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Line 11: | Founded = [[Star League era]] | Founded = [[Star League era]] | MilCourse01 = [[WarShip]] | MilCourse01 = [[WarShip]] − | MilCourse01Dates = ca. [[2650]]–[[2765]] + | MilCourse01Dates = Ca. 2650-2765 }} }} − The '''Finmark Air and Space Academy''' was a [[Rim Worlds Republic]] naval officer training academy during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp8">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 8: "Academies and Command Centers"</ref> + <onlyinclude> − + The '''Finmark Air and Space Academy''' was a [[Rim Worlds Republic]] naval officer training academy during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp8">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 8, "Academies and Command Centers"</ref> − ==History== + </onlyinclude> − The Finmark Air and Space Academy—or FASA—was founded during the [[twenty-seventh century]] to provide training to the naval officer corps of the Rim Worlds Republic. Whilst the preeminent military academy within the Republic was undoubtedly the [[Apollo Military Academy]] on [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]], FASA was considered the most notable of the lesser academies within the Republic.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> + == History == + The Finmark Air and Space Academy - or FASA - was founded during the [[twenty-seventh century]] to provide training to the naval officer corps of the Rim Worlds Republic. Whilst the pre-eminent military academy within the Republic was undoubtedly the [[Apollo Military Academy]] on [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]], FASA was considered the most notable of the lesser academies within the Republic.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> − Constructed in high orbit above the planet Finmark, the administrative capital of the [[Finmark Province]] of the Republic, FASA graduated hundreds of new officers a year. FASA underwent a substantial expansion shortly before the [[Star League Defense Force]] was ordered to withdraw the [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]] from the Republic in [[2755]]; that upgrade to the academy was sufficient to allow FASA to accommodate over a dozen [[WarShip]]s at a time, and reports a decade later suggested that FASA was graduating almost three hundred recruits a year and expected to increase the graduation class size further still.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> + Constructed in high orbit above the planet Finmark, the administractive capital of the [[Finmark Province]] of the Republic, FASA graduated hundreds of new officers a year. FASA underwent a substantial expansion shortly before the [[Star League Defense Force]] was ordered to withdraw the [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]] from the Republic in [[2755]]; that upgrade to the academy was sufficient to allow FASA to accommodate over a dozen [[WarShip]]s at a time, and reports a decade later suggested that FASA was graduating almost three hundred recruits a year and expected to increase the graduation class size further still.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> − ==Training== + == Training == − Military courses offered by FASA were known to include a comprehensive WarShip program.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> + Military courses offered by FASA were known to include a comprehensive WarShip programme.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> − ==Notes== + == Notes == − * The Finmark Air and Space Academy was presumably destroyed or disbanded during the invasion of the Rim Worlds Republic during the [[Amaris Civil War]], the Lyran Commonwealth–Rim Worlds Republic War, or the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. + * The Finmark Air and Space Academy was presumably destroyed or disbanded during the invasion of the Rim Worlds Republic during the [[Amaris Civil War]], the Lyran Commonwealth-Rim Worlds Republic War or the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. − * FASA is probably an homage to the [[w:FASA|Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration]], the joking allusion to the [[w:Marx Brothers|Marx Brothers]] film "[[w:Duck Soup|''Duck Soup'']]" that provided the acronym for the original owners of the BattleTech franchise: [[FASA]]. + * The Finmark Air and Space Academy is probably a homage to the [[w:FASA|Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration]], the joking allusion to the [[w:Marx Brothers|Marx Brothers]] film "[[w:Duck Soup|''Duck Soup'']]" that provided the acronym for the original owners of the BattleTech franchise, [[FASA]]. − ==References== + == References == <references /> <references />
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{{otheruses|the military academy|other uses|Fasa (disambiguation)}} | {{otheruses|the military academy|other uses|Fasa (disambiguation)}} | ||
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{{InfoBoxAcademicInstitute | {{InfoBoxAcademicInstitute | ||
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| Founded = [[Star League era]] | | Founded = [[Star League era]] | ||
| MilCourse01 = [[WarShip]] | | MilCourse01 = [[WarShip]] | ||
| − | | MilCourse01Dates = | + | | MilCourse01Dates = Ca. 2650-2765 |
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| − | The '''Finmark Air and Space Academy''' was a [[Rim Worlds Republic]] naval officer training academy during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp8">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 8 | + | <onlyinclude> |
| − | + | The '''Finmark Air and Space Academy''' was a [[Rim Worlds Republic]] naval officer training academy during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp8">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 8, "Academies and Command Centers"</ref> | |
| − | ==History== | + | </onlyinclude> |
| − | The Finmark Air and Space | + | == History == |
| + | The Finmark Air and Space Academy - or FASA - was founded during the [[twenty-seventh century]] to provide training to the naval officer corps of the Rim Worlds Republic. Whilst the pre-eminent military academy within the Republic was undoubtedly the [[Apollo Military Academy]] on [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]], FASA was considered the most notable of the lesser academies within the Republic.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> | ||
| − | Constructed in high orbit above the planet Finmark, the | + | Constructed in high orbit above the planet Finmark, the administractive capital of the [[Finmark Province]] of the Republic, FASA graduated hundreds of new officers a year. FASA underwent a substantial expansion shortly before the [[Star League Defense Force]] was ordered to withdraw the [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]] from the Republic in [[2755]]; that upgrade to the academy was sufficient to allow FASA to accommodate over a dozen [[WarShip]]s at a time, and reports a decade later suggested that FASA was graduating almost three hundred recruits a year and expected to increase the graduation class size further still.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> |
| − | ==Training== | + | == Training == |
| − | Military courses offered by FASA were known to include a comprehensive WarShip | + | Military courses offered by FASA were known to include a comprehensive WarShip programme.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/> |
| − | ==Notes== | + | == Notes == |
| − | * The Finmark Air and Space Academy was presumably destroyed or disbanded during the invasion of the Rim Worlds Republic during the [[Amaris Civil War]], the Lyran | + | * The Finmark Air and Space Academy was presumably destroyed or disbanded during the invasion of the Rim Worlds Republic during the [[Amaris Civil War]], the Lyran Commonwealth-Rim Worlds Republic War or the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. |
| − | * | + | * The Finmark Air and Space Academy is probably a homage to the [[w:FASA|Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration]], the joking allusion to the [[w:Marx Brothers|Marx Brothers]] film "[[w:Duck Soup|''Duck Soup'']]" that provided the acronym for the original owners of the BattleTech franchise, [[FASA]]. |
| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
<references /> | <references /> | ||