy, and so vessels in priority sectors will be upgraded first.

This general upgrade will bring all levels of vessels in the Empire to the same level. Any Imperator Class Star Destroyers, for example, will be upgraded to Mark V designs at this time. All vessels will also be catalouged for possible further mantinence or scrapping. These upgrades will facilitate Imperial commanders by once again ensuring a consistent deployment of vessels across the Empire.

Starfighter compliments will also be addressed, with the Empire aiming to give its fleets a consistent force once more. Duty Star Destroyers of the Imperator and Reign classes will now carry one squadron of TIE Defenders, one of TIE Scimitar Bombers, and four of TIE Interceptors as a standard. Vessels assigned to more particular tasks may carry additional Defender sqaudrons in place of one or more Interceptor groups.