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Please share your thoughts on the matter at on the Articles for deletion page. Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the . ---- : & This is a list of all ships that exist in the Descent: FreeSpace fictional universe, and whether they are in Descent: FreeSpace (FS1) or FreeSpace 2 (FS2). Technical databases can be found here. In the FreeSpace universe, the sizes and strength of combat craft and warships go in order of (from smallest to largest) Fighter, Bomber, Cruiser, Corvette, Destroyer and Juggernaut. Fighters are small and are typically armed with four to six primary guns and one or two secondary missile banks, though they can carry more. They usually perform the duties of escorting larger ships to defend them against bombers or enemy fighters). Although they are often used against all forms of ships in Descent: FreeSpace and are highly useful in all roles, the new damage system in FreeSpace 2, combined with better capital ship defenses, makes them far less useful in anti-capital ship warfare in FreeSpace 2. Thus, they are rarely effective against capital ships on their own. Fighters can be split into two basic groups: light fighters and heavy assault fighters. The former sacrifices loadout capacity and armor for speed and maneuverability, making them an excellent craft for dogfights, but virtually sub-optimal in terms of attacking larger ships like cruisers and, in some cases, even a convoy of transports. The latter sacrifices speed and maneuverability for loadout capacity and armor, making them a good choice for attacking transport convoys and sometimes, even capital ships. However, in dogfights, heavy assault fighters are virtually sitting ducks, giving faster craft a chance to fly circles around them. Bombers are designed primarily to attack cruisers and corvettes with large payloads of bombs and warheads. They usually boast the heaviest shields and thickest hulls of any small combat craft, and sometimes mount one or two turrets. However, only the largest bombers are effective against destroyers, and even then their effectivness is minimal. Against juggernauts, even the strongest bombers, armed with the most powerful warheads, are almost completely ineffective. With the anti-capital ship beam cannons present onboard every class of warship in FreeSpace 2, bombers have been relegated primarily to tactical support and destroying vital subsystems on these larger vessels, a task that they excel at. Their relatively low speed and maneuverability make them prime targets for fighter pilots. Cruisers are the smallest of warships, measuring between 200 and 400 meters in length. These ships are normally lightly armed and are not considered capital ships. While these ships can be fairly menacing to light fighters, small groups of heavy fighters can produce enough firepower to destroy them. The anti-warship weapons of these vessels are only truly effective against other cruisers, although there have been some exceptions to these rules. In the FreeSpace 2 timeline, cruisers are gradually being supplanted by the more heavily armed and maneuverable corvettes. Corvettes are warships measuring about 600 to 800 meters long. These ships have fairly high speeds, as well as relatively thick hulls, and are commonly used to engage other cruisers and corvettes in many defensive and offensive roles, as well as to attack destroyers and provide anti-fighter cover. While corvettes are not armed with some of the heavy weaponry found on destroyers, a corvette's main weaponry is still powerful enough to be effective in many roles. Unlike cruisers, corvettes are an imposing presence that will require a dedicated assault to dispose of. Destroyers are massive capital ships averaging 2000 meters in length. They are far better armed than smaller ships, and mount at least one fighterbay. In addition, they are armed with powerful weaponry including heavy anti-capital ship beam cannons, capable of destroying