Lore - Feet Republic / Fleet of Feet
The most known army of the Feet Republic, operating in all parts of the planet controlled by the children of Meora, from the calm seas of the Waist Region to the depth surrounding the Ocean of Mud. And the work of the Fleet of Feet is of immense importance to the rest of Meority, so much so that other nations make Concordats with the Republic, signed and overseen by the Herqisitions. According to these Concordats, other nations support the activities of the Fleet of Feet in their waters, providing free resources and supplies, while the Republic undertakes to fulfill the tasks for which it has sworn on the honor of its people
The dangerous but commendable activity of the Fleet of Feet. The Deep Ocean Rangers venture further than any other sistren dare – to the borders of the Baned Hemisphere. Thousands of small flotillas sail for years, observing the deathly waters, watching for any signs of upcoming Envasions; when they occur, the Rangers track these shoal from a safe distance and communicate about the approaching danger to the mainland, and by the time the Envasion arrives, it will already be many days as our valiant defenders of Her Gorgeousness are ready to face the Hellish Spawn.
By virtue of the Deep Ocean Rangers, Meority survives the growing Envasions and does not surrender. Their work has eased the burden of uncertainty – the most terrifying feeling that many of our soldiers have experienced over the centuries.
The Rangers themselves are not defenseless. The powerful sonars they use to track their targets are also employed against small shoals as terrifying weapons. The shock waves they generate can rapture internal organs and kill even medium-sized creatures, regardless of the size of their shoals. And if anything survives the sonar’s impact, then the Sollesahrs will finish off that which still lives. These are usually larger Umbral Horrors that can, and WILL, harm Feetic vessels after being angered. According to international agreements, the use of these sonars is prohibited at certain close distances from Her body, as the lifeforms inhabiting these ranges are considered either harmful or useful; thus, the Rangers are ordered not to engage in combat until these distances are reached. However, it is also not required to Cleanse the bodies of the Jealous Beastiary killed far from Allmother’s Gorgeousness, where the water is already heavily polluted by the Mud.
But some flotillas venture even deeper into the Baned Hemisphere – into the Ocean of Mud itself. Some return, but many do not. They conduct exploration activities and data collection using Remote-Controlled Mobile Platforms, whose potential operational capacity depth reaches eight kilometers. Although it is still unclear how deep is the basin of the Ocean of Mud actually is, especially at its center. Their research is aimed at understanding the Baned Hemispher and the malignant creatures that are born there, so that we can better see the state of the gate that lead to the cosmic prison where the Boundless Banqueter burns.
There are certain types of hypothetical weapons banned by the Herquisition, by an agreement signed by all the Great Nations, either because their effects are too harmful to the children of Meora, or to Her Gorgeousness itself, and all of us agree that damaging Her body for the purposes of war, even with holy thoughts, is the unholy actions. For centuries, there has been an imposed limitation on the size, destructive power, and rate of fire of large-caliber weapons; though, in the absence of major wars between the nations of Meority, the fundamental nature of our true enemy, and the inherent might of the Knights of Creation, these weapons have stagnated on their own. But not so long ago, the Republic received authorization to equip and employ its warships with “Downpours” – a type of so-called Heavy Ar… Yarti… Yartilrey… Artillery... Heavy Artillery.
That said, the use of these weapons is permitted only against the Defiled Lands of the Tail Archipelago, Kozara (Her Western Hair), and Kohava (Her Eastern Hair), with the permission of the states responsible for these land. The Supreme Council of Her’s discussed and debated the petition from the Feet Republic and the Tumish state of Napalmia for seventeen years, and ultimately agreed that the harm inflicted on Meora’s fur and hair is not equals to the harm to Her skin and flesh, and is not even close to the sacrilegious abominations that this harm can eradicate.
And so, in collaboration with Napalmia, the Republic constructed numerous squadrons of Downpour carriers. Each ship is armed with dozens of massive heavy artillery pieces that deliver cleansing to the Defiled Lands. They fire cluster munitions filled with acidic fuel gel mixes that burn in the Chaosborn jungles for days, exterminating the unholy beings by the thousands at a time.
