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Civilian Ships conduct trade, tourism, and a variety of non-violent ends. They tend to be under private ownership and rarely carry more than light armament for self defense purposes.

  • Civilian ships typically mount "basic" grade sensors.

Please refer to the following AAB library data for more information:

Description (Specifications)

This page primarily covers Imperial ships and those ships that frequent the Imperial Fringe. Civilian ships are typically interstellar trade vessels, often owned by private captains. The vast majority of civilian ships are intended for interstellar economic activity.

General Ship Types

Some ship types widely used within Charted Space include:

  1. Trader (A)
  2. Freighter (F)
  3. Prospector (J)
  4. Touring Ship (K)
  5. Lab Ship (L)
  6. Liner/Jumpliner (M)
  7. Smallcraft
  8. Surveyor (N)
  9. Merchant (R)
  10. Transport/Tender (T)
  11. Packet (U)
  12. Barge (W)
  13. Express (X)
  14. Yacht (Y)
  15. Unclassified (Z)

Selected Ship Types

Some ship types widely used within Charted Space include:

  1. Type A class Free Trader
    1. Basil class Merchant
    2. Beowulf class Free Trader
    3. Hero class Far Trader
    4. Moraine class Free Trader
    5. Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader
    6. Ronkli class Combat Transport
    7. Type SA class Free Trader
    8. Type VA class Trader [1]
      1. Type A1 class Far Trader
        1. Type A2 class Far Trader
        2. Eakhau class Trader [2]
        3. Empress Marava class Far Trader
        4. Garu class Far Trader
        5. Hero class Far Trader
        6. Jayhawk class Far Trader
        7. Prince Ferren class Far Trader
      2. Type A2L class Far Trader
      3. Type A3 class Fast Trader AKA Type A3 class Far Trader
    9. Fat Cat class Far Trader
      1. Type A3L class Far Trader
      2. Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader
    10. Type AA class Armored Merchant
      1. Star class Armored Merchant
  2. Type AHI class Heavy Merchant
    1. Hercules class Heavy Merchant
  3. Type AS class Secure Trader
  4. Type AT class Freighter
  5. Type CT class Cargo Carrier
  6. Type FT class Frontier Transport
  7. Type HT class Bounty Hunter
    1. Chiron class Hunter
    2. Huntress class Bounty Hunter
  8. Type J class Seeker AKA Type J class Prospector
    1. Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor
    2. Kteiroa class Seeker [3]
    3. Type VJ class Seeker [4]
  9. Type K class Hunter Ship [5]
    1. Animal class Free Trader [6]
    2. Animal class Liner [7]
    3. Animal class Safari Ship [8]
    4. Animal class Survey Vessel [9]
    5. Animal class Yacht [10]
    6. Huntress class Bounty Hunter
    7. Nimrod class Safari Ship
    8. Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship [11]
    9. Safari-234 class Touring Ship [12]
  10. Type KAL class Light Trader
  11. Type L class Laboratory ship
    1. Calipso class Laboratory Ship
    2. Ciri class Laboratory Ship
    3. Hkiyrerao class Researcher [13]
    4. Kugashin class Laboratory Ship
    5. Kurgilash class Medical Scout
    6. Lavalier class Laboratory Ship
  12. Type LAF class Large Armed Freighter
  13. Type M class Subsidized Liner
    1. Condor class Subsidized Liner
    2. Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner
    3. Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant [14]
    4. Stellar class Subsidized Liner
  14. Type MN class Merchant
    1. Maorin Junker class Merchant
  15. Type R class Subsidized Merchant AKA Fat Trader AKA Subsidized Merchant
    1. Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
    2. Gyro Cadis class Subsidized Merchant
    3. March class Subsidized Merchant
  16. Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
    1. Athelstan class Merchant
    2. Khtukhao class Clan Transport [15]
    3. Petty class Subsidized Merchant
  17. Type RAX class Protected Merchant
  18. Type RX class Merchant Trader
  19. Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
  20. Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
  21. Type RQ class Subsidized Merchant
  22. Type RT class Longliner AKA Type RT class Freighter AKA Type RT class Long Range Liner
  23. Type SA class Free Trader [16]
    1. Sundowner class Fleet Courier
  24. Type T class Transport/Tender
    1. Type TC class Common Transport
    2. Type TI class Frontier Merchant AKA Type TI class Frontier Transport
    3. Type TJ class Frontier Merchant AKA Type TJ class Frontier Transport
  25. Type Y class Yacht
    1. Condor class Racing Yacht
    2. DeVass class Private Starship
    3. Harmonious Repose class Yacht
    4. Herald class Expeditionary Yacht
    5. Iinen class Yacht
    6. Kundeai class Yacht
    7. Lady Charlotte class Yacht
    8. Lady of Shalott class Yacht
    9. Lord Baltimore class Yacht
    10. Prancing Poni class Charter Yacht
    11. Starjammer class Yacht
    12. Stiletto class Yacht
    13. Vanderbilt class Yacht
    14. Wanderer class Yacht
  26. Type Y2 class Yacht
    1. Herald class Expeditionary Yacht

