$W{ IMPERIAL VASUDAN NAVY
From the Encyclopedia Galactica (Ising University of Antares ed., January 2399) $}

FOUNDED: 2092 (as the Parliamentary Vasudan Navy)
HEADQUARTERS: Amarna Installation (Aldebaran)
MAJOR NAVAL BASES: Avaris Station (Alpha Centauri), Thinis Installation (Vasuda Prime)
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: His Imperial Majesty Emperor Khonsu II
CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF: Admiral-Prince Meneptah IV

The Imperial Vasudan Navy is the current iteration of a Vasudan space force that has existed since the species first left its homeworld, Vasuda Prime. 

Its modern history begins with the disastrous first contact with the Galactic Terran Alliance in 2321, and the subsequent 14-Year War.  The Navy rapidly innovated, designing cutting-edge vessels like the PVD Typhon, PVF Horus and PVF Seth.  Despite their capabilities, the Vasudans were caught just as off-guard by the Shivan invasion as their Terran adversaries, and were forced to re-evaluate their developmental priorities as time went by.  The Imperial Navy was eager to integrate modern lessons of shipbuilding into their naval structure, introducing the corvette class and integrated Shivan systems into broad-scale use.  Designs from the era such as the Hatshepsut destroyer and Mentu cruiser reflect this line of thought, with a focus on flexible engagement capabilities.

The Vasudan respect for history and disdain for wastefulness leads to a much extended lifespan for Imperial Navy ships, compared to their Terran counterparts, following the proverb, "all is usable of the arekhyt". (The equivalent Terran maxim is "waste not, want not".)  Thus, many of the ships that fought the Shivans in the Great War also served through the Second Shivan Incursion, three decades later.  Even functionally obsolete units like the Typhon-class destroyer rendered useful service in the conflict, many of them refitted into so-called 'torpedo destroyers'.  Perhaps the most notable example of these, the GVD Ranger, dueled the SD Nebiros, buying time for the GTD Nereid to destroy the Capella-Vega node during Case Pandora.

Modern Imperial Navy vessels incorporate a suite of mostly-Vasudan systems, with substantial contributions from imported Terran and reverse-engineered Shivan technology.  The Apothess destroyer, entering its final stages of development, is an example of such, incorporating Shivan-derived beam artillery and a Terran-developed meson reactor.  However, the Vasudans possess no equivalent to the Terran superdestroyer Bastion or the Earth Alliance superdestroyer Nemesis.  The Imperial Naval Directorate considers such 'superships' to be a dead end after the destruction of the GTVA Colossus.  To quote Emperor Ramses X (reigned 921-904 BC), "one should not wager all on one card".

The Imperial Special Forces possess certain fleet assets dedicated to their specific use.  The capabilities of these fleet assets are unknown, but it is presumed that experimental weapons, small craft, and even warships are initially run through their paces by the Imperial Special Forces before seeing wider-scale deployment.