Ship classifications (M0-M6)

[X-Warrior B AS]

Everywhere I read posts where the corvette is simply added as the M6 class ship.
But if I'm not mistaken, wasn't the list supposed to look like this ?

M0 - Supercarrier
M1 - Carrier
M2 - Destroyer
M3 - Corvette
M4 - Heavy fighter
M5 - Medium fighter
M6 - Light fighter

So basically, from big to small. All fighter classes going one up.
It would be more right this way I think anyway. Could be a slight bit confusing at first, but we'd get used to it quick enough.

[fireblade]

Everywhere I read posts where the corvette is simply added as the M6 class ship.
But if I'm not mistaken, wasn't the list supposed to look like this ?

M0 - Supercarrier
M1 - Carrier
M2 - Destroyer
M3 - Corvette
M4 - Heavy fighter
M5 - Medium fighter
M6 - Light fighter

So basically, from big to small. All fighter classes going one up.
It would be more right this way I think anyway. Could be a slight bit confusing at first, but we'd get used to it quick enough.

while that would make more sense

it is actualy like this

(size order)
M0 - Supercarrier
M1 - Carrier
M2 - Destroyer
M6 - Corvette
M3 - Heavy fighter
M4 - Medium fighter
M5 - Light fighter

or

(number order)
M0 - Supercarrier
M1 - Carrier
M2 - Destroyer
M3 - Heavy fighter
M4 - Medium fighter
M5 - Light fighter
M6 - Corvette

[CBJ]

No longer a typo above . Last line now correctly says

M6 - Corvette

[fireblade]

oops! fixed now

[pjknibbs]

Unfortunately Egosoft didn't include any "gaps" in their numbering to allow for extra ships, and as far as I know they're sticking with the existing designations as far as possible, so the others are correct: M6 is corvette class. Doesn't fit, really, but the only alternative would be to drop the M-class designations completely and come up with a more flexible system, which Egosoft don't seem to have done.

[X-Warrior B AS]

A pity... thanks for the info.

[Aye Capn]

The "M" I'm guessing stands for "Military".

Mx = Military, sizes 0 .. 5 ranked largest .. smallest, extended or interleaved sizes 6+.
Ta = Transport, size L or S.
Ia = Intermediate (scout, shuttle, etc.), size L or S. (The only I-class I've ever seen is the Xenon pirate freighter. Goner ships aren't designated I-class but probably should be.)

Try these for Xenon designations: Xenon L = Large, Xenon M = Medium, and Xenon N = Nit. (Actually for some strange reason I think of it as "Not", as in "Not quite big enough to be a medium". Large, Medium, and Not. Go figure.)

[Stealth]

Try these for Xenon designations: Xenon L = Large, Xenon M = Medium, and Xenon N = Nit. (Actually for some strange reason I think of it as "Not", as in "Not quite big enough to be a medium". Large, Medium, and Not. Go figure.)

Well, for the Xenon ships, I stick with Stone-D's XTPatch2.1 designations...

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XM0 = Xenon Harbinger
XM1 = Xenon Nyarlathotep
XM2 = Xenon Deviant
XM3 = Xenon Ravisher
XM4 = Xenon Guardian
XM5 = Xenon Dervish
XTS  = Xenon Bael (Bhaal?)
XTL = Xenon Cthulhu