History
The United Sack Marines formed in May 2015 with 3 founding members. Zachiark, Commander of the USM and Admiral of the Marine Navy, has been involved in LBP clans since 2008. Serving in the H4H Conflict in large alliances, he retired from clan participation in 2011 and began designing large fleets of space-going vessels with the aim of using them in future clans. After almost 4 years of seclusion, the fleet was launched as the USM.
Objectives
The principal goals of the USM are to promote creativity and organisation within the LBP community. LBP is a huge but grossly disorganised online community that can achieve greater things when it comes together. Its founders are amongst the longest-standing members of LBP, and wish to share their significant technological accomplishments with the community. After years of object give-aways by our members, we believe it is time that sharing and creating must become more organised to create productive outcomes.
UMS Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is a massive, publically available orbital base on Zachiark's planet. It contains the chambers of the Military Council, the Diplomatic Office, and a recruitment center. It is still under construction, but will include object storage, docking bays for personal vessels, and a large members lounge.
The Marine Navy is an ultra-modern fleet of advanced vessels, utilising the cutting edge of LBP3 technology. Its ships include:
- USM Lancea - The upcoming capital ship of the USM fleet, the Lancea is a carrier cruiser equipped with the latest technology that is spearheading Operation Peacemaker. Transporter technology, warp drive, shuttle and fighter bays, cargo storage for clan items, a central data hub, and an array of weapons and shields make the Lancea the ultimate example of USM technology.
- USM Defensor - This carrier was the former capital ship of the Navy, and houses huge cargo bays and crew areas containing a massive library of LBP1 and LBP2 technology. The ship is currently undergoing a full refit and will be pressed back into service as the Navy's Second Ship. Constructed
- USM Adventum - The Adventum was designed in late LBP2 to serve as a transitional vessel, capable as being used as a staging platform for fleet operations in early LBP3. It is now being refitted as a frigate and will be issued to all officers for them to personalise.
- USM Eximus II - The Eximus was constructed in LBP2 as an all-combat vessel with advanced deflector shields. These shields have now been installed on all USM vessels, making them invulnerable to all known weaponry. Updating it to LBP3 standards is currently underway, but is a low-priority task as the highly weaponized ship lacks the versatility that is now standard in the USM fleet.
Operation Peacemaker
The USM Lancea is currently leading the USM's first major initiative, Operation Peacemaker. Once assembled, it will serve as a technological "Tour de Force" to the LBP3 community, demonstrating the benefits of joining the USM and the LBPU. As outright combat in LBP is rarely employed in the settling of disputes, Operation Peacemaker is dedicated to displaying the military might of the USM in a technological, rather than combative nature, somewhat similar to so-called "gunboat diplomacy".