Selected Ship Classes

Some ship classes widely used within Charted Space include:

  1. Aoa'iw class Light Trader [17]
  2. Adam Smith class Free Trader
  3. Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
  4. Animal class Safari Ship
  5. Annic Nova class Far Trader
  6. Annililik class Fast Freighter
  7. Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor
  8. Astral Splendour class Luxury Liner
  9. Athelstan class Merchant
  10. Atlas class Freighter
  11. Aurora class Clipper
  12. Balaanii class Merchant Freighter
  13. Bastien class Liner
  14. Beowulf class Free Trader
  15. Birdsong class Container Ship
  16. Bloodwell class Merchant
  17. Bright Conclave class High Liner
  18. Brilliance class Long Liner [18]
  19. Brilliant Gem class Cruise Liner
  20. Calipso class Laboratory Ship
  21. Chiron class Hunter
  22. Colresh class Subsidized Merchant
  23. Condor class Racing yacht
  24. Condor class Subsidized Liner
  25. Congo class Cargo Barge
  26. Dafrenzo class Long Trader
  27. Dakaar class Freighter
  28. DeVass Class Private Starship
  29. Diamond class Modular Cutter
  30. Discovery class Lab Ship
  31. Eakhau class Trader [19]
  32. Earth Mail class Tender
  33. Empress Marava class Far Trader
  34. Fat Cat class Far Trader
  35. Fortune class Starship
  36. Galoof class Megafreighter
  37. Garu class Far Trader
  38. Grand Slam class Trader
  39. Group III class Clipper
  40. Guardian class Runabout
  41. Gyro Cadis class Subsidized Merchant
  42. GX class III Modular Cutter
  43. Hammer class Merchant
  44. Harmonious Repose class Yacht
  45. Herald class Expeditionary Yacht
  46. Hercules class Bulk Carrier
  47. Hercules class Cargo Transport
  48. Hercules class Heavy Freighter
  49. Hercules class Heavy Merchant
  50. Hero class Private Merchant AKA Hero class Far Trader
  51. Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor
  52. Hkiyrerao class Researcher [20]
  53. Huntress class Bounty Hunter
  54. Jayhawk class Far Trader
  55. Jump Shuttle
  56. Karl Marx class Heavy Far Trader
  57. Khazad class Seeker
  58. Khoghue class Armed Junker
  59. Khtukhao class Clan Transport [21]
  60. King Richard class Interstellar Liner
  61. Kteiroa class Seeker [22]
  62. Kugashin class Lab Ship
  63. Kundeai class Yacht
  64. Kurgilash class Medical Scout
  65. Lady Charlotte class Yacht
  66. Lady of Shalott class Yacht
  67. Leander class Space Tug
  68. Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship
  69. Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser
  70. Lightning class Frontier Merchant
  71. Liris class Interplanetary Shuttle
  72. Liverpool class Dispersed Hull Bulk Freighter
  73. Lord Baltimore class Yacht
  74. Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner
  75. Lorimar class Merchant Cruiser
  76. Lowalaa class Assault Cutter
  77. Lune class Freelancer
  78. Maagukii class Bulk Carrier
  79. Macla class Interplanetary Shuttle
  80. Maggart class Clipper AKA Group IV class Clipper
  81. Magnadon class Provincial Merchant
  82. Maorin Junker class Merchant
  83. March class Subsidized Merchant
  84. Mauripo class Far Trader
  85. Moraine class Free Trader
  86. Nguksu class Armoured Fast Trader
  87. Nimrod class Safari Ship
  88. Oukhaha class Bulk Hauler [23]
  89. Owatarl class Tender [24]
  90. Petty class Subsidised Merchant AKA Petty class Fat Trader
  91. Porpir class Patrol Ship
  92. Prancing Poni class Charter Yacht
  93. Prince Ferren class Far Trader
  94. Prosperity class Freighter
  95. Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant
  96. Raptor class Armed Merchant
  97. Reprieve class Escape Pod
  98. Rhapsody class Merchant Trader
  99. Roughneck class Petrochemical Harvester
  100. Royal class Luxury Liner AKA Royal class Liner
  101. Rucker class Trader
  102. Sapphire Moon class Moduleship
  103. Sea Animal class Aquatic Safari Ship
  104. Seeker class Armored Merchant
  105. Siigiizuni class Free Trader
  106. Soho class Light Freighter
  107. Sparrow class Free Trader
  108. Star class Armored Merchant
  109. Starjammer class Yacht
  110. Starlight class Trader
  111. Stellar class Subsidized Liner
  112. Stiletto class Yacht
  113. Sundowner class Fleet Courier
  114. Sydite class Armed Merchant Cruiser
  115. Tikuma class Interplanetary Shuttle
  116. Trade Pioneer class Merchant Ship
  117. Trader class Provincial Transport
  118. Triad class Merchant
  119. Tukera class Freighter
  120. Type A class Free Trader
  121. Type A1 class Far Trader
  122. Type A2 class Far Trader
  123. Type A2L class Far Trader
  124. Type A3 class Fast Trader AKA Type A3 class Far Trader
  125. Type A3L class Far Trader
  126. Type AA class Armored Merchant
  127. Type AHI class Heavy Merchant
  128. Type AS class Secure Trader
  129. Type AT class Freighter
  130. Type CT class Cargo Carrier
  131. Type D class Frontier Trader
  132. Type FT class Frontier Transport
  133. Type J class Seeker
  134. Type K class Hunter Ship [25]
  135. Type KAL class Light Trader
  136. Type L class Laboratory ship
  137. Type LAF class Large Armed Freighter
  138. Type M class Subsidized Liner AKA Type M class Subsidised Merchant
  139. Type MN class Merchant
  140. Type R class Subsidized Merchant AKA Fat Trader AKA Subsidized Merchant
  141. Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
  142. Type RAX class Protected Merchant
  143. Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
  144. Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
  145. Type RQ class Subsidized Merchant
  146. Type RT class Longliner AKA Type RT class Freighter AKA Type RT class Long Range Liner
  147. Type RX class Merchant Trader
  148. Type SA class Free Trader [26]
  149. Type TC class Common Transport
  150. Type TI class Frontier Merchant AKA Type TI class Frontier Transport
  151. Type TJ class Frontier Merchant AKA Type TJ class Frontier Transport
  152. Type VA class Trader [27]
  153. Type VJ class Seeker [28]
  154. Type Y class Yacht
  155. Udzuekh class Mining Vessel
  156. Value class Merchant
  157. Vanderbilt class Yacht
  158. Virgil Tracy class Longship
  159. Wanderer class Yacht
  160. World class Luxury Liner

