Originally posted by CP5670:
Su, just curious, where did you find out that Terran fleets had four destroyers? (I can't remember reading anything like this but all the subtle indications seem to point towards two destroyers) If the Terran fleets are really that much larger than Vasudan ones, it would probably also make sense to also have more Vasudan battle groups in service than Terran ones, maybe even two per system in some cases...
I don't remember seeing any definitive proof that fleets and battle groups had only two destroyers; I think that was something I extrapolated. And Terran fleets aren't larger than vasudan battlegroups. Aside from the difference in AWACS ships (terran fleet having 12, Vasudan battlegroup having only 4, NTF fleet having none), Terran, Neo-terran and Vasudan battlegroups are all roughly the same size.
I changed my mind and RE-extrapolated the fleet organization that since the GTVA and NTF organize everything (fighters, AWACS and presumably cruisers also) in wings and squadrons, then it would make sense to organize destroyers in the same way. Since having a whole squadron of 12 destroyers in every fleet sounded too excessive to me, I decided to go with a wing of 4 destroyers instead. Under this organization, what would you call 2 destroyers? A "half-wing?" Four destroyers seemed to make more sense than two the more I thought about this.
We won't need to re-do and re-issue "Sirius blockade" as a result of this, so don't worry, CP!
It's not like the Vasudans would throw the ENTIRE 11th Battle Group into Sirius and leave Alpha Centauri completely undefended!
[This message has been edited by Su-tehp (edited 01-28-2002).]