Liner

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Liners are a commercial or mercantile spacecraft and starcraft. Some shipping companies refer to themselves as "lines" and their ships, which often operate over set routes according to established schedules, as "liners".

• They are not intended for military use and have little recourse other than to flee for their lives if confronted by corsairs, raiders, or other hostile vessels. They are typically unarmed.
• Most, but not all, liners run to a schedule with set destinations. Tramp liners are one of the exceptions to set schedules and destinations.
• Cargo Liners transport cargo, general freight, raw materials, resources, manufactured goods, merchandise, and more. Many have cargo holds adapted to particular services, with refrigerator space for frozen foodstuffs, tanks for liquid cargos such as petrols or ship fuel, secure lockers for valuables, and even mail vaults for interstellar mail.
• Passenger Liners typically carry passengers as well, often in multiple travel classes.

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Description (Specifications)

A Liner is a civilian commercial ship designed for cargo or passenger transport.

• Liners are usually assigned a Hull Classification of "R"

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Subsidized liners are a commercial or mercantile starcraft. They are not intended for military use and have little recourse other than to flee for their lives if confronted by corsairs or other hostile vessels.

Supraclass Roles

Liners typically serve the following roles:

• Cargo Haulers
• Cargo Liners
• Clippers
• Container Ships
• Cruise Ships
• Freight Carriers
• Hospital Ships
• Impromptu Troop Transport
• Jumpliners
• Longliners
• Luxury Liners
• Luxury Star Liners
• Merchant Liners
• Packet Boats
• Passenger Liners
• Passenger Transport
  • Colonists
  • Tourists
  • VIPs
• Space Liners
• Starliners
• Subsidized Liners
• Subsidized Merchants
• Tramp Liner

Supraclass Archtypes

These ship types include the following:

Liners
Type	Remarks
Luxury Liner (R)	A starship liner equipped for sumptuous living, primarily for transporting passengers
Merchant Liner (RM)	Merchant Liners are general-purpose design starships, intended to carry both passengers and freight. They are larger than the Far Traders intended for cargoes over 200 tons and over a dozen passengers
Subsidized Liner (RG)	A starship primarily for transporting passengers and mail subsidized by local government.

History & Background (Dossier)

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Subsidized Liner:

1. Type M class Subsidized Liner
   1. Bastien class Subsidized Liner
   2. Condor class Subsidized Liner
   3. Eakhau class Merchant
   4. Khershawn class Trader
   5. Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner
   6. Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant
   7. Stellar class Subsidized Liner

Passenger Liner:

1. Type R class Luxury Liner
   1. Animal class Liner
   2. Astral Splendour class Luxury Liner
   3. Brilliant Gem class Cruise Liner
   4. Celestial Star class Liner
   5. Codori Prime class Luxury Liner
   6. Fringian Cruise Liner
   7. Fringian Passenger Liner
   8. Independence of the Stars class Liner
   9. King Richard class Interstellar Liner
   10. Royal class Liner
   11. Shianjo class Liner
   12. Stellar class Liner
   13. World class Luxury Liner
2. Type RT class Longliner
   1. Bright Conclave class High Liner
   2. Brilliance class Long Liner
   3. Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
   4. Mapepire Dream class Jumpliner
   5. Nebula class Starliner
   6. Pride of Vland class Long Liner

Cargo Liner:

1. Type RC class Cargo Liner
   1. Anhk class Merchant
   2. Bastien class Merchant Liner
   3. Bloodwell class Merchant
   4. Caccil class Merchant
   5. Dakaar class Merchant Transport
   6. Fringian Cargo Barge
   7. Garrett Durant class Cargo Hauler
   8. Hercules class Cargo Transport
   9. Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier
   10. Vespir class Large Freighter
   11. Xeekr'kir! class Merchant
2. Type RM class Merchant Liner
   1. Gamma Haden class Liner
   2. Highlander class Exploratory Merchant
   3. Khtukhao class Clan Transport
   4. Kolomyia class Merchant Liner
   5. Orowani Deep Space class Light Liner
   6. Star Merchant class Liner
   7. Triad class Merchant
   8. Yeoman class Attack Cargo Vessel

Clipper:

1. Type RL class Clipper
   1. Aurora class Clipper
   2. Maggart class Clipper

Ship Summary List

These are among the most common liners found around Charted Space:

