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Ship Hierarchy

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	==Ship Hierarchy==		==Ship Hierarchy==
	* Captain		Most ships only have a handful of sena'ka aboard. The captain and his key officers (the ship's mage and the sub-captains, of which there is always at least one, but the large ships have one per watch) are almost always sena'ka; the senior armsman is usually sena'ka. The ship's master (who handles the sailors) is much more mixed.
	** Ship's Mage		* Captain -- sena'ka
	** Sub-Captain(s)		** Ship's Mage -- sena'ka, although many are honorary
	*** Master		** Sub-Captain(s) -- usually sena'ka, although many are honorary
	**** Ratings (1st and 2nd)		*** Master -- mixed. Sometimes slave, sometimes sena'ka (especially on major ships)
	*** Senior Armsman		**** Ratings (1st and 2nd) -- mostly slaves
	**** Armsmen (1st and 2nd)		*** Senior Armsman -- usually sena'ka, often honorary
			**** Armsmen (1st and 2nd) -- if present, sena'ka
	**** Armed Slaves		**** Armed Slaves

	[[Category:Cultures]]		[[Category:Cultures]]

Admiralbenbo: /* Hierarchy */

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Hierarchy

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	** Admiralty Board (oversees Fleet operations, designates hunting grounds, sets taxes on captures and sales)		** Admiralty Board (oversees Fleet operations, designates hunting grounds, sets taxes on captures and sales)
	*** Advance Fleet 1		*** Advance Fleet 1
	**** Currently (250+ AC) led by Admiral Saris Ath'l.		**** Currently (250+ AC) led by Admiral Saris Ath'l. In 257, it enters open rebellion against the Admiralty Board and declares itself (and Sentinel Island) a new nation called the Free Fleet.
	*** Advance Fleet 2		*** Advance Fleet 2
	*** Home Fleet		*** Home Fleet
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	*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)		*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)
	*** Landsmen (including land-slaves, the very lowest status possible)		*** Landsmen (including land-slaves, the very lowest status possible)
			*Each fleet has a Fleet Admiral, who oversees divisions of 3-5 ships (or a city and its surrounding for the Landsmen, or a creche for the guardians). Each division has a Division Head who works with the captains of the ships or local heads as appropriate.
	Technically, all non-[[sena'ka]] are slaves--they don't acknowledge any other status (and sena'ka cannot be made slave). However, there are slaves and then slaves. And meritorious slaves can be made honorary sena'ka, gaining freed status. There are even honorary sena'ka captains (but not admirals or fleet commanders).		Technically, all non-[[sena'ka]] are slaves--they don't acknowledge any other status (and sena'ka cannot be made slave). However, there are slaves and then slaves. And meritorious slaves can be made honorary sena'ka, gaining freed status. There are even honorary sena'ka captains (but not admirals or fleet commanders).

Admiralbenbo at 19:47, 20 February 2026

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	*marine-heavy culture (live most of their lives on ships where possible), ship-dwellers have higher status		*marine-heavy culture (live most of their lives on ships where possible), ship-dwellers have higher status
	*Slave owners		*Slave owners
	*Rule by strength		*Rule by strength, but respect intellectual strength and deviousness.
	*Little institutional loyalty--every person for themselves		*Little institutional loyalty--every person for themselves. Generally cold-bloodedly honest--they rarely blatantly break their promises. But when they do, they'll let you know in advance. Unless the other path is safer and more advantageous. Prefer to reinterpret terms and conditions more favorably to themselves instead of actually violating the agreement. Work by the letter of the law/agreements, not the spirit.
	*Organized into a Grand Fleet made of smaller Fleets, each led by an Admiral. 7 total fleets		*Organized into a Grand Fleet made of smaller Fleets, each led by an Admiral. 7 total fleets
	**2x Advance Fleets (raiders and explorers)		**2x Advance Fleets (raiders and explorers)
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	*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)		*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)
	*** Landsmen (including land-slaves, the very lowest status possible)		*** Landsmen (including land-slaves, the very lowest status possible)
			Technically, all non-[[sena'ka]] are slaves--they don't acknowledge any other status (and sena'ka cannot be made slave). However, there are slaves and then slaves. And meritorious slaves can be made honorary sena'ka, gaining freed status. There are even honorary sena'ka captains (but not admirals or fleet commanders).

