Exploration vessel

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Exploration vessels were a class of terran starship. In use since at least 2478, they were tasked with investigating the possibility of surviving intelligent life, a task in which they failed and subsequently made redundant by violant first contact with the zerg and protoss.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ McNeill, Graham (December 30, 2008). StarCraft: I, Mengsk. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-1-4165-5083-9.

Terran Starship Classifications
Transports	Cargo	Barge • Cargo ship — Giant-class • Freighter • Recovery vessel • Space-hauler • System runner
	Personnel	Escape pod • Orbital dropship • Orbital spacecraft • Planet-hopper • Puddle-jumper • Salvage vessel • Shuttle • Supercarrier • Tour ship • Yacht
	Military	Drop pod • Escape pod • Quantradyne APOD-33 dropship · Assault dropship · Heavy lander · Hercules dropship · Medivac dropship • Grizzly • Hawk • Mammoth-class personnel carrier
Strike Craft	Starfighters	Predator • Scoutship • CF/A-17 Wraith — DF/A-19 Wraith Mk2
	Transforming	Viking • Wyrm
Support Ships	Exploration vessel • Raven • Science vessel — Elite science vessel · Kang science station • Scoutship • Utility vehicle
Warships	Light	AH/G-24 Banshee • Destroyer • Gun cutter • Gunship • Frigate — Valkyrie • Class 4 Interceptor • Wanderer
	Cruisers	Cruiser • Light cruiser
	Battlecruisers	Leviathan-class · Behemoth-class · Starcruiser · Hercules-class · Minotaur-class