Universal Ship Classification System

REV: 2.0

Rules:

• The ID must always start with the pad size.
• Pad size and purpose must be separated with a dot.
• Each ID cannot be longer than 6 characters (this includes every part, including the dash).
• Numbers cannot be used due to the character limit. If you want to differentiate between ships with the same ID, do so with their name.

Format:

• A dot means a primary purpose; these can be used on any ship that serves said purpose.
• An indented dot means that this purpose falls under the last purpose, so TRD covers MIN and LAS, but MIN doesn't cover TRA.
• An indented square means a sub-sub purpose, for example, the difference between a trading ship, a mining ship, and a core mining ship.

Pad Size:

• MP: Medium pad (for ships that require medium-sized landing pads)
• SP: Small pad (for ships that require small-sized landing pads)
• LP: Large pad (for ships that require large-sized landing pads)

Purpose:

• EXP: Explorer (for ships designed for exploration)
  • GRD: Guardian (for ships designed for running Guardian monuments, usually equipped with an SRV bay and point defense turrets)
  • LRG: Long range (for ships with long jump ranges, usually equipped with an engineered FSD and/or a Guardian FSD booster)
• TRD: Trade (for ships designed for trading)
  • MIN: Miner (for ships designed for mining)
    • LAS: Laser (for mining ships designed for laser mining, usually equipped with mining lasers)
    • SUR: Surface (for mining ships designed for surface mining, usually equipped with abrasion lasers)
    • SUB: SubSurface (for mining ships designed for subsurface mining, usually equipped with subsurface displacement missiles)
    • COR: Deep-Core (for mining ships designed for core mining, usually equipped with seismic charge launchers and a pulse wave scanner)
  • TRA: Transporter (for ships designed for transporting, usually have weak or no shields with lots of cargo space)
• CMB: Combat (for ships designed for combat)
  • GRA: Ground attack (for ships specialized in Ground attack roles)
  • PVE: Player vs. Entity (for ships specialized in combating NPCs)
  • PVP: Player vs. Player (for ships specialized in player combat)
  • AXO: Anti-Xeno Operations (for ships designed for combating alien threats)
• REC: Rescue (for ships designed for player rescues)
  • FUL: Refueler (for ships meant to refuel others)
    • RAT: Fuel Rat (for ships specifically designed for hull seals. see fuelrats.com)
  • REP: Repair (for ships designed to repair other ships, usually equipped with repair limpet controllers or rescue multi-limpet controllers)
    • HUL: Hull Seal (for ships specifically designed for hull seals. see hullseals.space)
• GEN: General-Purpose (for ships designed for versatile or undefined roles)
• SPC: specialised (for ships designed for niche or specialized utility)
• DEC: Decommissioned (for ships that are no longer in use and/or been stripped of all modules)

Examples:

• MP-EXP: Medium pad exploration ship
• SP-TRD: Small pad trade ship
• LP-MIN: Large pad mining ship
• MP-TRA: Medium pad transporter
• SP-CMB: Small pad combat ship
• LP-PVE: Large pad PVE combat ship
• MP-PVP: Medium pad PVP combat ship
• SP-AXO: Small pad anti-xeno operations ship
• LP-GEN: Large pad general-purpose ship
• MP-UTL: Medium pad utility ship
• LP-LAS: Large pad laser mining ship
• MP-COR: Medium pad deep-core mining ship