Scout Vessel

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S-class Scout Vessels are a starship supraclass used to investigate uncontrolled astrographic areas.

• The grouping includes Scout/Couriers, Stealth Scouts, Military Scouts, Far Scouts, Fast Scouts, Fleet Scouts, Scout Tenders, and many others.
• Almost all scout vessels are constructed as ACS vessels between 100 to 2,499 tons in displacement.
• 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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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)

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Description (Specifications)

Scout vessels serve a wide variety of missions from civilian to paramilitary to military taskings. The scout ship is traditionally considered a paramilitary vessel. Scouts often serve survey functions for a private or commercial entity, and military reconnaissance missions for military owners. The difference between such hulls is typically minimal. It's the mission that differs, not the craft.

Image Repository

This image repository contains a selection of scout vessel images:

1. A typical Type S class Scout/Courier scout ship preparing to enter jumpspace.
   
2. A Serpent class Scout/Courier landed on the surface of a planet.
   
3. A Gibson class with winglets and a top end sensor suite.
   
4. A Type-S in front of a nebula.
   
5. A Sulieman class Scout/Courier under spaceflight orbiting a yellow star.
   

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Scout Vessels are not intended for combatant roles. The role of a scout is to reconnoiter star systems, deep space, and the enemy's movements, relaying vital intelligence back to combat fleets, thus enhancing their combat effectiveness. While many scout vessels are armed, such armament is mostly to discourage piracy, raiders, and other vessels from taking advantage of small, lightly armed vessels. Many scouts fulfill a variety of other roles including small team insertion, exploratory functions, communications functions, courier duties, and many other functions.

However, the basic tactic for a scout vessel is to avoid, evade, and escape combatant exchanges.

Supraclass Roles

Scout Vessels typically serve the following roles:

A-class Tramp Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code
Aerodynamic Scout	(SX)
Armed Scout	(SG)
Armored Scout	(SG)
Asteroid Scout	(SP)
Attack Scout	(SG)
Combat Scout	(SG)
Covert Surveillance Scout	(SIS)
Deep Space Scout	(SF)
Early Warning Scout	(SI)
Far Scout	(SF)
Fast Far Scout	(SF)
Fast Scout	(SFF)
Fleet Scout	(SF)
Frontier Scout	(SF)
Gunned Scout	(SG)
Heavy Scout Vessel	(S)
Intelligence Vessel	(SI)
Intruder Scout	(SG)
Intruder Vessel	(SG)
Leader Scout	(SG)
Long-Range Scout	(SF)
Military Scout	(SG)
Planetoid Scout	(SP)
Reconnaissance Ship	(SI)
Scout/Courier	(SC)
Scout Cruiser	(SC)
Scout Raider	(SR)
Scoutship	(S)
Scout Tender	(XS)
Scout Vessel	(S) (Namesake)
Skirmisher Vessel	(SG)
Spy Ship	(SIS)
Stealth Scout	(SIS)
Surveillance Scout	(SI)
Surveillance Ship	(SI)
Vargr Scout	(SV)
War Scout	(SG)

Supraclass Archetypes

S-class Scout Vessel Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
Scout Vessel	S (Namesake)	Serpent class Scout	Generic scout vessels serve across a variety of riles focusing on reconnaissance, survey, and communications roles.
Scout/Courier	SC	Sulieman class Scout/Courier	Scout/Couriers focus on fulfilling intelligence and communications roles.
Fleet Scout	SF	Dewclaw class Fleet Scout	Fleet Scouts tend to focus on endurance, sped, and range. They may travel many parsecs ahead of a fleet, convoy, or trade group confirming that the way is clear. Many serve frontier roles, fast roles, or far distance, endurance roles.
Military Scout	SG	Hunter class Armored Scout	Armed and armored scout meant for exclusively military duty, often acting in a light skirmisher / intruder / raider combatant role. Such vessels are too small to significantly threaten larger vessles, but they can harass effectively.
Surveillance Scout	SI	Gishiash class Stealth Scout	Surveillance scouts often serve intelligence roles, picket roles, and observation roles, monitoring certain parts of space or certain groups and places of interest.
Asteroid Scout	SP	Pallad class Asteroid Scout	It's far more common for larger vessels to make use of planetoid hulls than smaller ones. Asteroid scouts are an application where the planetoid hull can be very effective, hiding in plain sight and covertly observing the spaceways.
Aerodynamic Scout	SX	Wind class Scout/Courier	Aerodynamic scouts are technically spaceplanes. They are specialized to act as capable aircraft in addition to their roles as spacecraft or starcraft. They are optimized to take closer looks at atmospheric worlds than many other kinds of scout vessels.

