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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

Q-class Combat Support Ships, also known as Military Auxiliaries form a support or tertiary element of combatant naval fleet forces.

They serve as combat multipliers enhancing the primary line combatants of battleships and cruisers and the secondary line of various escorts.
Many call them auxiliaries or tertiary combatants.
Almost any civilian hull can be redesignated as a Q-class if meant for dedicated military service as an auxiliary.
Specific military transports meant to assault enemy planets, moons, and other installations under fire are designated I-class Combat Transports.
The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
It is a starship supraclass.

Library Data Referral Tree

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

Starship User Types

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

Basic Ship Classifications

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

Speed of Travel

Description (Specifications)

A Military Auxiliary or Auxiliaries are Combat Support Ships:

Capital Ships acting in a combat support role to warships.
Smallcraft of various types that primarily perform utility functions as Utility Craft.
A whole variety of other auxiliaries function in a combat support role as force multipliers.

Image Repository

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

These craft have a wide variety of uses from cargo, fuel and passenger transport; policing; customs enforcement; to search and rescue operations and support.

This class of vessel includes a variety of smallcraft including militarized pinnaces, shuttles, cutters, ship's boats, and all other non-jump capable spacecraft of less than 100 tons. The exception to this are system defense boats whose role is system defense. Often the names are used interchangeable, but they are often classified by role and size.

These craft are tertiary combatants at best and are not intended to operate near the battlefront for any length of time. They are armed for self defense at best, and typically must evade line combatants to survive. Their mission tasking is to support and enhance the missions of primary and secondary combatants.

Supraclass Roles

Combat Support Ships typically serve the following roles:
Capital Ship - Auxiliaries:

Smallcraft Auxiliaries - Utility Craft:

Cutter (UQ)
Fuel Shuttle (UQ)
Gig (UQ)
Lifeboat (UQ)
Lighter (UQ)
Pinnace (UQ)
Refueling Lighter (UQ)
Runabout (UQ)
Shuttle (UQ)
Utility Craft (UQ) (Namesake)

Supraclass Archetypal Roles

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

Q-class Combat Support Ship Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
TBD	Q	Type Q class Combat Support Ship	None
TBD	UQ	Type UQ class Utility Craft	None
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.

Teeth and tail discussion

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Ship:

Type A class Free Trader
1. Beowulf class Free Trader

Ship Summary List

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

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 === Supraclass Roles ===
 ''Combat Support Ship''s typically serve the following roles: <br>
-''[[Capital Ship]] [[Auxiliaries]]:''
+''[[Capital Ship]] - [[Auxiliaries]]:''
 # [[Assault Tanker]]
 # [[Auxiliary Merchant]]
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 # [[Transport Tanker]]
-''[[Smallcraft]] [[Auxiliaries]] = [[Utility Craft]]:''
+''[[Smallcraft]] [[Auxiliaries]] - [[Utility Craft]]:''
-# [[Cutter]]
+# [[Cutter]] (UQ)
-# [[Fuel Shuttle]]
+# [[Fuel Shuttle]] (UQ)
-# [[Gig]]
+# [[Gig]] (UQ)
-# [[Lifeboat]]
+# [[Lifeboat]] (UQ)
-# [[Lighter]]
+# [[Lighter]] (UQ)
-# [[Pinnace]]
+# [[Pinnace]] (UQ)
-# [[Refueling Lighter]]
+# [[Refueling Lighter]] (UQ)
-# [[Runabout]]
+# [[Runabout]] (UQ)
-# [[Shuttle]]
+# [[Shuttle]] (UQ)
 # [[Utility Craft]] (UQ) (Namesake)
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 Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role include:
 {{Ship summary list|name= Combat Support Ship |tdes= Q }}
+{{Ship summary list|name= Combat Support Smallcraft |tdes= UQ }}
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