Ship Classifications

Ship Classifications tend to vary in race. Targolian ships only really have a few classes, but the Alliance, in comparrison has thousands more. The following classes are key classes used by the Alliance. The main catagories are in order of size...

Classifications of the Tyrine Alliance

 * Frigate - A general all rounded filler ship, these ships are very small and are designed to fill only one role
 * Assault Frigate
 * Heavy Frigate
 * Support Frigate
 * FLAK Frigate
 * Siege Frigate
 * Obliterator Frigate
 * Cruiser - Cruisers are notably larger than frigate. they often range in size but they fill a larger amount of roles and act as the primary ships in most fleets. around 1/5th of the Allied navy is made of Cruisers of some kind
 * Assault Cruiser
 * Sentry Cruiser
 * Carrier Cruiser
 * Support Cruiser
 * Heavy Cruiser
 * Light Cruiser
 * BAttle Cruiser
 * Destroyer
 * War Cruiser
 * Siege Cruiser
 * ANTI Air Cruiser
 * Sentinal Cruiser
 * Heavy Carrier Cruiser
 * Primary Assault Cruiser
 * Destroyers - Destroyers are larger variants of cruisers, they may be fewer in number as they often are seen as a Carrier, but a good well rounded destroyer fleet can really cause trouble to enermy lines. Destroyers generaly mount both carrier abilities and weaponry
 * Heavy Destroyer
 * Carrier Destroyer
 * Super Destroyer
 * Surprieme Destroyer
 * Carrier - Not to be confused with a Aircraft Carrier. a Carrier is a large ship, around twice teh size of a Cruiser and half that of a Capital Ship. a Carrier takes the role of a Fleet support ship, they are week on their own but can easily hold their own. Carriers generaly are long and mount alot of firepower around a small area
 * Flight Carrier
 * WarCarrier
 * Sentinal Carrier
 * Fleet Carrier
 * Armadillo Carrier
 * Dreadnaught - Dreadnaughts are fairly large ships. not the largest, but they are very powerful. Dreadnaughts normaly mount alot of forward and rear firepower, being designed to punch a hole in fleets. with heavy firepower on the bow and aft and light on the other sides these ships can enable large fleets to bypass other painful ones if a skilled captain is at the helm
 * Light Dreadnaught
 * Heavy Dreadnaught
 * Medium Dreadnaught
 * Carrier Dreadnaught
 * Capital Ship - Capital ships are large ships, the Alliance navy is well known for its abondence of Capital ships. around 1/3 of the navy is some form of Capital ship. a good capital ship fulfills all roles perfectly. a Flagship is automaticly dubbed a capital ship regardless of size or firepower
 * Flagship
 * Heavy Carrier
 * Colonist Ship
 * Station ship
 * Factory Ship
 * War Ship
 * War Destroyer
 * Fleet Sentry
 * FLGT Mainor
 * Sentinal - Sentinal ships are very large ships, the largest around. the largest of the class, the Sentinal Carrier is a theory at most. the only ship of its kind is the GASSC Mothonial. StarCarriers are a rare sight but are feared by even the most hardy Captains
 * Sentinal Carrier
 * StarCarrier
 * StarLord
 * Stratagy Carrier
 * Armaldo Carrier