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Air force or Navy
Gryphos:
I think the original point of the thread was to decide on whether airships are an airforce or a navy. And I think we can all agree that, between those, navy is more appropriate.
In regards to the second issue of what people would physically refer to their airship forces as, it can vary. As a whole, a faction's total force of airships is probably their navy based off the fact that they must have had sea boats at one point and probably kept the terminology. However, a specific group of ships would probably be referred to as various things, ranging likely from things like fleet or armada.
Arktic:
Just because we're using Naval terminology doesn't mean that it's part of the Navy. If you go by definitions:
Navy - The branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations at sea.
Air Force - The airborne branch of a country's armed forces.
Then Airships are airborne, therefore they are part of the Air Force.
Sgt. Spoon:
Well I've just always thought of the airships as ships, and just like in sci-fi, related everything in naval terms. I wouldn't really worry too much about our present description of the term, cause with the established setting it fits pretty well to just transfer the whole thing to an "aero navy".
Pickle:
--- Quote from: Arktic on August 09, 2013, 02:40:43 pm ---Just because we're using Naval terminology doesn't mean that it's part of the Navy. If you go by definitions:
Navy - The branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations at sea.
Air Force - The airborne branch of a country's armed forces.
Then Airships are airborne, therefore they are part of the Air Force.
--- End quote ---
Your definition is overly simplistic, and doesn't work for any nations military forces I can think of (it doesn't work for UK, France, Germany, US, Russia, etc.).
Dedicated air forces are a relatively young concept (starting 1918 with the RAF). Navy and Army forces have had their own air units for almost as long as there has been flight, and continue to do so.
I go with Navy. It works better with the style of the game. Two airships are based on nautical vessels (Galleon, Junker) and most of the armament is closer to naval or army examples.
Captain Smollett:
Guys you're all wrong.
It's quite obvious since we fly airships that it's administered by a nations naval air force armed unit division.
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