Category:Escort

In starship classification, an escort was a compact, maneuverable vessel capable of extremely high damage at the expense of defense and survivability. As the name suggests, these ships often accompanied larger vessels to defend them from attacks. The Klingon equivalent was the raptor.

Federation diplomats prefered the term 'escort' over 'warship' to avoid aggressive connotations, even though these vessels had been deployed as such in numerous conflicts in the 24th and 25th centuries.

Additional classifications of escorts were fast escorts, heavy escorts, battle escorts, and escort carriers.