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Sourcebooks<br />
Silent Death is more<br />
than just a game. It’s a<br />
hobby. ICE will be<br />
coming out with new<br />
products all the time to<br />
support the hobby. The<br />
most basic of these are<br />
the regularly released<br />
sourcebooks.<br />
These books concentrate<br />
on a particular<br />
part of the Silent Death<br />
universe in more detail<br />
than was permitted by<br />
the space in this book.<br />
In addition to the<br />
background material,<br />
each sourcebook features<br />
a number of new<br />
ships, including ship<br />
displays for each of<br />
them so that you can<br />
use them in your<br />
games.<br />
126<br />
Starfighter<br />
Organizations<br />
This section details eight different fighter<br />
combat organizations. All are generally of<br />
Wing or Regiment strength, which is the<br />
standard operational force used throughout<br />
Terran space at this time. Larger forces<br />
are rarely used for fear of unintentionally<br />
incurring massive Night Brood attacks<br />
from nearby Clutchworlds.<br />
Force Hierarchy<br />
The normal, full-strength hierarchy of<br />
fighter organizations is displayed below:<br />
• Single: an individual fighter or small<br />
gunboat.<br />
• Element: 2 single combat craft.<br />
• Flight: 2–4 elements. Total of 4–8 vessels.<br />
• Squadron: 2–4 flights. Total of 8–32<br />
vessels.<br />
• Wing/Regiment: 2–4 squadrons. Total<br />
of 16–128 vessels.<br />
• Starfighter Force: 2–10+ wings/regiments.<br />
Total of 32–1280+ vessels.<br />
Combatants<br />
The Warriors<br />
As can be seen from the modest selection<br />
of organizations below, there are many<br />
antagonists in the Silent Death universe.<br />
Some are relatively untested in battle, while<br />
other, elite units have seen extensive action.<br />
Of all of these, the most feared in Terran<br />
history were the Emperor’s.<br />
Since the Empire’s fall, this maxim has<br />
held true. Despite the fact that they have<br />
no Empire to back them up, many formerly<br />
Imperial combat organizations still strike<br />
fear into those that hear their names. Of<br />
those generations that survived the Terran-<br />
Hatchling War, the majority realized that<br />
they knew no other life than that of battle.<br />
Now under their own auspices, they sell<br />
their services as mercenaries to the highest<br />
bidders. Some have been known to lend<br />
themselves to higher causes, but even so,<br />
it costs money to maintain a combat-ready<br />
group. It has to come from somewhere.<br />
The Time<br />
The following sample unit configurations<br />
are fully up to date as of the 1st of the<br />
year 7 AL.
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