GZG List archives -- March 2004
Re: Rant Warning below
Michael Llaneza wrote:
> I've always assumed that the Omega class "Destroyer" was named in the
> same spirit as the British light carriers were called "through-deck
> cruisers" to get the naval estimates through parliament.
Some of the extra background material in the B5W Earthforce books took
that line, saying that the Hyperion CAs were so expensive and full of
teething problems that when the EF wanted a bigger and better
replacement, they quietly called it a destroyer to slip it through
Earthdome.
- Lachlan Atcliffe
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