Blue-Water Navy

A blue-water navy is a maritime force capable of operating across the deep waters of open oceans. While definitions of what actually constitutes such a forces vary, there is a requirement for the ability to exercise sea control at wide ranges. What does and does not classify as a blue water navy in generally more based one strategic scope rather than actual capability. There are currently two nations that are commonly classified as having blue-water navies; the Directian Empire, and the Kingdom of Erusia, though Erusia's blue-water capability relies heavily on its use of Directian supply stations throughout the world. Samarkand is frequently cited as having all that would be required the field a blue-water navy at some point in the future, though the Treaty of New Midgar restricts it from operating a blue-water navy.