M1 through TP classes

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Rookiguey (4)

Posted 4 years ago.

Hello folks , im rather new to this game, and im wondering what does it mean .
m1 , m2 etc.
also what are TL,TM,TS,TP mean.
I suspect they are different classes of ships.

im looking for a good freighter and good ship to protect myself and the freighter.

Thanks....RobertC

Roguey

Trueguey (22)

Posted 4 years ago.

hi there, M1, M2, etc. stands for military and the number is class. The number usually means size, but over the various games is has been added too, so it ends up like (yeah, its a bit of mess - in early games it was simply M1, M2, M3, M4, M5);

- M1 (Carrier)
- M2 (Destoyer)
- M7M (Missile Frigate) *added class, the extra M stands for missile
- M7 (Frigate) *added class in later games
- M6 (Corvette)*added class in later games
- M8 (Bomber) *added class in later games
- M3 (Fighter)
- M4 (Interceptor)
- M5 (Scout)

So in Rebirth/X4 this was ditched for S, M, L, XL etc.

As for non-military ships, in order of size:

- TL (Large Transport) for carrying stations
- TS (Transport Ship) trade ships
- TM (Military Transport) small carrier *added class in later games
- TP (Transport Passenger)

However unlike from TL ships, non-military ships greatly vary in size - ie. some TS ships are big, are some small. However TL ships are the biggest non-military ships.

RDTCMTTSA

Rookiguey (4)

Posted 4 years ago.

Thanks for the reply, that helped a lot.
So im wondering which would be a good freighter to haul freight and possibly run a ore mine.
thx.....Robertc

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