Fleet was an Old Earth naval term that remained in common usage in Post Diaspora navies. As opposed to a Task Force, a fleet was usually a more permanent grouping of ships. Some fleets were permanently stationed in star systems, while others were more mobile and usually operated in an offensive capacity.
Conventions[]
If a fleet was in occupation of a star system, it would challenge other ships entering the system or approaching the planet. Otherwise it would leave such matters up to the local traffic control. (SI2)
Known Fleets[]
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Home Fleet | Assigned to protect the Manticore System and acted as a reserve force for any fleet operating near a terminus of the Manticore Wormhole Junction |
Second Fleet | A defensive fleet created to guard the Yeltsin's Star System after 1903 PD |
Third Fleet |
Created to protect the Trevor's Star System and its terminus of the Manticore Wormhole Junction during the Havenite-Manticoran Wars. Later reconstituted and reassigned in the Solarian-Manticoran War to protect the Sigma Draconis System and its terminus of the Manticoran Wormhole Junction. |
Fifth Fleet | Administrative organization responsible for fleet logistics. |
Sixth Fleet | An offensive force until conquest the Trevor's Star System during First Havenite-Manticoran War |
Eighth Fleet | An offensive Allied force during Havenite-Manticoran Wars |
Ninth Fleet | Created to pacify and protect Manticoran territorial acquisitions in the former Silesian Confederacy. |
Tenth Fleet | Created to protect the Talbott Quadrant |
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Capital Fleet | Assigned to protect the Haven System |
First Fleet | A major offensive and defensive force under Admiral Javier Giscard |
Second Fleet | A major offensive and defensive force under Admiral Lester Tourville |
Third Fleet | |
Fifth Fleet | A major offensive and defensive force under Admiral Genevieve Chin |
Twelfth Fleet | A major offensive force assembled under Admiral Giscard to execute Operation Icarus, Operation Scylla, and the planned, but never executed Operation Bagration in the First Havenite-Manticoran War. |
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Home Fleet | Assigned to protect the New Berlin System |
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Home Fleet | Assigned to protect the Yeltsin's Star System |
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Eleventh Fleet | Assembled to execute Operation Raging Justice against the Star Empire of Manticore, culminating in the Second Battle of Manticore. |
Beowulf System-Defense Force[]
First Fleet | Primary and only fleet-level formation of the Beowulf System-Defense Force |
Combined Fleets[]
Grand Fleet | Allied offensive force assembled from ships of the Royal Manticoran Navy, Grayson Space Navy, Republic of Haven Navy, and Beowulf System-Defense Force in the Solarian-Manticoran War. Commanded by Fleet Admiral Honor Harrington, RMN. |
Grayson-Manticoran Combined Fleet | Joint multinational force assembled from ships of the Royal Manticoran Navy and Grayson Space Navy to counter the Masadan invasion of the Yeltsin's Star System in the First Battle of Yeltsin's Star. |
Joint Navy Military Transport Command | Transport and supply command of the Manticoran Alliance in the First Havenite-Manticoran War. |