Medical Vessel

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A N-class Medical Vessel 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.

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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
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  • Bigcraft
  • Boat
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  • Largecraft
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  • Smallcraft
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  • 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.

Image Repository

1. [[An Olyora class Medevac Pinnace in orbit preparing to render first aid to wounded planetary combatants.
   

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

Medical Smallcraft:

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

Size-Class Roles for Expedition Vessels

1. Medical Smallcraft (UN) (1 to 99 tons)
2. Very Light Medical Ship (NVL) (100 to 2,499 tons)
3. Light Medical Ship (NL) (2,500 to 99,999 tons)
4. Medium Medical Ship (NM) (100,000 to 249,999 tons)
5. Heavy Medical Ship (NE) (250,000 to 499,999 tons)
6. Superheavy Medical Ship (NS) (500,000 to 999,999 tons)
7. Ultraheavy Medical Ship (NU) (1,000,000 or more tons)

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 Vessel	N (Namesake)	Kurgilash class Medical Scout	None N = mediciNe
Hospital Ship	NH	Relief class Hospital Ship	None H = Hospital
Rescue Ship	NR	Blakeway class First Response Vessel	None R = Rescue, First Response, SAR, Essandar, etc.
Life Boat / Escape Pod	UE	SK-3 class Lifeboat	It is one of the smallest spaceships in common use. They typically displace 20 tons or less. Although its primary function is to serve as a life craft in the event that evacuation is required, it can also be used to transport passengers. While many launches perform a utility role as well as life boat and/or escape pod duties, most Type-UE-class smallcraft are specialized to only perform escape pod and/or life boat duties. Any utility capabilities are an afterthought. U = Utility E = Escape Pod, Life Boat, etc.
Medical Craft	UN	Camel class Medical Launch	Medical smallcraft serve as utility crafts for medical ships. They haul patients back and forth, perform first aid, rescue, and a variety of other life-saving roles and missions. Some are specialized to track down pervasive alien pathogens or hunt down and destroy plagues. At any rate, they serve medical largecraft or provide some measure of medical capability for non-medical largecraft. U = Utility N = mediciNe
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 - Largecraft - Medical Vessel:
Type N class Medical Vessel:

1. Type NH class Medical Vessel
   1. Ghent class Medical Frigate
   2. Relief class Hospital Ship
2. Type NR class Medical Vessel
   1. Blakeway class First Reponse Vessel
   2. Kurgilash class Medical Scout
   3. Type SM class Medical/SAR Craft

Civilian Vessel - Smallcraft - Life Boat:

1. Type UE class Life Boat
   1. Deliverance class Lifeboat
   2. Interstellar Lifesaver class Lifeboat
   3. KSbA Model A-23 class Lifeboat
   4. Longevity class Lifeboat
   5. Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat
   6. Model 292 class Life Boat
   7. Reliant class Lifeboat
   8. Reprieve class Escape Pod
   9. SK-3 class Lifeboat

Civilian Vessel - Smallcraft - Medical Craft:

1. Type UN class Medical Smallcraft
   1. Camel class Medical Launch
   2. Druse class Assault Lander
   3. Mont-PC class Patrol Cutter
   4. Olyora class Medevac Pinnace

Ship Summary List

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

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

1 Representative Hospital Ship (NH) 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 Rescue Ship (NR) Classes
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0 Representative Lifeboat / Escape Pod (UE) Classes
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0 Representative Medical Smallcraft (UN) Classes
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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science