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*'''Battleship''' The power of the Imperial Navy is concentrated in it's battleships. The definition of a battleship is a ship which, due to it's armament and protection, is capable of standing in the line of battle. When a battleship meets any lesser type of ship, it's victory is almost guaranteed. When battleships on two sides meet, victory goes to the better armed, better armored, and better directed ship. The broad type of battleship is further divided into many more clearly defined types. Besides battleships, there are dreadnoughts, battle riders, and battle tenders.
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*'''Battleship''' The power of the Imperial Navy is concentrated in it's battleships. The definition of a battleship is a ship which, due to it's armament and protection, is capable of standing in the line of battle. When a battleship meets any lesser type of ship, it's victory is almost guaranteed. When battleships on two sides meet, victory goes to the better armed, better armored, and better directed ship.
  
 
*'''Dreadnought''' A dreadnought is a superbattleship, designed to be the best possible battleship. The Imperial Navy places the dreadnought designation on its latest, most-effective battleships, redesignating them simply as battleships when their superior abilities are supplanted by newer construction. The concept of dreadnought does not mean that battleships are not built as well. Due to the expense of dreadnoughts, the Imperial Navy also acquires battleships as such.
 
*'''Dreadnought''' A dreadnought is a superbattleship, designed to be the best possible battleship. The Imperial Navy places the dreadnought designation on its latest, most-effective battleships, redesignating them simply as battleships when their superior abilities are supplanted by newer construction. The concept of dreadnought does not mean that battleships are not built as well. Due to the expense of dreadnoughts, the Imperial Navy also acquires battleships as such.

Revision as of 18:05, 5 July 2006

A Starship Type is a description of the purpose of a Starship. This should not be confused with Starship Class, which is a particular design. Each design is usually assigned to a particular type of starship, and each type will usually have many different classes.

Sometimes a starship will move from one type to another. For example a Heavy Cruiser is a front-line warship, however as they age, and technology advances, a class may be no longer fit for the front-line, and moved to a more secondary role such as Frontier Cruiser. Sometimes the same design with different armaments will be of a different type (e.g. Strike Cruiser vs Cruiser)

Starships are grouped into Military or Civilian uses, though Civilain ships can be used by the military, and some military ships do get into civilian hands.

Military

Broad Ship Types

The Imperial Navy acknowledges five broad ship types in its service: scouts, escorts. cruisers, carriers, and battleships. Each type has its own function within the overall mission of the navy.


  • Battleship The power of the Imperial Navy is concentrated in it's battleships. The definition of a battleship is a ship which, due to it's armament and protection, is capable of standing in the line of battle. When a battleship meets any lesser type of ship, it's victory is almost guaranteed. When battleships on two sides meet, victory goes to the better armed, better armored, and better directed ship.
  • Dreadnought A dreadnought is a superbattleship, designed to be the best possible battleship. The Imperial Navy places the dreadnought designation on its latest, most-effective battleships, redesignating them simply as battleships when their superior abilities are supplanted by newer construction. The concept of dreadnought does not mean that battleships are not built as well. Due to the expense of dreadnoughts, the Imperial Navy also acquires battleships as such.
  • Battle Rider A battle rider is a nonjump-capable vessel which is otherwise armed and armored like a battleship. By eliminating the jump drives and their associated controls and power plant support, the internal space they would occupy may be allocated to additional armor, weaponry, or agility. of any two vessels of equal tonnage, a battle rider (which is not burdened with jump drives and required jump drive support) would logically be superior to a jump-capable battleship.
  • Battle Tender A battle tender is a ship designed to carry battle riders into battle.
  • Cruisers Cruisers are more lightly armored and less heavily armed than battleships. To unarmed, unarmored ships, this difference is negligible, since a cruiser can easily attack and destroy any noncombatant ships. Cruisers are assigned to support battleships and carry combat to areas where a battleship is not considered necessary.
  • Carriers Carriers are designed to carry large numbers of small combat craft, which in turn attack the enemy’s combatants or world surfaces.


  • Escorts Escorts are vessels intended to protect and assist larger vessels. They are capable of independent action, but are usually assigned to support battleships and cruisers.


  • Scouts Scouts are survey and exploration ships normally employed in the scout service. They are transferred to naval duty in time of war or when otherwise necessary. Many scout ships are couriers for the navy.

Source: FSSI

Ships with the Strike Prefix usually have higher Jump Drives than others types.

Heavy Warships

Riders

Carriers

Cruisers

Destroyers

Frigates

Smaller Ships

Fighters

Civilian Types

Mercantile

Non-Commercial

Auxiliary

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