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Any defensive non-starship. In general, the term boat is reserved for craft produced for local defensive operations. While non-interstellar in nature, they are heavily armed and armored. See System Defense Boat.

Also, any small craft used interplanetary.

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– Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)

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