Ship class

In all rounds of Planetarion there have been six ship classes (except in Round 10 where there were no corvettes or destroyers). A ship class is a type of ships that may be built when a certain technology has been researched. (Currently, one tech gives you access to FI/CO, the next gives you access to FR/DE, and the final one gives you access to CR/BS.)

A ships's travel time is also indicated by its class. Currently, FI/CO has an ETA of 12, FR/DE has an ETA of 13, and CR/BS has an ETA of 14. If there are multiple ship classes in a fleet, the fleet's ETA is determined by the slowest class. (The ETAs above may be reduced through 'ETA research', and fleet ETA is lowered by 1 when you are defending an alliance mate.)

Names

Fighter (FI)

Fighters are the smallest class of ship. They have the quickest travel time. Fighters have only rarely been able to target cruisers or battleships under single-targeting.

Corvette (CO)

Corvettes are the second smallest class of ship. They can travel as fast as fighters. Corvettes have only rarely been able to target cruisers or battleships.

Frigate (FR)

Frigates have the second quickest travel time. They can normally

Destroyer (DE)

Destroyers have the same travel time as frigates.

Cruiser (CR)

Cruisers have the joint slowest travel time. Predominately cruisers have not been able to target fighters or corvettes under single-targeting.

Battleship (BA or BS)

Battleships have the same travel time as cruisers. They are the largest class of ship. Predominately battleships have not been able to target fighters or corvettes under single-targeting.

The parentheses contain common abbreviations for the ship classes.