History & Background (Dossier)

Several thousand years ago, interstellar pioneers had hoped to break the FTL barrier to communications technology. Tachyons, mesons, jumpspace were all explored hoping to create Charted Space's first ansible. It never happened...

In an environment where communication only moves at the pace of travel, scout vessels remain incredibly important. They are typically light, fast, and practically disposable ships. They can monitor, reconnoiter, explore, survey, carry couriers, and otherwise maintain intelligence networks and observation. Vessels very flexibly serve across many mission roles from communications to combat operations, but ...the focus of most scouts is the collection and dissemination of intelligence data.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - Scout/Courier:

1. Type S class Scout/Courier
   1. Asia class Scout
   2. Eiriksson class Scout
   3. Explorer class Scoutship
   4. Gishiash class Stealth Scout
   5. Serpent class Scout AKA Serpent class Scout/Courier
   6. Stayaow class Combat Scout
   7. Sulieman class Scout/Courier
   8. Viper class Scout Raider
2. Type SX class Scout/Courier
   1. Wind class Scout/Courier

Ship Summary List

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

132 Representative Scout Vessel (S) 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 Adlerstein class Fleet Courier SN 15 400 6 2 Third Imperium Yes Afterthought class Scout SC 15 100 4 4 Third Imperium Animal class Safari Ship SK 11 200 2 1 Third Imperium Yes SK-BS12 Asia class Scout SN 11 300 2 4 Daprolix Juncture of Suns Barnett class Fleet Courier SN 14 200 3 4 Solomani Confederation Baso Rita class Small Survey Ship S 12 200 2 1 Third Imperium Yes Brilliant class Scout S 11 200 2 4 Distant Fringe S-BA42 C-7 class Scout SN 11 100 2 5 Chanestin Kingdom SN-AS52 Caliphate class Scout SN 10 400 1 2 Caliphate of Estalia Calipso class Laboratory Ship SK 12 400 2 1 Third Imperium Yes Chatl class Leader Scout SC 14 150 5 3 Zhodani Consulate Yes Chercheur class Fleet Dispatch Courier SN 15 500 5 4 Strend Cluster Ciri class Laboratory Ship SK 12 400 2 1 I'Sred*Ni Collective class Scout S 11 100 2 1 Distant Fringe Comstar class Commo Satellite SW 9 5 0 1 Distant Fringe W-1C10 Covenanter class Scout Cruiser S 15 500 2 3 Covenant of Sufren Yes Dark Spirit class Intelligence Vessel SN 12 900 3 1 Jelmiri Marches SN-9P13 Dart SZ 25 100 6 6 Ancient Yes Dewclaw class Fleet Scout SN 13 100 4 3 Third Imperium Donosev class Survey Scout SK 15 400 3 2 Third Imperium Yes Dunkle class Fleet Scout SN 12 420 3 6 Mapepire Cluster Elbing class Scout S 10 200 1 6 Langemarck Coalition Elson class Explorer Vessel SL 13 500 3 2 Third Imperium No Explorer class Survey Cruiser SL 14 800 3 1 Third Imperium No Fairmile Model G class Scout S 12 200 2 2 Principality of Caledon Fresnel Effect class Lab Ship SK 12 400 2 1 Third Imperium No LS-DU12 Gepard class Express Courier SC 13 200 4 4 Third Imperium XCF-BA44 Ghent class Medical Frigate SM 15 4,000 4 4 Third Imperium Giciifichu class Dispatcher SC 15 100 5 3 Hive Federation Yes SC-1S35 Golf Ball class VIP Transport Scout S 11 100 2 2 S-AS22 Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier SC 9 100 1 6 Nist Military Forces SC-AS26 Herald class Expeditionary Yacht SK 15 800 3 3 Third Imperium No YK-HA33 Highlander class Exploratory Merchant S 13 600 3 2 Third Imperium Hive class Scout S 12 100 2 2 Distant Fringe Hkiyrerao class Researcher SK 400 3 1 Aslan Hierate Yes Hraye class Scout S 11 100 2 2 Aslan Hierate Yes S-AS22 Hunter class Armored Scout SN 14 100 3 3 Solomani Confederation SN-AL33 Huntress class Bounty Hunter SN 12 100 2 2 Third Imperium No Imperial Intruder class Scout SN 13 100 4 2 Third Imperium Inchworm class Scout/Courier SC 12 100 2 2 Third Imperium SC-AS22 Inquiring Mind class Fleet Scout S 