Fleet Tenders

Fleet Tenders‏‎

Tenders are specialized ships and vessels that support the fleet and provide logistics, technical support and other non combat services.

In general these ships are not or only lightly armed.

While all "Number Fleets " have a certain number of Tenders assigned they are under the command of the Union Spatial Navy Support Command

(Union Spatial Navy Support Command departments are: Logistics, Tech support, Repair and Maintenance, Tech Research and Development, Base and Station Support, Construction)

There are a host of specialized ships, transporters, freighters, tankers, tugs, Mobile Ship Yards, Buoy tenders etc)

Some of these Fleet tenders are:

 * Buoy tender, used to maintain GALCOM , NAVNET , SCANNET buoys
 * Patrol tender
 * Gate House tender
 * Fighter tender
 * Repair tender
 * Ship's tender, used to transport people and supplies to and from a large ship
 * Base tender
 * Fuel tender
 * Munition tender
 * Mobile Ship Yards
 * Long Range Tug
 * Ordonance disposal ship
 * Freighters and armed freighters
 * Armed Merchants ( since 5040)