MIDDLE AESTIMATES

BB: 1 verified (Port Wrath, Golgenna Reach, fleet flagship), 1 unverified (Kulth), 1 non-warpcapable (Scintilla). The Calixis Sector has never had many battleships. There may be as little as one warp-capable hull of this class; and a the sector flagship it's unlikely to suddenly appear at the front.

BC: 17 (half at Porth Wrath, the other half in the Malfian and Markayn subs). The good: this is what passes for battleships out here on the rim. The bad: They are fast, deadly and there are more than enough of them!

CG: 5. Analysts are having trouble coming up with a credible aestimate for grand cruisers; it looks like there aren't very many (possibly none at all!).

CA: 50. Divided into 8-10 battle squadrons. Another result of Calixis' relative lack of heavy ships is an overabundance of heavy cruisers - and those cruisers are oten pushed into the role of the ship-of-the-line, a taks they are not quite qualified for.

CL: 30. Squadrons of 2-3 CLs and FFs are making life hard for the raiders. Other CLs fill fleet scouting roles.

FF: 30. Squadrons of 2-3 CLs and FFs are making life hard for the raiders. Other FFs are tasked with convoy protection and long-range scouting.

DD: 100. Analysts are having a difficult time pinning down the number of tin-cans. They are, however, of little concern to the main fleet.

System defence fleets not accounted for (can be considerable).

Lesser craft not accounted for.

LOW AESTIMATES

Numbers could be 30%-50% lower: Some previously Calixian ships have been reported in Finial, probably reassigned by Segmentum command, so there is reason to belive the above numbers are a bit high. It should also be remembered that the Calixian still have the renegades/orks of the Spinward Front to contend with. Plus there are rumours of the Screaming Vortex opening. The Calixis sector also borders the halo Stars and they have to contend with all manner of other xenos threaths.

HIGH AESTIMATES

Fleet aestimates have turned out to be too low during the whole Crusade; it may be that the basic assumptions are too low. Also the Calixis sector has had considerable time to prepare and may have had time for native production to be geared up (for the lesser ship types at least). The possibility of reinforcements from Scarus and Ixanid sectors, plus internal consolidation (i.e. abandoning less important fronts and systems). Major ship up to 50% more, lesser vessels (CL and smaller) up to 100% more.