Expedition Ship

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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

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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

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.

• 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

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Starship:

• Starship User Types
  • Civilian Ship
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  • Non-Commercial Vessel
  • Paramilitary Ship

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

• Basic Ship Classifications
  • Adventure Class Ship
  • Battle Class Ship
  • Capital Ship
  • Fleet Class Ship
  • Size-Role Classification
  • Subcapital Ship
  • QSP
  • USP
  • World Class Ship

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

Speed of Travel

• Astronomical Unit (AU)
• FTL
• Light Speed (c)
• Light-week (lw)
• Light-year (ly)
• NAFAL (STL)
• Parsec (pc)

Description (Specifications)

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Image Repository

1. A brochure image of an Animal class Safari Ship deploying a Denuli class Hunting Launch.
   

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Like most civilian vessels, Expedition Ships are not designed for combat and should run whenever possible when facing marauders or pirate vessels. Many are equipped with light armament and defensive suites nevertheless.

Supraclass Roles

Expedition Ships typically serve the following roles:
Largecraft & Bigcraft:

1. Colony Ship (KC)
2. Consular Corvette (KD)
3. Diplomat's Ship (KD)
4. Embassy Ship (KD)
5. Expedition Ship (K) (Namesake)
6. Expedition Vessel (K)
7. Expeditionary Colony Ship (KC)
8. Expeditionary Diplomacy Ship (KD)
9. Expeditionary Smallcraft (UK)
10. Exploratory Cruiser (K)
11. First Contact Ship (KD)
12. Generation Ship (KCG)
13. Hunter's Ship (KH)
14. Safari Ship (KH)
15. Safari Smallcraft (UK)
16. Settlement Ship (KC)
17. Settlement Transport (KC)
18. Sleeper Ship (KCS)
19. Space Ark (KC)
20. Worldship (KC)

Civilian Subcraft

Civilian subcraft (...both smallcraft and bigcraft) are carried by some of these vessels:

1. Barge (WB)
2. Utility Craft (U)

Supraclass Archetypal Roles

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

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. K = Kiswahili (Name of Terran language used in an area where many significant safari expeditions occurred. Also known as Swahili)
Expeditionary Colony Ship	KC	C-Jammer class Settlement Transport	None C = Colony
Expeditionary Diplomacy Ship	KD	Type HE class Embassy Ship	None D = Diplomacy
Safari Ship	KH	Animal class Safari Ship	None H = Hunter
Expeditionary Smallcraft	UK	Denuli class Hunting Launch	Expeditionary smallcraft are specialized utility craft designed to support the operations of expedition ships. They can range from specialized colony support craft, to stealthy first contact craft designed to unobtrusively observe newly discovered sophont societies, to hunting launches for safari ships, and a variety of other craft. U = Utility K = Kiswahili (Name of Terran language used in an area where many significant safari expeditions occurred. Also known as Swahili)
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)

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Safari Ship:

1. Type K class Safari Ship
   1. Animal class Free Trader
   2. Animal class Liner
   3. Animal class Safari Ship
   4. Animal class Survey Vessel
   5. Animal class Yacht
   6. Nimrod class Safari Ship
   7. Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship
   8. Safari-234 class Touring Ship
2. Type KG class Safari Ship
   1. Excursion class Safari Ship

Ship Summary List

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

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