Editing Corsair Vessel

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[[Corsair Vessel|P-class Corsair Vessel]]s AKA [[Corsair]]s are predatory ships that attempt to control space and disrupt merchant trading: 
# [[Type P class Corsair|A fast ship]] used for [[piracy]]
# A pirate. esp. [[Vargr]]. 
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* The [[Supraclass]] designation is also known as [[Ship Mission]], [[Ship Mission Code]], Mission, or [[Ship Hull Designation]]. 
* It is a [[starship]] [[supraclass]].
[[File: VARGR CORSAIR .png|150px|right]]

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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Corsairs are infamous throughout space, especially the dreaded Vargr corsair! Corsair vessels may be purposefully built at [[Shipyard|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. 

=== Image Repository ===
# The ubiquitous [[Rrazaaghz class Corsair]], common through the [[Vargr Extents]] and [[coreward]] [[Imperial Space]]. <br> [[File: Corsair-T5-Core-Rules-Pg-359 25-July-2018a.jpg]]
# A typical [[Nishemani class Corsair]] viewed from the side, showing off its expansive [[hull]]. <br> [[File: Corsair-Ian-Stead-Unpublished-Pg-TBD 29-July-2018a.jpg|300px]] 
# A typical [[Nishemani class Corsair]] viewed from the rear, exposing it's large [[cargo bay]], lying in ambush in an [[asteroid field]]. <br> [[File: Corsair-WH-Keith-MT-Imp-Encyclo-Pg-85 03-July-2018a.jpg|300px]]

=== Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
Corsair 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.

=== Supraclass Roles ===
''Corsair''s typically serve the following [[supraclass]] roles: <br>
''[[Largecraft]] & [[Bigcraft]]:''
# [[Buccaneer Vessel]] (PP)
# [[Commerce Protection Vessel]] (PR)
# [[Commerce Raider]] (PR)
# [[Corsair Vessel]] (P) (Namesake)
# [[Fast Attack Craft]] (PG)
# [[Freebooter]] (PR)
# [[Frontier Raider]] (PR)
# [[Gunboat]] (PG)
# [[Hijacker Vessel]] (PR)
# [[Light Attack Boat]] (PG)
# [[Marauder]] (PR)
# [[Marauder Vessel]] (PR)
# [[Pirate Ship]] (PP)
# [[Pirate Vessel]] (PP)
# [[Privateer]] (PRP)
# [[Privateer Vessel]] (PRP)
# [[Raider Cruiser]] (PR)
# [[Raider Vessel]] (PR)
# [[Reaver Ship]] (P)
# [[Scout Raider]] (PR)
# [[Slave Transport]] (PS)
# [[Slaver Vessel]] (PS)
# [[Vargr Corsair Vessel]] (PV)

==== Military Subcraft ====
Military [[subcraft]] (...both [[smallcraft]] and [[bigcraft]]) are carried by some of these [[vessel]]s:
# [[Battle Rider]] (BR)
# [[Combat Barge]] (WBG)
# [[Combat Transport Smallcraft]] (UI)
# [[Fighter]]s (F)
# [[Militarized Utility Craft]] (UQ)

=== Supraclass Archetypal Roles ===
These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| P-class Corsair Vessel Supraclass Archetypes
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! Archetype
! Type Code
! Exemplar 
! Remarks
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| [[Corsair Vessel]]
| P (Namesake)
| [[Nishemani class Corsair]]
| This is an overall category of vessels that conduct piracy and raiding missions on behalf of private parties.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
|-
| [[Gunboat]]
| PG
| [[Griffon class Gunship]]
| Gunboats are a class of very light combatant craft.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
* G = Gunboat
|-
| [[Pirate Vessel]]
| PP
| [[TBD]]
| Pirate vessels raid ships primarily for the profit of their crews without sanction from any significant [[polity]], as opposed to raiders (which focus on degrading war making capability) or privateers (which operate with legal sanction). They need to be able to reach reliable fences and shipyards that will not question how they got damaged, which often limits their operational range. Since pirate vessels would be impounded at many [[starport]]s if they attempted to land there, designers of these ships often see [[fuel scoop]]s and [[fuel purification plant]]s as functional requirements.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
* P = Pirate 
|-
| [[Raider Vessel]]
| PR
| [[Chameleon class Commerce Raider]]
| Raider vessels attempt to attack enemy ships and assets in order to degrade their war making capability.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
* R = Raider,  Commerce Raider, [[etc.]]
|-
| [[Privateer Vessel]]
| PRP
| [[Slade Mark I class Frontier Raider]]
| Privateers are a polity-sanctioned vessel that raids opposing polity vessels with a legal sanction.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
* R = Raider,  Commerce Raider, [[etc.]]
* P = Privateer
|-
| [[Slaver Vessel]]
| PS
| [[Hkisyeleaa class Slaver]]
| Slaver vessels take, raid, transport, and otherwise handle slaves.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
* S = Slaver
|-
| [[Vargr Corsair Vessel]]
| PV
| [[Rrazaghz class Corsair]]
| Vargr society institutionalizes corsair practices as part of the Vargr Extents and such ships are in widespread use.
* P = Pirate, Corsair, [[etc.]]
* V = Vargr
|-
!colspan="4"| ''NOTES:'' There is semantic overlap between many of the classes and codes. Some codes organize by mission or capability, others by size and [[ton]]nage, and yet others by other characteristics.
|-
|}

