Whoops indeed. 5th, 3rd....easy to get them mixed up.
Originally posted by Blaise Russel
Why do we never hear of the Vasudan 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. fleets? Why is the GVD Psamtik flagship of the 13th Battlegroup and not the 13th Fleet? Why only one specific mention of a Terran battlegroup, which could just be an error in writing?
Because we're in the Terran and not Vasudan fleet?
SM3-05 also mentions a Terran battlegroup, BTW
"A Vasudan never leaves the field of battle without authorization from a superior officer. Your cowardice jeopardized the lives of our brothers and sisters. You are hereby stripped of your wings and all privileges bestowed upon you as an officer of the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance. You will be taken into custody and handed over to the Terran 3rd Battle Group authority, where you will face a court martial. You are a disgrace to your species, Terran."It also mentions the 12th
fleet in Wolf359 (presumably Terran) in another message in the same mission, which implies against a confusion of terminology.
(very nitpicky)
It seems to me, that if the Vasudans have 13 'fleets', and the Terrans at least 12, then thats a much larger force than indicated by the ending of FS2, IMO. So my opinion is that either the term 'battlegroup' and 'fleet' are interchangeable (i.e. so the Vasudans would have fleets #7-14 or similar), or battlegroups themselves are smaller in size and role. I prefer the 2nd, purely because it presents a more interesting tactical situation.