LORE BUILDER: THIRTEEN: ORGANIZATION / NUMBERING

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Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of Lore Builder, our weekly feature where we talk out aspects of the Star Citizen universe with you, the community. As always, please consult the first issue for the caveats and links to background material to see what’s already been established.

RECAP
For the past few weeks, we have been playing around with Squadron Numbering. That topic has expanded into an exploration into how the Navy itself is organized and the numbering systems involved.

There was a lot of discussion regarding the naming of the flights within the squadron, specifically using the callsign of the ranking officer to identify the flight. I’m starting to agree that it might be very confusing to understand who is who, particularly when flights from multiple ships are in the same battle. While the callsign might be a unique identifier, a pilot can glean no additional information from it.

There was a suggestion to go back to a color-coding system, which would be awesome just to be able to say “Red-Five standing by,” but it feels like you would run out of colors very quickly if that was your only indicator.

Therefore, I suggest two options:

1. Similar to Homewreaker’s suggestion, the flight is known as: Squadron #-Phonetic Alphabet-Ship #. So the fourth ship in 82nd Squadron Charlie Flight would be “Charlie-Four” if they’re on a mission with just their squadron and 82-Charlie-Four if it’s a big multi-squadron brawl.

2. Basically the same system but with colors instead of the Phonetic Alphabet, so instead of “Charlie-Four” it would be “Gold-Four” or “82-Gold-Four.”

Let’s take a look at a final write-up of the complete structure as it currently stands:

UEE NAVY NUMBERING & ORGANIZATION
Here is the flow of command as well as the structure/naming conventions for each level of the Navy.

IMPERATOR
Head of the UEE.

H.C. LEGATUS NAVIUM (HIGH COMMAND)
The highest ranking member of the Navy and represents the branch in the government. He or she dictates policy more than operational control.

GRAND ADMIRAL
A chairman and the joint chiefs all rolled into a single person, but with overall operational authority as well.

MAJOR FLEETS
Named after Earth’s constellations, each fleet is commanded by an Admiral, who reports to the Grand Admiral.

REGIONAL FLEET COMMANDER
Vice Admiral who oversees Fleet activity in specific regions of the Major Fleet’s Area of Operation. Named after universe landmarks (i.e. Gamma Region, Earth Fleet).

SPECIALTY GROUPS
Reports to Fleet Admiral; this is where the Group Commander (Vice Admiral) of all squadrons of Fighters would reside, controlling the training pipeline, overseeing maintenance requirements in both materials and credits, and assigning nugget pilots to squadrons.

Here are the acronyms for the types of groups:
Intercept Fighter – IF
Intercept Bomber – IB
Strategic Bomber – SB
Electronic Warfare – EW
Search and Rescue – SR
Patrol/Reconnaissance – PR

BATTLE GROUP
Usually consists of 1 Main Carrier, 2-4 Escorts and a varying number of large Combat/Support Vessels. Use numbers for designation (312th Battle Group). These are commanded by a Rear Admiral who reports to Regional Fleet Commander.

Capital ships designations:
CV = Fleet Carrier
CVE = Escort Carrier
BB = Battleship
CA = Cruiser
CB = Battlecruiser
DD = Destroyer
FF = Frigate
FFL = Frigate Light
K = Corvette
AP = Transport
AOG = Tanker

SQUADRONS
Squadrons are under the command of the Carrier Wing Commander who is stationed on the largest carrier in the Battle Group and reports to the Rear Admiral. The Carrier Wing assigned to the battle group shares the number assigned to the carrier which originates from the first ship in the class (randomly determined), and then subsequent ships are numbered sequentially.

Squadrons are numbered in the order in which they were founded and consist of up to four flights. Typically, each of these flights have six ships, but this number can fluctuate based on availability/need.

The naming of flights was covered in the recap above but here’s a pic to illustrate the entire system. For ease’s sake, I used the first flight naming mechanic suggested above.

