Medical Vessel

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A N-class Medical Craft are specialized craft devoted to the practice of medicine and the biological sciences.

• 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
  • Civilian Ship
  • Military Ship
  • 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
  • Capital Ship
  • Largecraft
  • Non-starship
  • Smallcraft
  • Spaceplane
  • Spaceship
  • Starship
  • 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)

Medical Craft cover a variety of medical and biological sciences missions including hospitalization, ambulancery, first aid, plague hunting, SAR (Search and Rescue) AKA Essandar, and others... in every size class from ACS to the largest FCS hospital ships. They are few, but vital with their specialized medical missions. Many are civilian vessels, but a dedicated few serve as military auxiliaries in the combat support ship grouping.

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

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Supraclass Roles

Medical Vessels typically serve the following roles:

Medical Ship:
Largecraft & Bigcraft:

1. Clinical Vessel (NH)
2. Hospital Ship (NH)
3. Medical Craft (UN) (Namesake)
4. Medical Frigate (N)
5. Medical/SAR Craft (NR)
6. Medical Scout (NS)
7. Medical Ship (N) (Namesake)
8. Medical Vessel (N)
9. Plague Hunter Vessel (NS)
10. Rescue Ship (NR)

Medical Smallcraft:

1. Medevac Pinnace (UN)
2. Medical Launch (UN)
3. Medical Shuttle (UN)
4. Medical Smallcraft (UN) (Namesake)
5. Rescue Smallcraft (UNR)
6. Search & Rescue Craft (UNR) (SAR)
7. Starbourne Ambulance (UN)

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:

N-class Medical Craft Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code/s	Exemplar	Remarks
Medical Ship	N	TBD class Medical Ship	None N = mediciNe
Medical Craft	UN	Type U class Medical Craft	None U = Utility E = Escape Pod
Life Boat / Escape Pod	UE	TBD class TBD	None U = Utility N = TBD
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 Vessel - Medical Vessel:

1. Type AC class Medical Vessel
   1. Relief class Hospital Ship
2. Type N class Medical Vessel
   1. Unidentified Vessel
3. Type S class Medical Vessel
   1. Type SM class Medical/SAR Craft

Ship Summary List

1 Representative Medical Vessel (N) 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 UnderWing class Hospital Ship NH 12 900 2 4 Third Imperium NH-JS42

0 Representative Lifeboat / Escape Pod (UE) Classes
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0 Representative Medical Smallcraft (UN) Classes
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