75 Representative Subsidized Liner (M) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Aekguthang class Assault Cutter MN 12 20 0 3 Vargr Extents No Assault Lander class Marine Gig MN 15 20 0 1 Third Imperium Bastien class Subsidized Liner MK 12 600 3 1 Third Imperium Yes Besouro Valente class Personnel Transport M 11 12,000 2 1 Terran Confederation M-0AS12 Blakeway class First Response Vessel MM 100 0 4 Third Imperium Yes MM-AL40 Brilliance class Long Liner M 14 800 4 2 Third Imperium Yes Brilliant Gem class Cruise Liner MV 14 36,117 5 1 Krax Confederation No Camel class Medical Launch M 15 20 0 1 Third Imperium No M-2S10 Celestial Star class Luxury Liner M 15 2,000 6 1 Third Imperium Codori Prime class Luxury Liner M 11 800 2 2 Distant Fringe M-HB22 Coeus class Assault Pinnace MN 13 20 0 5 Third Imperium No A-2S60 Condor class Racing Yacht MY 15 100 6 3 Third Imperium Yes Condor class Subsidized Liner M 13 400 3 1 Third Imperium Coyotl class Bulk Hauler M 13 2,000 2 3 Infinity League A-VU32 Deliverance class Lifeboat MM 9 50 0 2 Distant Fringe MM-5A20 Elysium class Passenger Barge MK 10 1,000 0 3 Distant Fringe MK-KA30 Eshpadir class Orbital Installation MW 15 500 0 0 Third Imperium No Excellence class Fast Shuttle M 7 90 0 3 Distant Fringe M-9A30 Flyer class Diplomatic Courier MC 13 100 3 5 Darrian Confederation Fortune class Merchant M 12 600 3 1 Third Imperium No Gaia class Luxury Liner M 11 10,000 2 3 Distant Fringe Gallant class Assault Shuttle MN 11 80 0 5 Distant Fringe MN-8A50 Giiphicih class Liner M 15 1,200 2 1 Hive Federation Yes M-MU12 Glimmerdrift class Subsidized Liner M 12 600 3 1 Third Imperium No MK-FU13 Gold of Zurrian class Long Liner M 15 1,000 4 1 Third Imperium M-KS14 Governor class Yacht MY 13 900 4 2 Council of Heads Great Eastern class Troop Transport MN 15 50 0 3 Third Imperium Yes MN-5S30 Horizon class Passenger Liner M 11 6,000 2 3 Distant Fringe Iigicih class Embassy Ship MK 14 1,200 2 1 Hive Federation Yes Independence of the Stars class Interstellar Liner M 15 154,407 4 4 Third Imperium M-0KP44 Interstellar Lifesaver class Lifeboat MM 10 10 0 2 Terran Confederation Yes K'Bam class Assault Lander M 8 8 0 1 Akras Kahk'rik'kreng class Yacht MK 12 6,000 3 1 Two Thousand Worlds Yes Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter M 15 50 0 3 Third Imperium King Richard class Interstellar Liner M 11 5,000 2 1 Third Imperium No KSbA Model A-23 class Lifeboat MM 8 10 0 2 Third Imperium No Lady Charlotte class Yacht MY 15 200 1 1 Third Imperium No Lady of Shallott class Yacht MY 9 200 1 1 Third Imperium No Longevity class Lifeboat M 15 100 1 1 Third Imperium No Lord Baltimore class Yacht MY 15 200 4 4 Third Imperium Yes Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner M 12 600 3 1 Third Imperium No Mal'Gnar class Assault Skiff M 12 20 0 1 Mal'Gnar Primarchic Maranatha class Yacht MY 12 200 1 1 Third Imperium No MY-BB11 Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat M 9 20 0 2 Distant Fringe M-2S20 Mender-of-Herds class Hospital Ship MM 14 500 3 5 Two Thousand Worlds MM-ES53 Model 292 class Life Boat M 15 100 0 1 Third Imperium Nebula class Starliner M 14 9,000 5 1 Third Imperium Olympian class Cruise Liner M 11 10,000 2 4 Distant Fringe Olyora class Medevac Pinnace MM 14 60 0 6 Aslan Hireate No MM-6L60 Orowani Deep Space class Light Liner M 11 6,000 2 2 Distant Fringe M-06P22 Parthenolab class Bio-Construction Vessel MM 13 400 2 2 Solomani Confederation GCB-DU22 Prancing Poni class Charter Yacht MY 12 200 2 1 Third Imperium Yes Pride of Vland class Long Liner M 13 1,000 4 1 Third Imperium No M-KS14 Rake II class Yacht MY 13 400 4 2 Third Imperium Raptor class Combat Lander MN 13 20 0 3 Third Imperium Yes Reliant class Lifeboat MM 11 20 0 1 Third Imperium No Relief class Hospital Ship MM 13 3,300 4 4 Third Imperium Rock class Touring Ship MY 9 300 1 1 Third Imperium Yes K-CP11 Royal class Interstellar Liner M 11 5,000 2 1 Third Imperium Yes Sapphire Moon class Moduleship M 14 13,363 1 1 Krax Confederation No Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner M 15 5,000 4 1 Third Imperium SK-3 class Lifeboat MM 15 20 0 1 Third Imperium No Slicer class Assault Shuttle MN 14 50 0 6 Third Imperium Songbird class Ship's Boat M 9 40 0 4 Distant Fringe M-4A40 Star Butler class Yacht MY 12 300 2 3 Rule of Man YK-CS32 Star class Merchant Liner M 15 1,000 2 1 Third Imperium No Starblade class Executive Yacht MY 11 200 2 4 Distant Fringe MY-BS24 Stellar class Liner M 14 600 3 1 Third Imperium TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship MN 11 20 0 3 Trooles Confederation TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship MN 11 40 0 3 Trooles Confederation Type M class Subsidized Liner MK 13 600 3 1 Third Imperium Yes MK-FU13 Type RT class Longliner M 13 1,000 4 1 Third Imperium Yes M-KS14 Xeekr'kir! class Merchant M 11 6,000 2 1 Two Thousand Worlds Yes Yawl class Troop Carrier MN 12 400 1 1 Old Worlds Ziiguysna class Pinnance MN 15 40 0 6 Hive Federation Yes

