Category:Active Auxiliary Classes: Difference between revisions

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This category lists the current classes (such as courier, surveyor, tanker, tender, terraformer, transport, tug) that are generally classified under the Auxiliary category.

Guide Definition

Auxiliary

Common name for starships dedicated to supporting various starship operations but not directly taking action. Ship types include e.g. tanker, tug and tender. Term used in conjunction with patrol combatant, mobile combatant, and support combatant in Starfleet system of categorizing military-application starships.
Common name for small craft embarked aboard and utilized by starships for various tasks. Craft types include work pod, shuttlepod, shuttle, and various tactical craft and other special-purpose craft.

Game Definition

This category is the 'miscellaneous' category for Starfleet (and others), providing a rough nomenclature for classes not considered either ships-of-the-line nor small 'task' craft. This includes Tankers (vessels carrying raw materials, supplies, etc. for installations, colonies & planets), Tenders (vessels carrying raw materials, supplies, parts for main-line vessels, with the ability to operate resupply or repair those vessels), Transports (vessels carrying a large number of passengers or troops; may be unarmed, such as with cruise lines, or armed, as with assault ships) or Tugs (vessels inteded to pull/push disabled ships or other large items (such as containers).

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

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Transports‎ (4 P)

Pages in category "Active Auxiliary Classes"

The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

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Space Shuttle Orbiter class

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-'''This category lists the currently classes (such as courier, surveyor, tanker, tender, terraformer, transport, tug) that are generally classified under the Auxiliary category.'''
+'''This category lists the current classes (such as courier, surveyor, tanker, tender, terraformer, transport, tug) that are generally classified under the Auxiliary category.'''
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+==Guide Definition==
 ;Auxiliary:
 #Common name for starships dedicated to supporting various starship operations but not directly taking action. Ship types include e.g. tanker, tug and tender. Term used in conjunction with patrol combatant, mobile combatant, and support combatant in Starfleet system of categorizing military-application starships.
 #Common name for small craft embarked aboard and utilized by starships for various tasks. Craft types include work pod, shuttlepod, shuttle, and various tactical craft and other special-purpose craft.
+==Game Definition==
+This category is the 'miscellaneous' category for Starfleet (and others), providing a rough nomenclature for classes not considered either ships-of-the-line nor small 'task' craft. This includes '''Tankers''' (vessels carrying raw materials, supplies, etc. for installations, colonies & planets), '''Tenders''' (vessels carrying raw materials, supplies, parts for main-line vessels, with the ability to operate resupply or repair those vessels), '''Transports''' (vessels carrying a large number of passengers or troops; may be unarmed, such as with cruise lines, or armed, as with assault ships) or '''Tugs''' (vessels inteded to pull/push disabled ships or other large items (such as containers).