Starships

Starships are space craft capable of travelling between star systems, using mass relays and the mass effect drive.

Large vessels
Larger warships are classified in one of four weights:

FRIGATES are small, fast ships used counting and screening larger vessels. Frigrates often operate in wolf-pack flotillas.

CRUISERS are middle-weight combatants, faster than dreadnoughts, and more heavily-armed then frigates. Cruisers are the standard patrol unit, and often lead frigate flotillas.

DREADNOUGHTS are kilometer-long capital ships mounting heavy, long-range firepower. They are only deployed for the most vital missions.

CARRIERS are dreadnought-sized vessels are also carry a large amount of fighters.

Small vessels
Smaller vessels are exclusively used in a support role to the warships during combat:

FIGHTERS are one-man craft used to perform close-range attacks on enemy ships.

INTERCEPTORS are one-man craft optimized for destroying opposing fighters.