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2008-12-21T14:57:10Z

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	~~'''Ingame Terminology'''~~		#REDIRECT: [[Various Terms]]
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	'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods. '''Wing''' is also sometimes used for freighter or transport groups.

	'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and possess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vulnerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.

	'''Corvette''' - Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. Corvettes are capable of defending themselves adequately against a small number of enemy fighters or bombers. With the exception of the [[SCv Moloch\|SCv ''Moloch'']], corvettes are unable to carry fighters of their own. Corvettes appear to handle most of the antiship and strike duties for the GTVA fleet; Shivan corvettes are extremely rare and have only been deployed against GTVA destroyers canonically. Whether this is their role or not is guesswork.

	'''Destroyer''' - Large combatant capital craft, combining the functions of destroying enemy ships and transporting fighters. Destroyers vary wildly in armament and effectiveness against different types of targets. They will have at least one heavy-calibur anticapital weapon and probably several more, plus a number of cruiser-corvette anticapital weapons. Destroyers tend to need fighter cover more than corvettes; some of them actually mount fewer antifighter weapons, and all have much larger amounts of surface area that needs to be defended. Any situation with the direct involvement of a destroyer-class ship is by definition serious.

	'''Superdestroyer''' - Bigger, meaner, and tougher than a destroyer, yet too small for the juggernaut classification; first applied well before the juggernaut classification came into existence. Only the [[GTD Hades\|''Hades'']] and [[SD Lucifer\|''Lucifer'']] have canonically been given this classification. The nature of the canonical superdestroyers was such that any appearance by them indicates ''the'' major effort by the controlling side. Their success is often decisive for that system, while their failure is a blow that is difficult to recover from.

	'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft, a juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.

	~~'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficiency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the~~ [[GTI Arcadia\|Arcadia]]. The [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance\|GTVA's]] naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, [[Enif Station]], and the Vega Installation are examples.


	~~{{non-canon section\|~~

	~~'''Carrier''' - Ship of any size whose primary purpose is to carry fightercraft, whether directly into combat or standing off and lending fightercraft support to ongoing operations as needed.~~

	'''Frigate''' - Semi-canonical ship class, both the Hippocrates and the Iceni have been referred to as frigates; the normally accepted role of a frigate is that of a pocket destroyer, lacking a fighterbay and fighter support facilities/crews enabling the ship to be shrunk down to only slightly bigger than a corvette.

	'''Dreadnought''' - Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.}}

	~~[[Category:The games~~]]

TopAce at 13:54, 3 December 2008

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	'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods. '''Wing''' is also sometimes used for freighter or transport groups.		'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods. '''Wing''' is also sometimes used for freighter or transport groups.

	'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and possess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are ~~vunerable~~ to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.		'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and possess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vulnerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.

	'''Corvette''' - Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. Corvettes are capable of defending themselves adequately against a small number of enemy fighters or bombers. With the exception of the [[SCv Moloch\|SCv ''Moloch'']], corvettes are unable to carry fighters of their own. Corvettes appear to handle most of the antiship and strike duties for the GTVA fleet; Shivan corvettes are extremely rare and have only been deployed against GTVA destroyers canonically. Whether this is their role or not is guesswork.		'''Corvette''' - Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. Corvettes are capable of defending themselves adequately against a small number of enemy fighters or bombers. With the exception of the [[SCv Moloch\|SCv ''Moloch'']], corvettes are unable to carry fighters of their own. Corvettes appear to handle most of the antiship and strike duties for the GTVA fleet; Shivan corvettes are extremely rare and have only been deployed against GTVA destroyers canonically. Whether this is their role or not is guesswork.

TopAce at 13:48, 3 December 2008

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	'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods. '''Wing''' is also sometimes used for freighter or transport groups.		'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods. '''Wing''' is also sometimes used for freighter or transport groups.

	'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and ~~posess~~ mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vunerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.		'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and possess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vunerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.

	'''Corvette''' - Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. Corvettes are capable of defending themselves adequately against a small number of enemy fighters or bombers. With the exception of the [[SCv Moloch\|SCv ''Moloch'']], corvettes are unable to carry fighters of their own. Corvettes appear to handle most of the antiship and strike duties for the GTVA fleet; Shivan corvettes are extremely rare and have only been deployed against GTVA destroyers canonically. Whether this is their role or not is guesswork.		'''Corvette''' - Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. Corvettes are capable of defending themselves adequately against a small number of enemy fighters or bombers. With the exception of the [[SCv Moloch\|SCv ''Moloch'']], corvettes are unable to carry fighters of their own. Corvettes appear to handle most of the antiship and strike duties for the GTVA fleet; Shivan corvettes are extremely rare and have only been deployed against GTVA destroyers canonically. Whether this is their role or not is guesswork.