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
The prime enemies of the corsair vessel are: [[Q-ship]]s, [[Patrol Ship]]s, [[Escort]]s, and [[Destroyer]]s. They often operate under a [[Letter of Marque]].

=== Vargr Corsairs: 1105 ===
Some of the best known Vargr corsairs (pirates) include:
* [[Aegzaeng]] corsairs
* [[Aek Aeg]] corsairs
* [[Aengsoekkuervoe]] corsairs 
* [[Atueguers]] corsairs
* [[Baknaelur]] corsairs
* [[Ethueng]] corsairs
* [[Goenghoedz]] corsairs
* [[Gvaekuers]] corsairs
* [[Huhh Kekk]] corsairs
* [[Ilksang Oekhgnoull]] corsairs
* [[Kforuzeng]] mega-corsairs
** [[Gvurknuesurrg]], a secret organization of ''enforcers'' for the Kforuzeng
* [[Red Pelts]] corsairs
* [[Rrouring]] corsairs
* [[Uekuez]] corsairs
* [[Vekshan]] corsairs
* [[White Fang]] corsairs
* [[Zosokhsourztourrgh]] corsairs

=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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=== Ship Summary List ===
Some of the most commonly used vessels in the corsair role include:
{{Ship summary list|name= Corsair Vessel |tdes=P}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Gunboat |tdes=PG}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Pirate Vessel |tdes=PP}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Raider Vessel |tdes=PR}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Privateer Vessel |tdes=PRP}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Slaver Vessel |tdes=PS}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Vargr Corsair Vessel |tdes=PV}}
{{Ship summary list|name= Q-Ship |tdes= HQ}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Citizens of the Imperium |page= TBD |version= Classic Traveller}} 
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Traders and Gunboats |page= 15, 30, 44 |version= Classic Traveller}} 
|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= High Passage 2 |page= TBD }}
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Corsairs of the Turku Waste |page= TBD |version= Classic Traveller}} 
|S5= {{Ludography cite|name= Third Imperium 01 |page= TBD}}
|S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Third Imperium 04 |page= TBD}}
|S7= {{Ludography cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia |page= TBD}}
|S8= {{Ludography cite|name= Starship Operator's Manual |page= TBD}}
|S9= {{Ludography cite|name= SGS: Empress Marava |page= TBD}}
|S10= {{Ludography cite|name= Assignment: Vigilante |page= TBD}}
|S11= {{Ludography cite|name= Letter of Marque |page= TBD}}
|S12= {{Ludography cite|name= Far Trader |page= TBD |version= GURPS Traveller}}
|S13= {{Ludography cite|name= Planetary Survey 3: Granicus |page= TBD}}
|S14= {{Ludography cite|name= The Forgotten War |page= TBD}}
|S15= {{Ludography cite|name= Corsair |page= TBD |version= Traveller D20}}
|S16= {{Ludography cite|name= Traders and Gunboats |page= TBD |version= Mongoose Traveller}} 
|S17= {{Ludography cite|name= Military Vehicles |page= TBD}}
|S18= {{Ludography cite|name= Reprieve-class Escape Pod |page= TBD}}
|S19= EXTERNAL LINK: [http://members.pcug.org.au/~davidjw/libdata/alphabet/c/corsair.htm?fbclid=IwAR0wC46jH2GDb6_07TofwlsZS9nzMfr2jd5InjrC1q1c-qC2wttHlvUDIMo David's Encyclopedia Page]
|S20= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S21= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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