Space cylinders

Space cylinders are larger than Fighter ships and Shuttle planes, smaller than Imperial-class Star Cruisers, and somewhat longer than Bird-of-prey-class ships. They are a relatively primitive spacecraft design, powered by a single nuclear-fusion engine and usually designed to carry smaller ships. Some space cylinders cannot use Jumpgates, but most can. They are far more likely to be used for civilian purposes than for military purposes. Space cylinders are largely used by the Earth Alliance, the Russo-American Mercantile (RAM), the Universal Church of the Celestial Sun, the Narn Regime, and to a lesser extent by Neosapiens, the Centauri Republic, the Ferengi Alliance, and Hutt Space.