Auxiliary
- [small craft] Common term for small craft embarked aboard and utilized by starships for various tasks. Craft types include work pod, shuttlepod, shuttle, plus various tactical and other special-purpose craft.
- [starship] Common term for starships dedicated to supporting various starship operations but not directly taking action. Ship types include, e.g., tanker, tug, and tender. The term is used in conjunction with patrol combatant, mobile combatant, and support combatant in Star Fleet’s system of categorizing military-application starships.
- [system] A supplementary system.
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