Role

The Allied Union Naval Defense Force (AUNDF) exists for the sole purpose of defending Velkya and her allies in the skies, both at home and abroad. However, this expansive objective is broken down into several specific subroles. These roles are paramount to the success of the Air Defense Force and the Velkyan military as a whole.

• Protection of the territory and interests of both the Allied Union, the Allied Union's allies, and their respective citizenery and governments from airborne attack.
• Projection of air power unto enemy foreign soil in support of ground operations or independent of them.
• Protection of civilian air travel and trade in Velkya and her allies abroad.

History

Beginnings

Formally formed in 2013, the AUNDF can trace it's roots back to the earlier Velkyan Air Force, which existed from 2000-2013, and even further to various air forces, air corps, and signal corps of Osea, Eurusia, Selka, and Courtina. The first recorded and recognized aerial combat forces in appear on the Velkyan mainland are most likely the Osean Signal Corps Aerial Observation Battalion, which was formed to aid the artillery gunners of Osea in their various skirmishes against Selka and Eurusia. They made their first combat debute in western Eurusia in the Gold Wars, in which the gold-laden mountains that make up the border of Eurusia and Selka were a flashpoint for conflict for nearly thirty years. An Osean Expeditionary Force was sent to claim Cragg's Peak, a mountain with a sizable gold deposit at it's center. In a light skirmish, the Osean troops dispatched the Selkan pioneers guarding the mountain, and took control. In response, the 83rd Imperial Grenadeirs marched on the peak, vastly outnumbering and outgunning their Osean counterparts. All hope was seemingly lost as the 83rd surrounded the mountain, showering the remaining troops with unaccurate but immense volumes of cannon fire. The Osean artillery, thouhg indivudually superior, were outnumbered four-to-one, was hard-pressed to counter them, and it seemed they would be slaughtered, until a small force managed to slip through the cracks in the Selkan lines in the dead of night. The force was none other than a OSCAOB team, complete with a observation ballon with a small field telephone. The ballon was raised, and the battle began anew the following day.

At dawn, the Selkan troops smelled victory, and pushed forward en masse (in massive, unsuitable battlelines). The Osean soldiers, numbering only about 900 against a force of 10,000, hid in the craggs of the mountain as they deployed their wild card. Soon, the familiar din of enemy artillery filled the air, but it was not to be. Osean cannons, using rudimentry fire control from the crew of the ballon, began a furious counterbarrage, and within a few hours, had routed the Selkan advance. Sadly, late in the battle, an enemy shrapnel shell penetrated the ballon 's skin, sending it hurling to the ground, killing it's crew. Even still, the Osean force pushed back the enemy advance, and with the aid of reinforcements from the 4th Main City Division, secured the rest of the mountain range. Because of their great sacrifice, Sgt. Matthew Peterson and Lt. Zeke Mikal, the men crewing the ballon during the battle, were buried in Oak Park National Cemetery in Oured, and a memorial erected in their honor still stands at the AUADF acemdemy in Zepyher Falls, Osea.

Formation

Current Status

As of this fiscal year (2020), the Allied Union Naval Defense Force currently operates ten bluewater battlefleets of approxmimently five hundred combat ships each (although this number may fluctuate with time as older ships are removed and newer ones are added), along with several thousands logistical and brownwater vessels. The battlefleets, along with their home ports and flagship, are listed here.

• 1st Naval Defense Battlefleet

Southport, Allied Union of Velkya / V.S.S. Velkya

• 2nd Naval Defense Battlefleet

Oured, Allied Union of Velkya / V.S.S. Oured

• 3rd Naval Defense Battlefleet

Vladistock, Allied Union of Velkya / V.S.S. Freemantle

• 4th Naval Defense Battlefleet

Sand Island Naval Base, Sand Island Atoll (AUV territory)/ V.S.S. Kahanistan

• 5th Naval Defense Battlefleet

Ohaui City, Ohaui (AUV territory)/ V.S.S. Southport

• 6th Naval Defense Battlefleet

Rocky Shore Naval Base, Rocky Shore Isle (AUV territory) / V.S.S. Vladistock

• 7th Naval Defense Battlefleet

Freeton, Allied Union of Velkya / V.S.S. Liberty (Soon to be replaced by V.S.S. Questaria, RS class command battleship)'

• 8th Naval Defense Battlefleet

North Point, Allied Union of Velkya / V.S.S. Ullyeses (Soon to be replaced by V.S.S. Xirnium, RS class command battleship)

• 9th Naval Defense Battlefleet

Fort Kuzida, Allied Union of Velkya / V.S.S. Cross City (Soon to be replaced by V.S.S. Honor Guard, RS class command battleship)

• 10th Naval Defense Battlefleet

Safeguard Naval Base, AUV Haven Control Zone (AUV territory) / V.S.S. Fury (Soon to be replaced by V.S.S. Ascendant Justice, AJ class command battleship)

The Allied Union Naval Defense Force currently operates approximently 5,000 bluewater combat vessels, 4,300 logsitcal vessels, and 840 brownwater patrol and transportation craft. The AUNDF is currently undergoing a large modernization program to it's surface action fleet, highlighted by the purchase of twenty-three Royal Sovereign and Sovereign class dreadnoughts from Praetonian shipyards. These ships, along with the upcoming Ascendant Justice class of command battleships, will spearhead the NDF into the next generation.