So there you have it. While there are still details to flesh out, the framework for a cohesive system feels solid enough for further internal development. Thanks again to everyone for your time and contributions to help flesh this out, especially to Dzur for his contribution and patience explaining these systems to me.

LORE BUILDER is going to on hiatus in lieu of some fantastic new fiction for you to enjoy. I wanted to thank everyone who participated in this series over the past few months. From Murray Cup finalists to Sataball to Pirates to Squadron Numbering, the knowledge and creativity of the community has been incredible to watch.

Please post any final thoughts or comments below.

Until next time …
Hallo und willkommen zur dieswöchigen Ausgabe von Lore Builder, unserem wöchentlichen Beitrag, in dem wir mit Ihnen, der Gemeinschaft, über Aspekte des Star Citizen-Universums sprechen. Wie immer lesen Sie bitte die erste Ausgabe der Vorbehalte und Links zu Hintergrundmaterial, um zu sehen, was bereits etabliert ist.

RECAP
In den letzten Wochen haben wir mit der Geschwadernummerierung herumgespielt. Dieses Thema hat sich zu einer Untersuchung darüber ausgeweitet, wie die Marine selbst organisiert ist und welche Nummerierungssysteme beteiligt sind.

Es gab viele Diskussionen über die Benennung der Flüge innerhalb der Staffel, insbesondere über das Rufzeichen des ranghöchsten Offiziers zur Identifizierung des Fluges. Ich beginne zuzustimmen, dass es sehr verwirrend sein könnte, zu verstehen, wer wer wer ist, besonders wenn Flüge von mehreren Schiffen im selben Kampf sind. Während das Rufzeichen eine eindeutige Kennung sein kann, kann ein Pilot keine zusätzlichen Informationen daraus gewinnen.

Es gab einen Vorschlag, zu einem Farbcodierungssystem zurückzukehren, das großartig wäre, nur um "Rot-Fünf in Bereitschaft" sagen zu können, aber es fühlt sich an, als ob einem die Farben sehr schnell ausgehen würden, wenn das Ihr einziger Indikator wäre.

Deshalb schlage ich zwei Optionen vor:

1. Ähnlich wie der Vorschlag von Homewreaker ist der Flug bekannt als: Geschwader #-Phonetic Alphabet-Schiff #. Das vierte Schiff in der 82. Staffel Charlie Flight wäre also "Charlie-Four", wenn sie nur mit ihrer Staffel auf einer Mission sind, und 82-Charlie-Four, wenn es eine große Mehrgeschwader-Schlägerei ist.

2. Im Grunde das gleiche System, aber mit Farben statt des phonetischen Alphabets, also anstelle von "Charlie-Four" "Gold-Four" oder "82-Gold-Four".

Werfen wir einen Blick auf eine abschließende Darstellung der gesamten Struktur, wie sie derzeit vorliegt:

UEE NAVY NUMMERIERUNG & ORGANISATION
Hier ist der Ablauf des Befehls sowie die Struktur-/Namenskonventionen für jede Ebene der Marine.

IMPERATOR
Leiter der UEE.

H.C. LEGATUS NAVIUM (OBERKOMMANDO)
Das ranghöchste Mitglied der Marine und vertritt die Niederlassung in der Regierung. Er oder sie diktiert die Politik mehr als die operative Kontrolle.

GRAND ADMIRAL
Ein Vorsitzender und die Generalstabschefs wurden alle zu einer einzigen Person zusammengefasst, aber auch mit der gesamten operativen Autorität.

WICHTIGSTE FLOTTEN
Benannt nach den Konstellationen der Erde, wird jede Flotte von einem Admiral befehligt, der dem Großadmiral unterstellt ist.

REGIONALER FLOTTENCHEF
Vizeadmiral, der die Flottenaktivitäten in bestimmten Regionen des Einsatzgebiets der Großflotte überwacht. Benannt nach den Wahrzeichen des Universums (z.B. Gamma-Region, Erdflotte).

