Starship class
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A starship class is the basic design of a starship. In most science fiction universes, a ship's class will generally be named after its first ship, known as the class leader or pathfinder.
Classes of starships, like their terrestrial counterpart, are used to save effort and money - it's considerably easier and cheaper to build multiple units to the same set of plans than to develop a new unique plan for every individual starship.
Andromeda
High Guard ships
Magog
Babylon 5
Centauri Republic starship classes
Unclassified vessel types:
Earth Alliance starship classes
- Explorer class starship
- Hyperion class heavy cruiser
- Nova class dreadnought
- Olympus class corvette
- Omega class destroyer
- Warlock class destroyer
Interstellar Alliance starship classes
Minbari Federation starship classes
Narn Regime starship classes
Other races' and organizations' starship classes
- Brakiri cruiser
- Drakh mothership
- Drakh cruiser
- Drakh raider
- Drazi sunhawk
- Ipsha battleglobe
- Ithnaan warglobe
- Lumati transport
- Markab transport
- Moradi cruiser
- Raider jumpship
- Sab'a homeship
- Soulhunter transport
- Streib cruiser
- Technomage transport
- Thirdspace capital ship
- Vree Xill class cruiser
- Vree Xorr class cruiser
Shadow starship classes
Vorlon Empire starship classes
Gundam
Military spaceships in Gundam are not actually starships, every Gundam series takes place wholly within the Solar System.
Universal Century
- Alexandria class cruiser (Zeta Gundam and V Gundam)
- Argama class cruiser (Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam)
- Birmingham class battleship (Gundam 0083, although the Dogos Gear in Zeta Gundam may be a improved variant)
- Chivvay class cruiser (Mobile Suit Gundam)
- Musai-class mobile suit carrier (Various Gundam series)
- Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier (includes Pegasus, White Base, Thoroughbred, and improved variants include the Albion.) (Various Gundam series)
- Salamis class cruiser (Various Gundam series)
- Magellan class battleship (Various Gundam series)
- Irish class battleship (Various Gundam series)
- Tivvay class cruiser (Gundam 0080)
Cosmic Era
- Archangel class mobile assault ship (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
- Laurasia-class mobile frigate (FFM) (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
- Nazca-class high speed mobile destroyer (DDMH) (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
Honor Harrington
People's Republic of Haven starship classes
- Cimeterres-class LAC
- Bastogne-class destroyer
- City-class destroyer
- Frigate-class light cruiser
- Conqueror-class light cruiser
- Mars-class heavy cruiser
- Scimitar-class heavy cruiser
- Warlord-class battlecruiser
- Sultan-class battlecruiser
- Triumphant-class battleship
- New Boston-class dreadnought
- Rousseau-class dreadnought
- DuQuesne-class superdreadnought
Star Kingdom of Manticore starship classes
- Shrikes-class LAC
- Osprey-class frigate
- Hawkwing-class destroyer
- Minstrel-class destroyer
- Courageous-class light cruiser
- Apollo-class light cruiser
- Star Knight-class heavy cruiser
- Homer-class battlecruiser
- Reliant-class battlecruiser
- Bellerophon-class dreadnought
- Gryphon-class superdreadnought
- Invictus-class superdreadnought
- Medusan-class(aka Harrington class) superdreadnought (pods)
Macross
UN Spacy starship classes
Space War I era
Colonization era
- New Macross class colonization ship
- Bolognese class stealth frigate
- Uraga-class Carrier (CV)
- Neo Nupetiet-Vergnitzs bis class fleet command battleship
Zentraedi starship classes
- 42101 (IV II X I) Fulbtzs-Berrentzs class mothership
- 5631 (V VI III I) Nupetiet-Vergnitzs class medium-scale fleet command battleship
- 10107 (X X VII) Queadol-Magdomilla class command battleship
- Gun destroyer
- Picket ship
- Quiltra-Queleual class amphibious assault ship
- Thuverl-Salan class standard battleship
Stargate SG-1
Earth vessels
Goa'uld
Asgard
Star Trek
Cardassian starship classes
Ferengi starship classes
Jem'Hadar starship classes
Klingon starship classes
Romulan starship classes
Starfleet starship classes
Star Wars
Galactic Empire starship classes
- CEC-90 class Star Corvette
- Nebulon-class Star Frigate
- Dreadnaught-class Star Frigate
- Immobiliser-class Star Frigate
- Acclamator-class Assault Transport
- Victory-class Star Destroyer
- Venator-class Star Destroyer
- Imperator-class Star Destroyer
- Dominator-class Star Destroyer
- Tector-class Star Destroyer
- Allegiance-class Star Destroyer
- Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser
- Quaestor-class Star Battlecruiser
- Procurator-class Star Battlecruiser
- Mandator-class Star Dreadnought
- Sovereign-class Star Dreadnought
- Eclipse-class Star Dreadnought
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought
Rebel Alliance starship classes
- CEC-90 class Star Corvette
- Nebulon-class Star Frigate
- Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (multiple designs)
Naboo starship classes
See Also
- Interstellar travel
- List of fictional spaceships
- List of vehicles in Star Wars
- Spacecraft
- Starship
- Unidentified flying object
External links
- CineSpaceships (http://www.cinespaceships.net/) - Database on spaceships in movie
- The Nefarious List (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/misc/harrington/nefarious-list.html) - A list of every class of starship seen in the Honor Harrington novels
- Hyperspace (http://hyperspace.isnnews.net) - A list of starships seen in Babylon 5
- Starship Dimensions (http://www.merzo.net) - A graphic comparison of fictional spaceship sizes.
- Ex Astris Scientia (http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org) - A list of starships seen in Star Trek
- Star Wars Technical Commentaries (http://www.theforce.net/swtc/)
- The Stargate Technology Center (http://www.stargate-tech.net/)