[Killer Whale]

What classes of ships are there?
- canon -
GTF, PVF, GVF, SF - fighter
GTB, PVB, GVB , SB- bomber
GTC, PVC, GVC, SC- cruiser
GTCv, GVCv, SCv - corvette
GTD, PVD, GVD, SD - destroyer
SJ - juggernaut
GTVA, NTF - one of a kind flagships
GTS, PVS, GVS - support
GTG - Gas miner
GTSG, PVSG, GVSG - Sentry Gun
TAC, TTC - Container
GTI, PVI, GVI - Instillation


- fan made -
GTFg, SFg - Frigate
GTCa, GVCa, SCa - Carrier
GTSD, SOSD, GVSD, SSD - Superdestroyer
SODn - Dreadnought
TSJ, SSJ - Superjuggernaut
SH - Hive
GTL - Logistics

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Lots. You can find all -made ships here (FS1, ST) and here (FS2), and many of the user-made ships here.

If you mean designations, you can make up anything that fits your ideas, as long as it's FreeSpacey.

[Jeff Vader]

Uh, the Iceni is a frigate.

[IronBeer]

I believe that "SSD" (Shivan SuperDestroyer) is a canon designation, conferred to the Lucifer in FS1.

[Mongoose]

I believe that "SSD" (Shivan SuperDestroyer) is a canon designation, conferred to the Lucifer in FS1.

Indeed.

Uh, the Iceni is a frigate.

Also indeed, though I was never completely clear as to whether or not the 'F' in "NTF Iceni" specifically meant "Frigate" or "Front."  It could probably go either way.  A few fan-made campaigns (most notably Derelict) have used 'Ff' as a designation for frigate.

[Snail]

I believe that "SSD" (Shivan SuperDestroyer) is a canon designation, conferred to the Lucifer in FS1.

Indeed.

Where.

[Droid803]

I believe that "SSD" (Shivan SuperDestroyer) is a canon designation, conferred to the Lucifer in FS1.

In FS1, the Lucifer is just 'SD Lucifer'...
I mean, it's definitely CALLED a superdestroyer, but the prefix is undeniably just "SD". Some fanmade campaigns use 'SSD', but that's just them. (Ok, why the hell am I talking like I didn't do that myself?)

[eliex]

I believe that "SSD" (Shivan SuperDestroyer) is a canon designation, conferred to the Lucifer in FS1.

Indeed.

By all rights the prefix for the Lucifer should be SSD but canonically it's just SD.

[NGTM-1R]

Quoth the Wiki!

Cruiser - Smallest combatant capital craft classification. Cruisers are at least several times the size of a fighter or bomber and possess mainly antifighter weaponry, with one or two (or in the case of the SC Rakshasa, three) anticapital weapons. The defensive fire of a cruiser is rarely capable of stopping a determined bomber wing, and most are vulnerable to even a well-handled lone fighter. Unable to carry fighters. Canonical examples include the Fenris and the Leviathan. In FS1, cruisers were deployed for both offensive and defensive tasks by all sides to any situation not requiring the attention of a destroyer. In FS2 Shivan cruisers are often deployed in mainline antiship and strike roles, while GTVA cruisers tend to be used as escorts and patrol craft.

Corvette - Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. Corvettes are capable of defending themselves adequately against a small number of enemy fighters or bombers. With the exception of the SCv Moloch, corvettes are unable to carry fighters of their own. Corvettes appear to handle most of the antiship and strike duties for the GTVA fleet; Shivan corvettes are extremely rare and have only been deployed against GTVA destroyers canonically. Whether this is their role or not is guesswork.

Destroyer - Large combatant capital craft, combining the functions of destroying enemy ships and transporting fighters. Destroyers vary wildly in armament and effectiveness against different types of targets. They will have at least one heavy-calibur anticapital weapon and probably several more, plus a number of cruiser-corvette anticapital weapons. Destroyers tend to need fighter cover more than corvettes; some of them actually mount fewer antifighter weapons, and all have much larger amounts of surface area that needs to be defended. Any situation with the direct involvement of a destroyer-class ship is by definition serious.

Superdestroyer - Bigger, meaner, and tougher than a destroyer, yet too small for the juggernaut classification; first applied well before the juggernaut classification came into existence. Only the Hades and Lucifer have canonically been given this classification. The nature of the canonical superdestroyers was such that any appearance by them indicates the major effort by the controlling side. Their success is often decisive for that system, while their failure is a blow that is difficult to recover from.

Juggernaut - The pinnacle of combatant capital craft, a juggernaut is capable of making mincemeat out of an enemy fleet singlehanded and is superbly equipped to combat other capital craft. Due to its large surface area its defenses against fightercraft attack are generally somewhat thinly spread, but a juggernaut's sheer ability to absorb damage means that only another juggernaut or a mass attack by corvettes and destroyers is capable of destroying one in anything like a timely manner. Only the SJ Sathanas has canonically been given this classification, though the Colossus could also be classified as juggernaut. The presence of a juggernaut, like a superdestroyer, indicates the controlling side considers the mission absolutely essential; decisive for the system if not the campaign or the entire war.

Installation - A space station, described as "installation" because of its size, self-sufficiency, and permanence. The only installation class canonically known is the Arcadia. The GTVA's naming system for installations generally includes something indicating their nature. Installation Riveria, Tombaugh Station, Enif Station, and the Vega Installation are examples.

Frigate - Semi-canonical ship class, both the Hippocrates and the Iceni have been referred to as frigates; the normally accepted role of a frigate is that of a pocket destroyer, lacking a fighterbay and fighter support facilities/crews enabling the ship to be shrunk down to only slightly bigger than a corvette.

 

[louiswuenator]

Whenever I see SSD I always think of Super Star Destroyer

[Dilmah G]

Hippocrates as a Frigate, Hippocrates the medical ship! WTF!

[Blue Lion]

They were called "medical frigates" in the last mission?

[Snail]

SSD is non-canon. Just say it. Nyargh.

[Scotty]

Blahdy-Blah F = Fighter
"" C = Cargo
"" AC = Armored Cargo
"" SG = Sentry Gun
"" EP = Escape Pod
"" B = Bomber
"" Dr = Drone
"" Fr = Freighter
"" G = Gas miner (SSG Rahu not to be confused with a sentry gun)
"" C = Cruiser
"" Cv = Corvette
"" F = Frigate (Iceni)
"" D = Destroyer
"" I = Installation
"" J = Juggernaut

Lemme know if I missed any.

EDIT: "" S = Support
        "" M = Medical (The Hippocrates)
        "" SC = Science Cruiser
        "" A = AWACS
        "" NB = Navigation Buoy
        "" T = Transport

[Blue Lion]

M?

[Scotty]

Got it! 

[haloboy100]

Uh, the Iceni is a frigate.

Also indeed, though I was never completely clear as to whether or not the 'F' in "NTF Iceni" specifically meant "Frigate" or "Front."  It could probably go either way.  A few fan-made campaigns (most notably Derelict) have used 'Ff' as a designation for frigate.

I always thought the F in NTF Iceni meant Frigate.

[Blue Lion]

What is the designation on the Colossus?

[FreeSpaceFreak]

GTVA Colossus. One-of-a-kind, so no real class designation, I guess. Same would go for the Iceni.

[Blue Lion]

You also forgot SC