523rd basics and use in War Rocket

Typical Class II and Class I ships of the 523rd.

The 523rd is a much smaller force in the Galacteer fleet consisting of three flight surveillance teams and a command team. Each flight surveillance team has two Class II Supernova ships with stripped down weaponry to make space for sensory and data-gathering equipment (which, itself, was stripped out of the sensor pods to make space for torpedo targeting systems). Three Class I Comets serve as escort for each flight.

The command flight consist of a Class III Pulsar serving as a command post, and two Supernovas and three Comet as escort, for a total of 21 ships. The force is commonly attached to fleets in active theaters and rarely sees any downtime. Though Captain Sagan is in command, he likes to “get his hands dirty” and will usually pilot a Supernova in one of the surveillance flights rather than stay in the backyard with the Pulsar.

In wartime, the 523rd is responsible for seeking out the enemy beyond the usual combat space patrols with standing orders to find the enemy, observe and report movements, and beat a hasty retreat. Though listed as a surveillance/scout squadron, Rip Sagan has a reputation shirking orders and taking his flights directly into combat once the enemy is found. Galacteer combat units usually only arrive after they hear the battle chatter from Sagan’s pilots. Sometimes, fleet command sends a combat unit to “escort” the scout teams.

Though known as “Sagan’s Scouts,” the fleet jokingly refers to the 523rd as “Sagan’s Sideshow” since the unit always seems to want to put on a little bit of entertainment before the main show begins.

Captain Sagan insists the 523rd IS the main show.

523rd Surveillance Squadron (for playing War Rocket/entire force: 21 ships, 330 pts)

Surveillance flight 1 (77 pts)
Class I x 3 (30 pts)
Class II x 2, with torpedoes, low tech weapons, one w/Cpt. Sagan (Gallant Cpt.) (47 pts)

Surveillance flight 2 (71 pts)
Class I x 3 (30 pts)
Class II x 2, with torpedoes, low tech weapons, crack pilots (41 pts)

Surveillance flight 3 (71 pts)
Class I x 3 (30 pts)
Class II x 2, with torpedoes, low tech weapons, crack pilots (41 pts)

Command flight (111 pts)
Class I x 3 (30 pts)
Class II x 2 with torpedoes, low tech weapons, crack pilots (41 pts)
Class III with force field, torpedo and atomic engineer (40 pts)