Category:Active Cutter Classes

This category lists the currently active cutter classes.

Guide Definition

Cutter

1. Designation traditionally used for all port authority vessels, rescue craft and law enforcement vessels, regardless of type or size. In Star Fleet practice usually applied to ships up to corvette size.
2. Designation used for certain starship auxiliaries prior to the mid-23rd century, superseded by or absorbed into the generic designation shuttlecraft, or in some cases runabout.

Game Definition

Cutters are small vessels, fitting in between the runabout and corvette designations and can be built in any style (single- or multi-hulled, single and multiple nacelles or internal coils, etc.) preferred for the locale. The generally operate with civilian authorities or local navies (the term for fleets under control of species or large homeworlds) and rarely travel too far out of their respective systems. They operate as code and law enforcement vessels, as well as rescue craft and generally are the first responders on-scene of incidents that take place within a member system (oftentimes well before Star Fleet). In wartime, they will operate with any defensive vessels Star Fleet assigns to the system, though usually from close orbit (as a last line of defense). As torpedoes are seen as offensive weaponry primarily, most cutters are only equipped with a standard or light number of phasers.

• Role: intra-system code & law enforcement, SAR, usually non-Star Fleet
• Size: smaller than corvettes
• Weapons: standard or light phaser use