Spacecraft

There seems to be no single dominant design of spacecraft operated by the Horde. This is due to the fact that all of the ships have been stolen from the civilisations which they have plundered. A few significant facts can be set forth, however. The first is that the fleet is divided up into 2 groups: the warships in Earth orbit, and the remainder in Jovian orbit, where it is presumed that the majority of the Horde population lives (including the women and children). The smallest ships seem to be suborbital craft with no FTL capability; it is apparently standard procedure not to allow warp drives into the combat zone for fear of their capture. Hordian spacecraft have their controls modified to be quite simple, owing to the lack of technical expertise prevalent in the warrior class.

Each of the large warships have a retinue of smaller ships. Approximately twenty of these ships are in geosynchronous orbit around Earth. All of them are of substantial size. They apparently function as barracks and mass transport between earth and Jupiter orbit Mother ships. Atmospheric shuttles are mostly cargo area and engines. These ships are used for raiding, mass troop transport and shipping.