Second Life Sky Navy — Flying High And Large

This is part 2 of our look into the Military world of Second Life. Look for Links to other featured articles at the bottom of this article.

The Second Life Sky Navy is a weird type of romance. Imagine a trio if you will, of a guy, his car, and his girlfriend. Everyone knows that cars have needs – Everyone. They need their muffler fixed. The right type of fuel. They need to be taken out and driven and loved and let free every so often. So replace the car with a flying battleship that is hybrid with an aircraft carrier, keep the girlfriend and give her combat boots, and place everyone in the middle of the Sim of Endless Love. NOW you have something remotely close to the Second Life Sky Navy.

The Second Life Sky Navy, also known as the SLSN, started out with Steve319’s passion for building warships. Steve319 and Penny Cao both lead the SLSN. They originally started by building ships in the Sandboxes, looking for competition, and seeing if they would be fired upon. Then, the group sat up a small camp at Bondi Beach. Of course, more cars, or ships, in this matter, always require more garages. And so, the small base quickly expanded to consume half of that sim. During the residence there, they entered into combat with a group called the ZI, or Zeridium Army. The Zeridium Army featured more members than the SLSN, but the Sky Navy fought gallantly, even after their first fleet flagship was reportedly stolen and sold to the ZI. Yet, the SLSN survived, and is stronger than ever. They recently moved to the sim of Endless love, where they own the entire sim. Their goal is to protect the sims of Ohara, which is the region Endless Love is in, as well as to become one of the best militaries in SL. They have opened up divisions in infantry and air force to further meet their needs.

The SLSN enjoys an alliance with the Alliance Navy, and participates in STABLE as well as MOSCOW negotiations. STABLE is the treaty through which the Alliance Navy is seeking to improve the SLSALT through open meetings with interested militia. MOSCOW, previously called ANSUCKS, was the Merczateer’s similar treaty.

Despite being a smaller militia member-wise, and roughly a year old, the SLSN has already displayed its combat effectiveness against today’s players. In a joint effort with the Alliance Navy, the SLSN drew in enemy fire in preparation for the Alliance Navy to begin Operation Crucifix. Operation Crucifix was a 36+ hour-long assault on the Merczateers’ bases. Note: Some people have stated 38 or more hours. While this may be true, no one is in denial that it was at least 36 hours long.

 

Steve was nice enough to take me on a tour of his base one morning. I was able to see several of the constructions there and take note on the area and its combat capabilities. Endless Love is sat up to essentially what to me, felt was based off of Vetnam-era design. It features mainly open land without limits, a small firebases that can easily oversee all that ground, some cliffs, and a few better defended main structures. The scenery is actually rather enjoyable, and enjoys what appears to be a well planned defense.

The SLSN flagship is the ‘Ares’, a medium sized fleet vessel similar to the Lj-Darkwolf in size. A medium sized vessel is one that cannot be linked as one object because it is too large for the SL link limits. They are in the process of producing similar craft, like the Pegassus and Titan, and are quite capable of building other forms of weaponry. Ares itself sports 16 dual barreled turrets and two Quad Barrel Artillery turrets, admist other weapon capabilities. They have a small member base with approximately fifty people in their group, and they are growing. Their leadership appears to be well-tempered and only time will tell what this group can establish.

If you are interested in contacting or joining the Second Life Sky Navy, Steve319 Cao and Penny Cao are both open for messaging.

 

SL Military Article Links (Picture Gallery is Below);

SL Militia Introduction: It’s a Good Year to be a Spartan April 22, 2007

Editorial: The Worst Article I’ve Ever Wrote April 15, 2006 (An Oppinionated Look on SL Militaries due to the introduction of ANSUCKS, and a lookback on Militaries and other guild occurances)

Orbituary: Jordan Witherspoon Dec. 16, 2006

Report: Pear-Tree Tosses Tea-Crates of Cheer! Dec. 2, 2006

Editorial By Simon Lamenth: The Novus Ordo Imperialis Oct. 7, 2006

Picture Gallery;

 

The Second Life Sky Navy’s Flagship: Ares

 

An SLSN Viper Aircraft

The SLSN Firebase Ladybird, as viewed from the SLSN Radar Tower.