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== UNSC fleets == | == UNSC fleets == | ||
{{Main|UNSC Navy}} | {{Main|UNSC Navy}} | ||
UNSC fleets are | UNSC fleets are divided into Expeditionary and Defensive fleets. They are typically assigned to [[Sector]]s.<ref name="fb9">'''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''', ''Cole Rulebook - page 9''</ref> Sector fleets are usually commanded by a [[Vice Admiral]].<ref name="OSFM140">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', PART 8: UNSC ORGANISATION, NAVCOM Ranks (p. 140-141)</ref> | ||
===Defensive fleets=== | |||
Defensive fleets are typically named after the star system they are based in. Prior to the Human-Covenant War, they were considered little more than glorified revenue police, though they proved invaluable in providing training cadres and battle-ready (if outdated) warships to the war effort. Defensive fleets are typically built around smaller "tactical" [[UNSC carrier|carrier]]s serving as the fleet's core.<ref name="WFEpoch">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''p.40-41''</ref> Known defense fleets include; | |||
*[[Bliss Defense Fleet]] | |||
*[[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] | |||
*[[UNSC Home Fleet]] | |||
===Expeditionary fleets=== | |||
Expeditionary fleets are numbered fleets designed for offensive operations into deep space. These fleets were largely decimated in the early years of the [[Human-Covenant War]], and by the war's end there was no appreciable difference between Expeditionary or Defensive fleets, and the navy was unable to conduct any kind of offensive operation without leaving [[Earth]] and the remaining colonies dangerously vulnerable.<ref name="fb9"/> During the period in which they were operational, Expeditionary Fleets built their cores around massive super carriers such as the {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}.<ref name="WFEpoch"/> Known expeditionary fleets include; | |||
*[[Second Fleet]] | |||
*[[Third Fleet]] | |||
*[[Fifth Fleet]] | |||
*[[Seventh Fleet]] | |||
*[[Sixteenth Fleet]] | |||
===Dead fleets=== | |||
By the end of the war, many of the Navy's fleets had also become "paper fleets", or "dead fleets", with no command and no ships. These fleets were assigned to sectors lost to the Covenant early in the war, with their destroyed [[squadron]]s remaining attached to the sector to honor their sacrifice and as deference for tradition. A new ship was occasionally inadvertently attached to one of these dead fleets due to bureaucratic error, though such assignments were considered ill omens by their crew members.<ref name="fb9"/> | |||
===Composition=== | |||
UNSC fleets are comprised of numerous [[battle group]]s, smaller tactical formations of ships. Naval fleets rarely patrol together, and it is fairly common for single ships to patrol regions of space alone. Fleets are also comprised of [[squadron]]s, though by the end of the war these were administrative rather than tactical groupings.<ref name="fb9"/> Fleets, as with battle groups, usually have at least one [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] to act as the fleet's eyes and ears and to also serve as saboteurs.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 329''</ref> | |||
The UNSC also maintains the [[UNSC commercial fleet]], which is not a military unit and instead fulfills the role of a [[Wikipedia:merchant navy|merchant navy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 96''</ref> | The UNSC also maintains the [[UNSC commercial fleet]], which is not a military unit and instead fulfills the role of a [[Wikipedia:merchant navy|merchant navy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 96''</ref> | ||
{{UNSC military organization}} | |||
== Covenant fleets == | == Covenant fleets == | ||