Semaphore is a code of communication, intended to pass messages between ships.
The Commodore's Emergency War Order 001 was a military order dispatched by an unknown commodore who found themself in command of the Telasian Imperial Fleet after the opening salvos of the First Interstellar War.
The Avalon Gazette is one of the official journals of record or Government gazettes of the Avalonian government, and the most important among such official journals in the Avalonian Empire.
The Avalonian Imperial Navy is an interstellar space navy populated entirely by elves from numerous worlds.
The Articles of War are a set of rules, and punishable offenses, that were established to govern conduct within the Avalonian Imperial Navy. It is the Navy code of law.
Originally, Peridot was established by the Avalonian Imperial Navy as a deep space outpost. Over time, small civilian colonies of elves, and even gnomes, also settled the planetoid.
A Lieutenant is an officer who serves as an assistant to senior officers, or a commanding officer of a smaller craft, such as a messenger-picket, fighter craft, or a smaller warship on picket-duty.
Protectors of trade in the spaceways
Spacefarers everywhere agreed—Freebooter’s Rock was a wretched den of vice, thievery and betrayal, the midden-pit of the Universe. But everyone came there eventually.
A ship's bell is rung every half hour of each 4 hour watch, or every time the glass is turned.
Because the elves were probably the first into the stars, the Avalonian Calendar is the standard calendar of Known Space.
An Ensign is the most junior commissioned officer aboardships. Also known as a "2nd Lieutenant," a "Junior Lieutenant," or a "Sub-Lieutenant," they usually assist the other officers in support tasks.
A Master is the enlisted crew member who is in charge of a particular job, such as the sails (Sailmaster,) crew health and healing (Chiurgeon,) ship repair and maintenance (Carpenter,) money (Purser,) or crew and equipment (Boatswain).
A Midshipman (also "Midshipswoman," "Midshipsperson," or colloquially "Middie,") is a young officer-in-training aboardships.
The Master's Mate is the official assistant to the Master of a particular specialty aboard a ship.
An Able Starhand is an experienced sailor, with either years of experience in starfaring, or a significant specialty and significant sailing experience.
An Ordinary Starhand is the rank of the average enlisted starhand in the @[Avalonian Imperial Navy](organization:ce5cb4b6-18b0-430c-89f1-e26c925096e0)
Landsfolk are starhands with no prior sailing experience among an Avalonian Imperial Navy's ship's crew.
The Firststar Classification System was established in centuries past to classify starfaring warships.
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