Guide:Small Warp-Drive Vessels

Part II: Small Warp-Drive Vessels

In addition to the high profile interstellar starships, the UFP Star Fleet and its predecessors have employed a variety of short range or ‘coastal’ types. Even though lacking true interstellar legs, these ships are still normally equipped with warp drive and lighter versions of the traditional starship systems like torpedoes, phasers or shields. A motley collection of naming practices is in use for these small vessels, deriving mostly from old Earth naval traditions. Strict categorizing of small warpships and -craft is perhaps a bit artificial in face of this staggering multitude of overlapping designations. Still, the traditional division to corvettes, couriers, escorts, perimeter ships and scoutships on the upper tier, plus various small craft, runabouts and interceptors on the lower tier, is maintained in this work.

Part II: The Vessel Categories

• Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts
• Small Craft

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• Back to the Table of Contents
• On to Part III: Shuttlecraft, Shuttlepods & Other Auxiliary Craft
• Appendix A: Of Ship Statistics
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Appendix C: Star Fleet Organization - General Outline
• Appendix D: Abbreviations From Outside