You know I'm putting this up here because you know, there's gonna be a lot of mismatched ranks in the story so I'm putting this up for the benefit of the people and myself
Army Structures: Each Army Company is comprised of Four Platoons. Each Company is headed by a Jonin Lieutenant With Four Platoon Jonins acting as Platoon CO's with four individual fire teams for each platoon headed by a chuunin. An Army Battalion is comprised of Four Companys and is headed by Low to Mid Jonin. High Jonin are given direct control over Four Army Battalions forming a Division. All Kages hold direct authority over all ground forces.
Army Ranks Highest to Kage Military Commander, Mid Kage Military Commander, Low Kage Military Commander, High-Jonin Commander, Mid-Jonin Commander, Low-Jonin Commander, Jonin Lieutenant, Platoon Jonins, First Chuunins, Second Chuunins, Genin.
Naval Structure:Fleet: The Shinobi no Chi fleet is numerous and large in scope needing a vast array of leading troops. Most if not all command befall four separate ranks, Captain, Admiral, Rear Admiral and VIce admiral.
Ships: On Ships command structures are almost the same to their ground counterparts. The Commanding Officer is almost always the Captain, unless of course a person of higher rank is aboard (Army personnel are not included as a High Jonin Commander is Equivalent to a Fighter Squadron Commander, in fact one must be a Mid Kage Military Commander to be equivalent to a Captain), next to the Captain is the First Officer which is then succeeded by the Second Officer and if completely necessary acting commander will be dropped to the Sector Commander of the Fighter Squadron. Should in the unlikely case all of said superiors be decommissioned then SNO (Senior Naval Officer) would take the mantle as Captain.
Fighter Squadrons: Fighter squadrons on each individual ships, and commonly entire fleets, are under direct control of the Sector Commanders of the Fighter Division. These Sector Commanders hold as much power as Low Kage Military Commanders. Fighter Divisions are built under the same principle as their ground counterparts only the acting in commands are Jonin Captains with the lesser ranks being Aerial Chuunins and Gunnery Gennins.
Infantry Units:Alongside these Aerial units lies a special brand of groundside military forces trained to fight both within gravity controlled space and zero-gravity control space. These complementary units are called ICRU (Interstellar Combat Ready Unit: Name Sucks I know). These units are trained for Infantry Space Combat, How to Repel Boarding Parties and how to subsequently board enemy ships. They hold a similar command structure to their Army Counterparts only alongside a Platoon Jonin is a Gunnery Chuunin.
Vehicular Units carry the same structure and command as the Army.
Everything else will be explained as the story progresses and there's just no way I'd be capable of fitting this into the storyline so I'll post this up first and then when I'm done with the 2nd chapter it'll be plopped down right underneath this. I'll also post i[ a timeline of what happened during the ending of the Naruto storyline...you know when I figure out the dates.
"But there is Victory in Death, There is Valor"
-Halo 3 ODST Machinima 'Valor'
September 20th 2125
12:34 AM Shinobi Standard Time
Delsto System
Outpost: Dawn
Captain Rentaro Takadono stood atop his bridge aboard the NSA Forever. The Captain was a tall young male with brown-hair and had a decorated Captains uniform on. Flanking him was his First Officer, Darren Kovsky, while several Naval Officers worked around them to navigate the ship.
Captain Rentaro Takadono was in charge of the Shinobi's Sixth R&D Fleet in conjunction with the Shinobi ANBU Corps. His fleet of Six 300 metre Engineering Ships were surrounded by several of the ANBU Bushido-Class Cruisers ranging from 500 metres to 700 metres. Just recently the ANBU Recon Corps had discovered an alien artifact on the outskirts of the Delsto System and it was the job of the R&D Fleet to find out what exactly is its purpose.
As such the Shinobi Intelligence Division, the successor to the Konoha Intelligence Division, were very keen on finding out what this Artifact did and managed to get the ANBU to repurpose some of their Cruisers to assist in safeguarding them.
Captain Rentaro smoothed out any edges on his uniform as Darren continued to relay orders to the Naval Personnel. "What's the word on the Fleet Darren?" Rentaro turned to his XO and wasn't surprised to see him diligently working with the Nara's.
