Largecraft
Largecraft: Vessels at or over a hundred tons in weight or displacement are considered to be largecraft.
- While most bigcraft are considered to be NAFAL boats, most largecraft are considered FTL craft with jump drives.
- The two definitions possess some semantic overlap.
- Largecraft are the vast majority of star wandering vessels that are not smallcraft nor bigcraft.
- Some very early technology vessels were intended for interstellar voyages despite having only NAFAL engines and these antiquated vessels are considered bigcraft. They include sleeper ships and generation ships.
Library Data Referral Tree[edit]
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)[edit]
Largecraft is the general catchall category for significant, star faring FTL vessels. The category excludes smallcraft and bigcraft… and little else. Almost any large starcraft is a largecraft. The term is so ubiquitous that few feel a need to mention it.
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These vary in tonnage and in their intended function or role.
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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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The rise of size-based ship terminology came from the unique properties of the conventional jump drive in Charted Space. Jump Drives from TL-10 to TL-15 require a minimum mass of 100.0 tons or larger. Proper jump bubbles and fields cannot be created with less mass displacement. Some day, someone will miniaturize the technology and be able to create a jump transition bubble at any mass displacement, but the peculiarities of the contemporary technology preclude smaller craft. This greatly affects naval architecture.
Bigcraft vs. Largecraft[edit]
- 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)[edit]
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science