U.W.S.S. (United Worlds Space Ship) was replaced by U.N.S.S. (Unity Navy Space Ship) on the designation of all vessels launched after the Unity was created by President Chang.

"The mighty spacecraft crawled into view, emerging out from a whirling singularity. Purple lightning grounded onto the forward ram scoop. It was an immense vehicle composed almost entirely of engines. The thick hull of the craft was constructed from huge spheres that were picked out in a dark metallic blue that shimmered like hot steel. The surface, pock marked by age and impact craters, gave the gigantic spheres the appearance of small moons stacked together like a vast Newton’s cradle. These spheres wrapped around a long tube that was as wide as a football pitch. At the centre of the ship, four enormous spokes radiated outwards. These rotated slowly to provide gravity for those within the vast, rugby ball shaped habitation pods at their tips. On the hull of the mighty craft a few tiny lights glimmered dimly in the darkness. The name “U.W.S.S. Hand of Valour” was picked out by enormous spotlights. Emblazoned below the lettering, in red and yellow, was the bold insignia of the United Worlds Space Navy; a circle of red planets orbiting a yellow sun. Below this was the navy’s proud slogan of “Honour, strength and unity.”"

"The scout ship “U.W.S.S. Speed of Deliverance” was the smallest spacecraft that it was possible to build which could still travel through Watters’ space. Having said that, it was still huge. Most of the ship was a massive engine core that wrapped around the central intake and exhaust pipe. There were only two, small, one-gee habitation pods, at the end of rotating arms which held the relatively tiny crew of rescue specialists. This ship was built for speed rather than war. Its aim was to get to where it was needed throughout the United Worlds as quickly as possible, to provide rescue and medical aid whenever disaster struck."

"Trenchard’s attention now focussed on the centre of the Hub. On either side, where the axle would have been on a wheel, a brand-new Hunter class vessel was docked. The Hunters were shaped similarly to a cold war era submarine. Each had two “conning tower” protrusions, or fins, one directly opposite the other. The Hunters were docked by a hatch at the top of one fin and were slowly spinning along with the Hub. As the orbiter drew closer, Trenchard could just make out the name on the side of the nearest Hunter, illuminated by a bright spotlight. ‘The Mirror of Darkness…’ said Trenchard in awe. ‘It’s beautiful.’"

THE EVOLUTION OF THE WOLVERINE DESIGN:

"Space Queen" A.S.A.C. (Advanced Surveillance and Area Control) vessels are the eyes and ears of the fleet. They can each track over one-thousand targets at once with everything from radar to heat detectors and relay this information back to the flag vessel.

Slow moving and without the capacity for Watters' jumps, these bulky vessels are easy targets in battle and so remain attached to capital ships, within protective shielding. They are used to re-fuel other non-Watters vessels like Wolverine and Hunter class.