Birthing Fleet

A Birthing Fleet (sometimes called "implantation fleet") is a fleet of Mycon Podships which usually escort a Deep Child to the planet where the Deep Child will implant itself.

The entire Mycon Sphere of Influence moves toward Organon when directed to implant a Deep Child beneath the crust of Organon I, however the actual Birthing Fleet is less sizable (though still a significant fraction of the entire Mycon armada). In the other known instance of the shattering of a world, the shattering of Syra, the Deep Child was not accompanied by a Birthing Fleet, perhaps because of the Syreen Space Patrol in orbit.

The birthing ceremony, as observed by Syreen forces during the ambush at Organon, required the Podships to break combat formation and disperse around the planet, not leaving their positions even if attacked; presumably, the next step was launching the Deep Child on its "birthing trip", though the sudden attack of the Syreen forces abruptly ended the ceremony at that point.