Starship class
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
- Magog World ship
Babylon 5
Centauri Republic starship classes
- Primus Class Battlecruiser
- Vorchan Class Warcruiser
- Sentri Class Fighter
Unclassified vessel types:
- Centauri Shuttle
- Centauri Atmospheric Shuttle
- Centauri Personal Liner
- Centauri Transport
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
- G'Quan class starcruiser
- T'Loth class heavy cruiser
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
- Battlecrab
- Planetkiller
- Scout
Vorlon Empire starship classes
- Cruiser
- Mothership
- Planetkiller
- Transport
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
- Ha'Tak-class Mothership
- Al'Kesh-class Bomber
- Tel'Tac-class Transport
- Deathglider
Asgard
- Beliskner-class Cruiser
- O'Neill-class Battleship
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 - Database on spaceships in movie
- The Nefarious List - A list of every class of starship seen in the Honor Harrington novels
- Hyperspace - A list of starships seen in Babylon 5
- Starship Dimensions - A graphic comparison of fictional spaceship sizes.
- Ex Astris Scientia - A list of starships seen in Star Trek
- Star Wars Technical Commentaries
- The Stargate Technology Center