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12. "RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences?"
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   >>This is a question I've been pondering for awhile now.
>>
>>I speculate that TacFleet is mostly
>>destroyers, cruisers, and battlecruisers, and is primarily involved
>>with patrols and acting as a quick-reaction force, while StratFleet is
>>mostly battleships and carriers, and represents the WDF Navy's "mailed
>>fist," as it were.
>
>That was more or less the way it seemed to me when I put together the
>ancient WDF tech readout, but more recently it's occurred to me that I
>kind of had it backward. It strikes me that long-range, long-term
>activities like patrolling are more strategic than tactical, and
>conversely, the big ships with instantaneous spacefold drive, with
>their capacity for nearly instant response, are more inherently
>tactical. In practice, I doubt the distinction even works
>operationally, which is why more recent works (such as the last scene
>in Second Chances Are Illogical) refer to color-coded
>squadrons.
>
>>Also, speaking of clouded issues, is the WDF responsible for Zeta
>>Cygni's defense? (...) I know the WDF isn't
>>Zeta Cygni's national military (although I suspect a number of
>>in-universe political observers might view that as a flimsy legal
>>fiction), but (...) it would seem only logical.
>
>There is a separate and official Zeta Cygni Defense Force, but it's
>much smaller and geared mainly toward domestic tasks like patrolling
>the Sphere, customs enforcement, and whatnot. The WDF is under
>contract to do the heavy lifting, as it were.
>
>--G.
>-><-

Sounds like the Difference between the US Navy and the US Coast Guard. Different sphere's of influence that fill two vastly different needs with little overlap. WDF (NAVY) takes care of national defense and all that it entails, while ZCDF (USCG) takes care of inter-sphere security, safety boardings (inport and underway), and regulation enforcement and if necessary civil defense.

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   RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-21-12 1
      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Dec-21-12 2
          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? JFerio Dec-21-12 3
              RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-21-12 5
                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Jan-04-13 25
                      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Jan-04-13 26
                          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Jan-04-13 27
                              RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Jan-04-13 28
                                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Jan-04-13 29
                              RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Zox Jan-06-13 30
                                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Jan-07-13 31
          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-21-12 4
              RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? mdg1 Dec-21-12 6
              RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? CdrMike Dec-21-12 7
                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Dec-21-12 8
                      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-21-12 9
                          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Dec-21-12 10
                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-21-12 11
                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Bad Moon Dec-26-12 18
                      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Dec-27-12 19
                          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Bad Moon Dec-28-12 23
                          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? remandeteam Jan-04-13 24
                      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Peter Eng Dec-27-12 20
                      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? CdrMike Dec-28-12 22
     RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? CGWolfgang Dec-23-12 12
          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-23-12 13
          RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Dec-23-12 14
              RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Gryphonadmin Dec-23-12 15
                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? glasswalker Dec-23-12 16
                  RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Phantom Dec-27-12 21
      RE: WDF: Tactical Fleet/Strategic Fleet differences? Peter Eng Dec-26-12 17


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