Obsidian Navy

The Obsidian Navy, also known as the Xai Navy, Xai Starfleet, or the Xyon Battlefleet, is the naval branch of the Obsidian Guard of the Xai Ascendancy. Consisting of hundreds of thousands of warships and support vessels, the Obsidian Navy is currently the largest naval force in all of known space. The navy is crucial to the ability of the Xai to project their power and will across their worlds and those of alien species, and thus, it is regarded as one of the most, if not the most, important branch of the military forces of Xyon.

Formed out of the forces of the Obsidian Planetary Navy, the Obsidian Navy was established in 260 AXU, shortly after the invention of the Void Drive, which revolutionized the Xai concept of space travel. The navy played a major role in the early space travel of the Xai, with the development and launching of the scout-ship Blackblossom, which explored the regions of the known space which would become the core territories of the Xai Ascendancy. It was later tasked with the responsibility of policing the space between the early Xai colonies' void gates as a minor force, until void drives became safer to use en mass.

After the many wars that unfolded during the Era of Expansion, as well as the later Xyon Civil War, the Obsidian Navy has grown to such an extensive size that its will has been regarded by many as near-omnipotent and omnipresent, with all travel throughout the Ascendancy subject to the random patrols and searches launched by the navy at a whim. However, its power has not deterred many from toying with it by way of piracy or even out-right raids against Xai worlds. Though, as it stands, the Obsidian Navy is one of the most formidable military organizations ever established, and so far, no one disputes that claim.