	'''Destroyer''' - Large combatant capital craft, combining the functions of destroying enemy ships and transporting fighters. Destroyers vary wildly in armament and effectiveness against different types of targets. They will have at least one heavy-calibur anticapital weapon and probably several more, plus a number of cruiser-corvette anticapital weapons. Destroyers tend to need fighter cover more ~~then~~ corvettes; some of them actually mount fewer antifighter weapons, and all have much larger amounts of surface area that needs to be defended. Any situation with the direct involvement of a destroyer-class ship is by definition serious.		'''Destroyer''' - Large combatant capital craft, combining the functions of destroying enemy ships and transporting fighters. Destroyers vary wildly in armament and effectiveness against different types of targets. They will have at least one heavy-calibur anticapital weapon and probably several more, plus a number of cruiser-corvette anticapital weapons. Destroyers tend to need fighter cover more than corvettes; some of them actually mount fewer antifighter weapons, and all have much larger amounts of surface area that needs to be defended. Any situation with the direct involvement of a destroyer-class ship is by definition serious.

	'''Superdestroyer''' - Bigger, meaner, and tougher than a destroyer, yet too small for the juggernaut classification; first applied well before the juggernaut classification came into existence. Only the [[GTD Hades\|''Hades'']] and [[SD Lucifer\|''Lucifer'']] have canonically been given this classification. The nature of the canonical superdestroyers was such that any appearance by them indicates ''the'' major effort by the controlling side. Their success is often decisive for that system, while their failure is a blow that is difficult to recover from.		'''Superdestroyer''' - Bigger, meaner, and tougher than a destroyer, yet too small for the juggernaut classification; first applied well before the juggernaut classification came into existence. Only the [[GTD Hades\|''Hades'']] and [[SD Lucifer\|''Lucifer'']] have canonically been given this classification. The nature of the canonical superdestroyers was such that any appearance by them indicates ''the'' major effort by the controlling side. Their success is often decisive for that system, while their failure is a blow that is difficult to recover from.

	'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft~~. A~~ juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.		'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft, a juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.

	'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-~~sufficency~~, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, [[Enif Station]], and the Vega Installation are examples.		'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficiency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the [[GTI Arcadia\|Arcadia]]. The [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance\|GTVA's]] naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, [[Enif Station]], and the Vega Installation are examples.

TopAce at 18:09, 24 September 2008

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	'''Dreadnought''' - Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.}}		'''Dreadnought''' - Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.}}

			[[Category:The games]]

Mobius: Idem

2008-08-12T16:14:12Z

Idem

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	'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft. A juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.		'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft. A juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.

	'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.		'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, [[Enif Station]], and the Vega Installation are examples.

Snail: replaced non-canon tag with a non-canon section instead

2008-08-06T12:48:16Z

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	{{non-canon}}		{{non-canon section\|

	'''Carrier''' - Ship of any size whose primary purpose is to carry fightercraft, whether directly into combat or standing off and lending fightercraft support to ongoing operations as needed.		'''Carrier''' - Ship of any size whose primary purpose is to carry fightercraft, whether directly into combat or standing off and lending fightercraft support to ongoing operations as needed.
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	'''Frigate''' - Semi-canonical ship class, both the Hippocrates and the Iceni have been referred to as frigates; the normally accepted role of a frigate is that of a pocket destroyer, lacking a fighterbay and fighter support facilities/crews enabling the ship to be shrunk down to only slightly bigger than a corvette.		'''Frigate''' - Semi-canonical ship class, both the Hippocrates and the Iceni have been referred to as frigates; the normally accepted role of a frigate is that of a pocket destroyer, lacking a fighterbay and fighter support facilities/crews enabling the ship to be shrunk down to only slightly bigger than a corvette.

	'''Dreadnought''' - Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.		'''Dreadnought''' - Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.}}

Ngtm1r: Extra def for "Wing"

2008-08-06T11:35:39Z

Extra def for "Wing"

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	'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods.		'''Wing''' - A unit of fightercraft, varying in size from one to six ships. The normal number is four. Ships of a wing are labelled by their wing name and a number (i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on). The GTVA uses the Greek alphabet for its wings and the signs of the zodiac for hostile wings. In FS1, Shivan wings were named after Hindu gods. '''Wing''' is also sometimes used for freighter or transport groups.

	'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and posess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vunerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.		'''Cruiser''' - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and posess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the [[SC Rakshasa\|SC ''Rakshasa'']], three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vunerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the [[GTC Fenris\|''Fenris'']] and the [[GTC Leviathan\|''Leviathan'']]. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.
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	'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.		'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.


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Ngtm1r at 11:34, 6 August 2008

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	'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.		'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.

			{{non-canon}}

			'''Carrier''' - Ship of any size whose primary purpose is to carry fightercraft, whether directly into combat or standing off and lending fightercraft support to ongoing operations as needed.

