User blog comment:Void Samukai/Ship's use: Creator vs Leader/@comment-14850713-20160221040717

The AIF was a federation of navies, so it made sense that Wolf can take out all his ships. But it becomes complicated in a more homogenous navy like USN, AFOH, Dragonfire, etc., where members effectively put their creations under the command of others. For me, if a Creator wants to leave a navy, he can always take his ships with him, but that navy gets to keep some ships if the Leader wants. These will slowly fall into obsolescence (due to the absence of the Creator making upgrades) and will eventually be replaced by newer types (we are all builders for Pete's sake). I say "some" because ships with limited numbers (ex. capital ships) may be an exception, meaning a Creator may take ALL of them if the navy is organized that only Creators command these types of ships. But for minor types, together with rest of his creations (ex. planes, tanks, etc.), the navy gets to keep some if they so desire.