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The Grayson Navy are the space forces for the planet Grayson, a space nation in the Honor Harrington universe created by the science fiction author David Weber.
In the internal history of the Honorverse, Grayson was settled by emigrants from Earth motivated by their religion, which called for a withdrawal from the technocratic society of Earth, a society the future inhabitants of Grayson believed to be subversive of true human potential and spirituality. The planet picked for the settlememnt was one very rich in heavy metals; local life had adapted, but human settlers suffered a very high death rate as well as a high rate of non-lethal, but debilitating poisonings from the high environmentyal levels of lead, murcury and antimony. The settlers' biology has partially adapted since, but to this day, agriculture on Grayson remains a chancy undertaking, and food Graysonites eat with safety can still poison an outsider.
Until Grayson joined the Manticoran Alliance, the Grayson Navy was hopelessly obsolete, and most of it was destroyed during a brief war with it's neighbor Masada, just before it officially joined the Manticoran Alliance (Two Manticoran destroyers were also lost during the incident, with two cruisers badly damaged.)
After joining the Alliance, Grayson received massive technological boosts from Manticore, and quickly rebuilt it's navy with the new technology. Grayson ships are different from Manticoran, Havenite, and Andermani ships in that they mount fewer weapons, but the weapons themselves are much larger. Later Manticoran and Grayson ship designs were designed in concert and are largely similar in design and function.
The Grayson Navy has no Marines. All shipboard troops are from the Grayson Army. Grayson Steadholders (roughly equivilant to Manticoran Dukes) are required to keep at least three of their personal bodyguards with them, even while on duty.
The Grayson Navy consists of it's main navy, with it's regular chain of command, and the Protector's Own Squadron, which answers directly to the Protector, ruler of Grayson, currently commanded by Admiral Steadholder Honor Harrington, the Protector's Champion, with Admiral Alfredo Yu as her second-in-command. The Protector's Own is an oddity in itself, since a large portion of it's personel are expatriates and former prisoners of the People's Republic of Haven, which the Manticoran Alliance is currently at war with.
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