Smallcraft

Capital Ship Combatants			Escort Combatants			Military Smallcraft				Support Ships
Battleship	Cruiser	Carrier	Destroyer	Escort	Frigate	System Defense Boat	Fighter	Assault Transport	Smallcraft	Auxiliaries

Commercial Mercantile Ships			Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships		Non-Commercial Ships			Civilian Smallcraft	Highports & Satellites
Merchant	Liner	Transport	Commercial Industrial	Commercial Ships	General	Research	Private	Auxiliary	Orbital Complexes	Satellites

Small Craft: Vessels under a hundred tons are considered to be small craft.

• Smallcraft are non-jump spacecraft under a 100 dTons in displacement.
• Smallcraft meant to be carried internally in other, larger ships are often called subcraft.
• Various standard types of small craft exist.

Description (Specifications)

Each small craft design is intended to be as useful as possible. As a result, smallcraft descriptions cover the basic performance of the craft, and indicates price, crew, and other details. Each craft also has a feature called excess space: this interior tonnage may be used by the purchaser for a wide variety of purposes. In effect, when the craft is procured, it is customized by the purchaser for some specific use. Any fitting or combination of fittings available may be specified for a standard design small craft. The prices, however, are ignored, and are considered to be included in the standard design price.

Shuttling between planets, small non-starships run errands, make deliveries. and generally do much of the dirty work that larger craft can't or won't do. Small craft displace less than 100 dtons and are thus incapable of interstellar flight.

Most Common Standardized Smallcraft Types

1. Cutter (50-ton)
2. Fighter (10-ton)
3. Launch (20-ton)
4. Pinnace (40-ton)
5. Ship's Boat (30-ton)
6. Shuttle (95-ton)
7. Slow Boat (30-ton)
8. Slow Pinnace (40-ton)

Smallcraft’s Larger Cousins: Bigcraft

Big Craft are ships that weight a 100 tons or more, designed to be carried within other ships.

Naval Ship Synopsis by Size-Role

Smallcraft are an ubiquitous part of any star system with space or starfaring capabilities. Almost everyone uses, designs, and manufactures them.

Ship Classification by Size

#	Type	Tonnage	Class	Commonality	Remarks
1.	Smallcraft (Subcraft)	0 to 99 tons	Vehicle	Ubiquitous	Smallcraft are NAFAL or STL. Smallcraft are typically designed to be carried by larger carrier craft. Such vehicles are called Subcraft. This class represents Shuttles, Gigs, Fighters, etc.
2.	Bigcraft (Subcraft)	100 tons or larger	Vehicle or Ship	Uncommon	Bigcraft may be designed FTL or NAFAL. Bigcraft are designed to be carried by larger carrier craft as Subcraft. This class represents SDB's and ship-sized subcraft.
3.	Adventure Class Ships (ACS)	100 to 2,499 tons	Ship or Vessel	Common	Adventure Class ships may be FTL or NAFAL. They are typically designed FTL and service many lesser roles including customs, planetary defense, tramp freighters, etc. This class represents Merchants, Escorts, etc.
4.	Battle Class Ships (BCS)	2,500 to 249,999 tons	Ship or Vessel	Uncommon	Battle Class ships may be FTL or NAFAL. Such ships require major investment and only service major roles including megacorporate interstellar trade, warships of capital class, and major endeavors. This class represents Cruisers, Bulk Traders, Battleships, etc.
5.	Fleet Class Ships (FCS)	250,000 to 249,999,999 tons	Ship or Vessel	Rare	Fleet Class ships may be FTL or NAFAL. Such ships are tremendously expensive and represent polity-level investment in RU's. This class represents Dreadnoughts, Superweapons, large Sleeper Ships, large Generation Ships, etc.
6.	World Class Ships (WCS)	2,500,000 tons or larger	Ship or Vessel	Ultra-rare	World Class ships may be FTL or NAFAL. Such ships are beyond expensive and represent suprapolity-level investment in many RU's. This class represents World-Ships, Super Dreadnoughts, Superweapons, etc.

History & Background (Dossier)

There are eight standard designs available; each design plan is available for Cr100. All take approximately twelve months to build. All are streamlined, and can enter atmospheres. All can operate with unrefined fuel; they have fuel scoops which allow them to skim fuel from a gas giant.

Smallcraft are where most early technology civilizations begin their spaceflight programs. By the modern interstellar age of TL:10-12, smallcraft are used as auxiliaries to larger starcraft and other interstellar FTL machines.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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