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[[Starship|Starships]], specifically those designated as [[Starship#Tech_2_Ships|Tech-2 ships]], or larger Industrial ships (The [[Medium Freighter]] class, for instance, is almost never written out), are abbreviated to save space and time when naming them, both in Fleet communications and to speed up communications in [[Chat_Guide|Chat]].


== Industrial Ship Designations ==
Tech 1 Industrial Ships
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Ship Class
!Shorthand
|-
|[[Shuttle]]
|N/A
|-
|[[Transport]]
|N/A
|-
|[[Light Freighter]]
|LF
|-
|[[Medium Freighter]]
|MF
|-
|[[Heavy Freighter]]
|HF
|-
|[[Barge]]
|N/A
|}
Tech 2 Industrial Ships
{| class="wikitable"
!Ship Class
!Shorthand
|-
|[[Blockade Runner]]
|BR
|-
|[[Jump Freighter]]
|JF
|-
|[[Industrial Command Ship]]
|ICS
|}



== Warship Designations ==
Tech 1 Warships
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Ship Class
!Shorthand
|-
|[[Starfighter]]
|SF
|-
|[[Gunship]]
|GS
|-
|[[Corvette]]
|Corv
|-
|[[Frigate]]
|Frig
|-
|[[Destroyer]]
|Dessy
|-
|[[Cruiser]]
|N/A
|-
|[[Battlecruiser]]
|BC
|}
Tech 2 Warships
{| class="wikitable"
!Ship Class
!Shorthand
|-
|[[Scrambler]]
|N/A
|-
|[[Recon Fighter]]
|Recon
|-
|[[Assault Gunship]]
|AGS
|-
|[[Interdiction Gunship|Interdictor Gunship]]
|IGS
|-
|[[Stasis Corvette]]
|SCV
|-
|[[Assault Corvette]]
|ACV
|-
|[[Logistics Corvette]]
|LCV
|-
|[[Interdictor Corvette]]
|ICV
|-
|[[Black Ops Frigate]]
|BLOPs
|-
|[[Missile Frigate]]
|MFG
|-
|[[Assault Frigate]]
|AFG
|-
|[[Assault Destroyer]]
|ADS
|-
|[[Interdiction Destroyer|Interdictor Destroyer]]
|IDS
|-
|[[Missile Cruiser]]
|MCR
|-
|[[Logistics Cruiser]]
|LCR
|-
|[[Lancer]]
|N/A
|}