smaller warships with a single shot, though the destroyer's main weapon is typicaly its fighter and bomber wings. Destroyers also have a command crew on board that enables them to oversee and coordinate several sorties at once. Although the hull plating of destroyers are better than those of cuisers and corvettes, these ships must have sufficient fighter cover and escort at all times for they are high priority targets due to their logistical importance. Juggernauts are almost ludicrously huge ships over 5000 meters in length. Due to their nearly indestructible nature, they can easily wipe out fleets of enemy ships. They are often armed with large numbers of the heaviest beam cannons available, making them impervious to assault by capital ships, while their incredibly thick hull renders assaults by fighters, bombers, cruisers, corvettes and even some destroyers useless. The only real threat to a juggernaut is another juggernaut. Fighters GTF Apollo - FS1 GTF Ares - FS2 GTF Erinyes - FS2 GTF Hercules - FS1, FS2 GTF Hercules Mark II - FS2 GTF Loki - FS1, FS2 GTF Myrmidon - FS2 GTF Pegasus - FS2 GTF Perseus - FS2 GTF Ulysses - FS1, FS2 GTF Valkyrie - FS1 Bombers GTB Artemis - FS2 GTB Artemis D.H. - FS2 GTB Athena - FS1 GTB Boanerges - FS2 GTB Medusa - FS1, FS2 GTB Ursa - FS1, FS2 GTB Zeus - FS1 Silent threat, FS2 Cruisers and Corvettes GTC Aeolus - FS2 GTCv Deimos - FS2 GTC Fenris - FS1, FS2 GTC Leviathan - FS1, FS2 Destroyers GTD Hecate - FS2 GTD Orion - FS1, FS2 SuperDestroyers GTD Hades - FS1 Silent Threat Juggernauts GTVA Colossus - FS2 Freighters and Transports GTT Argo - FS2 GTFr Chronos - FS1 GTT Elysium - FS1, FS2 GTFr Poseidon - FS1,FS2 GTFr Triton - FS2 Miscellaneous GTI Arcadia - FS1, FS2 GTS Centaur - FS1 GTA Charybdis - FS2 GTSC Faustus - FS1, FS2 GTEP Hermes - FS1, FS2 GTM Hippocrates - FS2 GTS Hygeia - FS2 GTNB Pharos - FS1, FS2 GTG Zephyrus - FS2 Knossos - FS2 NTF Boadicea - FS2 NTF Iceni - FS2 Volition Bravos - FS2 Cargo TC 2 - FS1 TC Meson Bomb - FS2 TAC 1 - FS1 TTC 1 - FS1 Fighters PVF Anubis - FS1 GVF Horus - FS1, FS2 GVF Ptah - FS2 GVF Serapis - FS2 GVF Seth - FS1, FS2 GVF Tauret - FS2 GVF Thoth - FS1, FS2 Bombers PVB Amun - FS1 GVB Bakha - FS2 GVB Osiris - FS1, FS2 GVB Sekhmet - FS2 Cruisers and Corvettes GVC Aten - FS1, FS2 GVC Mentu - FS2 GVCv Sobek - FS2 Destroyers GVD Hatshepsut - FS2 GVD Typhon - FS1, FS2 Freighters and Transports PVFr Bast - FS1 GVT Isis - FS1, FS2 PVFr Ma'at - FS1, FS2 GVFr Satis - FS1, FS2 Miscellaneous GVG Anuket - FS2 GVS Nephthys - FS2 PVS Scarab - FS1 GVA Setekh - FS2 Cargo VC 3 - FS1 VAC 4 - FS1 Fighters SF Aeshma - FS2 SF Astaroth - FS2 SF Basilisk - FS1, FS2 SF Dragon - FS1, FS2 SF Manticore - FS1, FS2 SF Mara - FS2 SF Scorpion - FS1 Bombers SB Nahema - FS2 SB Nephilim - FS1, FS2 SB Seraphim - FS1 Silent Threat, FS2 SB Shaitan - FS1 SB Taurvi - FS2 Cruisers and Corvettes SC Cain - FS1, FS2 SC Lilith - FS1, FS2 SCv Moloch - FS2 SC Rakshasa - FS2 Destroyers SD Demon - FS1, FS2 SD Ravana - FS2 SuperDestroyers SD Lucifer - FS1 Juggernauts SJ Sathanas - FS2 Freighters and Transports SFr Asmodeus - FS1, FS2 ST Azrael - FS1, FS2 SFr Dis - FS2 SFr Mephisto - FS1, FS2 Sentry Guns SSG Belial - FS2 SSG Trident - FS1, FS2 Miscellaneous Shivan Comm Node - FS2 SSG Rahu - FS2 Cargo SC 5 - FS1, FS2 SAC 2 - FS1, FS2 SAC 3 - FS2 Descent: FreeSpace For Terrans, the first two letters are GT - "Galactic Terran". For Vasudan ships, the first two letters are PV - "Parliamentary Vasudan". Shivan designations begin with S - "Shivan". The final letter is the ship's type. F means "Fighter", B means "Bomber", S means "support ship", T means "Transport", Fr means "Freighter", EP means "escape pod", SC means "science cruiser", SG means "Sentry Gun", I means "installation", C means "Cruiser" and D means "Destroyer" (this is the same for SuperDestroyers as well). FreeSpace 2 Ship designations are similar with the following changes: Also note the following exceptions: | |||||||
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