"The Fleet is responding Green on all Channels and have analysed an estimated 50% of the artifacts Design and theorised most likely function, SIr"
Rentaro hummed in approvement on how fast work was being done and asked for Darren to continue, "The Artifact is made up of two fifteen kilometre long 'arms' surrounding a set of revolving, gyroscopic rings with an unknown energy core reminiscent to Chakra though atomic structures differ. From what we can garner from its appearance and overall power output the device could be a form of Cannon however the main theory is that its supposed to be used for space travel"
Rentaro looked surprised with that notion, an eyebrow delicately raised in question, "From what we can understand this thing only points in one direction which is outside the system towards a previously undiscovered area of space.
The Captain rubbed his chin in deep thought, looking at the artifact with a new found amazement but couldn't help but scoff as the Commissioned The Kurama, carried an updated Namikaze-Class Engine capable of space travel across systems using the Famed Fourth Hokage's ability to teleport through use of Dimensional Travel.
Thinking back about The Kurama, Captain Rentaro couldn't help but wish the ship was here with the Fleet. The Kurama had been the subject of attention for the past few months. Already it was named the crown jewel of the Navy. The Ship had proceeded to eliminate several pirate gangs all throughout the outer systems and went on to demolish several slave traders occupying the Planet Crypt.
The Captain of the Ship, Keitaro Uzumaki had been awarded a medal a few weeks ago for his distinction in his few short months of service. As far as Rentaro was concerned the military was simply kissing the Captain of The Kurama's ass to show the civilians that they were progressing in terms of technology but it was working. Already funding for a second Sarutobi-Class ship were being poured into the Military's hands in waves.
But alas The Kurama was busy with other business and Rentaro severely doubted anything extraordinary to happen.
"Any other news?" Rentaro asked.
Darren shook his head in the negative and the Captain stole a moment to marvel at the foreign architecture. In contrast to the utilitarian design of the Shinobi Ships, made for the practicality of eventual combat then actual aesthetics, the thing was beautiful. Just then the two of the ANBU cruisers flew past the Captains ship and he couldn't help but suck in his breath as the ANBU's smooth ships flanked the foreign beauty in such a way that he was sure this piece of technology would bring with it a boon in Shinobi technology.
"Darren is there any way for us to activate it?" To his credit Darren didn't even flinch to the question and responded evenly, "Yes, sir. We've gathered enough information of the operating systems for a plausible activation of the artifact"
Now this was where being a Captain really made it stressful, the decisions. This may not seem as all that important nor as demanding as the decisions made in combat however it was no less important. There were so many variables that needed to be taken into consideration, what if it would blow up upon activation? What if it leads nowhere? What if it sends them to a war mongering civilisation? These questions plagued a Captain and seeing a truly alien artifact in person only leaves more anxiety to the answers.
"Activate it, contact the ANBU Cruisers and alert them to what's happening" Darren nodded his head in the affirmative and contacted the other transports using the Radio seals devised by the Yamanaka Clan.
As they did Captain Rentaro began to mentally prepare himself, by all accounts he had the clearance and rights to begin such a groundbreaking moment however Rentaro knew he should be more careful. Which is why, Rentaro thought, the ANBU ships are here.
Outside, in the vacuum of space, the fourteen ships started to form a formation towards the Alien Artifact, creating a sort of V shape as one lone engineering ship drifted closer to the centre of attention to perform what would be recorded as the start of an entirely new Era.
The NSA Forever drifted closer and closer the alien artifact, an uneasy feeling rising out of Rentaro's gut as it did. The Nara's onboard were keenly observing the contraption with shrewd eyes. As the ship drew closer Rentaro observed the few moments before what would be an era-changing event. He noted the excited and nervous expressions of his crew, the ready and alertness of the ANBU cruisers and the stoic face of his XO.
'Hopefully,' Rentaro thought, 'that face would be smiling in greeting to new friends'
When the ship was mere metres from the device one of the Naras inputed a code into a terminal, where several Yamanaka transmission seals later sent out various signals towards the device making use of the lesser used electronic signal rather than the telepathic signal favored by pilots.
The devices spiralling rings started to increase in speed, the Nara's terminals that were monitoring the devices power output began cackling to life with several warnings and klaxons.
