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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:
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:
- Equipped with Transphasic Torpedoes
- 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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