Starship

A Starship is a broad term describing any vehicle capable of interstellar travel whether they employ skipdrives, conventional linear drives, or both.

Classes

• Carrier Class- Large scale ships designed to carry smaller fighters and shuttles.
• Haulers - Large ships designed for moving large quantities of commodities through space.
  • Superhauler(P) - A huge and lumbering ship that can haul multiple asteroids and transport vast quantities of goods, as well as generally having very spacious crew quarters.
  • Freighter(P) - A large ship that can haul several asteroids at once and transport goods, as well as generally having spacious crew quarters.
• Warship Class - Ships designed for space combat.
  • Flagship - Command ship of a fleet.
  • Dreadnought - Heavily armed and armoured Quix warship.
  • Kali Warship - Huge automated warship employed by the Ishvana.
  • Battleship(P) - Heavily armed and armoured warship.
  • Phoenix Cruisers - Mighty warships that made up the core of the Ait Benir's fleets.
  • Cruiser(P) - Strong, relatively fast, but with less power and shielding than a battleship.
• Fighter Class - Small, agile ships designed for dog fighting.
  • Destroyer(P) - The largest and strongest of the 'fighter' ships, and could also potentially be classed as a small 'warship'. Slower to turn than smaller vessels, but it makes up for that greatly in every other aspect.
  • Corvette(P) - A small and versatile ship, but slightly larger than an interceptor and far better in terms of combat capacity, cargo and crew space.
  • Ta-deth Fighter - Quick, nimble fighter employed by the Ta-deth.
  • Interceptor(P) - Quick, nimble fighter. Very versatile for use in all aspects of spaceflight, though not very sturdy.
  • Swarmship - Sapphire Cult fighters designed to attack en masse.
• Emissary Class - Shuttle designed to transport diplomatic representatives.

(P) = *Playable ship types*

Notable Starships

• Argent Star - Flagship of the Faceless Emperor of the Sooq and his Fleet of the Imperial Dawn.
• The Haven - Flagship of Maddox Khan, founder of Scatterhome and leader of the Free Fleet - the progenitor of Haven City's name.