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.

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Please refer to the following AAB library data for more information:

• Starship
  • Ships by Function
    • Bigcraft
    • Boat
    • Non-starship
    • Smallcraft
    • Spaceship
    • Starship
    • Subcraft
    • Warship
  • Starship User Types
    • Civilian Ship
    • Paramilitary Ship
    • Military Ship
  • Advanced Ship Classifications
    • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
    • Ship Type Code / Superclass
    • Ship Class Code / Class
    • Model (TL)
    • Bloc (Lot)
  • Basic Ship Classifications
    • Size-Role Classification
    • QSP
    • USP
  • Speed of Travel
    • FTL
    • NAFAL (STL)
• Jump Drive
  • Jump Drive Key Resources
    • Lanthanum
    • Zuchai Crystal
  • Jump Drive Lore
    • Droptanks
    • Jump Bridge
    • Jump Damper
    • Jump Dimming
    • Jump Drive History
    • Jump Projector
    • Jump Space
    • Misjump

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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.

• Bigcraft may use jump drives.
• Bigcfaft used as subcraft are essentially large fighters or small vessels.

Naval Ship Synopsis by Size-Role

These vary in tonnage and in their intended function or role in fleet maneuvers and tactics. The security of the state is usually the primary design imperative.

Ship Classification by Size
#	Type	Tonnage	Examples	Remarks
1.	Smallcraft	0 to 99 tons	Shuttle Gig Fighter	Smallcraft are typically Subcraft, designed to be carried by carrier craft.
2.	Spacecraft	100 tons or larger	SDB Rider Monitor	Spacecraft are in-system vessels, lacking interstellar drives. Some Spacecraft are Subcraft, designed to be carried by carrier craft.
3.	Adventure Class Ships (ACS)	100 to 2,499 tons	Merchant Escort Mercenary Cruiser	Adventure Class ships are usually jump-capable. They serve many roles including customs, patrol, planetary defense, tramp freighters, etc.
4.	Battle Class Ships (BCS)	2,500 to about 1,000,000 tons	Cruiser Bulk Trader Battleship Sleeper Ship	Battle Class ships are warships. They are usually jump-capable. Such ships require major investment and only service major roles including megacorporate interstellar trade, warships, Capital Ships, and major endeavors.
5.	World Class Ships (WCS)	Larger than 1,000,000 tons	Loeskalth planetoid generation ship.	World Class ships are beyond expensive and represent suprapolity-level investment. They take many years to build. This class represents immense World-Ships, very large Super Dreadnoughts, Superweapons, etc. Operational staff are typically residents as much as crew. These ships are interacted with as worlds or events, rather than ships.

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.

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