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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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