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== United Operations Navy ==
== United Operations Navy ==
The UON performs both atmospheric and exoatmospheric combat. Their vessels include fighters and gunships for operations in-atmosphere and in support of larger craft, as well as various destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and carriers to engage Machina fleets. Included in the department of the United Operations Navy are marines, who use a variety of fast space-to-surface transports. It is also the duty of the UON to transport personnel and materiel of the UOA, who may also engage in 'amphibious' operations in a similar manner. As with the UOA and their liberal use of vehicles and artillery, the UON manages to keep the bulk of the Machina at bay through the use of overwhelming firepower. Such brute force can be circumvented, but it causes the Machina to be cautious in general, buying humanity time.
The UON performs both atmospheric and exoatmospheric combat. Their vessels include fighters and gunships for operations in-atmosphere and in support of larger craft, as well as various destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and carriers to engage Machina fleets. Included in the department of the United Operations Navy are marines, who use a variety of fast space-to-surface transports. It is also the duty of the UON to transport personnel and materiel of the UOA, who may also engage in 'amphibious' operations in a similar manner. As with the UOA and their liberal use of vehicles and artillery, the UON manages to keep the bulk of the Machina at bay through the use of overwhelming firepower. Such brute force can be circumvented, but it causes the Machina to be cautious in general, buying humanity time.
Navy ships tend to have large main battery weapons, strong armour, sections which can be discarded to isolate the rest of the ship from corruption, and artificial gravity able to compensate for changes in velocity. Many ships do their best to perform 'silent running' as while the Navy outnumbers the Machina, Machina have a much easier time establishing air and space superiority due to their incomparable speed and maneuverability.