Forum:UNSC Fleet after war

Exactly how many UNSC ships survived the war? Because all I can seem to recount is the frigate that Hood used, the UNSC Dusk and a few other scattered ships, mostly Prowlers though. Can anyone else recount for anymore?


 * The UNSC fleet is scattered by November. The Home Fleet was decimated after constant battle with Covenant reinforcements. By mid-2552 Earth, to my recollection, was already being evacuated and industry moved elsewhere in UEG space (á la 1942's Soviet Union). Until then a large portion of the population were illegal immigrants escaping from now dead worlds as refugees. We can assume some UNSC ships policed those systems. Further, the number-designated 'Seventh Fleet' suggests that some task forces have no specific defensive objective and may move around anywhere.--  Fore  run  ner '' 16:31, 20 June 2011 (EDT)


 * Honestly, I believe the UNSC Defense Force is more better off than what we were led to believe in the Halo games. Considering there were still a sizable amount of Orbital Defense Platforms still in operation when MCPO John-117 arrived back at Earth, this obviously entails that there was a significant space combatant and Naval Air Forces presence still in the Sol System. Not to mention the fact that there were still dozens, if not hundreds of squadrons still out-of-system during the Battle of Earth. Also, it seems like in some of the post-October/November canon pieces, there is a lot of expeditionary maneuvers by large forces still underway. Wouldn't be possible without a large supply train and a sizable fleet. By no means is it the same Navy that went to battle at Psi Serpentis, Reach, etc., but it's not a slouch by any means.


 * There can't be very many left in total. Whatever naval presence did remain on Earth during Halo 3 was all but whipped out. Evidence of this is that so many Covenant ships had broken through to the portal, and that a major UNSC Naval offensive was only conducted by 3 frigates, suggesting no other forces were available to help. My guess would be about enough ships left to add up to one fleet. pestilence   Phil,  pestilence!  18:05, 20 June 2011 (EDT)