Subcraft
A Subcraft is a smaller ship carried within a larger ship.
- Most subcraft are boats and smallcraft, although larger FTL-capable bigcraft are possible, but used much less often.
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Astronomical Unit (AU)
- FTL
- Light Speed (c)
- Light-week (lw)
- Light-year (ly)
- NAFAL (STL)
- Parsec (pc)
- Jump Drive
- Jump Drive Key Resources
- Jump Drive Lore
Description (Specifications)
The terms subcraft and smallcraft have semantic overlap in meaning.
And there are similar issues with subcraft carriers.
- Militarized subcraft carriers are known as Carriers or Tenders.
- Civilian subcraft carriers are typically known as Ship Transporters or Tenders.
Ubiquitous Subcraft Usage
However, practically speaking, almost any craft can dock a subcraft to an airlock, docking point, or hangar. And when it comes to drones, they can be deployed from a standard missile rack or tube as well. In this sense, a vast variety of craft can deploy subcraft of varying sizes and types.
Impromptu Subcraft Carriers
Larger cargo vessels typically can transport entire ships, vehicles, subcraft, bigcraft, largecraft, and other forms of craft in vast numbers. Under the right conditions, many can launch and/or recover them as well. Almost any container ship can be converted into an impromptu subcraft carrier in times of need.
Dedicated Subcraft Carriers
The primary difference is that a dedicated carrier, tender, or ship transporter possesses dedicated facilities to launch, recover, track, coordinate operations, communicate, support pilots, support service personnel, and otherwise maintain subcraft operations over vast distances, time durations, and areas of influence.
There is a tremendous difference between a top of the line launch tube and a simple cargo airlock. A dedicated hangar space is vastly superior to an unpressurized cargo bay. A dedicated subcraft carrier will vastly outperform an impromptu subcraft carrier the vast majority of the time.
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