12 900 3 6 Federation of Alsas S-JS63 Inquiry class Lab Ship SK 11 400 2 1 Distant Fringe LS-DU12 Ithilien class Scoutship S 13 150 3 3 Third Imperium No Iyeliy class Messenger SC 14 200 5 1 Aslan Hierate Yes XUA-BP15 Jump-Boat SC 15 55 3 3 Regency of Deneb Yes Jumpmax class Courier SC 15 100 6 2 Third Imperium XC-AL26 Kach'k class Scout S 11 200 2 5 Distant Fringe S-BS52 Kanllaz class Scout S 11 100 2 2 Vargr Extents Yes S-AS22 KE2 Zerp class Battle Scout SN 10 200 1 4 Korsumug Empire KE2d Zerp class Scout S 13 200 4 3 Korsumug Empire S-2P34 KE3d Korsu class Fast Scout S 13 300 4 6 Korsumug Empire S-3A63 Keyhole class Observatory Ship S 13 1,800 1 1 Third Imperium S-TS11 Kforuzeng class Scout S 13 100 4 4 Vargr Extents Khadumir class Fast Courier SC 15 400 6 1 Third Imperium Yes Kr'ghrr class Courier S 12 1,000 2 2 Two Thousand Worlds No Ktiyhui class Courier SC 13 200 3 4 Aslan Hierate Yes Kugashin class Laboratory Ship SK 12 400 2 1 Third Imperium Yes Kurgilash class Medical Scout SM 12 400 3 2 Third Imperium No Lake class Surveillance Vessel S 12 9,789 2 1 Principality of Caledon Lance Marcus class Scout SC 15 100 2 2 Third Imperium SC-AL22 Last Armada class Scout S 11 200 2 5 Terran Confederation Last Line class Fleet Courier SN 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe Lavalier class Laboratory Ship SK 11 400 2 1 Third Imperium Yes L-DU12 Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship SK 12 200 2 1 Third Imperium Yes SK-BS12 Lintula class Survey Vessel SK 12 300 2 2 Sylean Federation Yes SK-CA22 Louis & Clark class Scout Surveyor SL 13 600 2 2 Third Imperium Machii class Scout Cruiser S 13 1,000 4 2 Third Imperium Yes Magash class Heavy Scout SC 15 300 5 3 Third Imperium Makisha Girra class Research Vessel SK 8 100 0 1 Vilani Hegemony LS-AA10 Marathon class Fleet Courier SN 14 200 3 3 Solomani Sphere No Mercury class Long Range Fleet Courier SC 15 400 6 1 Third Imperium Messenger class Commercial Courier SC 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe Messenger class Commercial Courier SC 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe Midlothian A5 class Dispatch SC 12 200 3 5 Principality of Caledon Militia class Military Scout SN 14 600 5 5 Third Imperium Model 225 class Scout S 12 200 3 3 Principality of Caledon Mont-SC class Scout S 12 100 3 3 Third Imperium Motherscout class Probe Drone Carrier SV 10 2,400 1 3 Terran Confederation S-ZS31 Ninz class Scout S 14 100 2 2 Zhodani Consulate Yes SG-AL22 Nostrii class Science Scout SK 12 100 3 1 Third Imperium No SK-AS13 Observant class Sensor Picket SW 9 5 0 1 Charted Space W-1C10 Pallad class Asteroid Scout S 15 200 3 2 Third Imperium Pathfinder class Fleet Scout S 15 100 4 2 Third Imperium S-AL24 Pathway class Scout SC 10 100 1 3 Distant Fringe Phidippides class Fast Courier SN 11 200 2 6 Terran Confederation Yes Prata class Attack Scout SN 15 100 1 6 Taakas Yh'Drak Protective class Scout SN 12 200 3 6 The Protectorate Pytheas class Exploratory Cruiser SL 13 3,000 4 1 Third Imperium yes Qasar class Scout Cruiser S 13 1,000 4 2 Third Imperium Yes Ranger class Courier SC 10 100 2 1 Third Imperium No Rapid class Fleet Courier SC 15 500 6 1 Darrian Confederation Rapid class Fleet Courier SC 15 500 6 1 Darrian Confederation S-223 Moon Raven class Covert Surveillance Scout S 13 300 4 4 Talokan Armed Forces S-CS44 Saladin class Fleet Scout SN 15 600 4 6 Third Imperium Sanctuary class Sensor Buoy SW 11 50 0 1 Distant Fringe W-5C10 Sci-Can class Laboratory Ship SK 11 300 2 2 Terran Confederation LS-CS22 Sci-Eye class Observatory Ship SL 11 400 2 2 Terran Confederation LS-DS22 Scybria class Scout SC 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe SC-AA42 Sering class Scout SC 12 100 2 2 Third Imperium No SC-AL22 Serpent class Scout/Courier SC 11 100 2 2 Third Imperium No S-AS22 More...

