Solas Tempus Groups

This is a guide to how Solas Tempus groups are defined, including Fleets, Groups, Light Craft, and Ground / Boarding Forces.

Starship Groupings

Solas Tempus does not usually use individual fleets of ships for tasks, preferring to use individual ships for various tasks. Most starships are very versatile, however when there is need a Fleet is composed of one or more Groups, also called Battle Groups for combat situations.

Designation

Fleets are designated either by their theater of operation or the title of an operation. If more than one fleet exist for a given area, very rare, then the number is before the name.

Examples

Schatten Fleet
2nd Schatten Exploration Fleet

Groups

Groups are also named after the theater of operation or operation name, though most of the time they are named for the area where they operation (theater of operation).

Examples

Markab Group
Markab Defense Group

Group Composition

A standard group consists of:

• 1 Capital Ship

Sovereign, Galaxy, Nebula, Refit Constitution, or Miranda Class Starships

Acts as the primary command vessel and carrier for the group

• 2-4 Frigates

Steamrunner, Nova, or Intrepid Class Starships

Usually 4 Frigates for a Sovereign, Galaxy, or Nebula Class / 2 for a Refit Constitution or Miranda Class

Acts as primary defense for the command vessel, also assist in deploying or recovering fighters

• 4-8 Escorts

NX, Saladin, or Defiant Class Starships

Usually 2 per Frigate

Small Combat Space Craft

Fighter groups are divided into 3 types, Wings containing Squadrons, containing Flights. A Wing has a total of 6 Squadrons and each Squadron has 3 Flights. Wings are are designated with the name of the system, sector, or group they are assigned to, where as specific Squadrons are designated by a greek letter or color, and flights have numbers. No two Squadrons have the same name and number.

Squadron Designations

Patrol Squadrons

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or Delta

Interceptor Squadrons

Epsilon, Zeta, Tau, or Sigma

Assault Squadrons

Theta, Lambda, Rho, or Omega

Specialized Squadrons

Black, Red, Gray, or White

Flight Designation

A flight does not reference the wing name unless asked to avoid the inevitably long names that would cause. Thus, a flight is designated as:

Squadron Name, Squadron Number, and Flight Number.

Examples

Alpha 2-1
Epsilon 9-3
Black 2-2

Craft Designation

Runabouts running electronic warfare, tracking, communications, and surveillance for a flight are designated Hawk with all other crafts having numbers.

Examples

Alpha 2-1-2
Epsilon 9-3-1
Black 2-2-4

Composition

Each fighter wing is composed of 1 electronic warfare runabout with high output / resolution sensor arrays, jammers, high power and long range transmitters, and equipped with utilitarian torpedo warheads (such as Electronic Disruption, Warp Field Disruption, etc..).

A full squadron has a total of 3 flights of the same type (Interceptor Squadrons, Patrol Squadrons, etc.). Except for special Squadrons which are composed to the task of multiple flight types as needed by the Wing Commander.

The total number on people in Squadron depends on what kind it is.

Patrol / Interceptor

12 Fighter Pilots
6 Runabout Pilots
12 Runabout Crew
Total 30

Assault

12 Fighter Pilots
6 Bomber Pilots
9 Bomber Crew
6 Runabout Pilots
12 Runabout Crew
Total 45

Specialized

Varies

Interceptor

Interceptor flights are used when an imminent threat is detected or to investigate anomalous readings during Condition 3 or Condition 1. These squads inhabit specially outfit Platform Stations near Solas Tempus facilities as well, to allow for a faster response time. Interceptor wings are also trained to do point defense for larger facilities and space craft.

Composed of 5 craft:

• 1 Venture Class Runabout
• 2 Thunder Class Fighters
• 2 Valkyrie Class Fighters

Assault

Assault flights are specifically outfit and trained to perform forward assault, first strike or retaliatory strikes on enemy targets. They are slower overall but equipped to inflict more damage.

Composed of 7 craft:

• 1 Danube Class Runabout
• 2 Thunder Class Fighters

Equipped with Transphasic Torpedoes

• 2 Valkyrie Class Fighters

Equipped with Transphasic Torpedoes

• 2 Flyer Class Shuttles equipped for bombing

Equipped with Transphasic / Tricobalt Torpedoes.

Equipped with Transphasic Mines

Patrol

Patrol flights are used for both maintaining security and investigation of most anomalous readings during normal conditions.

Composed of 5 craft:

• 1 Danube Class Runabout
• 2 Peregrine Class Fighters
• 2 Valkyrie Class Fighters

Boarding Parties / Ground Forces

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