One of the prime duties of the OSN was to protect commerce within the Orion Colonies and between them and other spacefaring states, usually by thwarting the efforts of pirates. Strategic exercises were frequent, popular and recreational. For the officers, at least, it was run more like an officer’s social club, with fancy uniforms (spotless and blindingly white) and lavish social functions in opulent surroundings. With their borders better protected by their neighbours and invasions by hostile forces thankfully rare (and usually unstoppable by their meagre defensive forces anyway), there was little else for OSN personnel to do but practice manoeuvres and climb the social ladder. The OSN was technically allied with Starfleet, but never fully co-operated with them. However, it also had a reputation for corruption and incompetence. And it had fancy white uniforms for its officers. Instead, they typically rented their ships from major ship-owners in the Rigel system and commonly hired people to crew them, though they kept their own officers and a few trusted enlisted men to keep up appearances and carry out orders.ĭespite this neglect and weakness against its rivals, the Orion Space Navy had a certain amount of respect and prestige that few others enjoyed, and a long and illustrious history filled with tradition. On a military basis, the Orions had no hope of competing with their three powerful neighbors, so they did not waste their resources on ships or training. However, the OSN was a relatively minor and unimportant tool of policy for the BPC, a distant second to the Orion Colonies Intelligence (OCI). It had similar roles in protecting commerce, enforcing the law against smugglers and pirates, defending the borders of the Orion Neutrality Area, and demonstrating strength in the Orion Colonies and to neighbouring states. Though in many respects the OSN resembled Starfleet, in terms of structure and duties, in practice it was quite different.
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