Editing Expedition Ship

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[[Expedition Ship|Type-K Expedition Ship]]s are tasked to go on extended trips whether for recreation ([[safari]] or [[tourism]]), exploration ([[colonization]]), diplomacy ([[first contact]]), or other tasks requiring purposeful travelling across vast distances. 
* The [[Supraclass]] designation is also known as [[Ship Mission]], [[Ship Mission Code]], Mission, or [[Ship Hull Designation]]. 
* It is a [[starship]] [[supraclass]].
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Expedition ships are built around the support of their main purpose and have limited uses outside of it. The designs intended for each archetypal role are very different. For example, a [[Safari Ship]] makes a poor [[Colony Ship]], and an even worse [[warship]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Matthew Kerwin]] }}

Ships intended for recreational expeditions (...like the [[Safari Ship]]), are often designed with luxurious accommodations. Those that can afford to charter such a vessel expect to travel in style. There will be well-appointed lounges and [[Capture Tank|facilities to handle and display trophies]], as well as [[vehicle]]s to explore the wilderness. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Matthew Kerwin]] }}

Diplomatic vessels also have lavishly appointed areas to entertain distinguished guests. They need to be able to carry a political envoy and several staff members, and they need to be able to support them until an embassy is established. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Matthew Kerwin]] }}

In contrast to this, ships used for colonial expeditions will often be constructed with more economically furnished, though even more spacious, living quarters. Civilizations without access to jump drive, including the [[Loeskalth]], the [[Hhkar]], and pre-jump [[Vilani]] and [[Terrans]] ([[European Space Agency Long-range Colony Mission]]), built long-duration sublight colony ships which would also fit the type K [[supraclass]]. Within the [[Imperium]], individual high population worlds frequently send out [[colonies]] to underutilized worlds in their own region. For this purpose, they often use [[passenger liner]]s and [[freighter]]s that have been adapted and repurposed into Expedition Ships. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Matthew Kerwin]] }}

=== Image Repository ===
# A brochure image of an [[Animal class Safari Ship]] deploying a [[Denuli class Hunting Launch]]. <br> [[File: Safari-Ship-WH-Keith-MT-Imp-Encyclo-Pg-37 03-July-2018a.jpg]]

=== Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
Like most [[civilian vessel]]s, ''Expedition Ship''s are not designed for combat and should run whenever possible when facing marauders or [[pirate vessel]]s. Many are equipped with light armament and defensive suites nevertheless.

=== Supraclass Roles ===
''Expedition Ship''s typically serve the following roles: <br>
''[[Largecraft]] & [[Bigcraft]]:''
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| T-class Transport & Tanker Supraclass Archetypes
|-
! Archetype
! Type Code
|-
| [[Colony Ship]]
| (KC)
|-
| [[Consular Corvette]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Consular Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Diplomacy Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Diplomat's Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Embassy Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Emmisary Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Expedition Ship]]
| (K) (Namesake)
|-
| [[Expedition Vessel]]
| (K)
|-
| [[Expeditionary Colony Ship]]
| (KC)
|-
| [[Expeditionary Diplomacy Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Exploratory Cruiser]]
| (K)
|-
| [[First Contact Ship]]
| (KD)
|-
| [[Generation Ship]]
| (KCG)
|-
| [[Hunter's Ship]]
| (KH)
|-
| [[Safari Ship]]
| (KH)
|-
| [[Settlement Ship]]
| (KC)
|-
| [[Settlement Transport]]
| (KC)
|-
| [[Sleeper Ship]]
| (KCS)
|-
| [[Space Ark]]
| (KC)
|-
| [[Worldship]]
| (KC)
|-
|}

''[[Smallcraft]]:''
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| T-class Transport & Tanker Supraclass Archetypes
|-
! Archetype
! Type Code
|-
| [[Expeditionary Smallcraft]]
| (UK)
|-
| [[Hunter's Craft]]
| (UK)
|-
| [[Hunter's Launch]]
| (UK)
|-
| [[Safari Smallcraft]]
| (UK)
|-
|}

==== Size-Class Roles for Expedition Vessels ====
# [[Expeditionary Smallcraft]] (UK) (1 to 99 [[ton]]s)
# [[Very Light Expedition Ship]] (KVL) (100 to 2,499 [[ton]]s)
# [[Light Expedition Ship]] (KL) (2,500 to 99,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Medium Expedition Ship]] (KM) (100,000 to 249,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Heavy Expedition Ship]] (KH) (250,000 to 499,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Superheavy Expedition Ship]] (KS) (500,000 to 999,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Ultraheavy Expedition Ship]] (KU) (1,000,000 or more [[ton]]s)

==== Civilian Subcraft ====
Civilian [[subcraft]] (...both [[smallcraft]] and [[bigcraft]]) are carried by some of these [[vessel]]s:
# [[Barge]] (WB)
# [[Utility Craft]] (U)

