Vanguard Fleet

The mainstay of Vanguard Command is the Vanguard Fleet. It is also known by its official name: the Tenth Fleet. It is composed of two hundred seventeen combat-equipped starships, plus about two dozen other science and supply starships, all specifically tasked to defend Federation territory in that front, whether from the Borg, the Dominion, the Furies, or any other major galactic threat which may want to enter Federation space from that area, as well as explore and initiate first contact together with the sector command’s twenty-one non-battle group complement of explorers to any spacefaring civilization that they may come across in the adjacent uncharted space.

Task Force Formations
When the area of space under Vanguard Command jurisdiction is not at Code Red, the Vanguard Fleet is split up into different parts. At Code Yellow, the fleet is divided into its five task force formations: Task Force Invincible with the Invincible-class Fleet Carrier-Battleship USS Invincible as flagship, Task Force Viceroy with the Suzerain-class Fleet Carrier USS Viceroy as flagship, Task Force Regent with the Suzerain-Class Fleet Carrier USS Regent as flagship, Task Force Paladin with the Yamato-class Heavy Battleship USS Paladin as flagship, and Task Force Dauntless with the Yamato-class Heavy Battleship USS Dauntless as flagship. With the exception of Task Force Invincible, which has a total of 67 starships, all task forces boast of 54 starships each. In addition, the Fleet is complemented by a 29-starship exploratory task force led by the Enterprise-E, the 23-starship strong Task Force Provider which provides overall fleet support, the 13-starship strong Station Defense Task Force, and the 55-starship strong Starbase Defense Division, which comprises the starships assigned to defend the other starbases and space stations under Vanguard Command.

The two Yamato-class Heavy Battleships of the fleet, the USS Paladin and USS Dauntless, as well as the two Suzerain-class Fleet Carriers of the fleet, the USS Viceroy and the USS Regent, can serve as secondary flagships of the Fleet whenever the USS Invincible issent out on solitary special missions. All four ships also have full flag facilities.

At Code Blue, battle group is split up into squadrons. Each squadron has an average strength of five ships. These squadrons are led by the flagship classes, the battleship classes, and the heavy cruiser classes. The remaining squadron, which has a strength of four starships, is headed by the medical cruiser class.