OK, second go at the combat types addition to the Great Justice page. I've hopefully softened it by mentioning it's reduced use since the Boskone War, and I've pulled the Battlecruiser, Super and Battlecarrier types to simplify things.
=== Combat Capable Ship Types ===
Fen in general don't like pointing out their armed vessels, but that hasn't stopped the [[Military Fen|mil-fen] from drawing up a simple taxonomy of military craft in Fenspace. The use of the combat type system diminished greatly after the [[Boskone War], due to the reduction in forces as threat levels dropped and people demilitarised their ships. That's not to say that most ships aren't armed, just that they are more discrete about it and mainly focused on self-defence.
* '''U.C.A.V.''' - Sometimes called '''Drones''', these are armed, (semi-)autonomous craft not capable of having a human-sized sapient be carried inside it. In general, U.C.A.V.s are smaller than Fighters due to lack of a cockpit.
* '''Fighter''' - The most populous military craft in Fenspace, carries one to two people.A.I. piloted fighters tend to call themselves A.I. Fighters rather than just fighters.
* '''Cutter''' - A small, armed craft that has a crew (three to five people) and space for them to move about comfortably. Normally used as patrol craft and scouts, and part of a Flotilla.
* '''Frigate''' - A fast armed vessel carrying a capture/assault squad and armed with 4 or more anti-ship level weapons. Normally part of a Flotilla.
* '''Destroyer''' - An independent command roughly twice the size of a Frigate, mounting at least one Rail Cannon or other anti-vessel level weapon. Also generally has a small craft for transportation.
* '''Cruiser''' - Much like a Destroyer, but carrying up to 4 fighter or assault craft and/or a C3Command, Control, and Communications section. Normally has two anti-vessel weapons.
* '''Battleship''' - A vessel mounting more than 4 anti-vessel level weapons and/or a Particle Beam weapon. Those not belonging to a recognised faction are closely watched by [[Great Justice] and the [[Space Patrol].
* '''Carrier''' - A large vessel used as a home base for fighter or assault craft. Normally mounts a squadron of fighters and assault craft for its platoon of 'Marines'. Mostly has point defence and anti-fighter weaponry.Doctrine will have these escorted by at least a Flotilla of Frigates, if not Destroyers or Cruisers.
There are subtypes of all the above, usually prefixed with one or more of the following:
* '''Assault''' - The Assault prefix is given to those craft optimised for getting boots on the ground. In general, it's an Assault ship's job to capture ships and facilities, and the Assault craft's job to support this. They also carry at least twice the number of troops available.
* '''Strike''' - A Strike craft is optimised for attack operations, if they don't blow it up they soften it up for assault craft. The troops aboard tend towards heavy weaponry and powered armour.
* '''Stealth''' - A Stealth craft hides what it is, allowing them to get close to their target. They also tend to be used on surveillance and intelligence missions.
* '''Cloaked''' - The submarines of Space, a Cloaked craft is (through design and technology) otherwise invisible to the vast majority of other vessels.
Any further opinions? Comments are welcome.
=== Combat Capable Ship Types ===
Fen in general don't like pointing out their armed vessels, but that hasn't stopped the [[Military Fen|mil-fen] from drawing up a simple taxonomy of military craft in Fenspace. The use of the combat type system diminished greatly after the [[Boskone War], due to the reduction in forces as threat levels dropped and people demilitarised their ships. That's not to say that most ships aren't armed, just that they are more discrete about it and mainly focused on self-defence.
* '''U.C.A.V.''' - Sometimes called '''Drones''', these are armed, (semi-)autonomous craft not capable of having a human-sized sapient be carried inside it. In general, U.C.A.V.s are smaller than Fighters due to lack of a cockpit.
* '''Fighter''' - The most populous military craft in Fenspace, carries one to two people.A.I. piloted fighters tend to call themselves A.I. Fighters rather than just fighters.
* '''Cutter''' - A small, armed craft that has a crew (three to five people) and space for them to move about comfortably. Normally used as patrol craft and scouts, and part of a Flotilla.
* '''Frigate''' - A fast armed vessel carrying a capture/assault squad and armed with 4 or more anti-ship level weapons. Normally part of a Flotilla.
* '''Destroyer''' - An independent command roughly twice the size of a Frigate, mounting at least one Rail Cannon or other anti-vessel level weapon. Also generally has a small craft for transportation.
* '''Cruiser''' - Much like a Destroyer, but carrying up to 4 fighter or assault craft and/or a C3Command, Control, and Communications section. Normally has two anti-vessel weapons.
* '''Battleship''' - A vessel mounting more than 4 anti-vessel level weapons and/or a Particle Beam weapon. Those not belonging to a recognised faction are closely watched by [[Great Justice] and the [[Space Patrol].
* '''Carrier''' - A large vessel used as a home base for fighter or assault craft. Normally mounts a squadron of fighters and assault craft for its platoon of 'Marines'. Mostly has point defence and anti-fighter weaponry.Doctrine will have these escorted by at least a Flotilla of Frigates, if not Destroyers or Cruisers.
There are subtypes of all the above, usually prefixed with one or more of the following:
* '''Assault''' - The Assault prefix is given to those craft optimised for getting boots on the ground. In general, it's an Assault ship's job to capture ships and facilities, and the Assault craft's job to support this. They also carry at least twice the number of troops available.
* '''Strike''' - A Strike craft is optimised for attack operations, if they don't blow it up they soften it up for assault craft. The troops aboard tend towards heavy weaponry and powered armour.
* '''Stealth''' - A Stealth craft hides what it is, allowing them to get close to their target. They also tend to be used on surveillance and intelligence missions.
* '''Cloaked''' - The submarines of Space, a Cloaked craft is (through design and technology) otherwise invisible to the vast majority of other vessels.
Any further opinions? Comments are welcome.