Category:Active Cruiser Classes

This category lists the currently active cruiser classes.

Cruiser

1. Medium multi-purpose starship. Sub-designations include battle cruiser, command cruiser, heavy cruiser, light cruiser, medium cruiser, attack/strike cruiser, and through-deck cruiser. The largest Earth or UFP exploration vessels until early 24th century. Later relegated to lesser duties with the introduction of large numbers of explorer starships.
2. Auxiliary cruiser. Conversion of an originally civilian type (transport, starliner) into an auxiliary vessel by the adding of mission gear such as weaponry. Subtypes include exploratory cruiser, escort cruiser, and patrol cruiser. Typically utilized in times of dire crisis, such as the Romulan and Dominion wars and the Klingon cold war era.
3. Pleasure cruiser. Civilian starship type optimized for maximum comfort during interstellar voyages. Not to be confused with Starfleet-operated cruisers or auxiliary cruisers, although pleasure cruisers can be pressed to auxiliary duty in activation classes of 7 or lower.
   

Recognized line variants include: attack, battle, command, escort, exploratory, heavy, light, medium, patrol, strike, survey & through-deck.