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| | 5 | === Sizes === |
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| | 7 | The Human Spaceships come in various categories defined by their size. Depending on their size, ships need support from other ships regarding combat or transport. |
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| | 9 | ==== Combat Support Ships ==== |
| | 10 | This category describes small or even tiny ships with usually only one or two pilots. Fighters and bombers of all kind belong to this category. The ships do not have artificial gravity and only limited energy and life support. Sensor range and weapon systems are limited and often require support from a larger ship. Turrets can not be mounted on these ships. Also interplanetary travel is not possible with these ships since they don't have enough energy to reach the required speeds for a quick and easy travel. Some models support atmospheric flight. |
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| | 12 | Most larger ships have docking bays or clamps for combat support from where they can launch fighters or bombers. |
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| | 14 | ===== Fighters ===== |
| | 15 | Fighters are very agile spaceships used for dog-fights against other fighters or bombers. Most energy will go into shields and weapons. Their weapons are the weakest among all the ships, but the fighters agility helps to avoid direct hits and instead perform surgical strikes against an enemy. They can also be used to scout an area or to target very specific systems or larger ships. In general however they are used in combat to protect a larger ship or space station from approaching enemies or to launch an attack in combination with bombers. |
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| | 17 | ===== Bombers ===== |
| | 18 | Bombers are small not so agile spaceships used to hold large bombs. They are used to target larger ships like transporters or even space stations. Their weaponry is stronger and can be used to weaken a larger ships defenses like turrets or other anti-bomb measures. The bombers task is to approach a large ship as close as possible and deploy a bomb that destroys the enemies systems or hull massively. Since a Bomber is not very agile and is often the target of enemy fighters, they are usually escorted by one or two squad of fighters. |
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| | 20 | ==== Small Independent Ships ==== |
| | 21 | Small independent ships usually have a small crew of two to 6 people and are the kind of ship that comes in all kind of variations. Some of these models can be used for interplanetary travel if they are equipped with the right kind of engine. However most mercenaries and other independent people in space own such a ship. The purpose of the ship does not have to be combat, but depending on the danger level of the place they are used at, they have some kind of weaponry anyway. |
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| | 23 | ==== Medium Spaceships ==== |
| | 24 | ===== Transporter ==== |
| | 25 | ===== Battle Cruiser ===== |
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| | 27 | ==== Capitals ==== |
| | 28 | ===== Gas Miner ===== |
| | 29 | ===== Ferry ===== |
| | 30 | ===== Destroyer ===== |