Selected Smallcraft Classes

Smallcraft:

  1. Barge
    1. Congo class Cargo Barge
  2. Cutter
    1. Seragh class Cutter
  3. Fast Shuttle
  4. Fuel Skimmer
  5. Gig
  6. Interplanetary Shuttle
    1. Liris class Interplanetary Shuttle
    2. Macla class Interplanetary Shuttle
    3. Tikuma class Interplanetary Shuttle
  7. Launch
    1. Harper class Launch
    2. Quatermain class Hunting Launch
  8. Life Boat
    1. Escape Pod
    2. Life Raft
    3. Longevity class Lifeboat
    4. Reprieve class Escape Pod
  9. Lighter
  10. Longboat
  11. Modular Cutter
    1. Bubble class Fuel Cutter
    2. Diamond class Modular Cutter
    3. GX class III Modular Cutter
    4. Lowalaa class Assault Cutter
  12. Pinnace
  13. Rescue Ball
  14. Ship's Boat AKA Boat
    1. Fuego class Ship's Boat
    2. Mal'Gnar class Skiff
  15. Shuttle
    1. LCA-0024A class Deployment Shuttle
  16. Skiff
    1. Spectre class Budget Space Vehicle
  17. Slow Boat
  18. Slow Pinnace
    1. Tiger class Slow Pinnace
  19. Space Tug

History & Background (Dossier)

Civilian vessels tend to be designed along socioeconomic ends rather than defensive, security, or military ends like paramilitary or military craft. While some are designed to serve the needs of individual sophonts as personal craft, many more serve the needs of interstellar trade and local world-state government usage. Because such craft primarily serve socioeconomic purposes, cost efficiencies are a very important part of their Naval Architecture.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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