Fiction:Merchant Fleets

The Merchant Fleets are a semi-political and corporate entity residing within the that was founded by various reformed factions and clans of  in the aftermath of their downfall into innumerable warbands and pirate kingdoms that had plagued the galaxy throughout its history, with the predecessor-states of the Merchant Fleets officially founding the modern Merchant Fleets in 28,000 AD. The Merchant Fleets are a conglomerate of corporate warrior-clans that sell and offer service to various recognised sovereign states throughout the galaxy while retaining their own patriotic sovereignty, with rules and laws governing the practices of the Merchant Fleets so as to remain a reputable and beneficial galactic presence; the Merchant Fleets trade for resources and mutual protection in exchange for privatized military and paramilitary support, including terrestrial and naval assets.

The Merchant Fleets, while loosely-connected territorially, are governed by the Directorate of Lords - patriarchs and matriarchs of the most influential clans of each fleet - who each are sworn fealty to by a collection of lesser families and clans, with the more influential lineages being represented and governed by Liege Subordinates; the private armed forces of each Merchant Fleet are collectively known as the Private Regiments and the Private Squadrons, which are both contributed to by major and lesser families through varying practices - either through voluntary service or conscription. The Merchant Fleets, due to their nomadic nature and tendencies, rarely claim ownership of worlds although the recognised mutual homeworld of their organisation is Tendeilis.

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