"Sir, there's a spike of energy coming through the device, it's pulling us in!" Rentaro gritted his teeth as long arms of electricity arched onto the Forever and then passed throughout the fleet ending with the last ANBU Cruiser at the end of the fleet. The artifact began pulsing as its gyroscopic rings increased in tempo, reacting to the foreign energy source inside the ship with a machines equivalent to surprise before it settled and launched the ships through the relay and towards its 'Partner' relay.
Border of Turian Controlled Space
6:45 PM Galactic Standard TIme
Turian Patrol Fleet
Captain Facus Regiion was a Turian in service to the Hierarchy, respectable, cut and dry officer straight out of boot, Facus Regiion was a veteran captain that had seen many skirmishes with batarian pirates and one or two brave volus ships.
His patrol fleet, the few frigates and cruisers unimportant to the main fleet at this time, were riding along the outer edges of Turian Controlled Space and as the hours ticked by, the male had to admit it was a rather boring and routine patrol that every Turian officer knew would mean a slow payday.
Facus remained still and quiet as he sat comfortably rigid in his seat, maintaining the Turians 'Ready at all time' mindset. The Turian, though pointless, took the time to go over various reports from Turians in the engine room on the Mass Effect Cores to help busy himself from the boredom that he was sure would ensue.
As far as he was concerned the only problem his ship is facing was a faulty light bulb in the barracks, everything else was as efficient as it was when it came off the assembly line.
"Sir!" Facus was quick to respond to the call of his subordinate, a young promising Turian named Severus who would have done well as a Captain. "Scanners are detecting an illegal activation of Relay 114! It's a Primary Relay!"
Immediately Facus Mandibles spread open, a Turian equivalent to a grin as he wondered what foolish pirate gang would have the gall to disobey a Citadel Law. Facus gave Severus a look and spoke the only words that he knew, "Prepare Combat Stations! We'll have to teach them a lesson"
The Turians nodded and dutifully punched in codes and numbers into their terminals that was mirrored by the other ships in the Turians small fleet-A fleet Facus thought would be enough to deal with this threat.
When the Turian ships Mass Effect cores sprang to life and within the blink of an eye the Turian patrol fleet were mere kilometres away from the relay, close enough to spot the alien ships positioned outside. Followed by the surprise that it wasn't a band of pirates like originally thought but instead something else entirely.
Facus had to flare his mandibles as he thought he may have stumbled upon a war mongering race, their ships lacked any design aesthetics and was built with the obvious intention to deal damage. They were boxed and utilitarian in design, nothing of the sort indicating a civilians touch. A number of small auto-cannons lined the sides of the ships and a massive cannon underneath it. The ships were no less menacing than the Turians own and the Captain could see many of the young hopefuls flare their mandibles, eager to prove their worth.
"Scan them, do you detect any Element Zero readings?" Facus asked. There was a short silence before Severus made a gesture for no. Facus couldn't help but grin again. An enemy with no traces of Element Zero meant no Mass Effect Cores, no Mass Effect shields, no Mass Effect cannons, therefore-In his mind- a technologically inferior threat.
"Get the Cruisers to form a line, we open fire now" Severus nodded his head and sent a transmission through the fleet, quickly and efficiently Facus saw his Cruisers line up with his and ready their cannons...and then fired.
If Facus had paid attention then he would have noticed how the ships weren't in any actual order and were in fact merely drifting through space, a glaring symptom of a mass power failure as the Chakra in their systems couldn't cope with the sudden intrusion of the foreign eezo energy which had lead to mass malfunctions through their systems.
And if the Turian had any true idea to the utter storm he had brought upon the Turian race then he was a fool as one lucky Yamanaka stationed in one of the ships farthest away from the Turian ships, was an ANBU operative who knew better than to go down without sending a warning. The male sent a telepathic signal between him and a Yamanaka at ANBU HQ and sent as much memories he could compress before he felt the sweet bliss of oblivion take over when his ship blew up.
In an instant the defenceless fleet was destroyed and the Turians would have burned into their minds the start of a bloody war.
"Anymore of them?" Facus asked. Severus made another motion no and the Captain nodded his head. "Search the ships, the Hierarchy would want prisoners to question"