Doshii Jun said:
Why codify this at all? Or, at least, why submit it?
Why not just make the page and be done with it? Avoid the drama and all.
The point is to expand the navy page and provide guidelines for the structure of the Navy. I have been given permission to improve the faction's wiki and make the appropriate changes. Laying out the foundation for the Navy's basic unit seemed a place to start to expand on the NSN.
However, I fail to see why there should be drama in such a simple submission or the NTSE, in general. This is possibly a good point to mention that I have submitted other people's ideas (I will not say whom or which submissions) because they don't want to deal with the "crap in the NTSE" (their phrase). I have no fear of the NTSE or its moderators so I get asked to submit on their behalf. Perhaps a change is required to dispel this image of unfriendliness in the NTSE?
To return to the submission,
Nepleslia is not Yamatai. I see no reason why Nepleslian squadrons ought to be 3-4 ships. It provides no tactical flexibility in the basic unit of each Fleet. Nor is it in keeping with tradition.
There is no hostility, Kyle. It is how I write all of my academic work. This is simply an exercise in rhetoric and argument. So when someone points me to an "accepted definition" to challenge my conclusion, it is only natural to make a counterargument by citing evidence, providing analysis in support of and restating said conclusion. It is a basic form of argument.
For example.
I really think you should stick to the accepted definition of it (3-4 ships) or use your own fictional term.
I shall now draw upon some current naval squadrons for support since existing fictional ones are less persuasive. Though, I will admit that they are not as varied in warship type than how I use them in Nepleslia (and how I use them is different from existing Fleets; but as always, Fleet composition and organization is the prerogative of each Fleet commander)
185 Squadron of the RSN (6 Frigates)
DESRON One - 5 warships
DESRON 7 - 6 warships
DESRON 23 - 9 warships
Whether we judge by my home country's standard, or the US Navy's, 6-12 warships per squadron for Nepleslia is fairly acceptable as a guideline. 50 is a bit crazy but I didn't write those.
As for fighters, this is a science fiction setting where a fleet can be a thousand warships. I'm the only user of Nepleslian starfighter squadrons at the moment since MoonMan does not feature them in his plot. This is the optimal organization I have reached to support 6-12 warships since a single warship such as the Atlas can fit 24 fighters if its power armor bay is removed. A Blackjack Cruiser can hold 40. A squadron of 3 Blackjacks and 3 Atlases could hold 192 starfighters between them. That would be 6 squadrons of 32. Exactly. 3 Cruisers, 3 Escorts, 192 fighters. That is a fairly balanced fighting unit, no?
There is no international standard for what constitutes a squadron on SARP. So, I fail to see why Nepleslia should conform to one definition when it is one of the most non-comformist factions in the setting. This is my proposed definition of a "standard" Nepleslian squadron, with enough caveats to let any future submissions tweak the numbers to their liking.