29 Representative Scout/Courier (SC) 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 Afterthought class Scout SC 15 100 4 4 Third Imperium Chatl class Leader Scout SC 14 150 5 3 Zhodani Consulate Yes Gepard class Express Courier SC 13 200 4 4 Third Imperium XCF-BA44 Giciifichu class Dispatcher SC 15 100 5 3 Hive Federation Yes SC-1S35 Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier SC 9 100 1 6 Nist Military Forces SC-AS26 Inchworm class Scout/Courier SC 12 100 2 2 Third Imperium SC-AS22 Iyeliy class Messenger SC 14 200 5 1 Aslan Hierate Yes XUA-BP15 Jump-Boat SC 15 55 3 3 Regency of Deneb Yes Jumpmax class Courier SC 15 100 6 2 Third Imperium XC-AL26 Khadumir class Fast Courier SC 15 400 6 1 Third Imperium Yes Ktiyhui class Courier SC 13 200 3 4 Aslan Hierate Yes Lance Marcus class Scout SC 15 100 2 2 Third Imperium SC-AL22 Magash class Heavy Scout SC 15 300 5 3 Third Imperium Mercury class Long Range Fleet Courier SC 15 400 6 1 Third Imperium Messenger class Commercial Courier SC 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe Messenger class Commercial Courier SC 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe Midlothian A5 class Dispatch SC 12 200 3 5 Principality of Caledon Pathway class Scout SC 10 100 1 3 Distant Fringe Ranger class Courier SC 10 100 2 1 Third Imperium No Rapid class Fleet Courier SC 15 500 6 1 Darrian Confederation Rapid class Fleet Courier SC 15 500 6 1 Darrian Confederation Scybria class Scout SC 11 100 2 4 Distant Fringe SC-AA42 Sering class Scout SC 12 100 2 2 Third Imperium No SC-AL22 Serpent class Scout/Courier SC 11 100 2 2 Third Imperium No S-AS22 Sulieman class Scout/Courier SC 12 100 2 2 Third Imperium Yes SC-AL22 Unity class Scout SC 12 100 2 3 Distant Fringe SC-AS32 Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier SC 13 110 4 1 Talokan Armed Forces SC-AU14 Wanderer class Scout/Courier SC 12 100 3 3 Third Imperium Wind class Scout/Courier SC 12 150 3 3 Third Imperium No

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1 Representative Vargr Scout (SV) 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 Motherscout class Probe Drone Carrier SV 10 2,400 1 3 Terran Confederation S-ZS31

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