Private Vessel

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

Y-class Private Vessels accommodate a wider variety of privately owned spacecraft, NAFAL and FTL, smallcraft and bigcraft, Consumer Craft and luxury Yachts.

• Yachts are the best known and most visible of these vessels.
• 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)

» 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

Description (Specifications)

NAFAL system spaceships are horrendously expensive, many times the annual wages of the typical worker, even on a rich world. Starcraft with jump drives are even more expensive than that. Thus, citizens who can afford to buy a personal starship, even a small one are tremendously wealthy and why would the wealthy build anything less than a Y-class Yacht or Private Vessel? As such, Y-class ships tend to be luxurious, high performance, and extensively stocked with servants, bodyguards, cooks, and other service staff.

Image Repository

1. A prototypical Type Y class Yacht.
   
2. An exclusive and desirable Starblade class Executive Yacht.
   
3. A side view of a Wanderer class Luxury Yacht.
   

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Most Private Vessels are minimally armed and/or armored, but there are plenty of exceptions. After all, they can afford it. Heck, they can afford to specialize a ship in any fashion they like... Most often, yachts and private vessels employ escorts for defense, and if alone, they simply run when facing a hostile threat. On other hand, Q-Ships that look like yachts are not an uncommon sight.

Supraclass Roles

Private Vessels typically serve the following roles:

Civilian Ship - Yachts:

1. Charter Yacht (YK)
2. Expeditionary Yacht (YK)
3. Executive Yacht (YL)
4. Luxury Yacht (YL)
5. Private Starship (Y)
6. Private Vessel (Y) (Namesake)
7. Racing Yacht (YR)
8. Regatta Yacht (YR)

Civilian Craft - Private Smallcraft (Non-luxury):

1. Private Smallcraft (UY)
2. Star Limousine (UYL)
3. TBD

Supraclass Archetypal Roles

These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:

Y-class Private Vessel Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code	Exemplar	Remarks
Private Vessel	Y	Lady of Shalott class Yacht	None Y = Yacht
Expeditionary Yacht	YK	Prancing Poni class Charter Yacht	None K = Kiswahili (Name of Terran language used in an area where many significant safari expeditions occurred. Also known as Swahili)
Luxury Yacht	YL	Starblade class Executive Yacht	None L = Luxury
Racing Yacht	YR	Condor class Racing Yacht	None R = Racing, Regatta, etc.
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)

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Private Vessel:

1. Type Y class Yacht
   1. Dark Mistress class Yacht
   2. Desiree Keah class Yacht
   3. Exile class Yacht
   4. Iinen class Yacht
   5. Kundeai class Yacht
   6. Prancing Poni class Charter Yacht
   7. Royal Tempest class Yacht
   8. Wanderer class Yacht

1. Type YL class Luxury Yacht
   1. DeVass class Private Starship
   2. Lady Charlotte class Yacht
   3. Lady of Shalott class Yacht
   4. Lord Baltimore class Yacht
   5. Starblade class Executive Yacht
   6. Vanderbilt class Yacht

1. Type YK class Expeditionary Yacht
   1. Herald class Expeditionary Yacht
   2. Jewel class Private Yacht
   3. Prancing Poni class Charter Yacht
   4. Rake II class Yacht
   5. Type Y2 class Yacht

1. Type YR class Racing Yacht
   1. Condor class Racing Yacht

Ship Summary List

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

1 Representative Private Vessel (Y) 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 Dark Mistress class Yacht Y 11 200 1 1 Distant Fringe No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD

0 Representative Expeditionary Yacht (YK) Classes
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0 Representative Luxury Yacht (YL) Classes
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0 Representative Racing Yacht (YR) Classes
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1 Representative Luxury Smallcraft (UY) 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 Type UY class Private Smallcraft UY 10 10 0 2 Third Imperium UY-1S20

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