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The reservist space navy of the planet Troy (DM-39 14192).
Trojan Territorial Navy (TTN) is a reservist space navy formed by the government of the planet Troy following the First Interstellar War. It reports directly to the Trojan government. During national emergencies the Trojan Territorial Navy is called upon to protect Troy from attack and to back up the Star Combine Navy (SCN). The TTN has its own dedicated training and repair facilities in Troy star system, but also has staff at every office of the Trojan Exploration Corporation (TEC). When operating outside the Troy system it borrows facilites of Star Combine Navy bases, and has staff on twenty four hour standby at their Chrome and Decker bases in the Kruger (Kruger 60) star system.
The Trojan Territorial Navy has no starships of its own. Instead it has join control of the Trojan Exploration Corporation. The TEC is wholly owned by the Trojan Stock Exchange (TSE) and is their personal transportation company. The stock exchange controlls the TEC's ships during peacetime, but the navy takes control of them during emergencies. The Trojan Stock Exchange pays for the costs of building the Trojan Exploration Corporation's ships and employing its crews, and the Trojan Territorial Navy pays for the cost of installing weapons and forcefields onto the ships. The territorial navy also provides all Trojan Exploration Corporation staff with regular combat training.
All TEC employees are also members of the Trojan Territorial Navy. During combat training exercises one or more TEC ships are always rotated out of normal operations to join the Star Combine Navy. In the event of a crisis, the Trojan Territorial Navy (TTN) has the right to take over all of the Trojan Exploration Corporation's ships and use them for the duration of the crisis. Because of the TEC's military role, any non-native company wishing to use the TEC to move goods must first pass a security vetting by the Trojan Intelligence Service (TIS).
Because of the time taken for information to travel through interstellar space, all captains of Trojan Exploration Corporation starships and officers running Trojan Territorial Navy facilities outside Troy are empowered to declare a temporary state of emergency, but are expected to account for their decision later.
Twenty three years prior to the formation of the Trojan Territorial Navy, the Trojan Navy was the only force defending the planet Troy. The Trojan Navy had permanant facilities in the Troy star system, but no facilities outside it. In 153 AI (2369 AD) the Eastern Mining Company lobbied the Trojan government for subsidisation of a new farming colony on Chrome. The government paid towards these facilities on the condition that the EMC would also construct a base for the Trojan Navy.
In 175 AI (2391 AD) the planet Wolf (Wolf 424) was destroyed by a sneak attack by the Centaur Attack Fleet. This demonstrated a potential risk to Troy via the Troy/Kruger wormhole. The Trojan Navy's bases in the Kruger system were expanded and the size of its fleet was increased. This caused a conflict between the Eastern Mining Company, who said they could not afford the increased cost of military expansion and the Trojan government, who demanded the EMC live up to their earlier agreement.
In 176 AI (2392), the Centaur Attack Fleet assisted in a military coup in their home star system and the Centaur Federation was born. The new power bloc began to sieze control in the worlds that were previously controlled by the Wolf Dictatorship. Because the Centaurs had used the Wolf Wormhole to attack the Wolf homeworld, there was fear on Troy that the Federation might try to use the wormhole between Kruger and Troy to invade Troy. Trojan shareholders demanded a national solution to the risk of invasion. Troy began negotiations with its trading partners.
The Trojan government passed an emergency law forming a reservist navy called the Trojan Territorial Navy. The ships of the Trojan Exploration Corporation were requisitioned by the government, and their crews were drafted into the Trojan Territorial Navy. The ships were upgraded to give them some fighting capability and help boost patrols of the Kruger and Troy systems while Trojan negotiators seek a long term solution.
The following year, negotiations to deal with the "Centaur problem" concluded with the formation of the 9 Star Combine. Like the other eight members Troy merged its navy into the new Star Combine Navy. Protection of space controlled by all nine members was handed over to the new authority. The Trojan Territorial Navy (which was not merged into the new navy) was stood down from active service and its ships were passed back to TEC.
After the establishment of the 9 Star Combine, the Trojan Stock Exchange allowed the other members of the Combine to use TEC starships to transport goods and passengers. They later even allowed non-Combine members to use the ships. However, as the starships still had a duel role with the military, all non-native cargoes and passengers had to be cleared by the Trojan Intelligence Service.
In 283 AI (2499 AD) a conflict broke out between the Centaur Federation, Eridani Republic and Star Kingdom of Pegasus in the Valhalla Star System. The Trojan Territorial Navy was put on active service for the second time in its history for the duration of The Valhalla Crisis. The ships helped boost Star Combine Navy patrols in the Troy and Kruger system and the surrounding areas.
Following the Valhalla Crisis, the ships returned to normal corporation service until 297 AI (2513 AD) when the Centaur Federation backed a military coup on Valhalla. The Star Kingdom of Pegasus and Eridani Republic formed an alliance with the free Valhallan forces against the Federation and military junta. The 9 Star Combine was put on war alert until the Valhalla Military Junta was defeated the following year. The Trojan Territorial Navy was not put on full active service this time, but was instead put on standby status. All leave was cancelled, non-Trojan cargoes were prohibited on TEC starships for the duration of the conflict and all journeys had to be approved by TTN officers.
Since the end of the military coup, in 298 AI (2514 AD), the TEC appears to have returned to normal service, and the stock exchange is now trading to non-Trojan companies again. However the Trojan Intelligence Service is investigating companies that wish to purchase TEC goods movements from the Trojan Stock Exchange.