Tanker

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A T-class Tanker is a craft designated to carry valuable liquid resources, usually refined ship fuel.

• Some tankers are designed for explicit military service and are designated Q-class Combat Support Ships.
• 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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Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

Image Repository

1. A massive Baleen class Heavy Tanker.
   
2. A Nimrod class Fuel Lighter.
   
3. A Provision class Medium Tanker.
   

Spectrum of Civil Shipping in Charted Space

Spectrum of Civil Shipping in Charted Space: 1105
Cateogries	A-class	R-class	M-class	T-class
Synopsis	Tramp	Liner	Freighter	Transport & Tanker
Hull Tonnage	100 to 2,499 dTons	100 to 2,499 dTons	2,500 to 999,999 dTons	2,500 to 999,999 dTons or more... (...rarely more than 1,000,000) dTons
Size-Cat	ACS	ACS	BCS & FCS	BCS & FCS (rarely WCS)
Ideal Freight Volume	Zero to Low (Hundreds of tons)	Medium (Hundreds to Thousands of tons)	High (Thousands to Tens of Thousands of tons)	Very High (Tens to Hundreds of Thousands of tons)
Market	Unscheduled low volume, high speculation trade routes	Mostly scheduled, medium speculation, subsidized trade routes	Scheduled medium and high-volume, low speculation trade routes	Scheduled high volume trade routes with massive economies of scale, or massive (...usually government) projects
Rough Market Share	10%	25%	45%	20%
Area of Influence	Cluster or Trace+	Subsector+	Sector	Multi-Sector
Business	Fledgling Line	Subsector-wide Line & Interface Line	Sector-wide Line	Multi-sector Line
Remarks	Merchant Princes & Adventurers	Scheduled & Subsidized Trade	Backbone of Merchant Trade	Corporate Bulk Trade
NOTES: While standards exist, ship naming standards evolve with time and over tech epochs. Class naming comments are only generalizations and many exceptions exist. Trade is heavily affected by local regulations, the rule of law, and local security conditions. WCS-class vessels are not ordinarily used for merchant missions as they are too large and expensive.

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

No information yet available.

Supraclass Roles

Tankers typically serve the following roles:

1. Bulk Fuel Carrier (TF)
2. Fleet Fuel Tanker (TF)
3. Fleet Tanker (TF)
4. Frontier Tanker (TF)
5. Fuel Lighter (TF)
6. Fuel Tanker (TF)
7. Heavy Tanker (TFH)
8. Light Tanker (TFL)
9. Medium Tanker (TFM)
10. Superheavy Tanker (TFS)
11. Tanker (TF) (Namesake)
12. Ultraheavy Tanker (TFU)
13. Very Light Tanker (TFV)

Size-Class Roles for Transport Vessels

1. Fuel Shuttle (UF) (1 to 99 tons)
2. Very Light Tanker (TFV) (100 to 2,499 tons)
3. Light Tanker (TFL) (2,500 to 99,999 tons)
4. Medium Tanker (TFM) (100,000 to 249,999 tons)
5. Heavy Tanker (TFH) (250,000 to 499,999 tons)
6. Superheavy Tanker (TFS) (500,000 to 999,999 tons)
7. Ultraheavy Tanker (TFU) (1,000,000 or more tons)

Civilian Subcraft

Civilian subcraft (...both smallcraft and bigcraft) are carried by some of these vessels:

1. Barge (WB)
2. Utility Craft (U)

Supraclass Archetypes

Tanker Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code/s	Exemplar	Remarks
Tanker	TF	TBD class TBD	None

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Ship - Transport:

1. Type TF class Tanker

Ship Summary List

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

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