Capital Ship

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

Capital Ships are a navy's most important warships.

• They are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet.
• Many call them line or primary combatants.
• Technically, the term only refers to FCS vessels, but in common parlance, it also refers to BCS vessels.

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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
  • Battle Class Ship
  • Capital Ship
  • Fleet Class Ship
  • Size-Role Classification
  • Subcapital Ship
  • 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

• Astronomical Unit (AU)
• FTL
• Light Speed (c)
• Light-week (lw)
• Light-year (ly)
• NAFAL (STL)
• Parsec (pc)

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Description (Specifications)

The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet. A capital ship is generally a leading or a primary ship in a naval fleet. Ships of the line (...or of battle) were the capital ships of the era of sail in Terran history.

Imperial Navy Overview =

In the Imperial Navy, a capital ship is a vessel designed to project the Imperium's naval power into an area to achieve space dominance. Whether it is used in an offensive role or as an asset in a defense-in-depth, a capital ship will make enemy operations nearly impossible until all vessels in that role are neutralized or withdraw.

Unlike the gunboat navies of old, a capital ship does not necessarily mean a vessel with direct-fire capabilities. These can include ships that carry other craft or have a combination of the two modes of attack. The one thing you can rely on is a vessel of a large to massive size that can dole out damage while having some capability to absorb punishment themselves.

In the Imperial Navy, capital ships are usually considered to be vessels that are designated as Dreadnoughts, Battleships, Battleriders, Battlecruisers and Fleet Carriers. None of these ships are expected to operate singularly, and are almost always found with a host of fleet-type escort vessels of various sizes and capabilities. With the exception of the Fleet Carriers, all the other types of ships are expected to be at the forefront of any major engagement in a battle. This can be evidenced by the victories in 1109 in the Rhylanor and Porozlo systems. It was here that the Imperial capital ships squadrons engaged and decisively defeated the invading Zhodani capital ships, effectively bringing the Fifth Frontier War to its end.

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