131 Representative Liner (R) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Aspirant class Provincial Carrier R 9 9,000 1 2 Distant Fringe Atlas class Starport Heavy Lift Tug RB 15 100,000 0 3 Third Imperium Aurora class Multimission Clipper RV 12 2,080 5 2 Reformation Coalition Yes Average Cargo Ship class Cargo Ship R 12 69,900 1 2 Third Imperium R-0FS12 Baleen class Heavy Tanker RG 11 35,000 2 2 Distant Fringe Brown class Jump Ship RV 15 5,000 6 1 Third Imperium Yes R-05P16 Bubble class Fuel Cutter RG 14 60 0 2 Third Imperium RG-6U20 Carrack class Tramp Liner R 10 800 1 1 Caliphate of Estalia R-HS11 Carrus class Shuttle R 7 90 0 2 Distant Fringe R-9A20 Chtierabl class Transport RN 13 10,000 3 3 Zhodani Consulate No Clii Argu class Common Transport RV 15 20,000 6 1 Third Imperium Yes RV-0BU13 Comet Coffin class Low Transport RP 14 100 3 2 Third Imperium RP-AS23 Compassionate class Tanker RG 12 300,000 3 3 Old Worlds Conrad class Towing Vessel RV 13 200 2 2 Third Imperium Conveyor class Heavy Freighter R 11 35,000 2 1 Distant Fringe Corporate class Range Carrier RV 11 75,000 2 1 Distant Fringe Crawm class Shuttle R 12 40 0 2 Third Imperium Yes R-4S20 Culgoa class Supply Ship RN 13 3,400 4 4 Third Imperium Dakaar class Freighter R 12 1,800 2 2 Principality of Caledon No R-TS22 Dal Hallen class Light Transport RN 10 600 1 1 Distant Fringe Deneb class Modular Starship RV 12 300 2 2 Third Imperium No RV-CS22 Distribution class Commercial Carrier RV 11 30,000 2 1 Third Imperium Dromedary class Tanker/Replenishment Ship RG 15 300,000 4 4 Third Imperium QF-0MU44 Duke class Jump Tanker RG 12 75,000 3 3 Principality of Caledon Dwarf class Starport Lift Tug RV 15 10,000 0 3 Third Imperium Empress class Bulk Carrier R 11 75,000 1 1 Distant Fringe Endeavor class Ship Transporter RV 11 30,000 2 1 Distant Fringe Exad class Fleet Replenishment Ship RN 11 2,000 2 2 Distant Fringe Express Rock class Mail Drone RK 11 100 2 0 Third Imperium XC-B1820P Florence class Tanker RG 12 5,000 3 1 Third Imperium Fornorb class Heavy Merchant R 14 100,000 1 1 Third Imperium Fournir class Fleet Replenishment Ship RN 14 10,000 3 3 Strend Cluster Freshwater class Tanker RG 12 5,000 3 2 Third Imperium Fuelbag class Fuel Depot Drone RG 12 10 0 1 Third Imperium RG-1P10 Furnish class Tanker RG 11 3,000 2 2 Third Imperium Garrett Durant class Cargo Hauler R 12 3,000 1 1 Distant Fringe MC-03U11 Ghost Galleon class Carrier Liner RV 11 600 2 3 Terran Confederation RV-FS32 Giant class Tanker RG 15 600,000 4 6 Third Imperium Glacier class Store Ship RN 13 8,300 4 4 Third Imperium Globus class Fleet Replenishment Vessel RN 15 30,000 4 2 White Fleet Haddox class Merchant Cruiser R 9 1,200 1 1 Haddox Association Hercules class Cargo Transport R 11 5,000 1 1 Third Imperium Yes R-05S11 Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor RV 14 300 3 1 Third Imperium No RV-FU23 High Liner class Bulk Freighter RV 12 5,000 2 1 Bright Conclave Hong Cha class Tanker RG 10 10,000 1 3 Celestial League Hummingbird class Courier R 15 400 3 6 Third Imperium R-DL63 Hummock class Replenishment Ship R 12 5,000 2 1 Principality of Caledon Hydrogen class Fleet Fuel Tanker RG 9 4,000 1 1 Distant Fringe Iadiadlsiz class Fleet Tanker RG 14 480,000 3 3 Zhodani Consulate No Iguna class Trader RN 11 300 2 2 Distant Fringe RN-CS22 Integrity class