=== Supraclass Archetypal Roles ===
These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| K-class Expedition Ship Supraclass Archetypes
|-
! Archetype
! Type Code/s
! Exemplar
! Remarks
|-
| [[Expedition Ship]]
| K
| [[Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship]]
| Type-K Expedition Ships are tasked to go on extended trips whether for recreation (safari), exploration (colonization), diplomacy ([[first contact]]), or other tasks requiring purposeful travelling across vast distances. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} 
* K = Kiswahili (Name of Terran language used in an area where many significant safari expeditions occurred. Also known as [[Swahili]])
|-
| [[Colony Ship]]
| KC
| [[C-Jammer class Settlement Transport]]
| Colony ships, settlement transports, star arks, and the like bring a population of colonists across great distances to establish new [[mainworld]]s. Such vessels are often quite large, needing to bring all the necessities of life to the new world. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}  
* C = Colony 
|-
| [[Diplomacy Ship]]
| KD
| [[Type HE class Embassy Ship]]
| Consular vessels, embassy ships, diplomat's vessels, first contact observers, and the like travel great distances to make diplomatic contact with new sophont societies, polities, and civilizations. Highly trained diplomats and the like must often safeguard sensitive information and sensitive communications requiring self-destruct devices in case of capture, and require secure communications equipment to safeguard state secrets. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}    
* D = Diplomacy 
|-
| [[Safari Ship]]
| KH
| [[Animal class Safari Ship]]
| Safari ships are entertainments vessels that go on [[Safari]]. They bring privileged tourists great distances to observe and often hunt wild, exotic beasts. While most often used for the hunting of exotic game, some use it for the observation of, photographing of, hiking, and sight-seeing in exotic locales, a form of tourism. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} 
* H = Hunter
|-
| [[Expeditionary Smallcraft]]
| UK
| [[Denuli class Hunting Launch]]
| ''Expeditionary smallcraft'' are specialized utility craft designed to support the operations of [[expedition ship]]s. They can range from specialized colony support craft, to stealthy [[first contact]] craft designed to unobtrusively observe newly discovered sophont societies, to [[hunting launch]]es for [[safari ship]]s, and a variety of other craft. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} 
* U = Utility
* K = Kiswahili (Name of Terran language used in an area where many significant safari expeditions occurred. Also known as [[Swahili]])
|-
!colspan="4"| ''NOTES:'' There is semantic overlap between many of the classes and codes. Some codes organize by mission or capability, others by size and [[ton]]nage, and yet others by other characteristics.
|-
|}

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
In around -50,000 the [[Hhkar]] launched purpose-built sublight Expedition Ships of an unknown type in order to colonize other worlds.  The [[Vilani]] began launching sublight expeditions to nearby stars in -9394.  In -4200 the [[Loeskalth]] launched a single asteroid ship on an expedition across the [[Great Rift]] to escape the [[Vilani]] [[Consolidation Wars]]. The [[Terrans]] launched multiple such colony missions in -2573, one to [[Prometheus (world)|Prometheus]], and others to the [[Islands Cluster]]s in the [[Great Rift]]. There are likely numerous other examples of historical use of colony ships. 

The [[Zhodani]] have built a variety of different ship designs to participate in their [[Core Expedition]]s starting in [[-4006]]. Each of these has been specialized as a type of Expedition Ship, and they vary from [[scout]]s to convoyed [[transport]]s and [[tanker]]s to individual ships designed to be self-sufficient as they branch off of the main expedition and rejoin it later. 

=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
''[[Civilian Ship]] - [[Largecraft]] - [[Expedition Ship]]:'' <br>
[[Type K class Expedition Ship]]
# [[Type KC class Colony Ship]]
## [[C-Jammer class Settlement Transport]]
## [[Jump Conveyor class Settlement Ship]]
## [[Vrad class Generation Ship]]
## [[Xeng Kirr class Space Ark]]
# [[Type KD class Diplomacy Ship]]
## [[Covenant class Consular Ship]]
## [[Dranzhrin class Consular Corvette]]
## [[Iigicih class Embassy Ship]]
## [[Type HE class Embassy Ship]]
# [[Type KH class Safari Ship]] AKA [[Type K class Safari Ship]]  
## [[Animal class Free Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Safari Ship |page= 18|article= Safari Ship}}
## [[Animal class Liner]] {{Page cite|name= Safari Ship |page= 18|article= Safari Ship}}
## [[Animal class Safari Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Safari Ship |page= 17-31|article= Safari Ship}}
## [[Animal class Survey Vessel]] {{Page cite|name= Safari Ship |page= 18|article= Safari Ship}}
## [[Animal class Yacht]] {{Page cite|name= Safari Ship |page= 18|article= Safari Ship}}
## [[Nimrod class Safari Ship]]
## [[Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Safari Ship |page= 25|article= Safari Ship}}
## [[Safari-234 class Touring Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Simba Safari |page= 4 }}
## [[Type KG class Safari Ship]]
### [[Excursion class Safari Ship]]
# [[Type UK class Expeditionary Smallcraft]]
## [[Denuli class Hunting Launch]]

=== Ship Summary List ===
Some of the most commonly used [[vessel]]s in this role or these roles include:
{{Ship summary list|name= Expedition Ship |tdes=K}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Colony Ship |tdes= KC}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Colony Generation Ship |tdes= KCG}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Colony Sleeper Ship |tdes= KCS}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Diplomacy Ship |tdes= KD}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Safari Ship |tdes= KH}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Expeditionary Smallcraft |tdes= UK}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
{{Sources
|S1= This article is an amalgamation of many different materials published since 1977.
|S2= Michael R. Mikesh {{Ludography cite|name=Challenge 52|page=|article=Contact:Hhkar}}
|S3= [[Classic Traveller]] [[Trillion Credit Squadron]]
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Safari Ship}}
|S5= {{Ludography cite|name= The Trail of the Sky Raiders |page=23,53}}
|S6= {{CT}} [[Zhodani (Alien Module)|Alien Module 4; Zhodani]]
|S7= [[Mongoose Traveller: Zhodani]]
|S8= {{Ludography cite|name= Alien Races 1 |page=TBD}} 
|S9= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S10= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
|S11= Author & Contributor: Lord (Baron) [[Matthew Kerwin]] of [[Thon (world)|Thon]]  
}}


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