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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.
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    • 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 MK class Transport
    15. Type MN class Non-standard Merchant Vessel
      1. Arachnid class Non-standard Merchant Vessel
      2. Maorin Junker class Merchant
    16. 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
    17. Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
      1. Athelstan class Merchant
      2. Khtukhao class Clan Transport [15]
      3. Petty class Subsidized Merchant
    18. Type RAX class Protected Merchant
    19. Type RX class Merchant Trader
    20. Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
    21. Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
    22. Type RQ class Subsidized Merchant
    23. Type RT class Longliner AKA Type RT class Freighter AKA Type RT class Long Range Liner
    24. Type SA class Free Trader [16]
      1. Sundowner class Fleet Courier
    25. 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
    26. 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
    27. Type Y2 class Yacht
      1. Herald class Expeditionary Yacht

    Selected Ship Classes

    Some ship classes widely used within Charted Space include:

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

    Selected Smallcraft Classes

    Smallcraft:

    1. Barge
      1. Congo class Cargo Barge
    2. Cutter
      1. Mineral class Cutter
      2. 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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    2. ↑ J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 32.
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