Subcraft Carrier
Subcraft Carriers are vessels designed to carry subcraft, whether small ones designated smallcraft, or larger ones designated bigcraft.
- The most common types are Carriers and Tenders.
- Subcraft Carriers are used to describe paramilitary and military craft. Equivalent civilian or commercial craft are generally called Transports
- The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
- It is a starship supraclass.
Library Data Referral Tree
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)
Description (Specifications)
Subcraft Carriers are important and might one day disrupt the dominance of big gun battleships as they once did in the navies of maritime Terra, reversing the trend again. They transport a variety of smallcraft and bigcraft to the battlefield, where they perform combat support missions attacking skirmisher secondaries, disrupting missile flights, and decreasing the effectiveness of big gun battle wagons. As technology progresses, better miniaturized antishipping weaponry may lead to the fall of those same big gun battle wagons.
Various battle rider and jump tender strategies have already begun to innovate and experiment with a carrier strong future.
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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)
Subcraft Carriers are not intended to enagage in direct ship-to-ship combat with the forward line of warships. rather they deploy their subcraft as combat multipliers meant to help the heavy spinal mount warships deploy in the most advantageous positions and they are meant to disrupt the maneuver of the enemy's fleet combat elements.
Supraclass Roles
Subcraft Carriers typically serve as Carriers or Tenders:
Carriers typically serve the following roles:
Largecraft & Bigcraft:
- Ambush Carrier (VD)
- Assault Carrier (VA)
- Battle Carrier (VB)
- Carrier (V) (Namesake)
- Command Carrier (VC)
- Escort Carrier (VL)
- Fighter Support Ship (VL)
- Fleet Carrier (VF)
- Heavy Carrier (VH)
- Light Carrier (VL)
- Light Figher Carrier (VL)
- Medium Carrier (VM)
- Pocket Carrier (VP)
- Provincial Combat Carrier (VF)
- Range Carrier (VF)
- Strike Carrier (VS)
- System Defense Carrier (VD)
Tenders typically serve the following roles:
Largecraft & Bigcraft:
- Battle Tender (VTB)
- Commercial Tender (TB)
- Communication Tender (XT)
- Cruiser Tender (VTQ)
- Escort Tender (VTL)
- Fighter Tender (VT)
- Fleet Tender (VTF)
- Interdiction Tender (VTD)
- Jump Carrier (VT)
- Jump Shuttle (VT)
- Repair Tender (VTQ)
- Ship Tender (VTQ)
- Tender (VT) (Namesake)
- Xboat Tender (XT)
Military Subcraft
Military subcraft (...both smallcraft and bigcraft) are carried by nearly all of these vessels:
- Battle Rider (BR)
- Combat Barge (WBG)
- Combat Transport Smallcraft (UI)
- Fighters (F)
- Militarized Utility Craft (UQ)
Supraclass Archetypal Roles
These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:
V-class Subcraft Carrier Supraclass Archetypes | |||
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Archetype | Type Code | Exemplar | Remarks |
Carrier AKA Subcraft Carrier | V | Lurenti class Battle Carrier | None |
Heavy Carrier | VA | Midway class Heavy Carrier | None
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Battle Carrier | VB | TBD class Carrier | None
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Command Carrier | VC | War Child class Command Carrier | None
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Defense Carrier | VD | TBD class Carrier | None
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Escort Carrier | VE | Hyperion class Escort Carrier | None
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Fleet Carrier | VF | Antiama class Fleet Carrier | None
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Heavy Carrier | VH | Midway class Heavy Carrier | None
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Light Carrier | VL | Skimkish class Light Carrier | None
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Medium Carrier | VM | TBD class Carrier | None
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Strike Carrier | VS | Wind class Strike Carrier | None
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Tender | VT | World class Battle Tender | None
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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)
Carriers remain a strong element of fleet battle groups to this day, deploying subcraft in roles that enhance the effectiveness of the forward line of battle.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Ship Summary List
Some of the most commonly used vessels in these roles include:
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