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| [[File:Fifth Fleet - H2A.png|thumb|300px|The Home Fleet over [[Earth]]]]
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| In the [[United Nations Space Command]], a '''[[fleet]]''' is a large contingent of [[warship]]s usually assembled and put in charge of defending a specific area of UNSC space. UNSC fleets likely differ in size, as [[Covenant fleet]]s do; for example, the [[Fifth Fleet]] comprised 75 ships.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'' ([[:File:H2A-fleet readout.jpg|Fleet readout]])</ref> Often assigned to defend particular systems or to carry out large-scale campaigns, full fleets seldom patrol together and single ships are commonly seen patrolling throughout UNSC space.<ref name="Reach">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'''</ref>
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| ==Content==
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| Unlike [[Covenant fleet]]s, which are dominated by larger vessels such as [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]] and [[capital ship|capital ship]]s, the backbone of the UNSC fleet consists of [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] and [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. The brass favors this because Covenant ships have better weapons and defenses, thus larger and slower UNSC ships would not have the maneuverability to outrun Covenant weapons; one of few advantages the UNSC had over the Covenant was maneuverability.<ref name="Reach"/>
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| UNSC fleets are often divided into two types: system defense fleets and numbered expeditionary fleets. Defense fleets are assigned to a particular system, though they were considered to be little more than glorified revenue police by many. However, they did provide desperately needed training cadres and battle-ready [[warship]]s to their systems during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The numbered expeditionary fleets traveled to where they were needed from system to system. By late [[2552]], there was no longer any appreciable difference between fleets, as the Navy was no longer capable of conducting offensive operations without leaving the remaining colonies and Earth vulnerable.<ref name="fb9">'''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''', ''Cole Rulebook - page 9''</ref>
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| UNSC fleets are usually commanded by a [[fleet admiral]] or full [[admiral]]. Smaller UNSC ship contingents are called [[battle group]]s. The UNSC commonly use naval jargon and [[rank]]s.
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| ==Known fleets==
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| ===Defense fleets===
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| *[[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]]
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| *[[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]]
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| *[[Bliss Defense Fleet]]
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| ===Expeditionary fleets===
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| *[[Second Fleet]]
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| *[[Third Fleet]]
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| *[[Fifth Fleet]]
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| *[[Seventh Fleet]]
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| *[[Sixteenth Fleet]]
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
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| *''[[The Commissioning]]''
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| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| **''[[Spartan Ops]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| **''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| {{UNSC Naval Fleets}}
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| [[Category:UNSC Navy fleets| ]]
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| [[Category:Fleets]]
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