Even if the Corruption is as eternal as its creator, and the Cleansing Fleet cannot yet be fully supplied to push it back when new threats sprout from every direction, they are still capable of stopping its further spread.
The Feet Republic Navy Land and Ocean (LACE) units, commonly known as Navy LACEs or Mariners, are the primary naval infantry service of the Fleet of Feet. The Republic's ashore raiding force, better known to soldiers of other nations through many joint military operations. Wearing colorful and vivid uniforms in likeness of the fearless Vagyaru, their vessels arrive when they are needed, and, as fellow warriors of Her Light, they are always needed.
It is also worthy noting, that the Fleet of Feet is known for having the most horniest Feetic futales, who, after months or years of separation from their wives who hold the keys to their tightly locked chastity devices, become heavily addicted to deep prostate massage procedures. They are always intimately hungry for anything with anyone, and the futale Mariners, who regularly visit allied ports, are widely known to locals who enjoy… that sort of thing.
The Mariners’ amphibious warfare flotillas typically operate off the coast of every allied state, always ready to provide assistance in various missions. Among their main functions are destroying lesser Umbral Shoals once they reach land, aiding in post-Envasion cleaning operation, eliminating heretic hideouts along the coast, hydrographic and special reconnaissance
Extremely dangerous are their military operations near the Defiled Lands, sometimes requiring the Mariner units to push deep into enemy territory after a Downpour Bombardment. But their most legendary operation was the landing on the Rusted Archipelago – the one and only successful landing on any of the Cursed Islands. There, they have found and recovered part of a Giant's skeleton. Half of the landing party perished during the landing itself, the rest died on the way to the mainland from an unknown plague, and later the remaining fleet personnel also succumbed to the same sickness. It took months for Ordono Kerno to retrieve the Giant's bones, after which the ships were sent towards the open ocean to sink somewhere out there. Since then, no other attempts have been made to repeat this feat, and even Remote-Controlled Mobile Platforms are frying out before reaching the sands these cursed shores.
The personal flotilla of Chancellor Vulga Sugrifa, where she spends most of her current days after completing the restructuring of the Republic.
Her hatred for the Serpent's creations had always been deep, but today it is even darker than the colors of her fleet, and with age, she finds less and less joy in anything but hunting, which is the only thing that makes her feel alive. She is not interested in visiting places where an enemy is guaranteed to be found and killed; she want only to hunt the unknown. Twice in her life the Petrel’s fleet was destroyed because of her recklessness, and both time she survived, found stranded in the open ocean, dying not of starvation, but of boredom without a direction for a new Hunt. And as soon as she was back on ships capable of scanning the waters, all she could think about was heading back into the ocean for revenge.
Almost ten years have passed since she was last set foot on land, and it is as well might be that she will never return. It is said, that after completing the quest given to her by the Angel of Hope, she doesn’t see reasons to live, as she believes that anything she achieves in the future will be meaningless. She lost even more hope when the black hole in her right eye grew larger, and she realized that she could no longer control her Anomalous Presence, and became afraid to visit the orphanages she used to love.
A full flotilla consist of many vessels, but all of them are intended for the personal use of the Chancellor herself. At least twenty-two battleboats for her to board; clean and new, which she changes weekly as soon as the current vessels decay too much due to the Anomalous Presence of her Gift. At least two vessels, storing thousands of the Chancellor’s uniforms and Alpha Pikes, which she changes daily as they decay even faster. Two kitchen vessels with spare tableware and her favorite food. A theater-ship for the Chancellor's entertainment between battles. And two auxiliary warships. Not long ago there was a vessel full of prominent Yamerva Sollesahr futales, each of whom hoped to be the one to court Vulga Sugrifa, but after almost two decades they all returned home ashamed because she hadn't even bothered to acknowledge their existence.
To be part of this of fleet is a great honor, regardless of the circumstances. Each of her vessels is guarded by a crew of Hussahrs, and a pair of Sollesahrs who have either already earned Her Deathly Visage, or have distinguished themselves enough to receive it in the foreseeable future. Disabled vessels are sent to the mainland for reconstruction, under the protection of the same crews, who will then deliver replacement ships back to the main fleet.
Currently, the Petrel’s Fleet patrols the borders of the Ocean of Mud and Southern Seas.