Bigcraft
Bigcraft are non-jump capable vessels with a displacement of more than 100 Tons.
- They may serves as Subcraft carried within a larger ship.
- They may serve various roles such as Battle Riders, SDBs, Monitors, Barges, etc.
Library Data Referral Tree
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Astronomical Unit (AU)
- FTL
- Light Speed (c)
- Light-week (lw)
- Light-year (ly)
- NAFAL (STL)
- Parsec (pc)
Description (Specifications)
There are two factors that set bigcraft aside from smallcraft or starcraft:
- Bigcraft differ from smallcraft in that they are larger. Smallcraft cap out at 99.99 tons. Bigcraft are a hundred or more tons in size. Bigcraft could theoretically be equipped with a jump drive.
- Bigcraft may be very large fighters, attack boats, or battle riders and thus also be subcraft.
- Bigcraft differ from starcraft in that they are not equipped with a FTL Jump Drive. Bigcraft are system craft, meant for intraplanetary travel, not trans or interplanetary travel between stars and star systems. Starcraft travel between stars. Bigcraft or spacecraft, in the pure sense, are not.
- Bigcraft may be interplanetary if thus intended, but not FTL. They are NAFAL or STL. Generation Ships and Sleeper Ships are the two most common examples of this idea.
These vary in tonnage and in their intended function or role in fleet maneuvers and tactics. The security of the state is usually the primary design imperative. [1]
Ship Classification by Size | |||||
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# | Type | Tonnage | Examples | Remarks | |
1. | Smallcraft | 0 to 99 tons | Smallcraft are typically Subcraft, designed to be carried by carrier craft. | ||
2. | Spacecraft | 100 tons or larger | Spacecraft are in-system vessels, lacking interstellar drives.
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3. | Adventure Class Ships (ACS) | 100 to 2,499 tons | Adventure Class ships are usually jump-capable.
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4. | Battle Class Ships (BCS) | 2,500 to about 1,000,000 tons | Battle Class ships are warships. They are usually jump-capable.
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5. | World Class Ships (WCS) | Larger than 1,000,000 tons | Loeskalth planetoid generation ship. | World Class ships are beyond expensive and represent suprapolity-level investment.
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Escort Combatants (Secondary) - The Lightcraft Hierarchy
A number of smallcraft and ACS combatants exist:
- Smallcraft (F or U) (0 to 99 tons)
- Bigcraft (W or Other) (100 or larger tons)
- Escort (E) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Destroyer (D) (2,500 or larger tons)
History & Background (Dossier)
Bigcraft with all their various missions remain popular throughout Charted Space for the simple reason that omitting a jump engine, hull grid, and related ship equipment is a tremendous savings in cost, manufacturing, and a number of other factors.
Jump Drives are tremendously expensive, complicated, and difficult to research and master. It's simply easier to design system ships for which there can be tremendously greater efficiencies of cost and manufacturing.
Bigcraft vs. Largecraft
- Bigcraft are NAFAL boats over a 100 tons without a jump drive.
- Largecraft are FTL vessels over a 100 tons with a jump drive.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Ronald B. Kline, Jr.