Maritime Cutter Service
| Kiravix Kētterterma | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Kiravian Federacy |
| Type | Coast guard |
| Role | |
| Headquarters | Mahan Building, Kartika |
| Commanders | |
| Chief Cutters Executive | Coastguardo Jones |
| Commander | Vice Admiral Coastguardo Lopez |
The Kiravian Cutter Service a branch of the Kiravian Armed Forces and an agency of the Kiravian Maritime Executive concerned with coastal defence, maritime safety, and customs and migration enforcement.
Mission
As the enforcement and operations arm of the Maritime Executive, the Cutter Service is responsible for maintaining security, safety, and the rule of law in coastal waters. Currently, the Cutter Service's geographic remit encompasses the waters surrounding Great Kirav, Æonara, Koskenkorva, New Ardmore, Uruvun, and (nominally) Wintergen, though its operations around Wintergen have been suspended since the conquest of the island by Burgundie. In the waters surrounding other Kiravian overseas territories, the Cutter Service's functions are undertaken by the Kiravian Navy and the maritime defence forces of individual federal subjects, such as the Sydonan Navy.
Alongside the Navy and other agencies, the Cutter Service is responsible for enforcing the Federacy's strict ban on whaling in Kiravian waters.
The military role of the Cutter Service has evolved from anti-piracy and the defence of coastal settlements to anti-submarine warfare, reconnaissance, and surveillance. It also features in the Federacy's defencive planning against a hypothetical invasion of the Home Islands. In such a scenario, the Cutter Service would be integrated into the Navy's command structure, and any combat-capable vessels and aircraft would be mobilised to fend off enemy landing attempts, with non-combat units assuming support roles. The Cutter Service conducts regular exercises to maintain readiness for its role as the Federacy's "last line of defence".
History
The Cutter Service considers itself the spiritual successor to the Provincial Fleets of the Coscivian Imperial Navy, which were militia raised in the Empire's Ixnayan colonies to patrol coastal waters using locally-built currachs and interdict marauding Cromwelute ships. More formally, it originated in the early Confederal Period following the Republican Revolution, and was organised as a division of the Confederal Navy called the Littoral Fleet. For the first centuries of its existence, its main functions were protecting the Kiravian coast and coastal settlements from piracy, enforcing customs laws, and transporting ground troops between Great Kirav and the Isles.
The Cutter Service was separated from the Navy in < I dunno, High Modernity or some shit >, and reconstituted as a separate armed and uniformed service. Civilian authority over the Cutter Service was transferred from the Defence Executive to the Security Executive in Template:H:title by Prime Executive Ivardus Kólsylvar.
Command Structure
Unlike the Kiravian Army and Kiravian Navy, which report to the Defence Executive, the Cutter Service falls within the purview of the Maritime Executive. The civilian official most directly responsible for the Cutter Service is the High Cutter Executive, who reports to the Chief Maritime Executive.