Translight – SF Roleplaying from Avenger Enterprises

Concepts: Ship Classes

A standard set of ship designations is in use throughout much of human space. Variations do exist but the following terms are generally understood:

 

Small combat craft of a sort that might be termed ‘fighters’ are of negligible military value against the heavily armored warships of the Translight universe.

Interceptors, as these ‘fighters’ are normally termed, are sometimes used as pickets or to eyeball an unidentified vessel and for policing duty. They can also intercept light craft armed with weapons capable of harming a real warship, such as the V-Boats depicted left.

The origins of the term V-boat are lost in the mists of history, but by convention a V-boat is a light strike craft armed with torpedoes – ie, fast missiles with a big warhead but short range. The sole purpose of a V-boat force is to get close enough to the target to launch torpedoes. Interceptors and larger gunships are often deployed to stop them.