Recent Derelict Boardings News:  TBA.
Derelict Crafts / Vessels
Derelict Crafts:

Just like terrestrial navies, the space-based navy of the UAP often must board hostile and abandoned space-faring vessels for disarming, inspection, cataloging, and recovery purposes.

Types:

Unidentified Space Facilities (USFs)
Exceptionally Large (star/+ sized):
 - Dyson Sphere
Extremely Large (world-to-star sized):
 - [virtually eradicated]
Very Large (continent-to-world sized):
 - [virtually eradicated]
Large (city-to-continent sized):
 - Whale Probe
 - [virtually eradicated]
Medium (factory-to-city sized):
 - [virtually countless]
Small (hangar-to-factory sized):
 - [Gorgon solar system's 4th main orbiting object]
 - [virtually countless]
Very Small (shuttle-to-hangar sized):
 - [virtually eradicated]
Extremely Small (coffin-to-shuttle sized):
 - [virtually eradicated]

Stations
World Class:
 - Shield World (the Halo ring factory and worm-hole-based transporter)
 - Halo rings (dozens)
 - High Charity (jellyfish-formatted, Death Star variation appearance)
Diplomatic Supercity:
 - The Citadel (ancient Reaper mass-transport control station)
Space Dock:
 - Heretic Station (Borg / Terminator-like sentient robotic species (Geth) hive)
 - Pinnacle Station
Transportation Facility:
 - Mass Relays (hundreds)
Military Training:
 - The Battle School
Multi-purpose Space Vessel (MSVs):
 - Broken Arrow
 - Cornucopia
 - Fedele
 - Majesty
 - Ontario
 - Strontium Mule
 - Worthington

Ships
Fleets (3/+ vessels):
 - The Migrant Fleet

 * Advisory:  Fleets (even derelicts) often include (still-) cloaked escort ships, just as aquatic (terrestrial) naval fleets often include submarines hiding from sonar via positioning and routing beneath underwater thermal currents (some aquatic / terrestrial fleets also include cloaked ships).  Approach all derelict fleets (and most peculiar individual derelict vessels and constructs) with caution, keeping these facts in mind.

Large (city-to-continent sized):
 - Reaper
Medium (warship-to-city sized):
 - Mala'kak ("Space Jockey") Xenomorph Incubation and Dispersion Vessel
Small (house-to-warship sized):
 - [virtually countless]
Personal (pod-to-house sized):
 - [virtually countless]

 * If a major space-worthy construct you are aware of from one of the sci-fi sagas we have fused into this omni-verse is not present on this list, that is because it has been either destroyed, recycled, renamed (or recommissioned), or lost (gone missing).
 

How to Identify and Catalog a Derelict:

Similarly to known vessels, derelicts are classified with 4 main features:
Type:predominantly based on size, then upon apparent purpose.
Class:  a subordinate category of Type, such as Nimitz or Tohoku.
Make:   the manufacturing company which produces the final, fully assembled product.
Model:  the (often) alphanumeric ID number, if any is located (and translated).
Alias:   the marketing and advertising nickname, dubbing, or christening title.

A properly identified vessel listing is written in the following format:
[ [Type], [Class], [Make], [Model], [Alias] ]

and will appear in a listing as follows:
[Medium, Tohoku, Iskellian Technology Solutions, IAV, Dortmunder]
---[Derelict Dossier]---
UAP Derelict Database ID:  
Type:
Class: 
Make:
Model:
Alias:
Age:
Point of Origin:
Apparent Intended Destination:
Apparent Purpose:

---[Dimensions]--- 
Length:
Width:
Height:
Radius: 
Protrusions:
Mass:  
Opacity:
Luminosity: 

---[Layout]--- 
Blueprint / Schematic:
Wings:
Modules:
Compartments:
Augments:

---[Exterior]--- 
Temperature:
Gravity:
Atmosphere:
  Content:
  Pressure:
Texture:
Traction:
Appearance:
Danger Areas:

---[Interior]--- 
Temperature:
Gravity:
Atmosphere:
  Content:
  Pressure: 
Texture:
Traction:
Appearance:
Danger Areas:

---[Status]--- 
Trajectory Plotted:  
Orbit:
  Distance:  
  Period:
Boarded:  
Power Supply:

---[Cargo]--- 
# (quantity of the following): Form (shape), Dimensions, Mass, Weight, Color 
    Scheme, Texture, Function.
#: (characteristics aforementioned) 2nd discovered item (class).
#: (characteristics aforementioned) 3rd discovered item (class). (et cetera)

---[Artifacts]--- 
#: Form (shape), Dimensions, Mass, Weight, Color Scheme, Texture, Function.

---[Corpses]---
#: Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Race

---[Unidentified Contents]---
#: Form (shape), Dimensions, Mass, Weight, Color Scheme, Texture, Function.

---[Survivors]--- 
#: Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Race
* Survivor Type SOPs:
1.  If fugitives, pirates, or terrorists are present:
     Immediately contact UAP Space Command to alert the nearest law 
     enforcement organization capable of dispatching personnel to collect them.
2.  If special, covert, or clandestine agents are present:
     Immediately classify this report section and contact UAP Space Command.
3.  If non-human sentient crew-members are present:
     Immediately classify this report section and contact UAP Space Command. 

---[Imagery & Scans]--- 
[Attach any photographic, video, and scan-based data here.]
LV-426 Space Jockey Transport Ship
(alphanumeric designator)
USF
Tohoku
Iskellian Technology Solutions
IAV
Dortmunder
35 Earth-years
Londinium
Miranda
Military Operations


1,200 ft
1,000 ft
2,500 ft
N/A
4 skyscraper-fashioned towers
100,000 tons
100%
Standard porthole and cautionary lighting.


[Link]
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[Range in Fahrenheit]
[Range in Gs]
[density]
% primary element, % secondary element, ...
# atm
[description]
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[Range in Fahrenheit]
[Range in Gs]
[density]
% primary element, % secondary element, ...
# atm
[description]
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Yes / No; if 'Yes', expected way-point coordinates.
Type, cosmic parent entity.
[Range in AU]
[Full-cycle time-period in Dewey Decimal]
Yes / No; if 'Yes', attach boarding process log and incident forms.
[description], % remaining, on/off at arrival, on/off at exit.
Example of a Derelict Database Entry:


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USF
UFP Science Vessel, Saucer-section
The Migrant Fleet
MSV Purgatory