Battle Group

Union Battle Group

Each of the 1577 Fleets of the Unit consist of up to 12 Battle Groups. A typical Union Battle Group consists of a large number of ships and in full war conditions has 1166 ships. There are 18,600 Battle Groups in the Union Fleet. (Not all Fleets have 12 Battle groups)

Fleets are organized in three Sections : Admin and HQ Section, Battle Group Command, Special & Support Craft. A Fleet is usually commanded by a Two or Three Star Admiral. Battle Group Command is divided into 4 Battle Group Clusters ( BGC) and each BGC is traditionally associated with a Color (Red, Green, Blue and Yellow). Each BGC is under the Command of a One Star Admiral. Each Battle Group is usually commanded by a Commodore.

Union Fleet Command - Strategic General Order to Fleets is to keep at least 2 Battle Groups in full fighting strength (Usually Red and Green) and use Blue and Yellow for Reserves, Repairs and Upgrades. So it can happen that ships scheduled for Upgrades repairs etc rotate to another BG. (or vice versa)

The lastest Union Fleet report states that the Union Fleet has an operational status of 88 % (Ships that can immideatley deployed or tasked with missions) If Full War is declared that can be raised to 93 % within a month and to 99 % within 5 Month. (Computronic Prediction)

BATTLE GROUP A typical Union Battle group consists of:


 * •5 Arsenal ships


 * •5 carriers


 * •5 Dreadnoughts


 * •20 Ultra Battle Ships


 * •100 Ultra Battle Ships


 * •200 Super cruisers


 * •200 Space Cruisers


 * •80 Heavy Frigates


 * •120 Frigates


 * •200 Destroyers


 * •2 Hospital Ships


 * •200 Fleet Tenders


 * •1 Mobile Dockyard


 * •2 Fleet Repair ships


 * •25 Marine troop ships


 * •1 Wurgus Solar Enticer Ship

Additional Speciality Ships such as: ELR- Scanner Ships, Tankers, Supply Ships, Buoy Layers, Relay Line Maintenance Ships, Couries Ships etc are usually not part of a Battle group but alocated from Fleet Level.

Non "Ship" Units associated to a Batte group:

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 * Up to 50,000 Wolfcraft fighters
 * Up to 70,000 Gun Boats and Heavy Bombers
 * 25 Megaman Droids


 * 100 Long Range Tugs


 * 50 Mine Layers/ Sweepers