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For a related page, see [[space stations]]. | For a related page, see [[space stations]]. | ||
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+ | ===== Terminology ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Small Craft ==== | ||
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+ | //Small craft// are less than 100dt and lack a jump drive. | ||
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+ | === Boat === | ||
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+ | Anything designed for ferrying passengers and light cargo between ships, normally within a few kilometres of each other. Rarely have life support for more than a few days, and have less than 1km/s delta-v. They are often carried by larger ships. | ||
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+ | === Shuttle === | ||
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+ | A small craft designed for ferrying passengers and cargo between a planet and low orbit. Similar to boats, with limited life support but considerably greater delta-v due to the need to reach orbit. Most shuttles have the ability to land on a planet and return to orbit, though this doesn' | ||
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+ | === Fighter === | ||
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+ | A fighter is a small one or two man craft, generally less than 20dt, designed for combat engagements. They have high acceleration and a delta-v in km/s or tens of km/s depending on tech level. A day or two of life support is common, though some can support missions of a week or more. They are heavily armed, often mostly with single shot weapons such as missiles. | ||
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+ | === Gunboat === | ||
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+ | Larger than a fighter, but still smaller than 100dt. They have longer life support duration (weeks or months), and are designed for patrolling a star system, requiring a high delta-v and moderate thrust. They normally support up to half a dozen crew, so they can have multiple shifts. | ||
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+ | === Yacht === | ||
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+ | A small civilian craft designed for interplanetary travel within a system. Have weeks or months of life support, and moderate delta-v and thrust. Generally unarmed and lightweight. Some of the larger varieties can be greater than 100dt in size, but they are rare. | ||
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+ | ==== Civilian Starships ==== | ||
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+ | === Free Trader === | ||
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+ | A jump capable craft generally up to about 300dt in size. The fact that the crew are also the owners tends to be the main definition of a //Free Trader//. | ||
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+ | === Light Freighter === | ||
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+ | A jump capable cargo freighter up to 1,000dt in size. | ||
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+ | === Medium Freighter === | ||
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+ | A jump capable cargo freighter up to 10,000dt in size. | ||
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+ | === Heavy Freighter === | ||
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+ | A jump capable cargo freighter up to 30,000dt in size. | ||
===== Technology Level 9 ===== | ===== Technology Level 9 ===== |
traveller/spacecraft.txt · Last modified: 2019/11/10 11:18 by sam