Editing Generation Ship

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A [[Generation Ship]] is a [[Starship]] using sublight [[NAFAL]] propulsion that uses multiple conscious crews while in transit.
* They are considered to be [[Expedition Ship|K-class Expedition Ship]]s.
* Since the distance between stars is so vast, ship travel duration can extend into many decades or even centuries, so crew reproduce and create future ''generations'' of crew while the ship is in transit. 
* The two terms [[Sleeper Ship]] and [[Generation Ship]] are often, ''incorrectly,'' interchanged and used to refer to either type of ship.
* Since civilizations that use such ships generally have limited means and technology for producing [[NAFAL]] [[starship]]s, most are used for colonization purposes.
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=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
'''[[Interstellar Colonization]]:'''
* [[Colony Ship]]
** [[Colonial Jumpship]]
** [[Generation Ship]]
** [[Planetoid Ship]]
** [[Sleeper Ship]]
** [[Worldship]]
* [[Habitable Zone]] ([[Goldilocks Zone]])
* [[Planetary Engineering]] ([[Terraforming]])
  
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
A ship containing a full complement of personnel intended to make a sub-light journey across space. Since such journeys take years, or even decades, the crew and passengers of the ship expect to give birth, live and die naturally during the course of the journey. The subsequent generation of the original crew and passengers being the ones who actually arrive at their destination.

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=== Generation vs. Sleeper Ships ===
[[Generation Ship]]s are sometimes referred to, incorrectly, as [[Sleeper Ship]]s, which are similar, except that the majority or all of the [[passenger]]s and [[crew]] are put into [[low berth]] hibernation for the duration of the journey. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Adrian Tymes]] }}

=== Technical Discernment ===
The original crew and passengers are usually picked for their ability to re-orient to living the rest of their lives on a ship. Re-orienting the arriving generation to life on a planet is usually more of a problem. There have been cases where the arriving generation simply refused to set foot on the planet, regarding the ship as their proper home regardless of their ancestors' desires (...when this happens, the difference between skills usable for shipboard life and skills usable for planetside life - specifically, that the arriving generation has been using the former but has had no immediate use for the latter - has often been a factor). In other cases, where acceleration to the target system took longer than a generation, a subsequent generation ceased acceleration and stopped short (in interstellar space or diverting to some other, closer system without a habitable world) in order to divert fuel for other uses. In any case, the resulting colony is often only notionally still a part of whatever [[culture]] (...let alone [[government]] or other organization) originally sent them, which may have died off back home in the mean time; [[FTL]]-enabled cultural ties such as trade and taxes are difficult to apply. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Adrian Tymes]] }}

Between these problems, and [[Generation Ship]]s being larger (...and thus more expensive) than [[Sleeper Ship]]s for the same number of [[passenger]]s, [[Generation Ship]]s are less common than [[Sleeper Ship]]s. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Adrian Tymes]] }}

=== Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
Like most [[civilian vessel]]s, ''Expedition Ship''s are not designed for combat and should run whenever possible when facing marauders or [[pirate vessel]]s. Many are equipped with light armament and defensive suites nevertheless.

=== Supraclass Roles ===
''Expedition Ship''s typically serve the following roles: <br>
''[[Largecraft]] & [[Bigcraft]]:''
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| T-class Transport & Tanker Supraclass Archetypes
|-
! Archetype
! Type Code
|-
| [[Generation Ship]]
| (KCG)
|-
|}

==== Size-Class Roles for Expedition Vessels ====
# [[Expeditionary Smallcraft]] (UK) (1 to 99 [[ton]]s)
# [[Very Light Expedition Ship]] (KVL) (100 to 2,499 [[ton]]s)
# [[Light Expedition Ship]] (KL) (2,500 to 99,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Medium Expedition Ship]] (KM) (100,000 to 249,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Heavy Expedition Ship]] (KH) (250,000 to 499,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Superheavy Expedition Ship]] (KS) (500,000 to 999,999 [[ton]]s)
# [[Ultraheavy Expedition Ship]] (KU) (1,000,000 or more [[ton]]s)

==== Civilian Subcraft ====
Civilian [[subcraft]] (...both [[smallcraft]] and [[bigcraft]]) are carried by some of these [[vessel]]s:
# [[Barge]] (WB)
# [[Utility Craft]] (U)

=== Supraclass Archetypal Roles ===
These vessels typically serve the following archetypal roles:
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| K-class Expedition Ship Supraclass Archetypes
|-
! Archetype
! Type Code/s
! Exemplar
! Remarks
|-
| [[Expedition Ship]]
| K
| [[Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship]]
| Type-K Expedition Ships are tasked to go on extended trips whether for recreation (safari), exploration (colonization), diplomacy ([[first contact]]), or other tasks requiring purposeful travelling across vast distances. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} 
* K = Kiswahili (Name of Terran language used in an area where many significant safari expeditions occurred. Also known as [[Swahili]])
|-
| [[Colony Ship]]
| KC
| [[C-Jammer class Settlement Transport]]
| Colony ships, settlement transports, star arks, and the like bring a population of colonists across great distances to establish new [[mainworld]]s. Such vessels are often quite large, needing to bring all the necessities of life to the new world. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}  
* C = Colony 
|-
!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]]) ==
[[Colony Ship]]s establish colonies on new worlds, settlements to sustain life and provide socioeconomic commerce. 

=== Polity Users of This Technology ===
The following species are known to use, have used, or posses the technology to manufacture generation ships:
* [[Aion]]
* [[Asym]]
* [[Derfi'gassak]]
* [[Droyne]]
* [[Jgd-ll-jagd]]
* [[Kursae]]
* [[Suerrat]]
* [[Sundowner]]
* [[Terran]]s
* [[Vilani]]

=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
''[[Civilian Ship]] - [[Largecraft]] - [[Expedition Ship]]:'' <br>
[[Type K class Expedition Ship]]
# [[Type KC class Colony Ship]]
## [[C-Jammer class Settlement Transport]]
## [[Jump Conveyor class Settlement Ship]]
## [[Vrad class Generation Ship]]
## [[Xeng Kirr class Space Ark]]

=== Ship Summary List ===
Some of the most commonly used [[vessel]]s in this role or these roles include:
{{Ship summary list|name= Expeditionary Generation Ship |tdes=KCG}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= TBD}}
|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
|S4= Author & Contributor: [[Adrian Tymes]]
}}
 

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