Privateer Vessel

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Privateer Vessels use vessels to raid the ebony's commerce with legal charter from a polity.

• They perform many of the same missions as pirates, but while pirates have no legal charter, privateers do. Raiders often perform the same missions: commerce raiding.
• Privateers are included as part of the P-class Corsair Vessel mission grouping.
• 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)

A privateer generally operates under a Letter of Marque. Failure to comply to the articles of the Letter qualifies the vessel as a pirate.

Corsairs are infamous throughout space, especially the dreaded Vargr corsair! Corsair vessels may be purposefully built at rogue shipyard or, as often as not, converted from existing ship types and classes.

• Piracy is one of the scourges of Interstellar Trade within Charted Space.
• Some vessels act as privateers with legal imprimatur or commerce raiders under military purview.
• And even other vessels act as Q-ships in a distinctly anti-piracy mission and role. Q-ships are technically H-class security vessels, but are included in this entry since they interact with Type-Ps by design.

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Raider Vessels are typically ambush ships, hoping to surprise, overcome, and loot unarmed victims. Prize vessels are always desired as well. Most predatory pirate vessels carry boarders not only to overcome enemy crew, but to temporarily crew captured vessels until they can be sold or otherwise disposed of. And Privateer vessels, in turn, ambush corsair vessels along with Q-ships.

Supraclass Roles

Privateer Vessels typically serve the following roles:

1. Ambush Ship (PR)
2. Commerce Raider (PR)
3. Corporate Raider (PR)
4. Escort Raider (PR)
5. Frontier Raider (PR)
6. Pirate Raider (PR)
7. Privateer (PRP)
8. Privateer Vessel (PRP)
9. Raider Escort (PR)
10. Raider Q-Carrier (PR)
11. Raider Tender (PR)
12. Raider Vessel (PR) (Namesake)
13. Scout Raider (PR)

Supraclass Archetypes

PP-class Privateer Vessel Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code/s	Exemplar	Remarks
Corsair Vessel	P (Namesake)	Nishemani class Corsair	None
Privateer Vessel	PP	TBD	None

History & Background (Dossier)

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Privateer:

1. Type A class Privateer
   1. Beowulf class Privateer

Ship Summary List

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

35 Representative Privateer (P) 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 Aeogz class Corsair PV 12 400 2 5 Vargr Extents No. Unpublished, non-canon fan starship design. TBD C-13 class Gun Boat PG 11 200 1 6 Chanestin Kingdom No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Dominion class Troop Transport PQ 11 6,000 2 2 Katowice Conquest Echo class Patrol Torpedo Boat PT 8 200 0 5 Tarkan (world) No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. PT 22055B2 Fearless class Assault Transport PQ 10 300 0 5 Distant Fringe PQ-3A50 Gaelic Splendor class Landing Craft PQ 12 1,000 1 3 Distant Fringe Garrison class Troop Transport PQ 11 2,800 2 2 Distant Fringe PQ-02S22 Gertrude Russel class Troop Transport PQ 12 7,000 2 4 Distant Fringe Gram class Troop Transport PQ 12 22,000 3 3 Sword Worlds Confederation IT-0BS33 Happy class Transport PQ 10 13,000 1 1 Old Worlds Navy Heron class Scout-Interceptor PG 14 100 2 6 Federation of Heron No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Heward class Troop Transport PQ 15 90,000 4 6 Third Imperium PQ-0JP64 Hoeywea class Troop Carrier PQ 10 100 0 6 Aslan Hierate No PQ-AS60 Jet Wasp class Corsair PRP 15 200 2 5 Mugheen't Sector PRP-BS52 K'Thunk class Raider Tender PR 8 100 0 1 Akras No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD K'Thunk class Raider Tender PR 8 100 0 1 Akras No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Kaashik class Raider PR 11 100 2 1 Sath Alliance No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. PR-AA12 Kaashik class Raider PR 11 100 2 1 Sath Alliance No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. PR-AA12 Khas'ahi class Troop Transport PQ 10 40,000 1 2 Distant Fringe Kitzukhan class Troop Transport PQ 15 7,000 4 2 Third Imperium KU8b Wraith class Assault Shuttle PQ 10 80 0 4 Korsumug Empire PQ-8A40 Lombardo class Assault Transport PQ 11 5,000 2 2 Distant Fringe Notorious class Troop Transport PQ 12 39,000 2 2 Federation of Alsas Project 122bis Kronshtadt class Pursuit Ship PG 13 325 3 6 Sindalian Empire No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Sacred class Utility Boat PQ 12 55 0 6 Tenjada Moralitate Sanlunche class Troop Transport PQ 10 3,000 1 1 Celestime League Sedulan class Transport PQ 12 1,700 2 2 Unity of Sed AD-SS22 Slicer class Assault Shuttle PQ 14 50 0 6 Third Imperium Steffern class Assault Lander PQ 13 50 0 2 Solomani Confederation No Taravesh class Gunboat PG 12 600 0 6 Trindel Confederacy No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Un Vaeg class Troop Transport PQ 12 20,000 3 5 Vargr Extents Vengeance class Commerce Raider PRP 13 400 3 3 Third Imperium No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Vey class Troop Transport PQ 12 3,600 2 4 Distant Fringe Vey class Troop Transport PQ 12 3,600 2 4 Distant Fringe Ziigusna class Military Pinnace PQ 15 40 0 6 Hive Federation Yes PQ-4S60

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science