Carrier

Capital Ship Combatants			Escort Combatants			Military Smallcraft				Support Ships
Battleship	Cruiser	Carrier	Destroyer	Escort	Frigate	System Defense Boat	Fighter	Assault Transport	Smallcraft	Auxiliaries

Commercial Mercantile Ships			Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships		Non-Commercial Ships			Civilian Smallcraft	Highports & Satellites
Merchant	Liner	Transport	Commercial Industrial	Commercial Ships	General	Research	Private	Auxiliary	Orbital Complexes	Satellites

Carriers are designed to carry large numbers of small combat craft (under 100 tons), which in turn attack the enemy’s combatants or world surfaces.

Imperial Carrier Classes

• Heavy Carrier (VH):
  • VH-13: Very large carrier designed to serve as a force flagship, carrying a large suite of defensive weaponry. Due to its size, cost, and complexity, they were not considered effective units. The smaller carriers are favored due to cost effectiveness and tactical flexibility.

• Fleet Carrier (VF):
  • VF-11: The massive VF-11 was produced to provide support for the vast numbers of fighters that fleet tactics required. The size and design of the VF-11 call for an independent refueling tanker, the TV-11.
  • VF-12: The technological development of the VF-11 into the VF-12 also called for a similar tanker, but rather than design a new vessel, the TV-11 was used without change.

• Strike Carrier (VS):
  • VS-13/-15: The VS-13/-15 series is a new line of carriers designed independent of the VF-11/-12 series.

• Light Carrier (VL)
  • VL-15: The higher-tech trend is to smaller carriers. The VL-15 light carrier

• Pocket Carrier (VP)
  • VP-15: Even smaller than the light carriers is the VP-15 pocket carrier continuing the higher-tech trend to smaller, more inexpensive vessels.

• Assault Carrier (VA)
  • VA-14: These Carriers carry assault landers and other craft whose missions are focused on ground assault mission, rather then fighters. These vessels usually carry large numbers of troops.

Fleet Tenders

Fleet tender is a generic term used for ships carrying combat oriented spaceships. There are two major type of tenders. The first type are those designed to carry large warships, such as battle riders. The other tender type carries SDBs and/of fighters, but lack the large weapon systems organic to carriers. While this makes them much cheaper to build, man, and operate, it also makes them much more vulnerable.

• Battle Tender (VB): Battle Tenders are used to transport Battle Rider platforms (200,000-1,000,000 Tons)
• Cruiser Tender (VC): Cruiser Tenders are used to transport cruiser, and smaller size combatants. (30,000-750,000 Tons)
• Escort Tender (VE): These tenders are small, escort-sized, vessels that carry non-starships, usually SDBs, to aid in defense of merchant vessels or squadrons of auxiliary vessels such as TankRons.
• Interdiction Tender (VI): These tenders are also small, escort-sized, vessels that carry non-starships, such as SDBs, and, as their name implies, guard interdicted planets. Although the role may be filled with an escort tender, interdiction tenders tend to have larger storage, and more extensive repair facilities. They are expected to act somewhat independently for long durations and have a much wider mission footprint, involving policing, customs, search and rescue, and other non-combat tasks.

Heavy Carrier (VH) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Tonnge	Jump
13	Midway Class Heavy Carrier	400,000	J-4

Strike Carrier (VS) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Tonnage	Jump
15	Liaoning Class Strike Carrier	65,000	J-4

Assault Carrier (VA) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Size	Jump
14	Template:Solomani Razruzhenye Class Assault Carrier	20,000 tons	J-4

Light Carrier (VL) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Size	Jump
15	Dauntless Class Light Carrier	60,000 tons	J-4

Pocket Carrier (VP) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Size	Jump
13	Template:Solomani Kosigar Class Pocket Carrier	4,000 tons	J-3

Battle Tender (VB) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Tonnage	Jump
15	Olympica Class Battle Tender	300,000	J-4
13	Shinar Class Fleet Tender	1,000,000	J-4
11	Template:Marlheim Jossto Class	350,000	J-2
11	Sword Worlds Sword of Vengence Class Battle Tender	99,000	J-1

Escort Tender (VE) Classes

Tech Level	Class	Tonnage	Jump
15	Valiant Guardian Class Fleet Tender	100,000	J-5
14	Bullfrog Class Escort Tender	7,000	J-1
12	Ushran Avenger Class Escort Carrier	8,200	J-3
12	Gvurrnakhth Class Escort Carrier	5,000	J-2

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