Industrial Vessel

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G-class Industrial Vessels serve a wide variety of industrial uses including construction, resource processing, manufacturing, ship repair, recovery, and other commercial roles.

• Industrial Vessels perform large scale manufacturing, resource processing, and foodstuff raising among other tasks.
• The same vessel under dedicated military service would be known as a Combat Support Ship.
• Industrial smallcraft can be found under the UG-class.
• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
• It is a starship supraclass.

Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

Image Repository

Noncombatant Largecraft and/or Bigcraft

1. A Leander class Space Tug working a crowded highport.
   
2. This is a side view and a top view of a smaller layout of the modular ship known as the Roca Maestro class Modular Ore Hauler.
   
3. A Roughneck class Frontier Fuel Harvester traversing the various layers of a resource-rich gas giant.
   

Noncombatant Smallcraft

1. A Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch equipped with two 15-ton Ore Pods, a kind of Cargo Container.
   
2. Two Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutters making planetfall.
   

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Industrial Vessels and their militarized cousins, the Combat Support Ships, do the heavy lifting in Charted Space: factory ships, mobile refineries, mining vessels, nano-manufacturies, and all sorts of industrial applications. Such ships come with escorts where needed, and rarely have enough speed or armament to escape marauders if they did show up. They are often enormously expensive and no smart corporation or megacorporation would leave an asset such as these unprotected.

Supraclass Roles

Industrial Vessels typically serve the following roles:
Largecraft & Bigcraft:

G-class Industrial Vessel Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code
Agricultural Ship	GA
Agricultural Vessel	GA
Archive Ship	GFA
Asteroid Miner	GJ
Asteroid Processor	GJ
Beacon Maintenance Vessel	GV
Bio-Construction Plant	GFB
Bio-Construction Vessel	GCB
Construction Vessel	GC
Factory Ship	GF
Factory/Mining Ship	GFM
Farm Ship	GA
Ferry (Largecraft)	GQ
Forge Ship	GG
Frontier Fuel Harvester	GG
Gas Miner	GG
Gas Trader	GG
Heavy Industrial Vessel	GH
Industrial Mining Vessel	GJ
Industrial Ship	G
Industrial Tender	GV
Industrial Vessel	G (Namesake)
Light Industrial Vessel	GL
Medium Industrial Vessel	GM
Miner Craft	GJ
Mining Rig	GJ
Mining Ship	GJ
Mining Tender	GVT
Mining Vessel	GJ
Mobile Construction Plant	GC
Mobile Industrial Support Complex	GF
Mobile Manufacturing Ship	GF
Mobile Refinery	GG
Mobile Spacedock	GV
Mobile Spaceyard	GV
Oiler	GG
Portable Nanoforge	GFN
Portable Space Dock	GV
Prospector Vessel	J
Refinery Ship	GG
Refinery Vessel	GG
Repair Vessel	GV
Salvage Ship	GV
Ship Repair Vessel	GV
Ship Tender	GVT
Station Refinery Ship	GG
Superheavy Industrial Vessel	GS
Tug (Largecraft)	GQ
Ultraheavy Industrial Vessel	GU

Smallcraft:

G-class Industrial Smallcraft Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code
Ferry (Smallcraft)	UG
Industrial Craft	UG
Industrial Smallcraft	UG
Mining Launch	UG
Prospector's Cutter	UG
Tug (Smallcraft)	UG

Size-Class Roles for Transport Vessels

1. Industrial Smallcraft (UG) (1 to 99 tons)
2. Prospector Vessel (J) (100 to 2,499 tons)
3. Light Industrial Vessel (GL) (2,500 to 99,999 tons)
4. Medium Industrial Vessel (GM) (100,000 to 249,999 tons)
5. Heavy Industrial Vessel (GH) (250,000 to 499,999 tons)
6. Superheavy Industrial Vessel (GS) (500,000 to 999,999 tons)
7. Ultraheavy Industrial Vessel (GU) (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 Archetypal Roles

