Chelti Void Forces

Void Forces is the catch-all term used to describe the myriad of factional space forces that exist within chelti space, operating primarily from void based assets and utilizing starships in combat. Enlisted operators are called Voidsmen and are considered a courageous and strange breed, as chelti ships are often claustrophobic and hazardous places to work and live.

The various chelti void forces are almost always put together to protect the assets of their home faction, although more than a few are far more inclined towards raiding other factions instead. Because of the sheer distances involved within chelti space, fleets are often highly mobile, bringing mobile shipyards and harvesters out to the frontier with them to support their vessels when sending damaged vessels home for servicing is problematic at best.

Value is not placed on the amount of space itself, instead these fleets often focus around points within in, such as planets, belts, and other natural phenomena or satellites. Pre-calculated jump routes make chelti response force very reactive to enemy movements, while their approach to ship design means that even if a fleet sustains heavy losses, there will almost always be another one leaving the shipyard.

Due to technological and economic limitations, chelti ships are very rarely all-spectrum exploration warships; Instead, chelti fleets focus on composition with smaller, specialized starships working in tandem with other starships. This is especially apparent in their small combat ships, many of which are highly specialized designs fit for purpose.

Due to the unfortunate reality of the chelti frontier, hardly any ship can be spared to sit around in a drydock if it has a functional superluminal system, therefore a substantial portion of military produced ship-making is