Royal Arcerion Submarine Service: Difference between revisions

=== Second Great War ===

[[File:Periscope 1.png|thumb|View from the periscope of HMAS ''Solemn'', as it successfully engages a Capetian-flagged oiler and merchantman in the Polynesian Sea during the Second Great War as part of [[Operation Flyhook]]. ]]

During the Second Great War Acer submarines saw extensive action against The Capetian Navy, operating in the Songun Sea and the Polynesian Sea. This was part of the larger Arcer [[Operation Forefront|naval mission]] to deny the Capetian Navy freedom of navigation and freedom of movement in the Songun sea, as well as conduct sea lane denial and commercial raiding to prevent [[the Cape]] from receiving the necessary materials and supplies it required to sustain its own war effort.

After the Second Great War a drawdown in the submarine service's size was in line with other defense cuts, as the federal government of Arcerion was legislated by the Confederate Parliament to begin a period of austerity to economically recover from the financial stress of the war. The Service's twenty-five submarines were reduced to twelve, and crew training and maintenance budgets were cut in favour of future procurement and long-term success into the 1970s and 1980s to maintain relevance. Despite the risk of being unprepared for a peer conflict in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, this ultimately proved fruitful as the focus on research and development, as well as maintaining a small but professional and specialized officer and NCO corps meant that by the arrival of the modern and incredibly capable ''Dolphin''-class in the early 1980s, the submarine service was again allocated larger budgetary spending and ability for expansion, as the peacetime Naval Service focused on sea lane protection and naval sovereignty and expeditionary movement of land forces was undergoing a period of reshaping.

=== Modern History ===

Arcer submarines saw a return to their traditional roles during the Final War of the Deluge, with extensive action against [[Varshan|Varshani]] Navy throughout the course of the conflict. Submarines were the first Arcer naval combatants to engage an enemy in open and armed conflict since the Second Great War. It saw the commitment of the entire Submarine Service, operating out of [[Joint Naval Station Leighton-Lennox]], which was at the time still under construction, and Arcerion operated out of leased bases from the [[Kiravian Armed Forces|Kiravian Navy]]. Arcer submarines primarily saw action between the Seneca Islands and Anta Carda, conducting commerce raiding, mine laying, and interdicting Varshani naval vessels.  

[[File:Missile launch.png|thumb|A government-released still photo of the video depicting the first Arcer use of cruise missiles launched by submarines during the [[Final War of the Deluge]], fired from ACS ''Gibson'' off the Seneca Islands, Varshan in 2020. ]]