Solar Sloop1 2 3 4"IT'S SO FAST!" - J.R. Crenshaw, Weyland Foundry Test PilotLength: 53m
Its actual name- Weyland Foundry Glider- typically replaced with the much more generic "solar sloop" designation, this ship is well known for being highly versatile and strikingly fast. Its basic hull provides very little protection against nearly any weapon, and its shields are just as pitiful, but that hardly seems to matter when you can just leave anything remotely dangerous behind in the blink of an eye. Four low-yield (or "non-military") plasma cannons come standard, and the Glider's power supply can hardly support anything stronger. Because of wide usage by pirates, who eagerly adopted this vessel for its maneuverability and handling, Weyland Foundry came under immense pressure to remove JunTech Drives from all new models. All previously purchased ships were forcibly altered.
Earth Scraper1 2 3"A lot of people look up and see these things hanging overhead and don't think nothing of it. But honestly, they really and truly scare the hell out of me." - Unknown SourceHeight: 5130m
Length: 1358m
By Sol's standards the Earth Scraper class is an unnecessarily huge behemoth from a time when mankind needed something so ridiculously large to aid in population management over new colonies. These gargantuan towers are so named for their usual emplacement: Right in high orbit over a planet, their jagged tips spearing down precipitously toward the world below. Fittingly, the very first of these was named
God's Knife. Armed to the teeth with massively overpowered railguns, plasma cannons and particle directors, the Earth Scrapers also double as fortifications; the final and ultimate defense against any invading force. These days, most have been relegated to little more than flying cities, and even have been separated from their jump drives. Albeit, flying cities that can lay waste to a populated world in mere minutes. They're a common sight in human space, with most colonies possessing at least one.
Thao Toi1 2 3 4"It seems that right up until they met us, the jin fo had nothing in the way of a true combat ship. That changed fast, didn't it?" - Admiral Zhu Dahan, Solar NavyHeight: 563m
Length: 2414m
As jin fo technology goes, the Thao Toi (considered a battlecruiser by human naval experts) is both a remarkable specimen and an uncharacteristically fearsome design. Sleek, elegant and insurmountably lethal. With precision jump capabilities, strong armor plating, impressive shielding, plasma torpedo nodes, particle cannons and a massive e-war suite to boot. In the department of hardware, it easily outclasses even the most advanced warships of Sol. Not many of these exist, however. Only seven were ever manufactured, and it is unlikely many more will be in the foreseeable future.
Boneships1 2 3Length: 320-345m
"You know, ghosts are usually depicted as white. Ghosts are mysterious, eery and hard to see. So why the hell are these things called Bones?" - Cpt. Fred Hallam, Dynamite Shipping Inc.Superstition never died, especially among sailors. Amidst the long, lonely voyages it's easy to let your mind wander or become entrapped by flights of fantasy. One of the most widely reported being the so named "Boneships". Ivory white, small and astoundingly fast. For a time there weren't even physical descriptions, just strange sensor readings and rogue blips. The popular theory is that they're piloted by aliens who wish to go unnoticed- scanning and observing humans and jin fo. Others believe they're literal "ghost ships", the dead lost in space to wander forever. Most chalk them up as just illusions and electronic anomalies, and are in no real hurry to try and prove whether or not they really exist.
**
The classification "solar" denotes a vessel limited to travel within a solar system, conversely "extrasolar" applies to any vessel with jump capabilities.