FACHGRUPPEN
Berichte an den Flottenadmiral; hier würde sich der Gruppenführer (Vizeadmiral) aller Geschwader von Kämpfern aufhalten, die Ausbildungspipeline kontrollieren, den Wartungsbedarf in Material und Krediten überwachen und Nugget-Piloten den Geschwadern zuweisen.

Hier sind die Akronyme für die Arten von Gruppen:
Abfangjäger - IF
Abfangjäger - IB
Strategischer Bomber - SB
Elektronische Kriegsführung - EW
Suche und Rettung - SR
Patrouille/Aufklärung - PR

BATTLE GROUP
Besteht in der Regel aus 1 Hauptschiff, 2-4 Escorts und einer unterschiedlichen Anzahl von großen Kampf- und Unterstützungsschiffen. Verwenden Sie Zahlen für die Bezeichnung (312th Battle Group). Diese werden von einem Rear Admiral befohlen, der dem Regional Fleet Commander unterstellt ist.

Großschiffe Bezeichnungen:
CV = Flottenbetreiber
CVE = Escort Carrier (Begleitperson)
BB = Schlachtschiff
CA = Kreuzer
CB = Kampfkreuzer
DD = Zerstörer
FF = Fregatte
FFL = Fregattenlicht
K = Korvette
AP = Transport
AOG = Tankwagen

SCHWERTTRÄGER
Die Geschwader stehen unter dem Kommando des Carrier Wing Commander, der auf dem größten Träger der Battle Group stationiert ist und dem Rear Admiral untersteht. Der der Kampfgruppe zugeordnete Trägerflügel teilt sich die dem Träger zugeordnete Nummer, die vom ersten Schiff der Klasse stammt (zufällig bestimmt), und dann werden nachfolgende Schiffe fortlaufend nummeriert.

Die Geschwader sind in der Reihenfolge ihrer Gründung nummeriert und bestehen aus bis zu vier Flügen. Normalerweise hat jeder dieser Flüge sechs Schiffe, aber diese Anzahl kann je nach Verfügbarkeit/Bedarf schwanken.

Die Benennung der Flüge wurde in der obigen Zusammenfassung behandelt, aber hier ist ein Bild zur Veranschaulichung des gesamten Systems. Der Einfachheit halber habe ich den ersten Flugbenennungsmechanismus verwendet, der oben vorgeschlagen wurde.

So, da haben Sie es. Während es noch Details zu konkretisieren gibt, fühlt sich der Rahmen für ein kohärentes System solide genug für die weitere innere Entwicklung an. Nochmals vielen Dank an alle für Ihre Zeit und Ihre Beiträge, um dies zu konkretisieren, besonders an Dzur für seinen Beitrag und seine Geduld, die mir diese Systeme erklärt haben.

LORE BUILDER wird in die Pause gehen, anstatt einer fantastischen neuen Fiktion, die du genießen kannst. Ich wollte mich bei allen bedanken, die in den letzten Monaten an dieser Serie teilgenommen haben. Von den Finalisten des Murray Cup über Sataball, Piraten bis hin zur Geschwadernummerierung - das Wissen und die Kreativität der Community war unglaublich.

Bitte schreibe unten alle abschließenden Gedanken oder Kommentare.

Bis zum nächsten Mal.....
Hello and welcome to this week’s installment of Lore Builder, our weekly feature where we talk out aspects of the Star Citizen universe with you, the community. As always, please consult the first issue for the caveats and links to background material to see what’s already been established.

RECAP
For the past few weeks, we have been playing around with Squadron Numbering. That topic has expanded into an exploration into how the Navy itself is organized and the numbering systems involved.

There was a lot of discussion regarding the naming of the flights within the squadron, specifically using the callsign of the ranking officer to identify the flight. I’m starting to agree that it might be very confusing to understand who is who, particularly when flights from multiple ships are in the same battle. While the callsign might be a unique identifier, a pilot can glean no additional information from it.