			Skilled slaves can own other slaves (who themselves can own other slaves). Damaging someone else's slave is an offense, considered equal to stealing from the one harmed. This is generally enforced by the offended slave's ultimate master, as it's considered an attack against them. However, slaves have very few protections against their own (free) masters. By custom, ship-borne slaves have much the same allowances as any sena'ka of their equivalent station/role. The only difference in practice is that slaves can be killed without ''massive'' retribution, and tend to be sent in as front-line fodder while the sena'ka hang back, as sena'ka rarely kill each other and killing a sena'ka is the worst offense a slave can commit.

	==Ship Hierarchy==		==Ship Hierarchy==

Admiralbenbo at 19:36, 20 February 2026

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	** Admiralty Board (oversees Fleet operations, designates hunting grounds, sets taxes on captures and sales)		** Admiralty Board (oversees Fleet operations, designates hunting grounds, sets taxes on captures and sales)
	*** Advance Fleet 1		*** Advance Fleet 1
			**** Currently (250+ AC) led by Admiral Saris Ath'l.
	*** Advance Fleet 2		*** Advance Fleet 2
	*** Home Fleet		*** Home Fleet

Admiralbenbo at 18:35, 23 November 2025

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	* Mental discipline (because showing weakness in front of others is a risk for death).		* Mental discipline (because showing weakness in front of others is a risk for death).
	* Rational--will surrender rather than die. Inter-fleet squabbles usually end with ransomed losers & payments.		* Rational--will surrender rather than die. Inter-fleet squabbles usually end with ransomed losers & payments.
	* Don't breed fast (breed only in ~~one creche~~, artificially), so are loath to lose their own people. Reckless with the lives of slaves, however.		* Don't breed fast (breed only in a few creches, artificially), so are loath to lose their own people. Reckless with the lives of slaves, however.
	* Mostly have raided local settlements in the [[Great Rift]] area. Recently (~205 AC) established a foothold on [[Sentinel Island]]. Admiral I'kor'lai (admiral of the First Advance Fleet) has set out from there and very recently established a beach-head on the Noefran continent. Founded the city of [[Tarad'am]] at the southern tip of the [[Jungle of Fangs]].		* Mostly have raided local settlements in the [[Great Rift]] area. Recently (~205 AC) established a foothold on [[Sentinel Island]]. Admiral I'kor'lai (admiral of the First Advance Fleet) has set out from there and very recently established a beach-head on the Noefran continent. Founded the city of [[Tarad'am]] at the southern tip of the [[Jungle of Fangs]].
	* Racial dance is twerking		* Racial dance is twerking

Admiralbenbo at 18:31, 9 February 2025

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	*marine-heavy culture(live most of their lives on ships where possible), ship-dwellers have higher status		*marine-heavy culture (live most of their lives on ships where possible), ship-dwellers have higher status
	*Slave owners		*Slave owners
	*Rule by strength		*Rule by strength

Admiralbenbo at 21:07, 10 January 2021

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	* Rational--will surrender rather than die. Inter-fleet squabbles usually end with ransomed losers & payments.		* Rational--will surrender rather than die. Inter-fleet squabbles usually end with ransomed losers & payments.
	* Don't breed fast (breed only in one creche, artificially), so are loath to lose their own people. Reckless with the lives of slaves, however.		* Don't breed fast (breed only in one creche, artificially), so are loath to lose their own people. Reckless with the lives of slaves, however.
	* Mostly have raided local settlements in the [[Great Rift]] area. Recently (~205 AC) established a foothold on [[Sentinel Island]]. Admiral I'kor'lai (admiral of the First Advance Fleet) has set out from there and very recently established a beach-head on the Noefran continent. Founded the city of [[~~Musica Mutema~~]] at the southern tip of the [[Jungle of Fangs]].		* Mostly have raided local settlements in the [[Great Rift]] area. Recently (~205 AC) established a foothold on [[Sentinel Island]]. Admiral I'kor'lai (admiral of the First Advance Fleet) has set out from there and very recently established a beach-head on the Noefran continent. Founded the city of [[Tarad'am]] at the southern tip of the [[Jungle of Fangs]].
	* Racial dance is twerking		* Racial dance is twerking

Admiralbenbo: /* Hierarchy */

2020-06-23T23:52:05Z

Hierarchy

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	*** Advance Fleet 2		*** Advance Fleet 2
	*** Home Fleet		*** Home Fleet
	** Land Council (sets policy for landborne operations, slave auctions, new births of [[~~Sena~~'ka]], fleet assignments & food allocations)		** Land Council (sets policy for landborne operations, slave auctions, new births of [[sena'ka]], fleet assignments & food allocations)
	*** Reserve Fleet (lowest status, construction/penal fleet)		*** Reserve Fleet (lowest status, construction/penal fleet)
	*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)		*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)

