Special Mission Ship

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Z-class Special Mission Ships are special research or test craft used for very specialized missions.

• This grouping includes prototypes, test ships, recovered enemy vessels, alien artifact ships, and other curiosities.
• 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:

• Starship User Types
  • Civilian Ship
  • Military Ship
  • Non-Commercial Vessel
  • Paramilitary Ship

• Advanced Ship Classifications
  • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
  • Ship Type Code / Superclass
  • Ship Class Code / Class
  • Model (TL)
  • Bloc (Lot)

• Basic Ship Classifications
  • Adventure Class Ship (Auxiliary Class Ship)
  • Battle Class Ship (Bulk / Subcapital Class Ship)
  • Capital Ship (Capital Class Ship)
  • Fleet Class Ship (Capital Class Ship)
  • Size-Role Classification
  • Subcapital Ship (Small & Large Battle Class Ships)
  • QSP
  • USP
  • World Class Ship

• Ships by Function
  • Bigcraft
  • Boat
  • Capital Ship
  • Largecraft
  • Non-starship
  • Smallcraft
  • Spaceplane
  • Spaceship
  • Starship
  • Subcapital Ship
  • Subcraft
  • System Craft
  • Warship

Speed of Travel

• NAFAL (STL) - (Not As Fast As Light) / (Slower Than Light)
• Light Speed (c)
• FTL - (Faster Than Light) - "Superluminal"

• Astronomical Unit (AU)

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Description (Specifications)

This supraclass also includes unique ships (...such as one-off prototypes and ships from unknown or vanished civilizations), which consist of a "class" of just one, where there is not a better classification. For instance, the message pod found in Ognar system, containing the only record of their long lost civilization, qualifies as Z-class rather than a W-class station due to its uniqueness, its archaeological importance, and its utter lack of commercial, military, or (aside from the data it serves as an archive for) scientific capability.

Image Repository

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

It is almost impossible to state a common doctrine for this disparate class as a whole, beyond generalized notes that apply to all ships, as each Z class ship tends to be unique with very specialized mission profiles.

Supraclass Roles

Special Mission Ships typically serve the following roles:
Largecraft, Smallcraft & Bigcraft:

1. Alien Artifact Ship (ZA)
2. Carrier Prototype (ZP)
3. Decoy (ZD)
4. Decoy Vessel (ZD)
5. Drone (ZD)
6. Experimental Craft (ZE)
7. Experimental Far Trader (ZE)
8. Experimental Gunboat (ZE)
9. Experimental Vessel (ZE)
10. Experimental Transport (ZE)
11. Hybrid Experimental Craft (ZE)
12. Hybrid Test Ship (ZE)
13. Prototype (ZP)
14. Prototype Carrier (ZP)
15. Prototype Ship (ZP)
16. Prototype Vessel (ZP)
17. Special Mission Ship (Z) (Namesake)
18. Special Mission Smallcraft (UZ)
19. Test Ship (ZE)
20. Unclassified Ship (ZU)
21. Unique Ship (ZU)
22. Special Mission Ship (Z) (Namesake)

Military Subcraft

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

1. Battle Rider (BR)
2. Combat Barge (WBG)
3. Combat Transport Smallcraft (UI)
4. Fighters (F)
5. Militarized Utility Craft (UQ)

Supraclass Archetypal Roles

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

Z-class Special Mission Ship Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
Special Mission Ship	Z (Namesake)	Exatar class Ramscoop Jumpship	None Z = Special (...last letter of Anglic alphabet, a catchall category)
Alien Artifact Ship	ZA	Annic Nova class Far Trader	None A = Alien
Decoy Vessel	ZD	TBD class Special Mission Ship	None D = Decoy
Experimental Vessel	ZE	Star Rider class Experimental Transport	None E = Experimental
Prototype Vessel	ZP	Grey Ghost class Fast Intruder	None P = Prototype
Unclassified Ship or Unique Ship	ZU	The Green Hornet	None U = Unique or Unclassified
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

Military Ship - Special Mission Ship:

1. Type TBD class TBD
   1. TBD class TBD

Ship Summary List

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

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