Luthori

[Ligbruderkrieg]

Imperial General Headquarters confirms “temporary” Prosperity CSG deployment in Southern Anantonese Ocean.
November 5735

The Imperial General Headquarters confirmed that the Imperial Luthorian Navy would undertake a massive deployment of its naval force – typically, the smaller Luthorian Navy compared to its peers in Beiteynu and Lourenne, and later Egelion, would aim at reinforcing its presence in the Western Hemisphere.

Modern Luthorian naval strategy focused on the West – with recent establishments in the Migrants’ Pass and deployments of Luthorian naval forces focused on reinforcing shipping lines towards the Home Territory. Modern Luthorian diplomacy is also shaped by the deployment of naval forces overseas, as seen by the negotiations between Luthori and Valruzia over the granting of basing rights for Luthorian naval vessels.

The deployment of the Carrier Strike Group “Clockwork”, affiliated with the Prosperity Fleet in the Southern Anantonese is combined with Egelion’s continued retreat from international affairs, a state of affairs confirmed by the Kerisian nation’s non-intervention in the Second Baegukese War, in which Luthori played a large role.

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Imperial General Headquarters confirmed that the Clockwork CSG, formed by the Emperor Richard-class aircraft carrier and other auxilliary naval vessels would be deployed into the Anantonese Ocean and remain at sea in patrol mission for an extended period of 6-weeks, until redeployed at the New Bartley Naval Base in eastern Mordusia. 

This state of affairs is expected to remain the same for over 2 years.

Imperial General Headquarters justified Luthori’s naval deployments in the area as a “necessary operation” to cope with Egelion’s “rather abrupt departure from the international arena.”

One Luthorian admiral was quoted as: “Egelion is done, unable to protect her interests nor her and our important trade links in the Anantonese [...] filling in that gap is a necessary burden for the protection of both our interest and to replace Egelion as a guarantor of naval stability and tranquillity in the region.”

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The deployment of the Prosperity Fleet’s CSG is according to the General Headquarters, the “first step” towards the formation of another fleet, which will focused towards tackling the issue in the Eastern Hemisphere.

“It’s a temporary deployment; one made to mend up the patches that kept the whole structure stable [...] plans are currently for a full-on deployment in the region, in the next future.”

The creation of a future “Eastern” Fleet of the Imperial Navy was stated to be an objective in the 5728 Naval White Paper, with the current replenishment of the modern-day Imperial Fleet with the Type-24 destroyers and Type-36 frigates.

An additional number of frigates and destroyers have been commissioned by the government to act as the backbone of a future carrier strike group and the future Eastern Fleet.