

There is a chance that the large ships seen in and around solitude (and wrecked and raided by the player) are company ships not navy. Their officers at least and many of their soldiers wear imperial legion armour (however their guards in the Solitude warehouse don't).

They are backed by the Imperial military and even have their own military arm, although this is for fighting pirates and bandits, and are not involved in the civil war or politics of the province. The first I am going to mention is the East Empire Company.


Anyway here is the Imperial Navy ensign (with the exception of the Emperor's ship) none of the ships display flags outside which seems odd, and probably should be corrected:Īs well as joinable groups there are also non joinable groups in the game that act as antagonists and enemies or are just there in the background that might offer one off jobs. Of course these might be vessels of the East Empire Company (modeled on the British East India Company) that has military backing. There are also a couple of what do seem to be military vessels in and around Solitude harbour, that have the black imperial banner (which seems to be a generic imperial military flag) hanging inside, infact there is even a minor quest where by extinguishing the light of Solitude light house, you guide a ship onto rocks, where by joining with the bandits you pillage the ship, this ship has imperial troops among the crew. Next is the Imperial Navy although there is no direct reference to this service being active in the Skyrim Civil War (or even in existence at the time), there are references to it in the past which are found when reading some of the books in the game. I kept this as a banner as I think when used in this role it is reflecting the banners carried by soldiers.
