Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, 1984, or any other series. All these submarine classes were made up by me and bear no resembelance to any real submarine (that I know of).

Interlude II: Submarine Warfare in the War of the Concordats

The art of submarine warfare is a complex one. With the beginning of the war against the Lugia submarine warfare has increased in both its danger and its strategic complexity. The main alliances of power in the war have several different classes of submarine. We will include a brief overview of the submarine classes of each alliance.

Terms:
SSN Nuclear powered fast-attack submarine.
SSBN Nuclear powered ballistic (nuclear) missile submarine.
SSGN Nuclear powered guided (high-explosive) missile submarine.
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (though the proper term is SLBM; Sea Launched Ballistic Missile).

Submarine Classes:

Kanto-Johto-Hoenn Axis (KJH Axis):
• Alpha-One: They're first nuclear attack submarine class ever designed. They are small and slow, with few weapons. Most of these are retired.
• Alpha-Two: The KJH Axis' second most used nuclear attack. These ships constitute the most of the fleet.
• Alpha-Three: The most advanced and fastest ship of the KJH Axis fleet. They are the second most advanced ships in the water; just behind the Orange Islands Union's Lugia II SSBN.
• Beta-One: The first ballistic missile submarine of the KJH Axis. They are few and far between due to a fault in the missile launch system. Most had been phased out by 2080. The Beta-Ones carry ten Spearow missiles.
• Beta-Two: The current KJH Axis missile boat. One of the largest submarines in service, this SSBN is only dwarfed by the Lugia II. (¶: The V.K. Konovalovis a Beta-Two.) This SSBN carries thirty Skarmory missiles.
• Gamma -One: The first KJH Axis SSGN (cruise missile) boat. These are still plentiful and highly used.
• Gamma -Two: The new KJH Axis SSGN, information on it is classified.
• Delta-One: This is the KJH tender vessel, further information is unavailable.
• Epsilon-One: This is a new KJH submarine, no information is available. (¶: This one will become important later on; wink, wink, nudge, nudge.)

Sinnoh-Orre Entente (SO Entente):
• Type I: The SO Entente's smallest and fastest SSN. Commonly referred to as the "Torpedo" class because they have more torpedoes than one would think.
• Type II: The SO Entente's largest and stealthiest SSN; commonly referred to as the "Sakhalin" class because they are the largest submarine in the SO Entente's fleet.
• Type III: The SO Entente's mid-size SSN; commonly referred to as the "Unterseeboot" because these submarines epitomize classic submarine design.
• Type X: The SO Entente's smallest SSBN. Each of these carries three Machiavelli-1 missiles.
• Type XB: These are similar to the Type X but have had the three Machiavelli-1s with thirty Goethe guided missiles; basically this is the SSGN refit.
• Type XI: The SO Entente's largest SSBN. Each of these carries ten Machiavelli-5 missiles.
• Type XIB: This is a refit of the Type XI SSBN into SSGNs. Each of these carries three hundred Goethe guided missiles.
• Type XIC: This is a second refit of the Type XI SSBN that replace fourteen of the Machiavelli-5 ICBMs with one hundred forty Goethe guided missiles.

Orange Islands Union (OIU):
• Akula: The fastest SSN ever designed though they're high speed makes them very vulnerable due to the incredible sound output at flank speed, and their bad sonar system.
• Victory: The Victory SSNs are one of the stealthiest fast attacks in the ocean. They are second only to the KJH Alpha-Three. (¶: The USS Shamouti is one of these classes.)
• Lugia I: The Lugia I SSBN is the third largest submarine class to be created. Each carries twenty-four Zapdos missiles.
• Lugia II: These are the largest submarines ever to be created. Only two have ever been constructed. Each Lugia II SSBN carries fifty Moltres missiles. They are the most technologically advanced submarine produced. Unfortunately, one of these has been destroyed; to be specific the HMCS Pierre Trudeau was destroyed by a KJH Alpha-Three. (¶: The other one may make an appearance, wink, wink, nudge, nudge.)
• Lugia III: One of these is currently undergoing final construction at the OIU submarine pens on Ice Island. All that is known is that this ship carries one hundred Articuno missiles. The estimated time of arrival of the first of the class is December 2084. (You might want to enjoy the times on the USS Shamouti while they still last...)
• Soyuz: The small SSGN of the OIU navy. Each carries one hundred Admiral missiles and has a crew of ten.

Tactics:
The common tactics of submarine warfare nowadays is to lurk quietly and attack the enemy when they pass close by. However, this is a problem because the submarine becomes vulnerable to attack from a Lugia; all submarines are vulnerable to a Lugia's attack, due mainly in part to the fact the Lugia are not one consolidated nation. They splintered apart in 2081, shortly before outbreak of war. The current tactics of defence against the Lugia is to create a diversion and get the hell out of there. Attacking a Lugia will usually result in getting killed.

(¶: This is the end of the second Interlude. You should try to understand the submarine types list. It will be helpful.)