- Cmdr DaeFaron
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Posted by: MegaMuffin16
In Crow's Nest, Commander Keyes tells us that Truth destroyed what was left of Earth's fleet. Not only that, but Lord Hood told us "I only have a handful of ships, it's a big risk". So it's not surprising that only three frigates survived to fight the Keyship at the portal.
Actually, frigates are the only ship that could be in atmosphere and still have combat capabilties. Seeing as the 300 super macs completely surrounded the planet, there was probably several more ships left. Due to the risk, they kept to atmospheric ships (pulling frigates, which operate in three's normally, makes sense.) If those three frigates were all that's left, then why did they even mention "We'll make our stand here?" Even then, at that point the Elite's had their ships. Why take your ships into combat when you have more advanced ones going "Hey, we'll do the fighting!"
So yes, the home fleet may have been gutted, but having only three frigates is unlikely IMO.