Spaceship
A spaceship is a spacecraft NOT equipped with a jump drive. q.v. starship.
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)
A spaceship is a spacecraft without a jump drive. Spaceships are often carried on Starships for star system usage (e.g. Shuttles, Fighters), and are sometimes transported interstellar distances by a special starship constructed specifically for that purpose (e.g. Battle Rider, Battle Tender).
- Please see Civilian Starship Types or Military Starship Types for more information.
History & Background (Dossier)
There is no question that a starship equipped with an FTL jump drive is vastly more capable than a spaceship limited to intrasystemic travel so why use them? The simple, direct answer is cost. Jump drives are prohibitively expensive and require advanced technology to maintain and operate. An interstellar polity can typically afford to operate several spaceships for every starship it employs.
Expected Technological Progression of This Vehicle Type
No information yet available.
Military Spaceships
The volume requirement of jump drive fuel has not escaped military theorists, who have employed strategies not employing jump drives:
- Picket Theory (Defense, Intel)
- Monitor Theory (Defense)
- System Defense Boat Theory (Defense)
- Battle Rider Theory (Offense)
Representative Sampling
- Gigs
- Fighters
- Riders
- Shuttles
- System Defense Boats
References & Contributors (Sources)
- TBD
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science