Corvette

These small yet capable warships are the workhorses of galactic navies. Corvettes serve as interdictors, system patrol craft, police vessels, pirate hunters, and customs inspectors. Requiring a smaller crew than other starships, corvettes devote more space to better weapons and engines. Their FTL range is fairly short, but they tend to have powerful engines for quick responses.

Corvettes are cheap enough that most governments can afford scores or even hundreds of them to defend their territory. Often the first vessel stationed at a newly established colony is a corvette. However, the corvette's short FTL range means that they seldom operate far beyond their home systems.