Ship Classes

It's space, do you think you won't be able to participate in a space war WITHOUT giant ships?

This list goes from smallest to largest.

PRISM Class
A Post-Exodus era Class, PRISM Classes are, in summary, disarmed HORNET Classes. Lacking as much weaponry in exchange for higher maneuverability, as demonstrated by the hidden vector thrusters around the ship.

It is equipped with stealth technology, having a smaller radar signature than most ships, and being capable of camouflaging itself against the stars thanks to a reflective surface.

PRISM Classes are designed for infil and exfil, being fast enough to escape the atmosphere before it's noticed by sensors. It's many vector thrusters allows it to perform agile feats, such as turning on a dime or turning it's belly up. However, it lacks weaponry aside from two chain guns, one on the front and one on the back, and lacks shielding capability. However, due to the great amount of vector thrusters, it is capable of flight even while missing a main thruster.

ARK Class
One of the oldest classes of ships, the ARK Class was the first of it's kind and paved the way for future ships capable of reaching beyond the stars. It was most noted for being the class that acted as the flagship for all 5 fleets.

The ARK Class is the most powerful in terms of raw horsepower, being able to get into space on it's own without need for any stages to help it penetrate the atmosphere, making it an SSTO (Single Stage To Orbit). This is largely in part to 5 fission-powered engines, one of the few utilizing the process, that would essentially create controlled nuclear blasts, pushing it upward.

The great amount of Delta V and theoretically infinite amount of energy and thrust was offset by the expense it had. ARK Classes are and still remain one of the most expensive classes of ships to be produced, with old ARK Class parts selling for up to $18,000,000 credits a piece. It was also not very safe: Performing maintenance on an ARK Class engine required Level 5 AIR Suits, and even then, most maintenance workers operate in shifts to avoid being poisoned by the controlled nuclear blasts.

Since The First Exodus, the ARK Class has been discontinued, mostly in part due to now having the technology to make use of nuclear fusion.

Due to the nature of Fission reactors, it's suggested that the MIA fleets were destroyed by a nuclear meltdown in an ARK Class.