>If you're refering to the number of ships at Astarte, I believe Reinhard's >fleet numbered 20,000 ships. They faced three Alliance fleets of about >10,000-15,000 ships each. The exact figures should be somewhere in the >dialogue of that first episode. >*** > >Whoops, my recollection was 20,000 in each of the FFP separate fleets, with
>>***>the Brat's twice as large as any.
Rhienhard had 20,000 ships at Astarte. The alliance had three fleets for a total of 40,000 ships. According to the second movie, the fleet directly ahead of Rhienhard had 12,000 ships, the fleet with Jean Rober had 13,000 ships, and the fleet with Yang Wenli had 15,000 ships (Jean Rober and Yang Wenli weren't the commanders of those fleets, just the most significant character in each one).
The TV series implied that each of the three fleets had 13,000 ships and said that Rheinhard was outnumbered 2 to 1.
As for totals: I'd estimate the FPA fleet at 135,000-160,000 and the Imperial fleet at 250,000-320,000 ships after the battle of Astarte. It's easier to estimate the alliance since they end up scraping for more ships. This is also after the Alliance took severe losses in two battles. Also, the series rarely states how many ships are in one of Rheinhard's suburdinate's fleets while Alliance fleets consistently have around 13,000 ships. The Imperial numbers also include any noble "levies".
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