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Chandrilan Starfighter Corps
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To expand on the Chandrilan Defense Forces with a dedicated Starfighter arm.
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- Organization Name: Chandrilan Starfighter Corps
- Classification: Starfighter Corps / Planetary Defense Force
- Affiliation:
- Organization Symbol: The frame of the Corps’ Winged Torch is a dark blue shield with a silver border. Its center is predominantly occupied by the silhouette of a longsword, superseding the lighter silhouette of a flame. Wings expand outward from the hilt of the sword while the Aurabesh word for “Chandrila'' is emblazoned along its blade.
- Description: While officially organized under the banner of the Chandrilan Defense Fleet, the Starfighter Corps has made its own, very distinct reputation. Used to fly patrol sorties over the surface of Chandrila or within the emptiness of its orbit and sector, the Corps is by far the most active military presence within the Chandrilan system.
- Headquarters: Chandrila System - Planetary Installations, Orbital Stations, and Naval Carriers
- Domain:
- Chandrila System and Chandrila itself
- As a primarily Defensive Organization, the Chandrilan Starfighter Corps is involved deeply in the day-to-day operations of its system and planet. They can regularly be seen escorting civilian convoys or leading extensive patrol sorties within Chandrilan space.
- Notable Assets:
- Squall Wing-class Interceptor
- Concordance Fleet Shipyards (Joint Operation with the Chandrilan Defense Fleet)
- Hierarchy (Ranks):
- High General: Commander of the entire Starfighter Corps
- General: Largely administrative in role. Coordinates operations for different regions of Chandrilan space
- Colonel: Wing Commanders
- Major: Group Commanders
- Captain: Squadron Commanders
- Lieutenant: Flight commanders.
- Ensign: Lowest rank in the Corps. Assumed by freshly graduated personnel.
- Membership: The personnel of the Starfighter Corps are drawn from Chandrila’s existing naval academies. Postings are reserved for cadets who have passed specific vocational piloting, mechanical, and tactical exams.
- Climate: With a proud history to boast and a proud planet to protect, the Corps and its members typically hold themselves to a high standard of respect and professionality. Interpersonal rivalries, while far from unheard of, are unencouraged and extremely rare within its ranks.
- Reputation: With centuries of service rooted deep in Chandrilan history, the Starfighter Corps is a force regarded with a sense of awe and admiration among the Chandrilan populace. The sights of the Corps’ fighters sweeping over the land in patrol, or watching over civilian and military space stations alike have become familiar occurrences in Chandrilan life. However, as hostilities rise between the Galactic Alliance and Brotherhood of the Maw, and as military drills become more frequent for the “Guardians of Chandrila,” critics of over-militarization have begun to push back, branding the Corps as a tool of corrupt and war-mongering lawmakers.
- Curios: Members of the Corps are given epaulets decorated with the organization’s Winged Torch.
- Rules: The Starfighter Corps operates on a rigid set of rules, with instances of insubordination and excessive brutality punished commonly with immediate removal from the Corps.
- Goals: To defend the Chandrilan system from piracy and the ever-looming possibility of a Brotherhood invasion.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION
An ancient organization tracking its origins to the ancient Republic, the Chandrilan Starfighter Corps has existed in some form or another for centuries upon centuries. However, it stood in a rather limited capacity for the majority of its lifetime, little more than an auxiliary to the larger navies of whatever faction Chandrila belonged to at the time. It was only in Chandrila’s post-Sith occupation era that the Corps would truly begin to rise to a higher stature.
As the planet picked up the ashes left by their former Sith overlords, the existing Chandrilan Defense Forces would see the development of the System Defense Army, and the steady growth of its Defense Fleet. Running parallel to a wave of reluctant fortification throughout the system, the Starfighter Corps would be expanded, receiving new waves of fresh recruits, gaining greater autonomy from its parent organization– the Chandrilan Defense Fleet– and seeing to the creation of dedicated fighter platforms in orbit, deep space, and on Chandrila’s very surface. Its duties were similarly expanded, intensifying patrols on the edge of the system and seeing to the establishment of dedicated convoy escort forces.
The Starfighter Corps continues to roam the hyperlanes and threshold of the system, awaiting the day Chandrila’s enemies once again arrive at its gates.
