Corvette

Line Combatants (Primary - Capital)				Escort Combatants (Secondary - Subcapital)				Military Auxiliary (Tertiary)
B- Battleship	C- Cruiser	O- Ortillery	V- Carrier	D- Destroyer	E- Escort	F- Fighter	H- Defense/Security	I- Combat Transport	Q- Combat Support	S- Scout	U- Utility	X- Commo	Z- Special

Mercantile Commercial Ships (Trade & Profit)				Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships (Industry & Profit)					Non-Commercial Ships (Nonprofit)			System Craft (Intrastellar)
A- Tramp	M- Freighter	R- Liner	T- Transport	G- Industrial	J- Prospector	K- Expedition	P- Corsair	U- Utility	L- Science	N- Medical	Y- Private	WB- Barge	WA- Satellite	WO- Space Station

A Corvette is a light starship, generally an Adventure Class Ship.

• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
• It is a starship supraclass.

Description (Specifications)

The terms frigate, corvette, destroyer escort and close escort have considerable semantic overlap, though frigates and destroyer escorts tend to be slightly larger.

Image Repository

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Escort Combatants (Secondary) - The Lightcraft Hierarchy

A number of smallcraft and ACS combatants exist:
Smallcraft (F or U) (0 - 99 tons) (* System craft / non-Jump *)

1. Fighter: Interceptor / Picket (FD / FE / FP / FR) (10 - 50 tons)
2. Gunboat / Torpedo Boat (GB / MB / DB / EB) (40 - 99 tons)
3. Cutter (sC/qC) (45+ tons)
4. Light Sloop (ESL) (50 - 99 tons)

Bigcraft (W or Other) (100 tons or larger) (* System vessel / non-Jump *)

1. Escort Vessel (ES/ESV):
   1. Sloop-of-War (ESB/ESG) (100 - 600 tons)
   2. Gun-Brig (EB/EBG) (400 - 1000 tons)
2. Defense Boat (DB/SDB) (100 - 1,000 tons)
3. System Defense Vessel (DV/SDV) (1,000 - 2,499 tons or larger)
   1. Defense Frigate (DG) (800 - 1,200 tons)
   2. Escort Defense Cruiser (EDC) (1,000 - 2,000 tons)

Largecraft (100 tons or larger) (* Jump-capable *)

1. Escort (E):
   1. Jump-Sloop (ESJ) (100 - 600 tons)
   2. Close Escort (EC/CE) (300 - 600 tons)
   3. Corvette (E/EG) (300 - 800 tons)
2. Frigate (G):
   1. Destroyer Escort (DE) (400 - 1,000 tons)
   2. Escort Frigate (EG) (500 - 1,200 tons)
   3. Gunned Frigate (G) (500 - 1,200 tons)
3. Destroyer (D):
   1. Escort Destroyer (ED) (1,000 - 2,499 tons or larger)
4. Escort Cruiser (EC):
   1. Detached Cruiser (CC) (1,000 - 2,499 tons or larger)
      1. Colonial Cruiser (CC) (1,000 - 2,499 tons or larger)
      2. Provincial Cruiser (CC) (1,000 - 2,499 tons or larger)
   2. Destroyer Leader (DGL/DGC/DLC) (1,000 - 2,499 tons or larger)
   3. Heavy Gun-Frigate (EGC/GFC) (1,000 - 2,499 tons)

Traditionally, the historical vessels from which the names of the modern examples above are taken increased in size along the progression below.

»» For more detailed background information, please see: Origins of Vessel Naming Nomenclature.

• Gunboat »» Sloop (Single-mast) »» Sloop-of-War (Brig-Sloop (2-mast) »» Ship-Sloop (3-mast)) »» Corvette »» Escort/Patrol Frigate (Destroyer Escort) »» Destroyer (Escort Destroyer / Fleet Destroyer) »» (Destroyer Leader <> Heavy Gun Frigate) »» Cruiser »» (Heavy) Gun Cruiser

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

No information yet available.

