Hello. I am new here, so if I am posting in the wrong location or if there has been a thread asking the same thing, please let me know. I'm new to Star Citizen and Space Sims in general so please excuse my ignorance.

With that out of the way, I’ll get right into my question. Being that I‘m new to Space Sims, I don’t particular have much knowledge on the background of a variety of things within Star Citizen; One of those being my lack of understanding, when it comes to ship types. I can't seem to find a centralized topic, discussion, or guide in which there is a point blank overview of what all the different types of ships are used for, what does their use entail, how they differ from each other and how they will be built (size etc.). I've also noticed that there are different names to the ship types between one Space Sim and another, and it’s up in the air for me at this point.

I can certainly take guesses, but that still leaves much to be known. For example, I can take a good guess at what a Pirate Ship or Mercantile Ship will be used for, that’s all well and good. But how big will they be? How fast will they be? What about firepower? Etc? All I really want to know is an overall (from your Space Sim Knowledge) explanation of what each type of ship will be used for and what these uses entail (examples etc.), average sizes in comparison to other ships, firepower comparisons, speed comparisons, and any other info you think a person who is new to Space Sims should know (play nice).



I think it would be useful for others who are new and don’t know, so if someone could take the time, could you please clear up these ship types? :

Exploration/Carrier/Dogfighting/Mining/Interdiction/Frigate/Destroyer/Gunship/Piracy/Cruiser/Racing/Luxary Yacht/Transport/Trade/Interception/Bomber/Militia/Smuggling/Merchantile/Long Range Mercantile/Light Mercantile/ Heavy Mercantile/Boarding/Refueler/Trainer/Starter/Super Dreadnaught/Police/Tanker/Hospital/Patrol/Search and Rescue



Again, I know some are self-explanatory and could be easily pieced together but a centralized location where people could access this information, in my opinion would be very helpful. And also, what would a good ship fleet consist of?

Thanks