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

G-class Industrial Vessel Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
Industrial Vessel	G	Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor	None G = Great Industrial
Agricultural Vessel	GA	No exemplar yet available.	Primarily focused on production of agricultural goods. Notionally similar to Construction or Factory type except for the type of output (which affects means of production and typical market). A = Agricultural
Construction Vessel	GC	Legionary class Corvette	Typically for construction of one thing (such as another ship or a building) at a time. Usually smaller than most GFs. C = Construction
Bio-Construction Vessel	GCB	Parthenolab class Bio-Construction Vessel	A construction vessel that makes single instances or small batches at a time of biological products by non-agricultural means (and thus not a GA). C = Construction B = Biological
Factory Ship	GF	No exemplar yet available.	Typically for construction of many things at once, using economies of scale (thus, usually larger than GCs). F = Factory
Bio-Construction Plant	GFB	No exemplar yet available.	A factory ship that makes large quantities and/or many types of primarily or entirely biological products at a time, constructing them via non-agricultural means (and thus not a GA). F = Factory F = Biological
Refinery Vessel	GG	Prelude class Mobile Refinery	Refinery vessels that can obtain their own unprocessed fuel (which is most refinery vessels) are classified by type: GGI can mine ice, GGW can scoop water and/or skim gas giants, and GGM (for Multi) can do both. Just having a fuel processor on board does not qualify a ship as GG by itself; fuel refining must be the primary mission of the ship. G = Gas, Fuel, etc.
Mining Vessel	GJ	SI-049 Company Store class Mining Tender	Mining ships that can also build things are GCM or GFM depending on construction focus. J = ramJet (...an early reaction drive used by many of the earliest asteroid prospectors)
Heavy Industrial Vessel	GH	No exemplar yet available.	None H = Heavy
Heavy Industrial Vessel	GL	No exemplar yet available.	None L = Light
Medium Industrial Vessel	GM	No exemplar yet available.	None H = Medium
Utility Vessel, Tug	GQ	Powhatan class Heavy Tug	None Q = Quartermaster, Combat Support, Logistics, Utility, etc.
Superheavy Industrial Vessel	GS	No exemplar yet available.	None S = Supraheavy
Ultraheavy Industrial Vessel	GU	Prelude class Mobile Refinery	None U = Ultraheavy
Ship Tender / Ship Repair Vessel	GV	Ocklosh class Salvage Ship	A Ship Tender is a vessel intended to maintain and repair stricken ships. Essentially, a floating maintenance and repair yard with all labs, workshops, tools, and a limited quantity of supplies to perform such duty, with more sourced from supply ships attending the fleet. The ship tender and fleet tender terms are often, though mistakenly, used interchangeably. V = Ship Repair, Ship Salvage, etc.
Prospector Vessel	J	Type J class Seeker	Prospector Vessels or Very Light Industrial Vessels are typically smaller mining and prospecting vessels that participate and perform important roles in the resource extraction and processing industries. J = ramJet (...an early reaction drive used by many of the earliest asteroid prospectors)
Industrial Smallcraft	UG	Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch	None U = Utility
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)

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Industrial Vessel - Bigcraft or Largecraft:
Type G class Industrial Vessel:

1. Type GA class Agricultural Vessel
   1. No exemplar yet available.
2. Type GC class Construction Vessel
   1. Legionary class Corvette
   2. Library class Archive Ship
3. Type GF class Factory Ship
   1. No exemplar yet available.
4. Type GG class Refinery Vessel
   1. Peapod class Mobile Refinery
   2. Prelude class Mobile Refinery
   3. Roughneck class Frontier Fuel Harvester
5. Type GM class Mining Vessel
   1. SI-049 Company Store class Mining Tender
6. Type GU class Utility Vessel
   1. Atlas class Starport Heavy Lift Tug
   2. Conrad class Towing Vessel
   3. Dwarf class Starport Lift Tug
   4. Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor
   5. Kroie class Tug
   6. Powhatan class Heavy Tug
   7. Type UT class Tug
7. Type GV class Ship Repair Vessel
   1. Briareus class Repair Ship
   2. Cortez class Salvage Ship
   3. Ocklosh class Salvage Ship

Civilian Ship - Industrial Smallcraft:

1. Type UG class Industrial Smallcraft
   1. Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter
   2. Prospector class Remote Fuel Scavenger
   3. Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch

