Acritus Doctrine

"On the Issue of Galactic Defense", also known simply as the Acritus Doctrine, was a speech made by Acritus to the session of the Galactic Council in 1818 AET after announcing the creation of a Space Carrier and the expansion of the Galactic Council Space Fleet.

In the speech, Chief Enforcer of Arcturus Magna and Fleet Commander of the Galactic Council Acritus announced a new defense doctrine to be implemented by the Fleet, and the means that would be utilised by the fleet in order to achieve this doctrine, including an under-construction Space Carrier.

He also announced the expansion of the already existing fleet and the goal of projecting more force where necessary onto the planets of the Galactic Council in order to ensure that galactic safety, trade and prosperity would be guaranteed.

The Speech
"''My comrades, fellow members of the Galactic Council and representatives of the Galactic Council member planets' individual military forces, we have all reached a crossroads in the issue of galactic defense. Where to go? How can we ensure that security interests don't overshadow the interests of galactic safety and welfare? How to prevent war?

My friends, the answer is right here with me. The Galactic Council shall, from here onwards, expands on the already-existing Galactic Council Space Fleet in order to more sufficiently be able to provide security to member planets that are in need of security assistance. The Fleet will have the responsibility over intergalactic security and shipping route security, as well as intervening wherever the situation may be threatening to the safety and well-being of galactic citizens.

That is not to say that the new Fleet will be a political tool of the Arcturan government. No. The Fleet will stand completely apart from the Arcturan government's will and can only undertake operations upon which a majority of us agrees to, or when a member planet threatens to breach the agreements set forth by the Galactic Council Charter.

We shall further flesh out the goals of this Fleet to exploring uncharted galactic territories and colonising and perhaps even creating more habitable zones for a future expansion of the Galactic Council, safeguarded by a large and powerful Galactic Council Space Fleet that will prevent conflict from breaking out.

The Fleet will also serve to ensure that each member planet will continue to abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the Charter. Should a member planet attempt to secede violently or without the consent from its own citizens, then the Galactic Council Fleet will not only have the right to intervene, but the obligation to intervene on behalf of the Galactic citizens. It shall safeguard the sanctity of Galactic democracy and the well-being of all Galactic citizens, not just of a select few.

The first addition to the Fleet will be the long-awaited and recently announced Space Carrier. The spacecraft of the New Age, which will not serve as the battleships of yore, but as a carrier of many smaller spacecraft, allowing it to project force onto a planet as well as act as a fleet leader in many cases. The carrier, as we speak, is under construction and will be unveiled as soon as it is ready.

The second addition to the Fleet will be the perhaps most advanced battleship yet seen. Capable of Trans-Warp T3 travel and armed with no less than four triple-barrelled and two double-barrelled high-power energy cannons, six hundred energy machine-guns and no less than four hundred rocket launch pads. It will also be capable of carrying a small contingent of fighters to defend it in shorter-range combat. This battleship will be the dreadnought. Larger, faster, and more powerful than any battleship seen before or since, it will be the ultimate symbol of the power that we, as a galaxy, can enforce.

Finally, the Fleet's High Command will be permanently seated, unlike before, in Arcturus City. The chief of staff of each individual planetary military will be part of the High Command of the Fleet, and the High Command of the Fleet will be subordinated to the demands of the Galactic Council and the interests of its citizens.

With these new means to reaching Galactic security, I hope that you, member planets and representatives of each military, will entrust the Galactic Council and the Space Fleet to help us all in case of a breach of Galactic peace. Only together, can the species of the galaxy ensure their long-term survival against adverse conditions that may threaten us, whatever it may be.

Long live the Council!''"

- Acritus during the 1818 AET session of the Galactic Council in Arcturus Magna, announcing the creation of what has since been termed the Acritus Doctrine

Impact
The speech significantly impacted the defense industry that was already established in Arcturus Magna and elsewhere, as well as the Galactic defense community in general. Its call for a more unified approach to dealing with threats to Galactic security became the catalyst for the creation of more battleships not just for the member planets' individual navies, but for the navy of the Galactic Council itself.

Although the speech and the doctrine had such an impact on the defense community, its impact was not yet large enough to prevent the large-scale invasion by hordes of Undead creatures into the Galactic Council. Once the Temporal Empire took over, it ruled that collective security was not nearly as important as the concept of "security through coercion", which Krataxus effectively demonstrated utilising the Titan-II Battleship.

Trivia

 * The Acritus Doctrine was partially based on the Tarkin Doctrine from the Star Wars franchise, as well as partly on the principles upon which the real-world NATO and Warsaw Pact were built upon.