2nd Fleet (Star League)
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Overview
The Second Fleet was a part of the Star League Defense Force Naval Command.[1]
History
The Second Fleet worked closely with the First Fleet, and while the Second Fleet was the smaller of the two, it also formed a part of the Star League Emergency Command Post Network, a network of command vessels intended to take command of the SLDF if communications with Terra were somehow lost. In common with the command vessels within the First Fleet, the command vessels of the two Line Squadrons within the Second Fleet, the SLS New Earth and the SLS Caph, were built to be specialized vessels bristling with intelligence gathering and communications equipment to allow them to function as mobile headquarters. As a result, the two Line Squadrons within the Second Fleet were always deployed within the borders of the Terran Hegemony and always had a senior general or admiral aboard.[1]
During the Periphery Uprising the Second Fleet would give up two of its squadrons to assist with operations within the Periphery, and when the Amaris Civil War began the Second Fleet was badly damaged. The SLS Caph and its commanding officer, Admiral Vincenzo McTiernan, survived the opening stages of the Amaris Civil War and led the surviving elements of the Second Fleet to meet up with those ships from the First Fleet that had survived, subsequently forming a part of the SLDF covert fleet which operated from bases such as Freedom Station.[1]
Officers
In 2765 the Second Fleet was commanded by Admiral Illaria Setiawan from the WarShip SLS New Earth.[1]
Composition History
2765
The Second Fleet was comprised of seven active squadrons immediately prior to the Amaris Civil War:[1]
- Line Squadron
- Lead Ship: SLS New Earth (commanded by Admiral Illaria Setiawan)
- Line Squadron
- Lead Ship: SLS Caph (commanded by Admiral Vincenzo McTiernan)
- Reconnaissance Squadron
- Escort Squadron
- Pursuit Squadron