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How many space craft would comprise a squadron of escorts for a Capital Ship?

How many for a squadron of fighters and/or bombers?

This is very loose terminology here?
What class ships are we talking? Mars? Imperator? Emperor? What do you define as "Squadron"? What do you define as "Fighters" or "Bombers" 'cause nobody'll give you a straight answer with this level of ambiguity.

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
This is very loose terminology here?
What class ships are we talking? Mars? Imperator? Emperor? What do you define as "Squadron"? What do you define as "Fighters" or "Bombers" 'cause nobody'll give you a straight answer with this level of ambiguity.

Fighters and Bombers are both well-known groups of small ships, as are escorts (generally considered to be Destroyers and/or Frigates).

In Battlefleet Gothic Escort squadrons consist of 2 to 6 ships, so if a ship had 'a' squadron, that's what it'd be.

BFG Fighter and Bomber Squadron counters had 5 and 3 respectively IIRC (And EPIC: Armageddon stats for Space Marine ships gives them 3 Thunderhawks for every Squadron they have in BFG)

The BFG counters or models may have only 2 or 3 each but that is a limitation of physical space and the counter itself represents more.

The Rogue Trader RPG expansion Battlefleet Koronus lists squadron sizes for small craft, though granted this may only apply to that area of space. However it is a rough guide to performance since 1 squadron of fighters is roughly equivalent to another squadron of fighters. This means Eldar Darkstar fighters are superior if they achieve that same equivalence with 12 fighters as opposed to say Chaos raiders that need 30 Swiftdeath fighters to achieve the same.

Squadron sizes (I have omitted the RPG only race of the Rak''Gol):
Imperial Fury interceptor 20
Imperial Starhawk bomber 10
Shark Assault boat 8
Chaos Swiftdeath fighter 30
Chaos Doomfire bomber 15
Chaos Dreadclaw assault boat 15
Eldar Darkstar fighter 12
Eldar Eagle bomber 6
Ork Fighta-bommerz 25
Ork Assault boats 15