Lightcraft Hierarchy

1. Smallcraft
2. Close Escort
3. Corvette
4. Escort:
   1. Escort Frigate
   2. Destroyer Escort
5. Gunned Frigate
6. Destroyer
7. Escort Cruiser (Very Light Cruiser):
   1. Detached Cruiser
      1. Colonial Cruiser
      2. Provincial Cruiser
   2. Destroyer Leader
   3. Heavy Gunned Frigate

Supraclass Roles

Corvettes typically serve the following roles:

1. Close Escort (ECE)
2. Consular Corvette (E?)
3. Corvette (EE)
4. Escort (E)
5. Frigate (EG)
6. Gunned Corvette (EG)
7. Lancer (EC)
8. Light Escort (EL)
9. Missile Boat (EBM)
10. Missile Corvette (EM)
11. Patrol Corvette (HTE)
12. Strike Corvette (EK)
13. War Galley (EBA)

Supraclass Archtypes

EC-class Corvette Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
TBD	TBD	TBD	None

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Corvette:

1. Type EC class Corvette AKA Type LE class Corvette
   1. Antarian class Corvette
   2. Banya class Light Fleet Corvette
   3. Berka class Heavy Fleet Corvette
   4. Bra'la class Corvette Transport
   5. Breaker class Corvette
   6. Cozzi class Corvette
   7. Cyclone class War Corvette
   8. Dranzhrin class Consular Corvette
   9. Egek'aa class Corvette
   10. Flower class Armoured Corvette
   11. Foxtrot class Corvette
   12. Grisha class Corvette
   13. Gunbuster class Corvette
   14. Jaradin class Corvette
   15. Kalaron class Corvette
   16. KE7 Virulent class Corvette
   17. Kodan class Corvette
   18. Lakr class Corvette
   19. Lancer class Corvette
   20. Lawful Means class Corvette
   21. Malcolm class Corvette
   22. Menace class Corvette
   23. Ming class Corvette
   24. Oegveng Class Gunned Corvette
   25. Polaris class Corvette
   26. Rasand Protector class Corvette
   27. Revenge War Sloop class Corvette
   28. Sariwon class Corvette
   29. Stalwart class Corvette
   30. TC8 Nedric class Corvette
   31. Type E class Corvette
   32. Type LE class Corvette
   33. Type 056 Jiangdao Class Corvette
   34. Ueghzgi class Corvette
   35. Wasinki class Corvette

Missile Corvette:

1. Type ECM class Missile Corvette
   1. Admiral Gorshkov class Missile Corvette
   2. C-9 class Missile Corvette
   3. Kyle Strum class Missile Corvette
   4. Malory Francis class Missile Corvette
   5. Richtofen class Missile Corvette
   6. Silversun class Missile Corvette
   7. Type EEM class Missile Corvette
   8. Valor class Missile Corvette

Patrol Corvette:

1. Type ECT class Patrol Corvette
   1. Dienjzhiae class Fleet Intelligence Corvette
   2. Kiviat class Patrol Corvette
   3. Lienjshiaflaa class Patrol Corvette
   4. Lurushaar Kilaalum class Patrol Cruiser
   5. Shalis class Patrol Corvette
   6. Shivva class Patrol Frigate
   7. Type T class Patrol Ship

Ship Summary List

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

4 Representative Corvette (EG) 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 Flare class Gunboat EG 10 300 1 6 Winston Democracy No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. EG-CS61 Kodan class Corvette EG 15 700 4 6 Third Imperium No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. EG-GU64 Kodan class Corvette EG 15 700 4 6 Third Imperium No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. EG-GU64 Rule of Man class Gunboat EG 11 400 2 6 Rule of Man No information yet available.

Library Data Referral Tree

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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)

» Imperial Standard Astronomical Unit

• Light-second (ls)
• Light-minute (lm)
• Light-hour (lh)
• Light-day (ld)
• Light-week (lw)
• Light-year (ly)
• Parsec (pc)

» Solomani Parsec

» Vilani Parsec ("Deshi")

» Imperial Standard Parsec

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