There was a suggestion to go back to a color-coding system, which would be awesome just to be able to say “Red-Five standing by,” but it feels like you would run out of colors very quickly if that was your only indicator.

Therefore, I suggest two options:

1. Similar to Homewreaker’s suggestion, the flight is known as: Squadron #-Phonetic Alphabet-Ship #. So the fourth ship in 82nd Squadron Charlie Flight would be “Charlie-Four” if they’re on a mission with just their squadron and 82-Charlie-Four if it’s a big multi-squadron brawl.

2. Basically the same system but with colors instead of the Phonetic Alphabet, so instead of “Charlie-Four” it would be “Gold-Four” or “82-Gold-Four.”

Let’s take a look at a final write-up of the complete structure as it currently stands:

UEE NAVY NUMBERING & ORGANIZATION
Here is the flow of command as well as the structure/naming conventions for each level of the Navy.

IMPERATOR
Head of the UEE.

H.C. LEGATUS NAVIUM (HIGH COMMAND)
The highest ranking member of the Navy and represents the branch in the government. He or she dictates policy more than operational control.

GRAND ADMIRAL
A chairman and the joint chiefs all rolled into a single person, but with overall operational authority as well.

MAJOR FLEETS
Named after Earth’s constellations, each fleet is commanded by an Admiral, who reports to the Grand Admiral.

REGIONAL FLEET COMMANDER
Vice Admiral who oversees Fleet activity in specific regions of the Major Fleet’s Area of Operation. Named after universe landmarks (i.e. Gamma Region, Earth Fleet).

SPECIALTY GROUPS
Reports to Fleet Admiral; this is where the Group Commander (Vice Admiral) of all squadrons of Fighters would reside, controlling the training pipeline, overseeing maintenance requirements in both materials and credits, and assigning nugget pilots to squadrons.

Here are the acronyms for the types of groups:
Intercept Fighter – IF
Intercept Bomber – IB
Strategic Bomber – SB
Electronic Warfare – EW
Search and Rescue – SR
Patrol/Reconnaissance – PR

BATTLE GROUP
Usually consists of 1 Main Carrier, 2-4 Escorts and a varying number of large Combat/Support Vessels. Use numbers for designation (312th Battle Group). These are commanded by a Rear Admiral who reports to Regional Fleet Commander.

Capital ships designations:
CV = Fleet Carrier
CVE = Escort Carrier
BB = Battleship
CA = Cruiser
CB = Battlecruiser
DD = Destroyer
FF = Frigate
FFL = Frigate Light
K = Corvette
AP = Transport
AOG = Tanker

SQUADRONS
Squadrons are under the command of the Carrier Wing Commander who is stationed on the largest carrier in the Battle Group and reports to the Rear Admiral. The Carrier Wing assigned to the battle group shares the number assigned to the carrier which originates from the first ship in the class (randomly determined), and then subsequent ships are numbered sequentially.

Squadrons are numbered in the order in which they were founded and consist of up to four flights. Typically, each of these flights have six ships, but this number can fluctuate based on availability/need.

The naming of flights was covered in the recap above but here’s a pic to illustrate the entire system. For ease’s sake, I used the first flight naming mechanic suggested above.

So there you have it. While there are still details to flesh out, the framework for a cohesive system feels solid enough for further internal development. Thanks again to everyone for your time and contributions to help flesh this out, especially to Dzur for his contribution and patience explaining these systems to me.

LORE BUILDER is going to on hiatus in lieu of some fantastic new fiction for you to enjoy. I wanted to thank everyone who participated in this series over the past few months. From Murray Cup finalists to Sataball to Pirates to Squadron Numbering, the knowledge and creativity of the community has been incredible to watch.

Please post any final thoughts or comments below.

Until next time …

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