Misc Ships
Private Craft:
Single pilot or small crew ships, small in size
with limited range, cargo and weapons
capabilities. These craft will normally be used
within a single system or neighbouring systems.
Due to their small size they may only enter
hyperspace via jumppoints created by a jumpgate
or large ship. These ships will be favoured by
pirates which have a large base ship to provide
fire-power support due to their relative
cheapness and availability.
Private fighters:
Custom or ex-military craft which are normally
only available on the black market. Often owned
by pirates, raiders and bounty hunters or by
Shuttles:
These craft range in size from ships similar
to private craft up to transport vehicles capable
of carrying up to about 200 passengers with some
cargo room. They are not suited to long-haul
flights, only being able to carry enough fuel and
resources for about 36 hours travel. Shuttles are
the main form of transport between space stations
and surface ports, as well as between space
stations and ships too large to enter the station
docking tunnel.
Only the largest shuttles can create their own
jumppoints and none of them have very good weapon capabilities.
L.R. Shuttles:
Long range shuttles are more suited to the
demands of long distance travel than standard
shuttles. They have better EM damping, allowing
longer periods in hyperspace, and larger fuel
stores and power plants. L.R shuttles can take
between 400 and 2000 passengers and are used by
many transport lines for interstellar package
holidays. Again, only the larger craft have jump
engines but only the smaller craft can dock with
stations. The larger shuttles require 'ferry'
shuttles to load and unload passengers. These are
either provided by the station or are carried in
the shuttle's docking port.
Cruisers:
These ships can carry up to 5000 people and the
largest is a mile long. All of them can create
their own jumppoints and can stay in hyperspace
nearly as long as military ships. None of these
ships can dock directly with a space station and
they normally carry between 10 and 15 shuttles to
load and unload passengers.