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UNSC Navy forces are divided into a number of [[fleets]]. These tend to be large formations, though they seldom patrol together; single ships are commonly seen patrolling throughout UNSC space.<ref name="tfor"/> System defense fleets, such as the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], the [[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] or [[Bliss Defense Fleet]], are commonly formed to patrol and defend a human colonized-system.<ref name="fb9"/><ref name="Crows">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[ | UNSC Navy forces are divided into a number of [[fleets]]. These tend to be large formations, though they seldom patrol together; single ships are commonly seen patrolling throughout UNSC space.<ref name="tfor"/> System defense fleets, such as the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], the [[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] or [[Bliss Defense Fleet]], are commonly formed to patrol and defend a human colonized-system.<ref name="fb9"/><ref name="Crows">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref> Defense fleets were often considered to be little more than glorified revenue police, though they proved to hold an imperative role during the [[Human-Covenant War]] as they provided desperately needed training cadres and battle-ready—albeit, sometimes outdated—warships.<ref name="fb9"/> Defensive fleets typically find a smaller "tactical" [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] at their core.<ref name="WFEpoch"/> The UNSC Navy also has several numbered expeditionary fleets,<ref name="fb9"/> five of which were active during the Covenant War—the [[Second Fleet|Second]], [[Third Fleet|Third]], [[Fifth Fleet|Fifth]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]], and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 205''</ref> Several expeditionary fleets were decimated early in the Covenant War. Expeditionary fleets find their core comprised of massive supercarriers such as the ''Epoch''-class, which formed the core of many UNSC fleets and battlegroups during the Insurrection and early Covenant War.<ref name="WFEpoch"/> | ||
Fleets are typically assigned to sectors, groupings of [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] and [[Outer Colonies]] organised by the most efficient slipspace routes branching away from [[Reach]]. By late [[2552]], there was no longer any appreciable difference between fleets, as the Navy was no longer capable of conducting offensive operations without leaving the remaining colonies and Earth vulnerable- despite this, the navy maintained these divisions.<ref name="fb9"/> By this time, however, the navy was the only representation of the UEG had in the colonies, as all remaining ground forces had been consolidated at Earth and Reach.<ref name="fb9"/> | Fleets are typically assigned to sectors, groupings of [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] and [[Outer Colonies]] organised by the most efficient slipspace routes branching away from [[Reach]]. By late [[2552]], there was no longer any appreciable difference between fleets, as the Navy was no longer capable of conducting offensive operations without leaving the remaining colonies and Earth vulnerable- despite this, the navy maintained these divisions.<ref name="fb9"/> By this time, however, the navy was the only representation of the UEG had in the colonies, as all remaining ground forces had been consolidated at Earth and Reach.<ref name="fb9"/> | ||