Admiralbenbo at 23:51, 23 June 2020

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	*Slave owners		*Slave owners
	*Rule by strength		*Rule by strength
	*Little institutional loyalty--every ~~gith~~ for themselves		*Little institutional loyalty--every person for themselves
	*Organized into a Grand Fleet made of smaller Fleets, each led by an Admiral. 7 total fleets		*Organized into a Grand Fleet made of smaller Fleets, each led by an Admiral. 7 total fleets
	**2x Advance Fleets (raiders and explorers)		**2x Advance Fleets (raiders and explorers)
	**2x Supply Fleets (merchants and civilian supply, also handle much of the land-dwelling)		**2x Supply Fleets (merchants and civilian supply, also handle much of the land-dwelling)
	**1x Home Fleet (guards of the settled islands, also primary invasion forces)		**1x Home Fleet (guards of the settled islands, also primary invasion forces)
	**1x Creche Guardians (protect and maintain the creche where new ~~gith~~ are born)		**1x Creche Guardians (protect and maintain the creche where new [[sena'ka]] are born)
	**1x Reserve Fleet (penal fleet, does scut work)		**1x Reserve Fleet (penal fleet, does scut work)
	* Cruelty, arrogance, infighting.		* Cruelty, arrogance, infighting.

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*marine-heavy culture(live most of their lives on ships where possible), ship-dwellers have higher status
*Slave owners
*Rule by strength
*Little institutional loyalty--every gith for themselves
*Organized into a Grand Fleet made of smaller Fleets, each led by an Admiral. 7 total fleets
**2x Advance Fleets (raiders and explorers)
**2x Supply Fleets (merchants and civilian supply, also handle much of the land-dwelling)
**1x Home Fleet (guards of the settled islands, also primary invasion forces)
**1x Creche Guardians (protect and maintain the creche where new gith are born)
**1x Reserve Fleet (penal fleet, does scut work)
* Cruelty, arrogance, infighting.
* Mental discipline (because showing weakness in front of others is a risk for death).
* Rational--will surrender rather than die. Inter-fleet squabbles usually end with ransomed losers & payments.
* Don't breed fast (breed only in one creche, artificially), so are loath to lose their own people. Reckless with the lives of slaves, however.
* Mostly have raided local settlements in the [[Great Rift]] area. Recently (~205 AC) established a foothold on [[Sentinel Island]]. Admiral I'kor'lai (admiral of the First Advance Fleet) has set out from there and very recently established a beach-head on the Noefran continent. Founded the city of [[Musica Mutema]] at the southern tip of the [[Jungle of Fangs]].
* Racial dance is twerking

==Hierarchy==
* Grand Admiral [[Ath'l'Poarl'la]] (mediates disputes, decides inter-fleet promotions).
** Admiralty Board (oversees Fleet operations, designates hunting grounds, sets taxes on captures and sales)
*** Advance Fleet 1
*** Advance Fleet 2
*** Home Fleet
** Land Council (sets policy for landborne operations, slave auctions, new births of [[Sena'ka]], fleet assignments & food allocations)
*** Reserve Fleet (lowest status, construction/penal fleet)
*** Creche Guardians (tiny elite force who handle births, chosen for life)
*** Landsmen (including land-slaves, the very lowest status possible)

==Ship Hierarchy==
* Captain
** Ship's Mage
** Sub-Captain(s)
*** Master
**** Ratings (1st and 2nd)
*** Senior Armsman
**** Armsmen (1st and 2nd)
**** Armed Slaves

[[Category:Cultures]]

Ship Folk - Revision history

Admiralbenbo: /* Ship Hierarchy */

Admiralbenbo: /* Hierarchy */

Admiralbenbo at 19:47, 20 February 2026

Admiralbenbo at 19:36, 20 February 2026

Admiralbenbo at 18:35, 23 November 2025

Admiralbenbo at 18:31, 9 February 2025

Admiralbenbo at 21:07, 10 January 2021

Admiralbenbo: /* Hierarchy */

Admiralbenbo at 23:51, 23 June 2020

Admiralbenbo: Created page with "*marine-heavy culture(live most of their lives on ships where possible), ship-dwellers have higher status *Slave owners *Rule by strength *Little institutional loyalty--every..."

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