Barge

Line Combatants (Primary - Capital)				Escort Combatants (Secondary - Subcapital)				Military Auxiliary (Tertiary)
B- Battleship	C- Cruiser	O- Ortillery	V- Carrier	D- Destroyer	E- Escort	F- Fighter	H- Defense/Security	I- Combat Transport	Q- Combat Support	S- Scout	U- Utility	X- Commo	Z- Special

Mercantile Commercial Ships (Trade & Profit)				Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships (Industry & Profit)					Non-Commercial Ships (Nonprofit)			System Craft (Intrastellar)
A- Tramp	M- Freighter	R- Liner	T- Transport	G- Industrial	J- Prospector	K- Expedition	P- Corsair	U- Utility	L- Science	N- Medical	Y- Private	WB- Barge	WA- Satellite	WO- Space Station

A WB-class Barge is a non-FTL boat, typically a kind of Bigcraft although smallcraft barges also exist.

• The commonality for this grouping is a lack of a jump drive or FTL capability.
• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
• It is a ship supraclass.

Library Data Referral Tree

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:

• Starship User Types
  • Civilian Ship
  • Military Ship
  • Non-Commercial Vessel
  • Paramilitary Ship

• Advanced Ship Classifications
  • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
  • Ship Type Code / Superclass
  • Ship Class Code / Class
  • Model (TL)
  • Bloc (Lot)

• Basic Ship Classifications
  • Adventure Class Ship
  • Battle Class Ship
  • Capital Ship
  • Fleet Class Ship
  • Size-Role Classification
  • Subcapital Ship
  • QSP
  • USP
  • World Class Ship

• Ships by Function
  • Bigcraft
  • Boat
  • Capital Ship
  • Largecraft
  • Non-starship
  • Smallcraft
  • Spaceplane
  • Spaceship
  • Starship
  • Subcapital Ship
  • Subcraft
  • System Craft
  • Warship

Speed of Travel

• Astronomical Unit (AU)
• FTL
• Light Speed (c)
• Light-week (lw)
• Light-year (ly)
• NAFAL (STL)
• Parsec (pc)

Description (Specifications)

Barges are system craft, boats designed to range a star system performing useful work. Some barges are used as subcraft off a tender, while many are based out of highports or space stations. Some perform ferry duties from a mainworld to a mining or farming colony on a non-mainworld planet. Jump ferries and shuttles are not included in this category. Barges were once historically categorized as towed vessels lacking independent propulsion, but contempory barges in Charted Space are almost always equipped with maneuver drives or other forms of propulsion.

Image Repository

1. A Congo class Cargo Barge in side view.
   
2. An Omicron class Heavy Lander in side view.
   
3. A Rysos class Battle Barge in side view.
   
4. An Elysium class Passenger Barge in side view.
   
5. A Colossus class Heavy Lander in side view.
   
6. A Bluestone class Cargo Barge in side view.
   

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

No information yet available.

Supraclass Roles

Barges typically serve the following roles:
Bigcraft & Smallcraft:

1. Assault Transport (WBI)
2. Barge (WB) (Namesake)
3. Battle Barge (WBG)
4. Cargo Barge (WBC)
5. Combat Barge (WBG)
6. Combat Support Barge (WBQ)
7. Combat Transport Barge (WBI)
8. Infantry Barge (WBI)
9. Landing Transport (WBC)
10. Passenger Barge (WBP)
11. Portable Repair Dock (WBG)
12. Troop Transport (WBI)

Civilian Subcraft

Civilian subcraft (...both smallcraft and bigcraft) are carried by some of these vessels:

1. Barge (WB)
2. Utility Craft (U)

Supraclass Archetypal Roles

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

W-class Barge Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
Barge	WB	Colossus class Heavy Lander	None W = World Craft, System Craft, etc. B = Barge
Cargo Barge	WBC	Congo class Cargo Barge	None C = Cargo
Battle Barge	WBG	Rysos class Battle Barge	None G = Gunned
Combat Transport Barge	WBI	TBD class Barge	None I = Infantry Lander
Passenger Barge	WBP	Elysium class Passenger Barge	None P = Passenger
Combat Support Barge	WBQ	TBD class Barge	None Q = Combat Support
NOTES: There is semantic overlap between many of the classes and codes. Some codes organize by mission or capability, others by size and tonnage, and yet others by other characteristics.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Merchant Ship - Barge:

1. Type WB class Barge
   1. TBD class Barge

Ship Summary List

Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role or these roles include:

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