Wow, thanks for the quick and detailed response. :) Yeah, I can see your reasoning, and how if the TacFleet/StratFleet distinction was retained,it would probably deal more with operational deployments and demands than specific ship types. Are the color-coded squadrons composed of multiple ship types, like the CFMF carrier task forces? (And do you know where I could find a copy of this tech readout? It sounds like fascinating reading, even if it's no longer canon.)

>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.

That would make sense; there's lots of precedent, both in UF and throughout military SF, for local star-system defense fleets. And it also tracks for the WDF being available to reinforce the ZCDF if needed.

Thanks again.