			'''Frigate''' - Semi-canonical ship class, both the Hippocrates and the Iceni have been referred to as frigates; the normally accepted role of a frigate is that of a pocket destroyer, lacking a fighterbay and fighter support facilities/crews enabling the ship to be shrunk down to only slightly bigger than a corvette.

			'''Dreadnought''' - Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.

Snail at 05:55, 6 August 2008

2008-08-06T05:55:55Z

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	'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.		'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.

	~~{{non-canon}}~~

	~~'''Carrier''': Ship of any size whose primary purpose is to carry fightercraft, whether directly into combat or standing off and lending fightercraft support to ongoing operations as needed.~~

	* [[EACa Telemus]]
	* [[EACa Auriga]]
	* [[GVCa Tanen]]
	* [[SCa Shiamak]]

	'''Frigate''': Semi-canonical ship class, both the Hippocrates and the Iceni have been referred to as frigates; the normally accepted role of a frigate is that of a pocket destroyer, lacking a fighterbay and fighter support facilities/crews enabling the ship to be shrunk down to only slightly bigger than a corvette.

	* [[SFg Damini]]

	'''Dreadnought''': Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.

	'''Planet Destroyer''': Used only by the Inferno campaign. This is a juggernaut-sized ship specificately tasked to destroy planets, as the name suggests. It is equipped with Lucifer-type sheathe shields, effectively used to protect the hull from the explosion of a planet.

	* [[SPD Vinaashak]]

	'''Super-Juggernaut''': Equivalent of an entire armada of ships, the Super-Juggernaut is an almost invincible weapon. They're armed with huge anti-fleet cannons and moderately defended against bomber attacks; their main defense is sheer size and damage-absorbative potentional. Ships of this size are often referred to as "plot tools" rather than actual ships, as a single fightercraft cannot reasonably be expected to do them noticible harm.

	* [[TSJ Icanus]]
	* [[SSJ Gigas]]

	~~'''Hive''': Even larger than the Super-Juggernaut, the Hive is a massive Shivan ship.~~

	* [[SH Gargant]]

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2008-08-04T13:27:59Z

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	'''Destroyer''' - Large combatant capital craft, combining the functions of destroying enemy ships and transporting fighters. Destroyers vary wildly in armament and effectiveness against different types of targets. They will have at least one heavy-calibur anticapital weapon and probably several more, plus a number of cruiser-corvette anticapital weapons. Destroyers tend to need fighter cover more then corvettes; some of them actually mount fewer antifighter weapons, and all have much larger amounts of surface area that needs to be defended. Any situation with the direct involvement of a destroyer-class ship is by definition serious.		'''Destroyer''' - Large combatant capital craft, combining the functions of destroying enemy ships and transporting fighters. Destroyers vary wildly in armament and effectiveness against different types of targets. They will have at least one heavy-calibur anticapital weapon and probably several more, plus a number of cruiser-corvette anticapital weapons. Destroyers tend to need fighter cover more then corvettes; some of them actually mount fewer antifighter weapons, and all have much larger amounts of surface area that needs to be defended. Any situation with the direct involvement of a destroyer-class ship is by definition serious.

	'''Superdestroyer''' - Bigger, meaner, and tougher than a destroyer, yet too small for the juggernaut classification; first applied well before the juggernaut classification came into existence. Only the [[GTD Hades\|''Hades'']] and [[SD Lucifer\|''Lucifer'']] have canonically been given this classification.		'''Superdestroyer''' - Bigger, meaner, and tougher than a destroyer, yet too small for the juggernaut classification; first applied well before the juggernaut classification came into existence. Only the [[GTD Hades\|''Hades'']] and [[SD Lucifer\|''Lucifer'']] have canonically been given this classification. The nature of the canonical superdestroyers was such that any appearance by them indicates ''the'' major effort by the controlling side. Their success is often decisive for that system, while their failure is a blow that is difficult to recover from.

	'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft. A juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut.		'''Juggernaut''' - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft. A juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the [[SJ Sathanas\|SJ ''Sathanas'']] has canonically been given this classification, though the ''Colossus'' could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.

	'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.		'''Installation''' - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.
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	'''Dreadnought''': Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.		'''Dreadnought''': Generally understood to be a destroyer-sized craft, but built for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat and lacking a fighterbay or supporting a very limited number of fighters purely for self-defense.

	'''Planet Destroyer''': ~~A Juggernaut~~-sized ship specificately tasked to destroy planets. It is equipped with shields, effectively used to protect the hull from the explosion of a planet.		'''Planet Destroyer''': Used only by the Inferno campaign. This is a juggernaut-sized ship specificately tasked to destroy planets, as the name suggests. It is equipped with Lucifer-type sheathe shields, effectively used to protect the hull from the explosion of a planet.

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