The Magen Chalal

The Magen Chalal is the department of Ked Haggan that operates all line interstellar starships. They are configured largely to provide a credible defensive deterrent against local threats that predate Federation membership: the Romulan Star Empire and the Breen foremost. Their struggles against the Licori were a role the force was not envisioned for, and the lessons of that event are still being considered. In the meantime the Magen Chalal stands the watch for the enemies of the Ked Paddah as they have always done.

The fleet uses Aggadahs for general duty purposes and as a heavy core for combat, with Orah frigates assigned as escorts to capital craft or to defend specific installations and planets.

Active Ship Classes

 * Aggadah battleship
 * Constitution-B cruiser
 * Orah frigate

Retired Ship Classes

 * Egillah
 * Almud

Current Ships

 * 5 Aggadah
 * 2 Constitution-B
 * 18 Orah
 * 1 Kepler under construction

Merchant Marine
23 Civilian Ship, 25 Cargo Ship, 19 Freighter, 2 Passenger, 4 Engineering, 3 Prospector, 2 Colony Ship, 2 Hospital Ship, 2 Research Cruiser, 3 Super-Freighter

Personnel
The Magen Chalal operates on a unified rank system, without differentiation between officer and enlisted. All personnel join at an entry-level position. After an initial four-year term, those who appear to have limited compatibility with spacefaring life are invited to move to other posts, or leave the force, whereas those who are promising are assigned to divisional study colleges depending on aptitude assessments. As a result, their full rank ladder is somewhat compressed compared to other navies, and promotions can occur more swiftly, sometimes even in clumps. Displayed capacity is considered the most important component for advancement rather than pure time in rank requirments.

The Magen Chalal is led by Admiral Tenokh, a Ked Paddah fleet Admiral in the Federation-Arcadian War who has since taken command of the entire Magen Chalal.

Magen Sodi
Providing a full spectrum of intelligence, counter-espionage, and special operations, are a set of five agencies underneath the umbrella agency Magen Sodi. During the Arcadian War, the Magen Sodi was the arch-nemesis of House Bene, and kept an admirable record of preventing numerous infiltration attempts. Currently, the infamously isolationist organisation cooperates with Starfleet Intelligence Command in a limited respect in regards to the Harmony.

Tactics
The Magen Chalal relies on a Lone Ranger system largely. Very competent battleships are the principle operator, while Orah-class frigates are used to protect fixed installations, carry out escort duties, protect the battleships, and generally free up the larger ships for use. Following heavy losses among frigate forces during the Battle of Ixaria, the Magen Chalal made certain to ensure that extra frigates were produced to enable longer campaigns.

Post-war Drawdown
Following the end of the Licori War, which had been a very long and draining experience, the Magen Chalal retired its remaining Almud frigates, and the Egillah-class battleships. However, rather than scrap the Egillah, they were persuaded by the Federation to sell them to the Space Gate Command, the Laian Exploratory Office, and the Indorian Congressional Navy.

Major Worlds

 * Paddah
 * Gad
 * Adad Bande
 * Ashira

Shipyards
Central Fleet Yards [1x2500kt, 1x1000kt], [Starbase I] [1 x 2500kt, 2 x 750kt], [Outpost I] [2 x 750kt], [Starbase I] [1 x 1000kt], [Starbase I] [2 x 1000kt]
 * Central Fleet Yards @ Ked Paddah
 * Adad Bande
 * Ashira
 * Gad
 * Ked Paddah Repair Yards