Pod Ship

A pod ship is any starship that sits aboard a host ship in a docking site specifically designed for that type of ship and undocks from that ship when it is required.

A pod ship is not necessarily a permanent designation. While some pod ships may only dock and undock on their unique docking site (as designed for the model), other pod ships can land in a variety of environments and function as independent ships.

Pod ships may have a very limited energy supply and are generally spartan and light-weight with only the bare minimum resources needed to achieve their specific tasks.