For those of you military minded folk:
I am planning on running a Spacemaster campaign, where the players are fighter pilots on a fighter tender. I understand that the Tenders are smaller than an actual Carrier (I am guessing even smaller than an escort carrier (but presumably bigger than the warhounds that carry fighters (Aosho, Saladin, Nebula, etc)
How many fighters would a tender carry? I am guessing a squadron of fighters would be about right, seeing as a modern aircraft carrier houses a fighter wing, if my memory serves. Or would it be more like a flight? a truncated squadron?
Any idea on the command structure of a Tender. I have the command structure for a modern carrier, but a tender would have a smaller structure clearly, as a modern carrier has a population if the area of 5000 personnel.
If it might make a difference, I am planning on having it be an ASP group.
Any ideas as to what mix of ships they would have in the squadron?
Any other ideas are welcome.