Tanker RG 12 89,000 3 1 Khuur League Inthe class Modular Cutter RV 9 50 0 2 Third Imperium RV-5S60 Ish'ka class Tanker RG 11 6,000 2 3 Distant Fringe Jack Driscoll class Bulk Freighter R 11 5,000 2 2 Distant Fringe R-O5U22 Jade Serpent class Fleet Support Vessel R 12 2,600 1 1 Federation of Alsas Jembyra class Recovery Boat R 12 20 0 3 Jelmiri Marches R-1A20 Jolly Green Giant class Tanker RG 15 400,000 4 3 Third Imperium K'Slice class Attacker Tender RV 8 68 0 1 Akras KA15c Glutton class Transport RN 12 1,500 3 2 Korsumug Empire RN-QS23 KA25c Growler class Tanker RG 12 2,500 3 2 Korsumug Empire Kalaron class Assault Scout RV 11 100 2 2 Union of Garth Kandor class Tanker RG 12 7,000 2 3 Distant Fringe Kandor class Tanker RG 12 7,000 2 3 Distant Fringe Kleinnächster class Medium Tanker RG 11 8,000 2 2 Distant Fringe KU1a Fetch class Launch R 9 10 0 2 Korsumug Empire R-1A20 Kyan Maru class Freighter R 9 100 1 1 Third Imperium Last Armada class Frontier Tanker RG 11 99,000 2 3 Terran Confederation Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle RG 11 60 0 3 Terran Confederation Last Armada class Heavy Transport R 11 50,000 2 1 Terran Confederation Leander class Space Tug RV 15 600 6 6 Third Imperium No Leo class Ship's Boat R 9 30 0 6 Third Imperium UMB-3U60 Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser R 13 1,800 3 4 Third Imperium Yes Library class Archive Ship RY 15 100 3 6 Third Imperium GC-AL63 Liz Zhorka class Light Trader R 9 100 1 2 Distant Fringe R-AA21 Locker class Fleet Replenishment Ship RN 11 800 2 2 Distant Fringe Logos Minos class Fleet Scout R 9 100 1 1 Jurisdiction of Nadon R-AS11 Louis & Clark class Fuel Pinnace RG 13 40 0 2 Third Imperium Maggart class Clipper RV 12 2,750 5 2 Reformation Coalition Yes Magnadon class Provincial Merchant R 15 1,000 1 1 Third Imperium No Mammoth class Combat Transport RN 10 18,051 1 1 The Biumvirate Mariner class Frame Carrier R 11 90,000 2 1 Distant Fringe Marius class Ship Transporter RV 11 30,000 2 1 Distant Fringe Modular Cutter RV 50 0 4 Third Imperium Yes UMC-5S40 Monstrosity class Fleet Tanker RG 15 1,000,000 6 4 Third Imperium Mountain class Replenishment Ship R 12 90,000 3 3 Principality of Caledon Nimrod class Fuel Lighter RG 10 15,000 0 2 Distant Fringe Nirvana class Modular Dropship RV 14 40 0 4 Third Imperium RV-4S40 Omicron class Heavy Lander RK 9 400 0 2 Distant Fringe RK-4S20 Orowani Deep Space class Commercial Tender R 11 3,500 2 2 Distant Fringe R-03P22 Orowani Deep Space class Heavy Tanker RG 11 40,000 2 3 Distant Fringe Oukhaha class Bulk Hauler RV 12 1,600 2 1 Aslan Hierate Yes Owatarl class Tender RV 12 600 2 1 Aslan Hireate Yes RV-FP12 Panam Ajax class Logistics Transport R 15 6,000 4 2 Third Imperium Panther class Repair Vessel R 13 4,400 4 4 Third Imperium Parthenopinnace Fuel Shuttle RG 13 40 0 5 Solomani Confederation UF-4A50 Pegasus class Bulk Cargo Carrier R 9 3,000 1 2 Distant Fringe Generic Pinnace R 9 40 0 5 Third Imperium Yes R-4A05 Planetoid Hauler class Cargo Ship RV 9 990 0 1 Terran Confederation R-AP10 Prosperity class Freighter R 14 3,000 4 1 Third Imperium No Provision class Medium Tanker RG 11 8,000 2 2 Distant Fringe More...

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1. One of the most common subsidized liner types.
   

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