Ship Summary List

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

10 Representative Industrial Vessel (G) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Atlas class Starport Heavy Lift Tug GU 15 100,000 0 3 Third Imperium Conrad class Towing Vessel GU 13 200 2 2 Third Imperium Cortez class Salvage Ship GV 10 800 2 1 Third Imperium No Dwarf class Starport Lift Tug GU 15 10,000 0 3 Third Imperium Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor GU 14 300 3 1 Third Imperium No RV-FU23 Library class Archive Ship GV 15 100 3 6 Third Imperium GC-AL63 Ocklosh class Salvage Ship GV 13 400 2 3 Third Imperium Yes Parthenolab class Bio-Construction Vessel GCB 13 400 2 2 Solomani Confederation GCB-DU22 Roughneck class Frontier Fuel Harvester GG 6 200 0 1 New Era Yes JG-BP10 SI-049 Company Store class Mining Tender GM 14 4,000 1 2 Third Imperium JV-04U21

0 Representative Agricultural Vessel (GA) Classes
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1 Representative Construction Vessel (GC) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Parthenolab class Bio-Construction Vessel GCB 13 400 2 2 Solomani Confederation GCB-DU22

0 Representative Factory Ship (GF) Classes
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1 Representative Refinery Vessel (GG) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Roughneck class Frontier Fuel Harvester GG 6 200 0 1 New Era Yes JG-BP10

0 Representative Heavy Industrial Vessel (GH) Classes
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0 Representative Mining Vessel (GJ) Classes
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0 Representative Light Industrial Vessel (GL) Classes
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1 Representative Medium Industrial Vessel (GM) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile SI-049 Company Store class Mining Tender GM 14 4,000 1 2 Third Imperium JV-04U21

0 Representative Utility Vessel (GQ) Classes
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0 Representative Supraheavy Industrial Vessel (GS) Classes
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4 Representative Ultraheavy Industrial Vessel (GU) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Atlas class Starport Heavy Lift Tug GU 15 100,000 0 3 Third Imperium Conrad class Towing Vessel GU 13 200 2 2 Third Imperium Dwarf class Starport Lift Tug GU 15 10,000 0 3 Third Imperium Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor GU 14 300 3 1 Third Imperium No RV-FU23

3 Representative Ship Tender / Mobile Spaceyard (GV) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Cortez class Salvage Ship GV 10 800 2 1 Third Imperium No Library class Archive Ship GV 15 100 3 6 Third Imperium GC-AL63 Ocklosh class Salvage Ship GV 13 400 2 3 Third Imperium Yes

25 Representative Prospector Vessel (J) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor JJ 15 180 2 2 Third Imperium No Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor JJ 15 180 2 2 Third Imperium No Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor JJ 15 180 2 2 Third Imperium No Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor JJ 15 180 2 2 Third Imperium No Assistance class Commercial Tender JR 11 3,500 2 2 Third Imperium Bowman class Mining Platform JJ 12 5,000 0 1 Third Imperium Yes Grovestone class Smallcraft Tender JV 13 300 2 3 The Borderland Subsector GV-DB42 Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard JW 11 90,000 0 1 Distant Fringe Icepick class Fuel/Ice Harvesting Drone JJ 12 10 0 7 Second Imperium JJ-1P70 Iron Monarch class Mining Vessel J 12 400 1 2 Old Earth Union JM-DU21 Jackie class Seeker JJ 12 100 2 1 Third Imperium Yes JP-AL22 Kteiroa class Seeker JJ 14 200 2 2 Aslan Hierate Yes JJ-BS22 MCS class Mobile Asteroid Base J 13 10,000,000 0 1 Third Imperium Mint class Mining Drone JJ 12 10 0 1 Third Imperium JJ-1P10 Quarter Hammer class Construction Drone J 12 10 0 1 Second Imperium J-1C10 Seeker class Asteroid Prospector JJ 11 100 2 1 Distant Fringe Sproutstone class Mining Drone JJ 13 10 0 5 The Borderland Subsector JJ-D150 Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch JJ 10 20 0 1 Third Imperium No JJ-2S10 Type A2J class SICP Miner JJ 14 200 2 1 Solomani Confederation Type J class Seeker JJ 10 100 2 2 Third Imperium Yes J-AL22 Type VJ class Seeker JJ 9 200 1 1 Vargr Extents Yes Udzuekh class Mining Vessel JJ 11 400 2 1 Vargr Extents Yes VCS 891 class Resource Scout JJ 10 100 1 6 Viyard Concourse Wobbegong class Seeker JJ 12 100 1 3 Third Imperium No Zukseg class Seeker JJ 10 200 1 1 Vargr Extents No JJ-BU11

2 Representative Industrial Smallcraft (UG) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter UG 14 60 0 1 Third Imperium R-6S10 Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch UG 10 20 0 1 Third Imperium No JJ-2S10

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