Fiction:France/French Starfleet

The French Starfleet, officially the Flotte française (English: French Fleet), is the stellar navy of France. It reports directly to the French president under the title of "chef des armées."

Doctrine
French ships, while not the most powerful or most advanced, play to France's greatest strength: strike craft. Ships of the line like the Céleste-class and smaller frigates like the Cassiel-class act primarily in support of France's line carrier, the Orleans-class. In terms of strike craft, the French field the Mirage Roi omnirole fighter alongside the more specialized Super Mirage B voltigeur bomber which, when used in the right circumstances, has been known to devastate fleets. Elite craft like the Mirage Roi Dominant and the more recent Mirage Revenant are a rarer sight, but when they are seen, it is usually in the instants before a very large detonation.

The Starfleet is also in charge of keeping and enforcing French borders. To that end, they have set up border stations stocked with Mirage I's, an affordable superluminal interceptor developed jointly by France and POTATO.

Starships fielded by the French Starfleet

 * Flag of France.png Céleste-class - ship of the line
 * Flag of France.png Orleans-class - combat carrier
 * Flag of France.png Cassiel-class - line frigate

Strike craft fielded by the French Starfleet

 * Flag of France.png Mirage Roi - omnirole fighter
 * Flag of France.png Super Mirage A1C - voltigeur bomber
 * Flag of France.png Mirage Roi Dominant - stealth bomber
 * Flag of France.png Flag of South Africa.png Eastafricanflag.jpg Flag of Central African States.png Mirage Revenant - stealth bomber
 * Flag of France.png POTATO Flag.png Mirage I - hyperspace interceptor