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

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

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:

Infantry Forces

Infantry, or ground forces, are used as "boots on the ground". They make up the armed forces which run security, compose boarding parties, and secure locations on foot.

Forces are broken into the following units:

Squads (10 People)
Platoon (4 Squads)
Company (4 Platoons)
Battalion (3 Companies)
Regiment (5 Battalions)
Division (4 Regiments)

The exact head-count for each particular unit can vary, roughly a single Division contains about 9,000-12,000 people depending on the actual makeup of each smaller unit within. Divisions also contain support personnel which are not divided into smaller units.