Her gamble paid off, as the First Fleet limped out of the relay to rally with the rest of the Alliance forces on the run. Commanding Admiral Ines Lindholm made the painful decision to use a tenth of the fleet's remaining vessels as cover so the remainder could escape. By the time Admiral Hackett ordered a retreat, the fleet had been cut in half. Based at Arcturus Station, the First Fleet guards the mass relay connecting to the Sol system and serves as a reactionary force able to respond to any attack across three different clusters.ĭuring the Reaper invasion in 2186, the First Fleet is stationed near the Charon Relay. The First Fleet is the largest in the Alliance Navy. įollowing the Battle of the Citadel in 2183, Admiral Steven Hackett is appointed the head of the Alliance Navy. Destroyers, vessels larger than frigates but smaller than cruisers, are also known to be operated by the Alliance Navy.
Fighter carriers, dreadnought-sized ships that contain extensive hangars and employ fighters as their main armament, are a distinctly human innovation.
Fleet units are also supported by fighters and dedicated interceptors deployed from cruisers, dreadnoughts, and carriers. Its individual vessels range considerably in size and firepower, varying from corvettes (small, ten-man craft used primarily for patrol and recon), to hundred-meter-long frigates to nearly kilometer-long dreadnoughts. Alliance fleets are subdivided into numerous flotillas, each of which include a cruiser and 4-6 frigates. By 2186 CE and the onset of the Reaper War, it possessed nine dreadnoughts and was divided into at least eight fleets. The Alliance Navy possessed over 200 vessels as of the First Contact War in 2157 CE, including several dreadnoughts, and was divided into at least two fleets. While the Navy stations only use token garrisons to guard Alliance colonies, its strength is centered upon powerful fleets stationed at mass relay nexuses that can rapidly respond to any colony under attack.
The Navy is a space combat force primarily charged with protecting human colonies, space stations, and mass relays. “There won't be an Earth left to save.” - Spoilers for Mass Effect 3 follow.
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